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• Defence Secretary - Russia responsible by proxy for Syria chemical deaths

  09-04-2017 20:55
  
  Britain said on Sunday Russia bore responsibility by proxy for civilian deaths in Syria last week caused by a poison gas attack that Washington says was carried out by the Moscow-backed government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.At least 70 people died in what the United States says was a chemical weapons attack in rebel-held Syria.The attack prompted the United States to fire 59 cruise missiles into a Syrian air base from which it said the attack was launched.
  
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• Sun-day! Britain basks on the hottest day of the year

  09-04-2017 20:53
  Temperatures hit 25C (77F) in Cambridge and also Northolt in north-west London as the UK enjoyed the hottest day of the year so far.Sunseekers flocked to the beaches and parks, with the mercury rising to at least 20C (68F) in many parts of England and Wales.The warm spell came as high pressure moved eastwards during the weekend, allowing for southerly winds to suck up the warm air from Spain and northwest Africa.
  
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• Briton among Sweden victims

  09-04-2017 20:50
  
  The family of a British dad have spoken of their devastation after he was confirmed as a victim of the Stockholm terror attack.
  
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• Lukaku and Barkley give Koeman another contract reminder - Eurosport.co.uk

  09-04-2017 20:48 via eurosport.co.uk
  
  Lukaku and Barkley give Koeman another contract reminder
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  LIVERPOOL, England, April 9 (Reuters) - Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley showed their central importance to Everton's rise towards the top six in the Premier League in the 4-2 win over Leicester City on Sunday but their contract situations remain a ...and more »
  
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• Birmingham woman standing in defiance of EDL protester goes viral

  09-04-2017 20:11
  
  The photo of Saffiyah Khan confronting the EDL supporter was retweeted by MPs and celebrities such as Piers Morgan.A photograph showing a young woman smiling bemusedly at an incensed English Defence League protester has been widely shared as a symbol of Birmingham’s defiance in the face of the far right.The image, which has been shared thousands of times on social media, was captured during a demonstration by the far-right group in Birmingham city centre on Saturday.
  
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• Adults and apprentices – the poor relations in the UK education system | Letters

  09-04-2017 19:30
  
  ‘With Britain leaving the EU and skills gaps widening, we urgently need to develop the skills of the next generation,’ writes Kirstie Donnell.In our Sense and Instability report we highlighted the constant change the sector has experienced over the past few decades and the damage caused by poor implementation and rushed timescales.Professional and technical education is well placed for this but must be given the time and resources to succeed.
  
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• ‘Rape clause’ in family welfare cap harms mothers and children | Letters

  09-04-2017 19:29
  
  ‘Most mothers who have children as a result of a rape manage, admirably, to have a bond equal to that with children conceived by choice,’ write 80 psychologists. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA
  
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• The BBC doesn’t send in the bailiffs | Letters

  09-04-2017 19:27
  
  ‘TV Licensing works with third sector organisations this year to offer advice and support to people who might find it hard to stay licensed.’ Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA
  
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• Labour byelection candidate weighs in on Ken Livingstone affair

  09-04-2017 18:53
  
  Politicians must be more disciplined when talking about potentially antisemitic issues, the Labour party’s candidate in the Manchester Gorton byelection has said, as the leadership came under more pressure to call for Ken Livingstone to be expelled for comments linking Adolf Hitler and Zionism.Afzal Khan, a solicitor who has drawn controversy himself for accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians, warned people to be careful and “aware that sometimes our words have a
  
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• Stockholm attack: Briton Chris Bevington named among victims

  09-04-2017 17:52
  
  The family of a British dad have spoken of their devastation after he was confirmed as a victim of the Stockholm terror attack.
  
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• Temperatures soar to 22C as UK enjoys hottest day of 2017

  09-04-2017 17:37
  
  Sadly, it’s going to cool off on Monday.
  
