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• Missing daughter of London ExCel boss found

  20-03-2017 23:46
  
  A 13-year-old girl who went missing following a day out with friends has been found safe and well. 
  
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• Gareth Southgate’s personal video nasty missed by England no-shows

  20-03-2017 23:28 via theguardian.com
  
  • Wayne Rooney misses presentation outlining manager’s international vision
  • New manager showed squad his Euro 96 penalty miss in ‘powerful message’Gareth Southgate showed his England players the video of him missing the decisive penalty in the Euro 96 semi-final against Germany as part of an impassioned speech to begin the new era with him as full-time manager.However, Southgate’s first international get-together since signing a four-year contract took place a
  
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• Ambassador warns of Brexit bill battle after Theresa May sets date for Article 50

  20-03-2017 23:28
  
  The UK’s ambassador to Europe has warned that the EU will push for Britain to pay a hefty Brexit “divorce bill” after Theresa May triggers Article 50 on 29 March.Sir Tim Barrow said EU leaders would take no notice of claims in London that Britain could quit without paying “a brass farthing”, with concern mounting that the bill could be as high as £60bn.
  
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• Donald Trump trolls FBI director James Comey on Twitter during house intelligence committee hearing

  20-03-2017 23:17
  
  President Donald Trump spent Monday's hearing of the house intelligence committee watching proceedings on television, and providing a live commentary on Twitter.FBI Director Comey refuses to deny he briefed President Obama on calls made by Michael Flynn to Russia.Trump suggests here that Comey may have briefed Obama on the Flynn case.
  
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• Prince Harry receives colourful welcome at Nepalese embassy

  20-03-2017 23:15
  
  His highness Prince Harry attended an event at the Nepalese embassy in London to mark the 200 years relationship between the UK and Nepal. He spoke fondly of his time spent in the country after the earthquake, and of the Gurkha regiment. Video block text
  
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• Olivier Giroud: Arsenal players want Arsène Wenger to stay on

  20-03-2017 23:13 via theguardian.com
  
  • Striker says the players hope manager will renew his contract
  • Wenger digging in after vicious criticism from pundits and fansOlivier Giroud believes the Arsenal players are right behind manager Arsène Wenger and want him to stay on at the club despite mounting fan unrest and a poor run of form.Wenger is determined to continue and, with a two-year contract on the table, says an announcement will be made “very soon”. Continue reading...
  
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• England’s largest cricket crowd could fill London Stadium at World Cup

  20-03-2017 23:13 via theguardian.com
  
  • Deal to stage two 2019 ICC World Cup games close to being secured
  • ECB looks set to ratify plans for new, eight-team T20 tournament
  A deal to stage cricket World Cup matches at the London Stadium, potentially creating the biggest crowd in England in the modern history of the sport, is close to being secured as part of a wider push to popularise the game with new, younger audiences.As exclusively revealed in the Guardian in December, the ECB is understood to be hopeful of staging two
  
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• Car curling tournament held on Russian ice rink

  20-03-2017 23:05
  
  Russia's first ever car curling tournament is held on an ice rink in the city of Yekaterinburg. Video block text
  
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• South Sudan plane crashes, all 49 passengers, crew survive

  20-03-2017 23:02
  
  A passenger plane crash-landed and burned in Wau, northwestern South Sudan on Monday, but all 49 passengers and crew survived, an airport official.The plane was landing but then crashed, said Wau's Acting Airport Manager Stephen Youngule.The pilot couldn't control it," said Youngule, who is also Deputy Director of Air Traffic Services.
  
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• Up to 300,000 elderly forced to travel an extra five miles for medicine because of £208million cut to pharmacies' subsidy

  20-03-2017 23:00
  
  Nearly 300,000 people, many of whom are elderly and live in rural areas, will have to travel five miles more to collect their medicines because of a Government subsidy cut.The study by the House of Commons library laid bare how much further the ill and sick will have to travel for medicines if pharmacies close because of a cut in a vital subsidy.Last Autumn ministers announced that the subsidy for pharmacies in rural and deprived areas will be cut by £208million in the 2017/18 fi
  
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• Theresa May heading to Scotland next week as relations with Nicola Sturgeon sink to new nadir

