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• Labour wants to boost arts with £1bn Cultural Capital Fund

  21-05-2017 23:56
  
  Labour is announcing plans to create a £1bn Cultural Capital Fund to invest in the arts and will also warn against the UK's creative industries being "shackled by Brexit".Jeremy Corbyn is in Hull on Monday, the UK's 2017 City of Culture, to set out a programme to help more people access their creativity - be it in arts, music, film or theatre.The Labour leader said: "We want to unleash the potential of every young person, not just through education but also through culture.
  
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• General election 2017: Labour brings forward tuition fees pledge

  21-05-2017 23:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour says students starting university in England this autumn would not pay fees.
  
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• Consumers urged to buy British flowers

  21-05-2017 21:50
  
  Farmers want to persuade consumers to think British when they're buying flowers. Sky's Dan Whitehead reports.
  
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• Call for special labels to boost UK flower sales

  21-05-2017 21:35
  Flowers grown in the UK should be given special provenance labels in an attempt to boost sales.The National Farmers' Union (NFU) wants to encourage a change in attitude to flower buying to help British growers.Currently, around 90% of flowers purchased in the UK are shipped in from abroad, mainly from Holland and as far away as South America and Africa.
  
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• Bridging the Tories’ infrastructure gap | Letters

  21-05-2017 20:49
  
  Part of the Crossrail underground line being built in London.Reader Martin Lewis says too much infrastructure spending appears to be focused on the south.Larry Elliott notes (Ten years after Blair, the old problems remain, 15 May) that social-democratic ideas for infrastructure investment will seem more mainstream if there is another crisis.
  
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• Washed-out blue for washed-out policies? | Letters

  21-05-2017 20:47
  
  Royal blue has gone from Tory campaign material – ‘should the current hue be named presidential blue?’ wonders Joy Everington.Because of the volume of demand at the printers, our local council, Wychavon, is unable to send out postal votes before 31 May, by which time people may already have gone on holiday and may not be able to use their vote.• Has anyone else noticed that the Tories have adopted a lighter shade of pale for their campaign material this year?
  
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• Church of England fund sees 'stellar' returns

  21-05-2017 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Church fund made a 17.1% on its 2016 investments, more than double the 8.2% it made in 2016.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn refuses five times to directly condemn IRA

  21-05-2017 20:26
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been criticised after he refused five times to directly condemn the IRA in an interview with Sky News.Mr Corbyn said "all bombing is wrong" as he faced repeated questions on the Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme over whether he condemned the IRA alone for its role in the Troubles.Mr Corbyn also defended his associations with IRA-linked rallies in the 1980s.
  
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• Teen airlifted to hospital after Merthyr quarry fall

  21-05-2017 20:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 13-year-old was seriously injured when he fell 40ft in the quarry.
  
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• Cornwall man charged with murder of missing partner

  21-05-2017 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Concerns over missing Kirsty Noden were raised by friends and relatives in north-west England.
  
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• Sky asks Corbyn: Can you condemn the IRA?

  21-05-2017 20:10
  
  The Labour leader is asked by Sky News' Sophy Ridge over whether he condemns the IRA.
  
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• Missing Hull mother Renata Antczak: Two men charged

  21-05-2017 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Renata Antczak was last seen a month ago, shortly after dropping her daughter off at school.
  
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• See just how much British smoking laws have changed since the 1950s as new regulations come into effect

  21-05-2017 19:20
  
  From the 1950s until now there have been some big changes in the way smoking is regulated.
  
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• Warmer weather forecast as temperatures may reach 27C this week

  21-05-2017 18:38
  It could finally be time to ditch your coat this week and, perhaps, dig out the sun cream as warmer weather spreads across the UK.Sky News weather presenter, Jo Wheeler, said there would be a "good deal of fine weather this coming week as high pressure builds from the south".As warm air moves across the country, we could see the hottest temperatures since September.
  
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• General election 2017: Tories 'won't look again' at social care plans

  21-05-2017 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green says £100,000 is "a reasonable inheritance to have".
  
