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• Hollywood's big musical extravaganza sweeps the board at Baftas - Daily Star

  12-02-2017 23:37 via dailystar.co.uk
  
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  Hollywood's big musical extravaganza sweeps the board at Baftas
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  FILM musical La La Land was in dreamland tonight after scooping five awards at the Baftas. By Ross Kaniuk / Published 12th February 2017. Emma Stone with Bafta PA. Political: Emma Stone touched on the current political divisions in her speech. The ...
  Emma Stone's 'crazy shaky' joy over La La honourBT.com
  BAFTAs 2017: La La Land dances its way to gloryExpress.co.uk
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• Scots team from Edinburgh ready for battle to be crowned Harry Potter Quidditch champs - The Scottish Sun

  12-02-2017 23:28 via thescottishsun.co.uk
  
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  Scots team from Edinburgh ready for battle to be crowned Harry Potter Quidditch champs
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  IT'S the 20th anniversary of the publication of JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book this year. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone caught the imagination of millions of kids around the world — and was followed by six more books in the series ...
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• North Korea says ballistic missile test was a 'success' - BBC News

  12-02-2017 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  North Korea says ballistic missile test was a 'success'
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  North Korea has confirmed that it "successfully" fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in a test supervised by leader Kim Jong-un. The device was described as a "surface-to-surface medium-to-long-range ballistic missile", the Korean state news agency ...
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  By testing a missile, North Korea was probably also testing Trump, experts sayLos Angeles Times
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• Man caught by bell rope at Worcester Cathedral winched to safety

  12-02-2017 23:24
  A man whose foot was caught in a rope in a cathedral's bell tower and pulled into the air has been winched to safety. The bell-ringer, named as Ian Bowman, is reported to have suffered a head wound and a back injury when his foot became entangled. Mr Bowman, from Devon, is understood to have been visiting Worcester Cathedral at the time.
  
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• Man tweets Harry Potter book line-by-line to Piers Morgan

  12-02-2017 23:18
  A bookshop owner has been tweeting every line of the first Harry Potter book to Piers Morgan as a response to the journalist's Twitter spat with JK Rowling. Simon Key, who has already sent about 100 tweets of a planned 32,567 to Morgan, told Sky News he was prompted by Morgan saying he would "never" read her book. The row had flared up after Rowling and Morgan took shots at each other on the social media site over Donald Trump's travel ban.
  
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• Piers Morgan's son tweets photo showing his love for Harry Potter after his father's public spat with author JK Rowling - The Sun

  12-02-2017 23:13 via thesun.co.uk
  
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  Piers Morgan's son tweets photo showing his love for Harry Potter after his father's public spat with author JK Rowling
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  PIERS Morgan's son has tried to make light of his father's spat with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling by declaring his love for the boy wizard. Spencer Morgan took to his Twitter page to share a photo of himself showing off a tattoo and necklace of the ...and more »
  
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• Bafta Film Awards 2017 - as it happened - Radio Times

  12-02-2017 23:11 via radiotimes.com
  
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  Bafta Film Awards 2017 - as it happened
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  Will La Land Land dominate the prizes, or can I, Daniel Blake give it a run for its money? ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW. 0. Bafta Film Awards 2017 - as it happened. By Huw Fullerton. It's time for another glitzy evening of film, fun and fancy dresses ...
  La La Land fails to win Baftas landslide in night of diversityThe Guardian
  The Latest: 'La La Land' wins best picture at British awardsDaily Mail
  La La Land earns five BAFTAs as it domi
  
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• At Mar-a-Lago, Trump tackles crisis diplomacy at close range - CNN

  12-02-2017 23:11 via cnn.com
  
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  At Mar-a-Lago, Trump tackles crisis diplomacy at close range
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  (CNN) The iceberg wedge salads, dripping with blue cheese dressing, had just been served on the terrace of Mar-a-Lago Saturday when the call to President Donald Trump came in: North Korea had launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile, its first ...
  White House considers next step on travel banThe Boston Globe
  White House declines to publicly defend embattled FlynnDaily Mail
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• Musical La La Land waltzes off with five of its possible 11 BAFTAs - Sky News