  20-03-2017 23:00
  
  Theresa May is preparing for a possible showdown next week with Nicola Sturgeon over a second independence referendum after relations between their two governments sunk to a new nadir.The Telegraph understands the Prime Minister will visit Scotland early next week as part of a promise to consult all the devolved administrations ahead of the triggering of Article 50.Although Mrs May held talks with Carwyn Jones, the Welsh First Minister, during a visit to Swansea, UK Government sources said that
  
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• MPs slam funding crisis and 'postcode lottery' of children's services

  20-03-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Report finds under-funded social services stretched to brink of collapse, and huge differences in treatment of youngstersChildren’s social services are being engulfed by a funding crisis in which nine out of 10 local authorities are struggling to meet their legal duties and families face a postcode lottery, a damning report has concluded.
  The inquiry by MPs, led by a former Conservative children’s minister, Tim Loughton, has found “wildly different approaches” in the ways
  
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• Eddie Jones defends Dylan Hartley over British Lions selection doubts

  20-03-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  • Warren Gatland hints England captain could miss out on Lions selection• England coach says All Blacks are ‘there for the taking’ in summerEddie Jones has defended his captain, Dylan Hartley, and compared him to Mike Brearley after Warren Gatland hinted he may not select the hooker in his British & Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand in the summer.After Jones’s side failed to complete consecutive grand slams, Gatland also suggested Hartley, who is still among t
  
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• Classification system for Paralympic track and field 'open to abuse'

  20-03-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Review by UK Athletics, the sport’s governing body, finds number of ways in which ‘flawed’ system can be underminedThe classification system for Paralympic track and field athletes is flawed and open to abuse by the unscrupulous, according to a report into the subject by the sport’s own governing body.UK Athletics’ review found a variety of ways in which the existing classification rules could be undermined, and uncovered a widespread belief inside Paralympic sport
  
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• Broadchurch recap: series three, episode four – massive skin crawl alert

  20-03-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I’ve given up trying to remember all the suspects by now, but the convicted rapist was unforgettably creepy … as was the tasteless town football matchOh my. Call centre woman changes everything. “Two years ago ... I never told anyone.” Another rape victim. But what does it mean? It gets creepy beardy “man cave” man off the hook as he would have been in prison. Or does that date actually incriminate him because it was just before his arrest? Either way, it doe
  
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• Corbyn and team criticised for briefing against Watson over Momentum row

  20-03-2017 22:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour MPs say deputy leader has been wrongly vilified after he spoke out against Momentum’s plan to increase influence with help of Unite union
  Jeremy Corbyn and his team are facing strong criticism from their MPs over briefings against Tom Watson after the deputy Labour leader spoke out against the influence of the grassroots movement Momentum and the leader of the Unite union, Len McCluskey.At an angry parliamentary Labour party meeting, senior figures including John Cryer and John Spel
  
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• UK banks accused of being 'involved in multi-billion pound Russian money-laundering scam'

  20-03-2017 22:43
  
  Some of the UK's top banks have been accused of being involved in a multibillion-pound Russian money-laundering scam.High street names including HSBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and Coutts are among those involved in processing £600 million as part of the scam, The Guardian reported.Banking records detailing the scheme were reportedly obtained by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and Novaya Gazeta.
  
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• Orly attack captured on CCTV footage from Paris airport – video

  20-03-2017 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The attack in which Ziyed Ben Belgacem was shot dead after assaulting a soldier in Paris’ Orly airport can be seen here on CCTV footage. Ben Belgacem was shot dead by another soldier during the scuffle. Investigators are still trying to understand the motive behind Saturday’s assault by the 39-year-old, which led to a major security scare and the temporary closure of the capital’s second-busiest airport.Continue reading...
  
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• BBC risks undermining Brexit and damaging UK with 'pessimistic and skewed' coverage, 70 MPs warn

  20-03-2017 22:30
  
  The BBC risks undermining Brexit and damaging the UK's reputation with its "pessimistic and skewed" coverage, MPs have warned.More than 70  MPs from across the political spectrum have written to Lord Hall, the director-general of the BBC, accusing the corporation of portraying the UK as a "xenophobic" nation that regrets the vote to leave the EU.The letter comes after months of mounting anger in the Conservative Party about the corporation's coverage of Brexit in the wake of
  
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• James Comey confirms the FBI is investigating Donald Trump's associates for ties to Russia

  20-03-2017 22:28
  
  FBI Director James Comey confirms probe into any Trump Moscow links Probe includes "whether any crimes were committed" Comey says FBI has "no evidence" Barack Obama wiretapped Donald Trump Head of NSA says "nonsense" that British intelligence involved in Trump wiretapping Michael Rogers says allegation "frustrates a key ally" Donald Trump trolls FBI director
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn calls for united front at 'explosive' Labour meeting following row over left-wing takeover