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• Rowan Williams: Britons are peering into the abyss after Brexit vote

  21-05-2017 17:01
  
  Rowan Williams appeared unimpressed with Theresa May’s talk of Christian values.Rowan Williams has warned of the dangers of “messianic leadership” arising from disillusion in the political process, saying lessons need to be learned from Germany in the 1930s.The former archbishop of Canterbury also said many Britons were peering into the abyss following last year’s Brexit referendum.
  
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• Dim and Dimmer: two Tory car crashes for the price of one

  21-05-2017 16:44
  
  Damian “Nice but Dim” Green looked miserable before the interview with Andrew Marr had even begun.After spending four weeks hidden away from the public on the orders of the Supreme Leader’s High Command, the work and pensions secretary was finally being let out at the very moment when there were signs things were going a bit wrong for the Tories.Marr smelt blood and went for an early kill.
  
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• Pit memories

  21-05-2017 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two new apprentices are hired at Big Pit to maintain underground workings and act as tour guides.
  
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• Watch Donald Trump join in with a traditional sword dance in Saudi Arabia

  21-05-2017 16:26
  
  The country is the first stop on his first presidential trip abroad.
  
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• Cameras and garlic chicken used in Bella and Blake search

  21-05-2017 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Searchers looking for "inseparable" dog and lamb find clues in the wooded area where they went missing 13 days ago.
  
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• Tory social care plans are 'Theresa May's poll tax', warns Tim Farron

  21-05-2017 16:04
  
  Controversial Tory social care plans are Theresa May's "version of the poll tax" and will lead to her downfall, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has told Sky News.Speaking to the Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme, Mr Farron said it showed the Conservative leadership is "mean, calculating, and uncaring" and taking voters for granted.The Conservatives have faced criticism over a number of their policies that affect the elderly, including plans to scrap the triple-lock protection on the state pensi
  
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• Scottish Premiership champions Celtic beat Hearts to go the entire league season undefeated - The Independent

  21-05-2017 15:45 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Scottish Premiership champions Celtic beat Hearts to go the entire league season undefeated
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  Leigh Griffiths and Stuart Armstrong were on target in a 2-0 victory against Hearts as Celtic completed the Ladbrokes Premiership season as unbeaten champions. Griffiths kick-started the title party five minutes after the interval when he headed home a ...
  From Arsenal to Juventus: Celtic join football's InvinciblesSkySports
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• North Korea fires another missile, continuing to defy international condemnation - Washington Post

  21-05-2017 15:30 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  North Korea fires another missile, continuing to defy international condemnation
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  TOKYO — North Korea on Sunday launched another missile in its latest show of defiance to the international community. Despite repeated condemnations and warnings of additional sanctions, Kim Jong Un's regime has been pressing ahead at a relentless ...
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• Tories step up attack on Corbyn as Labour gain ground in the polls - Daily Mail

  21-05-2017 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Tories step up attack on Corbyn as Labour gain ground in the polls
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  The Conservatives have launched a renewed onslaught on Jeremy Corbyn amid signs that Labour is gaining ground in the opinion polls. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the Labour leader could not be trusted to lead the Brexit talks if he gained power ...
  How Jeremy Corbyn dealt with the big questions about his policies and his past in a tough TV interviewWalesOnline
  Boris Johnson calls Corbyn a 'blanc
  
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• Arsenal v Everton EPL live scores plus Liverpool score - Daily Mail

  21-05-2017 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Arsenal v Everton EPL live scores plus Liverpool score
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  The final round of Premier League games is upon us with all to play in the Champions League qualification run-in. Manchester City sit in third position with 75 points, Liverpool are in fourth with 73 and Arsenal lie in fifth with 72, prior to the final ...
  Arsenal vs Everton live score and goal updates from the Premier League clash at the EmiratesMirror.co.uk
  Arsenal v Everton: Premier League – live!The Guardian
  
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• Sea lion GRABS little girl and drags her into water in Canada - Daily Star

