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• The Brexit Bill has passed its first test - so what's next?

  01-02-2017 23:36
  
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• Facebook's Oculus must pay $500m in virtual reality lawsuit - The Guardian

  01-02-2017 23:36 via theguardian.com
  
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  ZeniMax alleged that Oculus improperly used the company's code to build the Rift VR headset. Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share on Pinterest ...
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• A fifth of Labour MPs defy three line whip to vote against article 50 bill - The Guardian

  01-02-2017 23:10 via theguardian.com
  
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  A fifth of Labour MPs defy three line whip to vote against article 50 bill
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  A fifth of Labour MPs defied Jeremy Corbyn's three-line whip to vote against legislation granting Theresa May the power to trigger the UK's exit from the European Union. After a second day of impassioned debate in the House of Commons, a total of 498 ...
  US trade deal with the UK 'could take place in the next two years'Telegraph.co.uk
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• Archbishop of Canterbury apologises after links to 'child abuser' emerge - Telegraph.co.uk

  01-02-2017 23:01 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Archbishop of Canterbury apologises after links to 'child abuser' emerge
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  The Archbishop of Canterbury issued an “unreserved and unequivocal” apology on Wednesday on behalf of the Church of England after admitting he had worked at holiday camps at which teenage boys were groomed for abuse. The Most Rev Justin Welby ...
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• The Donald Trump Cabinet Tracker - The Atlantic

  01-02-2017 22:58 via theatlantic.com
  
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  Subscribe to The Atlantic's Politics & Policy Daily, a roundup of ideas and events in American politics. Updated on February 1, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Only a few weeks ago, Rex Tillerson looked to be the Trump Cabinet nominee with the shakiest chances ...
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• Brexit bill vote: Article 50 legislation clears first hurdle in Commons

  01-02-2017 22:56
  
  MPs have overwhelmingly backed the bill to allow the Prime Minister to trigger Article 50 - the start of the formal process of leaving the EU. In what was politicians' first chance to vote on the Brexit legislation, the House of Commons supported it despite opposition from the SNP, Liberal Democrats, 47 Labour rebels and one Tory MP, Ken Clarke. It passed by 498 votes to 114, a majority of 384, and Britain's exit from the EU has now moved a step closer.
  
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• Brexit bill: What happens next as the Government moves to trigger Article 50?

  01-02-2017 22:45
  The EU (Notification Of Withdrawal) Bill has successfully navigated its first hurdle, but much of the course is still to be run.
  
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• Google mistakes high NHS web traffic for cyber attack

  01-02-2017 22:42
  Google is mistaking high traffic from the NHS network for a cyber attack, with some staff being temporarily blocked from accessing its search engine. The problem is affecting access to the US search giant across the NHS network, with many users being asked to fill in a form to confirm they are not a robot before they are able to access the site. An email sent to staff from the IT department at one NHS Trust said: "Google is intermittently blocking access due to the amount of traffic from NHS tru
  
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• West Ham United v Manchester City: Premier League – live!

  01-02-2017 22:35
  
  Premier League updates from the 7.45pm GMT kick-offGuardiola praises young City trio but wants improvementAnd feel free to email Nick or tweet @NickMiller799.35pm GMT90 mins + 2: Bit of ‘stable door, bolted horse’ nice football from West Ham ends when Fernandinho barges Lanzini over on the edge of the area. Here’s Snodgrass to take the free-kick... 9.33pm GMT90 mins: Five minutes injury-time. Have a heart, ref.Continue reading...
  
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• Burkina Faso v Egypt: Afcon 2017 semi-final – live!

  01-02-2017 22:35
  
  Minute-by-minute updates from the first semi-final in LibrevilleAhmed Elmohamady: After all that’s happened, fans want to celebrateThe Joy of Six: Memorable Africa Cup of Nations momentsEmail Niall or tweet @niallmcveigh 9.35pm GMTHere we go... 9.34pm GMTThey love a penalty shootout in the Africa Cup of Nations... Related: The Joy of Six: Africa Cup of Nations memorable momentsContinue reading...
  
