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• Ken Loach Calls For Labour MPs Behind 'Disgusting' Corbyn Attacks To Be Driven Out

  08-07-2017 23:56
  
  Film director Ken Loach has called for Labour MPs who do not support Jeremy Corbyn to be ousted by members.
  
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• Police cuts ‘jeopardising hunt for potential terrorists’

  08-07-2017 23:15
  
  Police capacity for gathering vital intelligence on potential extremists has been jeopardised by cuts to neighbourhood policing teams, former officers have claimed.Since the London and Manchester attacks, questions have been raised about the police’s ability to monitor threats posed by those at risk of radicalisation.Robert Quick, Britain’s former counter-terrorism chief, said government cuts to police funding had damaged attempts to prevent attacks.
  
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• German industry warns UK not to expect help in Brexit talks

  08-07-2017 22:30
  
  British ministers have claimed that German exporters will support trade with Britain.German industry has warned Britain not to rely on its help in securing a good Brexit deal, in a stark intervention that strikes a blow at the government’s EU departure plans.Senior ministers have repeatedly claimed since the election that Germany’s powerful exporters will exert pressure for a deal handing Britain substantial access to the EU’s markets.
  
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• Premier League Striker Romelu Lukaku arrested in Beverly Hills

  08-07-2017 22:20
  Premier League striker Romelu Lukaku has been arrested over "excessive noise" at a property in Beverly Hills, California.The 24-year-old, who is thought to be on the verge of a £75m move from Everton to Manchester United, was arrested at about 8pm on Sunday after officers had given him "verbal warnings".A statement from the Beverly Hills Police Department said the Belgian international has been ordered to appear at a court in Los Angeles on 2 October.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn gives more power to new Labour party members

  08-07-2017 22:00
  
  Jeremy Corbyn watches the parade during the Durham Miners’ Gala on Saturday with the film director Ken Loach, on right.Jeremy Corbyn has personally intervened to give greater power to thousands of new Labour members who backed his leadership.In a move that displays a fresh willingness to empower the party’s vast army of newer members, the Labour leader and his allies backed a rule change allowing many more of them to help to choose candidates in one of the key battles in next year&rs
  
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• See the amazing moment a police officer got engaged at London Pride

  08-07-2017 21:51
  
  A police officer’s girlfriend surprised her at the Pride march with a proposal.
  
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• The Force is SO strong with this baby playing with a lightsaber for the first time

  08-07-2017 21:42
  
  She might be having the best time anyone has had, ever.
  
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• Here’s what you missed at Pride in London 2017

  08-07-2017 21:30
  
  It was the biggest ever.
  
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• London Pride Makes Feelings About DUP Abundantly Clear

  08-07-2017 21:26
  
  Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital today to celebrate London Pride.A joyous carnival atmosphere prevailed, 50 years after homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK.Owen Jones even took time out to pose under it.
  
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• Surviving Pride

  08-07-2017 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spending hours on your feet in the sunshine can take its toll, so some of those taking part offered their advice.
  
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• G-20 shut Trump out on climate, strike deal on trade

  08-07-2017 21:20
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — World powers lined up against U.S. President Donald Trump on climate change, reaffirming their support for international efforts to fight global warming.
  
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• Jermain Defoe pays tribute to 'best friend' Bradley Lowery

  08-07-2017 20:54
  Striker Jermain Defoe has told Bradley Lowery that "God has you in his arms" as he paid tribute to the six-year-old football mascot.Bradley, who had a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma, died on Friday.Defoe, who played for Bradley's beloved Sunderland until the end of the season, struck up a close bond with him.
  
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• Somalia's internet outage costing country $10 million a day

  08-07-2017 20:53
  Somalia's government says a widespread internet outage that began roughly two weeks ago is costing the Horn of Africa nation about $10 million each day and is a "major disaster." The post and ...
  
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• Justin Trudeau did something a bit extra at the G20 summit

  08-07-2017 19:25
  
  The Canadian prime minister knows how to command attention.
  
