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• Former leaders of religious sect found guilty of practicing polygamy in Canada

  24-07-2017 23:55 via theguardian.com
  Winston Blackmore, 61, one of the former bishops of a breakaway Mormon community in British Columbia, reportedly fathered at least 146 childrenA Canadian court has found two former leaders of a breakaway religious sect guilty of practicing polygamy, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said, after a decades-long attempt to arraign members of the group. Winston Blackmore and James Oler, former bishops of the breakaway Mormon community of Bountiful in south-eastern British Columbia, were found guilty by
  
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• IMF maintains global growth forecasts; China, euro zone revised higher

  24-07-2017 23:50
  The International Monetary Fund kept its growth forecasts for the world economy unchanged for this year and next, although itrevised up growth expectations for the euro zone and China.In an updated World Economic Outlook released on Monday in Kuala Lumpur, the IMF said global gross domestic product would grow 3.5 percent in 2017 and 3.6 percent in 2018, unchanged from estimates issued in April.IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in Washington that she thought the global recovery was "qu
  
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• England Women’s World Cup triumph should transform fortunes of the players

  24-07-2017 23:49 via theguardian.com
  • Exposure from victory could lead to advertising and sponsorship deals
  • Win described as ‘watershed moment’ by Anya Shrubsole and Clare ConnorThe lives of England’s World Cup-winning team and future generations of female cricketers will be transformed by the victory, according to leading agents and sport marketing experts.Anya Shrubsole, whose incredible bowling turned almost certain defeat into victory against India, said it felt like a “watershed moment&rdqu
  
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• Kem and Amber win Love Island: The Final – as it happened

  24-07-2017 23:43 via theguardian.com
  The couple fought off competition from Jamie and Camilla to be crowned king and queen of the Love Island villa. Then the show got recommissioned for another series and everyone below the line was happy! • Sun, sex and mugging off: is it wrong to be watching Love Island?10.41pm BSTSo there’s to be more Love Island next year and, based on user feedback, another liveblog just like this. Who said 2017 was all bad news? Thanks for reading everyone and see you in 2018!10.35pm BSTJudging by
  
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• Amateur boxing’s president set to be forced out amid financial turmoil

  24-07-2017 23:08 via theguardian.com
  • Allegations of financial irregularities at world governing body Aiba
  • Motion of no confidence passed against its president, Wu Ching-kuoThe president of amateur boxing’s governing body, Aiba, is set to be ousted from his position with instability and financial turmoil growing at the organisation.Wu Ching-kuo will be asked to step down after 13 members voted to pass a motion of no confidence in the president with a further two abstaining from voting at a meeting of executive co
  
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• Swansea reject second Everton bid worth £45m for Gylfi Sigurdsson

  24-07-2017 22:31 via theguardian.com
  • Swansea stand firm in £50m valuation for Iceland international
  • Everton’s initial £40m bid rejected but negotiations remain openSwansea City remain resolute in their £50m valuation of Gylfi Sigurdsson, having rejected a second bid worth up to £45m from Everton for the Iceland international.Everton had a £40m offer for the 27-year-old rejected a fortnight ago, when Sigurdsson stunned Swansea officials and team-mates by pulling out of the club&rsquo
  
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• Ben Proud follows Adam Peaty’s example as Great Britain claim two golds

  24-07-2017 21:53 via theguardian.com
  • Peaty secures second successive 100m breaststroke world title
  • Proud takes surprise first place in 50m butterfly in 22.75secThe Olympic champion Adam Peaty claimed an expected title before proving the inspiration for his Great Britain team-mate Ben Proud to secure a surprise gold medal at the world championships in Budapest on Monday night.Peaty bettered his own championship record to finish in 57.47sec but his own world record of 57.13, set last August in winning Olympic gold in Ri
  
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• Trump’s sketch of the New York skyline is going up for auction – with a starting bid of $9,000

  24-07-2017 21:46
  Trump Tower is placed right in the middle.
  
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• Angry protesters challenge police over death of Rashan Charles

  24-07-2017 21:46
  Demonstrators have brought a busy London high street to a standstill in protest at the death of a black man after a police chase.Unverified footage on social media appeared to show at least one police officer attempting to restrain Rashan Charles, 20, on the floor of a convenience store on Kingsland Road, east London, on Saturday at 1.45am.Charles was taken to Royal London hospital, where he died a short time later.
  