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• A fifth of Labour MPs defy three line whip to vote against article 50 bill

  01-02-2017 22:32
  
  Bill to trigger the UK’s exit from the European Union passes to second reading with 498 votes – while 114 vote against and more MPs leave shadow frontbenchA fifth of Labour MPs defied Jeremy Corbyn’s three-line whip to vote against legislation granting Theresa May the power to trigger the UK’s exit from the European Union.After a second day of impassioned debate in the House of Commons, a total of 498 MPs voted to give a second reading to the short bill granting the gover
  
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• Graham Taylor: football luminaries gather for former manager's funeral

  01-02-2017 22:28
  
  Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and John Barnes among mourners at funeral of former Watford managerLuminaries from the world of football have gathered for the funeral of Graham Taylor in Watford, paying tribute to a husband, father, grandfather and one of their own.Related: Graham Taylor put Watford on an upward path and rescued Paul McGrath | Simon BurntonContinue reading...
  
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• Spokesman: Congolese opposition leader Tshisekedi dies at 84 - Daily Mail

  01-02-2017 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Spokesman: Congolese opposition leader Tshisekedi dies at 84
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  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's opposition icon Etienne Tshisekedi, who pushed for democratic reforms for decades in the vast Central African nation throughout dictatorship and civil war, has died, his political party said late Wednesday. He was 84.
  DRC veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi dies aged 84Financial Times
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• Bland 'historic event' soundtrack spiced up by remainer power ballads | John Crace

  01-02-2017 22:06
  
  Article 50 karaoke only took off when MPs actually believed what they were singing: ‘Nothing compares to EU!’With the raucous triumphalism of the previous day’s many Rule Britannia contributions still ringing in the ears, the house was in a more chilled-out mood for the second day of the article 50 debate. Time for some Mellow Magic FM. Those old hits that you couldn’t stand at the time but that now you haven’t heard them for a while suddenly begin to feel like old
  
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• Beyoncé's pregnancy: our distraction from the dumpster fire that is reality - The Guardian

  01-02-2017 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
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  Beyoncé's pregnancy: our distraction from the dumpster fire that is reality
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  Thank you, Queen Bey. Thank you for coming to save us from ourselves. Photograph: Beyonce/Instagram/PA. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share on Pinterest · Share on Google+ ...
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• Steve Bell on the vote to trigger article 50 – cartoon

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• White House: 'We are officially putting Iran on notice' - BBC News

  01-02-2017 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  White House: 'We are officially putting Iran on notice'
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  US President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor has accused the Iranian government of "malign actions" after a missile test. Without elaborating, Michael Flynn told White House reporters: "As of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice.".
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• John Lennon and Yoko Ono romance heading to the big screen

  01-02-2017 21:45
  
  The relationship between the Beatles star and Ono will be turned into a film from the writer of The Theory of Everything The relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono will be the basis of a new film from the writer of The Theory of Everything. Related: Eight Days A Week: how Ron Howard brought the Beatles back to lifeContinue reading...
  
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• All the important stuff that happened at the Brexit vote

  01-02-2017 21:42
  
  It was a momentous, though not all that surprising, night.
  
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• Man Utd v Hull City LIVE scores: And EPL results - Daily Mail

  01-02-2017 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Man Utd v Hull City LIVE scores: And EPL results
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  The good news for West Ham is that Manchester City have taken their foot off the gas pedal since the break. The Hammers look no closer to grabbing a goal to get back into this match though and I just wonder when Slaven Bilic will throw on new boy ...
  West Ham United v Manchester City: Premier League – live!The Guardian
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• The Guardian view on basic income: a worthwhile debate, not yet a policy | Editorial

  01-02-2017 21:21
  
  A regular sum paid to all citizens or residents, whether or not they are in work, will not solve the problems of earnings inequality and stagnant wage growthFor centuries, the idea of a universal basic income – a regular sum paid to all citizens or residents whether or not they are in work – has lit up the eyes of political philosophers. It has long been favoured on the political fringes, appealing to the radical left for its supposed compatibility with a zero-growth world and its re
  
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• Trump administration 'officially putting Iran on notice', says Michael Flynn - The Guardian

  01-02-2017 21:20 via theguardian.com
  
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  Trump administration 'officially putting Iran on notice', says Michael Flynn
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  The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, hands over the podium to Michael Flynn, who issued the statement on Iran. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on ...
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• Trump administration 'officially putting Iran on notice', says Michael Flynn

  01-02-2017 21:20
  
  National security adviser issues statement in response to recent Iranian actions as expert warns the White House ‘could stumble into war’The Trump administration has said it was “officially putting Iran on notice” in reaction to a Iranian missile test and an attack on a Saudi warship by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, but gave no details about how Washington intended to respond.
  The threat was made on Wednesday by the national security adviser, Michael Flynn, in hi
  
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• Public figures call for biggest ever UK protest to oppose Trump visit

