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• May calls for strong backing to counter EU's 'aggressive' Brexit stance

  29-05-2017 23:34
  British Prime Minister Theresa May will reiterate on Tuesday the need for strong leadership, calling Europe's stance on Brexit "aggressive" as she bids to regain political momentum in the face of a narrowing lead in polls before a June 8 election.May, who called a snap vote to boost her majority before talks with the European Union, has seen her Conservatives' double-digit lead over the opposition Labour Party ebb after an attack in Manchester and a U-turn on social care.Labour has said it accep
  
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• Corbyn says he would ensure Brexit deal

  29-05-2017 23:19
  
  The leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party said he would ensure there was Brexit deal with the European Union were he to win power, in contrast to Prime Minister Theresa May who has said she would be prepared to walk from a bad deal.When asked whether he would contemplate a scenario where Britain failed to strike an arrangement with the rest of the bloc, Jeremy Corbyn said: "There's going to be a deal.""We will make sure there is a deal," he said during an interview on Sky News on Mond
  
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• Aircraft crashes in Castlewellan Forest Park

  29-05-2017 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man and a woman escape serious injury after their light aircraft crashes in a forest park.
  
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• The Battle for Number 10: May and Corbyn grilled by audience

  29-05-2017 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Theresa May takes questions on the NHS - while Jeremy Corbyn is challenged by a business owner.
  
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• Wait, did Jeremy Corbyn accidentally give an audience member the middle finger on live TV?

  29-05-2017 22:55
  
  Well, that was unexpected.
  
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• Man charged over murders of Michael and Majorie Cawdery

  29-05-2017 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 40-year-old man is charged with the murders of Michael and Majorie Cawdery in Portadown.
  
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• CCTV footage captures Manchester bomber Salman Abedi's final hours

  29-05-2017 21:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MANCHESTER bomber Salman Abedi was seen “praying and psyching himself up” as he made a “dummy run” just hours before last Monday’s blast, it was claimed last night.
  
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• Charities say 'gag law' stops them speaking out on Tory social care plans

  29-05-2017 21:39
  
  Charities say they feel unable to publicly debate her policies during the election period.Charities have been silenced from speaking out about the Conservative social care plans despite believing they will be hugely damaging to elderly and disabled people across the country, it has been claimed.One chief executive of a major charity in the social care sector told the Guardian they felt “muzzled” by legislation, introduced in 2014, which heavily restricts organisations from intervenin
  
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• UK's 'Big Brother' anti-terror strategy is flawed, U.N. expert says

  29-05-2017 21:31
  By Tom MilesGENEVA (Reuters) - Britain is undergoing a subtle but alarming shift towards criminalising peaceful protest and free expression, said a U.N. report on Monday that likened it to a "Big Brother" state of surveillance and suspicion.The highly critical report covers many policies overseen by Prime Minister Theresa May in her prior role as home secretary, Britain's interior minister, and comes 10 days before a general election that polls say May could win with a narrow majority.Britain's
  
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• Marbella hit-and-run: Two Britons arrested as eight injured

  29-05-2017 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A car crashed into pedestrians and other vehicles in the popular tourist destination of Marbella.
  
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• Some people aren't entirely sure why Paul Nuttall was featured on The Andrew Neil Interviews

  29-05-2017 21:23
  
  Many question why Ukip is given a platform alongside the likes of the Labour and Conservative parties.
  
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• Zookeeper killed by tiger in enclosure at Hamerton Zoo Park

  29-05-2017 21:18
  A female zookeeper has been killed by a tiger in a "freak accident" after it entered the enclosure she was in.Police were called to Hamerton Zoo Park near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, at 11.15am to reports of a serious incident and an air ambulance was at the scene 20 minutes later.Cambridgeshire Constabulary said on Facebook: "Officers attended a serious incident at Hamerton Zoo Park, Steeple Girding, at around 11.15am today.
  