  12-02-2017 23:10 via news.sky.com
  
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  Musical La La Land waltzes off with five of its possible 11 BAFTAs
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  British talent beat tough US competition in some categories, with Dev Patel winning best supporting actor for his role in Lion. 22:44, UK, Sunday 12 February 2017. La La Land follows a jazz pianist falling for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. Image ...
  From small screen to silver screen: Dev Patel's amazing real life rise to fameBT.com
  Skins star turned BAFTA winner Dev Patel: "If Anwar was here he'd be wast
  
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• Musical La La Land waltzes off with five of its possible 11 BAFTAs

  12-02-2017 23:07
  The effervescent escapism film La La Land has continued its runaway success of the season at the BAFTAs. The musical predictably waltzed off with the most BAFTAs, winning five of the 11 for which it was nominated, including best film and best director for Damien Chazelle. Emma Stone won best actress and while her speech was somewhat muted compared to Meryl Streep's politically-charged Golden Globe speech in which she attacked Trump, the actress gave a nod to the political flavour of the entire a
  
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• Claudio Ranieri struggling to find the answers to Leicester's slide - SkySports

  12-02-2017 22:54 via skysports.com
  
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  Claudio Ranieri struggling to find the answers to Leicester's slide
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  ​​​​​​​Claudio Ranieri got everything right during Leicester's remarkable charge to the Premier League title last season, but he is struggling to find answers to their slide down the table. We take a look at the desperate situation facing the Italian ...
  Swansea 2 Leicester 0: Foxes point off relegation as resurgent Swans boost survival hopesDaily Star
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• Trump powers 'will not be questioned' on immigration, senior official says - The Guardian

  12-02-2017 22:28 via theguardian.com
  
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  Trump powers 'will not be questioned' on immigration, senior official says
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  Stephen Miller waits to go on the air in the White House briefing room in Washington on Sunday. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing options; Share on LinkedIn · Share on ...
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• Few good options in Trump arsenal to counter defiant North Korea - Daily Mail

  12-02-2017 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Few good options in Trump arsenal to counter defiant North Korea
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  WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Despite his campaign vows to take a tougher line with North Korea, President Donald Trump's restrained public reaction to Pyongyang's first ballistic missile launch on his watch underscores that he has few good options to ...
  N Korea missile test, Putin rival to run for presidency, Swiss tax voteFinancial Times
  North Korea Missile Launch Sets Test for TrumpWall Street Journal
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn banned from Stoke by-election over fears he could scare away voters - Daily Star

  12-02-2017 22:02 via dailystar.co.uk
  
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  Jeremy Corbyn banned from Stoke by-election over fears he could scare away voters
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  Labour bosses fear if he turns up it could lose them the seat. The party faces a huge battle with Ukip in a city that overwhelmingly voted for Brexit. Stoke-on-Trent Central has been Labour since 1950, but Ukip's new leader Paul Nuttall wants victory ...
  The bell tolls for Corbyn's leadership, but where are Labour's centrists?The Guardian
  It's Britain's constitution that is feeling the strain
  
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• N Korea missile test, Putin rival to run for presidency, Swiss tax vote - Financial Times

  12-02-2017 21:54 via ft.com
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  N Korea missile test, Putin rival to run for presidency, Swiss tax vote
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  North Korea early on Sunday launched its first ballistic missile of the Trump presidency, as Pyongyang sought to test the new US leader, who has vowed to get tough with the isolated nation. A US official told Reuters that the administration had been ...
  North Korea says ballistic missile test was a 'success'BBC News
  North Korea says new nuclear-capable missile test successfulDaily Mail
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• Viola Davis sceptical about success of #OscarsSoWhite at Baftas - The Guardian

