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• Harry Styles tells reporters at Dunkirk premiere he might retire from acting

  13-07-2017 23:53
  Harry Styles has revealed he is contemplating retiring from acting after just one film.One Direction singer Styles takes his first major acting role in Dunkirk, which is billed as a visceral portrayal of the historic events by Batman director Christopher Nolan.Styles, who has just been overtaken by Niall Horan as the most popular member of One Direction on Twitter, was joined by Prince Harry on the red carpet.
  
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• Ben Currie try boosts Warrington’s hopes of top-eight finish in win over Wigan

  13-07-2017 23:46 via theguardian.com
  
  • Wigan 10-16 Warrington
  • Forward helps secure victory on return after long period out with knee injuryBen Currie marked his return after a long injury nightmare with the winning try as Warrington kept alive their faint hopes of a top-eight finish and spoiled Sean O’Loughlin’s 400th Wigan appearance.Last season’s Grand Finalists knew anything other than victory here would consign them to this summer’s Qualifiers, where they would face the Championship’s b
  
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• 'When are we going to get justice?'

  13-07-2017 23:45
  
  Almost one month on from the fire, Grenfell Tower survivors confronted the council and police.
  
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• Juventus's Leonardo Bonucci set to join Milan in shock move

  13-07-2017 23:42 via theguardian.com
  
  • Italy defender wants to leave after seven years in Turin• Bonucci and manager Max Allegri fell out during last seasonThe Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci is on the verge of a shock move to their Serie A rivals Milan. The Italian international, who has been with the Turin club for seven years, is in advanced talks with the Milanese club and is hopeful of concluding a deal before the weekend.Bonucci, regarded as one of the best defenders in the world, has not always seen eye to eye w
  
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• Sceptical Grenfell residents create own missing list

  13-07-2017 23:38
  Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are drawing up their own lists of people found safe, missing and presumed dead because of a lack of trust in the authorities in charge of the investigation.Mahad Egal and his family lived on the fourth floor of the tower and managed to escape the blaze.Since that night, Mr Egal has spent every day knocking on doors, asking residents for information and collating any details he has into a list that he says is more reliable than that of the police.
  
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• Donald Trump caught on tape declaring ‘beautiful’ Brigitte Macron to be ‘in such good shape’

  13-07-2017 23:36
  
  Trump is in Paris this week after being invited by the French President to mark Bastille Day.
  
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• Roger Federer looks untouchable as old injuries do for his younger rivals | Kevin Mitchell

  13-07-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The Swiss is on course for his eighth Wimbledon title and Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic might benefit likewise from a long break from tennisRoger Federer wrote the book on survival in the tennis jungle. As the 35-year-old Swiss contemplates the challenge of becoming the oldest finalist here since Ken Rosewall 43 years ago, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, who were cut down so cruelly by injury and the stress of a physical sport in the quarter-finals, could do worse than heed his example and walk
  
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• Manchester United expect Real Madrid to renew interest in David de Gea

  13-07-2017 23:29 via theguardian.com
  
  • United determined to reject bid for 26-year-old goalkeeper
  • Spanish club attempted to sign De Gea two years agoManchester United expect David de Gea to be the subject of another Real Madrid bid this summer despite their determined stance that the goalkeeper will not be sold.Real are aware of United’s position but are undeterred and may soon indicate their desire to prise the 26-year-old away from Old Trafford. Continue reading...
  
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• England’s Joe Root eager for South Africa to provide stiffer challenges

  13-07-2017 23:26 via theguardian.com
  
  • Captain wants batsmen to ‘get bit between their teeth’ more often
  • Retains faith in Gary Ballance to come good at No3 in second Test
  Joe Root admitted a small part of him is looking forward to greater challenges as the England captain, with the expectation South Africa will show their true colours when the Test series resumes in Nottingham on Friday.Root enjoyed an ideal start to his Test captaincy at Lord’s last week, scoring 190 in the first innings before his si
  
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• Man admits to killing four youths who went missing in Pennsylvania

  13-07-2017 23:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawyer for Cosmo DiNardo, 20, says he is ready to plead guilty to four counts of first-degree murder after the body of one of four missing men was foundA man who was a person of interest in the search for four missing men in Pennsylvania has admitted to killing them and told authorities the location of their bodies, his defense attorney said Thursday.The lawyer, Paul Lang, said that his client, Cosmo DiNardo, 20, was ready to plead guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. Lang says prosecut
  
