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• PM's European court stance has 'hamstrung' Brexit negotiations - The Guardian

  30-06-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
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  David Davis: 'Red lines have been set for him that make the job he has to do very difficult.' Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA. Court of justice of the European Union. PM's European court stance has 'hamstrung' Brexit negotiations. Theresa May's decision ...
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• PM's European court stance has 'hamstrung' Brexit negotiations

  30-06-2017 23:30
  
  Theresa May’s “absolutist” stance on Britain leaving the jurisdiction of the European court of justice has “hamstrung” David Davis in negotiations with Brussels, according to the Brexit secretary’s former chief of staff.James Chapman, who worked for George Osborne before serving as Davis’s chief of staff until shortly before the election, said May’s insistence that the ECJ must not have oversight once Britain leaves the EU, revealed in her party co
  
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• Venezuela chief prosecutor seeks protection amid conflict with Maduro

  30-06-2017 23:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Luisa Ortega Díaz seeks help of Inter-American Commission on Human Rights after supreme court barred her from leaving country and froze her bank accountsVenezuela’s chief prosecutor has asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for protection, days after the supreme court barred her from leaving the country and ordered her bank accounts frozen.Tensions between Luisa Ortega Díaz and President Nicolas Maduro’s socialist administration have been steadily escalati
  
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• Police official walks free from court after stalking mistress

  30-06-2017 23:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A SENIOR police official who stalked his former mistress after she dumped him avoided a jail sentence today.
  
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• Theresa May has 'hamstrung' David Davis in Brexit talks - BBC News

  30-06-2017 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Theresa May has made David Davis's job more difficult by setting "red lines" for him in Brexit talks, his ex-chief of staff has told the BBC. James Chapman said the Brexit secretary had been "hamstrung" by the prime minister's stance on the European ...
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• Megan Bannister: Pair face trial as post-mortem finds 'not consistent' with car crash

  30-06-2017 22:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TWO men will stand trial accused of killing schoolgirl Megan Bannister, who was found in the back of a crashed car.
  
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• Northern Ireland deadlock: DUP warns Sinn Fein 'get moving' as talks stall yet again

  30-06-2017 22:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE Democratic Unionist Party has warned Sinn Fein to "get moving" as it blamed the party for keeping the power sharing-agreement in Northern Ireland in deadlock.
  
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• Injured girl saved by student in ball gown

  30-06-2017 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A STUDENT in a ball gown who ran to help a girl who had fallen from rocks has been praised by coastguards.
  
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• The president of the United States appears untethered from reality | Richard Wolffe

  30-06-2017 22:06 via theguardian.com
  
  The way he treated Morning Joe’s hosts is abnormal. And this abnormality has effects that extend far beyond the fate of the Trump presidencyIt’s hard to be disappointed by Donald Trump. Unlike his predecessors, he never promised to heal the nation. Or if he did, nobody believed him. George W Bush said he was a uniter, not a divider. Barack Obama said there was no red America and no blue America. Only the United States of America. The closest thing to a unity message from Donald Trump
  
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• Charlie Gard's parents given more time before life support is switched off

  30-06-2017 21:59
  The parents of Charlie Gard have been given more time before their baby son's life support machine is turned off.Chris Gard and Connie Yates had wanted 10-month-old Charlie, who suffers from a rare genetic condition and has brain damage, to receive a therapy trial in the US but specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital said the treatment was experimental and would not help him.The couple said they had been told Charlie's life support would be switched off on Friday, but the hospital confirmed
  
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• Acid attack on two Muslim cousins in London being treated as hate crime

  30-06-2017 21:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Metropolitan police say new evidence has come to light about attack in which Jameel Muhktar and Resham Khan suffered severe burnsAn unprovoked acid attack on two Muslim cousins in east London is now being treated by police as a hate crime.Jameel Muhktar and Resham Khan were attacked while sitting in a car at traffic lights in Beckton on the morning of 21 June while out celebrating Khan’s 21st birthday. Continue reading...
  
