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• Hammond blocks gambling curbs - Daily Mail

  05-08-2017 23:27
  Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has blocked government attempts to curb high-stakes gambling machines commonly found in betting shops in order to preserve tax revenues, the Daily Mail newspaper reported on Saturday.Britain's ministry for culture, media and sports, which regulates the gambling industry, launched a consultation in October into the maximum wagers that should be allowed on gambling machines, including those known as fixed-odds betting terminals.
  
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• UK ready to pay up to 40 billion euros to leave EU - Sunday Telegraph

  05-08-2017 23:17
  Britain is ready to pay up to 40 billion euros (36.12 billion pounds) as part of a deal to leave the European Union, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported late on Saturday, citing three unnamed government sources.The newspaper said Britain was only prepared to pay the sum as part of a wider deal that included a trade agreement with the EU."We know (the EU's) position is 60 billion euros, but the actual bottom line is 50 billion euros.
  
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• Fox News' Eric Bolling suspended over claim he sent lewd photos to colleagues

  05-08-2017 22:33
  Fox has been rocked by a string of sexual harassment scandals.Fox News has suspended star host Eric Bolling, following reports that he sent pictures of male genitalia to a number of female colleagues.The investigation comes as Fox News attempts to bounce back from a string of sexual harassment scandals that saw the network’s founder, Roger Ailes, forced out amid claims of sexual misconduct.
  
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• Stop children bingeing on social media during holidays, parents urged

  05-08-2017 22:30
  Children’s access to Snapchat should be limited, the children’s commissioner says.The children’s commissioner has warned parents that they must intervene to stop their children overusing social media and consuming time online “like junk food”.As web use reaches record highs among children, Anne Longfield has attacked the new methods social media giants are using to draw them into spending more time staring at tablets and smartphones.
  
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• Tax wealth or lose election, ex-May aide warns Tories

  05-08-2017 22:06
  The Tories will lose the next election if they back “unbridled capitalism” and refuse to tax wealth to help the “struggling many”, one of Theresa May’s former advisers has warned.Higher tax on sales of expensive homes, more rights for workers and curbs on immigration should all be backed by the Tories if they are to reach the voters who feel abandoned by globalisation, according to Will Tanner, the former deputy head of May’s policy unit.Tanner’s interve
  
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• Immigration, Marriage, And The True Cost Of Love In The United Kingdom

  05-08-2017 22:05
  We were married in November 16', and since then we have spent just three weeks in the same hemisphere.
  
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• NHS trust sent cancer patient adverts for private clinic

  05-08-2017 21:35
  St James’s University Hospital appears to have breached NHS guidelines by sending the leaflets.A terminally ill cancer patient has protested after the NHS hospital where she receives palliative therapy included advertisements for a private clinic with her appointment letter.Ali Schofield, 33, who has secondary breast cancer, said the inclusion of the leaflets for Nova Healthcare was “disgusting” and “distressing”.
  
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• Failure to reach Brexit deal ‘suicide’ for UK, says former EU chief

  05-08-2017 21:30
  Britain will be committing economic suicide unless it is prepared to compromise to reach a comprehensive Brexit deal, a former head of the European Commission has warned.Romano Prodi, the economist and former Italian prime minister, said the Brexit negotiations had made little progress in the first year after the referendum and urged both sides to begin making concessions on trade and immigration to reach a deal.“Maybe I am biased, being an economist, but it may be that there is still an i
  
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• John Pordage named as man shot dead outside petrol station in Chelmsford

  05-08-2017 20:59
  Police have named a man who died after being shot in the chest as he stood outside a petrol station in Chelmsford, Essex.
  
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• Irish prime minister attends gay pride event in Northern Ireland

  05-08-2017 20:44
  By Ian GrahamBELFAST (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar attended a gay rights event on Saturday during his first official visit to Northern Ireland, upsetting some social conservatives in the only region of the United Kingdom where same-sex marriage is still illegal.Varadkar, who became Ireland's first openly gay leader when he took office in June, joined activists preparing for Northern Ireland's largest gay pride parade for a "Pride Breakfast" in a Belfast pub.
  
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• Burnley friendly against Hannover abandoned after crowd trouble

  05-08-2017 20:27
  Premier League Burnley's pre-season friendly match with Bundesliga club Hannover was abandoned at half-time following crowd trouble from the visiting German supporters.Burnley said in a statement on Twitter that the game had been abandoned "on police advice" and home supporters were asked to leave the stadium.Media reports said the visiting supporters had thrown seats and surged towards Burnley fans during the first half shortly after Burnley had taken the lead in the 41st minute.
  
