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• BA IT failure: Everything you need to know about the rules on flights compensation

  28-05-2017 23:40
  
  Under EU law customers whose flights were delayed or cancelled are entitled to assistance and compensation.
  
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• Man,35, shot dead in front of his son in Bangor supermarket car park

  28-05-2017 23:31
  A 35-year-old man was shot dead in front of his young son in a supermarket car parkin Bangor, Northern Ireland.The victim was hit several times outside a Sainsbury's superstore on the outskirts of the Co Down town.The shooting is believed to have occurred at about 3pm on Sunday in the packed car park, just off the Balloo Link road.
  
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• Tories pledge new law over domestic violence directed at children

  28-05-2017 23:30
  
  Theresa May has pledged to create a new aggravated offence when domestic violence is directed towards a child, in order to allow perpetrators to be punished for longer.“We will launch a relentless drive to help survivors find justice and increase the number of successful prosecutions.However, the Labour party has analysed domestic violence rates since 2009, with an increase in violence against women perpetrated by their acquaintances.
  
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• New domestic violence laws promised by Tories

  28-05-2017 23:30
  
  Theresa May has promised to create a new aggravated offence when domestic violence is directed towards a child to allow perpetrators to be punished for longer if she wins the election.“We will launch a relentless drive to help survivors find justice and increase the number of successful prosecutions.However, the Labour party has domestic violence rates since 2009, with an increase in violence against women perpetrated by their acquaintances.
  
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• Pop pensioners?

  28-05-2017 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  These bands have been around for decades, really.
  
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• MI5 opens inquiries into missed warnings over Manchester terror threat

  28-05-2017 23:01
  
  Police officers guard the entrance to a street in Moss Side where raids took place on Sunday.MI5 has launched two urgent inquiries into how it missed the danger posed by the Manchester bomber, Salman Abedi, amid claims his interest in being a potential terrorist killer was repeatedly reported to the authorities.Britain’s domestic security service started one review last week, which will aim to quickly identify any glaring errors, while the other will be more in depth, the Guardian has lear
  
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• Terror suspects arrested in Manchester amid more raids

  28-05-2017 22:48
  
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Old Trafford and a 19-year-old detained in Gorton on suspicion of terror offences, Greater Manchester Police has said.In total 15 people have been arrested in connection with the investigation into Monday's attack at the Manchester Arena - and 13 men remain in custody for questioning.Officers investigating the attack have carried out two search warrants on Sunday, in Rusholme and Gorton.
  
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• Theresa May's a 'liar' song is now in the Top 10 of the iTunes download chart

  28-05-2017 22:47
  
  The song is performed and produced by Captain Ska.
  
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• Manchester trauma surgeon racially abused on his way to work

  28-05-2017 21:26
  
  A surgeon who had helped save the lives of victims of the Manchester bombing was racially abused on his way back to hospital, it has been reported.Naveed Yasin, a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, who had spent the previous two days in demanding surgery, was driving back to the Salford Royal Hospital to continue to help blast victims when a van driver pulled up beside him and hurled abuse, according to the Sunday Times.The surgeon was stuck in traffic when he saw a van veering towards him, horn bl
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon was grilled over what she would do in the event of a hung parliament on The Andrew Neil Interviews

  28-05-2017 21:18
  
  The Scottish First Minister said the SNP “would look to be part of a progressive alliance”.
  
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• May and Corbyn to face live TV audience in 'Battle for Number 10'

  28-05-2017 21:16
  Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May are to face their first grilling by a live TV studio audience this election campaign on Monday evening."The Battle For Number 10" - to be broadcast on Sky News and Channel 4 - will see the two leaders field questions from voters, moderated by Sky's political editor Faisal Islam.Mr Corbyn could be asked about meetings with IRA sympathisers, the cost of Labour's manifesto commitments and his leadership credentials.
  
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• Man,55, dies after being shot in supermarket car park in Bangor

  28-05-2017 21:15
  A 55-year-old man has died after he was shot in a supermarket car parkin Bangor,the Police Service of Northern Ireland said.The victim was hit several times outside the Sainsbury's superstore on the outskirts of Bangor, County Down.Detective Superintendent Kevin Geddes of the Police Service of Northern Ireland appealed for anyone with information to come forward.
  
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• Mother and daughter hit by shrapnel in attack

  28-05-2017 21:10
  
  A mother and her 12-year-old daughter who were nearly killed in the Manchester attack have been speaking to Sky News.
  
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• Manchester bomb victim: 'It felt like fire in my back'

  28-05-2017 21:06
  A mother and daughter who were wounded in the Manchester bombing have told Sky News how they thought they were going to die in the blast.Lizzie Murtagh and 12-year-old Olivia had just left the Ariana Grande concert and were walking into the foyer of the Manchester arena when the bomb exploded.Lizzie did not feel her wounds at first.
  