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• Government backs plans for new cross-London rail line

  24-07-2017 21:33
  By Emma RumneyLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government backed a new 30 billion-pound passenger rail project in and around London on Monday but told the capital it will have to provide more up-front funding for it to get off the ground.By connecting Hertfordshire, north of the capital, to Surrey in the south via a number of central London stations, it would complement the 15 billion-pound east-west Crossrail 1, which will be completed by 2019.In a statement on Monday after a meeting with London Ma
  
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• Premier League’s missing men: where have all the Scottish managers gone?

  24-07-2017 21:08 via theguardian.com
  For the first time since England’s top division rebranded there will not be a Scottish manager in charge of one of its clubs when the season gets under way. In 2011 there were seven, so why has their star fallen?It was a high point at the most curious of times. In 2011, long after Scotland’s national team had slid away from finals participation and its players had been revered in the English top flight, a mini coaching phenomenon was in play. Seven of the Premier League’s
  
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• France ready to negotiate with Google on back taxes - minister

  24-07-2017 21:07
  France is ready to negotiate a deal with Google over back taxes, budget minister Gerald Darmanin told financial daily Les Echos on Monday.A French court ruled this month that Google was not liable to pay 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in back taxes demanded by French authorities.
  
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• Liam Fox Challenged To Eat A Chlorine-Washed Chicken While In America

  24-07-2017 21:03
  International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has slammed the British media for being “obsessed” with chlorine-washed chickens after he was challenged to eat one while on a visit to the US.
  
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• Donald Trump Tells Journalist To Be 'Quiet' For Asking Awkward Questions During Photo Op

  24-07-2017 21:02
  Donald Trump has rolled his eyes, told a journalist to be “quiet” and bitterly complained about the media “breaking the code”, as he was forced to face questions he didn’t like during a staged photo op.
  
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• Martin Rowson on the Tories' new energy policy – cartoon

  24-07-2017 20:49 via theguardian.com
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• Surge in vehicles being clamped since tax disc abolition, data shows

  24-07-2017 20:36
  The percentage rise in clamping appears in a DVLA report that also shows a 159% increase in prosecutions for non-payment.The number of drivers whose vehicles are being clamped for failing to pay road tax has more than doubled since tax discs were abolished, figures show.The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA said there had been a 166% increase in wheel-clamping operations in the three years to April.
  
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• Signs warning of ‘easily startled’ police have appeared in Minneapolis

  24-07-2017 20:30
  There are at least two of the signs in the city.
  
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• Pressure on Ofcom grows to force BBC to increase diversity

  24-07-2017 20:24 via theguardian.com
  Groups call on media regulator to introduce diversity targets for number of BAME off-screen staff at BBC Ofcom, the media regulator, is facing new pressure to use its powers to force the BBC to increase the diversity of its workforce after the corporation published the pay of its top stars last week.Submissions to Ofcom, part of a consultation into how it will regulate the BBC, call on the body to introduce diversity targets for the number of BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) staff working
  
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• UK’s rail network suffering from lack of joined-up thinking | Letters

  24-07-2017 20:23
  The transport secretary’s announcement (Fury as soaring cost halts electrification, 21 July) is disastrous for the UK – on economic, social and environmental grounds.It is a further sign that this government has no real interest in the economy and communities anywhere but London and the south-east.This is a particularly disastrous decision for Sheffield.
  
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• Lemonade raid wasn’t part of the program | Brief letters

  24-07-2017 20:22
  Andre Spicer photographed his five-year-old daughter’s lemonade stand before it was shut down by Tower Hamlets council.About 30 years ago I wrote a computer-simulated lemonade stall for primary schoolchildren.Included in the model were potential disasters like thunderstorms and competition from cheaper stalls nearby, but we failed to include a fine from a zealous trading standards officer (Girl fined £150 for running lemonade stall, 22 July).
  
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• Charlie Gard's parents end legal fight as 'time runs out'

  24-07-2017 20:20
  Charlie Gard's parents have paid tribute to their "absolute warrior" after withdrawing their application to take their terminally ill baby to the US for treatment.In an emotional statement outside High Court, Chris Gard and Connie Yates said their son could have been a "normal, healthy boy" if their attempts to access experimental therapy for Charlie had not been blocked by the courts."All we wanted to do was take Charlie from one world-renowned hospital to another," Mr Yates said.
  
