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• 'I tried so very hard, but it's won me': Heartbreaking 'goodbye notes' of anorexic schoolgirl who killed herself - Mirror.co.uk

  02-05-2017 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  'I tried so very hard, but it's won me': Heartbreaking 'goodbye notes' of anorexic schoolgirl who killed herself
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  An teenage girl wrote heartbreaking 'goodbye notes' to her family claiming her crippling anorexia had "won" before taking her own life, an inquest heard. Pippa 'Pip' McManus wrote the messages during a home visit from the famous rehab centre The Priory ...and more »
  
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• Madeleine McCann questioning shocked suspect - BBC News

  02-05-2017 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  One of the suspects questioned by British police about Madeleine McCann's disappearance has said he was shocked to be asked about how she went missing. Paulo Ribeiro was one of four local suspects who denied any involvement when questioned by ...
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• Somebody is to blame for Kirsty Maxwell’s death in Benidorm balcony plunge, say family

  02-05-2017 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE devastated family of a Scots holidaymaker who plunged to her death from a Spanish hotel balcony are demanding a prosecution, claiming she was pushed or jumped while in fear for her safety.
  
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• Oil platform brought to shore for scrapping after 40 years at sea

  02-05-2017 22:47
  One of the oldest and largest oil rigs in the North Sea has been successfully brought ashore after 40 years at sea.The 44 metre-tall, 24,000 tonne Brent Delta platform will be cut into pieces to be sold for scrap, in a process lasting around 18 months.The topside of the oil rig was removed in one piece from its concrete legs.
  
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• ‘Farce’ of pair who stand to inherit £25k they stole from OAP

  02-05-2017 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A COUPLE who stole £25,000 from a vulnerable pensioner may escape having to repay the money – because they are beneficiaries in his will.
  
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• Hundreds audition for Cilla Black musical in Liverpool

  02-05-2017 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Showbiz hopefuls flock to an audition for a new show based on the Liverpool legend
  
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• Clinton blames Russians, Comey and misogyny for loss - Daily Mail

  02-05-2017 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton relived last year's election loss, as she previewed her forthcoming book alongside CNN's Christiane Amanpour at an event in New York City. 'If the election had been on October 27 I'd be your ...
  'I would be your president': Clinton blames Russia, FBI chief for 2016 election lossWashington Post
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• 'Labour has self-destructed' Michael Gove hammers Diane Abbott's car crash interview

  02-05-2017 22:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MICHAEL GOVE ripped into Diane Abbott after the Labour Party MP’s embarrassing radio interview on Tuesday morning.
  
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• 'We need to make friends' Emily Thornberry tells PM to 'BACK OFF' and to stop insulting EU

  02-05-2017 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LABOUR MP Emily Thornberry has criticised the Prime Minister’s Brexit approach, insisting the UK needs to “make friends” with the European Union to get a good deal.
  
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• Radcliffe: 'They can't take away my Personal Best'

  02-05-2017 22:00
  
  Paula Radcliffe has criticised proposed changes that could see her world record in the marathon wiped out, saying she feels like she's been 'thrown in the bin'.
  
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• 'Always in our hearts' Family pay tribute to gun victim

  02-05-2017 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE family of an insurance executive shot dead during a botched burglary today paid tribute to a “caring and compassionate man”.
  
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• Britain should REMAIN in some EU institutions after Brexit, MPs claim

  02-05-2017 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MPS have claimed the UK should try to keep its energy and climate change policies in line with the European Union’s and avoid leaving the internal energy or emissions trading markets.
  
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• Lawyers’ Iraq War torture claims ‘harrowed’ soldiers

  02-05-2017 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A DECORATED Army officer today told a tribunal of his anger at the way his troops had been put through a “harrowing” ordeal lasting years by lawyers chasing false allegations of murder and torture.
  
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• Labour expects to spend less than half as much as Tories on general election

  02-05-2017 21:28
  
  The difference in spending may not necessarily work against Labour, party officials insist, because Jeremy Corbyn is happy to portray himself as the down-to-earth leader against the slick Tory party machine.Labour is expecting to spend less than half as much as the Tories on the general election campaign amid a drive for money donations from its 500,000 members.Insiders said Labour had already raised around £3.8m for a possible poll when Theresa May announced a snap election two weeks ago.
  
