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• Khizr Khan pulls out of Canada speaking engagement owing to 'travel privileges being reviewed'

  06-03-2017 23:50
  
  A supporter of Hillary Clinton, he used his July speech to ask Mr Trump if he had ever read the US Constitution, and said that he would gladly lend him his copy.Mr Trump, enraged, then attacked the family – beginning a row that overshadowed the presidential campaign for several days.Mr Khan, an American citizen born in Pakistan, had planned to speak at a lunch in Toronto on Tuesday in a discussion about Mr Trump's administration.
  
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• Missile tests add pressure on Trump over North Korea - Daily Mail

  06-03-2017 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Missile tests add pressure on Trump over North Korea
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  WASHINGTON (AP) - North Korea's latest volley of missile tests put new pressure on a preoccupied Trump administration Monday to identify how it will counter leader Kim Jong Un's weapons development. North Korea's march toward having a nuclear-tipped ...
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• Theresa May paves way for new generation of grammar schools

  06-03-2017 23:21
  
  Theresa May speaks with headteacher Dan Abramson, left, and students at King’s College London Mathematics school, a free school.Theresa May will pave the way for a new generation of grammar schools on Wednesday, as her chancellor uses the budget to push ahead with a controversial policy that is seen as a key priority for the prime minister.Philip Hammond will plough £320m into expanding the government’s free school programme, creating 70,000 places in 140 schools, which will be
  
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• Angela Merkel calls for calm after Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan's 'Nazi practices' accusation

  06-03-2017 23:17
  
  Angela Merkel on Monday called for calm as an escalating row threatened to destabilise relations with Turkey and jeopardise the EU’s controversial migrant deal.A spokesman for Mrs Merkel said there was “absolutely no justification” for comments by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the weekend in which he accused Germany of “Nazi practices”.Governments across Europe have condemned the Turkish president’s comments, in which he also threatened to &
  
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• Husbands heave their spouses over the line in Britain's annual wife-carrying race

  06-03-2017 23:12
  
  The tenth annual Wife-Carrying Championships took place on a wet Sunday morning (March 5) in the English town of Dorking.
  
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• Diana's 'rock' Paul Burrell reveals he's marrying his boyfriend - nine months after divorcing wife - Mirror.co.uk

  06-03-2017 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Diana's 'rock' Paul Burrell reveals he's marrying his boyfriend - nine months after divorcing wife
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  Princess Diana's butler Paul Burrell is to tie the knot with his boyfriend next month. The 58-year-old, described by the late royal as her “rock”, will wed lawyer Graham Cooper during an intimate ceremony in the Lake District. Paul divorced wife Maria ...
  Paul Burrell comes out as gay and Princess Diana 'was the only woman who knew'Metro
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• 97-year-old twins leave world as they entered it: together - Daily Mail

  06-03-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) - Ninety-seven-year-old twins Jean Young Haley and Martha Young Williams left the world as they entered it: together. The two women died over the weekend in freezing temperatures after both fell and became stranded outside ...
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• Viceroy's House: Nehru's love for Lady Mountbatten not included in new film amid fear it would offend Indians

  06-03-2017 23:00
  
  The reputed love affair between Edwina Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru could not be included in a new film about Partition because it would upset the Indian government, according to Gillian Anderson.The actress stars as Lady Mountbatten in Viceroy’s House, a sumptuous period drama set during the last days of the Raj and directed by Gurinder Chadha.Critics have noted that the film omits mention of the relationship between the Vicereine and India’s first Prime Minister, although excha
  
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• Nehru's love for Lady Mountbatten not included in new film, amid fear it would offend Indians

  06-03-2017 23:00
  
  The reputed love affair between Edwina Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru could not be included in a new film about Partition because it would upset the Indian government, according to Gillian Anderson.The actress stars as Lady Mountbatten in Viceroy’s House, a sumptuous period drama set during the last days of the Raj and directed by Gurinder Chadha.Critics have noted that the film omits mention of the relationship between the Vicereine and India’s first Prime Minister, although excha
  
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• 'Merry go round' as hundreds of civil servants axed to hire hundreds more

  06-03-2017 23:00
  
  Health chiefs are hiring hundreds of civil servants even as they make hundreds of others redundant, ministers have admitted.The Department of Health (DoH) has just axed more than 500 jobs, with many staff set to receive generous redundancy payments as part of a total £30m payout.Almost £2bn has been spent on NHS redundancies since 2010, with more than 5,000 exit deals paid out last year.
  