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• Man proposed with ring stolen from 91-year-old widow in Birmingham

  08-07-2017 18:58
  A man who proposed to a woman with an engagement ring stolen from a 91-year-old widow has been jailed.Reid, of Berryfields Road, Sutton Coldfield, then used a gold engagement ring stolen in the burglary to propose to a woman on Christmas Eve.Jones, of Oak Close, Rubery, in Worcestershire, was caught on CCTV in a jewellery shop in Birmingham Road the morning after the raid, trying to sell items including a signet ring, watch and bracelet that belonged to the victim's late husband.
  
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• French PM says to cut tax burden by 7 billion euro as of 2018

  08-07-2017 18:52
  
  French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Saturday that the tax burden will be reduced as of next year by around 7 billion euros (6.19 billion pounds), financed by reining in spending and measures to be specified in the new budget.Philippe has said that France's objective was is to reduce the budget deficit below an EU-agreed cap of 3 percent of economic output this year."We are going to do it without increasing taxes in 2017," Philippe told a convention of LREM, President Emmanuel Macron's
  
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• May 'dismayed' at Trump pulling US out of Paris accord

  08-07-2017 18:35
  
  Theresa May has said at the G20 summit the UK is "dismayed" Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.
  
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• Exclusive - Firm part-owned by Siemens hired to help install turbines in Crimea: sources

  08-07-2017 18:33
  
  By Anton Zverev, Anastasia Lyrchikova and Gleb StolyarovMOSCOW (Reuters) - A firm part-owned by Germany's Siemens has been hired to help install electricity turbines in Crimea, a region subject to European Union sanctions barring EU firms from supplying it with energy technology, three sources close to the project told Reuters.Reuters exclusively reported earlier this week, citing sources with knowledge of the delivery, that Russia had delivered Siemens-made turbines to Crimea for use in two pow
  
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• Corbyn says he would confront Trump on climate change if he were Prime Minister

  08-07-2017 18:02
  
  Jeremy Corbyn has said he would confront Donald Trump on climate change if he were Prime Minister.The Labour leader made the comments as Prime Minister Theresa May met with the US President to discuss trade at the G20 summit in Hamburg.Mrs May did not discuss the environment during her 50-minute G20 meeting with Mr Trump, according to 10 Downing Street, but said she was "dismayed" by America's withdrawal from the Paris climate change agreement when speaking at a news conference afterwards.
  
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• Inquiry judge heckled by Grenfell survivors

  08-07-2017 17:40
  
  Sir Martin Moore-Bick, the head of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster, was heckled as he met survivors last night.
  
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• Grenfell Tower tragedy prompts increase in crews sent to high-rise fires

  08-07-2017 17:35
  London Fire Brigade has increased the number of crews it sends to blazes at high-rise flats following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.Fires at tower blocks will now see an aerial appliance automatically dispatched, the brigade said, following reports that a high ladder did not arrive at Grenfell until half-an-hour after the first crews were sent.More than 200 firefighters rescued 65 people from Grenfell Tower as the fire broke out on 14 June, with 40 fire engines sent to the scene.
  
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• Angela Merkel And Theresa May's Rhetoric On Donald Trump Couldn't Be More Different

  08-07-2017 17:23
  
  Angela Merkel has said she “deplores” Donald Trump’s “regrettable” decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement and said discussions at the ongoing G20 summit have been “difficult”.
  
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• May 'dismayed' that Trump is pulling US out of Paris accord

  08-07-2017 17:20
  Theresa May has said at the G20 summit the UK is "dismayed" Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.
  
