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• Three hurt in shooting near Lille metro station: Reports - Sky News

  24-03-2017 23:48 via news.sky.com
  
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  Three hurt in shooting near Lille metro station: Reports
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  A 14-year-old boy, shot in the leg, was reportedly among the victims of the attack which happened as France was on high alert. 00:18, UK, Saturday 25 March 2017. Police officer in Lille Image Caption: An armed police officer in the French city of Lille.
  Mass shooting in Lille near Metro station leaves at least three injured and sparks terror fearsMirror.co.uk
  Several injured following shooting in Lille, FranceNew Zealand
  
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• Terror police to focus on older suspects in wake of attack on Westminster

  24-03-2017 23:43
  
  Britain's counter-terrorism strategy should be reviewed to take account of the threat from older extremists after the Westminster attack, according to senior experts.MI5 is understood to have launched a review into how it handled its intelligence on Ajao – who also went by the alias Khalid Masood – after it investigated him over “violent extremism” but decided he was not a significant risk.The attack will lead to a global discussion among intelligence services on whether
  
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• Three people reported injured in Lille shooting

  24-03-2017 23:39
  
  Three people have been reported injured in a shooting in the French city of Lille.
  
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• How disastrous for Trump is healthcare collapse? - BBC News

  24-03-2017 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  How disastrous for Trump is healthcare collapse?
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  How bad was Friday's defeat of the American Health Care Act in the House of Representatives? Bad. Very bad. After a tumultuous week, it's worth stepping back for a bit of perspective. For the first time in 11 years, Republicans control the presidency ...
  President Trump goes old school, surprising two newspaper reporters with calls saying he was pulling health care billTelegraph.co.uk
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• Theresa May to be accused of 'dividing the country' at Brexit protest in London

  24-03-2017 23:16
  
  Organisers are expecting tens of thousands of people to march through central London on Saturday to protest against Brexit.Theresa May will be accused of “dividing the country” and pursuing an “extreme version” of Brexit by speakers at the March for Europe – which is seeking to emulate the scale of a similar demonstration held last summer just after the Brexit vote.Protesters will assemble at 11am at Park Lane and march to Westminster for speeches – metres fro
  
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• Leeds Rhinos maintain momentum with victory at Huddersfield

  24-03-2017 23:12 via theguardian.com
  
  • Huddersfield 12-28 Leeds
  • Rhinos run in four tries in exciting first-half displayLeeds moved into second on the Super League table, after another heartening performance took them past Huddersfield to continue their early-season revival.Questions aplenty were laid at the door of the Leeds coach, Brian McDermott, following their 66-10 defeat by Castleford earlier this month – so much so that the Rhinos chief executive, Gary Hetherington, circulated a public email to the club&rsq
  
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• British Transport Police officer dismissed from force after repeatedly hitting man with baton

  24-03-2017 23:12
  
  A police officer filmed repeatedly striking a man with a baton at a London station has been kicked out of the force.PC Peter Crofts was recorded hitting Anthony Yeboah across the legs with a baton during an incident at King’s Cross St Pancras in March last year.An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission last year found the officer, based at the station, had a case to answer for use of force, duties and responsibilities and equality and diversity.
  
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• Donald Trump suffers bruising defeat over healthcare bill after Paul Ryan tells president he can't get enough Republican support to pass it

  24-03-2017 23:04
  
  President Donald Trump has suffered a bitter defeat as one of his cornerstone campaign pledges, to repeal and replace Obamacare, failed to pass in Congress.Mr Trump instructed that a vote on the "Trumpcare" bill be "pulled" moments before it was due to take place, as support among Republican congressmen evaporated.
  
