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• Federal Court Supports Overturning Murder Conviction of Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey - SPIN

  22-06-2017 23:56 via spin.com
  
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  Federal Court Supports Overturning Murder Conviction of Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey
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  In August of last year, a Wisconsin district court ruled that the 2005 conviction of Making a Murderer's Brendan Dassey for the murder of Theresa Halbach, which he was charged with carrying out with his help of his uncle Steven Avery, should be overturned.and more »
  
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• Liverpool's club record signing Mohamed Salah insists he is 100 per cent a better player than the one who left Chelsea - Mirror.co.uk

  22-06-2017 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Liverpool's club record signing Mohamed Salah insists he is 100 per cent a better player than the one who left Chelsea
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  Liverpool's new signing Mohamed Salah insists he is 100 per cent a better player than the one who failed to make any impact at Chelsea. Salah completed a club record £39million move to the Merseyside club on Thursday night and is ready to take the ...
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• It's so hot in England, schoolboys are wearing skirts - The Sydney Morning Herald

  22-06-2017 23:48 via smh.com.au
  
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  It's so hot in England, schoolboys are wearing skirts
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  Amid an intense heat wave, dozens of British schoolboys went to class wearing girls' uniform skirts when the head teacher would not relax a dress code banning the more suitable option: shorts. Boys at Isca Academy in Exeter wear skirts to school in ...
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• Pressure on police forces sees officers contemplating suicide, says senior detective

  22-06-2017 23:47
  
  A decorated senior detective says an increasing number of police officers are contemplating suicide because of the strain being put on forces across the UK.The warning from Detective Inspector Warren Hines comes as the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) calls on the Government to increase police funding.In an exclusive interview, DI Hines, who heads up one of six murder squads in the West Midlands, told Sky News that police forces simply cannot cope with the work they are being asked to do be
  
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• Theresa May makes offer to let EU citizens stay in UK after Brexit

  22-06-2017 23:40
  
  Theresa May has promised EU citizens living legally in the UK will be allowed to stay after Brexit.The Prime Minister outlined what she called a "generous offer" to guarantee permanent "settled status" to three million EU nationals, speaking after an EU summit dinner in Brussels."The UK's position represents a fair and serious offer, one aimed at giving as much certainty as possible to citizens who have settled in the UK, building careers and lives and contributing so much to our society," she t
  
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• Brexit: May unveils 'fair and serious' offer on EU citizens - BBC News

  22-06-2017 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Brexit: May unveils 'fair and serious' offer on EU citizens
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  About three million EU citizens living in the UK would be allowed to stay after Brexit, Theresa May has proposed. Under the PM's plans a new "settled UK" immigration status would grant EU migrants who had lived in the UK for five years rights to stay ...
  Theresa May makes 'fair and serious' offer on rights of EU citizens in UKThe Guardian
  Brexit: Theresa May promises to let 3 million EU citizens stay in UKThe Independ
  
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• Merkel says May's offer on expats 'good start' but many questions remain

  22-06-2017 23:29
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel described British Prime Minister Theresa May's offer on the rights of EU citizens after Brexit as "a good start" but said many other issues related to Britain's departure from the bloc still need to be resolved."Theresa May made clear to us today that EU citizens that have been in Britain for five years will retain their full rights.
  
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• Deep cuts to Medicaid remain the centerpiece of the Republicans' proposals - The Economist (blog)

  22-06-2017 23:26 via economist.com
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  Deep cuts to Medicaid remain the centerpiece of the Republicans' proposals
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  WHEN the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act in early May, it was widely thought that the Senate would rewrite it. The House's bill, among its many reforms, would unwind Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid, health insurance for ...
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• Canadian Special Operations sniper hit target from more than 2 miles away, military says - Washington Post

  22-06-2017 23:18 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Canadian Special Operations sniper hit target from more than 2 miles away, military says
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  A Canadian Special Operations sniper shot an Islamic State fighter from nearly 2.2 miles away in Iraq, the Toronto-based Globe and Mail newspaper reported Thursday. The shot, according to the report, happened within the last month. In a statement ...
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• In Brussels, weakened May offers EU expats a 'fair' deal

  22-06-2017 23:14
  
  By Elizabeth Piper and Noah BarkinBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Theresa May offered fellow EU leaders a "fair" deal on Thursday for compatriots living in Britain after Brexit, though her peers are likely to push for more from a prime minister weakened by an electoral misfire two weeks ago.Given the floor at the end of a Brussels summit dinner, her first since she launched the two-year withdrawal process in March, May outlined five principles, notably that no EU citizen resident in Britain at a cut-off da
  
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• Combustible cladding found on 11 towers after Grenfell fire

  22-06-2017 23:12
  
  Tests have revealed that at least 11 tower blocks across England are fitted with combustible cladding, Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has said.The towers are in eight local authority areas.People living in the 16-storey Lynher, Tamar and Tavy blocks in Devonport, Plymouth, have received letters telling them their homes are clad with a combustible material similar to that at Grenfell Tower.
  