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• Those who failed Sarah Reed must be held to account | Lee Jasper

  24-07-2017 20:17 via theguardian.com
  Her tragic death was entirely avoidable. Though she had a mental illness, her treatment in Holloway prison was harsh and she took her own life• Lee Jasper is a member of the Sarah Reed Justice CampaignThere were from time to time gasps, cries and exclamations coming from the public, the family and the jury as we sat through Sarah Reed’s inquest at the City Of London coroner’s court, which ended last week.Sarah died on 11 January 2016 while on remand at Holloway women’
  
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• The Guardian view on the single market: a viable Brexit path | Editorial

  24-07-2017 20:15 via theguardian.com
  The referendum mandate leaves many possible avenues for interpretation. None should be closed off prematurelyThe instruction expressed by last year’s referendum does not get more detailed over time. It was as precise and as vague as the question on the ballot paper. A slim majority backed exit from the EU, but anything beyond that is a matter of interpretation.There is no precedent. There are European countries that have close economic and political ties to the bloc without full membership
  
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• Nelson Mandela book withdrawn after outrage from widow

  24-07-2017 20:14 via theguardian.com
  Graça Machel had threatened legal action over book by Mandela’s doctor revealing family disputes over his careA new book detailing Nelson Mandela’s last days has been withdrawn after it was condemned by his widow, the publisher Penguin Random House has announced.The book by Mandela’s physician, Vejay Ramlakan, was released last week to coincide with the late South African anti-apartheid leader’s birthday, 18 July, which is marked each year as Mandela Day. Continue
  
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• Anya Shrubsole: ‘It is quite hard to remember everything that happened’

  24-07-2017 20:02 via theguardian.com
  England’s hero from the Women’s World Cup final victory over India says she was so focused during the match the scale of her achievement took time to sink inThe power of recall among sports people is a peculiar thing. Perhaps it is because their work relies on reaction and instinct but many are prone to misremembering their own spectacular feats: forgetting dates, venues or even the details of the performance itself. For example, in cricket, it is common for batsmen looking back on t
  
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• Tesco to extend same-day online delivery service across UK

  24-07-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Service will cover more than 99% of UK households, says supermarket as fears grow over Amazon’s foray into groceries marketTesco is going head to head with Amazon by extending its same-day online grocery delivery service across the UK.Britain’s biggest supermarket chain said on Monday that the service, which is only available in London and rest of the south-east, will now be rolled out across the country, covering “over 99% of UK households”. Continue reading...
  
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• The IMF is right to downgrade its forecast for the UK | Larry Elliott and Nils Pratley

  24-07-2017 19:50 via theguardian.com
  It failed to spot the financial crisis coming – so it’s right to be cautious about the strength of the British and US economiesThree months before the start of the biggest financial crisis since the Wall Street Crash, the International Monetary Fund confidently predicted that the world economy looked “well set” for robust growth in 2007 and 2008. Sure, there were risks, said the IMF, but these seemed less threatening in April 2007 than six months previously.The IMF was no
  
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• Euro 2017: Mark Sampson’s England enjoy benefits of thorough homework

  24-07-2017 19:48 via theguardian.com
  • Lionesses top Group D with two wins from two matches
  • Victory over Spain was based on meticulous preparationMark Sampson’s England are arguably football’s equivalent of the ‘Straight A’ students whose assiduous revision camouflages the reality that they are not necessarily the most naturally brilliant pupils.The Lionesses have done so much homework, so meticulously, that they feel confident of answering any tactical or stylistic question thrown at them during
  
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• Missing airman's family baffled by police decision to end search

  24-07-2017 19:45
  Missing airman's family baffled by police decision to end search
  
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• Charlie's father breaks down as he reads out statement

  24-07-2017 19:45
  Charlie's father breaks down as he reads out statement
  
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• The Tories are still clinging to Poldark’s bleak vision of capitalism | Paul Mason

  24-07-2017 19:41 via theguardian.com
  In the BBC’s dramatisation of 18th-century Cornwall, the masses are ruthlessly exploited and easily suppressed. Now, 200 years on, the ruling elite are facing a generation that is not so easily defeatedThe BBC drama series Poldark is becoming eerily relevant to our times. The hero, George Warleggan – a dashing banker and mining entrepreneur – has succeeded in stripping away all obstacles to free-market economics and stands on the brink of a political career. In pursuit of socia
  