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• This guy absolutely nailed being a ‘flower girl’ at his cousin’s wedding

  30-06-2017 21:48
  
  Yes, he actually stops in the aisle to throw the petals in the air.
  
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• NI talks: DUP mock Sinn Fein over call to UK and Irish PMs

  30-06-2017 21:40
  
  Northern Ireland's parties have continued to clash as they remain locked in talks to resolve the country's political crisis.The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) mocked a Sinn Fein call on Friday for the British and Irish prime ministers to become "directly involved" in negotiations aimed at resurrecting power-sharing at Stormont.On Thursday, Northern Ireland's politicians missed a deadline to restore power-sharing at the country's devolved Assembly, although Downing Street said talks will now be
  
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• 'She deserves a place in history' Princess Diana's brother pays tribute for her birthday - Express.co.uk

  30-06-2017 21:29 via express.co.uk
  
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  PRINCESS Diana's brother Earl Spencer has paid tribute to his late sister in an interview ahead of a family gathering to rededicate her grave on what would have been her 56th birthday. By Richard Palmer. PUBLISHED: 00:01, Fri, Jun 30, 2017 | UPDATED: ...
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• A Day In The Life Of A Police Officer Between Terrorist Attacks

  30-06-2017 21:26
  
  Immediately after a terror attack killed 22 people in Manchester and injured 116, police officers across the country felt the strain, coping with the lack of “boots on the ground”.
  
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• Council leader quits over the Grenfell Tower disaster – here’s what you need to know

  30-06-2017 21:06
  
  Nicholas Paget-Brown said he had to accept responsibility for “perceived failings” by Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council.
  
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• Soldiers at firing range 'died after tank expolsion'

  30-06-2017 21:01
  Two British soldiers died after their tank exploded on a firing range during a training exercise, a coroner has heard.Emergency services were called to a "mechanical explosion" on Castlemartin range in Pembrokeshire, Wales on 14 June.Corporals Matthew Hatfield and Darren Neilson of the Royal Tank Regiment, died from their injuries.
  
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• SNP spared £60 million EU farm fine - because it is part of UK

  30-06-2017 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE SNP Government will be spared fines of up to £60 million over its latest farm payments fiasco because Scotland is part of the UK, it emerged.
  
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• Years of apathy make Grenfell not a tragedy, but an atrocity | Deborah Orr

  30-06-2017 20:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Our society treats those in poverty as moral failures, whose voices of concern are a sign of ingratitudeIt remains hard to grasp the enormity of the Grenfell Tower fire. There is the catastrophe itself: Grenfell, quite simply, is the deadliest fire to have raged on our soil in over a century. Even the blitz didn’t start a single fire as hard to escape from as that which began in a single flat in North Kensington on 14 June 2017. Related: Anger over Grenfell has spilled out across the count
  
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• Martin Rowson on the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire – cartoon

  30-06-2017 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
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• Twitter has got an awful lot of feelings about Domino’s new chocolate pizza

  30-06-2017 20:24
  
  There’s a raging debate over whether it looks appetising or not…
  
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• Sadiq Khan calls for Grenfell council takeover as leader quits

  30-06-2017 20:13
  
  Sadiq Khan has called for Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council to be taken over by commissioners following the Grenfell Tower fire.In a letter to Theresa May, the London Mayor said: "Following yesterday evening's shambolic council cabinet meeting, it is self-evident that the leadership of the council has lost the trust of local residents.Mr Khan's suggestion came not long after council leader Nicholas Paget-Brown said he would be stepping down following criticism of the authority's response to
  
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• Social liberalism and traditional values | Letters

  30-06-2017 20:12
  
  Pro-choice and anti-abortion campaigners outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, on 29 June 2017. ‘There are many people who consider themselves as “socially liberal” who … hold nuanced views on matters such as abortion,’ writes Jane Lawson.In response to Paul Tench’s plea for more room for the conservative perspective in the Guardian (Where is the space for traditional values?, Letters, 29 June), I’d like to ask you to stick to your liberal guns.
  
