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• Henry Root letters to be auctioned and expected to raise £4,000

  13-04-2017 23:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A COLLECTION of hilarious hoax letters sent to the Queen and other famous figures to poke fun at them have emerged for auction and are tipped to sell for £4,000.
  
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• US-led airstrike kills 18 friendly fighters in Syria after ‘wrong co-ordinates were given’

  13-04-2017 23:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  COALITION airstrikes have killed 18 'friendly fighters' in Syria after mistaking them for ISIS fanatics.
  
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• Doctor launches his own micro-brewery – the smallest brewery in Cornwall

  13-04-2017 23:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A DOCTOR has launched a sideline in good health - with his own micro-brewery.
  
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• Hunt for D-Day sailor hero’s family after his whistle found 73 years later

  13-04-2017 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A MAN has launched a hunt for the family of sailor killed in the Normandy invasion of the Second World War after finding his whistle in a wood.
  
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• Tesco says sorry over 'Good Friday got better' beer ad

  13-04-2017 22:34
  Tesco has apologised after a newspaper advert for discounted beer said: "Good Friday just got better."
  
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• 'Avoidable' baby deaths at NHS trust: Three potential new cases

  13-04-2017 21:17
  More families have come forward to complain about medical negligence at an NHS Trust that has already offered its "unreserved" apologies to parents who lost babies there.The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is currently under investigation after the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt ordered a review into the deaths.Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors, who represent several of the bereaved families, have told Sky News that three potential new cases had been in touch with them in the past 24 hours.
  
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• Westminster attack: Masood did act alone, police conclude

  13-04-2017 21:09
  
  Investigators now believe that the man responsible for the Westminster attack in March acted wholly alone in the planning and preparation for the first mass casualty terrorist atrocity to hit Britain in more than 10 years.Initially investigators believed it was possible that the attacker, 52-year-old Khalid Masood, had encouragement, support or help in the planning, from someone else.One source with knowledge of the investigation said: “The indications are he acted on his own, and that is
  
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• Theresa May backs Boris Johnson’s ‘excellent’ response to Syria crisis

  13-04-2017 20:57
  
  Boris Johnson, right, with the US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, front left, during the G7 meeting in Italy.Theresa May has defended Boris Johnson’s handling of the Syria crisis, saying he had done an “excellent job” despite criticism of his failure to win backing for further sanctions on Russia.The prime minister said Johnson had taken a very clear message to the G7 and managed to forge an international consensus on the need for Syria to have a future without President Bas
  
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• Gibraltar: Spanish gunship in new 'illegal incursion' in UK waters

  13-04-2017 20:56
  
  A Spanish gunship has made another illegal incursion into UK waters off Gibraltar, say officials in the British territory.The Royal Navy ordered the vessel Infanta Cristina to leave the area following the incident.
  
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• The passenger pulled off United Airlines flight lost teeth and had his nose broken, says lawyer

  13-04-2017 20:38
  
  His lawyer said he will probably file a lawsuit on Dr Dao’s behalf.
  
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• 'Sad' Berlusconi wants success for new Milan owners

  13-04-2017 20:38
  
  Han Li (R) and Marco Fassone (L), representatives of Chinese consortium Sino-Europe Sports (SES), arrive in Milan to finalize the deal with Fininvest for AC Milan's takeover by Rossoneri Sport Investment ...
  
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• Grammar schools dominated by the wealthy, DfE's own data shows

  13-04-2017 19:53
  
  Justine Greening, the education secretary, used the analysis to justify removing the bar on opening new grammar schools in England.Grammar schools are dominated by children from well-off and middle class families, according to figures released by the government in its effort to show that “ordinary working families” would benefit most.Education experts said data published by the Department for Education (DfE) demonstrated that the children of the highest earners were more likely than
  
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• UK lenders put brakes on credit after borrowing binge

  13-04-2017 19:37
  Banks are planning to put the brakes on credit card lending after a borrowing binge last year, Bank of England figures show.Lenders told a quarterly survey by the Bank that they had tightened credit scoring criteria for cards and other unsecured loans in the first three months of this year.Part of the boom had been fuelled by a strong expansion in consumer lending.
  
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• Spain calls for calm over Gibraltar

  13-04-2017 19:25
  
  Spanish government surprised by the tone of the comments coming out of Britain - "a country known for its composure."
  
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• UK-based start-up hopes to cut plastic waste with innovative water balls

  13-04-2017 19:20
  
  By Matthew J. StockLONDON (Reuters) - Small transparent spheres filled with natural or flavoured water could help provide a solution to London's plastic waste problem, according to the start-up company based in the British capital that manufactures them.With many cities around the world struggling to dispose of vast numbers of used plastic water bottles, the biodegradable 'Ooho balls' have begun quenching the thirst of consumers at special events in San Francisco and London.The company, Skipping
  
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• PC dismantling exercise goes wrong at Ohio prison as two inmates build computers and hide them in the ceiling

  13-04-2017 19:17
  
  The devices were discovered with “a large hacker’s toolkit”, pornography and articles on the making of drugs and explosives.
  