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• Obama attacks Republican health bill as 'massive transfer of wealth' to the rich - The Guardian

  22-06-2017 23:10 via theguardian.com
  
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  Obama attacks Republican health bill as 'massive transfer of wealth' to the rich
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  Obama wrote: 'Small tweaks, under the guise of making these bills easier to stomach, cannot change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation.' Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters. US healthcare ...
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• London Mayor concerned over police funding

  22-06-2017 23:10
  
  Mayor Sadiq Khan says: "I've been saying for 13 months now, I'm concerned about the resources the Met Police and others have.
  
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• Building firm responsible for Grenfell cladding accused of supplying sub-standard panels to other council blocks - Telegraph.co.uk

  22-06-2017 23:08 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Building firm responsible for Grenfell cladding accused of supplying sub-standard panels to other council blocks
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  The building firm responsible for the combustible cladding at Grenfell Tower was accused last night of supplying sub-standard panels on other London tower blocks. Camden council said it was considering legal action against the construction company ...
  The ramifications of the Grenfell Tower fire continue to spreadThe Economist
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• EU chief channels Lennon on Brexit

  22-06-2017 22:50
  
  European Council President Donald Tusk quoted lyrics from John Lennon's Imagine to suggest the UK could stay in the EU.
  
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• Britain's May vows EU citizens can stay after Brexit - Channel NewsAsia

  22-06-2017 22:49 via channelnewsasia.com
  
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  Britain's May vows EU citizens can stay after Brexit
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  British Prime Minister Theresa May (left) and European Council President Donald Tusk pose during a EU leaders summit in Brussels. (FRANCOIS LENOIR/AFP). 23 Jun 2017 03:58AM (Updated: 23 Jun 2017 04:39AM ) ...and more »
  
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• EU Citizens To Get Chance To Stay In UK After Brexit As Theresa May Makes 'Fair And Serious Offer'

  22-06-2017 22:38
  
  EU citizens who arrived in the UK before Brexit will be given the chance to get the same rights as British citizens, Theresa May has said as she made a “fair and serious offer” to European Union leaders.
  
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• Why Is It Increasingly Dangerous To Be Different?

  22-06-2017 22:32
  
  I think I'm as guilty as anyone when it comes to creating your own personalised bubble both online and in life.
  
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• Liverpool complete record £36.9m signing of Mohamed Salah from Roma - The Guardian

  22-06-2017 22:14 via theguardian.com
  
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  Liverpool complete record £36.9m signing of Mohamed Salah from Roma
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  Mohamed Salah will wear the No11 shirt at Anfield. Photograph: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images. Liverpool. Liverpool complete record £36.9m signing of Mohamed Salah from Roma. • Record fee could rise to £43.9m (€50m) with additional ...
  Mohamed Salah: Liverpool complete £34.3m signing of winger on five-year contractThe Independent
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• U.N. asks international court to advise on Chagos; Britain opposed

  22-06-2017 22:06
  By Michelle NicholsUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice on Thursday to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Britain's separation of the Chagos archipelago from Mauritius more than 50 years ago.The request came in a resolution adopted with 94 votes in favour, 15 against and 65 abstentions.
  