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• MI5 opens inquiries into missed warnings over terror threat

  28-05-2017 21:00
  
  Police officers guard the entrance to a street in Moss Side where raids took place on Sunday.MI5 has launched two urgent inquiries into how it missed the danger posed by Manchester bomber Salman Abedi amid claims his interest in being a potential terrorist killer was repeatedly reported to the authorities.Britain’s domestic security service started one review last week, which will aim to quickly identify any glaring errors, while the other will be more in-depth, the Guardian has learned.
  
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• North Korea top suspect for WannaCry attack, says ex US security chief

  28-05-2017 20:44
  
  Former head of Homeland Security was attending a counter-terrorism conference in Slovakia when he accused North Korea of participation in cyber-attack.North Korea may have been behind the ransomware cyber-attack on the NHS and up to 100 countries including the UK, a former head of the US Department of Homeland Security has claimed.Michael Chertoff, who served under George W Bush from 2005 to 2009, said that agents or allies of the Pyongyang regime were the most likely suspects for the hacking of
  
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• Tories pledge to push social media firms to fight online extremism

  28-05-2017 20:26
  
  Ben Wallace’s comments follow a Guardian investigation into the way Facebook moderates content.The security minister, Ben Wallace, has said that a Conservative government would increase the pressure on social media companies to help fight online extremism in the wake of the Manchester Arena attack.
  
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• Terror suspect arrested in Old Trafford amid more raids

  28-05-2017 20:26
  
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Old Trafford on suspicion of terror offences, Greater Manchester Police has said.In total 14 people have been arrested in connection with the investigation into Monday's attack at the Manchester Arena - and 12 men remain in custody for questioning.Earlier on Sunday, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said investigators cannot be entirely sure that Salman Abedi's terror network has been dismantled - and warned other members of the bomber's group are "potentially" sti
  
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• If SNP wins election in Scotland, May will have to grant independence vote - Sturgeon

  28-05-2017 20:17
  
  If the Scottish National Party wins the most seats in Scotland at a June 8 election, Prime Minister Theresa May's refusal to agree to a second independence referendum will be unsustainable, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday.The SNP, which won 56 of parliament's 59 Scottish seats at the last election in 2015, has said Scots should get another say on independence once the terms of Britain's EU exit are clear.Polls show the SNP is set to easily win in Scotland in June, though
  
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• Man shot in Northern Ireland supermarket car park dies of injuries

  28-05-2017 20:12
  
  A man who was shot in a supermarket car park in Northern Ireland has died from his injuries, police confirmed.The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the victim of the fatal shooting was a 55-year-old man who died on Sunday evening in hospital.There were reports children were in the car when it pulled up in the car park.
  
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• The tangled web of foreign wars and terrorism | Letters

  28-05-2017 19:51
  
  The overthrow of Gaddafi following western intervention ‘brought about the ungovernable space in Libya which Isis has exploited’, writes Jake Lynch.Paul Mason (G2, 27 May) is wrong to claim that the blowback theory is irrelevant in the case of the Manchester attack.It is not confined to “blam[ing] Islamist terrorism directly on western expeditionary warfare”, as Mason incorrectly states.
  
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• UK foreign policy and our colonial legacy | Letters

  28-05-2017 19:50
  
  Jeremy Corbyn is right and Jonathan Freedland (It’s a delusion to think this is all about our foreign policy, 27 May) is uncharacteristically mistaken.When the British invaded Iraq in 2003, Sadiq, who worked for the Iraqi Antiquities Services, remarked: “It first began in 1920.
  
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• Goodwill shines amid Manchester’s tragedy | Letters

  28-05-2017 19:50
  
  Runners pay their respects at the flower tributes in St Ann’s Square, before the Great Manchester Run. ‘We have been touched by thousands of heartfelt messages of condolence from across the globe’ writes Richard Leese.On behalf of the city of Manchester, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those around the country and indeed the world who have stood in solidarity with us in the aftermath of the sickening terrorist attack on Manchester Arena.From the largest
  
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• Sowing the seeds of deadly radicalisation | Letters

  28-05-2017 19:47
  
  A US patrol in Helmand province in 2011 passes a tank left behind after the Soviet Union’s military campaign in Afghanistan.Photograph: David Goldman/AP
  
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• How Betty Boothroyd eased our 7/7 anxiety | Letters

  28-05-2017 19:47
  
  Reader Graham Head recalls her warmth and humanity in the days after the 7 July bombings in London.On 7 July, 2005 I was working in central London, at the British Museum.From my office I heard the Tavistock Square bus bomb go off.
  