  12-02-2017 21:52 via theguardian.com
  
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  Viola Davis sceptical about success of #OscarsSoWhite at Baftas
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  'I'm a living, breathing person. I'm sexual, joyful, tragic – all of those things. These are all worthy' … Viola Davis with her Bafta award. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more sharing ...
  Viola Davis: Anyone who labels Meryl Streep overrated doesn't know anything about actingRadio Times
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• Gobstopper earrings and plunging necklines; What we've learned from this year's BAFTA red carpet - Telegraph.co.uk

  12-02-2017 21:31 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Gobstopper earrings and plunging necklines; What we've learned from this year's BAFTA red carpet
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  In the end, once Hollywood's finest had been shuffled inside the Royal Albert Hall, the guests every red carpet watcher had been waiting for entered via a side entrance. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge did not parade down the red carpet in front of ...
  BAFTAs 2017: Kate Middleton and Prince William STUN on the red carpet at the lavish awards ceremonyOK! Magazine
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• Germany rules out attack in Hamburg airport closure - Daily Mail

  12-02-2017 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Germany rules out attack in Hamburg airport closure
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  HAMBURG, Feb 12 (Reuters) - German authorities said on Sunday the leak of a corrosive substance through the air conditioning system at Hamburg airport was not an attack, adding that police were investigating the incident that forced the brief closure ...
  Hamburg airport stops flights after toxin injures dozensNews1130
  Is Hamburg safe? Travel update after suspicious TOXIC leak in German airportExpress.co.uk
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• No simple solutions to England’s housing troubles | Letters

  12-02-2017 21:09
  
  Simon Jenkins plays down the acuteness of the housing crisis (Look at society’s forgotten: there’s the real housing crisis, 9 February), saying there have been “the same price rises” in Australia and America. But in the US the median house price is “only” 5.7 times median household disposable income; in England that ratio is 8.2. A strictly comparable figure for Australia is not available, but the ratio of median house price to median gross household income is
  
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• Mexicans march to protest Trump — but also their own leaders and politicians - Washington Post

  12-02-2017 20:42 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Mexicans march to protest Trump — but also their own leaders and politicians
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  MEXICO CITY — Mexicans took to the streets of their capital and other cities Sunday afternoon to denounce President Trump's depictions of them as “rapists” and robbers and to demand “the respecting of Mexico.” But that was by no means the only agenda.
  Thousands march in Mexico to protest Trump's border, immigration plansThe Globe and Mail
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• Martin Rowson on the Labour party leadership – cartoon

  12-02-2017 20:32
  
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• All that glitters! Michelle Williams turns up the glamour in a thigh-skimming silver dress on the BAFTA red carpet - Daily Mail

  12-02-2017 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  All that glitters! Michelle Williams turns up the glamour in a thigh-skimming silver dress on the BAFTA red carpet
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  She's been nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her part Manchester By The Sea. And Michelle Williams certainly proved her star quality as she arrived on the BAFTA red carpet at London's Royal Albert Hall on Sunday. The American actress ...
  Ken Loach: Tory government 'callous, brutal and disgraceful' and 'must be removed'The Guardian
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• Victoria Beckham's New York show restores some sparkle to family brand

  12-02-2017 20:26
  
  Her catwalk show is now enough of an event that it can’t be overshadowed by scandal over her husband’s hacked emails Brand Beckham has had a rocky time of late. In New York, it fell to the fashion branch of this modern family empire to restore some sparkle after the hacked emails that threatened David Beckham’s clean-cut image.It is a reflection of how serious a player she has become in the fashion industry that – rather than being overshadowed by the scandal – a Vi
  
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• Burnley 1-1 Chelsea: Clarets provide a lesson in how to stop the Blues - SkySports

  12-02-2017 20:24 via skysports.com
  
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  Burnley 1-1 Chelsea: Clarets provide a lesson in how to stop the Blues
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  Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by Burnley as Robbie Brady's stunning free kick cancelled out Pedro's early opener at Turf Moor. Sky Bet. Loading Market ... Football Betting · £10 Completely Free. Antonio Conte's side still have a 10-point lead at the ...
  Burnley 1 - Chelsea 1: Robbie Brady stuns Antonio Conte again as Clarets earn drawExpress.co.uk
  Below-par Chelsea survive Burnley battering
  