  01-02-2017 21:16
  
  Famous names from arts and politics sign letter to Guardian from newly formed Stop Trump Coalition in bid to mobilise support Musicians, MPs, activists and comedians have pledged to stage the biggest demonstration in British history in protest of Donald Trump’s visit to the UK. A letter sent to the Guardian by the newly formed Stop Trump Coalition, and signed by 90 figures from across arts and politics, damningly referred to the US president’s actions as “dangerous and divisive
  
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• Brexit bill: Most Welsh MPs back triggering Article 50 - BBC News

  01-02-2017 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Brexit bill: Most Welsh MPs back triggering Article 50
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  A majority of Welsh MPs have voted in favour of a bill which will allow ministers to trigger Article 50 and leave the European Union. Ministers won Wednesday's Commons vote, with 498 MPs voting for the European Union Bill and 114 against. Sixteen ...
  MPs back Brexit Bill triggering Article 50 by a landslide in landmark vote as resignations rock LabourMirror.co.uk
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• Canadians ask what radicalized alleged Québec City mosque gunman?

  01-02-2017 21:10
  
  Alexandre Bissonnette is recalled as a white nationalist introvert as Canada prepares for a public funeral on Thursday for three of the six Muslim men killedDays after a gunman opened fire on a Québec City mosque, acquaintances of the man accused of murdering six Muslim men as they knelt at prayer were still searching for clues to suggest how the 27-year-old university student had become radicalised. Related: 'Islamophobia killed Canadians': anti-Muslim rhetoric blamed in Québec at
  
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• Brexit bill clears first legislative hurdle

  01-02-2017 20:56
  Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to take Britain out of the European Union easily cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday, paving the way for the government to launch divorce talks by the end of March. May's government is seeking approval for a new law giving her the right to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty - the legal process for leaving the bloc - after the Supreme Court ruled she could not take that decision unilaterally. The bill could complete the legislative process
  
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• Beyonce's pregnant with TWINS! - Daily Mail

  01-02-2017 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Beyonce's pregnant with TWINS!
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  The 35-year-old posed in just a bra and underwear with her bump on show in an Instagram snap posted on Wednesday. She added a caption which read: 'We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are ...
  Beyoncé announces she's pregnant with twins on InstagramThe Guardian
  Beyonce and Jay Z expecting twinsChannel NewsAsia
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• Eoin Morgan: England ‘weren’t good enough’ in crushing T20 defeat by India

  01-02-2017 20:48
  
  • Captain laments lack of reward for some powerful white-ball displays on tour
  • Morgan and Root out to successive balls to spark dramatic batting collapseEoin Morgan made no attempt to hide his disappointment after England’s stunning collapse here in the decisive third T20 international against India.England lost eight wickets for eight runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium to lose by 75 runs and complete their second successive 2-1 series defeat in white-ball cricket. More painful
  
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• Eoin Morgan says batting against India was worst in years - Daily Mail

  01-02-2017 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Eoin Morgan says batting against India was worst in years
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  Somehow, even after a miserable winter that has seen chastening defeats in both Test and one-day series against India, England saved their worst for last. Even by English standards, a collapse that saw their last eight wickets crash for just eight runs ...
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• Why this pardon for Britain’s gay men is so inadequate | Owen Jones

  01-02-2017 20:38
  
  Lives were destroyed by unjust laws enforced by the state. The effects of this injustice are still felt todayA pardon for Britain’s persecuted gay men represents an important nod to justice, but it somehow sticks in the craw. How can it not? Pardons imply an act of forgiveness for wrongdoing, not absolving the innocent of unjust guilt. Crimes and wrongdoing were committed not by men damned for who they were attracted to and who they loved, but by the state. If forgiveness is
  
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• I had a 'screw it moment', says MEP who held sign up behind Nigel Farage - The Guardian

  01-02-2017 20:17 via theguardian.com
  
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  I had a 'screw it moment', says MEP who held sign up behind Nigel Farage
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  A Labour MEP who held up a sign saying “He's lying to you” behind Nigel Farage has said he was frustrated at the former Ukip leader getting airtime without being challenged. Nigel Farage plans inauguration party as Europe's far-right leaders visit US.
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• I had a 'screw it moment', says MEP who held sign up behind Nigel Farage

  01-02-2017 20:17
  
  Labour MEP Seb Dance says he held up sign saying ‘He’s lying to you’ because he was frustrated at former Ukip leader getting airtimeA Labour MEP who held up a sign saying “He’s lying to you” behind Nigel Farage has said he was frustrated at the former Ukip leader getting airtime without being challenged. Related: Nigel Farage plans inauguration party as Europe's far-right leaders visit USContinue reading...
  