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• EU talks guidelines threaten citizens’ rights | Letters

  02-05-2017 20:55
  
  European council President Donald Tusk after the special meeting of the council to set out guidelines for the Brexit negotiations.Perhaps the most urgent issues in the upcoming Brexit negotiations are the future residency rights of the approximately 3.3 million EU citizens in the UK, and of the 1.2 million UK citizens elsewhere in the EU.
  
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• Tory tax cuts putting pressure on the NHS | Letters

  02-05-2017 20:53
  
  Whenever Theresa May finds herself in a corner over the NHS she repeats the mantra: you require a strong economy to have an NHS in the first place (Marr grills May, 1 May).The US has a strong economy but a seriously deficient public health service due to large reliance on insurance companies for facility and corporations providing health cover for employees.Cuba has a weak economy but an excellent health service due to the right decision on prioritising public health.
  
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• Lib Dem voters may be a problem for a progressive alliance | Letters

  02-05-2017 20:51
  
  Liberal Democrat campaigning in Lewes in East Sussex. ‘Lib Dem voters do not always see themselves as part of the progressive centre-left spectrum,’ writes Syeve Flatley.Local authority politics can often better reflect the wishes of the electorate than in parliamentary constituencies.In wards that elect more than one councillor here in York, for instance, we have recently elected Labour and Green councillors, which the voters seem to like.
  
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• May promises to be 'bloody difficult woman' in Brexit talks

  02-05-2017 20:45
  
  By Elizabeth PiperLONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May promised EU officials on Tuesday that she would be "a bloody difficult woman" in divorce talks, after being criticised for underestimating the complexity of Brexit talks and having "illusions" over a deal.
  
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• Deeply moved by Corbyn’s human warmth | Letters

  02-05-2017 20:44
  
  Corbyn has the human touch.Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters
  
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• Labour's Diane Abbott: I misspoke over bobbies on the beat gaffe during interview

  02-05-2017 20:39
  
  Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has insisted she "misspoke" after coming unstuck trying to add up the cost of Labour's big election policing pledge.Mrs Abbott failed to put a correct figure on the cost of providing an extra 10,000 officers on the streets in a stumbling interview, initially coming up with a bill that would have left them earning just £30 a year.The shadow home secretary told LBC radio the policy would cost £300,000 before revising the figure to £80m - which w
  
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• Netflix's 13 Reasons Why prompts rise in charity counselling for children

  02-05-2017 20:20
  
  A children’s charity is providing a growing number of counselling sessions for young people concerned about the content of the Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why.The NSPCC said some children who had received counselling via its Childline service said the series had triggered memories of suicidal thoughts.The controversial drama has been criticised by mental health groups for its portrayal of a 17-year-old’s suicide which they say could encourage young people to take their own lives.
  
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• Labour defends Diane Abbott over stumbling interview

  02-05-2017 20:18
  
  Diane Abbott will continue to be a key figurehead in Labour’s general election campaign, the party has indicated, despite a stumbling radio performance in which she struggled to explain how a pledge to hire 10,000 extra police officers would be funded.The shadow home secretary was tripped up by LBC host Nick Ferrari, who asked her on Tuesday morning how much the key law and order pledge would cost.Eventually, Abbott appeared to find the right page in her briefing notes, and gave the full c
  
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• May: Juncker will find me 'bloody difficult woman' in Brexit talks - The Guardian

  02-05-2017 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
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  Theresa May has declared that Jean-Claude Juncker will be the next person to discover that she can be a “bloody difficult woman” as cabinet frustration with the EU over the early phases of the Brexit negotiations intensified. The prime minister made ...
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• Kate and William 'want £1.3m damages' in topless photos case

  02-05-2017 20:05
  William and Kate have reportedly asked for £1.3m (€1.5m) in damages from a French magazine over topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge.A lawyer for Closer magazine disclosed the level of damages requested as paparazzi photographers appeared in court over the images, which caused outrage when they appeared five years ago.Cyril Moreau and Dominique Jacovides, two Paris-based agency photographers suspected of taking the pictures, must answer charges of invasion of privacy and complic
  
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• Conservatives under fire for banning local paper from filming Theresa May

  02-05-2017 19:57
  
  Theresa May makes a campaign stop at a company in St Ives, Cornwall, on Tuesday.The Conservative party has been accused of showing contempt for local media after Cornwall’s biggest news website was banned from filming Theresa May’s visit to a factory.Reporters from Cornwall Live complained that they were shut in a room to enforce the video ban while the prime minister was visiting a diving equipment factory in Helston, in the marginal seat of St Ives.
  
