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• Thousands march for marriage equality in the only part of the UK where it’s banned

  01-07-2017 23:59
  
  Demonstrators gathered in Belfast to urge a law change supporting same-sex marriages.
  
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• Labour's right wing draws up new plan to undermine Jeremy Corbyn - The Independent

  01-07-2017 23:30 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Labour's right wing draws up new plan to undermine Jeremy Corbyn
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  Labour's right wing has launched a new plan to rein in Jeremy Corbyn's power despite his growing standing within the party following the general election result, The Independent can reveal. The battle plan, issued to activists just a week after Labour ...
  Tom Watson: 'If we can reassure our traditional voters, we'll be unbeatable'The Guardian
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• Top Tories in revolt against May over public spending

  01-07-2017 23:07
  
  Theresa May is facing a chorus of Tory demands for a radical overhaul of state funding for public services as cabinet ministers and senior Conservative MPs back higher pay for millions of NHS workers, more cash for schools and a “national debate” on student debt.The prime minister’s waning authority was highlighted as her health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and education secretary Justine Greening lobbied for an easing of austerity and senior Conservative MPs insisted public service
  
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• Doctor’s searing chronicle of NHS piles pressure on Hunt

  01-07-2017 23:00
  
  Junior doctors Rachel Clarke and Dagan Lonsdale stage a ‘peaceful protest’ outside the Department of Health last year.A junior doctor’s gripping account of working on the NHS’s frontline is likely to cause discomfort for Theresa May and the health secretary Jeremy Hunt.Dr Rachel Clarke’s book chronicles how rota gaps, exhausted staff and risks to patient safety make a mockery of ministers’ claims to be creating a “world-class” health service.
  
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• Nevada becomes the fifth state to legalise the recreational sale of marijuana

  01-07-2017 22:43
  
  It’s predicted to outsell the other fours states – Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Alaska – in which dispensaries are also legal.
  
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• Belfast flooded with colour for marriage equality rally - Belfast Live

  01-07-2017 21:23 via belfastlive.co.uk
  
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  Belfast was awash with the colours of the rainbow today as thousands took to the streets for a huge marriage equality march. Led by Lord Mayor Nuala McAllister, campaigners paraded through the city centre to demand a change in legislation to allow ...
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• Northern Irish power-sharing agreement faces delays, warn Sinn Féin

  01-07-2017 21:22
  
  Sinn Fein president, Gerry Adams, spoke to protestors at a rally in favour of gay marriage in Belfast.Gerry Adams has warned that an agreement designed to bring back power-sharing, cross-community government in Northern Ireland is unlikely to happen by Monday.The Sinn Féin president said the Democratic Unionists were showing “no urgency” about dealing with the issues that led to the collapse of the last devolved regional government in Belfast at the start of this year.
  
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• Theresa May's ratings slump in wake of general election – poll

  01-07-2017 20:49
  
  Theresa May has suffered a startling decline in popularity since last month’s general election with a new opinion poll showing 61% of voters now view her in a more negative light than they did when the electorate denied her an overall majority on 8 June.The extraordinary transformation in the prime minister’s ratings, which were sky high in early April after she called the snap election, has been accompanied by a rise in public respect for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, according to a
  
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• Over 60% of voters view Theresa May as PM negatively – poll

  01-07-2017 20:49
  
  Theresa May has suffered a startling decline in popularity since last month’s general election with a new opinion poll showing 61% of voters now view her in a more negative light than they did when the electorate denied her an overall majority on 8 June.The extraordinary transformation in the prime minister’s ratings, which were sky high in early April after she called the snap election, has been accompanied by a rise in public respect for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, according to a
  
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• Here’s what we know about the nightclub shooting in Arkansas

  01-07-2017 20:49
  
  The club’s Facebook page promoted its Friday event with a poster of a man pointing what appeared to be a gun at the camera.
  
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• Thousands march for equal marriage rights in Northern Ireland

  01-07-2017 19:48
  Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where same sex couples cannot get married, while the Republic voted gay marriage into law two years ago.There have been five separate votes on the issue in Stormont, the last of which in 2015 saw the assembly narrowly vote in favour of gay marriage equality.Campaigners have received messages of support ahead of the march from Northern Irish actor Liam Neeson, broadcaster Graham Norton and Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody.
  
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• Corbyn: 'Tories are in retreat'

  01-07-2017 19:40
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has marched alongside thousands in London against austerity.
  