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• Police name man who died after being shot in chest outside petrol station in Chelmsford - The Independent

  05-08-2017 20:24 via independent.co.uk
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  Police name man who died after being shot in chest outside petrol station in Chelmsford
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  A man has who died after he was shot in the chest outside a Chelmsford petrol station has been named by police as John Pordage, aged 34. Police said the victim was with another man, aged in his 20s, outside a BP garage when a blue Ford Fiesta pulled up ...
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• You can now buy toilet roll with Donald Trump’s ‘classic’ tweets printed on it

  05-08-2017 20:17
  The loo roll largely includes tweets sent before Trump became president.
  
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• Venezuela's chief prosecutor, a leading critic of president, is removed from office - Washington Post

  05-08-2017 19:50 via washingtonpost.com
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  Venezuela's chief prosecutor, a leading critic of president, is removed from office
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  CARACAS — Loyalists of President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela's newly created super congress moved to consolidate government power Saturday, stripping the independent chief prosecutor of her job and cordoning off her headquarters in a move ...
  New Venezuelan assembly ousts attorney general OrtegaCNN
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• Vladimir Putin's Siberia Holiday Snaps Prove He's Still A Very Macho Man

  05-08-2017 19:41
  Bare-chested, dressed only in combat trousers and wraparound sunglasses, Russian President Vladimir Putin has delivered yet another masterclass in machoism with his latest batch of holiday snaps.
  
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• Flour strewn across motorway causes misery for drivers - Telegraph.co.uk

  05-08-2017 18:55 via telegraph.co.uk
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  Flour strewn across motorway causes misery for drivers
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  More than 20 tonnes of flour was strewn across the M5 motorway causing 15-mile tailbacks on Saturday. The incident happened in the early hours in Gloucestershire when the lorry carrying the product collided with a car towing a caravan. More than 200 ...
  M5 crash: Flour spilt across carriageway in crashBBC News
  Holidaymakers facing huge 90-minute delays on M5 after multi-vehicle crash closes section of motorwa
  
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• Ongoing 'Lucifer' heat wave stifles large swath of Europe - Daily Mail

  05-08-2017 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
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  Ongoing 'Lucifer' heat wave stifles large swath of Europe
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  A relentless heat wave that gripped parts of Europe this week has sent temperatures soaring to record highs for several days, causing at least two deaths and prompting authorities to issue severe weather warnings. "It is just too much," real estate ...
  European heatwave kills five as temperatures soar above 40CTelegraph.co.uk
  Deadly heatwaves 'could kill 150000 in Europe and 7000 people in Britain' by 2080The Sun
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• UK model kidnapped and held captive in Italy for six days - The Guardian

  05-08-2017 18:42 via theguardian.com
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  UK model kidnapped and held captive in Italy for six days
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  These photographs released by the Italian police show Polish man Pawel Lukasz Herba, who was arrested in Milan for allegedly orchestrating the abduction of a British model. Photograph: Polizia di Stato/AFP/Getty Images. Crime ...
  British model kidnapped in Milan 'to be sold in online auction'BBC News
  British model 'kidnapped in Milan for Dark Web auction'Sky News
  British model kidnapped and sold on dark web
  
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• The Latest: Venezuela assembly votes to oust top prosecutor - Daily Mail

  05-08-2017 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
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  The Latest: Venezuela assembly votes to oust top prosecutor
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  Venezuela's newly installed constitutional assembly has voted unanimously to remove chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega and replaced her with a government loyalist. Venezuelan General Prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz, left, is surrounded by loyal employees of ...
  Venezuela's chief prosecutor, a leading critic of president, is removed from officeWashington Post
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• Burnley abandon pre-season friendly against Hannover on police advice - The Guardian

  05-08-2017 17:42 via theguardian.com
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  Burnley abandon pre-season friendly against Hannover on police advice
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  Burnley have said they had to abandon their pre-season friendly against Hannover on Saturday on police advice after crowd trouble marred the action at Turf Moor. Supporters of the newly-promoted Bundesliga side were pictured ripping up seats and ...
  UPDATED; Burnley friendly with Hannover abandoned due to crowd troubleLancashire Telegraph
  Turf War! Burnley FRIENDLY with Hannover abandoned as pol
  
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• Brighton Pride Draws 300,000-Strong Crowd As Pet Shop Boys Headline Event

  05-08-2017 17:40
  An estimated 300,000 people descended on the seaside city of Brighton on Saturday for one of the UK’s biggest annual summer Pride celebrations.
  