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• Will Trump's new travel ban be halted again in court? - BBC News

  06-03-2017 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Will Trump's new travel ban be halted again in court?
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  After its first travel ban was indefinitely bogged down by court challenges, the Trump administration has returned with a more detailed, narrowly focused order. That doesn't mean it won't meet the same fate, however. The action, which suspends new ...
  Trump travel ban: new order targeting six Muslim-majority countries signedThe Guardian
  New travel ban eases some legal questions but not allDaily Mail
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• Theresa May should scrap fixed-term parliaments and hold early election, says William Hague

  06-03-2017 22:30
  
  Theresa May should scrap fixed-term parliaments and call an early general election, the former Tory leader Lord Hague says today, as a poll showed support for Jeremy Corbyn collapsing among Labour Party members.Lord Hague warns that “trouble is coming” over the next two years as the Government tries to implement Brexit, and says the Prime Minister needs a bigger Commons majority to force through change.The next general election is due to take place in May 2020, but Lord Hague argues
  
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• John McDonnell calls for Labour unity in week of budget

  06-03-2017 22:20
  
  John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, issued a call for unity to Labour MPs in the week of the budget, saying there should be contrition all round – including from himself – over infighting that has dogged the party in recent months.
  
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• Don Cheadle claims Donald Trump used the 'n-word' on the golf course

  06-03-2017 22:15
  
  Hollywood star Don Cheadle has accused President Donald Trump of using the “N-word” on the golf course – stating that the president casually used the word to a man he barely knew.Cheadle, known for his climate change activism and work with George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt in Darfur, has long been an outspoken critic of Mr Trump.“Hated him since he asked my friend's father at a Doral pro-am if he'd ever ‘------ a n-----...’" said Cheadle.
  
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• The Queen is pictured still riding at 90 - and without a helmet - as she heads out on her pony near Windsor Castle

  06-03-2017 22:14
  
  She may be just one month away from celebrating her 91st birthday, but the Queen has proved that age is no obstacle to her enjoying her favourite hobby. 
  
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• Brexit: UK public overwhelmingly oppose Theresa May's plan to leave EU with no deal in place, new poll reveals

  06-03-2017 22:05
  
  The BMG Research study showed twice as many people would rather the UK stay in the EU or try and secure a different deal, if MPs and Lords do not endorse the agreement the Prime Minister returns from Europe with.Only last week, ex-Tory Prime Minister Sir John Major warned that quitting with no deal would be “the worst possible outcome” for Britain with “worrying implications for public services such as the NHS”.
  
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• The face masks helping kids beat London's air pollution 

  06-03-2017 22:03
  
  A London-based designer has developed pollution-busting face masks to protect children from the English capital city's toxic air.
  
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• Face masks for kids to counter London air pollution 

  06-03-2017 22:03
  
  A London-based designer has developed pollution-busting face masks to protect children from the English capital city's toxic air.
  
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• US Travel ban: What's different and who will it affect? 

  06-03-2017 21:40
  
  Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban on Monday.The long-awaited executive order replaces a short-lived version that was suspended after more than two dozen legal challenges, travel chaos and international condemnation.
  
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• Equalities minister calls on employers to reform ‘dodgy 1970s workplace diktat’ during high heels debate

  06-03-2017 21:34
  
  Equalities minister Caroline Dinenage has called on employers using outdated dress codes to reform any offices still retaining a "dodgy 1970s workplace diktat" during a debate on high heels at work.Ms Dinenage’s comments came during a debate in Westminster Hall following a petition that attracted more than 150,000 signatories calling for a ban on forcing women to wear high heels at work.London receptionist Nicola Thorp launched the petition after she was sent home from work when she refuse
  
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• White House does not know if alleged surveillance of Trump was by wiretap - The Guardian

