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• Cyber-attack

  14-05-2017 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As more ransomware cases are looming, how can you protect yourself or your organisation from attack?
  
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• JME met with Jeremy Corbyn to chat about why young people don't vote

  14-05-2017 23:21
  
  The two of them shared pictures of the meet-up.
  
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• Pregnant patient finds NHS hacking 'scary'

  14-05-2017 22:35
  
  A patient has spoken of what she experienced from her hospital during the cyberattack.
  
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• Barack Obama's Mother's Day message to Michelle is Twitter's answer to relationship goals

  14-05-2017 22:32
  
  People are here for Barack’s message to Michelle.
  
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• NHS cyber-attack to escalate Monday

  14-05-2017 22:30
  
  Ransom-ware which has seriously affected NHS services since Friday afternoon could escalate tomorrow morning.
  
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• Staff work around clock to keep hospitals going after cyber attack

  14-05-2017 22:29
  
  Within the NHS trusts hit hardest by the cyber attack they have summoned up energy and expertise to get through a unique weekend.Whether or not their computers were on the right operating systems, and whether their cyber security was lax, staff had to improvise to keep their patients safe.At the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, over 5,000 pieces of diagnostic equipment that are linked into the IT systems were having to be individually analysed and tested.
  
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• NHS braced for possible repeat of cyber attack chaos on Monday

  14-05-2017 21:53
  
  NHS organisations across the country are braced for a possible recurrence of Friday's cyber attack when staff return to work on Monday.Cyber security experts have warned that the ransomware virus, that affected one in five NHS Trusts last week, could be reactivated by computers and devices that have not yet been switched on.On Sunday evening seven acute hospital Trusts continued to experience major disruption and were diverting patients away from A&E for a third consecutive day.
  
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• NHS cyberattack: Seven trusts still turning away patients

  14-05-2017 21:34
  
  Seven acute hospital trusts are continuing to divert patients away from Accident and Emergency departments after Friday's cyberattack, NHS England sources have told Sky News.The National Cyber Security Centre has said "that as a new working week begins it is likely, in the UK and elsewhere, that further cases of ransomware may come to light, possibly at a significant scale".Earlier, Steven Wilson, Head of Europol's European Cybercrime Centre, told Sky News it was important IT departments checked
  
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• Watch this incredible D-Day veteran become the oldest person in the world to skydive

  14-05-2017 21:13
  
  What an achievement.
  
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• Emily Thornberry hardens Labour party line on Falkland Islands

  14-05-2017 21:01
  
  Labour’s shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, has accused Michael Fallon of talking “bollocks” after the defence secretary claimed she wanted to negotiate with Argentina over the future of the Falklands.In a spiky exchange on the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, Thornberry hit back at Fallon, saying: “That is bollocks.
  
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• NHS cancer patients hit by treatment delays after cyber-attack

  14-05-2017 20:57
  
  St Bartholomew’s hospital in London is one of those affected by the cyber-attack.A week ago, Alice found out that she had bowel cancer.“It’s devastating to hear you have cancer in the first place and anything that delays you getting any treatment that could be life-saving is even more devastating,” she said.
  
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• Top party members who like Labour’s manifesto should back Corbyn | Letters

  14-05-2017 20:00
  
  Polly Toynbee welcomes Labour’s manifesto but says Jeremy Corbyn’s lack of credibility means people will never trust him, so it will never be implemented (12 May).Is it not the case that Corbyn was severely damaged by opposition from several of the heavyweights of his own party right from the outset of his leadership?Is it not the case that even now, if some of the most powerful people in the party were to back Corbyn and this manifesto, his chances in the election would be greatly e
  
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• People do sometimes need to be patients | Letters

  14-05-2017 20:00
  
  Re Ann Robinson’s article “I’m a person not a patient” (12 May), as a former GP and psychiatrist (aged 92) who has frequently been a patient, I cannot agree with her.Of course, patients are persons, but the role of patient does entail a degree of “morphing”.All humans, whatever their age, role and status, should be treated with dignity and respect.
  