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• Naked protesters kill sheep under Auschwitz gates

  24-03-2017 23:03
  
  A group of 11 people took off their clothes, killed a sheep and chained themselves together by the main gate of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz before being detained by police, officials said Friday.A spokesman for the Auschwitz memorial, Bartosz Bartyzel, told  Associated Press their motives were not clear as they briefly stood and then sat down by the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work sets you free") gate in the southern city of Oswiecim on Friday afternoon.Auschwitz inm
  
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• Democrats can't disguise their glee at Donald Trump's failed healthcare bill

  24-03-2017 23:03
  
  Democrats have responded gleefully to the Trump administration's failure to repeal and replace Obamacare, a cornerstone pledge of the president's election campaign.Hillary Clinton, who has kept out of the limelight since losing in the presidential election, came back with a vengeance, declaring the failed bill a "victory for all Americans".
  
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• Starbucks and Walmart join growing list of advertisers boycotting YouTube

  24-03-2017 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Major companies pulling adverts a sign that many doubt Google’s ability to prevent marketing campaigns from appearing alongside repugnant videosPepsiCo, Walmart and Starbucks on Friday confirmed that they have also suspended their advertising on YouTube, joining a growing boycott in a sign that big companies doubt Google’s ability to prevent marketing campaigns from appearing alongside repugnant videos.Related: Google ad controversy: what the row is all aboutContinue reading...
  
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• Theresa May to announce UK will reclaim its waters for British fishermen

  24-03-2017 23:00
  
  Theresa May is expected to announce within weeks that the UK will reclaim its waters for British fishermen by pulling out of a deal that pre-dates the EU.Pulling out of agreement would mean a clean slate for British fisherman after Brexit, although the Government could seek to secure a new deal during the negotiations.
  
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• Millions face rail chaos as half of operators say ticket machines won't accept new £1 coin 

  24-03-2017 23:00
  
  Millions of rail passengers face chaos when buying tickets from train stations from Tuesday, as more than half of operators will not have modernized all their ticket machines to accept the new £1 coins.Responding to a Telegraph survey, some 11 out of 18 rail providers questioned admitted some of their ticket machines will not have been updated in time, and will reject the 12-sided coin when it enters circulation.Operators including Virgin East Coast, Transport for London, Souther
  
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• Boris Johnson suggested David Cameron should take Nato role over dinner in New York

  24-03-2017 23:00
  
  The Foreign Secretary met the former Prime Minister at the Red Rooster in Harlem, New York, on Thursday night where the pair set aside past differences.Sources said that Mr Johnson had only jokingly raised the idea and Mr Cameron had brushed it aside, adding that it is "not remotely" on the cards.
  
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• Inspectors find safety irregularities at Creusot nuclear forge in France

  24-03-2017 22:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Evidence of doctored paperwork found at Areva-owned forge, which has made parts for Hinkley PointAn international team of inspectors has found evidence of doctored paperwork and other failings at a forge in France that makes parts for nuclear power stations around the world.The UK nuclear regulator said the safety culture at the site, which has produced forgings for British plants including Sizewell B and the planned new reactors at Hinkley Point, fell short of expectations. Continue reading...
  
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• Church solicitor stole from the dead to fund her vintage wine collection

  24-03-2017 22:56
  
  A respected solicitor plundered £4 million from clients to fund her luxury holidays, vintage wine collection and an “obsession” with clothes.Linda Box, 67, a senior partner at Yorkshire solicitors Dixon, Coles & Gill, ­almost caused the firm to collapse after her fraud.Leeds Crown Court heard that during 12 years of deception, Box, a registrar and a “pillar of the community”, led a lavish life that included £800-a-night stays at luxury hotels and an &p
  
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• Séamus Coleman broken leg overshadows Republic of Ireland draw with Wales

  24-03-2017 22:53 via theguardian.com
  
  The defining image of the evening was a worrying one as Séamus Coleman left the field on a stretcher, holding an oxygen mask and with his right leg heavily strapped. Everton and the Republic of Ireland will fear the worst after Coleman was on the receiving end of an awful challenge from Neil Taylor that left him with a suspected broken leg and led to the Wales defender being shown a straight red card.Moments before that incident there were signs that the night was starting to unravel for
  