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• All the pictures you need to see from the Pride in London parade

  08-07-2017 17:20
  
  More than 26,000 people are estimated to be taking part in the parade, and the crowd is expected to number around one million.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn helps draw record crowds to Durham Miners' Gala

  08-07-2017 17:18
  
  Jeremy Corbyn demanded an end to the public sector pay cap and a public inquiry into the ‘national catastrophe’ of the Grenfell fire.Jeremy Corbyn urged Theresa May to end the Conservative “nightmare” and call a snap general election as he addressed record crowds at a Durham Miners’ Gala hailed as a “celebration of Corbynism”.To the now-familiar chants of “Oh Je-re-my Cor-byn”, the Labour leader demanded an end to the public sector pay cap an
  
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• Almost a quarter of teachers who have qualified since 2011 have left profession

  08-07-2017 16:02
  
  Justine Greening, the education secretary, is known to be sympathetic to both relaxing the pay cap and increasing public spending on schools.Almost a quarter of the teachers who have qualified since 2011 have already left the profession, according to official figures that have prompted further concerns about the pressures on the profession.Of those who qualified in 2011 alone, close to a third (31%) had quit within five years of becoming teachers, the figures show.
  
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• Theresa May's London Pride Video Lambasted In Light Of DUP Deal.

  08-07-2017 15:40
  
  Theresa May’s attempt to honour London Pride has fallen flat in light of her voting record on gay rights and the Tory’s controversial Parliamentary deal with the DUP.In a video posted to Twitter, the Prime Minister described the event as a “joyful celebration of our values of freedom, tolerance and equality”.It captures perfectly the warmth of this wonderful city and its people.
  
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• Marrying in a hospice

  08-07-2017 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Most couples spend months, even years, preparing for their big day. But Gillian and Craig Kelly were given just an hour-and-a-half's notice before walking down the aisle in a hospice.
  
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• Woman and three children die in house fire in Bolton

  08-07-2017 15:08
  A woman and three children have died following a fire at a terraced house in Bolton, Greater Manchester.Emergency services were called to reports of the blaze in Rosamond Street in the Daubhill area of the town at around 9am.One of the youngsters was pronounced dead at the scene, while the woman and two other children died later in hospital.
  
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• Bolton House Fire Kills Three Children And One Woman

  08-07-2017 14:40
  
  Three children and a woman have died in a house fire in Bolton, police have said.
  
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• Donald Trump says he expects to strike trade deal with UK ‘very, very quickly’ – here’s what we know

  08-07-2017 14:27
  
  The US president hailed the “very special relationship” he had developed with our PM.
  
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• This transgender man documented his amazing journey on YouTube for over five years

  08-07-2017 13:30
  
  Jamie Raines decided he would document his transition on YouTube to empower others in their journey.
  
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• Indonesian state firms lure foreign funds with share in future revenue

  08-07-2017 13:27
  
  By Cindy Silviana and Eveline DanubrataJAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian state firms are courting foreign pension funds by offering a share in future revenue from toll roads, power stations and other infrastructure projects, as part of a presidential drive to secure $10 billion (7.76 billion pounds) in additional inflows.The state budget is not enough to fund President Joko Widodo's ambitious plan to expand infrastructure in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, a sprawling archipelago where the costs
  
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• Britain First Is Angry Blind Date Will Feature Lesbians

  08-07-2017 13:26
  
  Britain First appears to be outraged that Blind Date is to feature all-LGBT contestants to mark London’s Pride parade on Saturday.
  
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• Why Sgt. Pepper's has lasted the test of time

  08-07-2017 12:00
  
  The Upbeat Beatles joined us in the studio to say why they believe the album is still as popular as ever.
  
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• Donald Trump UK State Visit: US President 'Will Be Going To London'

  08-07-2017 11:58
  
  Donald Trump has said he expects a trade deal with the UK to be completed “very, very quickly” and that he will be coming to London.
  
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• Pride Not Profit

  08-07-2017 11:56
  
  Money makes the world go round yet it should be the activists marching at the front of Pride.
  
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• Ringo Starr hopes for 'peace and love' Brexit

  08-07-2017 11:53
  Ringo Starr has said he hopes Theresa May can bring "peace and love" to the UK with Brexit.Asked to choose between Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and the current Prime Minister, he replied that he hopes Mrs May is more likely to deliver as she is leading the country."I'm not political, but it's right now Theresa May in charge so let's hope it's going to be her," he said.
  