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• Beyoncé announces she's pregnant with twins

  01-02-2017 20:17
  
  The star released a brief statement on Instagram, accompanied by a photograph, to her 92.4 million followers that her ‘family will be growing by two’Beyoncé’s pregnancy: our distraction from the dumpster fire that is realityPop queen Beyoncé is pregnant with twins. She announced the news in an Instagram post on Wednesday, where she reveals her bump while dressed in underwear and a tulle veil, in front of a wall of roses. Continue reading...
  
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• George Osborne: Brexit plans do not prioritise the economy

  01-02-2017 20:13
  
  Former chancellor tells Commons he respects government’s decision but expects bitter divorce from EUGeorge Osborne, the Conservative former chancellor, has warned the public to expect a “bitter” divorce from the European Union, as MPs debated the government’s Brexit bill for a second day.Osborne has made relatively few interventions in the House of Commons since Theresa May removed him from the post of chancellor in July. But on Wednesday he was among scores of MPs who sp
  
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• Zimbabwean pastor who led anti-Mugabe protests arrested in Harare

  01-02-2017 20:05
  
  Evan Mawarire detained at airport on return home from US and charged with subverting government, lawyer saysA Zimbabwean pastor accused last year of trying to overthrow the government after helping launch protests against President Robert Mugabe has been arrested after flying home from the US. Evan Mawarire was detained at Harare airport, according to his lawyer. He was charged with subverting a constitutionally elected government and would probably spend the night in custody, Harrison Nkomo sai
  
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• 'He's lying to you': MEP Seb Dance mocks Nigel Farage during Trump speech

  01-02-2017 19:59
  
  Nigel Farage was silently mocked by a Labour MEP as he launched a strong defence of President Trump's travel ban and accused EU leaders of "anti-Americanism". As Mr Farage made his impassioned speech in the European Parliament in Brussels, Seb Dance, sitting behind him, held up a sign saying "He's lying to you", with an arrow pointing to the former UKIP leader.
  
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• Costa winner Sebastian Barry: ‘My son instructed me in the magic of gay life’

  01-02-2017 19:54
  
  Days Without End, his powerful book about an Irishman who fights in the American civil war, cross-dresses and marries a man, has just won the Costa prize. Do his family mind their stories being plundered?Days Without End is a short book about a vast subject – several vast subjects actually, from Irish emigration to gay identity and the making of America. The Costa judges, who have just named it book of the year, called it “miraculous”, the biggest miracle being that quite so mu
  
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• Sarah Groves' father calls for help as murder accused appears in court for 87th time

  01-02-2017 19:49
  The father of a British backpacker killed in India four years ago is calling for justice after the man accused of her murder faced his 87th court hearing without being committed for trial. Sarah Groves, 24, was stabbed more than 40 times while she slept on a houseboat in Kashmir in 2013. Dutchman Richard de Wit, also a guest on the houseboat, was arrested in connection with her death and has so far faced 87 court hearings.
  
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• François Fillon fights to save presidential bid amid fake jobs scandal

  01-02-2017 19:43
  
  French rightwing candidate was favourite to win but latest poll shows him being eliminated in first round as backlash growsFrançois Fillon is battling to save his rightwing bid for the French presidency as party colleagues increased pressure on him to stand aside after fresh allegations he paid his family large amounts of taxpayers’ money.Fillon was considered a favourite to win the two-round presidential election in April and May. But for the first time since allegations broke last
  
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• Glasgow School of Art's ashes turned into artworks to fund rebuild

  01-02-2017 19:42
  
  Artists including Grayson Perry and Anish Kapoor create pieces using debris from Mackintosh building gutted by fire in 2014Some of the biggest names in art, from Grayson Perry to Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley, have created artworks from the ashes of Glasgow School of Art to help raise funds for the building’s restoration.The school was gutted by a fire in May 2014, and as part of an appeal towards resurrecting the historic Mackintosh building, artists were sent the charred remains and as
  
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• Totalitarianism in the age of Trump: lessons from Hannah Arendt