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• Jewish community on Labour anti-Semitism claims

  09-04-2017 17:35
  
  Sky's Sophy Ridge speaks with members of the Jewish community about accusations of anti-Semitism in the Labour party
  
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• John McDonnell 'could weep' over Labour anti-Semitism row

  09-04-2017 17:27
  Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has said he "could weep" over allegations of anti-Semitism within the Labour Party and has called on Ken Livingstone to apologise.In what will be seen as the strongest intervention from those around the leadership, Mr McDonnell said on Sophy Ridge on Sunday that he was "quite angry" about Mr Livingstone's repeated assertions that Hitler supported Zionism.
  
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• PC Keith Palmer's coffin arrives at Westminster

  09-04-2017 17:00
  
  The body of the policeman murdered in the Westminster terror attack has been
  brought to a chapel at the Houses of Parliament.
  
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• Turkish Airlines cabin crew help deliver baby at 42,000ft after woman unexpectedly goes into labour

  09-04-2017 16:51
  
  Both mother and baby are reportedly in good health.
  
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• PC Keith Palmer back at Westminster to lie in chapel

  09-04-2017 16:50
  The body of Westminster attack hero PC Keith Palmer has been placed in a chapel at the Houses of Parliament so people can pay their respects before his funeral.The policeman's coffin was taken through Old Palace Yard on Sunday afternoon, near where he was stabbed to death as he tackled a man who had just driven into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge.Previously former prime minister Margaret Thatcher and Labour politician Tony Benn have been laid to rest in the chapel.
  
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• New Met head to attend PC Keith Palmer's funeral on first day in role

  09-04-2017 16:44
  
  Cressida Dick, far right, stands during a minute’s silence the morning after the Westminster terror attack.The first female commissioner in the Metropolitan police’s 188-year history is to begin her new role on Monday by attending the funeral of PC Keith Palmer, the officer stabbed to death during the Westminster terror attack.Cressida Dick, who is replacing Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe as head of Scotland Yard, will take charge of the country’s largest police force with the capital
  
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• New Met chief to attend PC Keith Palmer funeral on her first day in role

  09-04-2017 16:44
  
  Cressida Dick, right, takes part in a minute’s silence the morning after the Westminster terror attack.The first female commissioner in the Metropolitan police’s 188-year history is to begin her new role on Monday by attending the funeral of PC Keith Palmer, the officer stabbed to death during the Westminster terror attack.Cressida Dick, who is replacing Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe as head of Scotland Yard, will take charge of the country’s largest police force with the capital rema
  
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• At least 37 people have been killed in Islamic State bomb attacks on Egyptian churches

  09-04-2017 16:40
  
  IS were targeting Coptic Christians.
  
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• Here's what we know about the British victim of the Stockholm attack

  09-04-2017 16:00
  
  He was described as talented and compassionate.
  
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• Briton identified among Stockholm truck attack victims

  09-04-2017 14:39
  
  A British man was among the four victims of the Stockholm terror attack, police have said.A Belgian and two Swedes were also killed when a hijacked beer lorry was driven through a crowd and into a department store in the Swedish capital on Friday.Police said the man suspected of carrying out the attack was an asylum seeker who had his residence application rejected and was wanted for deportation.
  
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• Tributes paid to driver killed on M4 trying to rescue dog

  09-04-2017 14:37
  
  Police have appealed for witnesses over the death of Patricia Connors, 66.Patricia Connors was hit by a Ford Transit van during rush hour on Friday after her pet ran on to the carriageway near Cardiff Gate services.Connors was pronounced dead at the scene and the westbound carriageway was closed for five hours between junctions 29 and 32.
  
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• Tributes paid to driver killed by van on M4 as she tried to rescue dog

  09-04-2017 14:37
  
  Police have appealed for witnesses over the death of Patricia Connors, 66.Tributes have been paid to a 66-year-old woman who died trying to rescue her dog when it ran on to the M4 north of Cardiff.Patricia Connors was hit by a Ford Transit van during rush hour on Friday after her pet ran on to the carriageway near Cardiff Gate services.
  