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• More than muggles?

  13-04-2017 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As "quidditch" enters the Oxford Dictionary, BBC News reveals the next Harry Potter words on the watchlist.
  
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• Golden era over at AC Milan as Berlusconi bows out

  13-04-2017 18:26
  
  Han Li (R) and Marco Fassone (L), representatives of Chinese consortium Sino-Europe Sports (SES), arrive in Milan to finalize the deal with Fininvest for AC Milan's takeover by Rossoneri Sport Investment ...
  
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• Landlord adverts posted online 'target young for sex'

  13-04-2017 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaigners warn vulnerable people are being offered rent-free accommodation in the deal.
  
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• Parents' anger at baby deaths NHS trust

  13-04-2017 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bereaved parents criticise the NHS trust at the centre of an investigation into its maternity services.
  
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• Aldershot runners' deaths: Soldier Michael Casey jailed

  13-04-2017 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Casey was over the alcohol limit when he ran over Stacey Burrows, 16, and Lucy Pygott, 17.
  
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• Starbucks UK profit slumps 61% as Brexit blamed for sales slowdown

  13-04-2017 17:52
  Starbucks has blamed factors including Brexit and terrorism for dragging on sales as it reported a 61% fall in annual profits at its UK business.Pre-tax profits fell to £13.4m for the year to 2 October last year compared with £34.2m the year before as turnover slipped by 6% to £380m.Earnings were also squeezed by the impact of the sharp plunge in the pound after the Brexit vote as well as the cost of reorganising stores, plus investment in its product offering and an increase i
  
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• Tesco sorry for Good Friday beer advert

  13-04-2017 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Supermarket says "no intention to offend" over beer advert which said "Good Friday just got better".
  
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• Easter getaway: What to expect on the roads, railways and in the air

  13-04-2017 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rail services are disrupted by engineering works and airports are busy, but the sun might come out.
  
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• Most of Labour's support is down to Corbyn, Diane Abbott says

  13-04-2017 17:39
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has blamed Labour’s polling on a failure of the media to cover policy issues.Labour could fall to below 10% in the polls if any of Jeremy Corbyn’s vocal critics try to replace him because most of the party’s support is down to his leadership, according to Diane Abbott.The shadow home secretary estimated that Corbyn is responsible for 18% to 20% of the support enjoyed by Labour, which is at its lowest level since the 2015 election and joint equal to its lowest perf
  
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• Theresa May: Syria 'highly likely' behind attack

  13-04-2017 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister says UK scientists are "very clear" that sarin or a sarin-like substance was used.
  
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• Apparently early dinosaurs looked like crocodiles

  13-04-2017 17:09
  
  The new findings were unexpected…
  
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• Katie Price calls for online trolls register

  13-04-2017 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former glamour model and her son talk to BBC 5 live about online trolls and cyber-bullies.
  
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• Grammar schools must be open to 'ordinary families'

  13-04-2017 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Education secretary says schools need to support more than 'privileged few'.
  
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• Chinese group buys AC Milan in new era for Italian 'calcio'

  13-04-2017 16:35
  
  Han Li (R) and Marco Fassone (L), representatives of Chinese consortium Sino-Europe Sports (SES), arrive in Milan to finalize the deal with Fininvest for AC Milan's takeover by Rossoneri Sport Investment ...
  
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• Drink-drive soldier Michael Casey jailed for killing teenage athletes

  13-04-2017 16:28
  A soldier who knocked down two teenage athletes with his car after going drinking with colleagues has been jailed for six years.Stacey Burrows, 16, and Lucy Pygott, 17, were on a training run when Michael Casey drove through red lights at a pedestrian crossing in Aldershot in November.Miss Pygott and Miss Burrows were long-distance cross-country runners who were due to represent the Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletic Club at a competition in Spain the week after their deaths.
  
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• AC Milan sold to Chinese consortium

  13-04-2017 16:24
  
  MILAN (AP) — The takeover of AC Milan was completed Thursday, with Silvio Berlusconi selling the club to a Chinese consortium after 31 years in charge.
  
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• Question of sexuality

  13-04-2017 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fans are hoping for a Jude Law and Johnny Depp romance in the next Fantastic Beasts film.
  
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• 'Savage' balaclava killer Sivan Amin jailed for 40 years for his second murder

  13-04-2017 16:11
  Sivan Amin was found guilty of killing Mircea Gheorge Cozmiuc, 23, in a street attack in Wolverhampton last September.Passing a life sentence at Birmingham Crown Court, Judge Melbourne Inman ordered Amin to serve a minimum of 40 years.The murder took place only two years after Amin was released from a Swedish prison for his first murder - the shooting of Deren Omar Mohammed with a pistol at close range.
  