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• Make our mental health laws fit for purpose | Letters

  30-06-2017 20:11
  
  Theresa May pictured in January during a visit to a centre in Hampshire for people recovering from mental health problems.The increasing use of powers to detain patients with mental health problems is deeply disturbing.Reform of mental health legislation – announced in the Queen’s speech – must ensure respect for people’s rights and dignity.
  
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• Fixed-odds betting terminal review delayed until autumn

  30-06-2017 20:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Rift between Treasury and DCMS over regulation and growing influence of DUP put a brake on timetableA long-awaited review of fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) has been delayed until the autumn, following a rift between the Treasury and the government department responsible for the gambling industry over regulation of the controversial machines.The government’s decision has been further complicated by the fact that MPs in the Democratic Unionist party, which holds the balance of power in
  
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• The Guardian view on Hong Kong: Britain has a duty to defend its freedoms | Editorial

  30-06-2017 20:10 via theguardian.com
  
  As the region marks 20 years since its return to China, there is rightly concern about its futureIt is 20 years since Hong Kong returned to China. Now as then, there is trepidation. In his first visit as Chinese leader, Xi Jinping has overseen a military parade – a reminder of Beijing’s might – and warned of “new challenges” to the “one country, two systems” framework which allows a high degree of autonomy for the region. On Friday, the foreign
  
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• The Guardian view on Grenfell Tower: more heads must roll | Editorial

  30-06-2017 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Kensington and Chelsea council has failed to manage the fallout of the disaster. Ministers should put the local authority into special measures and send in a new team to take over the running of itKensington and Chelsea’s political and administrative leadership failed in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster. In the days after the deadly fire – which has now claimed 80 lives – so cack-handed and chaotic was the council response that responsibilty for taking care of the surviv
  
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• Sex offender treatment scheme led to increase in reoffending

  30-06-2017 20:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Inmates on the prison-run programme were slightly more likely to commit further sexual offences on release, a Ministry of Justice review foundSex offenders who completed a group treatment programme in prison were more likely to commit further similar offences, a Ministry of Justice review has found. The analysis warned that group therapy could allow offenders to share “contacts and sources” or normalise criminal behaviour.Some 10% of criminals who completed the prison-based core sex
  
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• Texting on a mobile phone makes you walk sillily, study finds

  30-06-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Participants adopted ‘cautious stepping strategy’ while using device for different tasks, say university researchersTexting on the hoof leads people to change the way they walk, new research has revealed.While researchers have previously looked at the impact of phone use while on a level surface, they have now explored how pedestrians cope while using their phone and negotiating that common trip-hazard: a step.Continue reading...
  
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• Kensington and Chelsea council leader quits in wake of Grenfell disaster

  30-06-2017 19:57
  
  Nicholas Paget-Brown (left) with Commander Stuart Cundy of the Met police during a press conference near Grenfell Tower on 14 June.The Conservative leader and deputy leader of the embattled Kensington and Chelsea council have both resigned in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster.Nicholas Paget-Brown said he would step down as soon as a new leader was in place, amid criticism over the local authority’s response to the tragedy and, more recently over his decision to seek to bar the press
  
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• This kid only went and turned up to his school prom in a tank

  30-06-2017 19:55
  
  It left his classmates pretty stunned – what a legend.
  
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• Grenfell inquiry could be 'too narrow', Jeremy Corbyn warns

  30-06-2017 19:51
  
  Sir Martin Moore-Bick, who will lead the Grenfell Tower fire public inquiry, speaks to the media at St Clement’s church near the tower block in west London.Jeremy Corbyn expressed concern that the Grenfell Tower inquiry could have too narrow a remit after comments from the newly appointed chair suggested it would be limited to the cause of the fire and why it spread so quickly.The leader of the Labour party wrote to the prime minister on Friday, saying that the terms of the inquiry should
  
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• Manchester bomb victim Martyn Hett's funeral attended by Corrie stars

  30-06-2017 19:44
  
  Manchester bombing victim Martyn Hett's "rollercoaster" life has been celebrated by stars, family and friends at his funeral.Mr Hett was a 'superfan' of the soap - he even had a tattoo of Weatherfield stalwart Deirdre Barlow on his leg.It was all planned according to Mr Hett's wishes - with everyone being told to wear something "black and fabulous".
  