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• Equipment failings hampered London tower block fire rescue - BBC

  08-07-2017 11:32
  
  The firefighters who battled an inferno at a London apartment block that killed at least 80 people last month were hindered by equipment failings including the lack of a high ladder, the BBC reported on Saturday.More than 200 firefighters and 40 engines were sent to the 24-storey Grenfell Tower on June 14, rescuing 65 people from the devastated building.A high ladder, which might have given the fire crews a better chance of stopping the blaze from engulfing the building, did not arrive for more
  
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• EU Bosses Reveal The Fate Of Their UK Workforce Before Brexit

  08-07-2017 11:10
  
  While Brexit has plunged small businesses with European connections into uncertainty, many firms led by EU bosses remain surprisingly optimistic.
  
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• See the inspiring way this woman documented her travels on her prosthetic leg

  08-07-2017 11:08
  
  Devon Gallagher turned her prosthetic into a chalkboard, writing each of her locations on it in brightly coloured chalk and inspiring Reddit with her holiday pics.
  
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• Trump: UK deal will be done 'very quickly'

  08-07-2017 10:50
  
  President Trump met with the Prime Minister at the G20 summit.
  
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• Malala Yousafzai finishes school and joins Twitter

  08-07-2017 10:46
  Teenage Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has left school after completing her A-levels - announcing the event in her first tweet.The young activist said her achievement was "bittersweet" given that millions of girls around the world may never get to complete their education.Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 for campaigning for girls' education in her native Pakistan.
  
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• Donald Trump expects 'very powerful' US-UK trade deal

  08-07-2017 10:32
  
  US President Donald Trump has said he expects to reach a "very powerful" trade deal with Britain after it leaves the EU.Mr Trump said he expected to reach a post-Brexit trade agreement with the UK "very, very quickly" and that it would be great for both countries.
  
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• Tributes to teenage girl who died in minibus-lorry crash

  08-07-2017 10:00
  Tributes have been paid to a teenager who died when a minibus carrying school pupils collided with a bin lorry.The 14-year-old girl who lost her life has been named in reports as Holly Brown.One wrote: "Absolutely heartbroken for Holly Brown.
  
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• PM: I want free trade deals around the world

  08-07-2017 10:00
  
  Theresa May talks to Sky News about Brexit, trade, climate change and curbing terrorism before the G20 in Hamburg.
  
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• Sunderland mascot Bradley Lowery's life celebrated with applause

  08-07-2017 09:38
  
  The life of young football fan Bradley Lowery has been celebrated with a minute's applause at Sunderland's pre-season friendly at Bury.The tribute was held before kick-off, with Bury tweeting later: "Result means nothing, it's all about Bradley Lowery this evening - condolences from all at Bury FC to the Lowery family #buryfc #ripbradley".As mascot for Sunderland and England, Bradley won the hearts of thousands of football fans around the world as he fought bravely against neuroblastoma, a rare
  
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• I'm A Gay Middle Eastern Woman And Persecution Is Not What I Fear The Most

  08-07-2017 07:56
  
  Rola is a PR professional from Edmonton, Canada, currently living in London, England.
  
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• Climate change could threaten the traditional British fish and chips

  08-07-2017 07:07
  The fish in our fish and chips may be shrinking forever due to climate change, according to a marine biologist.Species such as cod, one of the most common components of the traditional British dish, could be a fifth smaller by 2050.Dr William Cheung, from the University of British Columbia in Canada, blamed the declining size on climate change, as this is reducing the level of oxygen in the ocean.
  
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• Bradley Lowery's life celebrated with applause

  08-07-2017 06:05
  
  The life of young football fan Bradley Lowery has been celebrated with a minute's applause at Sunderland's pre-season friendly at Bury.The tribute was held before kick-off, with Bury tweeting later: "Result means nothing, its all about Bradley Lowery this evening - condolences from all at Bury FC to the Lowery family #buryfc #ripbradley".As mascot for Sunderland and England, Bradley won the hearts of thousands of football fans around the world as he fought bravely against neuroblastoma, a rare f
  
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