  20-03-2017 22:10
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has endured an "explosive" meeting of Labour MPs and peers amid a row over claims of a left-wing takeover plot.The Labour leader was heckled by MPs as he addressed the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), with some said to be angry at the suggestion that they were focused on infighting rather than campaigning.Deputy leader Tom Watson was supported by a number of Labour politicians after publicly warning the party's future was at risk from supporters of the leader who appeared to be pl
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn endures 'explosive' PLP meeting over anonymous briefing against deputy leader Tom Watson

  20-03-2017 22:09
  
  Jeremy Corbyn endured an "explosive" weekly gathering of MPs following the emergence of an anonymous briefing against the party’s deputy leader Tom Watson and a row over allegations of a left-wing 'takeover plot'.It came after the Labour leader and his deputy attempted to put on a united front by issuing a joint statement calling for unity after an “away day” of the party’s Shadow Cabinet at the Unison headquarters in central London on Monday.In a joint statement the pair
  
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• Despite disastrous week May extends poll lead as Labour descends into open warfare

  20-03-2017 22:02
  
  Labour descended into a state of civil war amid accusations of a hard left "plot" to take over the party as the Conservatives extended their huge lead in the polls.
  
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• No African citizens granted visas for African trade summit in California

  20-03-2017 21:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Every single African citizen who requested a visa was rejected, according to the organizer of the African Global Economic and Development SummitAn annual African trade summit in California had no African attendees this year after at least 60 people were denied visas, according to event leaders.The African Global Economic and Development Summit, a three-day conference at the University of Southern California (USC), typically brings delegations from across Africa to meet with business leaders in t
  
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• Deadly crash caused by lorry driver using phone caught on dashcam

  20-03-2017 21:32
  
  A Polish lorry driver used his phone to change his music moments before he killed a 21-year-old woman by ploughing into her broken down car.Dariusz Tokarczyk was jailed for four-and-a-half years yesterday for killing "clever and artistic" Jodie Moss.Dash cam footage from Tokarczyk lorry played to a judge at Reading Crown Court, showing him using his phone as he approached the point where Miss Moss's car had broken down.
  
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• Tiger Woods opens up on racial slurs that drove his desire for dominance | Ewan Murray

  20-03-2017 21:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Former world No1 says in book on his extraordinary triumph at the 1997 Masters ‘I wanted us to be colour blind. Twenty years later, that has yet to happen’It is sad a reminder of Tiger Woods’s brilliance arrives at a point when his career has never been clouded in more doubt. With little over a fortnight to go until the Masters, the 41-year-old still cannot confirm his participation as he battles recurring back problems. Still, there was an upbeat Woods in Manhattan on Monday a
  
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• George Clooney surprises 87-year-old fan on her birthday by visiting her retirement home 

  20-03-2017 21:28
  
  Actor George Clooney has surprised an elderly fan by visiting her in her assisted living home to wish her a happy 87th birthday.The former ER star took a card and a bunch of flowers as he popped in for a chat and a picture with his long-time admirer Pat Adams on Sunday.Linda Jones, a worker at the Sunrise of Sonning Retirement and Assisted Living Facility in Reading, posted a picture of the beaming pair on Facebook.
  
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• Tim Sherwood given stadium ban for foul-mouthed rant at referee, FA reveals

  20-03-2017 21:26 via theguardian.com
  
  • Swindon director of football suspended for comments made to Mark Brown
  • Incident occurred at half-time in February’s 1-0 defeat to BurySwindon Town’s director of football, Tim Sherwood, was given a two-game stadium ban by the Football Association for his foul-mouthed rant towards referee Mark Brown during a game against Bury.The FA published the written reasons for Sherwood’s suspension and £2,000 fine on Monday, including Brown’s report on the incident
  
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• The Guardian view of Trump’s Russia links: a lot to go at | Editorial

  20-03-2017 21:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Why days before the presidential election did the FBI announce it was reopening an investigation into Hillary Clinton – when it was silent about its probe into Mr Trump’s Russia ties?When the president’s own staff turn up in Washington to publicly rebut his accusations that he had been wiretapped by his predecessor, it’s not good news for the White House. Yet the longer the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey, and Mike Rogers of the National Secur
  