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• US approves oil drilling in Alaska waters, prompting fears for marine life

  13-07-2017 23:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Italian company plans to drill four exploration wells in the Arctic, which some say will endanger polar bears, bowhead whales and other marine mammalsAn Italian multinational oil and gas company has received permission to move ahead with drilling plans in federal waters off Alaska which environmental campaigners say will endanger polar bears, bowhead whales and other marine mammals.Late on Wednesday, the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced conditional approval of an exploratory d
  
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• Evermore: ravens can plan for the future, scientists say

  13-07-2017 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Swedish experiment shows the notoriously brilliant bird has capacity to think ahead, an ability previously documented only in humans and great apes
  Scientists from Sweden say ravens are able to think about the future, showing a general planning ability previously documented only in people and great apes.Researchers Can Kabadayi and Mathias Osvath, of Lund University, tested five captive ravens in two tasks they do not do in the wild: using tools and bartering with humans. The results were publis
  
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• Pay-per-mile road tax plan wins £250,000 Wolfson economics prize

  13-07-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Prizewinner Gergely Raccuja, 27, aims to scrap vehicle tax and fuel duty to help fund all road repairs with more eco-friendly scheme collected by insurersA graduate transport planner has won a £250,000 prize for a plan to improve Britain’s ailing roads with a proposal to scrap fuel and vehicle taxes and replace them with a pay-per-mile charging scheme.The scheme would reward users of lighter, cleaner vehicles and ensure a steady stream of revenue to the exchequer (pdf), with the &pou
  
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• City regulator plans rule change to allow Saudi oil giant's $2tn float in London

  13-07-2017 22:59 via theguardian.com
  
  As Aramco decides where to sell shares, FCA proposes controversial changes to pave way for LSE listing The City regulator is proposing to water down stock market rules in a move regarded as an attempt to attract the world’s biggest ever flotation – of Saudi Aramco, the Gulf kingdom’s state oil company – to London.The proposals by the Financial Conduct Authority come asAramco weighs up which financial centre to pick for the sale of 5% of its shares. The company could be va
  
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• Johanna Konta can take solace in defeat from Virginia Wade’s early SW19 losses | Jacob Steinberg

  13-07-2017 22:46 via theguardian.com
  
  History tends to forget that Britain’s last victor in the Wimbledon women’s tournament lost her first two semi-finalsFirst you have to suffer. The unspoken rule for any British hopeful striving to scratch the nation’s itch at Wimbledon is that the journey is never complete until they have dragged themselves off a deflated Centre Court at the end of their semi-final debut with sympathetic applause ringing in their ears, their bottom lip quivering and that lump in their throat th
  
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• Watch Harry Styles in the new Dunkirk trailer

  13-07-2017 22:40
  
  Harry Styles features in the new Dunkirk trailer released by Warner Bros.
  
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• Steve Bell on Theresa May's great repeal bill – cartoon

  13-07-2017 22:37 via theguardian.com
  
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• Moon Express in race against time

  13-07-2017 22:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Commercial space company says it is still on track to land on the moon and bag Google’s $20m prize before the end of 2017Moon Express, a private company founded in California in 2010, is living up to its name. This week in Washington DC, its chief executive, Bob Richards, said it was still on course to launch its lander by the end of the year.To do this means sticking to a tight schedule. Moon Express is currently building the lander, termed the MX-1E, and hopes to be finished by the end o
  
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• Corbyn: Parliament must scrutinise Brexit

  13-07-2017 22:10
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Government of trying to bypass MPs by publishing the Repeal Bill.
  
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• Theresa May 'acting like Henry VIII' with Great Repeal Bill powers

  13-07-2017 22:09
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused Theresa May of acting like Henry VIII by using the Great Repeal Bill to bypass Parliament.Mr Corbyn said the central plank of the Government's Brexit strategy gave it the power to "tear up important regulations" without MPs' say.Mr Corbyn told Sky News: "We are presented with a bill from a Government that doesn't have a majority.
  
