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• British prison ‘fight club’ as inmates stage brutal boxing match before furious knock out

  06-02-2017 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TWO PRISONERS have been caught fighting in an brutal boxing match in a British jail as group crowd round and film it.
  
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• Three former teachers at top private school jailed for sexual abuse

  06-02-2017 23:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THREE former masters at ex-chancellor George Osborne’s old school have been jailed for a total of 39 years for sexually assaulting boys.
  
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• EU institutions not in a 'position to dictate' Brexit 'punishment', says Hungary spokesman

  06-02-2017 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EUROPEAN institutions are not in a “position to dictate” when it comes to handing out a “punishment” for Brexit, according to Hungary.
  
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• WATCH: Woman hit in face with mop as mass brawl erupts inside McDonald's restaurant

  06-02-2017 23:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THIS is the shocking moment a mass brawl erupted inside a McDonald’s restaurant - with out of control thugs filmed fighting inside the kitchen area.
  
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• Police raids seize 833 guns and 4,000 rounds of ammo

  06-02-2017 23:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HUNDREDS of firearms have been seized in police operations to stop guns falling into the hands of terrorists.
  
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• 'He owes the country an apology!' Farage EXPLODES as John Bercow attempts to block Trump

  06-02-2017 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NIGEL FARAGE has criticised John Bercow for saying he would block Donald Trump addressing Parliament during any future state visit.
  
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• A notoriously mischievous pig called Piggy Smalls has finally been caught by police

  06-02-2017 22:44
  
  He also goes by the brilliant name ‘Notorious’.
  
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• Stripper blackmailed rugby ace Danny Cipriani after she aborted his baby

  06-02-2017 22:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ENGLAND rugby ace Danny Cipriani was blackmailed by a stripper who aborted his baby, a court heard today.
  
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• MPs REJECT Labour Brexit bill amendment calling for updates every TWO months

  06-02-2017 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MPS have rejected a Labour amendment to the Article 50 Bill tonight, which called for regular updates on Brexit talks.
  
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• Labour 'hanging on by the FINGERNAILS' as MP warns of Stoke by-election 'rout' if Ukip win

  06-02-2017 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CLIVE LEWIS has warned of the “politics of Trump” entering Westminster if Paul Nuttall wins in the Stoke-on-Trent by-election later this month.
  
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• Farage pokes fun at sign-holding MEP with his OWN poster saying 'he's NOT lying to you'

  06-02-2017 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NIGEL Farage has poked fun at sign-holding Europhile Seb Dance with his own poster which said: "He's not lying to you."
  
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• Tough luck Trump, it seems you're not welcome to speak in UK Parliament any time soon

  06-02-2017 21:10
  
  John Bercow’s had his say.
  
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• A Domino's employee was snapped stocking up on cheap Asda wedges and the internet outrage is real

  06-02-2017 20:54
  
  They cost a quid in Asda and a LOT more from Domino’s.
  
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• Sousse attack survivor 'told Tunisia was 100% safe', inquest hears

  06-02-2017 20:29
  A tourist on holiday in Sousse when dozens of fellow Britons were murdered has said his travel agent "pushed" him into visiting Tunisia. Paul Thompson said he and his wife were told by a Thomson travel agent that the country was "100% safe". The inquests into the deaths of the Britons heard that Mr Thompson and his wife had visited their Thomson travel agent in Ilkeston on 5 May.
  
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• Completing Brexit in two years will take a 'little miracle' - Katainen

  06-02-2017 20:27
  It will require "a little miracle" for Britain and the European Union to complete negotiations on Britain's exit from the bloc in the two-year time frame allotted, EU Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen said on Monday. Katainen told Reuters that European Commission officials were bracing for "extremely difficult" negotiations with Britain, but were trying to be pragmatic about the process. "From the commission’s point of view, we want to put all the emotions and negative attitudes asi
  
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• The world's first 3D-printed bridge is ready for you to walk across

  06-02-2017 20:14
  
  If you’re in Madrid anytime soon, pay it a visit.
  
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• David Hockney show is Tate Britain's fastest-selling exhibition

  06-02-2017 19:58
  Tate Britain is hosting the biggest ever retrospective of the work of David Hockney, illustrating the 60-year career of one of the country’s most influential artists. The show is the fastest-selling in the London museum's history. It features more than 250 pieces of artwork to celebrate Hockney's achievement in sketching, painting, printmaking, photography and digital iPad experiments.
  
