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• May's lead narrows to 3 percent points in latest YouGov poll - the Times

  31-05-2017 23:59
  (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party has a 3 percentage point lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of Britain's June 8 election, the latest YouGov poll for the Times showed on Wednesday.The YouGov poll put the Conservatives on 42 percent, down one point from a comparable poll released May 27, and Labour on 39 percent, up three points, the Times' deputy political editor said in a tweet.The poll was conducted on May 30-31 and put the Liberal Democrats on seven percent
  
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• David Davis puts down C4 host in heated clash on whether election is a Brexit distraction

  31-05-2017 23:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BREXIT secretary David Davis lambasted a Channel 4 TV host after the presenter claimed the upcoming General Election is a distraction to Brexit.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: 'I'm here', but where is Mrs May?

  31-05-2017 23:50
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn arrives in Cambridge for a TV debate which Theresa May has refused to attend.
  
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• Theresa May slammed for no-show in noisy and ill-tempered debate

  31-05-2017 23:48
  A noisy and ill-tempered TV election debate began and ended with Jeremy Corbyn and the UK's minor parties condemning Theresa May for failing to turn up.In a seven-way debate, the Home Secretary Amber Rudd stood in for the Prime Minister and was attacked over the Government's record in office in a 90-minute showdown that was at times a shouting match.It was the clashes between Mr Corbyn - who only announced hours before the debate that he would take part - and Ms Rudd that were the most heated du
  
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• May appeals to voters to let her 'fulfil the promise' of Brexit

  31-05-2017 23:48
  Theresa May will call on voters on both sides of the Europe debate to unite in next week's General Election to give her a mandate to "fulfil the promise of Brexit".In a bid to keep the issue at the heart of the campaign amid criticism for ducking a TV debate with other leaders, Mrs May will use a speech to set out her vision of leaving the EU as part of a "great national mission" to build a stronger, fairer and more prosperous Britain.The Prime Minister will say this future can only be realised
  
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• 'Dangerous' prisoner who escaped custody arrested by police

  31-05-2017 23:47
  A "dangerous" prisoner who escaped from guards at a hospital in Wiltshire has been arrested by police.Michal Kisier, 30, was receiving treatment for a head wound when he gave his guards the slip at Salisbury District Hospital at 7pm on Tuesday.Wiltshire Police said it had received "a large number of calls from the public with sightings all over the county and country unfortunately without any success".
  
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• A family in Florida woke up to find an alligator in their pool

  31-05-2017 23:46
  
  As you do.
  
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• 'Gets the basics wrong' Sky News host berates Corbyn during Emily Thornberry interview

  31-05-2017 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SKY NEWS host criticised Jeremy Corbyn for getting his sums wrong in the BBC leadership debate as he quizzed Emily Thornberry over his performance.
  
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• Manchester police search house near where Salman Abedi seen with suitcase

  31-05-2017 23:23
  
  Police forensic teams and a bomb disposal unit have been searching a property in Manchester close to where bomber Salman Abedi was spotted before the attack.The property in Banff Road in the Rusholme area of the city was cordoned off on Wednesday afternoon.It is just metres from Wilmslow Road, where Abedi was captured on CCTV wheeling a blue suitcase which has become a key focus of the police investigation.
  
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• May 'taking voters for granted' with TV election debate no-show

  31-05-2017 23:14
  
  Theresa May has been accused of taking voters for granted after she refused to take part in an election TV debate, which Jeremy Corbyn decided to join at thelast minute.Announcing he would attend the BBC event, the Labour leader challenged the Tory Prime Minister to join him arguing her failure to do so would be "another sign" of weakness.Mr Corbyn appeared alongside Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, UKIP's Paul Nuttall, Green co-leader Caroline Lucas, Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood and the SNP's deputy lea
  
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• Hilarious moment SNP deputy leader responds to slashing of Scottish spending in BBC debate

  31-05-2017 23:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SNP DEPUTY leader Angus Robertson and Paul Nuttall clashed in hilarious fashion over UK Scottish spending in the live BBC TV debate.
  
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• Manchester attacker bought most bomb parts himself - UK police

  31-05-2017 23:10
  Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi likely purchased most of the key bomb components himself and many of his actions were carried out alone, British police investigating the attack said."Our enquiries show Abedi himself made most of the purchases of the core components and what is becoming apparent is that many of his movements and actions have been carried out alone during the four days from him landing in the country and committing this awful attack," said Russ Jackson, head of the North We
  
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• Bomb victims' families may have to wait further month for funerals

  31-05-2017 23:02
  
  Families of the victims of the Manchester bombing may have to wait another month before they can bury their loved ones, due to delays in formal identification and postmortems.A Greater Manchester police spokesperson said on Wednesday that formal identification of all 22 victims of the attack on Manchester Arena on 22 May had not yet been completed.A spokesman from HM coroners office, Manchester city area, said: “The investigation is still very much in its infancy.
  