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• Tory standing in Jo Cox's former seat: 'We've not yet shot anybody'

  29-05-2017 21:03
  Ann Myatt has apologised for her "ill-judged" comments, which left Labour's Tracy Brabin, a friend of Mrs Cox, visibly shocked and provoked gasps and groans from members of the audience.Mother-of-two Mrs Cox was shot and stabbed by neo-Nazi Thomas Mair in her Batley and Spen constituency days before last year's EU referendum.In a statement, Ms Myatt said: "I wholeheartedly apologise for my ill-judged remarks at the hustings and for any offence they caused.
  
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• Manchester terror attack police issue appeal over Salman Abedi suitcase

  29-05-2017 20:59
  
  Police have released an image of Manchester bomb suspect Salman Abedi carrying a blue suitcase as they try to trace his movements.The CCTV still picture was taken in Manchester city centre on the day of the attack last Monday.Detective Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit said: "We continue to track the final movements of Salman Abedi and are particularly interested in his whereabouts between 18 and 22 May 2017.
  
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• British Airways: Third day of misery but BA boss says 'No use in me resigning'

  29-05-2017 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITISH Airways boss Alex Cruz refused to resign yesterday as holidaymakers suffered a third day of airport misery following the airline’s IT meltdown.
  
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• Manchester bombing: Teen victim Laura MacIntyre making 'remarkable progress'

  29-05-2017 20:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MANCHESTER bomb victim Laura MacIntyre has made “remarkable progress” after suffering serious injuries in the terror attack, her parents have said.
  
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• Manchester attack: man arrested in Sussex as investigation continues

  29-05-2017 19:56
  
  Detectives have arrested the chief executive of a Libyan marketplace website and raided more houses in an effort to close in on the Manchester Arena bomber’s network.A 23-year-old man – understood to be Ala Zakry, who runs Hasoub Alafak, a UK-registered online marketplace based in Tripoli – was arrested in the Sussex town of Shoreham-by-Sea, about 265 miles away from the scene of last week’s attack.Houses in Whalley Range in Greater Manchester and Chester in Cheshire were
  
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• Manchester attacks: Police issue new bomber photo

  29-05-2017 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officers want to hear from anyone who might have seen Salman Abedi carrying the blue suitcase.
  
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• 'We are not amused' - Belgian monarchy angered by Burger King

  29-05-2017 19:42
  
  By Robert-Jan BartunekBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Burger King is in trouble with Belgium's monarchy over an advertising campaign asking Belgians to vote online to "crown" the global fast-food giant the true ruler of the country where the U.S. brand will launch next month.Representatives of Belgium's King Philippe on Monday asked the local unit of Burger King, owned by Restaurant Brands International , to explain itself.Shana Van den Broeck, a spokeswoman for Burger Brands Belgium, said that the company
  
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• Drop everything and look at these glorious photos of people rolling down a hill after a wheel of cheese

  29-05-2017 19:30
  
  Maybe don’t try this at home.
  
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• Sheriff warns alcoholic doctor-turned-criminal she could 'end up dead'

  29-05-2017 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A DOCTOR who turned to crime after spiralling into alcoholism has been warned by a sheriff she could end up dead after being convicted of theft and housebreaking.
  
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• Huddersfield promoted to Premier League

  29-05-2017 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Huddersfield Town win promotion to the Premier League with a penalty shootout win over Reading in the Championship play-off final.
  
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• Family hit by tragedy as girl, 14, dies from same genetic illness as sister

  29-05-2017 19:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SCOTS teenager has tragically died from a suspected undiagnosed heart condition – just three years after her elder sister was killed by the same genetic disorder.
  
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• Can you spot why England v South Africa cricket viewers were left giggling at Lord’s?

  29-05-2017 19:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CRICKET fans were left chuckling in the stands during the England v South Africa match at Lord’s after the scoreboard unwittingly displayed a rather crude message.
  
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• Police release pictures of Manchester bomber with blue suitcase

  29-05-2017 19:24
  
  Police investigating the Manchester Arena attack have released CCTV pictures of the bomber wheeling a large blue suitcase.Detectives from the north-west counter-terror unit say they know Salman Abedi visited the Wilmslow Road area of Manchester, known locally as the Curry Mile, and was seen with the suitcase in the city centre.
  
