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• Snap ends down slightly in brisk trade on lockup expiry

  31-07-2017 23:38
  By Sinead CarewNEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Snap Inc , owner of the Snapchat messaging app, had their busiest trading day in two and a half months in a volatile session on Monday, as early investors could sell their shares for the first time since its March market debut.The stock pared losses to close down 1 percent at $13.67, after falling as much as 5.1 percent and hitting a fresh record low following the expiration of a trading lockup.It ended the day about 54 percent below its March 3 intr
  
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• Los Angeles reaches deal over hosting 2028 Summer Olympics

  31-07-2017 23:27 via theguardian.com
  Paris expected to land 2024 Games after Tokyo hosts in 2020IOC president Thomas Bach welcomes LA’s decisionLos Angeles has accepted a deal to stage the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games – which means that the 2024 Games will be heading to Paris.The Los Angeles Organising Committee confirmed that it had signed a contract with the International Olympic Committee that will see it given £1.8bn to compensate it for stepping aside until 2028 and to help it increase participation for
  
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• CJ Ujah in the mood to rain on Usain Bolt’s retirement parade

  31-07-2017 22:32 via theguardian.com
  CJ Ujah feels the Jamaican legend has lost his edge before his world championships farewell and believes he is among those who could beat himCJ Ujah will compete over 100m at the World Championships this week in a stadium only 10 miles from where he was born in Enfield, north London, but he is under no illusions that he will benefit from home advantage.The presence of Usain Bolt, contesting for the final time an event he has dominated for almost a decade, will negate any patriotic fervour among
  
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• PSG make plans for unveiling ahead of £197m deal for Barcelona’s Neymar

  31-07-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  • Paris Saint-Germain hope to conclude world record deal this week
  • Five-year contract for forward has been ready for several daysParis Saint-Germain are so confident of signing Neymar that they were on Monday preparing his unveiling. They hope to conclude a deal this week to buy the forward from Barcelona for a world record £197m, the Brazilian’s release clause.A five-year contract has been ready for several days and just needs to be signed. When PSG bought Zlatan Ibrahim
  
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• Bank of England strike goes ahead as talks fail

  31-07-2017 21:46
  The Bank of England will be hit by its first strike action in more than 50 years following the failure of talks to resolve a dispute over pay.The conciliation service, Acas, hosted negotiations between the Bank and Unite union with the aim of averting the action.Union official Peter Kavanagh said: "The Governor of the Bank of England must take responsibility for the fact that his dedicated workforce is having to make their concerns heard from a picket line.
  
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• Tornado riot squad sent in to 'out of control' Hertfordshire prison

  31-07-2017 21:25
  Tornado squads who are equipped to deal with riots have been sent in to deal with unrest at a prison in Hertfordshire, amid claims two wings are "out of control".The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that specially trained staff are dealing with an ongoing incident at The Mount.According to Alex Cavendish, a prison affairs academic and blogger, staff shortages and a "restricted regime" may be to blame for the unrest.
  
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• Anthony Scaramucci 'Removed' As Donald Trump's Communications Director

  31-07-2017 20:51
  Anthony Scaramucci has been fired from his role as White House communications director, according to The New York Times.
  
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• Tories employ smoke and mirrors over post-Brexit deal

  31-07-2017 20:48
  Senior figures in May’s cabinet think the UK should delay imposing immigration controls after Brexit.Theresa May’s cabinet is now largely agreed on the need for some form of transitional deal after Brexit – but what might that look like?For days now Philip Hammond, the chancellor, has been advancing his ideas publicly through the media and behind the scenes during roundtable meetings with business figures.
  
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• Tories conjuring up smoke and mirrors over post-Brexit deal

  31-07-2017 20:48
  Senior figures in May’s cabinet think the UK should delay imposing immigration controls after Brexit.Theresa May’s cabinet is now largely agreed on the need of some form of transitional deal after Brexit – but what might that look like?For days now Philip Hammond, the chancellor, has been advancing his ideas publicly through the media and behind the scenes during roundtable meetings with business figures.
  