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• Swansea 2 - Leicester 0: Mawson stunner piles more misery on struggling Foxes - Express.co.uk

  12-02-2017 20:07 via express.co.uk
  
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  Swansea 2 - Leicester 0: Mawson stunner piles more misery on struggling Foxes
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  PINCH yourself, but a year ago tomorrow Leicester were five points clear at the top of the Premier League table, having beaten Manchester City 3-1 at the Etihad in their most recent game. By Matthew Dunn. PUBLISHED: 00:00, Sun, Feb 12, 2017 ...
  Swansea 2 Leicester 0: Foxes point off relegation as resurgent Swans boost survival hopesDaily Starall 133 news articles »
  
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• The Queen is hiring someone to tweet on her behalf

  12-02-2017 19:55
  
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• Labour has `plenty of potential leaders if Corbyn stands down´ - Daily Mail

  12-02-2017 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Labour has `plenty of potential leaders if Corbyn stands down´
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  Labour has “plenty” of potential leaders waiting in the wings should Jeremy Corbyn choose to stand down, the party's new election coordinator has said. Ian Lavery appeared to suggest that Mr Corbyn could decide to quit before the general election, but ...
  The bell tolls for Corbyn's leadership, but where are Labour's centrists?The Guardian
  Labour has 'plenty' of potential leadership candi
  
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• George Michael's family 'appalled' at 999 call leak

  12-02-2017 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Relatives of the singer have called for an investigation into how a recording of a 999 call was made public.
  
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• Baftas 2017: Stars descend on London for ceremony

  12-02-2017 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hollywood comes to London for the awards bash, with La La Land tipped for a record-breaking haul.
  
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• Something borrowed

  12-02-2017 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After a bride is reunited with her 150-year-old wedding dress, BBC News hears more stories of family heirlooms.
  
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• A mother talks about walking 6,000 miles in memory of her daughter

  12-02-2017 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman whose five-year-old daughter died from a rare illness has told BBC Radio 5 live how she finished a 6,000-mile walk in memory of her daughter.
  
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• Brave policeman injured after attempting to save suicidal man trying to take his own life

  12-02-2017 17:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A POLICE officer has been injured trying to stop a man from killing himself in north Wales.
  
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• Man loses £1m books in 'Mission: Impossible heist' near Heathrow

  12-02-2017 17:10
  A book dealer who had £1m worth of his antique works stolen from a warehouse has told Sky News he is "very upset". Alessandro Meda Riquier said 51 of his books were being stored in the building near Heathrow Airport before they were due to be flown to an event in California. In total, some 160 publications worth more than £2m were taken in last month's audacious burglary, which has been likened to a scene in Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible.
  
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• David Davis criticised for 'sexist' Diane Abbott text

  12-02-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Brexit secretary apologises after reportedly saying he wouldn't hug the MP because he is "not blind".
  
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• Government needs to help OUR homeless before welcoming ECONOMIC migrants, Hopkins roars

  12-02-2017 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  KATIE HOPKINS has launched a seething attack on people raging against the Government for scrapping the Dubs amendment scheme as she said the UK needs help its own homeless first.
  
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• Chakrabarti PRAISES lawyer who chased after brave British troops for a PROFIT

  12-02-2017 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LADY Chakrabarti has been called a "complete hypocrite" for praising the disgraced lawyer who was struck off for trying to bring false murder and torture claims against the armed forces.
  
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• Children share photo of terminally ill parents holding hands

  12-02-2017 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Terminally ill couple Julie and Mike Bennet held hands as they said goodbye to each other.
  