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• Grenfell Tower: Eleven high rises 'fail fire-risk tests' - BBC News

  22-06-2017 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Grenfell Tower: Eleven high rises 'fail fire-risk tests'
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  Eleven residential high-rise buildings in eight local authority areas have been found to be covered in combustible cladding following safety tests. It comes as tests are being carried out on about 600 high rises across England. Meanwhile, the BBC has ...
  Thousands could be evacuated as more high-rise blocks found to have Grenfell Tower-style flammable claddingMirror.co.uk
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• Theresa May finally reveals whether EU migrants will be allowed to stay after Brexit - Mirror.co.uk

  22-06-2017 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Theresa May finally reveals whether EU migrants will be allowed to stay after Brexit
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  Millions of EU citizens living in Britain will be granted the right to stay permanently after Brexit once they have been in the UK for five years, Theresa May has announced tonight. Addressing EU leaders at a summit in Brussels, the Prime Minister made ...
  Theresa May makes 'fair and serious' offer on rights of EU citizens in UKThe Guardian
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• In Brussels, May offers 'fair deal' for EU nationals in Britain

  22-06-2017 21:42
  
  By Elizabeth PiperBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May set out what she called a "fair deal" for EU citizens living in Britain on Thursday, saying in her first test of negotiating strength that she did not want anyone to have to leave because of Brexit or to split up families.Outlining the five main principles of her "fair and serious offer", May told other EU leaders at a summit in Brussels that she wanted to offer certainty to EU citizens about their future in Britain, again using a
  
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• Brexit is lose-lose for all, but especially for Britain - EU's Moscovici

  22-06-2017 21:42
  Britain's decision to quit the European Union is a lose-lose situation for all of Europe, but especially for Britain, the EU's Economic and Financial Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Thursday."In an ideal world, there would be a British government that decides its place is in the EU ... Brexit is lose-lose situation for Britain and Europe, but even more so for the UK," Moscovici said, speaking at a conference in Madrid.
  
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• Theresa May makes 'fair and serious' offer on rights of EU citizens in UK

  22-06-2017 21:38
  
  Theresa May made a “fair and serious offer” to European Union leaders over the contentious issue of the future rights of EU citizens, offering those who arrive lawfully before Brexit the chance to build up the same rights to work, healthcare and benefits as UK citizens.Speaking at the end of a dinner at an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels, after formal Brexit talks kicked off on Monday, May set out the UK’s opening offer on the rights of EU citizens – an issue both si
  
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• Body found after two major cliff falls amid fears more of the East Sussex coastline could crumble into the sea - Telegraph.co.uk

  22-06-2017 21:31 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Body found after two major cliff falls amid fears more of the East Sussex coastline could crumble into the sea
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  Rescue services have recovered a body believed to have fallen from a cliff along the same coastline where two massive collapses have taken place in the last 24 hours. The body, believed to be a woman, was recovered just before 5pm on Thursday at ...
  Fears of THIRD cliff collapse after huge crack appears as woman found deadDaily Star
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• Grenfell Tower fire: Safety instructions issued to local authorities for 'immediate' action

  22-06-2017 21:04
  Local authorities have been issued with a list of instructions which must be actioned "immediately" following the Grenfell Tower fire.As homes across the country are checked for combustible cladding, the Permanent Secretary at the Communities Department, Melanie Dawes, has written to chief executives of local authorities and housing associations, detailing the procedure they should follow.In her letter, Ms Dawes sets out the actions that must be taken if insulation within cladding "is unlikely t
  
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• Trump says he has no 'tapes' of Comey conversations - Washington Post

  22-06-2017 21:03 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  Trump says he has no 'tapes' of Comey conversations
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  President Trump said Thursday that he does not have “tapes” of his private conversations with then-FBI Director James B. Comey, finally ending a mystery of his own creation that began last month when he suggested that he had privately recorded their talks.
  Trump: There Are (Probably) No TapesThe Atlantic
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• At EU summit, Macron pleads for limits to foreign takeovers

  22-06-2017 21:03
  
  By Robin Emmott and Michel RoseBRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Thursday to convince China's closest allies in Europe that curbing foreign takeovers in strategic industries was in their interest, warning EU governments not to be naive in global trade.Smaller eastern and southern European economies that are dependent on Chinese investment have rejected any steps against Beijing, even going as far as to block EU statements criticising China's human rights record
  
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• Big Orange digs deep to land Gold Cup at Royal Ascot - Telegraph.co.uk

  22-06-2017 21:01 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Big Orange digs deep to land Gold Cup at Royal Ascot
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  The sun may have taken a more demure role behind clouds at Royal Ascot yesterday but the meeting was nevertheless lit up by something large and bright when Michael Bell's much loved stayer Big Orange held on to win the Gold Cup by a short head in one ...
  Big Orange pips Order Of St George in thrilling Gold Cup at Royal AscotThe Guardian
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• UN vote backing Chagos Islands a blow for UK - The Guardian