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• Burnley's pre-season friendly with Hannover ABANDONED after crowd trouble at Turf Moor - Daily Mail

  05-08-2017 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
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  Burnley's pre-season friendly with Hannover ABANDONED after crowd trouble at Turf Moor
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  Burnley's pre-season friendly at home to German outfit Hannover 96 was abandoned after crowd trouble erupted on the terraces at Turf Moor. The encounter descended into chaos after fans of the Bundesliga club clashed with Lancashire Police inside the ...
  WATCH: Burnley friendly with Hannover abandoned due to crowd troubleIndependent.ie
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• Leigh Griffiths double breaks Hearts as Celtic begin title defence in style - The Guardian

  05-08-2017 17:36 via theguardian.com
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  Leigh Griffiths double breaks Hearts as Celtic begin title defence in style
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  In many respects, this fixture summed up the Brendan Rodgers dilemma. Celtic's quest to make meaningful inroads into European football is both natural and a reasonable cause to add better personnel. And yet, to an extent more visible now than ever ...
  Celtic 4-1 Hearts: Callum McGregor delighted with dominant display in openerBBC Sport
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• Three missing after US marines Osprey aircraft suffers 'mishap' off Australia - The Guardian

  05-08-2017 17:18 via theguardian.com
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  Three missing after US marines Osprey aircraft suffers 'mishap' off Australia
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  US Marine MV-22B Osprey aircraft land on the USS Bonhomme Richard, during events marking the start of Talisman Saber 2017, off the coast of Sydney. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters. US military ...
  Three marines missing after aircraft 'mishap' off the Australian coastTelegraph.co.uk
  US Marines Osprey crashes off Australia's Queensland coastBBC News
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• Whitstable fish and chip shop 'acid attack' injures man - BBC News

  05-08-2017 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
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  Whitstable fish and chip shop 'acid attack' injures man
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  A man has been injured in a suspected acid attack at a fish and chip shop in a seaside town in Kent. Kent Police said the attack happened shortly before 09:00 BST when a "substance" was thrown at the victim at Ian's Plaice, off Thanet Way in Whitstable.
  Man taken to hospital after suspected acid attack outside fish and chip shop in WhitstableThe Sunall 9 news articles »
  
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• Gay marriage a 'matter of time' for Northern Ireland, says Irish PM Leo Varadkar

  05-08-2017 17:08
  Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says it is "only a matter of time" before same-sex marriage is made legal in Northern Ireland.Speaking at a Belfast Pride breakfast on Saturday morning, Ireland's first openly gay leader said he was confident that the country would eventually have equal marriage.Mr Varadkar said he attended the event to show solidarity and support for individual freedom and equality.
  
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• Standing out

  05-08-2017 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  As Twitter and the BBC embark on new typefaces, we ask why lettering matters so much to readers.
  
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• Sara Pascoe: LadsLadsLads review – breakup tales from a woman reborn

  05-08-2017 17:01 via theguardian.com
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  The whipsmart standup overthinks, overshares and delivers a winningly funny show that finds the humour in heartbreakCall it reinvention, or call it back to basics, but Sara Pascoe’s Edinburgh fringe return – after a couple of years writing and promoting her book Animal – marks a departure from the shows that made her name. Those were anthropology masquerading as comedy, and wore their erudition on their sleeve. This one, entitled LadsLadsLads, is
  
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• Defend Europe's C-Star Reaches Libyan Search And Rescue Zone

  05-08-2017 16:54
  AQUARIUS, Mediterranean Sea - The ship chartered by a far-right group to “monitor the doings of NGOs” in the Mediterranean has reached the search and rescue zone off the Libyan coast.
  
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• National Trust U-turns on forcing volunteers to wear gay pride badges after membership exodus - The Independent

  05-08-2017 16:21 via independent.co.uk
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  National Trust U-turns on forcing volunteers to wear gay pride badges after membership exodus
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  The National Trust (NT) has U-turned over its decision to force volunteers at one of its properties to wear LGBT lanyards, after people reportedly started cancelling their memberships over the controversy. Volunteers at Norfolk's Felbrigg Hall were ...
  National Trust U-turn over LGBTQ badges at Felbrigg HallBBC News
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• Flour covers M5 motorway after lorry crash in Gloucestershire

  05-08-2017 16:18
  More than 20 tonnes of flour was spilt on the M5 motorway after the lorry carrying it was involved in a crash.The accident happened in Gloucestershire in the early hours of Saturday when the lorry was in a collision with a car towing a caravan.
  