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• Tunisia summons British ambassador over airline electronics rules 

  24-03-2017 22:48
  
  Tunisia's government has summoned the British ambassador to protest against a decision to restrict carry-on electronic goods on flights from Tunisia, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.Britain has announced that from Saturday it will ban passengers from carrying some phones, laptops and tablets on flights from six countries in the Middle East including Tunisia.Tunisia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the British decision was "unjustified" and did not reflect an improved security situ
  
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• Queen honours minister who tried to save policeman

  24-03-2017 22:48
  
  (Reuters) - British foreign affairs minister Tobias Ellwood who tried to resuscitate a police officer stabbed to death in the attack on Britain's parliament has been honoured by Queen Elizabeth, the prime minister's office said on Friday.Ellwood and security minister Ben Wallace, who helped coordinate the government's response to Wednesday's attack, were appointed to the Privy Council, which has advised the monarch since the Norman era and is comprised of senior politicians, judges and bishops.E
  
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• London attacker Khalid Masood: how hard-drinking, drug-taking village thug sought help over his urges to kill

  24-03-2017 22:48
  
  The terrorist who murdered four innocent people in an attack on Westminster had long harboured a “blood lust” and had sought professional help over his urges to kill, a former close friend has told The Telegraph.An astonishing picture has emerged of the journey Adrian Ajao took from polite schoolboy from a well-to-do family to Isil-inspired killer who called himself Khalid Masood.The first photographs of Ajao, one of three brothers, show him smiling broadly in a football team ph
  
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• Westminster attacker Khalid Masood 'persuaded daughter to convert to Islam, sparking furious rows with ex'

  24-03-2017 22:35
  
  The terrorist who left four dead and many injured in an attack outside Parliament reportedly persuaded his daughter to convert to Islam, sparking furious rows with his ex-girlfriend.According to the MailOnline Khalid Masood – born Adrian Elm – persuaded his daughter, now aged 24, to change her name and wear a full burka after converting to Islam himself.It caused conflict between him and the mother of his two daughters, businesswoman Jane Harvey, who had previously separated from him
  
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• Donald Trump pulls healthcare bill after Paul Ryan tells president it won't pass House following Republican mutiny

  24-03-2017 22:30
  
  President Donald Trump has suffered a bitter defeat as one of his cornerstone campaign pledges, to repeal and replace Obamacare, failed to pass in Congress.Mr Trump instructed that a vote on the "Trumpcare" bill be "pulled" moments before it was due to take place, as support among Republican congressmen evaporated.Speaking in the Oval Office Mr Trump squarely blamed Democrats for unanimously opposing the bill, and said Obamacare would soon "explode".
  
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• Michael Heseltine: Germany will 'win the peace' because of Brexit

  24-03-2017 22:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Tory peer says it is ‘quite unacceptable’ for Germany to be in dominant position in Europe, having lost second world warGermany will “win the peace” in Europe as a result of Brexit, with the UK’s influence diminished, the former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine has said.The Tory peer said it was “quite unacceptable” that Germany would be in a dominant position in Europe having lost the second world war. Continue reading...
  
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• Mother who is allergic to cod complains to supermarket after fish pie made her ill 

  24-03-2017 22:05
  
  For food shoppers allergic to cod, steering clear of fish pies may seem par for the course for most sufferers.The 55-year-old believed she could have died had she not stopped eating it and is now calling on the supermarket to reconsider its labeling of the product as it had no specific mention of cod.
  
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• The anatomy of family murder - the patterns and warning signs

  24-03-2017 22:02
  
  One of the most infamous family annihilations ever took place in sprawling White House Farm, Essex, on 7 August 1985.Sheila Bamber, her parents Neville and June Bamber, and her sons Nicholas and Daniel, were all killed that fateful day.Worse, Sheila’s brother Jeremy Bamber, then aged 24, apparently staged everyone’s murder as if Sheila herself were the culprit.
  