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• Bank of England warns of complacency over big rise in personal debt

  24-07-2017 19:40 via theguardian.com
  Banks, credit card companies and car loan providers told they face action against reckless lendingThe Bank of England has told banks, credit card companies and car loan providers that they risk fresh action against reckless lending as it warned of a looming “spiral of complacency” about mounting consumer debt.In its toughest warning yet about the possibility of a rerun of the financial crisis that devastated the economy 10 years ago, Threadneedle Street admitted it was alarmed about
  
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• Corrie McKeague's mother criticises 'ridiculous' decision to halt search

  24-07-2017 19:35
  The mother of missing RAF gunner Corrie McKeague has said she is considering taking out an injunction to stop police filling in a landfill site where they have been searching for her son's body.Police began a search of Milton landfill site in Cambridgeshire, after CCTV footage showed the 23-year-old entering a bin loading bay, leading them to believe he could have been brought to the site in a waste lorry.Talking about the search for her son, Nicola Urquhart, herself a PC with Police Scotland, t
  
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• Transfer round-up: West Ham seal £16m swoop for Javier Hernández

  24-07-2017 19:32 via theguardian.com
  • Former Manchester United striker signs three-year deal
  • Federico Bernardeschi moves to Juventus from FiorentinaWest Ham have completed the signing of Javier Hernández from Bayer Leverkusen for £16m. The 29-year-old former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker has signed a three-year contract with the Hammers. Related: Transfer window 2017 – every deal in Europe's top five leaguesContinue reading...
  
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• Great Ormond Street hits out at US doctor over Charlie Gard

  24-07-2017 19:29
  Great Ormond Street Hospital has accused an American doctor of giving the parents of Charlie Gard false hope in their fight over treatment of their terminally ill baby.The hospital said in a statement that it would be giving "careful thought" to what it can learn from the "bruising" court fight, after Charlie's parents withdrew their application to take him to the US for treatment.Michio Hirano offered to help Chris Gard and Connie Yates in their fight and travelled to London last week to examin
  
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• London police given 1,000 acid response kits after surge in attacks

  24-07-2017 19:26 via theguardian.com
  Fire brigade to attend calls alongside police to help treat victims, as services step up action on crimes involving corrosive liquidsPolice officers in London are being issued with 1,000 acid attack response kits after a rise in the number of crimes involving corrosive liquids. Rapid response police cars will now carry the kits, which include protective gear and five-litre bottles of water, to allow officers to give immediate treatment to victims sprayed with acid.The London fire brigade will re
  
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• Tearful parents of UK baby Charlie Gard agree to let him die

  24-07-2017 19:25
  By Michael HoldenLONDON (Reuters) - The parents of Charlie Gard tearfully gave up their legal battle to keep their terminally ill baby alive on Monday, saying his condition had deteriorated too far for any possible recovery, in a case they said had touched the world."Charlie did have a real chance of getting better.Now we will never know what would have happened if he got treatment."Charlie has a rare genetic condition causing progressive muscle weakness and brain damage and his parents had soug
  
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• The New Triple Lock: Youth Unemployment

  24-07-2017 19:24
  Kate felt that the job interview with Razor Digital was going really well.
  
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• BBC to fill Glastonbury gap with own music event across UK

  24-07-2017 19:24 via theguardian.com
  In 2018, Glastonbury’s fallow year, broadcaster will hold ‘biggest single music event it has ever hosted’The BBC is aiming to fill the void left by Glastonbury festival’s gap year in 2018 by holding its own music event at venues in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.The corporation will hold the Biggest Weekend at four sites across the UK with 175,000 tickets available to the public. Continue reading...
  