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• Trump offers hand of friendship to Macron on Paris visit

  13-07-2017 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
  US and French presidents appear to want to put aside differences on climate change and cooperate on Syria and terrorismDonald Trump has made a gushing show of friendship to the French leader, Emmanuel Macron, saying the two countries had an “unbreakable bond” and pledging to draw up a road map for post-conflict Syria and asserting that the two leaders could work together despite clear differences on climate change.But when he appeared alongside Macron under the golden chandeliers of
  
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• Donald Trump offers hand of friendship to Emmanuel Macron on Paris visit

  13-07-2017 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
  US and French presidents appear to want to put aside differences on climate change and cooperate on Syria and terrorismDonald Trump has made a gushing show of friendship to the French leader, Emmanuel Macron, saying the two countries had an “unbreakable bond” , pledging to draw up a road map for post-conflict Syria, and asserting that the two leaders could work together despite clear differences on climate change.But when he appeared alongside Macron under the golden chandeliers of t
  
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• U.S. doctor says 'small but significant' chance of helping baby Charlie Gard

  13-07-2017 21:57
  
  By Michael HoldenLONDON (Reuters) - A U.S. doctor offering experimental treatment to a critically ill British baby could fly to London in the next few days in a bid to help persuade a judge not to allow a hospital to turn off his life support.The parents of 11-month-old Charlie Gard have been fighting a legal battle to send their son to the United States for the experimental therapy, but Britain's courts have refused permission on the grounds it would prolong his suffering without any realistic
  
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• Corbyn: We represent 13 million Labour voters in EU

  13-07-2017 21:40
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is meeting the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier,.
  
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• Brexit bill to cause constitutional clash with Scotland and Wales

  13-07-2017 21:26
  
  Nicola Sturgeon meets the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier.Sturgeon said the bill was a Westminster ‘power grab’.Theresa May appeared to be heading for an explosive constitutional clash over Brexit on Thursday, after the Scottish and Welsh governments said they could not support the great repeal bill – the key proposals drawn up to extricate Britain from the European Union.
  
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• US PGA Championship set for UK TV blackout after Sky loses live rights

  13-07-2017 21:24 via theguardian.com
  
  • Tournament officials say new media model is wanted
  • Mikko Ilonen leads Scottish Open after first-round 65The final major of the golfing year is set for a live television blackout in the UK after it emerged Sky Sports had lost the rights to the US PGA Championship.The PGA of America, which runs the tournament, confirmed that Sky’s deal – which had run for a decade – has not been renewed because a completely different media model is being pursued. Continue reading...
  
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• Sky faces golf embarrassment after losing rights to next month’s US PGA

  13-07-2017 21:24 via theguardian.com
  
  • Tournament officials say new media model is wanted
  • Mikko Ilonen leads Scottish Open after first-round 65Sky Sports has lost the rights to the US PGA Championship, which takes place at Quail Hollow next month, in what marks an embarrassment to the broadcaster just days after it announced the launch of a dedicated golf channel.The PGA of America, which runs the tournament, confirmed that Sky’s deal – which had run for a decade – has not been renewed because a comple
  
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• Trump publicly defends Trump Jr: 'Most people would have taken that meeting'

  13-07-2017 21:22 via theguardian.com
  
  President tells Paris press conference Trump Jr is ‘wonderful young man’Trump ignored question on whether his son should have contacted FBIDonald Trump has defended his son in public over his meeting with a Russian lawyer last year, telling a press conference in Paris “most people would have taken that meeting” and ignoring questions about whether offers of political assistance from potential agents of foreign governments should be reported to the FBI. Related: Full text
  
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• Daniel Levy’s iron fist controls Tottenham’s transfer balancing act | David Hytner

  13-07-2017 21:13 via theguardian.com
  
  With an £800m stadium to build and a low wage ceiling Spurs face a challenge to upgrade their team even with £50m from the imminent sale of Kyle WalkerOf all the tributes to Daniel Levy and his iron-fist-in-the-iron-glove negotiating style Sir Alex Ferguson’s is surely the most memorable. Dealing with the Tottenham Hotspur chairman, Ferguson recalled, “was more painful than my hip replacement”. It should be noted, too, that Ferguson got what he wanted from Levy. Des
  
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• Readers recommend: share songs about being stuck or trapped

  13-07-2017 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Make your nomination in the comments and a reader will pick the best eligible tracks for a playlist next week – you have until Monday 17 JulyWe’re in a tight spot this week – and looking for your suggestions where songs speak of being stuck or trapped: physically or metaphorically, of course. Keep an eye on the comments for more on how to interpret the theme.
  You have until 11pm on Monday 17 July to post your nomination and make your justification. Regular RR contributor Scott
  
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• Betsy DeVos meets sexual assault survivors after her deputy apologizes