  06-03-2017 21:23 via theguardian.com
  
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  White House does not know if alleged surveillance of Trump was by wiretap
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  The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer: 'I think that there's no question that something happened. The question is, is it surveillance, is it a wiretap, or whatever?' Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter ...
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• Amber Rudd asked to reveal where secret £1bn conflict fund is spent

  06-03-2017 21:09
  
  Amber Rudd said she would reconsider if more information could be shared with MPs and peers.A £1bn-plus British conflict, stability and security fund (CSSF) is so secret that a committee of senior MPs and peers meant to be scrutinising it can’t even be told the names of the 40 countries where it is spent.The problem was raised on Monday with the home secretary, Amber Rudd, by a former Conservative defence minister Archie Hamilton, who said MPs had been told the names of the countries
  
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• New sexual harassment claims at Goldsmiths spark calls for inquiry

  06-03-2017 21:00
  
  Goldsmiths has recently launched a 10-point sexual harassment strategy.Goldsmiths, University of London, which was at the centre of a high-profile sexual harassment scandal last year, is under pressure to hold a full independent inquiry after it emerged that the institution is facing fresh allegations.The new complaints have come to light as a result of Guardian investigations, which have also revealed that Goldsmiths paid £192,146 in compensation to students who have brought complaints of
  
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• Peugeot sale is an 'opportunity', says Clark. An opportunity for pigs to fly | John Crace

  06-03-2017 20:53
  
  Greg Clark tried to match Rebecca Long-Bailey’s calm ‘but only succeeded in appearing evasive’.Britain is open for business, insisted Greg Clark.The only fly in the ointment was that it was principally open for overseas companies flogging their UK assets to other overseas companies.
  
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• Changes to stamp duty and business rates have left the British tax system 'unbalanced, warns former Chancellor Norman Lamont

  06-03-2017 20:36
  
  Changes to how Stamp Duty is levied on property sales has left Britain with an "unbalanced" tax system, a former Conservative Chancellor has said.Speaking on the eve of the Budget, Lord Lamont of Lerwick said he was “concerned by the impact of stamp duty on the housing market”.The Daily Telegraph launched a campaign last year after it emerged that stamp duty reforms introduced by the Government in 2014 had slowed the housing market and raised half as much money as forecast.
  
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• Calls for action by universities on ‘epidemic’ of harassment on campus

  06-03-2017 20:22
  
  The National Union of Students said it will launch a national survey into sexual misconduct by university staff towards students.Senior politicians, student leaders and equality campaigners have called for an urgent review of how universities handle allegations of sexual harassment by staff after a Guardian investigation revealed it was at “epidemic” levels in the UK.
  
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• Donald Trump's travel ban: President facing new legal threat as FBI investigate 300 refugees for links to Isil

  06-03-2017 20:16
  
  Donald Trump sign new travel ban: full text of memorandum The travel ban prevents arrivals from six countries - Iraq now dropped from list Six countries are: Yemen, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Iran Refugee ban for 90 days is reinstated, but Syrians no longer singled out for permanent ban Ban comes into effect on March 16 and replaces previous ban: The first court's ruling Donald Trump 'does not believe FBI' over wire-tapping row Donald Trump wiretapping row: Did Obama order surveillance,
  
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• Iranian vessels approached Royal Navy ships in 'unsafe' move

  06-03-2017 20:14
  Three Royal Navy ships were forced to change their course after they were "unsafely" approached by Iranian vessels, officials say.The ships were accompanying US Navy tracking ship USNS Invincible in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday when they were approached by a number of fast-attack vessels from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a US official told Reuters.The official said the boats attempted to get between the Royal Navy ships and USNS Invincible, before stopping within 600 yards of the U
  
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• Britain urges Kenya to restore order after rancher killed

  06-03-2017 20:11
  Britain on Monday urged Kenya to restore law and order in the north of the country after a British rancher was shot dead there.The most recent victim was Tristan Voorspuy, a British army veteran who held dual Kenyan and British citizenship and ran a company called Offbeat Safaris.Nic Hailey, Britain's high commissioner (ambassador) to Kenya, said he had repeatedly conveyed to the Kenyan government Britain's concern over the situation in Laikipia.
  
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• Man travels to US for second opinion on his cancer - but is told he actually has a heart condition and can't fly back

  06-03-2017 20:08
  
  A man who was wrongly diagnosed with terminal cancer by the NHS travelled to America for a second opinion - only to be told he had a heart condition and could not fly back. 
  