  22-06-2017 20:52 via theguardian.com
  
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  UN vote backing Chagos Islands a blow for UK
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  Exiled Chagos islanders protesting in London, 2016, over the long bar on their living in the archipelago. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA. Chagos Islands. UN vote backing Chagos Islands a blow for UK. Mauritius supported by 94 nations in move to consult ...
  UN asks international court to advise on Britain's separation of the Chagos archipelago from MauritiusTelegraph.co.uk
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• Republican senators' revolt puts health bill in jeopardy - BBC News

  22-06-2017 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Republican senators' revolt puts health bill in jeopardy
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  Four Republican senators have expressed reservations about their party's plan to repeal Obamacare, throwing the health bill's fate into uncertainty. Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee and Rand Paul said they were "not ready to vote for this bill", but ...
  Senate healthcare bill suffers swift blow as four GOP senators voice oppositionThe Guardian
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• Canadian sniper sets world record with 2.2-mile pickoff of ISIS fighter - Fox News

  22-06-2017 20:28 via foxnews.com
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  Canadian sniper sets world record with 2.2-mile pickoff of ISIS fighter
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  A Canadian sniper set what appears to be a record, picking off an ISIS fighter from some 2.2 miles away, and disrupting a potentially deadly operation by the terror group in Iraq. Shooting experts say the fatal shot at a world-record distance of 11,316 ...
  Canadian Sniper Hit A Target More Than 2 Miles Away, Military ConfirmsNPR
  Canadian sniper makes history by killing ISIL insurgent from more than 3.5 kil
  
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• Grenfell Tower: 600 High Rises Don't Definitely Have Similar Cladding

  22-06-2017 20:27
  
  Some 600 tower blocks in England are encased in cladding but not necessarily the same type of material as was installed on Grenfell Tower, Downing Street has said in an attempt to clarify an earlier misleading statement.Westminster-based journalists who attended the daily morning briefing with the Prime Minister’s Official Spokeswoman were told 600 high rises were covered in the same combustible cladding that is being blamed by experts for the rapid spread of the Grenfell blaze.Confir
  
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• Theresa May Trolled Over Brexit By EU President Donald Tusk With John Lennon Lyric

  22-06-2017 20:25
  
  The EU Council president has said he still hopes Brexit will not happen, quoting John Lennon’s Imagine to make the point.
  
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• More grammar schools could open despite Tory U-turn, campaigners say

  22-06-2017 20:21
  
  The first ‘annexe’ school is to open in September as a Sevenoaks satellite of the Weald of Kent grammar school.Wealthy parts of London could be allowed to open new grammar schools even though the government dropped its manifesto promise to expand school selection, education campaigners have warned.The London borough of Kingston – one of most well-off parts of the capital – is among several areas able to exploit a loophole that bypasses the ban on any new school in England
  
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• Let’s inspire more young women to fall in love with engineering | Letters

  22-06-2017 20:16
  
  Sophie Wakeford (l), graduate, and Dr Lucia Carassiti, chassis engineer at Jaguar Land Rover. Photograph: Abel Mitja Varela/Morsa Images/Getty Images
  
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• It's so hot in England, schoolboys are wearing skirts - Washington Post

  22-06-2017 20:05 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  It's so hot in England, schoolboys are wearing skirts
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  Amid an intense heat wave, dozens of British schoolboys went to class wearing girls' uniform skirts when the head teacher would not relax a dress code banning the more suitable option: shorts. The teenage boys at Isca Academy in Exeter argued it was ...
  Boys wear skirts to school to protest no shorts ruleSTV News
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• Church 'colluded and concealed' abuse by former Bishop of Lewes - Sussex Express

  22-06-2017 19:58 via sussexexpress.co.uk
  
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  Church 'colluded and concealed' abuse by former Bishop of Lewes
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  The Church of England 'colluded' rather than helped young men abused by a former Bishop of Lewes – an independent review found today (Thursday). Peter Ball, aged 85, was released from prison this year for sex offences against 18 vulnerable young men ...and more »
  
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• Scientists pump CO2 into UK forest to measure effect of climate change

  22-06-2017 19:54
  Researchers are pumping carbon dioxide into a forest to measure how it copes with rising levels of the gas - a key contributor to climate change.The decade-long experiment, which is being conducted by University of Birmingham's Institute of Forest Research, will expose a fenced-off section of woodland in Norbury Park, Staffordshire, to levels of CO2 that experts predict will be prevalent in 2050.The Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment experiment aims to measure the forest's capacity to capture ca
  
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• Euro zone consumers more confident than have been for 16 years

  22-06-2017 19:21
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone consumer confidence jumped much more than expected to a 16-year high in June, a flash estimate showed on Thursday. The seasonally adjusted indicator rose to -1.3 points from -3.3 points in May, the highest reading since April 2001, when it was at -0.9. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a rise to only -3.0. In the wider European Union of 28 countries, the index rose 1.1 points to -2.2 compared to May. (Reporting By Jan Strupczewski Editing by Jeremy Gaunt.)
  