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• Rory McIlroy refuses to panic about Masters after Match Play exit

  24-03-2017 22:02 via theguardian.com
  
  • Rory McIlroy not bothered by lack of competitive golf before first major
  • World No3: ‘I can’t see a downside having not played as much as I planned’Any comparison between Rory McIlroy and Lance Corporal Jones must register among the most peculiar of all time. It is doubtful the Northern Irishman has either watched Dad’s Army or would be of a mind to admit it.Nonetheless the world No3 did not leave Austin – a strange week in Austin – without issuin
  
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• Exclusive: Google and social media companies could be prosecuted if they show extremist videos

  24-03-2017 22:00
  
  Google, Facebook and other internet companies could be prosecuted if they do not stop extremist videos from being seen on their websites by people in Britain, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.Ministers are considering a new law which would mean Google – which owns YouTube - and other social media sites like Facebook and Twitter can be prosecuted if they allow such videos to be disseminated.Theresa May, the Prime Minister, made clear her displeasure at internet companies that publish extrem
  
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• James Corden's campaign to bring Take That to the USA is everything - Belfast Telegraph

  24-03-2017 21:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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  James Corden's campaign to bring Take That to the USA is everything
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  We expect to see the band reaching number one in the States any day now. We thought that Take That on a musical roadtrip with James Corden was one of the best things we were going to see on Red Nose Day (apart from the Love Actually sequel, ...
  The Take That Carpool Karaoke was everything we wanted it to be. And more.Glamour.com
  Comic Relief 2017: James Corden helps Take That 'break Amer
  
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• Boris Johnson bans all-male entourages after turning up at women's event with group of men

  24-03-2017 21:40
  
  Boris Johnson has banned all-male entourages from his trips abroad after turning up to a women's empowerment event in New York City with a group of men.The Foreign Secretary will also ban so-called "manels" - panels made up entirely of men - in the Foreign Office in a bid to boost diversity.Announcing an end to all-male cabals in the department, Mr Johnson said: "From now on the travelling team with the Foreign Secretary will never be all male.
  
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• London attack: Police appeal for information on Khalid Masood

  24-03-2017 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police seek the public's help in establishing if Westminster attacker Khalid Masood acted alone.
  
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• Westminster attack: terrorist's final hours and violent past

  24-03-2017 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Met police seek to establish if Khalid Masood, who had violent criminal history, acted ‘totally alone’ or had support
  London attack: follow the latest updates What we know so far
  The final hours and violent past of the ex-convict who launched the terror attack in Westminster in which he and four others were killed has begun to emerge.The Metropolitan police released a photo of Khalid Masood on Friday afternoon, as the acting deputy commissioner, Mark Rowley, said officers were keen t
  
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• Westminster attack: terrorist's final hours and violent past

  24-03-2017 21:31
  
  The final hours and violent past of the ex-convict who launched the terror attack in Westminster in which he and four others were killed has begun to emerge.The Metropolitan police released a photo of Khalid Masood on Friday afternoon, as the acting deputy commissioner, Mark Rowley, said officers were keen to establish whether he had acted “totally alone inspired by terrorist propaganda” or whether he had support.Details of Masood’s complex past, which included criminal convict
  
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• Westminster attack: police scramble to piece together past of London killer

  24-03-2017 21:31
  
  Counter-terrorism investigators have been investigating Khalid Masood’s life and associations across Britain as they raced to discover what led him to kill four people and injure more than 50 in Wednesday’s murderous attack in Westminster.A joint investigation by Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command and MI5 led to new arrests on Thursday in London, Birmingham and Manchester with two people still in custody, while properties were searched in Wales and southern England.Polic
  
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• Khalid Masood: London terror attacker ‘was not lone wolf’ but part of a wider conspiracy, security officials believe