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• Sayeeda Warsi: UK policy on radicalisation 'has been flawed for years'

  29-05-2017 18:55
  
  The British government’s decision making when it comes to catching homegrown radicals has been flawed for years, according to Sayeeda Warsi, who has said Britain “cannot afford to have sloppy, lazy, ideologically driven decision making” on national security.Speaking at Hay literary festival on Monday, Lady Warsi – the Conservative peer and first Muslim in a British cabinet – said government policy was currently too focused on ideology as the sole cause of radicalisa
  
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• Police seek information about Manchester attacker's suitcase

  29-05-2017 18:47
  
  British police released a picture of Manchester bomber Salman Abedi on Monday that showed him wheeling a blue suitcase on the day of the suicide attack last week, asking the public to come forward with information as their investigation continues.Abedi killed 22 people in a suicide bombing at a concert by U.S singer Ariana Grande last Monday, in the deadliest militant attack in Britain for 12 years."We continue to track the final movements of Salman Abedi and are particularly interested in his w
  
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• General election 2017: Nuttall on internment and the death penalty

  29-05-2017 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has told the BBC that he “wouldn't rule out” routinely locking up terror suspects in future to “ensure our people are safe”.
  
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• Closer polls a boost to tactical voting | Letters

  29-05-2017 18:11
  
  Vince Cable campaigning on the doorstep in Twickenham. ‘Our window poster will proclaim Greens for Vince Cable’, writes Colin Hines.The trend of vote swapping (www.swapmyvote.uk) shows that our first past the post electoral system is unfair, makes some votes worthless and others critical in marginal seats, doesn’t allow the minor parties to establish, and is in long overdue need of reform.Vote swapping is one way to make change happen.
  
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• After Merkel rebuke, May says wants strong partnership with EU

  29-05-2017 18:06
  
  British Prime Minister Theresa May said she wanted to maintain a strong partnership with the European Union over security and trade after German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested the continent could no longer completely rely on Britain.After a bruising set of meetings of G7 wealthy nations and NATO last week, Merkel -- who is seeking re-election in September -- suggested on Sunday that Europeans had to take fate into their own hands, prompting concern in Washington and London."We continue to wa
  
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• Paul Nuttall: internment might be necessary to counter 'Islamist cancer'

  29-05-2017 18:00
  
  The Ukip leader, Paul Nuttall, has said it might be necessary to introduce internment without trial for terrorism suspects, adding that he would prioritise people’s lives over “the human rights of any jihadi”.Speaking in the wake of Ukip’s move following the Manchester attack to focus its election approach more closely on Islamist terrorism, Nuttall denied that his party was becoming “extreme” over the issue.
  
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• Landfill site examined in terror operation

  29-05-2017 18:00
  
  A landfill site in Pilsworth, Bury, is undergoing forensic examination as part of the operation following the Manchester terror attack.
  
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• Absolutely no-one is surprised that rain has hit on Bank Holiday Monday

  29-05-2017 17:27
  
  This is England, after all.
  
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• BA vows 'never again' after costly IT collapse

  29-05-2017 17:12
  
  By Alistair SmoutLONDON (Reuters) - British Airways (BA) said it would take steps to ensure there was no repeat of a computer system failure that stranded 75,000 passengers over a holiday weekend and turned into a public relations disaster.BA had been forced to cancel all its flights from Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, and Gatwick on Saturday after a power supply problem disrupted its operations worldwide and also hit its call centres and website.The airline was returning to normal on Monda
  
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• Prince William wants children to grow up in 'normal environment'

  29-05-2017 17:05
  Prince William has talked candidly about trying to raise his children in a "normal environment" in a new interview.The Duke of Cambridge spoke about his family in an interview with Alastair Campbell for British GQ, saying how much he wishes his mother, Princess Diana, had lived to meet wife Kate and their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte."I want to bring up my children in a happy, stable, secure world and that is so important to both of us as parents.
  
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• Manchester attack: CCTV appears to show bomber shopping hours before explosion

  29-05-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Footage emerges appearing to show Salman Abedi in a Manchester shop a day before the bombing.
  