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• The Hand is left to do the heavy lifting while Maybot reboots | John Crace

  31-05-2017 22:42
  
  The Maybot was clear that there was a reason she wasn’t taking part in the BBC leaders’ debate.It was an explanation that hadn’t gone down particularly well at the Bath engineering factory she had visited before settling down to put her feet up to watch Amber Rudd do the heavy lifting.Having stood through several minutes of the Supreme Leader trying to think of arguments why anyone should vote for her in an alienated stupor, the staff only started applauding when the media aske
  
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• Amber Rudd is being savaged on Twitter for her poor understanding of Monopoly

  31-05-2017 22:28
  
  Erm, what rules has she been playing?
  
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• 'I was hoping she was here' Diane Abbott ridiculed by Amber Rudd in BBC debate jibe

  31-05-2017 22:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DIANE ABBOTT was skewered with a sly dig by Amber Rudd during the live BBC TV debate as the Home Secretary answered a leadership question.
  
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• Labour and Tories pushed on budgets

  31-05-2017 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amber Rudd and Jeremy Corbyn are asked to account for their manifesto spending plans.
  
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• Twitter is hilariously on the hunt to find Theresa May while the other party leaders take part in BBC Debate

  31-05-2017 21:55
  
  She resisted the pressure to turn up – so the people of Twitter have sent out a search party.
  
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• Theresa May says 'absolutely nothing' in Plymouth Herald interview

  31-05-2017 21:43
  
  Theresa May is amused as she visits Plymouth fisheries on Wednesday.The prime minister, Theresa May, has been accused by some of sounding monotonous on the campaign trail.“To start with, it was quite an exciting experience ... But no sooner had the ministerial car pulled away from Sutton harbour than I began to feel a bit deflated,” the Herald’s chief reporter, Sam Blackledge, wrote.
  
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• Amber Rudd savages Jeremy Corbyn's 'magic money tree' in furious BBC debate row

  31-05-2017 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  JEREMY CORBYN was blasted during the live BBC TV debate for promising to spend too much in Labour’s manifesto.
  
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• Conservatives lead Labour by six points ahead of June election - the Sun

  31-05-2017 20:31
  
  (Reuters) - Ahead of Britain's June 8 election, Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party has a 6 percentage point lead over opposition Labour Party, a SurveyMonkey poll for the Sun showed on Wednesday.
  
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• Sir John Mitting to take over undercover police inquiry

  31-05-2017 20:23
  
  Mitting’s appointment was announced by home secretary Amber Rudd, although it is not yet known when he will take charge.A new judge has been selected to lead the public inquiry into the undercover infiltration of political groups.Sir John Mitting has been chosen to take over the inquiry in future from Lord Justice Pitchford, who has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
  
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• 'Even your dad's got more Facebook friends': These pro-Labour leaflets are going down in a storm in Croydon

  31-05-2017 20:14
  
  Creator Sonia Williams said she was inspired to make the leaflets after a series of ‘major political disappointments.’
  
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• TV host Wendy Williams pays tribute to Manchester victim Martyn Hett

  31-05-2017 20:10
  US chat show host Wendy Williams has paid a tearful tribute to Manchester bombing victim Martyn Hett during her live daytime show.The PR manager from Stockport was one of 22 victims killed by attacker Salman Abedi minutes after at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.Mr Hett had been days away from embarking on a two-month "trip of a lifetime" to the US before being caught up in the attack.
  
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• IRA bombers of two Birmingham pubs could be 'named and shamed'

  31-05-2017 20:09
  
  Wreckage of the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham, the day after it was bombed by the IRA in 1974.IRA members who planted bombs that destroyed two Birmingham pubs in 1974 could be “named and shamed” in the resumed inquest into the 21 deaths in the atrocity, a hearing has been told.At a preliminary review exploring the scope of the investigation, coroner Peter Thornton QC asked lawyers for relatives of those killed how much evidence they believed should be made public.
  
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• Public interest in housing and parks should trump private profits | Letters

  31-05-2017 20:06
  
  The Tower, St George Wharf in Vauxhall, London – where two-thirds of the luxury flats completed in 2014 are thought to be in foreign ownership, with many left vacant.Over the last decade we have been involved in a dozen public planning inquiries over towers of luxury housing stretching from Blackfriars to Battersea.Design is considered, the impact on heritage and views, daylight and shadowing, wind, parking, traffic generation, sustainability – everything except the need for yet anot
  
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• Bee tattoos raise thousands for Manchester victims

  31-05-2017 19:50
  
  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 the Industrial Revolution.
  