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• Freedom of Information Act document leaks could lead to jail

  14-05-2017 19:56
  
  People who reveal information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act could be jailed under new legal proposals.Responding to the consultation on Law Commission proposals for a new espionage act with more punitive powers, freedom of speech organisations have condemned plans for lowering the threshold for prosecutions.The Campaign for Freedom of Information and the rights group Article 19 fear that the proposals would make it easier to secure convictions by weakening the test for proving an
  
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• Everything you need to know about Labour's Robin Hood tax

  14-05-2017 19:34
  
  Questions answered on the financial services policy that promises to “take from the rich and give to the poor”.
  
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• 101-year-old breaks skydiving world record

  14-05-2017 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  101-year-old D-Day veteran Verdun Hayes becomes the oldest man in the world to complete a skydive.
  
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• Nurses to stage 'summer of protests' over poor pay rises

  14-05-2017 17:06
  
  The Royal College of Nursing has warned that unless the next Government drops the 1% cap on pay it will hold a ballot on industrial action later this year, threatening the first ever strikes by its members.If nurses did vote to walk out it would see patients facing another year of NHS industrial action disruption following last year's junior doctors' strikes.The RCN says nurses have suffered a 14% real terms pay cut since 2010 because of the government cap on public sector pay.
  
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• Conservative councillor suspended over racist Eurovision tweet

  14-05-2017 16:56
  A Conservative councillor has been suspended for tweeting offensive comments about Irish people during the Eurovision Song Contest.
  
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• Nurses to vote on taking strike action

  14-05-2017 16:20
  
  The Royal College of Nursing is balloting more than a quarter of a million of its members on whether to go on strike over pay.
  
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• Thanks, Emily Thornberry, for waking Mogadon Mike before he flatlines | John Crace

  14-05-2017 15:15
  
  Marr began by challenging Fallon on the Conservative party’s failure to honour its commitments to maintain the size of Britain’s armed services.“The computer says no,” said Mogadon Mike.Not entirely convinced by Mogadon Mike’s cunning plan, Marr moved on to how the Tories were going to fund their promise to increase defence spending by £1bn more than the 2% annual target.
  
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• Sturgeon: independent Scotland may need 'phased' return to EU

  14-05-2017 14:57
  
  Independent Scotland may need ‘phased’ return to EU, says Sturgeon
  
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• Europol says 200,000 victims were hit by cyberattack and there may be more

  14-05-2017 14:33
  Europol says Friday's cyberattack hit 200,000 victims in 150-plus countries and warned there may be many more.Director Rob Wainwright spoke as hospitals in the UK were beginning to get back to normal although some were still experiencing problems after the global attack which hit 48 NHS trusts in England and 13 Scottish health boards.Mr Wainwright said: "The global reach is unprecedented and beyond what we have seen before.The latest count is over 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries, and t
  
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• Murder inquiry launched as teen dies following fight in Enfield

  14-05-2017 14:25
  A murder investigation has been launched after a teenager died following reports of a fight involving a number of people.The 18-year-old male was found with stab wounds after police were called to a report of an altercation.All three victims were taken to hospitals in north and east London by London Ambulance Service.
  
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• Fresh cyber threat as working week begins

  14-05-2017 14:20
  
  The threat from the global cyber attack will mount as people return to work on Monday and switch back on their computers.
  
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• Britain is gearing up for EU rows, Brexit minister says

  14-05-2017 14:20
  
  By Elizabeth PiperLONDON (Reuters) - Britain is gearing up for rows with the EU over the structure of divorce talks and the future role of the European court, fuelling an increasingly bitter war of words before negotiations begin.David Davis, Brexit minister in Prime Minister Theresa May's government, described the EU's position on the talks' format as "illogical" and said he took "slight offence" to suggestions that European courts were better than those in Britain.The atmosphere between London
  
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• 'Why I carried a weapon'

  14-05-2017 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bali Rodgers carried weapons as an 11-year-old schoolgirl - but changed her life and now counsels troubled youngsters.
  