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• Norfolk MP organises 'Tory Glastonbury' to boost grassroots support

  05-08-2017 16:11
  A Conservative MP is organising a one-day festival in response to the popularity of Jeremy Corbyn’s appearance at Glastonbury this year.George Freeman, the MP for Mid Norfolk, came up with what is being dubbed the “Tory Glastonbury” as a way to boost the party’s dwindling grassroots support.After Corbyn’s slot on the main stage at Glastonbury went down a storm, Freeman said: “Why is it just the left who have all the fun in politics?
  
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• US Marines Osprey crashes off Australia's Queensland coast - BBC News

  05-08-2017 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
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  US Marines Osprey crashes off Australia's Queensland coast
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  A search and rescue operation is being conducted after a US military aircraft was lost off the Australian coast. The incident involved an MV-22 Osprey belonging to the US Marines based in Okinawa, Japan. The third Marine Expeditionary Force said the ...
  Search under way after US marines aircraft suffers 'mishap' off AustraliaThe Guardian
  US Marines search for three servicemembers off Australia after aviation 'mish
  
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• Celtic 4 Hearts 1: Leigh Griffiths double helps champions to convincing win - Telegraph.co.uk

  05-08-2017 15:59 via telegraph.co.uk
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  Celtic 4 Hearts 1: Leigh Griffiths double helps champions to convincing win
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  Returning striker Leigh Griffiths scored a double as Celtic took the first step towards a seventh successive Ladbrokes Premiership title with a 4-1 hammering of Hearts at Parkhead. The 26-year-old, back in the starting line-up after recovering from a ...
  Leigh Griffiths double breaks Hearts as Celtic begin title defence in styleThe Guardian
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• Britain 'must be prepared for no Brexit deal', former Bank of England chief says - Evening Standard

  05-08-2017 15:55 via standard.co.uk
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  Britain 'must be prepared for no Brexit deal', former Bank of England chief says
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  Britain should be better prepared for a “no deal” outcome to Brexit negotiations, a former Bank of England governor has said. Lord King of Lothbury said failing to agree a trade deal with Brussels was "not the first preference of anybody", but more ...
  Former Bank of England governor Mervyn King says UK needs a "Brexit fallback" in case of "no deal"City A.M.all 8 news a
  
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• National Trust backtracks on rainbow badge rules

  05-08-2017 15:51
  The National Trust has reversed a decision to ban staff from public-facing duties if they refused to wear badges promoting LGBTQ equality.Staff at the 17th century Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk were removed from public-facing roles after they said they were "uncomfortable" wearing the symbols.The National Trust said its campaign was a matter of "exploring our LGBTQ heritage" as part of its Prejudice and Pride campaign.
  
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• National Trust reverses decision on gay pride badges - The Guardian

  05-08-2017 15:45 via theguardian.com
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  National Trust reverses decision on gay pride badges
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  A new film made by the National Trust revealed that Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, Felbrigg Hall's last owner, was gay. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA. The National Trust. National Trust reverses decision on gay pride badges. Trust lifts ban on volunteers ...
  National Trust backs down over gay campaign after threat of volunteers' boycottTelegraph.co.uk
  National Trust in u-turn in row over gay pride badgesEvening St
  
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• National Trust reverses decision on gay pride badges

  05-08-2017 15:28
  A new film made by the National Trust revealed that Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, Felbrigg Hall’s last owner, was gay.The National Trust has reversed a decision to bar volunteers from public-facing duties at a Norfolk stately home if they refuse to wear rainbow gay pride badges.Staff at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk were offered behind-the-scenes roles after saying they were “uncomfortable” wearing the sexual equality symbols and lanyards for a “Prejudice and Pride” even
  
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• British model kidnapped in Milan as captor 'tried get $300000 ransom before auctioning her online' - Telegraph.co.uk

  05-08-2017 15:06 via telegraph.co.uk
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  British model kidnapped in Milan as captor 'tried get $300000 ransom before auctioning her online'
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  A British model has been left traumatised after she was drugged and kidnapped in Milan while her captor sought to “auction” her on the internet if her agent did not pay $300,000 (£230,000), Italian police said Saturday. Police said the model, who has ...
  UK model kidnapped and held captive in Italy for six daysThe Guardian
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• National Trust Ends Restriction On Volunteers Who Refuse To Wear Rainbow Badges

  05-08-2017 15:02
  The National Trust has reversed a decision to bar volunteers from public-facing duties at a Norfolk stately home if they refuse to wear rainbow sexual equality symbols.
  