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• Diane Abbott reacts to LBC interview blunder

  02-05-2017 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The shadow home secretary listened back to her LBC interview, after getting her figures wrong.
  
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• Paula Radcliffe says proposal to erase world records 'damages reputation and dignity'

  02-05-2017 19:06
  Paula Radcliffe has criticised proposed changes that could see her world record in the marathon wiped out, saying they would hurt her reputation.European Athletics announced on Monday that world records set pre-2005, before the IAAF routinely stored blood and urine samples, would be erased under the proposal recommended by one of the body's project teams.The proposals will now be forwarded to the sport's world governing body for further consideration.
  
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• 'You are brutally outnumbered!' BBC interviewer blasts PM’s chances of Brexit deal

  02-05-2017 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THERESA MAY was lambasted by BBC journalist Laura Kuennsberg over her confidence in Brexit talks, as the Prime Minister says the UK will fight for the “best possible deal”.
  
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• Man wanted wealthy girlfriend killed so he could run off with younger lover, court told

  02-05-2017 18:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A PENSIONER tried to hire hitmen to kill his wealthy former TV scriptwriter girlfriend of more than 30 years so he could inherit her estate and run off with his younger lover, a court heard.
  
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• May plays up 'bloody difficult woman' image after Juncker dinner reports

  02-05-2017 18:40
  
  British Prime Minister Theresa May played up her credentials as a "bloody difficult woman" on Tuesday in response to reports of a fractious dinner with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker last week.After the meeting at her Downing Street residence, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was reported to have said he was "10 times more sceptical than I was before" about the possibility of sealing a deal on EU divorce terms for Britain and a new trading relationship.May, wh
  
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• Parents of tragic baby Charlie launch last-ditch legal battle to keep him alive

  02-05-2017 18:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE distraught parents of sick baby Charlie Gard are launching a last-ditch legal battle to keep him alive.
  
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• Gas leak at chemical firm Ineos contained at Scotland's Grangemouth

  02-05-2017 18:12
  
  By Elisabeth O'LearyEDINBURGH (Reuters) - A gas leak inside petrochemicals firm Ineos's Grangemouth site in Scotland was successfully contained on Tuesday after emergency services rushed to the scene, police said."The incident was caused by a leak on a pipe carrying ethylene gas which has been identified and is being isolated," Ineos said in an emailed statement on Tuesday.Earlier, the company said it had detected the leak on a pipeline inside its Kinneil Gas manufacturing plant at noon, prompti
  
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• May on how Juncker will face 'bloody difficult woman'

  02-05-2017 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May says she will be "bloody difficult" to European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker.
  
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• Maddie McCann pictures and e-fits: What could she look like now

  02-05-2017 17:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TOMORROW marks the 10th anniversary of Madeleine McCann disappearing from a holiday apartment in Portugal. Here are e-fits showing what the missing girl might look like. 
  
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• 'They're INCOMPETENT!' Nick Clegg claims Theresa May is WINGING it on Brexit

  02-05-2017 17:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NICK CLEGG blasted the Conservative’s Brexit strategy saying the party was “pulling the wool over the eyes” of those who will suffer most.
  
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• FBI woman went to Syria to wed IS recruiter she investigated - BBC News

  02-05-2017 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  The FBI has confirmed one of its translators travelled to Syria and secretly wed an Islamic State recruiter whom she had been investigating. The FBI "took several steps in a variety of areas to identify and reduce security vulnerabilities" after the ...
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• Scottish Labour candidate fighting to keep UK together once backed INDEPENDENCE

  02-05-2017 17:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SCOTTISH Labour's Unionist credentials were dealt a blow today after it emerged one of its general candidates backed independence.
  
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• Here's everything that happened on the general election trail today

  02-05-2017 17:43
  
  All the good, the bad, and the ugly from the day’s election campaign trail.
  