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• Media is 'obsessed' with chlorine-washed chicken, says Liam Fox

  24-07-2017 19:22 via theguardian.com
  Trade secretary says issue is a ‘detail’ in lengthy trade talks with US as controversy grows over food standards post-BrexitLiam Fox, the trade secretary, has accused the media of being obsessed with safety concerns about chlorine-washed chicken being sold in Britain as part of a potential trade deal with the US after Brexit. The controversy overshadowed the first day of Fox’s trip to Washington, amid worries that a trade deal with America could lead to imports of food with low
  
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• Media is 'obsessed' with chlorine-washed chicken, says Liam Fox

  24-07-2017 19:22
  The issue of chlorinated chickens has risen to prominence before a US visit by Liam Fox to talk about the prospect of a post-Brexit trade deal.Liam Fox, the trade secretary, has accused the media of being obsessed with safety concerns about chlorine-washed chicken being sold in Britain as part of a potential trade deal with the US after Brexit.The controversy overshadowed the first day of Fox’s trip to Washington, amid worries that a trade deal with America could lead to imports of food wi
  
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• Changing gender

  24-07-2017 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  As government plans to make it easier, Reality Check asked what it means to change gender in law.
  
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• Turkish journalist defends press freedom as grand trial begins

  24-07-2017 19:01 via theguardian.com
  Hundreds of protesters gather at court as 17 employees of Cumhuriyet newspaper stand trial on charges of aiding terroristsA top Turkish correspondent delivered a powerful defence of press freedom as he took the stand in the largest trial of journalists in the country, saying he was being punished for doing his job and criticising Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism.
  Kadri Gürsel, one of 17 journalists, lawyers and executives from Cumhuriyet, Turkey’s oldest newspaper, who are s
  
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• Keir Starmer in talks for role with law firm that represented Gina Miller

  24-07-2017 19:01
  Keir Starmer is considering a paid role with law firm Mishcon de Reya.The shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, is in talks over a possible role with the law firm that represented Gina Miller in her court battle with the government over article 50.Starmer, a barrister and director of public prosecutions before he entered parliament, is discussing the possibility of the paid advisory role with Mishcon de Reya, the firm said.
  
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• Transport secretary's backing for Crossrail 2 sparks anger outside London

  24-07-2017 18:59 via theguardian.com
  Chris Grayling’s support for rail line prompts claims government has abandoned ambitions to rebalance economyThe transport secretary, Chris Grayling, has declared his support for Crossrail 2, alleviating fears in London that the project could be shelved but sparking anger outside the capital after he announced last week that rail electrification schemes would be cut elsewhere.Grayling’s call for a fresh public consultation on Crossrail 2, a new commuter rail line running north-south
  
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• Transport secretary's Crossrail 2 backing provokes anger outside London

  24-07-2017 18:59
  The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, has declared his support for Crossrail 2, alleviating fears in London that the project could be shelved but sparking anger outside the capital after he announced last week that rail electrification schemes would be cut elsewhere.Grayling’s call for a fresh public consultation on Crossrail 2, a new commuter rail line running north-south across the capital, was greeted with relief by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, who said the project was “essent
  
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• Transport secretary's backing for Crossrail 2 sparks anger outside London

  24-07-2017 18:59
  The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, has declared his support for Crossrail 2, alleviating fears in London that the project could be shelved but sparking anger outside the capital after he announced last week that rail electrification schemes would be cut elsewhere.Grayling’s call for a fresh public consultation on Crossrail 2, a new commuter rail line running north-south across the capital, was greeted with relief by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, who said the project was “essent
  
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• If the government takes no notice, what is the point of government inspections?

  24-07-2017 18:57 via theguardian.com
  A new report into the desperate state of youth jails brings to mind similar findings of studies 30 years ago. Yet, nothing has changed ...What is the point of government inspections? Why waste money on them? Not that there’s anything wrong with inspectors. They often expose dreadful goings on in various institutions, but our governments take not a blind bit of notice. We have had some top notch inspectors of prisons: diligent, scrupulous, forthright, outraged, but have our prisons improved
  
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• What is shrinkflation and does it mean you’re getting less chocolate?

  24-07-2017 18:55
  In short: yes. Sob.
  
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• Brexit means leaving the single market and the customs union. Here’s why | Barry Gardiner

  24-07-2017 18:55 via theguardian.com
  The 52% who voted to leave the EU would consider it a con if Britain was out of Europe but still subservient to its laws and institutions• Barry Gardiner is shadow trade secretaryMost trade agreements arise from a desire to liberalise trade – making it easier to sell goods and services into one another’s markets. Brexit will not. Brexit arose from key political, rather than trade, objectives: to have control over our borders, to have sovereignty over our laws, not to submit to t
  
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