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• Grenfell fire: volunteers help residents compile death toll

  30-06-2017 19:44
  
  Missing posters near the Grenfell Tower as residents struggle to find out who lived and who died.Grenfell Tower survivors are becoming increasingly frustrated at the authorities’ failure to release the full list of names of the dead, and have turned to independent experts to try to establish an accurate picture of the number of casualties and survivors of the fire.In the absence of an official list, residents are relying on volunteer demographers and data experts to help them compile estim
  
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• Family say Manchester Arena attack victim 'inspired everyone around him'

  30-06-2017 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Around 750 people gather in and around Stockport town hall to pay tribute to self-described Coronation Street superfan Martyn Hett, 29The father of Martyn Hett, who was killed in the Manchester bombing, has described his son’s life as a “rollercoaster”, saying that he “inspired everyone around him”. Related: ‘Go sing with the angels’: families pay tribute to Manchester victimsContinue reading...
  
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• Family say Manchester Arena attack victim 'inspired everyone around him'

  30-06-2017 19:43
  
  The order of service for the memorial for Martyn Hett, which was held at Stockport town hall.The father of Martyn Hett, who was killed in the Manchester bombing, has described his son’s life as a “rollercoaster”, saying that he “inspired everyone around him”.Hett, 29, was one of 22 victims of May’s bombing at the Manchester Arena.
  
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• Emily Thornberry accuses Chuka Umunna of virtue signalling on EU vote

  30-06-2017 19:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Shadow foreign secretary calls Labour divisions a distraction and claims the manifesto, not the leader, was the real star of the party’s election campaignEmily Thornberry accused Chuka Umunna and other Labour Brexit rebels of “virtue signalling”, and fighting “faux battles” after three of the party’s frontbenchers were sacked for voting for his amendment.The shadow foreign secretary said the rebels’ approach had unnecessarily exposed Labour divisions at
  
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• 'Diane Abbott's all on her own' Radio host mocks shadow Home Office after Labour rebellion

  30-06-2017 19:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A RADIO host has mocked shadow home secretary Diane Abbott in a swipe at the Labour party after three of its frontbenchers were fired and another quit over an amendment to the Queen’s Speech.
  
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• London borough leader resigns after tower block fire

  30-06-2017 19:16
  
  The head of the local council in the London borough where at least 80 people died in a fire in a social housing tower block resigned on Friday after he was criticised for the organisation's handling of the disaster."As council leader, I have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings," Nicholas Paget-Brown, the leader of Kensington & Chelsea council, said in a statement.A spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May earlier on Friday criticised the decision to try to hol
  
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• Sinn Fein: British and Irish PMs should be involved in talks

  30-06-2017 19:15
  Sinn Fein has called on the British and Irish prime ministers to become directly involved in effort to resolve Northern Ireland's political crisis.Downing Street said after the Thursday afternoon deadline expired that talks would be allowed to continue until Monday.As talks resumed, Sinn Fein said Theresa May and Leo Varadkar had to engage as "matter of urgency" to inject the "step change" needed to secure an agreement.
  