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• Two men jailed after horsemeat mixed with beef enters food chain

  31-07-2017 20:39
  Two men have been sent to prison over a conspiracy to sell 30 tons of horsemeat as beef - most of which entered the food chain.Ulrik Nielsen, the Danish owner of FlexiFoods, bought horsemeat and beef from suppliers across Europe and had it delivered to Dino & Sons, a meat manufacturer in north London.Andronicos Sideras, one of the owners of Dinos & Sons, then mixed the horsemeat and beef together before it was sold to other firms in a plot that deceived consumers and food processors.
  
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• Grenfell fire inquiry may have to suspend work if CPS brings charges

  31-07-2017 20:35
  The identification of Kensington and Chelsea council and the organisation that managed the tower block as suspects, creating the potential for conflict with the public inquiry led by Sir Martin Moore-Bick.The judge-led inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire is in danger of having to suspend operations entirely for a lengthy period if prosecutors authorise corporate manslaughter charges.Last week police publicly identified Kensington and Chelsea council and the organisation that managed the tower b
  
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• Workers who lost tribunal rights should have the chance to pursue their claims | Letters

  31-07-2017 20:31 via theguardian.com
  There should be access to justice for those who could not afford hiked tribunal fees, writes Professor John Holford, the odds are already stacked against claimants, says Tony Greenstein and Unison is congratulated for fighting the case by Frank BurchillYou report that following last week’s supreme court decision the Ministry of Justice will refund employment tribunal fees charged since 2013 (Employment tribunal fees scrapped after supreme court rules them unjust, 27 July). So it should; bu
  
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• Follow professional advice on antibiotics | Letters

  31-07-2017 20:29
  ‘Doctors and patients should always discuss the pros and cons of antibiotics and, if prescribed, what course length is appropriate,’ say the signatories to this letter.Antibiotics rule could be wrong, 27 July).The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) is keen to safely reduce the overall use of antibiotics, given that “overuse” is helping to drive the alarming rise in so-called superbugs.
  
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• The unborn children that could help save the planet | Letters

  31-07-2017 20:27
  Each baby not made is a step away from impending global disasters, writes Richard Stallman.Various global disasters are plausibly likely to occur in a few decades – see The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells.Thus, any man or woman who thinks of having children now should ask perself whether it is right to condemn them to go through that.
  
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• Prisons watchdog warns of staff shortages

  31-07-2017 20:20
  The Chief Inspector of Prisons says the "seeming inability" to keep drugs out is a big reason for declining safety standards.
  
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• SOS Méditerranée Midwife Speaks Of Rescuing New Mother With Baby Still Attached By Umbilical Cord

  31-07-2017 20:14
  CATANIA - Sicily: The midwife aboard an NGO rescue ship currently operating in the Mediterranean has spoken of the rescue of a woman holding her new-born baby in her arms, still attached by the umbilical cord.
  
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• Teen found guilty of killing Arkadiusz Jozwik with a single punch

  31-07-2017 20:06
  A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Polish man Arkadiusz Jozwik, who was attacked in Essex in August.Mr Jozwik, 40, had been drinking vodka with friends and had just bought a pizza when he was attacked outside a takeaway at The Stow in Harlow.The prosecution said the defendant - who was 15 years old at the time of the attack and cannot be named for legal reasons - had moved behind Mr Jozwik, jumped up from the ground and used the "whole force of his body" to hit him wi
  
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• Sir Ian Botham's Radio 5 Live Interview Was Nothing Compared To When 1980s School Kids Confronted Him

  31-07-2017 20:00
  Former cricketer Sir Ian Botham courted controversy during a live radio interview on Monday where he discussed his plans to tackle people going hungry by donating birds from his shooting estates.
  
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• Man discovers his uncle was 'killed in sex session', not accidental house fire

  31-07-2017 19:33
  The jury at the Old Bailey was told that Jason Marshall attacked Peter Fasoli after meeting him through a dating website.Christopher Murgatroyd was looking at Peter Fasoli’s fire-damaged computer two years after Fasoli’s death in January 2013 when he discovered video of his uncle being bound, gagged and killed by fantasist Jason Marshall, a jury at the Old Bailey was told.The defendant first got in contact with Fasoli, a computer repairman, through a dating website and offered to set
  
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• Cyclist dies after cardiac arrest part way through RideLondon event

  31-07-2017 19:32
  A man died while taking part in Prudential RideLondon over the weekend, the event's organisers have confirmed.Maris Ozols suffered a cardiac arrest about 13 miles into the 46-mile course, which spanned London and Surrey.The 67-year-old received treatment from medical personnel and fellow riders, but event officials said he could not be saved.
  