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• Meet people using drug 'stronger than heroin'

  09-04-2017 13:50
  
  Hear from users of a synthetic drug called spice in Manchester who want to stop using the drug but say they think it is stronger than heroin.
  
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• 'Black Mamba' cannabis warning after death near Birmingham Bullring

  09-04-2017 13:38
  Police have warned people against taking a synthetic form of cannabis known as 'Black Mamba' after a man's body was found near Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre.Two other people in Birmingham are also ill after taking the drug, which replicates the effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis.West Midlands Police Detective Inspector Thomas Hadley said: "It is extremely concerning that users of this substance are putting their lives at risk, even more so b
  
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• Lorry hurtles past shops in Sweden attack

  09-04-2017 13:20
  
  Sky's Michelle Clifford reports from Stockholm in the aftermath of an attack
  
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• Pressure on Russia to pull out of Syria

  09-04-2017 12:45
  
  Boris Johnson and Rex Tillerson are expected to call on Russia to end its support for President Assad. Sky's Greg Milam reports.
  
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• Russia says there is 'no need to talk to UK' as Boris Johnson cancels visit over Syria

  09-04-2017 12:36
  Russia's foreign ministry has dismissed the UK as having little real influence over world affairs after the Foreign Secretary cancelled a visit to Moscow.Boris Johnson decided not go to Russia amid growing pressure on President Vladimir Putin to cut his ties with Syria's Bashar al Assad in the wake of a suspected chemical attack that killed at least 87 people, including children.Mr Johnson had been due in the Russian capital on Monday but will stay away as G7 foreign ministers draw up their coor
  
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• A store in Stockholm that was hit in the truck attack has apologised for 'damaged goods' sale

  09-04-2017 12:15
  
  A spokesman for the Ahlens department store apologised “for a bad decision”.
  
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• UK defence minister - Russia responsible by proxy for Syria chemical deaths

  09-04-2017 11:56
  
  Britain said on Sunday Russia bore responsibility by proxy for civilian deaths in Syria last week caused by a poison gas attack that Washington says was carried out by the Moscow-backed government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.At least 70 people died in what the United States says was a chemical weapons attack in rebel-held Syria.The attack prompted the United States to fire 59 cruise missiles into a Syrian air base from which it said the attack was launched.
  
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• Could Brexit lead to UK's beaches littered with plastic?

  09-04-2017 09:35
  
  The campaign group Surfers Against Sewage has switched its focus from sewage to fighting plastic pollution, as it warns that Brexit could harm some of Britain's best-known beaches.Over the years, European Union directives have improved water quality so that 93% of beaches in England are now rated good or excellent.In the early 1990s, when Surfers Against Sewage was set up, just 28% would have reached that standard.
  
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• Sun-day! Hottest day of the year so far is forecast in parts of UK

  09-04-2017 08:55
  
  Most of England and Wales are set to continue basking in sunshine today, with the hottest day of the year expected in some parts of the country.The day will see a lot of sunshine across the majority of England and Wales, and for parts of the South East temperatures could reach 24C or possibly slightly higher.It would also see UK temperatures top those in parts of the Mediterranean.
  
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• Could Brexit lead to UK's beaches being overwhelmed by plastic?

  09-04-2017 08:44
  
  The campaign group Surfers Against Sewage has switched its focus from sewage to fighting plastic pollution, as it warns that Brexit could have a devastating impact on some of Britain's best-known beaches.Over the years, European Union directives have improved water quality so that 93% of beaches in England are now rated good or excellent.In the early 1990s, when Surfers Against Sewage was set up, just 28% would have reached that standard.
  
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• Ofcom could decide that 100% of Sky is the limit for Murdoch

  09-04-2017 08:00
  
  Last summer, Roger Ailes, the spin wizard who created Fox News, was finally pushed from his perch.Last week, Bill O’Reilly, presiding presence on primetime Fox, found himself deep in the same murky pond.
  