  21-05-2017 14:58 via dailystar.co.uk
  
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  Sea lion GRABS little girl and drags her into water in Canada
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• New royal couple Meghan Markle and Prince Harry chose not to overshadow Pippa Middleton's wedding day - Scottish Daily Record

  21-05-2017 14:45 via dailyrecord.co.uk
  
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  New royal couple Meghan Markle and Prince Harry chose not to overshadow Pippa Middleton's wedding day
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  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are reported to have made a joint decision for no photos to be taken of the Suits actress' involvement, as to NOT upstage bride Pippa Middleton on her wedding day. The American actress, 35, was not with Harry, 32, at St.
  Pippa's uncle Gary Goldsmith dined in LondonDaily Mail
  Harry in '100-mile trip' to pick up Meghan Mar
  
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• Conservatives 'mean, calculating, and uncaring'

  21-05-2017 14:20
  
  Controversial Tory social care plans are Theresa May's poll tax that will lead to her downfall, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron has told Sky News.
  
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• Captain Japan and Kid Kiwi work to rescue TPP - CNBC

  21-05-2017 14:09 via cnbc.com
  
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  Captain Japan and Kid Kiwi work to rescue TPP
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  New Zealand and Japan have spearheaded efforts to revive the Trans-Pacific Partnership since the U.S. walked away from the trade deal. Japan's Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry, Hiroshige Seko, told CNBC that even without the U.S., "good free ...
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• Trump's Saudi speech to condemn violence in name of religion - BBC News

  21-05-2017 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Trump's Saudi speech to condemn violence in name of religion
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  US President Donald Trump is expected to underline the need to confront extremism in Islam when he makes a speech in Saudi Arabia later on Sunday. A leaked version of his speech says the fight against extremism "is not a battle between different faiths ...
  Trump seeks to heal Gulf ties with 'good and evil' speechFinancial Times
  Ivanka Trump meets with Saudi women leaders as some activists remain criticalWashington Po
  
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• Corbyn: I want there to be fair immigration

  21-05-2017 14:00
  
  The Labour leader refuses to say if immigration will go up or down if he becomes Prime Minister in June.
  
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• Boris Johnson wrongly claims £350m NHS promise at manifesto launch

  21-05-2017 13:23
  
  Boris Johnson has suggested Theresa May promised to give the NHS an extra £350m a week at the launch of the Conservative party manifesto, when neither she nor the document made any such promise.The foreign secretary was pressed on why there was no pledge from the Tories to use any proceeds from Brexit to fund the NHS, when handing over £350m a week was a flagship promise of his campaign to leave the European Union.Asked on ITV’s Peston on Sunday why the sum was not in the manif
  
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• Why the Moors Murders 'should never be forgotten' - Aljazeera.com

  21-05-2017 13:09 via aljazeera.com
  
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  Ian Brady and Myra Hindley may now both be dead but their deeds remain a critical part of British criminal history. 21 May 2017 06:50 GMT |. Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker. 0; All Social. Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker. 0; All Social ...and more »
  
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• Poll lead falls, but May to stick with elderly-care cuts

  21-05-2017 13:09
  
  By William JamesLONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party said on Sunday it would not ditch proposals to reduce support for elderly voters, as opinion polls showing their lead ahead of the June 8 national election falling.Polls published late on Saturday showed the Conservative lead over the centre-left Labour Party has narrowed after both parties set out their policy offerings last week -- the first real sign that an expected victory for May could be less emphat
  
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• Justin Trudeau ended up in students' prom picture while out jogging and Twitter's loving it

  21-05-2017 13:00
  
  Canada’s Prime Minister seems to really have a knack for turning up in unexpected pictures.
  
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• Controversial figures could lose knighthoods under honours system overhaul

  21-05-2017 12:53
  Public figures who fail to meet "standards of integrity" could be stripped of their knighthoods under new plans, Theresa May has said.If re-elected, the Prime Minister said she would task the Cabinet Office with a review of the honours system to ensure it retains public confidence.Decisions on revoking honours are currently taken behind closed doors by Cabinet Office committees, but the review could change that process.
  