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• Police take Pride of place as LGBT Belfast festival brings explosion of colour to city - Belfast Telegraph

  05-08-2017 14:57 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
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  Police take Pride of place as LGBT Belfast festival brings explosion of colour to city
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  Members of the PSNI and the Garda join thousands of people as they take part in. 66 66 Members of the PSNI and the Garda join thousands of people as they take part in the annual Belfast Pride event in Belfast city centre celebrating Northern Ireland's ...and more »
  
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• White House as crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump - The Guardian

  05-08-2017 14:46 via theguardian.com
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  White House as crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump
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  There is a grand jury in Washington DC. The special counsel's team is full of experts in financial crime. On Russia, the president can feel the net closing. The White House, Washington, seen at night. Photograph: Saul Loeb/Getty Images/AFP Creative.
  Mueller Seeks White House Documents on FlynnNew York Times
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• Live Commentary: Celtic 2-0 Hearts - Sports Mole

  05-08-2017 14:42 via sportsmole.co.uk
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  Live Commentary: Celtic 2-0 Hearts
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  Hello, and welcome to Sports Mole's live coverage of the match in the Scottish Premiership between Celtic and Hearts. After winning last year's league title without losing a game, the Glasgow giants will attempt to make a winning start to this campaign ...and more »
  
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• Trans tales and rogue cabarets: Edinburgh festival 2017 – in pictures

  05-08-2017 14:39 via theguardian.com
  From Sara Pascoe’s new standup to a strange evening with Martin Creed, via acrobats, Samuel Beckett and a wild girl from Borneo, here are the sights so farAll photographs by Murdo MacLeod Continue reading...
  
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• British model 'kidnapped and drugged' before being AUCTIONED online - Daily Star

  05-08-2017 14:36 via dailystar.co.uk
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  British model 'kidnapped and drugged' before being AUCTIONED online
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  A BRITISH model was kidnapped before she was auctioned online by her abductor in Milan, according to reports. 0. By David Rivers / Published 5th August 2017. Computer hack GETTY. HORROR: A man attempted to auction a British model online.
  British model kidnapped in Milan and put up for auction on deep webSky News
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• Images emerge of Brit man who 'drugged and kidnapped' English model - Daily Star

  05-08-2017 14:35 via dailystar.co.uk
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  Images emerge of Brit man who 'drugged and kidnapped' English model
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  SHOCKING images have emerged after a British model was kidnapped before she was auctioned online by her abductor in Milan, according to reports. 0. By David Rivers / Published 5th August 2017. Computer hack GETTY. HORROR: The suspected ...
  British model kidnapped in Milan and put up for auction on deep webSky News
  First picture of British man who 'kidnapped young English model in Milan and tried to se
  
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• EU Nationals In Scotland 'Could Tip Balance In Second Independence Referendum'

  05-08-2017 14:10
  European Union nationals could “tip the balance” towards Scottish independence if a second referendum was held before Brexit, academics have said.
  
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• WannaCry hack hero in court as experts accuse US government of 'bizarre and very problematic prosecution' - The Independent

  05-08-2017 13:43 via independent.co.uk
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  WannaCry hack hero in court as experts accuse US government of 'bizarre and very problematic prosecution'
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  The court was told that Marcus Hutchins had confessed to creating illegal Kronos computer code that could harvest people's bank details. Adam Lusher; 6 hours ago. Click to follow. The Independent Online. marcus-hutchins.jpg IT expert Hutchins was ...
  Bail of $30000 set for UK cyber expert Marcus HutchinsBBC News
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• Man dies after being shot in chest outside petrol station in Chelmsford - The Independent

  05-08-2017 13:36 via independent.co.uk
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  Man dies after being shot in chest outside petrol station in Chelmsford
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  A man has died after being shot in the chest outside a petrol station in Chelmsford. Police said the 34-year-old victim was with another man outside a BP garage when a blue Ford Fiesta pulled up shortly after 2am. “He was shot by an occupant of the car ...
  Police want dashcam footage after man shot in the chest outside BP garage in Baddow Road, ChelmsfordEcho
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• NHS Cyber Attack Hero Marcus Hutchins 'Admitted He Created Code To Harvest Bank Details'

  05-08-2017 13:32
  The British security expert hailed a hero for derailing a global cyber attack admitted to police he created a code which harvests bank details and hinted he sold it, a prosecutor told his US court hearing.
  
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