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• Huge haul of guns seized in month-long police firearms crackdown

  06-02-2017 19:53
  Police have seized more than 800 guns in an operation to stop criminals and terrorists getting hold of illegal weapons. In a month-long series of raids, officers arrested 282 suspects and seized 81kg of drugs and £500,000 in cash. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the crackdown had helped counter-terror police be better prepared to disrupt potential UK attacks such as those in Paris and Brussels.
  
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• Teenager Pleads Guilty in Stabbing Death of American Tourist in London - New York Times

  06-02-2017 19:49 via nytimes.com
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  Teenager Pleads Guilty in Stabbing Death of American Tourist in London
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  Police officers at work in Russell Square in Central London after a fatal knife attack last August. Credit Yui Mok/Press Association, via Associated Press. LONDON — A teenager suspected of fatally stabbing a Florida woman and injuring five other ...
  CCTV captures Russell Square knifeman Zakaria Bulhan fleeing police after stabbing tourist to deathEvening Standard
  VIDEO: Moment Zakaria Bulh
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu urges Britain to join Iran sanctions

  06-02-2017 18:41
  By Michael Holden and William James LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged "responsible nations" to join new sanctions against Iran on Monday during a visit to London, but Britain defended a nuclear deal sealed between major powers and Tehran. Ahead of his talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Netanyahu said other nations should follow new U.S. President Donald Trump's imposition of sanctions against Iran following a ballistic missile test.
  
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• Live Q&A: What can we do to help elephants?

  06-02-2017 18:05
  
  Volunteer? Raise money? Be a citizen scientist? Join us Monday 13 Feb at 1 - 2.30pm GMT to talk about what we can all do to help elephants. In the face of falling elephant populations around the world, it’s easy to feel a little hopeless. But in fact there are a number of things you can do to help - from volunteering to becoming a citizen scientist yourself, to supporting some of the extraordinary organisations out there. We’ve launched a database of actions you can take to help elep
  
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• Brexit bill: May warns MPs not to 'obstruct' the will of the people

  06-02-2017 18:05
  
  The Prime Minister has warned MPs that "now is not the time to obstruct" the will of the British people on Brexit. Theresa May was speaking in the Commons before a debate on the bill to trigger Article 50, the process of leaving the European Union. Rebels from the Conservative Party have threatened to vote with Labour and the SNP on changes to the EU (Notification Of Withdrawal) Bill.
  
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• Helen Bailey murder accused 'spoke about missing partner in past tense', court hears

  06-02-2017 18:00
  A man accused of murdering his fiancee repeatedly spoke about his missing partner in the past tense, a court has heard. Children's author Helen Bailey was found deep in the grounds of her £1.5m home in Royston, Hertfordshire, in July 2016, three months after being reported missing. Ian Stewart, 56, is accused of killing his partner in a financially motivated plot, before dumping her body in a cesspit underneath the house along with her dachshund, Boris.
  
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• PM May told Netanyahu Britain alert to Iran's destabilising activity - spokeswoman

  06-02-2017 17:30
  Prime Minister Theresa May told her Israeli counterpart on Monday that Britain supports the Iran nuclear deal but needs to be alert to Iran's pattern of destabilising behaviour in the region, her spokeswoman said. Ahead of talks with May in London, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to Britain to join new sanctions against Iran.
  
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• Boxing body BIBA backs handheld scanners to spot brain bleeds

  06-02-2017 17:24
  A British boxing body is to introduce handheld scanners that can detect brain bleeds after officials saw a report on Sky News. The British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) said it would be rolling out the scanners at sanctioned events in the UK and Republic of Ireland. It follows an article about the handheld devices on Sky News' digital platforms, which said they could be "massive" for boxers who risk death from professional competition".
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu calls on 'responsible' nations to join Iran sanctions

  06-02-2017 17:06
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed to Britain to join new sanctions against Iran as he met his British counterpart Theresa May in London on Monday, while she cautioned about Israel's plans for new settlements in occupied territory. Netanyahu said "responsible" nations should follow new U.S. President Donald Trump's imposition of sanctions against Iran following a ballistic missile test.
  
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• Is NHS health tourism a big distraction? 