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• Older people must wait to find out cost of Tory cuts, says Damian Green

  21-05-2017 12:22
  
  Damian Green (left) and John McDonnell in debate on The Andrew Marr Show.Older voters will have to wait until after the election to find out how much money they could lose as a result of Conservative manifesto pledges, a senior Tory cabinet minister has said.Damian Green, the work and pensions secretary, said he could not say which older people would lose their winter fuel allowances as a result of new means testing and struggled to explain how much some could have to pay because of the proposed
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn refuses to say if immigration will go up or down

  21-05-2017 12:13
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has said that the Labour Party's immigration policy would reflect "fair immigration based on the needs of our society".Speaking to Sophy Ridge On Sunday, the Labour leader refused to give a direct response to the question of whether there should be more or less immigration post-Brexit several times.
  
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• Damian Green: '£100,000 is a reasonable inheritance'

  21-05-2017 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Work and Pensions Secretary explained how social care would be funded by the Conservatives.
  
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• Damian Green and John McDonnell clash over manifestos

  21-05-2017 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andrew Marr tries to intervene as Labour and Conservatives clash over manifesto pledges.
  
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• Election campaigning to briefly pause in memory of murdered MP Jo Cox

  21-05-2017 11:22
  
  Politicians will take a one-hour break from election campaigning to remember Jo Cox, the Labour MP who was murdered by a far-right extremist during the EU referendum campaign last year.Candidates from all parties have been asked to choose an hour on Sunday in which to honour Cox and recognise that people have more in common than they have have differences, a message from her maiden speech to the House of Commons.Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn will participate in the pause, which was described as
  
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• Watch Jeremy Corbyn rock up on stage at a music festival

  21-05-2017 11:07
  
  The crowds at Wirral Live seemed pretty surprised when the Labour leader turned up on stage…
  
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• Pippa Middleton ties the knot

  21-05-2017 10:35
  
  The wedding of the Duchess of Cambridge's sister Pippa Middleton has taken place, attended by several younger members of the Royal Family.
  
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• Prince Harry 'drove 100 miles' to get Meghan Markle for Pippa's evening reception

  21-05-2017 10:33
  Prince Harry drove 100 miles to bring girlfriend Meghan Markle to Pippa Middleton's evening wedding reception, according to reports.The Prince left the afternoon celebration early to drive to London and back to collect Miss Markle from Kensington Palace, according to the Sun on Sunday.It would have been Miss Markle's first big public engagement with Prince Harry since they started dating last year.
  
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• GetsMyVote: Female boxing club has its say on the election

  21-05-2017 09:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of female boxers have their say on what gets their vote in the 2017 General Election.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn refuses to play immigration 'numbers game'

  21-05-2017 09:01
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has said that the Labour Party's immigration policy would reflect "fair immigration based on the needs of our society".Speaking to Sophy Ridge On Sunday, the Labour leader refused to give a direct response to the question of whether there should be more or less immigration post-Brexit several times.
  
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• Spy author Anthony Horowitz 'warned off' creating black character

  21-05-2017 08:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alex Rider creator Anthony Horowitz says he was told it would be "inappropriate" for a white writer.
  
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• Sweet smell of succession keeps journalism safe

  21-05-2017 08:00
  
  Arthur Gregg Sulzberger leapt from reporter in Oregon to a top job at the New York Times, reporting to his father, the publisher.One day, of course, AGS will succeed Junior, just as he in turn succeeded AOS Senior, who inherited the job from AHS (Arthur Hays Sulzberger), who’d married into the Ochs family when it owned the Times.By those lights, the New York Times is lucky to have the Sulzberger connection, and may indeed be lucky twice over if Arthur Gregg can cut the mustard.
  
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• Conservatives seem to have found digital media holy grail

  21-05-2017 08:00
  
  Publishers the world over lust after a sustainable online media model.Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP
  
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• Uni of South Wales road safety app for children 'good fun'

  21-05-2017 07:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The app is being developed thanks to £67,500 funding from the Road Safety Trust.
  
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