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• Mancunian way

  28-05-2017 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Armed police were everywhere, but runners put their nerves aside in yet another example of Mancunian defiance.
  
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• 'Defiant' Great Manchester Run held

  28-05-2017 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands have attended the Great Manchester Run less than a week after the bomb attack in the city.
  
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• Civil claims of child sexual abuse against Greville Janner dropped

  28-05-2017 17:50
  
  Greville Janner was facing a trial of facts on sexual offences dating back to the 1960s at the time of his death in 2015.Legal proceedings against Greville Janner have ended after six men dropped their civil claim of child sexual abuse against the late Labour peer.The claimants’ lawyers, Slater and Gordon, said the case was likely to have been difficult to win because of the historical nature of the claims and they would instead focus on working with the national child abuse inquiry.
  
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• Bigger wine glasses make us drink too much, says researcher

  28-05-2017 17:42
  
  Wine glasses have increased in size from a capacity of 65ml 300 years ago to 450ml today and the change has encouraged us to drink far more than we should, according to a behavioural scientist speaking at the Hay festival.Theresa Marteau, director of the behaviour and health research unit at Cambridge University, said her team had looked at 18th-century wine glasses at the Ashmolean museum in Oxford, 19th-century wine glasses owned by Buckingham Palace, and more recent glasses in John Lewis cata
  
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• Kezia Dugdale on Labour's approach to Brexit

  28-05-2017 17:25
  
  Kezia Dugdale explains Labour's manifesto stance on Brexit.
  
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• Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson dismisses party's poll dip

  28-05-2017 17:22
  Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson has dismissed the party's fall in support in opinion polls as something that "always happens" in election campaigns.Ms Davidson told Sky News the prospect of Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street with John McDonnell as Chancellor and Diane Abbott as Home Secretary would focus voters' minds ahead of polling day on 8 June.Several recent polls have shown the Tories' lead shrinking, including one which put Theresa May's party just six points clear.
  
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• Theresa May will not reveal social care cap before general election

  28-05-2017 17:21
  
  The Conservatives’ social care policy sparked outrage.Theresa May will not reveal at what level the Conservatives’ social care policy will be capped before the election, members of her cabinet have admitted.The Tories announced there would be a cap to ease the burden of the “dementia tax” after the policy triggered a backlash.
  
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• Man arrested in Old Trafford on suspicion of terror offences

  28-05-2017 17:09
  
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Old Trafford on suspicion of terror offences, Greater Manchester Police has said.In total 14 people have been arrested in connection with the investigation into Monday's attack at the Manchester Arena - and 12 men remain in custody for questioning.Elsewhere in Manchester, investigators have executed a warrant at an address on Moss Side, where a search is currently under way.
  
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• Armed police carry out fresh raid in Manchester amid report of explosion

  28-05-2017 16:26
  
  Police officers set a cordon outside the entrance of a property in Moss Side on Saturday.Screams and an explosion were heard as armed police raided another property in Manchester following Monday’s suicide bomb attack on Manchester Arena.Residents reported hearing explosions near Quantock Close and Selworth Road in Moss Side shortly before 2pm on Sunday.
  
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• British Airways passenger has 'worst honeymoon ever' amid IT chaos

  28-05-2017 16:18
  
  Melanie Ware and her newlywed husband were on their way to Venice on Saturday night when they landed at Heathrow on what was supposed to be a layover.This is the worst honeymoon ever," said Mrs Ware, who was caught in the disruption caused by a massive IT failure at British Airways.Mrs Ware said they waited hours at the airport for luggage that still hasn't materialised, while the flight to Italy they had rebooked also got cancelled.
  
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• British Airways resumes flights from London after IT outage but many passengers still wait

  28-05-2017 16:11
  
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Kylie MacLellanLONDON (Reuters) - British Airwaysresumed some flights from Britain's two biggest airports on Sunday after a global computer system failure created chaos, but hundreds of passengers were still waiting for hours at London Heathrow.BA said it aimed to operate the majority of services from Heathrow and a near normal schedule from Gatwick, the capital's second busiest airport.Heathrow, however, said it expected further delays and cancellations of BA flights.
  
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• Great Manchester Run goes ahead amid tight security after attack

  28-05-2017 16:09
  
  There was tight security for the Great Manchester Run on Sunday.The city of Manchester has pushed ahead with a bank holiday weekend packed with major events, refusing to allow Monday night’s terror attack act as a deterrent.On Sunday morning, tens of thousands of people travelled to central Manchester to watch 40,000 runners – including elite athletes, amateurs and children – take part in the Great Manchester Run.
  