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• In the fake news era, we need the bigger picture

  09-04-2017 08:00
  
  A 17-year-old Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker is bludgeoned unconscious in a south London street: one of those assaults with a political dimension that seem to bestow a special joint status marked “hate” and “national introspection”.Say a 50% leap in London kids carrying knives.By chance a week or so back, two reporters from the New York Times were detailed to follow a full day and evening of Fox News coverage and compare it with other US news agendas.
  
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• Fallon: Russia responsible for 'every death' in Syria gas attack

  09-04-2017 07:33
  
  Russia is responsible "by proxy" for the deaths of civilians in a nerve gas attack in Syria last week, the Defence Secretary has said.Sir Michael Fallon accused Moscow of being complicit in war crimes because it is the Syrian regime's main backer.It prompted President Donald Trump to retaliate by firing 59 cruise missiles at the Syrian airbase where the US believes the gas attack was launched.
  
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• Parents and toddler injured after acid attack in north London

  09-04-2017 05:07
  A father, mother and their two-year-old son have suffered burns following an acid attack in north London.Although the mother and toddler have been discharged from hospital after being treated for minor burns, the father's injuries are described as "life changing".According to the London Fire Brigade, both parents had suffered 15% burns to their hands and bodies, while the infant was burnt on his face.
  
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• The battle to keep beaches free of plastic as Brexit looms

  09-04-2017 04:58
  The campaign group Surfers Against Sewage has switched its focus from sewage to fighting plastic pollution, as it warns that Brexit could have a devastating impact on some of Britain's best-known beaches.Over the years, European Union directives have improved water quality so that 93% of beaches in England are now rated good or excellent.In the early 1990s, when Surfers Against Sewage was set up, just 28% would have reached that standard.
  
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• Olivier Awards: Harry Potter And The Cursed Child set to clean up

  09-04-2017 04:25
  It's already a commercial and critical success, but we'll find out tonight if Harry Potter And The Cursed Child cleans up at the Olivier Awards.Its 11 nominations make it the most nominated new play in the ceremony's history.The show is in contention for some of the night's biggest prizes - including best new play, best director, best set design, as well as acting nominations for Jamie Parker who plays Harry, Noma Dumezweni for her portrayal of Hermione and Anthony Boyle's Scorpius Malfoy.
  
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• Blitz on beach inspired by Ocean Rescue 'hero'

  09-04-2017 03:20
  
  Michael Betoin rallied his community together to clean a stretch of beach in the village of Brora after he was inspired by the Sky News Ocean Rescue campaign.
  
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• Royals on charm offensive in Italy

  09-04-2017 02:20
  
  Ministers view the "soft power" of the Royals as a vital tool in Brexit diplomacy, as Prince Charles continues his tour of Italy.
  
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• Camilla will be Queen one day, constitutional expert says

  09-04-2017 02:10
  As Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall mark their 12th wedding anniversary, a constitutional expert has told Sky News that Camilla will be Queen one day - even if the public doesn't like the idea.There has been growing interest in what will happen at the time of succession when Prince Charles becomes King, including what title Camilla would be given.It was announced that Camilla would be given what some regarded as the lesser title of Princess Consort and not Queen Consort when her husban
  
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• Revealed: the more time that children chat on social media, the less happy they feel

  09-04-2017 01:03
  
  Researchers have found that the more time children spend chatting online, the less happy they feel about their life overall.Perhaps Facebook should carry a health warning.A studyhas revealed that the children who spend more time on online social networks feel less happy in almost all aspects of their lives.
  
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• Bradley Lowery: Boy with cancer given honorary place in Grand National

  09-04-2017 00:06
  
  After hearing "news no parent should have to hear", the Lowerys gave their five-year-old son Bradley one more day in the sun at Aintree.The child, who is suffering from a rare form of cancer, was given an honorary 41st place in the Grand National field."It's heartbreaking," Gemma said.
  
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