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• World’s oldest skydiver receives guard of honour for 15,000ft jump

  31-07-2017 19:23
  Verdun Hayes performed his incredible jump on May 14.
  
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• Why Brits got the bug for holiday sickness scams

  31-07-2017 19:19 via theguardian.com
  British holidaymakers lead the world when it comes to false compensation claims – and now travel companies are fighting back. What has caused these nasty ‘gastroenteritis wars’ being fought across the Mediterranean?In October 2013, Sean and Caroline Bondarenko spent a week at the five-star Caldera Palace hotel in Crete. Then they returned home. Three years passed. According to reports, in September 2016, the pair then put in a personal injury claim against the hotel for food po
  
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• Riot squad officers sent to regain control of The Mount prison after inmates take over wing - Telegraph.co.uk

  31-07-2017 19:18 via telegraph.co.uk
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  Riot squad officers sent to regain control of The Mount prison after inmates take over wing
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Specially trained prison riot officers are battling to regain control of at least one wing at a Hertfordshire jail. Unrest broke out at HMP The Mount on Monday amid claims that staff shortages and extended lock-ups of prisoners had made the jail "a ...
  Riot staff tackle Mount Prison disturbanceBBC News
  'Robocop' riot squad sent into prison as inmates 'seize control of two
  
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• Riot police sent in to 'out of control' Hertfordshire prison

  31-07-2017 19:11
  Riot police have been sent in to deal with unrest at a prison in Hertfordshire, amid claims that two wings are "out of control".The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that specially trained staff are dealing with an ongoing incident at The Mount.According to Alex Cavendish, a prison affairs academic and blogger, staff shortages may be to blame for the unrest.
  
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• 'Dad dancing' constable is an online sensation

  31-07-2017 19:10
  The clip of special constable Jason Cox strutting his stuff has been viewed more than 33,000 times on Facebook after being uploaded by Dorset Police.
  
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• Nemanja Matic may be Manchester United's most important summer signing - The Guardian

  31-07-2017 19:00 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian
  Nemanja Matic may be Manchester United's most important summer signing
  The Guardian
  Nemanja Matic ended up expendable to Chelsea because of N'Golo Kanté but could bring crucial qualities to Manchester United. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters. Manchester United. Nemanja Matic may be Manchester United's most important summer ...
  Nemanja Matic's first MUTV interviewManUtd.com
  Transfer News LIVE updates: Matic signs for Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool gossipDaily Sta
  
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• Policeman's 'dad dancing' dazzles festival-goers at Camp Bestival

  31-07-2017 18:58
  A police officer has become an internet sensation after showing off his dance moves while patrolling Camp Bestival.Thousands of people have watched the video of Special Constable Jason Cox strutting his stuff after being challenged to a dance-off.Dorset Police uploaded the clip of the police officer's arresting dance moves, but perhaps could have been more charitable when describing his style.
  
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• Maker of Diana tapes not to blame for any privacy breach, says lawyer

  31-07-2017 18:51
  Diana’s privacy over videos of her speaking candidly about her troubled marriage was breached long ago, and not by the voice coach who made them, his lawyer has said.The broadcaster has come under fierce criticism over its decision ahead of the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death to play excerpts from the tapes it has acquired for an undisclosed sum from Settelen, an actor turned voice coach.
  
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• Diana tapes maker 'reluctantly agreed public should hear what she had to say'

  31-07-2017 18:51
  Diana’s privacy over videos of her speaking candidly about her troubled marriage was breached long ago, and not by the voice coach who made them, his lawyer has said.The broadcaster has come under fierce criticism over its decision ahead of the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death to play excerpts from the tapes it has acquired for an undisclosed sum from Settelen, an actor turned voice coach.
  