  13-07-2017 20:42
  
  Following months of silence on whether she will continue the Obama administration’s aggressive attempt to reduce campus sexual violence, Trump education secretary Betsy DeVos met on Thursday with survivors of sexual assault, dozens of college administrators and some who say those policies caused them to be falsely accused and punished.The private sessions took place under a cloud, after DeVos’s deputy in charge of civil rights dismissed the majority of sexual assault investigations h
  
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• Charlie Gard's parents storm out of court after disagreement with judge

  13-07-2017 20:40
  
  Mr Justice Francis, who made the original ruling back in April that "in the best interests of Charlie" his life support machine should be switched off, later apologised to his parents in court."If there is important evidence which suggests that I should change my decision then I will change it," Judge Nicholas Francis told the packed courtroom in central London.Charlie suffers from a rare genetic disorder called mitochondrial depletion syndrome which affects the cells' ability to generate energy
  
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• British peer gets 12 weeks in jail for racist threat to Brexit challenger

  13-07-2017 20:37
  
  By Alistair SmoutLONDON (Reuters) - A British aristocrat was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison on Thursday for racially aggravated threats to a woman who mounted a legal challenge to the government's plans to trigger Brexit.Rhodri Philipps, who inherited the title viscount from his father, offered 5,000 pounds on Facebook to anyone who "accidentally" ran over Gina Miller, whom he described as a "bloody troublesome first generation immigrant".Miller received death threats after her campaign to forc
  
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• Donald Trump's Defence Of His Son Has One Massive Glaring Hole

  13-07-2017 20:27
  
  Donald Trump has defended his son in person for the first time over a meeting with a Russian lawyer, the details of which were made public by Don Jr when he tweeted a series of emails on Tuesday.
  
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• Post-Brexit London is open for business (no matter how grubby)

  13-07-2017 20:21 via theguardian.com
  
  The City watchdog’s rewriting of the premium listing rules to accommodate a potential mega-listing in London of Aramco is deplorableNow we know how the City will be kept open for business after Brexit. If a foreign government, in this case Saudi Arabia’s royal family, doesn’t like the rules in London, the UK is happy to be flexible.For some, the Financial Conduct Authority’s proposed rewrite of the listing rules to woo state-backed companies is a fuss about nothing. Aramc
  
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• University vice-chancellors are paid too much, says Lord Adonis

  13-07-2017 20:20
  
  Andrew Adonis says the highly paid should set an example at a time of pay restraint.The government is facing pressure to investigate the high salaries awarded to university vice-chancellors amid accusations that students’ tuition fees are being used to inflate the pay packets of senior management.Andrew Adonis, the former education minister, called for an inquiry in the House of Lords as he criticised the “serious controversy” of salary increases awarded to Glynis Breakwell, th
  
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• Lewis Hamilton defends controversial no-show at F1 London event

  13-07-2017 20:14 via theguardian.com
  
  • Briton takes short break in Greece to prepare for home GP
  • ‘The goal is to win the British Grand Prix,’ says Mercedes driverLewis Hamilton remains defiant about his decision not to attend the Formula One event held in London as a precursor to Sunday’s British Grand Prix. He was the only one of the 20 drivers not to take part, instead opting to take a two-day holiday in Greece as the best way to prepare.When Hamilton’s name was announced at the F1 show in Traf
  
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• Godolphin put Frontiersman on course for King George at Ascot

  13-07-2017 20:12 via theguardian.com
  
  • Hawkbill wins Group race at Newmarket but set to be rested• Runner-up more likely of pair to chase the big prize“When you first see him, you think he’s a bit mad,” James Doyle said after the Princess of Wales’s Stakes here on Thursday, “but that’s just how he is.” The horse in question was Hawkbill, who was, as so often, a free-sweating, jig-jogging bundle of nerves before the day’s feature event but then a different beast entirely once
  
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• Dementia and Alzheimer’s main cause of death for women, says Public Health England

  13-07-2017 20:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Female life expectancy is now 83 years but many women will spend a quarter of their lives in ill-health, finds reportAlzheimer’s disease and dementia are the biggest cause of death among women, according to a government report on the state of the nation’s health.Related: Don’t dread old age. I’m 94, and I won’t spend my last years in fear of the Tories | Harry Leslie SmithContinue reading...
  