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• Universities condemn outbreak of violence at student rugby match

  20-03-2017 21:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The varsity fixture between the universities of Sussex and Brighton was cancelled, with several students taken to hospital and one man arrestedPolice are investigating after a brawl broke out at a rugby match between two universities. Bottles were thrown among the crowds in scenes condemned as “shocking and disgraceful” by the two institutions.Numerous people were injured during the disturbances at the annual fixture between the universities of Sussex and Brighton in Falmer, East Sus
  
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• Police tried to ban former parking association boss from sitting opposite women he didn't know on public transport, court hears

  20-03-2017 21:13
  
  Police attempted to ban the former boss of the British Parking Association from sitting opposite women he didn't know on public transport, a court heard after he was caught filming up a commuter's skirt. 
  
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• Brexit divorce: 'Conscious uncoupling' or bitter breakup?

  20-03-2017 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Article 50 will be triggered next week. Ben Wright explains what happens after.
  
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• Trump must convert surging US confidence into real growth | Mohamed El-Erian

  20-03-2017 21:09 via theguardian.com
  
  The exuberant market reaction to his win has not been translated into progress – he must work with Congress to deliverFinancial markets seem convinced that the recent surge in business and consumer confidence in the US economy will soon be reflected in “hard” data, such as GDP growth, business investment, consumption, and wages. But economists and policymakers are not so sure. Whether their doubts are vindicated will matter for both the US and the world economy.Donald Trump&rsq
  
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• Sighting of meteorite's moon hit by Aberystwyth scientists

  20-03-2017 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Space scientists in Aberystwyth believe they have captured the first confirmed UK sighting of a meteorite hitting the Moon.
  
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• Osborne could be a potent weapon in this Brexit war | Polly Toynbee

  20-03-2017 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
  The Evening Standard’s new editor poisoned British politics, but pro-Europeans need his cunningThey booed George Osborne at the 2012 Paralympics, and what a joy it was to hear that great national raspberry ricochet round the stadium. Back then, the public couldn’t know how much damage this pernicious chancellor would inflict or how long his blight would stretch ahead.And yet, and yet, just possibly, almost inconceivably, he may rally round him the only effective resistance to the com
  
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• Q&A: Trump presidency is a lesson in distrust of media

  20-03-2017 20:54
  
  While panellists on ABC’s Q&A discussed the phenomenon of “fake news” on Monday night, US president Donald Trump issued a series of tweets blaming the Democrats for making up allegations that his campaign had colluded with Russia.“What [Trump] is essentially saying is: ‘don’t trust anyone else, follow my Twitter account and trust me’,” she said.
  
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• Sean Spicer describes Trump associates believed to be investigated for Russian links as 'hangers on' as FBI and NSA directors continue testimony

  20-03-2017 20:49
  
  Sean Spicer, the White House press director, has said that former associates of President Donald Trump's believed to be under investigation for links to Russia are "hangers on" with little real contact with Mr Trump.Mr Spicer used his Monday lunchtime press conference to emphasise that the intelligence agencies had found no evidence of "collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia.
  
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• Charge electric cars smartly to take pressure off national grid – minister

  20-03-2017 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  SSE trials ‘demand-side response’ where vehicles start charging a few hours after being plugged in, when demand is lowerElectric cars are putting increasing pressure on the UK’s power grids, making it vital they are recharged at the right time of day, a minister has said. John Hayes, transport minister, said it was important that such battery-powered cars were topped up in smart ways to avoid unduly stressing the energy system. Continue reading...
  
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• George Osborne defends his new role as editor of the London Evening Standard

  20-03-2017 20:41
  
  George Osborne has rebuffed criticism of his appointment as editor of the London Evening Standard, arguing that ex-ministers should still contribute to big national decisions.The former Chancellor defended his new role in the House of Commons after Labour demanded a debate on the situation, claiming it threatened to undermine public trust in politics.It follows the furore over Mr Osborne’s new post, which led to a complaint and questions over whether current systems for preventing conflict
  
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• Ex-National Action member caught on camera saying murdered MP Jo Cox 'had it coming'

  20-03-2017 20:41
  
  A former member of an illegal white supremacist group has been caught on camera saying that murdered MP Jo Cox deserved to die.Prominent National Action activist Garron Helm, who was jailed after tweeting anti-Semitic abuse in 2014, was filmed talking to an undercover reporter as part of an ITV news investigation into the group.Helm was filmed at a weekend “survival camp” in the Peak District attended by a number of people with links to National Action and other far-right organisatio
  
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• CCTV shows moment Paris airport attacker grabs soldier

  20-03-2017 20:31
  
  Video of a suspected Islamic extremist at Paris' Orly Airport shows a soldier caught by surprise when an attacker drops a shopping bag and grabs her from behind.The Associated Press has obtained security footage of Saturday's attack, which caused panic and shut down the French capital's second-biggest airport.It shows the attacker grabbing the soldier around the shoulders as her companion patrols slightly ahead.
  