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• Trump says he has no tapes of his conversations with Comey - Los Angeles Times

  22-06-2017 19:20 via latimes.com
  
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  Trump says he has no tapes of his conversations with Comey
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  Again using Twitter, President Trump on Thursday addressed the controversial questions of whether there were tapes of his conversations with fired FBI Director James B. Comey. The president fired Comey in May and then tweeted that the lawman, who was ...
  Trump says he has no 'tapes' of Comey conversationsWashington Post
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• Big Orange pips Order Of St George in thrilling Ascot Gold Cup - The Guardian

  22-06-2017 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
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  Big Orange pips Order Of St George in thrilling Ascot Gold Cup
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  Big Orange just holds off Order Of St George in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian. Royal Ascot 2017. Big Orange pips Order Of St George in thrilling Ascot Gold Cup. • Favourite has too much ground to make up to catch ...
  Top hat, tails and tooled up: Machine gun-toting Royal protection officer guards the Queen at Ascot after London and ...Daily Mail
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• Church of England 'Colluded' With Bishop to Hide Sex Abuse, Report Says - New York Times

  22-06-2017 19:01 via nytimes.com
  
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  Church of England 'Colluded' With Bishop to Hide Sex Abuse, Report Says
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  The Most. Rev. Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, asked Lord Carey to resign from his position with the Diocese of Oxford after a report on sexual abuse within the Church of England. Credit Chris Ratcliffe/Getty Images. LONDON — Senior people ...
  Church of England 'Colluded' to Hide Sex Abuse, Leader ClaimsThe Atlantic
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• Nick Clegg says threat of wealthy Brexit elite and populism damages UK

  22-06-2017 19:00
  
  Nick Clegg loses the Lib Dems’ Sheffield Hallam seat to Labour in the election this June.A Brexit elite of hedge-fund managers, footloose multi-billionaires, rightwing politicians and newspaper proprietors have led the UK into diplomatic and economic margins, Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister, said on Thursday.Clegg who lost his Sheffield Hallam seat in the general election, also suggested for the first time that neglect of public services, including social housing, had made Bri
  
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• After London fire, 600 tower blocks must be tested for flammable cladding

  22-06-2017 18:56
  
  By William JamesLONDON (Reuters) - The government is urgently conducting safety checks on an estimated 600 high-rise buildings in England which have exterior cladding panels after at least 79 people died when fire consumed a London tower block last week, officials said on Thursday.Cladding, added during a refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, may have played a part in the June 14 disaster when flames sped through the 24-storey residential building, trapping people inside, residents have said.The blaz
  
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• Tusk 'dreams' of Britain staying in the EU

  22-06-2017 18:50
  
  EU Council President Donald Tusk channelled his inner John Lennon when asked if Britain could stay in the EU.
  
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• Fire union chief: Cladding questioned for 'years'

  22-06-2017 18:50
  Fire union chief Matt Wrack says the use of cladding has been questioned by fire professionals for "many years".
  
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• Combustible cladding found on seven towers after Grenfell fire

  22-06-2017 18:44
  Tests have revealed that at least seven tower blocks across England are fitted with combustible cladding.Among them are the Chalcots Estate in Camden, north London, where the cladding is being removed, and the Mount Wise Tower in Plymouth.Theresa May said local authorities and fire services are "taking all possible steps" to ensure the towers are safe, while hundreds more buildings are due for checks.
  
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• Harry Potter still casts spell for fans 20 years on

  22-06-2017 18:42
  
  By Emily G Roe and Neil HallLONDON (Reuters) - Dressed in a long black gown and holding a wand, George Massingham is keen for everyone to know he is a Harry Potter super fan.If he isn't doing Professor Severus Snape, the mysterious potions master at Hogwarts School, the 27-year-old likes to dress in some other costume relating to J.K. Rowling’s fantastical world of witches and wizards.Massingham said of his colleagues: "They don't react as much now as they used to.
  
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