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• Hamerton Zoo evacuated after 'serious incident'

  29-05-2017 16:55
  A zoo in Cambridgeshire has been evacuated after a "serious incident" and an air ambulance and police are on the scene."Police and air ambulance called to @HamertonZoo and guests are being cleared out.Hope everyone's okay," said Chris Hubbard.
  
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• Man, 35, shot dead in front of son, 3, in Sainsbury's supermarket car park in Bangor

  29-05-2017 16:47
  A 35-year-old man was shot dead while strapping his son into his car seat in a supermarket car park in Northern Ireland.Colin Horner was hit several times outside a Sainsbury's supermarket on the outskirts of Bangor in County Down.The Loyalist from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, had recently relocated to the area after threats to his life.
  
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• BA boss 'profusely' sorry for IT meltdown disrupting 75,000 passengers

  29-05-2017 16:45
  
  British Airways' chief executive is "profusely" sorry for an IT meltdown he revealed has disrupted 75,000 passengers' flights.Alex Cruz told Sky News the airline was "making some progress" towards getting services back to normal on Monday following the computer outage, which he described as "a tragedy".Mr Cruz insisted those parties involved in the weekend's problems had "not been involved with any type of outsourcing in any foreign countries".
  
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• Eight hurt as 'drunk' Britons plough into pedestrians in Marbella hit-and-run

  29-05-2017 16:43
  Two Britons whose car ploughed into pedestrians as they tried to escape police in a Spanish resort appeared to be drunk, say authorities.Eight people, including a 12-day-old baby and the driver, were injured during the incident in Marbella.The Civil Guard said the car sped off when officers tried to stop it at a motorway checkpoint on Sunday evening.
  
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• Crossrail 2 hits buffers as uncertainties over Brexit and election take hold

  29-05-2017 16:21
  
  A political consensus was forming that a second mass-transit line across London should be built from north to south, its urgency underpinned by the verdict of the new National Infrastructure Commission that this was the most important single project for Britain, and work needed to start now.
  
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• Bank Holiday horror as 'headless' body found floating in the sea at British seaside town

  29-05-2017 16:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A BODY was recovered from the sea this Bank Holiday morning at a British seaside town.
  
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• Cheese-rolling veteran equals all-time record

  29-05-2017 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Anderson won all three men's races which means has taken home 20 double Gloucester cheeses in 13 years.
  
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• BA delays

  29-05-2017 16:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are EU regulations governing compensation for cancelled flights leaving from EU airports.
  
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• RBS investors ready to settle share sale legal dispute

  29-05-2017 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The RBS Shareholders Action Group is recommending that its members accept a settlement of 82p a share.
  
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• Tory Dominic Raab jeered over food bank comments

  29-05-2017 15:51
  
  A senior Conservative has prompted accusations of insensitivity by saying people who use food banks typically to do so not because of poverty but because they have an occasional “cashflow problem”.Dominic Raab, the former justice minister, said the claim came from the Trussell Trust, Britain’s largest provider of food banks.Research based partly on Trussell Trust data shows there are at least 2,000 food banks operating in the UK, giving out emergency food parcels on a weekly ba
  
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• BA boss vows to compensate passengers

  29-05-2017 15:30
  
  BA chief executive Alex Cruz apologises profusely for the disruption and vows to find solutions for affected passengers.
  
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• BA boss Alex Cruz 'won't resign' over flight disruption

  29-05-2017 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alex Cruz also said he had been communicating with passengers over social media.
  
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• Former Blue Peter presenter John Noakes dies at 83

  29-05-2017 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The TV show's longest-serving presenter was a favourite with viewers in the 1960s and 70s.
  
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• Investigators search Ukrainian offices of Russia's Yandex

  29-05-2017 14:24
  
  KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU) raided the local offices of Russia's top search site Yandex on Monday in an operation that SBU spokesman Olena Gitlyanska said was part of a treason investigation.Earlier in May, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Yandex and several other Russian internet firms and blocked access to their websites, saying it wanted to guard against cyber threats.
  
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