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• Manchester police search flat near where Salman Abedi seen with suitcase

  31-05-2017 19:38
  Police forensic teams and a bomb disposal unit have been searching a property in Manchester close to where bomber Salman Abedi was spotted before the attack.The property in Banff Road in the Rusholme area of the city was cordoned off on Wednesday afternoon.It is just metres from Wilmslow Road, where Abedi was captured on CCTV wheeling a blue suitcase which has become a key focus of the police investigation.
  
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• From no-hoper to crowd-puller, Corbyn gains ground

  31-05-2017 19:33
  
  By William JamesREADING, England (Reuters) - For a radical socialist written off by many as a no-hoper leading Britain's Labour Party to its worst ever election defeat on June 8, Jeremy Corbyn is pulling in big crowds.Corbyn, a 68-year-old peace campaigner, has been speaking at modestly-attended fringe rallies and demonstrations for decades."People have complained about him being a bit scruffy so he's smartened up a bit, but he's never going to be a media person, he's never going to conform to w
  
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• Breast surgeon Ian Paterson jailed for 15 years for carrying out needless operations

  31-05-2017 18:50
  
  A number of Ian Paterson’s former patients have died since being treated by him.Victims of a rogue breast surgeon who left hundreds of patients disfigured after carrying out needless operations have called for “co-conspirators” to be held to account, accusing them of turning a blind eye to the malpractice.On the day that consultant surgeon Ian Stuart Paterson, 59, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, victims vowed to continue to fight for compensation and called for private hea
  
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• May 'focusing on Brexit rather than TV appearances'

  31-05-2017 18:30
  
  Theresa May defends her stance on television debates, preferring to speak directly to members of the public.
  
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• Glory or ignominy for Theresa May? The polls can't decide

  31-05-2017 18:23
  The pollsters, it appears, cannot decide whether Theresa May is heading for glory or ignominy on 8 June.As confused as they had been when the Conservatives won an overall majority in 2015 rather than the hung parliament and close finish between the two major parties the polls had been anticipating.YouGov's latest polling for The Times has grabbed the headlines and worried the City.
  
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• Labour dominating election conversation on Twitter, study finds

  31-05-2017 18:15
  
  The Labour party dominates the conversation on Twitter, with almost 40% of tweets on election-related hashtags, according to a study by the Oxford Internet Institute about social media in the run-up to the general election.By contrast, tweets about the Conservative party made up just 26% of traffic, with the Scottish National party, Ukip and Liberal Democrats receiving 19%, 9.6% and 5.7% respectively.
  
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• Gobi the dog 'adopted' a runner

  31-05-2017 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dion Leonard and Gobi the dog became inseparable during a gruelling desert race in China.
  
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• British parents go to supreme court over sending sick baby to US

  31-05-2017 18:06
  
  Connie Yates and Chris Gard leave the high court in London last week.The parents of a severely ill baby will take their legal battle to an emergency hearing at the supreme court next week in the hope of persuading judges that he should be treated in the US.Chris Gard and Connie Yates want their nine-month-old son, Charlie, who has a rare genetic condition and brain damage, to have experimental medical treatment hat they believe might save his life.
  
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• YouGov model shows Conservatives 3 points ahead of Labour

  31-05-2017 17:15
  YouGov's election model, which pointed to British Prime Minister Theresa May losing her majority, was based on a voting intention of 41 percent for the Conservatives and 38 percent for Labour, a difference of 3 points, the pollster said.The model indicates Conservatives winning between 275 and 344 seats and Labour winning 227-289 seats, the company said on Wednesday.May's Conservatives had 330 seats when the snap election was called last month.
  
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• Theresa May under pressure over TV debate no-show as Jeremy Corbyn decides to take part

  31-05-2017 17:10
  
  Theresa May has been accused of running scared over her refusal to take part in an election TV debate after Jeremy Corbyn's last-minute decision to join in a live head-to-head showdown with other party leaders.Announcing he would attend the BBC event on Wednesday night, the Labour leader challenged the Tory Prime Minister to join him arguing her failure to do so would be "another sign" of weakness.Mr Corbyn will appear alongside Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, UKIP's Paul Nuttall, Green co-leader Car
  
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• UK doctor jailed for 15 years over unnecessary breast surgery

  31-05-2017 16:54
  A British breast surgeon who carried out unnecessary operations on 10 patients for personal gain was sentenced to 15 years in prison, a court heard on Wednesday.In his private practice, Ian Paterson lied to exaggerate risks that patients would develop breast cancer, performing needless surgery and in some cases mastectomies for which patients paid, judge Jeremy Baker said."The physical, and particularly, psychological effect upon each of them, has been profound," the judge told Nottingham Crown
  
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• Wenger to target title after signing new two-year deal with Arsenal

  31-05-2017 16:42
  Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he will focus on a "sustained league challenge" after signing a two-year contract extension.The veteran boss, who has been in charge of the north London club for 21 years, has faced criticism from fans concerned that the Gunners have been failing to make progress.While the Frenchman has guided his teams to Champions League qualification in every season since 1997/98, this year they finished fifth, meaning they will play in the Europa League instead.
  