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• Sling the Singapore model out of the Brexit debate - Financial Times

  31-07-2017 18:48 via ft.com
  Financial Times
  Sling the Singapore model out of the Brexit debate
  Financial Times
  If Britain thought that the summer holidays would mark a pause in the internal warfare inside Theresa May's cabinet over Brexit, it was mistaken. The battle over free movement — and whether it should carry on largely unchanged during a transition ...
  No 10 contradicts Hammond over 'off-the-shelf' Brexit transition dealThe Guardian
  Amid Brexit squabbling, May's spokesman says EU free movement to end in 2019R
  
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• Forget mullets and man-buns – only one hairstyle for men is truly unforgivable

  31-07-2017 18:37 via theguardian.com
  James Stunt’s shellacked hair tells you all you need to know about him. In her weekly column, our style expert suggests we learn from Petra Ecclestone, and swipe left, ladiesNow that mullets and man-buns have been redeemed by hipsters, is there any men’s hairstyle that is simply unforgivable?Joe, by email Continue reading...
  
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• Relatives remember Passchendaele on social media - BBC News

  31-07-2017 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
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  Relatives remember Passchendaele on social media
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  The centenary of the the Battle of Passchendale has been marked by those on social media with tributes to family who fought and died at Passchendale. In the three months of fighting, half a million Allied and German soldiers were killed, wounded or ...
  Passchendaele: Prince Charles honours 'courage and bravery' of those present at First World War battle 100 years agoThe Independent
  A Time to Remember: Perthshire honours heroes o
  
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• Labour suspends councillor who called Pride marchers paedophiles

  31-07-2017 18:35
  Harrow councillor Chika Amadi has been suspended from the Labour party pending an investigation.A Labour councillor has been suspended for social media posts that called Pride marchers “paedophiles” and threatened to unleash the “burning anger” of God on her critics.Chika Amadi, a charity worker and evangelical pastor who sits on Harrow council, was criticised after sharing a post from anti-LGBT Christian website LifeSiteNews.com.
  
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• British Royal Marine jailed for making bombs for Irish republicans

  31-07-2017 18:32
  By Michael HoldenLONDON (Reuters) - A British Royal Marine was jailed for 18 years on Monday after admitting that he worked as a bomb maker for dissident Irish Republican groups that violently oppose Northern Ireland's peace process.While serving in Britain's military, Ciaran Maxwell, a 31-year-old Northern Irish Catholic, made and stockpiled pipe bombs, anti-personnel mines, handguns and enough chemicals to make more than 100 kg of explosives.Although police said there was no evidence he had de
  
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• Britain risks losing out in race for mini nuclear plants - Rolls-Royce

  31-07-2017 18:26
  By Kate HoltonLONDON (Reuters) - Britain will squander the chance to become a leader in next-generation nuclear power unless it presses on with a competition to build mini reactors, said Rolls-Royce, the designer of the nuclear engines that drive the country's submarine fleet.Britain, which built the first commercial civil nuclear power station, launched a competition in early 2016 to find the best design for so-called Small Modular Reactors, or plants built in factories with parts small enough
  
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• Video: Convicted child murderer publicly executed for raping, killing young girl, 3 - CrimeOnline

  31-07-2017 18:12 via crimeonline.com
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  Video: Convicted child murderer publicly executed for raping, killing young girl, 3
  CrimeOnline
  Hundreds of people gathered in Yemen on Monday morning to watch as authorities opened fire on a man convicted of raping and murdering a 3-year-old girl. New York Post reports that authorities brought Muhammad al-Maghrabi, 41, to Sanaa's main square ...and more »
  
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• France to launch buy-out bid to delist Areva on Aug. 1

  31-07-2017 18:06
  French stock market regulator AMF said on Friday Franco-German bank Oddo BHF, acting on behalf of the French government, would launch a buyout offer for shares in Areva , with the aim of delisting the nuclear power engineering company from the Paris stock exchange.The French government, which owns more than 92 percent of Areva's capital following a restructuring of the former Areva group, said earlier that it would buy up the remaining shares at 4.5 euros per share and then delist the company.
  