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• The promoter of failed Fyre Festival arrested on a fraud charge

  01-07-2017 19:26
  
  Fyre Festival co-founder Billy McFarland was arrested in New York.
  
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• Not One Day More protest: Jeremy Corbyn blasts 'utter hypocrisy' of Tories as thousands march against Theresa May - Evening Standard

  01-07-2017 18:58 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Not One Day More protest: Jeremy Corbyn blasts 'utter hypocrisy' of Tories as thousands march against Theresa May
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  Jeremy Corbyn slammed the "utter hypocrisy" of Tory MPs in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster as he spoke to thousands of protesters gathered in London to rally against the Government. The Labour leader was joined by shadow chancellor John ...
  For Jeremy Corbyn's Right-Hand Man Ian Lavery, Control Of The Labour Party Is Just The BeginningH
  
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• Mystery EuroMillions winning Brit scoops £87m jackpot making them richer than Ed Sheeran or Daniel Radcliffe - Mirror.co.uk

  01-07-2017 18:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  Mystery EuroMillions winning Brit scoops £87m jackpot making them richer than Ed Sheeran or Daniel Radcliffe
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  Tonight's estimated jackpot could net you a life-changing sum - but have you just become a multi-millionaire? Check your numbers here... Share; Comments. BySam Rkaina. 17:53, 1 JUL 2017. News. EuroMillions - have you won? (Photo: National Lottery/PA).
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Conservatives and austerity are 'in retreat'

  01-07-2017 18:51
  
  The age of austerity has been replaced by an "age of imagination" in which "we will achieve that decency and social justice that we all crave", according to Jeremy Corbyn.Addressing a crowd of thousands of anti-austerity protesters in Parliament Square in central London, the Labour leader claimed the Conservatives were on the back foot and his party was in the ascendancy."The Tories are in retreat, austerity is in retreat, the economic arguments of austerity are in retreat," he told the demonstr
  
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• Tour de France 2017: stage one time trial – live!

  01-07-2017 18:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Updates from the opening 14km individual TT in DüsseldorfEmail Barry with your thoughts or tweet @bglendenningGerman Grand Départ may be omen for tightest Tour in yearsTour de France 2017: our stage-by-stage guide 5.48pm BSTHaving seen off Fabio Aru and Stefan Kung, it’s looking increasingly likely that Geraint Thomas will win today’s time-trial for Sky, who have been embarrassingly dominant in today’s opening stage. This is an outcome that’s going to raise pl
  
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• Surrey set Nottinghamshire target of 298 to win Royal London Cup – live!

  01-07-2017 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Live updates from the Lord’s one-day finalEmail Will here or Tweet him here with your thoughtsSurrey hope it’s third time lucky but Notts stand in the way 5.45pm BSTI mentioned that this is the highest score in a Lord’s final but failed to mention who Hales overtook: Geoff Boycott’s 146 in 1963 (also against Surrey!) in the third ever Lord’s final. Amazing that it’s stood for so long.5.43pm BSTHales is moving through the gears now. A flick through backward squ
  
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• Corbyn tells anti-austerity demo he's 'determined to force new election'

  01-07-2017 18:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour leader addressing thousands at Parliament Square slammed what he called the Tories’ ‘hypocrisy’ for voting against lifting public sector pay capJeremy Corbyn said he was determined to force another election at an anti-austerity protest attended by thousands of people in central London.After marching through Oxford Circus and Regents Street, the crowd gathered in a packed Parliament Square to hear the Labour leader and other politicians and union leaders speak. Continue r
  
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• Not One Day More London Protest Sees Thousands Gather At BBC Broadcasting House

  01-07-2017 18:41
  
  Thousands of protesters gathered in central London on Saturday in a rally calling for the Conservatives to be ousted from power.
  
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• Bello 'promised to kill' colleagues after hospital fired him

  01-07-2017 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Dr Henry Bello shot six, killing one, then killed himself on FridayFamily medicine doctor lost job at Bronx Lebanon hospital in 2015After Dr Henry Bello was forced to resign as a family medicine doctor amid sexual harassment allegations, he threatened his colleagues and said he would kill them.Related: Ex-doctor kills one and wounds six in New York hospital shooting, officials sayContinue reading...
  