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• More than 135,000 EU nationals have applied to live in Britain permanently in just six months, ministers reveal

  06-03-2017 20:07
  
  More than 135,000 EU nationals have applied to live in Britain permanently in just six months, it has been revealed – ahead of a Commons showdown next week.The Home Office is being inundated with bids for residency, as Theresa May continues to fight pressure to guarantee EU citizens can remain in the country after Brexit.
  
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• Equality laws must be better enforced to stop rogue employers forcing women to wear high heels, ministers admit - Daily Mail

  06-03-2017 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Equality laws must be better enforced to stop rogue employers forcing women to wear high heels, ministers admit
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  An MP told how her daughter suffered a fractured foot when she was forced to wear high heels at work as the Government admitted that equality legislation must be better enforced to stop rogue employers wrongly forcing women to wear such shoes.
  High heels row: MPs 'shocked' by women's dress code storiesBBC News
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• Villagers defeat Historic England and parish council in row about poppy wreath holders to honour war dead 

  06-03-2017 20:00
  
  The plan, which was put forward by local vicar, the Rev Ian Whitehead, church warden Jocelyn Hickman, and the chairman of the local war memorial's preservation committee, won the support of the Parochial Church Council.Historic England also argued the design may be "overly functional in appearance and of insufficient artistic merit" unless it was a commemorative piece of art, the judgement revealed.
  
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• First black female Lord-Lieutenant: My civil rights activist father would be 'very proud' of me 

  06-03-2017 19:57
  
  The first black female Lord-Lieutenant said her civil rights activist father would be "very proud" of her. 
  
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• Northern Ireland election results: Record number of female MLAs take seats at Stormont

  06-03-2017 19:56
  
  A record number of women have been elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly, making the devolved parliament have a higher proportion of women than the House of Commons.30 per cent of MLAs at Stormont are women, following last week’s snap election.This is marginally more than the House of Commons, where 29 per cent of MPs are women.
  
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• Ministers pledge new guidance and prosecutions for sexist bosses who force women to wear inappropriate shoes and clothes

  06-03-2017 19:56
  
  An MP has told how her daughter broke her foot after she was forced to wear high heels at work as ministers promised more guidance for companies on sexist workplace dress rules.Ministers said the code will stop employers breaking anti-discrimination laws and promised more prosecutions to shame employers who require them to wear “sexualised clothing”.
  
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• Smart energy meters giving readings up to seven times too high, study finds

  06-03-2017 19:52
  
  Smart meters are giving readings up to seven times higher than the energy consumed by households when connected to energy-saving light bulbs, according to scientists.The greatest inaccuracies were seen when dimmers combined with energy saving light bulbs and LED bulbs were connected to the system.
  
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• SNP economist admits Alex Salmond was wrong about independence oil 'bonus' claim

  06-03-2017 19:49
  
  Alex Salmond has been urged to admit he misled voters during the 2014 independence referendum after the head of an SNP commission rejected his boast that oil revenues would have been a “bonus” rather than a necessity.Andrew Wilson, a former SNP MSP and RBS economist, that North Sea revenues had formed part of the “basis” of a separate Scotland’s finances rather than being an additional windfall as Mr Salmond repeatedly claimed.
  
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• The budget should address cuts and chronic underfunding | Letters

  06-03-2017 19:48
  
  A baby in hospital. ‘Last year local authority funding for children’s palliative care charities was cut by a staggering 61%’, writes Barbara Gelb of Together for Short Lives.Social care is on the edge of a financial cliff, with years of cuts and under-investment impacting on the sector’s stability and calling its long-term sustainability into question.Many have been waiting with bated breath for a long-term government solution to this growing crisis, and while some action
  
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• Primary schools will have unisex bathrooms for the first time, council reveals

  06-03-2017 19:46
  
  New primary schools in Glasgow will have unisex bathrooms for the first time, the city council has admitted.It already been implemented as a cost-effective alternative in Hillhead Primary School, an oversubscribed school in the city, where six unisex toilets have replaced gendered bathrooms.Defending the policy, David McEwan, estate programme manager for the authority’s education services, said: “Bullying  is reduced, behaviour is improved, no graffiti, no soggy bombs on the cei
  
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• Brothers fined over 'depressing, unsafe' Liverpool care home

  06-03-2017 19:46
  
  Amjad Latif leaving Liverpool crown court where he and his brother Amer were fined.Amer did not attend court.Two brothers have been fined more than £82,000 after their “depressing, unhygienic and unsafe” care home was shut down by inspectors.
  