  01-02-2017 19:27
  
  The political theorist who wrote about the Nazis and ‘the banality of evil’ in the 60s has become a surprise bestseller. Should we heed her warning that protesting just feeds the chaos?In the scramble to make sense of the post-inauguration world, Amazon has been forced to restock a few key titles: Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four hit No 1 at the end of last week, after Trump’s adviser Kellyanne Conway used the phrase “alternative facts” in place of “some bu
  
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• James Ellington back on his feet and says he will be back on track in 2018

  01-02-2017 19:25
  
  • Sprinter takes first steps two weeks after serious motorcycle crash
  • 31-year-old broke both legs and his pelvis in accident in TenerifeJames Ellington is determined to return to action next year after the British Olympic sprinter took his first steps since breaking his pelvis and both legs in a motorcycle accident.The 31-year-old, who competed for Team GB in the 100m and 4x100m relay at the Olympics in August, was riding pillion with his team-mate Nigel Levine, who represented Brita
  
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• Aromatherapy won’t stop fascism, but we shouldn’t dismiss self-care as trite | Suzanne Moore

  01-02-2017 19:22
  
  Anxiety is numbing and constant resistance exhausting, but if we’re to keep on opposing Trump, we need a survival strategyDo you dream of tiny hands? And tsunamis? Are you grinding your teeth at night? Is your stomach permanently knotted? Is a sense of foreboding now just inevitable, like the war everyone says is coming? Or have you switched off the news because knowledge does not feel much like power these days but utter wretched powerlessness? I do not blame anyone who has tuned out; ref
  
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• Saudi inquiry into Yemen abuse claims like 'marking your own homework'

  01-02-2017 19:14
  
  Former development secretary Andrew Mitchell hints at need for independent inquiry into alleged humanitarian law violations by Saudi Arabia in YemenSaudi Arabia’s investigation of its own alleged humanitarian law violations in Yemen is “like marking your own homework”, said the former UK international development secretary Andrew Mitchell.Mitchell, recently returned from Yemen, told MPs that an independent investigation of alleged abuses during the two-year conflict was necessa
  
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• Eat, pray, pizza: London’s slice of the Neapolitan revolution

  01-02-2017 19:10
  
  L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele has been an Italian institution for more than a century, but a Hollywood blockbuster turned it into a worldwide phenomenon. Now, its handcrafted pizza has made its way to the UK.Plus: the 10 best UK pizzerias outside London and the 10 best worldwideIs L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele the best pizzeria in the world? No – it is far bigger than that. Which explains the hysteria surrounding the opening of this Italian institution’s third branch outsid
  
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• South African scandal after nearly 100 mental health patients die

  01-02-2017 19:08
  
  Gauteng minister resigns after facilities found to be ‘unable to distinguish between proper care and a business opportunity’At least 94 patients with mental health issues died after South African authorities moved themfrom hospitals to unlicensed health facilities that were likened to concentration camps, a government investigation has revealed.Many of the deaths were due to pneumonia, dehydration and diarrhoea as the patients were hurriedly moved to 27 “poorly prepared”
  
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• CNN editor sues after being detained at Atlanta airport under Trump travel ban

  01-02-2017 19:08
  
  Experienced journalist Mohammed Tawfeeq is a permanent residentIraqi editor arrived after DHS secretary said green card holders were exemptA CNN editor has filed a lawsuit against Trump’s travel ban, after being detained at Atlanta’s airport over the weekend because of the controversial executive order.Mohammed Tawfeeq, an Iraqi citizen and US green card holder since 2013, was returning from Iraq on Sunday following a CNN assignment in his role as manager for CNN’s internationa
  
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• Trump tells Republicans to use 'nuclear option' to confirm supreme court pick

  01-02-2017 19:07
  
  With some Democrats vowing to block Neil Gorsuch’s ascent, Mitch McConnell could change rules to lower confirmation threshold to 50 votesDonald Trump has urged Republicans to use the so-called “nuclear option” to force through his supreme court nominee against Democratic opposition.
  The US president named the conservative judge Neil Gorsuch on Tuesday night to fill the vacancy on America’s highest court left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia nearly a year ago. Contin
  
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• Chelsea vs Arsenal: 11 things you need to know ahead of the Stamford Bridge showdown - Mirror.co.uk

  01-02-2017 19:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Chelsea vs Arsenal: 11 things you need to know ahead of the Stamford Bridge showdown
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  The Blues are nine points clear of the third-placed Gunners and Antonio Conte's team are a side transformed from the outfit that were hammered 3-0 at the Emirates in September. Share; Comments. ByMirror Sport. 18:04, 1 FEB 2017. Sport. Chelsea players ...
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