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• Gerry Adams: Likely no Stormont power-sharing deal by Monday

  01-07-2017 18:23
  
  Gerry Adams has said he does not expect a deal to restore power-sharing at Stormont will be agreed by Monday's deadline.The Sinn Fein President said the door was still open, but claimed there had been no sense of urgency around piecing together an agreement with Arlene Foster's Democratic Unionist Party.A series of deadlines have been missed to restore the multi-party devolved government in Northern Ireland, with the UK Government extending the talks process until Monday despite the Stormont par
  
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• Corbyn tells anti-austerity demo he's 'determined to force new election' - The Guardian

  01-07-2017 18:21 via theguardian.com
  
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  Corbyn tells anti-austerity demo he's 'determined to force new election'
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  Jeremy Corbyn said he was determined to force another election at an anti-austerity protest attended by thousands of people in central London. After marching through Oxford Circus and Regents Street, the crowd gathered in a packed Parliament Square to ...
  Tens of thousands march in London to demand Theresa May's resignationThe Independent
  Jeremy Corbyn: Conservatives and austerity are 'in ret
  
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• Grenfell Tower: Government warns commissioners could take control of Kensington and Chelsea council - The Independent

  01-07-2017 18:20 via independent.co.uk
  
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  Grenfell Tower: Government warns commissioners could take control of Kensington and Chelsea council
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  The Government has warned that directly appointed commissioners could take over Kensington and Chelsea council and said it would keep “a close eye” on proceedings following the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes after opposition politicians and ...
  Grenfell Tower survivor 'still having rent money taken from her bank account by Kensington and C
  
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• All Blacks 21-24 Lions: where the second Test was won and lost | Paul Rees

  01-07-2017 18:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Warren Gatland’s men embraced the weather, played what was in front of them and dominated the breakdown to turn the tables on New ZealandThe turning point was not so much the sending-off of Sonny Bill Williams but the yellow card Mako Vunipola received 15 minutes into the second half, when New Zealand had taken control. The Lions had struggled with a man advantage, failing to take the initiative, but when it was 14 versus 14 they started playing like the All Blacks, scenting weakness and m
  
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• 'Dumb as a rock Mika': Donald Trump back on attack against Morning Joe hosts

  01-07-2017 18:10 via theguardian.com
  
  President issues new abuse of MSNBC hosts Scarborough and BrzezinskiOpinion: the president of the US appears untethered from reality
  Donald Trump aimed a series of tweets at familiar targets on Saturday, complaining about the media and so-called voter fraud but saving his most direct fire for MSNBC hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, the subjects of a fierce controversy over online bullying, sexism and accusations of White House blackmail.The president sent his tweets from his golf club i
  
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• Thousands of demonstrators show support for same-sex marriage - Belfast Telegraph

  01-07-2017 18:02 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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  Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK and Ireland where the practice remains outlawed. Thousands took to the streets of Belfast (Niall Carson/PA). 1 1 Thousands took to the streets of Belfast (Niall Carson/PA). July 1 2017. 0 Comments ...
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• Sinn Fein: Make up your mind time for the DUP

  01-07-2017 18:00
  
  Sinn Fein are blaming the DUP and the British government for the power-sharing talks not being resolved.
  
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• Making a mountain out of a mint tin – in pictures

  01-07-2017 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Heidi Annalise has spent the past four years putting mountains into mint boxes. Using small tins as both canvas and palette, the Colorado-based painter creates pocket panoramas of her environment. “Painting helps me soak up vivid memories by studying details that would have otherwise gone unnoticed,” says Annalise. “Sitting on a hillside and studying the colour of a mountain shadow has become a form of meditation for me.” The little vistas can vary from Colorado mountain
  
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• Little Rock shooting: seventeen injured, say police

  01-07-2017 17:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Arkansas police: shooting not terror-related or an active shooter incidentDispute after concert believed to be spur to gunfire, all 17 shot are alivePolice said 17 people were hurt in a shooting early on Saturday after a dispute at a nightclub in downtown Little Rock. The city’s police chief said officers suspected multiple people fired weapons and that the incident was not terror related. The shooting happened at the Power Ultra Lounge, a club in a two-story building about a mile east of
  
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• Bradley Lowery and Jermain Defoe share 'final cuddles' as girlfriend visits for 'goodbye' - Daily Star