  24-03-2017 21:31
  
  The terrorist Khalid Masood was not a “lone wolf” and others had played a key part in indoctrinating him and helping to carry out Wednesday’s deadly attacks in London, security officials believe.The disclosure that the British-born Muslim convert was likely to have been part of a wider conspiracy came as armed police detained 11 people in raids across the country with two of the arrests, including that of a woman, described as “ significant” in the investigation.Pol
  
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• Tobias Ellwood appointed to privy council for Westminster attack response

  24-03-2017 21:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign Office minister, who tried to save life of PC Keith Palmer, honoured alongside the security minister, Ben WallaceThe Foreign Office minister Tobias Ellwood, who battled to save the life of a police officer in the Westminster terror attack, and the security minister, Ben Wallace, have been honoured for their roles in responding to the atrocity.Downing Street announced that the Queen was “pleased” to approve the appointment of Ellwood and Wallace to the privy council. Continue
  
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• The EU should rebrand itself as the protector of its nations | Natalie Nougayrède

  24-03-2017 21:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Populist nationalists see the union as the enemy of cultural and ethnic belonging. It’s time for those who support Europe to debunk their mythsIf one image can sum up the paradoxes that increasingly lie at the heart of the European project, as it celebrates its 60th this weekend, this may be a good one. Last month, hundreds of thousands of Romanians demonstrated against corruption. As night fell, they used the lights on their smartphones to form the national flag. Then, with equal enthusia
  
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• Trump 'has left everything on the field' with healthcare bill, says Spicer - The Guardian

  24-03-2017 20:57 via theguardian.com
  
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  Trump 'has left everything on the field' with healthcare bill, says Spicer
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  The White House claimed talks between Donald Trump and House speaker Paul Ryan were ongoing on Friday as the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act stood on the verge of defeat. Earlier the White House had insisted there ...
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• New £1 coin: Tesco to leave trolleys unlocked

  24-03-2017 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's biggest supermarket will keep trolleys unlocked while it converts them to the new £1 coin.
  
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• Martin Rowson on 'patriotic' reactions to the Westminster attack – cartoon

  24-03-2017 20:54 via theguardian.com
  
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• Parliament terror attack: Hero MP Tobias Elwood who battled to save life of stabbed officer is honoured

  24-03-2017 20:48
  
  Tobias Elwood, the foreign minister who ran towards gunfire and tried to save the life of the police officer stabbed in the Westminster terrorist attack, has been appointed to the Privy Council in recognition of his act of heroism.Mr Elwood, a former soldier himself, attended the victim as he awaited medical staff and an air ambulance to arrive in Parliament Square.
  
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• Middle-aged London attacker was criminal who wasn't seen as threat

  24-03-2017 20:46
  
  By Michael Holden BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Before he killed four people in Britain's deadliest attack since the 2005 London bombings, Khalid Masood was considered by intelligence officers to be a criminal who posed little serious threat. A British-born convert to Islam, Masood had shown up on the periphery of previous terrorism investigations that brought him to the attention of Britain's MI5 spy agency. ...
  
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• Republican repeal of Obamacare fails as healthcare bill pulled from House vote

  24-03-2017 20:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Weeks of negotiations over American Health Care Act fail to create GOP consensus around replacement bill in stunning defeat for Donald TrumpDonald Trump suffered a major legislative reversal on Friday as Republicans were forced to pull their repeal of the Affordable Care Act from the House floor.After weeks of contentious negotiations over the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Republicans were forced to admit defeat as they could not gain sufficient support from their own side for the plan to ove
  
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• EU leaders gather to mark 60 years since the Treaty of Rome - Sky News