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• Two men jailed in UK for horsemeat conspiracy

  31-07-2017 17:56
  Ulrik Nielsen who has been jailed along with Andronicos Sideras.Two men have been jailed for their roles in a conspiracy to pass off 30 tonnes of horsemeat as beef – a plot “motivated by greed” that was one part of the wide-ranging horsemeat scandal that came to light in 2013.Andronicos Sideras, 55, was sentenced to four and a half years, while his co-conspirator, 58-year-old Ulrik Nielsen, was jailed for three and a half years at Inner London crown court on Monday.
  
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• Jodie Taylor: the star striker joining Gary Lineker and Geoff Hurst in the record books

  31-07-2017 17:50 via theguardian.com
  The Arsenal forward is only the third English footballer to score a hat-trick at a major tournament. Is this England’s best chance to win the Euros?Name: Jodie Taylor.Age: 31. Continue reading...
  
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• Ciaran Maxwell: Bombs made by former Royal Marine likely 'still in circulation'

  31-07-2017 17:45
  A number of bombs made by a former Royal Marine jailed for terrorism offences are likely still in circulation and in the hands of dissident republican groups in Northern Ireland, police have warned.Ciaran Maxwell, 31, a rifleman with 40 Commando in Somerset, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after admitting stashing arms and explosives for use by terrorists groups.A sentencing hearing at the Old Bailey heard how Maxwell had constructed 14 pipe bombs.
  
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• Royal Marine terror bomb maker Ciaran Maxwell jailed for 18 years

  31-07-2017 17:44
  A terrorist who infiltrated the British military and supplied bombs to dissident Irish republicans has been jailed for 18 years.Ex-Royal Marine Ciaran Maxwell made 43 purpose-built hides across England and Northern Ireland, in which he stashed anti-personnel mines, mortars, ammunition and 14 pipe bombs - four of which were later used.As well as bomb-making materials, a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) pass card, a PSNI uniform and a police stab-proof vest were found in barrels and bucke
  
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• Brexit weekly briefing: while May's away, the cabinet fray

  31-07-2017 17:42
  Jeremy Hunt has said the cabinet is ‘absolutely united’ behind a gradual, business-friendly Brexit.Welcome to the Guardian’s weekly Brexit briefing, a summary of developments as the UK heads to the EU door marked “exit”.Also: producing the Guardian’s independent, in-depth journalism takes a lot of time and money.
  
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• Who is the terrorist Royal Marine?

  31-07-2017 17:30
  A terrorist who infiltrated the British military and supplied bombs to dissident Irish republicans has been jailed for 18 years.
  
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• Will There Ever Be Anything Resembling Equality Between The Sexes In The Caribbean?

  31-07-2017 17:29
  I have never been one to shy away from talking about personal experiences in my live shows, I am now encouraging other women to do the same.
  
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• Dissident in the ranks

  31-07-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  How did Ciarán Maxwell infiltrate an elite unit of the military and evade detection for so long?
  
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• Music mogul Jonathan King to face trial over 'sex crimes'

  31-07-2017 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Former music producer Jonathan King is accused of assaulting nine teenage boys between 1970 and 1988.
  
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• Ciarán Maxwell: Royal Marine bomb maker given 18 years

  31-07-2017 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Ciarán Maxwell admitted a series of terror charges connected to dissident republicans.
  
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• WhatsApp and YouTube terror video man found guilty

  31-07-2017 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The 21-year-old used a mobile phone emblazoned with so-called Islamic State's black flag.
  
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• Child sex doll seizures lead police to unknown paedophiles

  31-07-2017 16:43
  Dozens of previously unknown suspected paedophiles have been identified through seizures of "anatomically accurate" child-like sex dolls.Border Force officers have seized 123 of the lifelike silicone sex aids since March 2016, leading to seven men being charged with importing them, including one jailed in June for two years, eight months.The latest, former primary school governor David Turner, 72, pleaded guilty to importing the child sex doll after his claim that the doll was not obscene was di
  
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• 5 Lessons SoulCycle Taught Me About Entrepreneurship

  31-07-2017 16:40
  I have to admit, I never thought spinning class would make me a better business woman.
  
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