  06-02-2017 17:05
  
  If a patient presents themselves for a hip replacement operation - cost to the NHS, around £6,200 - they should show some ID to prove they are eligible for treatment, or otherwise face an upfront charge. Jeremy Hunt says non-urgent procedures, including knee replacements, cataract removal, scans and certain medications, are being given to people who are not normally residents in Britain and therefore should face a cost beforehand. The Government estimates that treating foreign nationals co
  
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• May warns MPs about thwarting will of British people on Brexit

  06-02-2017 16:56
  Prime Minister Theresa May warned MPs on Monday not to obstruct the will of the British people with a series of amendments to her Brexit legislation this week, saying she wanted to get on with divorce talks with the EU. "Our European partners now want to get on with the negotiations, so do I, and so does this house," May told parliament. "The message is clear to all, this house has spoken and now is not the time to obstruct the democratically expressed wishes of the British people.
  
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• Body discovered near M6 in hunt for missing driver

  06-02-2017 16:46
  Police have discovered the body of a man next to the M6 motorway while searching for a missing motorist. Zahid Mirza, from Chelmsley Wood in Solihull, near Birmingham, has not been since his smashed car was found abandoned on 15 January. Police believe the 40-year-old's car crashed through a barrier on the M6 southbound between junctions 4A and 5, near Coleshill.
  
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• Can Marine Le Pen win the French presidential election? – video explainer

  06-02-2017 16:40
  
  Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right Front National, is expected to reach the final round in this year’s French presidential election. Polls suggest she doesn’t have enough nationwide support to win the presidency, but Le Pen is invoking Brexit and Donald Trump in an effort to maintain a nationalistic trend in global politicsLong read: The man who could make Marine Le Pen president of FranceContinue reading...
  
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• Kindness matters, Duchess of Cambridge tells schoolchildren

  06-02-2017 15:46
  The Duchess of Cambridge told a group of children to look for opportunities to be kind as she and her husband Prince William visited a primary school on Monday as part of a campaign to raise awareness of children's mental health issues. William and Catherine attended a "Big Assembly" event at a London school as part of the "Heads Together" campaign that the couple and the prince's younger brother Prince Harry are spearheading to tackle the stigma of mental health in Britain.
  
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• Donald Trump's 'I call my own shots' tweet has spawned a brand new meme

  06-02-2017 15:16
  
  “I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it.”
  
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• Cook, one of English sport's quiet achievers

  06-02-2017 14:59
  Alastair Cook was never the most innovative England cricket captain, his batting was designed to soothe rather than stir the blood and his personality was so cautious that it was little wonder he never featured when flashy sports awards were being handed out. With the minimum of fuss and maximum solidity at a time when he had to deal with plenty of turmoil within the team, Cook moulded himself into an impressive, respected leader while still managing to remain a towering batsman, England's all-t
  
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• Donald Trump tweets that 'any negative polls are fake news'

  06-02-2017 14:51
  
  Another day, another few barmy tweets from the leader of the free world.
  
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• The latest Trump parody account casts him as a medieval king called Donaeld The Unready

  06-02-2017 14:46
  Make Mercia great again!
  
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• Shannon's story

  06-02-2017 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As a new BBC drama relives what happened on Dewsbury's Moorside estate in 2008, what was the reality of Shannon Matthews' disappearance?
  
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• Stefano Brizzi: Cannibal who dismembered PC's body found dead in jail

  06-02-2017 14:32
  Stefano Brizzi, who was imprisoned for murdering a police officer and dissolving his body in acid, has been found dead in jail. A Prison Service spokesperson confirmed Brizzi, 50, died on Sunday at HMP Belmarsh, southeast London. Brizzi was jailed for life in December and told he would serve a minimum of 24 years in jail for murdering PC Gordon Semple at his home in London.
  
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• Factbox - Timeline for Britain's Brexit legislation

  06-02-2017 14:20
  Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking parliament's approval to trigger the legal process for leaving the European Union. TIMELINE Jan. 26 - The government published the 'European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill' Feb. 1 - The bill passes the first legislative test, winning a vote in parliament on the broad principles of the law by 498 votes to 114. This debate is due to last four hours, starting at approximately 1700 GMT.
  
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• A cut above

  06-02-2017 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The London barber who gives free haircuts and advice to the young and unemployed.
  