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• Angry Amber v Dozy Diane: conscious meets unconscious on Marr | John Crace

  28-05-2017 15:33
  
  Andrew Marr really, really didn’t want to politicise the Manchester terror attack.First on was a rather sleepy looking Diane Abbott.“People don’t seem to trust you to keep the country safe,” Marr observed, before prodding her to make sure she was actually awake.
  
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• Diane Abbott distances herself from 1980s quote in support of IRA

  28-05-2017 15:32
  
  The shadow home secretary was quizzed on her views about Northern Ireland after it was revealed she had said in 1984, at the height of The Troubles, that: "Every defeat of the British state is a victory for all of us.
  
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• BA plans to fly all long haul services from Heathrow on Sunday - CEO Cruz

  28-05-2017 15:31
  British Airways plans to fly all long haul services from Heathrow on Sunday, but due to overcrowding passengers will not be admitted to the airport terminal until 90 minutes before their flight, chief executive Alex Cruz said.In a video statement posted on Twitter, Cruz said due to the knock-on impact of disruptions on Saturday caused by a global computer system failure, there would be delays and some short haul flights would be cancelled from Heathrow."Because of the numbers of people here cust
  
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• Sky asks Corbyn: Will you condemn the IRA?

  28-05-2017 15:10
  
  The Labour leader condemns all bombing, but refuses to specifically single out the IRA.
  
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• Corbyn was not defending Manchester bomber, Nicola Sturgeon says

  28-05-2017 15:01
  
  Nicola Sturgeon has said it was "slightly unfair" for Theresa May to accuse Jeremy Corbyn of providing an "excuse for terrorism" following the Manchester attack.Speaking to Sky News, the First Minister said she did not believe the Labour leader had said UK foreign policy meant "we only have ourselves to blame" for the deadly bombing.Earlier this week, Mr Corbyn used a speech to discuss links between Britain's involvement in Middle East conflicts and terrorism at home - but had stressed this "in
  
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• Long queues for bee tattoos after bombing

  28-05-2017 15:00
  
  People in Manchester have raised thousands of pounds by getting tattoos of bees in memory of the victims of the arena bombing. The bee link to the city goes back to theIndustrial Revolution.
  
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• 'British Airways ruined my honeymoon'

  28-05-2017 14:30
  
  'British Airways ruined my honeymoon'
  
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• Diane Abbott compares IRA views to changing hairstyles

  28-05-2017 14:05
  
  Diane Abbott, who hopes to be in charge of anti-terror operations after next month’s UK general election, has compared her previous support for the defeat of the British army in Northern Ireland to a haircut that is no longer in fashion.The shadow home secretary was questioned on Sunday morning over her previous views on terrorism and banned organisations amid a public debate about the consequences of the terror attack in Manchester.In a searching interview on BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show
  
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• Sturgeon: 'Honest debate' needed on foreign policy

  28-05-2017 14:00
  
  In an interview with Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Mrs Sturgeon said it was wrong to accuse critics of UK foreign policy of "trying to justify the horrific and dreadful actions of terrorists".
  
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• Members of Manchester bomber's network could still be at large - Amber Rudd

  28-05-2017 13:34
  
  Other members of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi's terror network could still be at large, the Home Secretary has said.Amber Rudd said "potentially" other members of Abedi's group could still be out there and "we can't be entirely sure that it is closed".Hours after being captured on camera, the 22-year-old blew himself up at Manchester Arena as concertgoers left a gig by US singer Ariana Grande.
  
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• Defiant runners take to Manchester's streets after arena bombing

  28-05-2017 13:20
  Tens of thousands of defiant runners took to the streets for the Great Manchester Run following last week's arena bombing.It was one of the first large-scale events to take place in the city centre after Monday's deadly terror attack.Before the half marathon, there was a minute's silence for the 22 victims of the atrocity at the city's arena.
  
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• Claims of splits in May's team dismissed as 'tittle tattle'

  28-05-2017 13:11
  Reports of splits in Theresa May's team ahead of the General Election have been dismissed by a senior Cabinet minister.According to the Sunday Times, the Prime Minister's joint chiefs of staff - Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy - are at loggerheads over controversial reforms to social care.The Defence Secretary told ITV's Peston On Sunday: "No, this is Theresa May leading our party.
  
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• British Airways resumes some flights but delays are expected

  28-05-2017 13:01
  
  Some flights from London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports have resumed after a massive IT failure caused chaos, but further delays and cancellations are expected.The airline told travellers to check the status of their flights before coming to the airports, and Heathrow said it expected more disruption on Sunday.All flights were cancelled from London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports on Saturday, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at the start of a bank holiday weekend.
  
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