  01-07-2017 17:59 via dailystar.co.uk
  
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  Bradley Lowery and Jermain Defoe share 'final cuddles' as girlfriend visits for 'goodbye'
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  BRADLEY Lowery has been paid a visit by football hero Jermain Defoe as he enjoyed "final cuddles" with the star. 0. By Henry Holloway / Published 1st July 2017. Bradley Lowery and Jermain Defoe FACEBOOK/GETTY. BEST MATES: Bradley Lowery and ...
  Football star Jermain Defoe visits Bradley Lowery for 'cuddles and goodbyes'Evening Standard
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• Little Rock police: 25 people shot at nightclub - Daily Mail

  01-07-2017 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Little Rock police: 25 people shot at nightclub
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  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Police say 25 people were shot after gunfire rang out Saturday at a rap show at a downtown Little Rock nightclub, prompting pleas from top leaders to curb the growing violence in Arkansas' capital city. Police said the shooting ...
  Little Rock Shooting: At Least 28 Hurt in Arkansas Club 'Dispute'NBCNews.com
  Little Rock shooting: seventeen injured, say policeThe Guardian
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• Heather Knight believes England are shrewd enough to repel Sri Lanka | Vithushan Ehantharajah

  01-07-2017 17:53 via theguardian.com
  
  The England captain, Heather Knight, is confident her side will exact World Cup revenge on the visitors and strengthen their position in the tournament with victory at Taunton“It wasn’t a very nice day four years ago,” says the England captain, Heather Knight, recalling the last time her side faced Sunday’s opponents Sri Lanka in World Cup competition. It was 2013 when England, then the defending champions, suffered what remains the biggest upset in women’s ODI cric
  
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• 4:44: Jay-Z addresses infidelity rumours on new album

  01-07-2017 17:44 via theguardian.com
  
  The US star, whose infidelity was aired by Beyoncé on her album Lemonade, raps about his shame and regret, and his fears about losing his familyAfter Jay-Z’s wife Beyoncé Knowles aired details of his rumoured infidelity on her album Lemonade, the US rapper has now addressed the scandal on his new album, 4:44. Released today on the Tidal streaming service that he part owns, various lyrics refer to the trials the couple have experienced. After footage emerged of Beyoncé&
  
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• Adele: singer 'devastated' after voice troubles force her to axe Wembley shows

  01-07-2017 17:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Singer apologises to upset fans on Twitter after damage to vocal cords leaves her unable to perform last two concerts of tourThe fans of Adele have expressed their disappointment and anger that the star cancelled her last two sell-out shows at Wembley stadium this weekend. Adele has said she is “devastated” after being forced to cancel her Saturday and Sunday shows after damaging her vocal chords. Continue reading...
  
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• Thousands march for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland

  01-07-2017 17:42
  
  By Ian GrahamBELFAST (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched in Belfast on Saturday to demand Northern Ireland join the rest of the United Kingdom in legalising same-sex marriage, a step blocked by the region's largest party, a key ally of British Prime Minister Theresa May.The Democratic Unionist Party, one of the most socially conservative in Europe, has repeatedly blocked gay marriage despite opinion polls in recent years showing a majority in Northern Ireland are in favour of it."The DUP Din
  
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• British and Irish Lions make history by beating New Zealand - can they make more? - BBC Sport

  01-07-2017 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  British and Irish Lions make history by beating New Zealand - can they make more?
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  This 24-21 victory over the All Blacks was far from flawless. It was defined by errors as much audacity, by tension more than relentless brilliance. It may also prove critical long after this series has been decided and whichever way next Saturday's ...
  All Blacks 21-24 Lions: where the second Test was won and lostThe Guardian (blog)
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• Northern Ireland's gay marriage ban is un-Christian, says minister - The Guardian

  01-07-2017 17:23 via theguardian.com
  
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  Northern Ireland's gay marriage ban is un-Christian, says minister
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  Thousands march in Belfast in favour of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. Photograph: Paul McErlane for the Observer. Gay marriage. Northern Ireland's gay marriage ban is un-Christian, says minister. Canon Charles Kenny tells Belfast rally that ...
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• Northern Ireland's gay marriage ban is un-Christian, says minister

  01-07-2017 17:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Canon Charles Kenny tells Belfast rally that opposition to marriage equality is like old hostility to Protestants marrying CatholicsNorthern Ireland’s ban on gay marriage is as unjust and un-Christian as the historical sectarian taboo over Catholics and Protestants marrying, an Anglican minister has told an equality rally in Belfast attended by thousands.Canon Charles Kenny, who has been a Church of Ireland priest for almost 50 years, compared the opposition to same-sex marriage in the reg
  
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• Northern Ireland's gay marriage ban is un-Christian, says minister

  01-07-2017 17:23
  
  Northern Ireland’s ban on gay marriage is as unjust and un-Christian as the historical sectarian taboo over Catholics and Protestants marrying, an Anglican minister has told an equality rally in Belfast attended by thousands.Canon Charles Kenny, who has been a Church of Ireland priest for almost 50 years, compared the opposition to same-sex marriage in the region to the historical hostility to mixed religious unions on the island of Ireland.
  