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• Centre-left Frank-Walter Steinmeier elected president of Germany - The Guardian

  12-02-2017 16:10 via theguardian.com
  
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  Centre-left Frank-Walter Steinmeier elected president of Germany
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  A centre-left politician who once characterised Donald Trump as a “hate preacher” has been elected president of Germany. The former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was voted in on Sunday by a parliamentary assembly made up of 1,260 MPs and ...
  Angela Merkel, Squeezed by Far Right, Now Faces a Rising Left, TooNew York Times
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• Tom Watson: Not time for Labour leadership fight

  12-02-2017 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is "established" in the role and should contest the next general election, his deputy says.
  
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• Unelected Lords shouldn’t meddle with Brexit by amending EU bill, Tory MP thunders

  12-02-2017 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITONS should not have to tolerate an unelected Chamber trying delay Brexit, a Tory MP has raged.
  
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• Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’

  12-02-2017 15:59
  
  He uses a walker, and a stroke has affected his speech, but the old charm is still there as the actor recalls his old Hollywood friends Burt Lancaster and John Wayne – and how he was never really a tough guyBoth the house and the man are smaller than you would expect, a result of the diminishing effects of old age that come to us all, if we are lucky enough to live that long. Kirk Douglas, now 100 years old, and Anne, his wife of 62 years, moved into the small bungalow in Beverly Hills abo
  
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• Rape victim sexual history questioning law review welcomed

  12-02-2017 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More rape victims would come forward if a law allowing their sexual history to be brought up in court is changed, a Plaid Cymru MP says.
  
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• Murder probe after woman dies in 'deliberate' Kilmarnock fire

  12-02-2017 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A murder investigation is under way after a 71-year-old woman died in a "deliberate" fire at a house in Kilmarnock.
  
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• 'Reliability is all for Wikipedia, which is why the Daily Mail was banned'

  12-02-2017 15:11
  
  Katherine Maher, head of the Wikimedia Foundation, on accuracy and operating in a world of ‘fake news’News that a few dozen Wikipedia editors had decided that the Daily Mail should be “generally prohibited” from being used as a source caused consternation among many in the media. That’s not least because the anarchic way in which policy is set at the “world’s public library” is a million miles away from what most of the journalists and academics re
  
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• EU's chief Brexit negotiator has 29-strong team to back him up in divorce talks with UK

  12-02-2017 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN'S Brexit negotiators will face of with a group of almost 30 EU officials to finalise Britain's withdrawal from the bloc.
  
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• Surgeons 'kicking their heels' as bed shortage delays operations

  12-02-2017 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surgeons in England are wasting time waiting for beds in which patients can recover, NHS leaders say.
  
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• Desert Island Discs: EastEnders keeps me alive, says June Brown

  12-02-2017 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Soap stalwart June Brown, who is about to turn 90, says she "couldn't possibly" retire from her TV role.
  
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• Factbox - Team Barnier: Going into bat for EU in Brexit talks

  12-02-2017 14:42
  Michel Barnier, the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator, currently has a 29-strong team to coordinate Brussels' efforts to reach a divorce deal with Britain by 2019: THE TEAM Headed by Barnier, 66, a former French minister and EU commissioner, the team can call on and coordinate expertise across the European Commission, the EU's executive. Deputy chief negotiator Sabine Weyand, is a German veteran of the Commission, who studied at Cambridge in the 1980s.
  
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• Meryl Streep says Trump provokes 'brownshirts and bots and worse'

  12-02-2017 14:35
  
  Actor who Trump said was ‘overrated’ after Golden Globes criticism refers to Nazi militia and tells HRC gala: ‘It’s terrifying to put a target on your forehead’In an emotional speech that was by turns tearful, defiant and humorous, Meryl Streep reiterated her harsh criticism of Donald Trump, and spoke of having become a target since she first took him on in her Golden Globes speech in January. Related: 'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep
  
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• Brexit process will be frustrated as Lib Dem Lord ADMITS pushing for EU bill amendments

  12-02-2017 14:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A LIB DEM Lord has insisted the House of Lords is not trying to frustrate Brexit, despite admitting the Upper Chamber will push for amendments to the EU bill.
  
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