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• Teenager pleads guilty to stabbing U.S. tourist to death in London

  06-02-2017 14:10
  A teenager who suffered from mental health issues pleaded guilty on Monday to killing a U.S. tourist during a stabbing rampage in London last August. Zakaria Bulhan, 19, a Norwegian of Somali origin who was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, killed retired teacher Darlene Horton, 64, and wounded five others during the knife attack in London's Russell Square. Horton was on holiday in the British capital with her husband Richard Wagner, an eminent psychology professor at Florida State Universi
  
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• Anna Soubry: 'I'll never forgive Boris Johnson' – video

  06-02-2017 14:00
  
  Conservative MP Anna Soubry tells Owen Jones that she will never forgive Boris Johnson for his Brexit campaign. Soubry, MP for Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire, says Johnson ‘didn’t believe in Brexit’ and that he did it for his ‘own personal advancement’. Soubry also says that during the campaign she was told by Number 10 that she could not debate immigration on the day the figures came outAn extended version of this interview is available on Owen Jones’s YouTube c
  
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• Gun salute marks Queen's 65 years on British throne

  06-02-2017 13:30
  Queen Elizabeth, the world's longest-reigning living monarch, celebrated her Sapphire Jubilee on Monday as Britain commemorated 65 years since she ascended the British throne. The 90-year-old monarch, who became Britain's longest-reigning sovereign in 2015, did not publicly mark the occasion herself, but a 41-gun royal salute was fired in a central London park to honour the landmark. "Today’s Sapphire Jubilee marks yet another remarkable milestone for our remarkable queen," Prime Minister
  
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• Nigel Farage's wife says they have lived 'separate lives for some years'

  06-02-2017 12:53
  Nigel Farage's wife has said she and the ex-UKIP leader have been living "separate lives for some years". German-born Kirsten Farage gave a statement saying her husband had moved out of the family home in Kent "a while ago" after reports he is sharing his London home with another woman. Mrs Farage, with whom the MEP has two daughters, said the split was something that "suits everyone" and was "not news to any of the people involved".
  
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• Government says will not allow MPs to block Brexit

  06-02-2017 12:53
  MPs seeking to change Theresa May's Brexit strategy will not be able to block Britain from leaving the European Union, May's spokeswoman said on Monday before a debate on possible amendments to legislation in parliament. "We think there should be a straighforward bill about giving the government the power to deliver on the decision of the British people," the spokeswoman told reporters, adding that parliament will have a vote on the final deal with the EU. "We are not going to allow there to be
  
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• Factbox - Former England test captain Alastair Cook

  06-02-2017 12:47
  (Reuters) - Factbox on opening batsman Alastair Cook, who stepped down as England test captain on Monday. *Scored an unbeaten 104 on test debut against India at Nagpur in 2006 and made his one-day international debut against Sri Lanka in the same year. *Scored 766 runs in seven innings during the 2010-11 Ashes tour to help England to their first series win in Australia for 24 years.
  
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• Man admits stabbing US tourist to death in Russell Square

  06-02-2017 12:46
  A man has pleaded guilty to killing a US tourist and injuring five other people during a knife attack in London's Russell Square. Zakaria Bulhan, 19, targeted 64-year-old retired teacher Darlene Horton and other random strangers on 3 August last year.
  
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• May to tell Israeli PM Netanyahu that settlements undermine trust

  06-02-2017 12:45
  LONDON (Reuters) - Theresa May will tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that continued settlement activity undermines trust in the region, her spokeswoman said on Monday. "Of course I would expect the Middle East peace process to come up, and in that context the PM to reiterate our long-standing position ... that we see the continued increase in settlement activity undermining trust," the spokeswoman told reporters. ...
  
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• Scotland headed to new independence vote, says Greens MSP

  06-02-2017 12:44
  By Elisabeth O'Leary EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland is almost certainly headed towards a new independence referendum after the UK triggers the process to leave the European Union, according to a lawmaker for the Scottish Greens, who back the devolved nationalist government on independence. "I'm 85 or 90 percent sure at least that we're heading towards another referendum," Ross Greer, 22, told Reuters on Monday. Greer was a key figure in the 2014 independence campaign in which Scots voted to stic
  
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• Video shows fare dodger attacking train inspector over £2 ticket

  06-02-2017 12:41
  
  Footage has been released of a rail passenger attacking a train inspector over a £2 fare.
  
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• See the Super Bowl commercial that was 'censored' by Fox for referencing Trump’s border wall

  06-02-2017 12:33
  
  There is a huge door in the wall.
  
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