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• Surfer praises rescuers after surviving 32 hours in Irish Sea

  02-05-2017 17:41
  
  Matthew Bryce was saved by Belfast coastguards 13 miles from the Scottish coastline after going missing on Sunday morning.Belfast coastguard said Bryce had been out in the sea from about 11.30am on Sunday before being found on Monday night.“The past 48 hours have been an absolute rollercoaster of emotions for our family and we are so grateful that Matthew has been found safe and well,” he said.
  
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• Loch Ness Monster spotted? First Nessie 'sighting' logged after eight months

  02-05-2017 17:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  AFTER fears that the world's most famous monster had gone "missing" the first possible sighting of Nessie this year has finally been logged - to the relief of her worldwide fans.
  
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• Microsoft starts new war with Google over low-cost lappies for kids: as it happens - The Register

  02-05-2017 17:09 via theregister.co.uk
  
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  Liveblog It's a warm and moist day in New York City and Microsoft is holding a large press event that is expected to be the debut for its plans to take over some of Chromebook's market share. The Redmond event is focused on education, an area where ...
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• 'It's going to be difficult' Irish Brussels bigwig REFUSES to offer UK good Brexit deal

  02-05-2017 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE VICE president of the European Parliament has refused to offer Britain equal terms as it quits the European Union.
  
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• Poll shows slightly smaller lead for British PM's Conservatives

  02-05-2017 16:59
  
  British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party holds a 19-point lead over the main opposition Labour Party ahead of a national election on June 8, down a couple of points from last week, according to an opinion poll on Tuesday.The ICM poll for the Guardian newspaper showed support for the Conservatives at 47 percent, down a point from a week ago.Labour gained a point to 28 percent, while the Liberal Democrats fell two points to 8 percent, a level of support shared with the pro-Brexit UK
  
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• Theresa May awkwardly eating chips could be 2017's 'bacon sandwich'

  02-05-2017 16:43
  
  Theresa May makes an unconvincing job of eating some Cornish chips in Mevagissey.There’s nothing more traditionally British on a visit to the seaside than eating chips in the open air, but during a campaign visit to Cornwall on Tuesday Theresa May looked distinctly uncomfortable while tucking into a cone of them.Pictured on a walkabout in Mevagissey, May looked for all the world like she had never eaten chips before – or at least not without a knife and fork.
  
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• On day one as editor, Osborne taunts May over "unrealistic" Brexit

  02-05-2017 16:32
  
  By Andy BruceLONDON (Reuters) - On his first day as a newspaper editor, former finance minister George Osborne taunted British leader Theresa May over her snap election strategy and "unrealistic" Brexit stance.Carrying a bundle of newspapers as he arrived at the offices of the Evening Standard, London's daily metropolitan newspaper, Osborne said his editorship would provide "the straight facts and the informed analysis".The 45-year-old was dismissed last year by fellow-Conservative May after hel
  
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• Transgender woman said she would leave male prison 'in a box'

  02-05-2017 16:12
  
  Vikki Thompson died within a month of arriving at HMP Leeds in October 2015.A transgender woman sent to a male prison was found dead in her cell after repeatedly warning that she would leave “in a box”, a jury has heard.Vikki Thompson, 21, had been living as a female since she was 10.
  
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• When the maths just doesn't add up for Diane Abbott

  02-05-2017 16:00
  
  Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott struggled with the sums on Labour's funding pledge to put 10,000 more bobbies on the beat.
  
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• Everything you need to know about diesel engines

  02-05-2017 15:55
  
  Diesel engines have been in the news for being worse than petrol ones, but is that really the case?
  
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• 'Not embarrassed IN THE SLIGHTEST' Corbyn defends Diane Abbott after police pledge gaffe

  02-05-2017 15:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JEREMY CORBYN has come to the defence of Diane Abbott following her car-crash interview on LBC in which she became confused about the cost of introducing 10,000 additional police officers.
  
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• Air pollution plans to be unveiled by Government after legal challenge

  02-05-2017 15:46
  The Government will publish its plan to tackle illegal air pollution levels within a week after deciding not to challenge a court ruling.The Tory administration had attempted to delay the draft air quality strategy, which was due to be published on 24 April, arguing election rules meant it could not be released until after voting on 8 June.No 10 has now said it will not appeal against the ruling, but will instead publish the plans to reduce the levels of nitrogen dioxide pollution, largely cause
  
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