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• Germany demands more free trade guarantees on China Silk Road plan - minister

  14-05-2017 13:51
  Germany warned on Sunday it will not sign a joint statement at China's Belt and Road forum if a pact does not include guarantees on free trade and fair competition, the German minister of economic affairs and energy said.The remarks by Brigitte Zypries came as leaders from 29 countries gathered for the forum.
  
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• 'Spin with no substance': Labour dismisses Tory social housing pledge

  14-05-2017 13:11
  
  Labour has dismissed Theresa May’s proposals to increase social housing, calling them “spin, with no substance”, after the defence secretary, Michael Fallon, admitted the policy would be paid for from existing spending plans.All the major parties are keen to show they have a solution to the challenge of affordable housing, with a growing number of young people finding a property is way out of reach.The Conservatives announced this weekend that their manifesto, expected to be la
  
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• Call for plastic-free aisle in supermarkets

  14-05-2017 13:00
  
  Food safety experts have written an open letter to supermarkets calling for a plastic-free aisle.
  
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• Plastic-free aisle in supermarkets urged to cut polluting food packaging

  14-05-2017 12:57
  Food safety experts have written an open letter to supermarkets calling on them to introduce a plastic-free aisle in their stores.The campaign, launched by environment group A Plastic Planet, has the backing of doctors, scientists and a host of celebrities to highlight the potential dangers of chemicals from plastic leaking into food.The group's organiser Sian Sutherland, told Sky News: "The one thing we can't do now is push our trolleys to get our meat, our fruit and fish in a plastic-free aisl
  
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• Vote 2017: Labour says Robin Hood tax not 'banker punishment'

  14-05-2017 12:38
  
  Labour's self-proclaimed Robin Hood tax on financial transactions is not a "banker punishment", the shadow chancellor has said.John McDonnell has told the Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme that the party's proposed £26bn tax raid on the City is just a request for a "small contribution" to help pay for and public services.The 0.5% levy on highly traded financial assets will raise about £5bn a year over the course of the next parliament, Labour says.
  
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• McDonnell: Our tax policy is not about 'punishing' anyone

  14-05-2017 12:30
  
  McDonnell: Tax policy is not about 'punishing' anyone
  
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• Scotland needs choice on independence at end of Brexit - Sturgeon

  14-05-2017 11:39
  
  Scotland must have a choice on independence at the end of Britain's divorce with the European Union when the exit terms are clear, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday.In an interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Sturgeon called on voters to back her Scottish National Party at an election on June 8 to strengthen her hand and make sure that Scotland's voice is heard in the Brexit negotiations."For me this is a question of, at the end of the Brexit process, does Scotland get a choice
  
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• Indonesia warns of more cyber attack havoc as business week starts

  14-05-2017 11:30
  The Indonesian government said the global cyber attack that takes computer data hostage is likely to cause more havoc when offices reopen for business on Monday.A large hospital in Jakarta was struck by the "ransomware" unleashed on Friday, but there has been no evidence so far to suggest that Indonesia was one of the worst-hit countries.Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara urged companies to update their security before connecting computers to local area networks when the week star
  
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• Businesses brace for Monday as ransomware threat lingers

  14-05-2017 10:11
  By Jeremy Wagstaff and Jim FinkleSINGAPORE/TORONTO (Reuters) - Technical staff scrambled on Sunday to patch computers and restore infected ones, amid fears that the ransomware worm that stopped car factories, hospitals, shops and schools could wreak fresh havoc on Monday when employees log back on.     The spread of the virus dubbed WannaCry - "ransomware" which locked up more than 100,000 computers - had slowed, cybersecurity experts said, but they warned that the respite may be
  
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• Philip Hammond calls China a 'natural partner' as he seeks post-Brexit trade deals

  14-05-2017 09:07
  
  British chancellor Philip Hammond delivers a speech at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, on Sunday.The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has called for closer economic ties with China as Britain enters a new, post-Brexit era.Speaking at the start of a summit in Beijing celebrating President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road initiative”, Hammond heaped praise on his hosts and said Britain was a “natural partner” for Beijing as it pushed ahead with a massive infrastructu
  
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• Hacker tells Sky how he cracked NHS systems

  14-05-2017 08:50
  
  A hacker who broke into the NHS's systems and then helped them prevent others from doing so tells Sky what he thinks of the latest cyber breach.
  