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• Barry Norman, doyen of film critics, dies aged 83 - Telegraph.co.uk

  01-07-2017 17:19 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Barry Norman, doyen of film critics, dies aged 83
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  Film critic Barry Norman, one of the most popular practitioners of his profession for his insightful yet approachable reviews, has died at the age of 83. Norman, who died in his sleep on Friday night, presented BBC One's show Film... between 1972 and ...
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• Grenfell Fire: Government Will Watch Council Closely, Says Sajid Javid

  01-07-2017 17:08
  
  The Government will keep a “close eye” on Kensington and Chelsea council, Sajid Javid said, as pressure mounts for the troubled authority to be taken over by commissioners.
  
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• Gerry Adams: No Stormont power-sharing deal by Monday

  01-07-2017 17:06
  Gerry Adams has said he does not expect a deal to restore power-sharing at Stormont will be agreed by Monday's deadline.
  
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• 'Dumb as a rock Mika': Donald Trump back on attack against Morning Joe hosts - The Guardian

  01-07-2017 17:03 via theguardian.com
  
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  'Dumb as a rock Mika': Donald Trump back on attack against Morning Joe hosts
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  President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office of the White House. He has feuded with the Morning Joe hosts this week, who claim the White House tried to blackmail them. Photograph: UPI/Barcroft Images. Donald Trump ...
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  Ivanka Trump has kept quiet while President Trump bashes 'low IQ' Mika Brzezinski in tweetsBus
  
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• Can the Bank get Britain to kick its cheap credit habit?

  01-07-2017 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Low interest rates, high house prices, new car deals and low-cost credit cards make an explosive mixture - which regulators may struggle to keep a lid onOne thing sure to upset Bank of England officials is any suggestion that the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street has gone soft on the banking industry and turns a blind eye to reckless lending. It brings back disturbing memories of the 2008 credit crunch, the chaos it brought to the economy and the damage it caused the institution’s reputation
  
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• Damian Green admits Tories may need to review tuition fees

  01-07-2017 16:49
  
  Britain may need to have a national debate on university tuition fees, Theresa May’s most senior minister has said after urging the Tories to modernise to win over young metropolitan voters who backed Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour.Damian Green said the current system, with fees capped at £9,250 a year, allows UK universities to deliver high quality courses and teaching, and accounts for the country’s disproportionate number of top institutions.
  
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• Mako Vunipola’s let off allows Lions to edge past ferocious All Blacks | Andy Bull

  01-07-2017 16:46 via theguardian.com
  
  The indiscipline of Warren Gatland’s team nearly cost them victory despite Sonny Bill Williams’ sending off, New Zealand’s first red card at homeLong after the final whistle had gone, the cry rang out around Westpac Stadium and across Wellington: “Lions! Lions! Lions!” The sound must have carried all the way across the Cook Strait. It is probably still echoing around the South Island now. The Lions are not used to beating the All Blacks. No one is. They had not lost
  
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• Film critic Barry Norman dies

  01-07-2017 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former BBC presenter died in his sleep on Friday night.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Cheered By Thousands As He Targets Amber Rudd's Constituency

  01-07-2017 16:28
  
  Jeremy Corbyn was greeted by thousands of cheering supporters as he targeted Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s ultra-marginal constituency and heralded Labour as the “government in waiting”.
  
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• Pope replaces top rival in latest move to make church more inclusive

  01-07-2017 16:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Vatican says five-year mandate of conservative German Cardinal Müller as head of key department won’t be renewedThe Vatican has signalled a major shake-up of its administration, with Pope Francis replacing his top theologian, a conservative German cardinal who has been at odds with the pontiff’s vision of a more inclusive church.A brief Vatican statement said Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller’s five-year mandate as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,
  
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