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• Donald Trump set to pull the US out of Paris climate change deal, official says

  31-05-2017 16:36
  
  The news comes a day after Trump met with EPA administrator Scott Pruitt.
  
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• Dorset cliff rescue: Video shows three people plucked to safety

  31-05-2017 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The three people were winched to safety and had "learnt their lesson", coastguards said.
  
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• Conservatives extend lead to 10 points over Labour - Kantar poll

  31-05-2017 16:33
  
  British Prime Minister Theresa May's lead over the opposition Labour Party has increased to 10 percentage points, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, contrasting with others which have shown the gap closing markedly over the past week.With just over a week to go before the national election, the Kantar poll showed the Conservatives' share of the vote had increased by one percentage point since last week to 43 percent, while Labour's had dropped by one point to 33 percent.
  
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• Victim Diane Green: 'He stole my youth'

  31-05-2017 16:00
  
  Ian Paterson victim Diane Green: 'He stole my youth'
  
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• Corbyn to take part in TV leaders' debate

  31-05-2017 15:44
  
  Jeremy Corbyn urged Theresa May to take part ‘and let the public make up their minds’.Jeremy Corbyn has said he will take part in Wednesday evening’s televised leaders’ debate, reversing his original decision, and has called on Theresa May to join him.May appeared to criticise Corbyn for being too keen to appear on television, saying: “I’m interested in the fact that Jeremy Corbyn seems to be paying far more attention to how many appearances on telly he is doi
  
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• Charities 'scared to speak out' during election campaign

  31-05-2017 15:44
  
  A charity leader has said voluntary organisations are too frightened to speak out about key policies during the election campaign and called on politicians to urgently “reset the negative environment” facing her sector.Vicky Browning, who heads up Acevo representing over 1,000 charity chief executives, revealed that many of her members had reported being “too nervous, too anxious and too scared about the repercussions” to enter the political debate.
  
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• May dodges question on whether she will resign if she loses seats in election

  31-05-2017 15:31
  
  British Prime Minister Theresa May dodged a reporter's question on Wednesday about whether she would resign if she lost seats in a June 8 election.In stark contrast to opinion polls that have until the past week shown May on course for a big election win, a YouGov model suggested she would lose 20 seats and her 17-seat working majority in the 650-seat British parliament.Asked during a campaign event whether she would resign if her party lost seats, May said: "There is only one poll that matters
  
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• UK police search Manchester property as part of bombing probe

  31-05-2017 15:25
  LONDON (Reuters) - British police said they were searching a property in Rusholme, central Manchester, on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into a suicide bombing carried out in the city last week. The attack on a packed concert hall in the northern English city on May 22 killed 22 children and adults, and injured 116 others. Police have arrested 16 people since. (Reporting by Elisabeth O'Leary, editing by David Milliken)
  
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• Rogue breast cancer surgeon Ian Paterson jailed for 15 years

  31-05-2017 15:25
  
  Breast cancer surgeon Ian Paterson has been branded a "monster" by his patients as he was jailed for 15 years.Dozens of victims turned up at Nottingham Crown Court for the sentencing - where the judge told Paterson his arrogance left him feeling untouchable and added to his "complete lack of remorse".Before Paterson was jailed, statements from some of his 10 private patients were read out, detailing the impact of his butchery on their lives.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn to take part in live TV debate - but Theresa May has refused

  31-05-2017 15:22
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has announced he will take part in a live TV General Election debate tonight and challenged Theresa May to join him.The Labour leader will join the leaders of the Liberal Democrats, UKIP, the Green Party and Plaid Cymru, and the SNP's leader at Westminster, at the BBC event, which has been boycotted by the Prime Minister.Mr Corbyn had also previously refused to take part in a leaders' debate unless the PM also took part.
  
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• Basildon Council fined £150k for publishing family's personal information

  31-05-2017 15:21
  An Essex council has been fined £150,000 after publishing sensitive personal information about a family online.An "inexperienced" Basildon Council officer posted details of a static traveller family's disability requirements, including mental health issues, according to the data watchdog.The names and ages of all the family members and the location of their home was published to the council's online portal "due to failings in data protection procedures and training", the Information Commis
  
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