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• EU's Barnier briefs May's opponents on Brexit

  13-07-2017 20:02
  
  By Alastair MacdonaldBRUSSELS (Reuters) - British opposition chief Jeremy Corbyn and the leaders of Scotland and Wales met the EU's Brexit negotiator in Brussels on Thursday as the London government launched legislation to cut ties with the European Union.
  
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• Scientists discover brain's neural switch for becoming an alpha male

  13-07-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Timid mice turn bold after their ‘alpha’ circuit is stimulated as results show ‘winner effect’ lingers on and mechanism may be similar in humans
  Brash, brawny and keen to impose their will on anyone who enters their sphere of existence: the alpha male in action is unmistakable.
  Now scientists claim to have pinpointed the biological root of domineering behaviour. New research has located a brain circuit that, when activated in mice, transformed timid individuals into bold
  
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• 1930s Australia: the art deco designs ushering in a brave new world – in pictures

  13-07-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The 1930s were a time of rapid modernisation in Australia, with construction and engineering feats, such as fast rail and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, butting up against the political and social upheaval of the Great Depression and the second world war. A new exhibition at NGV Australia, Brave New World: Australia 1930s, highlights how Australian artists and designers captured this moment in history. The exhibition spans photography, painting, sculpture, design, architecture and fashion and featur
  
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• The Guardian view on the repeal bill: bad for Brexit, bad for democracy | Editorial

  13-07-2017 19:55 via theguardian.com
  
  The government is treating parliament with contempt. MPs must assert their right to influence the terms of Britain’s departure from the EU“I don’t hear whistling, just the clock ticking,” Michel Barnier, the European commission’s lead Brexit negotiator, said this week. It was a riposte to Boris Johnson’s crass contribution to the debate over the UK’s financial liabilities to Brussels with the suggestion that the EU could “go whistle&rdquo
  
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• More patients waiting too long in A&E despite it being NHS priority

  13-07-2017 19:45
  
  A&E departments in England and Wales are supposed to treat 95% of patients within four hours.The NHS is taking longer to treat patients attending accident and emergency departments despite ministers and health officials making A&E waiting times a top priority.The latest official NHS performance figures show that in May, hospital-based A&E units in England treated just 84.6% of patients within their four-hour target time, despite a requirement to treat 95% within that time.
  
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• Reject the chancers and their fantasy visions of post-Brexit trade | Martin Kettle

  13-07-2017 19:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Too much debate is underpinned by false and grandiose claims about future deals. Time for a reality check
  • Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnistYou can pick your own metaphor, for there are plenty to choose from. Falling apart like a chocolate orange was the auditor general’s image of choice today. You may prefer collapsing like a house of cards, wheels coming off the wagon, wickets tumbling like an England batting collapse, and many others. Any of them would now serve to describe wh
  
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• Meet Southern's Twitter sensation

  13-07-2017 19:40
  
  A 15-year-old boy has gone viral during his work experience placement at Southern Rail.
  
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• Gard family spokesman wells up at court

  13-07-2017 19:40
  
  Charlie Gard's family spokesman welled up as he read a statement at the High Court, saying the boy's parents would keep fighting.
  
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• England’s Joe Root urges seam attack to dismantle South Africa

  13-07-2017 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  • Captain ready to unleash Broad and Anderson on touring batsmen
  • ‘I think we’re in great shape,’ says YorkshiremanJoe Root senses his pedigree seam attack will have conditions to suit against South Africa on their return to a favourite hunting ground at Trent Bridge.Stuart Broad will be back on his home turf on Friday, for the first time in a Test since the greatest performance of his career – his eight for 15 in England’s Ashes-clinching innings victory
  
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• Moon Dust From Apollo 11 Up For Sale

  13-07-2017 19:38
  
  The bag Neil Armstrong used to collect moon dust during the first lunar landing, along with other items linked to space travel, is being sold at Sotheby's New York to mark the 48th anniversary of the first lunar landing. (July 13)
  
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• Southern Rail intern Eddie tipped for Prime Minister job

  13-07-2017 19:35
  A work experience pupil known only as Eddie been tipped as the next Prime Minister after he became a social media sensation for Southern Rail.In an interview with Sky News, the 15-year-old said he found it "very amusing" to be tipped for Theresa May's job by fellow Twitter users, but didn't know "how well that would go down with the Conservative Party".The teenager became an overnight star this week when he was put in charge of Southern Rail's Twitter account and tasked with answering questions
  
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