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• Uneaten 1920s Easter eggs on display in York

  13-04-2017 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Both eggs have been left untouched for more than 90 years.
  
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• Easter getaway: M6 and M4 to bear brunt of bank holiday traffic

  13-04-2017 15:48
  
  Disruption is expected across Britain’s roads and railways this weekend as millions of people get away for the Easter bank holiday.Traffic experts predicted a quieter Easter than last year, but roads were still expected to be considerably busier than usual.John Snowling, of the AA, said: “Despite fewer people planning to get away with Easter falling quite late this year, there will still be a lot of pressure on the main getaway routes, particularly to and from coastal regions and cha
  
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• Chinese group buys AC Milan as new era for Italian 'calcio' begins

  13-04-2017 15:48
  
  Han Li (R) and Marco Fassone (L), representatives of Chinese consortium Sino-Europe Sports (SES), arrive in Milan to finalize the deal with Fininvest for AC Milan's takeover by Rossoneri Sport Investment ...
  
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• Eno's app

  13-04-2017 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Music pioneer Brian Eno discusses his generative music app Reflection.
  
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• ‘There is NO GOING BACK' Government REJECTS calls from GERMANY for second referendum

  13-04-2017 15:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Government has dismissed a call from a top German official for a second referendum.
  
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• How to be a chocolate eggs-pert this Easter

  13-04-2017 15:37
  
  After 40 long days and nights it’s finally time to enjoy those seasonal treats.
  
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• Queen hands out Maundy coins in Leicester

  13-04-2017 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Queen marks the annual service by distributing commemorative coins to 91 men and 91 women.
  
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• Hard left, hard right, or centre? French economy may decide

  13-04-2017 14:52
  
  By Jeremy GauntLONDON (Reuters) - If Donald Trump's election in the United States and Britain's decision to quit the European Union stirred the global economic waters, then there is the potential for a tsunami on the near horizon.The coming week is the last before the first round of France's presidential election on April 23.The potential economic shock stems from the fact that both are against the euro and the European Union, threatening the stability and even existence of both.
  
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• Cardiff runners 'draw' dragon using Strava GPS app

  13-04-2017 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pair ran the length of a marathon to create the art work, which took them more than eight hours.
  
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• Boy, 4, 'youngest circus ringmaster' in the UK

  13-04-2017 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robert Price junior, or Booboo as he's known, performs with Gandey's Circus.
  
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• Skegness's Jolly Fisherman redrawn by New European

  13-04-2017 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cover mocks the original Jolly Fisherman poster, which bore the slogan "Skegness is so bracing".
  
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• Video shows passenger disarming alleged knifeman on London bus

  13-04-2017 14:35
  
  A passenger disarmed an alleged knifeman on a bus in north London in scenes captured on video, in a week in which three young men died in stabbings in the capital.The video, which has been circulating online, shows the two men near the front door of a 149 bus in Stoke Newington as an alarm siren blares.The Metropolitan police said officers were called to Stoke Newington Road at 1.55pm on Tuesday to reports of a stabbing on a bus.
  
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• Virgin, Arriva trains in England to be hit by strike over staffing

  13-04-2017 14:21
  Train services in northern England and on a major rail link to Scotland will be hit later this month when members of the RMT union go on strike in a long-running dispute over staffing.The action will affect Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) which operates services on the main link between London and Edinburgh, and Arriva Rail North.The dispute over whose job it should be to open and close train doors has already caused widespread disruption on Southern rail, a major commuter route into London.
  
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• Plans to extend NHS waiting times 'could be against law'

  13-04-2017 14:20
  
  Plans to extend NHS waiting times 'could be against law'
  
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• A&E crisis: Record number waited longer than four hours this winter

  13-04-2017 14:16
  Almost 200,000 patients waited longer than the NHS target of four hours to be admitted to hospital from accident and emergency departments this winter - the most since records began.While the percentage of A&E patients treated within the four-hour target improved marginally in February compared to January, the worst month on record, the total number waiting longer in the peak winter months was up 45% year-on-year.Total emergency admissions to NHS hospitals in England rose to 1.44 million in
  
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• Warning! Easter journeys could take three times longer than normal

  13-04-2017 13:54
  Easter traffic is expected to peak later today at the start of a four-day holiday period that will see 20 million car journeys.About 6.6 million Britons are planning a trip involving an overnight stay over the weekend, according to tourism body Visit England.The worst time to travel on the roads is expected to be between 4pm and 6pm today, when traffic will be about 28% above the average for those hours, according to Inrix, which provides traffic information.
  
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