  24-03-2017 20:40 via news.sky.com
  
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  The 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome comes at an uncomfortable time for the EU as Britain prepares to trigger Article 50. 19:37, UK, Friday 24 March 2017. Ministers sign the treaty to form the European Economic Community (EEC) on March 25 ...
  The Guardian view on the treaty of Rome: respect the EU's founding valuesThe Guardian
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• With all we know about terror, how can we risk Northern Ireland’s peace? | Jonathan Freedland

  24-03-2017 20:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite the horror of this week’s Westminster attack, politicians seem to be forgetting the lessons of the hard-won settlement and stability sinceOn the news channels on Thursday, they were switching back and forth between updates on the Westminster attacks and live coverage of the funeral of Martin McGuinness. Often those juxtapositions, those split-screen moments, are jarring. Not this time.For the murder and mayhem unleashed in Westminster and the life of McGuinness were two aspects of
  
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• 'Hero' MP Tobias Ellwood and minister Ben Wallace appointed to Privy Council following Parliament terror attack

  24-03-2017 20:37
  
  "Hero" MP Tobias Ellwood, who battled to save the life of a police officer in the Westminster terror attack, and security minister Ben Wallace have been honoured for their roles in responding to the atrocity.Downing Street announced that the Queen was "pleased" to approve the appointment of Mr Ellwood and Mr Wallace to the Privy Council.Mr Ellwood, a Foreign Office minister, ran towards gunfire to help Pc Keith Palmer, who was stabbed in the attack, while Mr Wallace helped coordinate the Governm
  
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• Email throws fresh light on British Cycling’s burying of bullying

  24-03-2017 20:36 via theguardian.com
  
  • Bullying was one of key findings of an internal review in 2012
  • Correspondence with UK Sport made no mention of problemThe extent to which British Cycling failed to deal with allegations of bullying when they surfaced more than four years ago – as well as what UK Sport knew about the problems in the velodrome – is revealed by correspondence between the two bodies obtained by a Freedom of Information request by ITV.An email from the former British Cycling chief executive
  
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• MPs Tobias Ellwood and Ben Wallace appointed to Privy Council in honour of Westminster response

  24-03-2017 20:35
  
  Tory MP Tobias Ellwood, who battled to save the life of a police officer in the Westminster terror attack, has been appointed to the Privy Council alongside security minister Ben Wallace, in recognition of their roles in responding to the atrocity, Downing Street has announced.The honour means Mr Ellwood and Mr Wallace will be entitled to be referred to as 'Right Honourable' and will be briefed on top-secret national security affairs.Mr Ellwood, a foreign office minister who served in the Britis
  
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• Khalid Masood: Suspected Isis supporter used WhatsApp two minutes before London attack

  24-03-2017 20:34
  
  The London attacker used WhatsApp just two minutes before he ploughed his car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, it has emerged as police investigate a possible wider extremist network.Khalid Masood was active on the encrypted messaging service at 2.37pm on Wednesday, although it remains unclear whether the 52-year-old was sending, receiving or simply viewing messages.Investigators believe he was inspired by Islamist terrorism and Isis has claimed responsibility for the massacre that left f
  
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• Khalid Masood: questions over how much MI5 knew about attacker

  24-03-2017 20:19
  
  The prime minister disclosed that Masood was once investigated by MI5.When Theresa May mentioned MI5 in the Commons on Thursday, she was trying to be helpful, pre-empting criticism that the agency failed to prevent the London attack.As a tactic, it did not entirely work: Friday’s Daily Telegraph front page headline was “Killer escaped from MI5’s radar”.
  
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• Scientists hunt for extinct Tasmanian tiger after sightings in Australia

  24-03-2017 20:17
  
  Scientists in northern Australia are preparing to hunt for the Tasmanian tiger following a series of “sightings” of the species, which was declared extinct after the last one died in a zoo in 1936.As part of a search due to begin next month, scientists plan to set up more than 50 camera traps to try to spot a so-called tiger, or thylacine, in Cape York, a peninsula in the country’s north-east corner.This follows two apparently credible sightings in the region, including one by
  
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