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• Kelvin MacKenzie lost his shine quickly at the new Sun

  14-05-2017 08:00
  
  Kelvin MacKenzie: ill-informed.Many a time and oft, then, Kelvin MacKenzie teetered on the edge at the Sun. When police lied to his reporters about what happened at Hillsborough, he fell off.Columnist Kelvin writes an asinine, ill-informed piece about an Everton footballer.
  
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• Fake news or not, the future belongs to Facebook

  14-05-2017 08:00
  
  It was the week when the fake news furore went legacy-viral.Facebook bought full-page print ads in national dailies featuring 10 tips for spotting “false news”.Facebook, it reported, had been a game-changer for both Brexit and Trump.
  
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• Britain says it's a natural partner for China's new Silk Road

  14-05-2017 07:28
  
  BEIJING (Reuters) - Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Sunday that Britain is a natural partner for China's new Silk Road programme. Britain, which last year voted to leave the European Union, has an ambition for more trade not less, Hammond said, speaking at the opening of a summit on the scheme, which China formally calls the Belt and Road initiative. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Randy Fabi)
  
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• Tory optimism grows in Scotland after very dark years

  14-05-2017 06:21
  The political landscape in Scotland has changed beyond all recognition in the past 20 years, and in the Motherwell suburb of Ravenscraig the contrast of past and present is even more stark.New housing estates with names like "Phoenix Park" have risen from the rubble of the site of the old Ravenscraig Steel plant which once employed 13,000 workers.The plant was closed in 1992 and when its distinctive cooling towers were demolished a few years later, it seemed to herald the end of Scotland's major
  
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• Vote 2017: May and Corbyn try to woo working class voters

  14-05-2017 06:10
  
  Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn will today make a pitch for working class voters, with the Tories pledging to build a new generation of council homes as Labour plans a £26bn tax raid on the City.Labour is to impose a "Robin Hood Tax" on financial transactions to help pay for the estimated £60bn the party has committed to public services in its manifesto.:: What is in Labour's leaked draft manifesto?
  
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• Former NHS hacker: I gained access in less than an hour

  14-05-2017 05:53
  A hacker who cracked into an NHS website three months ago has said it took him less than an hour to get through the out-of-date security.Speaking exclusively to Sky News on the condition of anonymity, the teenager described the defences protecting the confidential details of thousands of patients as "vulnerable to basic attacks that have been around for years".
  
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• Lion on the loose

  14-05-2017 03:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How a lion-tamer tricked a volatile crowd to prevent a riot after the escape of a ferocious big cat.
  
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• BAFTA TV nods reflect streaming sites shake-up

  14-05-2017 03:23
  The Crown, one of the most expensive TV series ever made, leads the way at tonight's BAFTA TV Awards.The big budget royal drama's five nominations demonstrate how streaming sites are shaking up the establishment.This year, however, BAFTA has made a significant rule change to reflect how we watch TV and how streaming sites are increasingly producing their own original content.
  
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• Office sauna

  14-05-2017 02:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The modern office is mixing work and play in a bid to attract staff and improve productivity.
  
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• Here are the funniest tweets from Eurovision night

  14-05-2017 02:19
  
  The contest is always good material for a joke.
  
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• Remainers urge united strategy for election

  14-05-2017 01:05
  
  Journalist Toby Young speaks at The Convention on the deep impact of Brexit.There is little unity in most discussions about Brexit.Members of the audience at Brexit and the Political Crash, organised by journalist Henry Porter and co-sponsored by the Observer, repeatedly urged speakers and panellists to unite against Brexit.
  
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• BREAKING: Leeds Bradford Airport EVACUATED amid fears of bomb scare

  14-05-2017 01:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LEEDS Bradford Airport has been evacuated following reports of a bomb scare.
  
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• Thousands of patients given ‘chemical coshes’ for no reason

  14-05-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DOCTORS needlessly dole out powerful anti-psychotic drugs to thousands of patients, experts have warned.
  
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