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• Verdict of misadventure given on seven drownings at Camber Sands

  30-06-2017 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  East Sussex coroner says lifeguards were not deployed at popular south coast beach despite RNLI advice in 2013The deaths of seven men, including five young friends, who drowned at a popular beach on the south coast of England last summer were due to misadventure, a coroner has concluded. Mohit Dupar, 36, tried to reach Brazilian Gustavo Silva Da Cruz, 19, as he got into difficulty at Camber Sands, near Rye, East Sussex, on 24 July, but both died.A month later, five friends aged 18 to 27, who all
  
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• Britain’s new aircraft carrier may be a vast folly — but it still provokes awe | Ian Jack

  30-06-2017 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  As a little admiral growing up on the Firth of Forth, I caught the naval bug – and the awkward truth is, it’s still with meWhen HMS Queen Elizabeth left Rosyth for her sea trials on Monday, I remembered my days as a little admiral and considered how some of my enthusiasms that were formed during that short-trousered age have never completely left me.This is an awkward residue of interest. It can lead to a protective attitude towards what the military historian Max Hastings, writ
  
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• Waterloo commuters urged to work from home or take holiday when station platforms close

  30-06-2017 19:01
  Commuters using one of the country's busiest train stations are being told to work from home or take holiday while engineering work takes place.The severe disruption expected at London's Waterloo will be worse than previously thought, with the station now closing 10 of its 22 platforms between 5 August and 28 August, instead of the previously announced nine.Becky Lumlock, Network Rail's route managing director, said August had been chosen because it is a quieter time on the railway.
  
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• Corbyn sacks MPs over Brexit rebellion

  30-06-2017 19:00
  
  Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has sacked three Members of Parliament from his leadership team who defied him by voting in favour of an amendment calling for Britain to stay in the EU's single market, deepening rifts in his Labour party over Brexit.Labour lawmaker Chuka Umunna had proposed an amendment to the Conservative government's policy programme on Thursday calling for Britain to remain in the single market and customs union.Among those who voted in favour of the amendme
  
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• DUP and Sinn Féin close to Northern Ireland power-sharing deal

  30-06-2017 18:56
  
  Sinn Féin’s John O’Dowd (left) and Declan Kearney talk to reporters at Stormont Castle, Belfast, as power-sharing discussions continue.The Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin are getting closer to a deal designed to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland, Irish government sources insisted on Friday evening.As the deadline on an agreement at the talks in Stormont Castle continues until Monday, the two parties are moving closer to a deal on the “technical details&
  
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• China attacks Boris Johnson over 'incorrect' views on Hong Kong

  30-06-2017 18:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Foreign secretary’s hopes for a ‘fully democratic’ government are met with statement that ‘outsiders should not make incorrect remarks’ China criticised the “incorrect” views of the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, as a war of words broke out between London and Beijing on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China.
  Johnson released on Thursday what had seemed a relatively restrained statement marking the anniversary of the form
  
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• World's first trials of MDMA to treat alcohol addiction set to begin

  30-06-2017 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Imperial College London scientists expect to give first dose in the next two months alongside psychotherapyDoctors in Bristol are set to begin the world’s first clinical study into the use of MDMA to treat alcohol addiction.Researchers are testing whether a few doses of the drug, in conjunction with psychotherapy, could help patients overcome addiction more effectively than conventional treatments. The small trial was granted ethical approval a few weeks ago and the team expects to give th
  
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• Household income falling at fastest rate since 1976 as UK savings rates crash

  30-06-2017 18:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Economic growth following the Brexit vote has come to an abrupt halt as consumers raid piggy banks to battle rising inflation and stalled wagesThe consumer-driven momentum that has kept the British economy afloat since the Brexit vote is declining rapidly, with new data showing households in the grip of the most protracted squeeze on living standards since the economic crisis of the mid-1970s.Against a backdrop of rising prices and stagnant wage growth, incomes adjusted for inflation have now fa
  
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• Council leader's full resignation statement

  30-06-2017 18:50
  
  The leader of Kensington Council has stepped down following criticism of the authority's response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.
  
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• Naseem Khan obituary

  30-06-2017 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Cultural pioneer who brought ethnic minority arts into the mainstreamIn 1976 Naseem Khan, who has died of cancer aged 77, wrote a report, The Arts Britain Ignores, that highlighted the burgeoning arts activity among Britain’s ethnic communities – at that time uncharted territory. She advocated a more inclusive approach towards work by British black and Asian artists that was ignored by the cultural establishment, so that it could be brought into the mainstream. In arguing that Britai
  
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