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• Sell fatty food in plain packaging, says prize-winning neuroscientist

  06-03-2017 19:38
  
  Fatty foods should be sold in plain packaging to help the battle against obesity, a leading neuroscientist has said.Wolfram Shultz, who was yesterday revealed as the joint winner of a €1 million (£864,600) prize for a lifetime’s work understanding the brain’s decision making process, said the colourful wrapping and attractive advertising of calorie-rich foods triggered chemicals which encouraged people to overeat.“We should not advertise, propagate or encourage the u
  
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• DUP's Foster resists Sinn Fein calls to go as Northern Ireland talks begin

  06-03-2017 19:24
  By Ian GrahamBELFAST (Reuters) - Talks to save Northern Ireland's devolved government ran straight into an obstacle on Monday as Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster resisted renewed demands by Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein not to return as first minister.A snap election on Friday saw Sinn Fein surge to within one seat of the DUP and deny pro-British unionist politicians a majority in the British province's local assembly for the first time since Ireland was partitioned in 19
  
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• US and Russian troops patrol neighboring villages in Syria

  06-03-2017 19:20
  
  In what is the closest encounter between the two superpowers in Syria to date, both sides have sent troops into the area around the northern town of Manbij to in a bid to halt fighting between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Turkish troops and allied rebel groups.
  
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• MP's daughter who was forced to wear heels at work fractured her foot

  06-03-2017 19:11
  
  An MP has told how her daughter fractured her foot after she was forced to wear high heels at work.Labour MP Gill Furniss said her daughter was denied sick pay or compensation after suffering a metatarsal fracture - the same injury that put David Beckham out of the 2002 World Cup.Speaking during a debate in Parliament on workplace dress codes, the MP for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough hit out at employers who force women to put up with “humiliating and degrading” dress codes.
  
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• Ukraine sues Russia in International Court of Justice for 'financing terrorism'

  06-03-2017 19:00
  
  Russia and Ukraine faced off in court on Monday as judges in the The Hague began hearing a landmark case brought by Kiev over Moscow's  annexation of Crimea and involvement in the war in eastern Ukraine.  
  
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• Top Gear return gets nearly two million fewer viewers than last year's series opener with Chris Evans

  06-03-2017 18:52
  
  Despite largely positive reviews from fans, the return of Top Gear failed to impress in the ratings as it was seen by nearly two million fewer viewers than its series debut last year.Top Gear, which has been revamped with Matt Le Blanc at the helm alongside co-hosts Chris Harris and Rory Reid, was watched by an average of 2.8 million people, according to overnight data, while Call The Midwife was seen by an average of 8.9 million.Top Gear's series launch in 2016 - with Chris Evans and Le Bl
  
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• Tory MP's 'callous' reply to voter who discovered abandoned lorry full of starving child refugees

  06-03-2017 18:45
  
  An MP who caused a storm after she said people should “stop being so sentimental” about child refugees has reignited the row after she poured scorn on a voter who discovered a lorry full of desperate children abandoned in a Kent carpark.Daniel Grimwood, 40, wrote to Tory MP Pauline Latham after he heard her speech rejecting the need to give sanctuary to child refugees.
  
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• NHS manager who earned £1m jailed for fabricating qualifications

  06-03-2017 18:34
  
  Jon Andrewes lied over his work history, falsely claiming to have worked in the Home Office.A former probation officer who earned more than £1m working in very senior NHS management roles after he fabricated qualifications has been jailed for two years.Jon Andrewes, 63, claimed to have two PhDs and a master’s degree but only had a higher education diploma in social work and a teaching qualification.
  
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• Dare to bare?

  06-03-2017 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We look at whether the actress can still be a beacon for feminism after her Vanity Fair shoot.
  
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