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• Martin Rowson on triggering article 50 – cartoon

  20-03-2017 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
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• Ethics committee may ask Osborne to decline Evening Standard role

  20-03-2017 20:21
  
  The ethics committee assessing George Osborne’s new job as editor of the Evening Standard is understood to be actively considering a call for the former chancellor to delay or decline the role.The former chancellor was widely criticised for his decision not to quit his Tatton seat in north-west England since it was announced that he would take up the position.
  
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• NHS trust triples injury payout to £9.3m under controversial new rules

  20-03-2017 20:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Compensation for 10-year-old girl left with cerebral palsy will cause shockwaves in health service and insurance companiesThe first case settled under controversial new compensation rules for serious injuries has seen an NHS trust forced to nearly triple its payout to a 10-year-old girl left with cerebral palsy from £3.8m to £9.3m.The case, involving East Lancashire Hospitals NHS trust, will send fresh shockwaves through the NHS and insurance companies, which have been braced for big
  
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• Britain can complete trade talks within two years, says UK's EU envoy

  20-03-2017 20:12
  
  The UK can complete the negotiations for a new trading relationship with the EU inside the two-year Brexit timetable since UK and EU trading regulations are already in complete convergence, Sir Tim Barrow, the new UK envoy to the EU, has said.Barrow, making his first extended appearance since taking over as UK envoy from Sir Ivan Rogers, said article 50 put the EU under a duty to negotiate not just the terms of the divorce, but also the future UK-EU trading relationship.Barrow, in effect the UK&
  
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• Mapping US gun murders at a micro level: new data zooms in on violence

  20-03-2017 20:11 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian is releasing a new set of nationwide data for 2015, which can be used to do analysis of how gun murder clusters within neighborhoodsWe spend a lot of time talking about which cities see the most gun violence. But analyzing gun violence at the city level is very misleading. Gun violence is much more local than that.Related: Want to fix gun violence in America? Go local.Continue reading...
  
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• YouTube is like the wild west – why won't Google pay to clean it up?

  20-03-2017 19:58 via theguardian.com
  
  The tech giant has apologised for ads appearing next to extremist videos – but it needs to take action, not just rely on usersThe first rule of making an apology is simple: be clear about what you are apologising for. Matt Brittin, head of Google’s operations in Europe, failed the test. Was Google taking responsibility for allowing the company’s YouTube site to be polluted with extremist videos produced by terror preachers and racists? Or was he merely apologising to advertiser
  
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• Osborne squeezes in half an hour of working tirelessly for Tatton

  20-03-2017 19:57
  
  Osborne’s bid to break the Guinness world record for Most Jobs Held At One Time gathers steam.George Osborne nodded approvingly at the ATM in the House of Commons.It wasn’t easy trying to fit in being editor of the London Evening Standard along with his other jobs as £650,000-a-year adviser to BlackRock, Kissinger fellow, after-dinner speaker and chairman of the southern branch of the Northern Powerhouse, so every little helped.
  
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• NHS pledges to free up thousands of hospital beds by allowing home care

  20-03-2017 19:52
  
  The Department of Health has pledged to free up hundreds of thousands of hospital beds which are currently taken up by bed-blockers by allowing more people to be treated in their own homes.In the new NHS Mandate for the coming year, the government promised to reduce bed-blocking to 3.5 per cent, the equivalent of releasing more than 2000 extra beds a day.Currently around 5 per cent of the 137,000 hospital beds in the NHS are taken up by people who do not need to be there but have nowhere else to
  
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• Labour party divisions gather momentum | Letters

  20-03-2017 19:49
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is “incompetent, aloof and vain, and not fit to be a leader of anything other than a protest group,” writes Colin Montgomery.In my 70 years’ Labour party membership, I have mostly resisted becoming tied to any factions, even ones with which I largely agreed on particular issues.
  
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