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• Houston Flooding: Dramatic Pictures Show Impact Of Hurricane Harvey’s ‘Unprecedented’ Rainfall

  27-08-2017 23:21
  Pictures from Texas show the devastation being wrought by Hurricane Harvey against forecasts flooding is only going to get worse.
  
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• Bank Holiday Heatwave Could See Temperatures Soar To Record 30C

  27-08-2017 22:14
  Britons are set to bask in record August Bank Holiday temperatures.
  
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• Labour backs soft Brexit, putting pressure on May

  27-08-2017 21:32
  By Paul SandleLONDON,(Reuters) - The opposition Labour Party says it would keep Britain in the European single market and customs union for a transitional period after Brexit, offering a clear alternative to the policies of Prime Minister Theresa May.The centre-left party would seek to maintain the "same basic terms" with the European Union, including the free movement of people, beyond March 2019 when Britain is set to leave the bloc, Labour's Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer said on Sunday.Labour
  
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• Chemical haze warning along Sussex coast near Eastbourne

  27-08-2017 21:27
  People are being warned to avoid beaches and keep doors and windows shut after an "unknown haze" drifted in off the Sussex coast.Up to 50 people at the cliff tops and beach at Birling Gap, near Eastbourne, reported irritation to their eyes and throats just before 5pm."This seems to have been caused by an unknown haze coming in from the sea, but the source has not yet been established," said Sussex Police.
  
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• Beachgoers watch haze move in from sea

  27-08-2017 21:10
  Beachgoers on Birling Gap beach watch as a mystery chemical haze edges in from the sea.
  
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• Police investigate online abuse against charity for transgender children

  27-08-2017 21:02
  Mermaids UK says it has blocked 20 people a day on Twitter over abusive messages.Police in West Yorkshire are investigating after the UK’s largest charity supporting transgender children received a stream of abusive messages online.Mermaids UK reported a sharp rise in abusive and threatening comments on social media, saying it had been forced to block 20 people a day on Twitter.
  
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• UK police issue warning after chemical 'haze' on Sussex coast

  27-08-2017 20:45
  (Reuters) - Police issued a warning on Sunday after chemical "haze" left up to 50 people on Britain's south coast suffering irritation to their eyes and throats.Sussex police urged people to keep doors and windows shut in the affected area, between the resort town of Eastbourne and Birling Gap, a few miles along the coast.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt continues war of words with Stephen Hawking over NHS

  27-08-2017 20:18
  The battle of words between the scientist Stephen Hawking and the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, over the health of the NHS has continued with Hunt writing that Hawking “is once again wrong in his characterisation of government policy towards the NHS”.On Saturday, after a week of angry exchanges, Hawking wrote in the Guardian: “Hunt’s statement that funding and the number of doctors and nurses are at an all-time high is a distraction.Hunt responded on Sunday by repeating
  
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• Watch the nail-biting moment a Houston reporter flagged rescuers towards a flooding truck

  27-08-2017 20:11
  During a broadcast, KHOU reporting team Brandi Smith and Mario Sandoval spotted a large lorry stuck in floodwater, with the driver trapped inside as the water rose.
  
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• Alert over unknown chemical 'haze' on Sussex coast near Birling Gap

  27-08-2017 20:11
  People are being warned to avoid beaches and keep doors and windows closed after an "unknown haze" was reported in East Sussex.Up to 50 people at Birling Gap, near Eastbourne, reported irritation to their eyes and throats just before 5pm."This seems to have been caused by an unknown haze coming in from the sea, but the source has not yet been established," said Sussex Police.
  
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• Chemical 'Haze' Warning Issued On Sussex Coast As 50 People Report Irritation To Eyes And Throats

  27-08-2017 19:56
  Police are urging people to avoid beaches and keep doors and windows closed after an “unknown haze” was reported in Sussex.
  
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• Broad appeal of Labour’s new stance on Brexit | Letter from David Owen

  27-08-2017 19:43
  David Owen delivers a speech entitled The Courage of our Convictions at the Vote Leave campaign headquarters on 19 May 2016.As a Labour supporter not yet ready to renew my membership, it is good to see Keir Starmer’s position agreed with Jeremy Corbyn.On leaving the EU in March 2019 we would stay a contracting party to the EEA agreement for the implementation period, which the prime minister announced would be necessary early this year, for two to three years.
  
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• Manchester Evening News had the best response to homophobic Pride comments

  27-08-2017 19:01
  The newspaper addressed negative comments about the event on their Facebook page.
  
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• The Best Part Of Being A 999 Call Operator Is Knowing I Make A Difference

  27-08-2017 18:56
  My name is Rachael Woodbridge and I am an Incident Control Operator working for Wiltshire Police.
  
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• Donald Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Says President Speaks Only For Himself On American Values

  27-08-2017 18:47
  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to Chris Wallace on the President's values: "The President speaks for himself" @FoxNewsSunday pic.twitter.com/6wnD3i0kdE—
  
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• London's Notting Hill Carnival remembers Grenfell Tower fire

  27-08-2017 18:17
  Notting Hill Carnival, the biggest street party in Europe, fell silent for a minute on Sunday to remember the more than 80 people who were killed in June in an apartment block fire in the west London district.Sound systems were turned off at 14:00 GMT in tribute to the victims of the disaster at Grenfell Tower, a tower block less that half a mile from the route of a procession that is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of revellers on Sunday and Monday.The local community is determined to
  
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• Manchester Evening News's Response To Pride Haters Is Amazing

  27-08-2017 18:01
  For the 25th year, thousands of people celebrated this year’s Pride in Manchester, parading through the city in solidarity with the gay, bisexual and transgender community.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival dove release honours Grenfell Tower victims

  27-08-2017 17:45
  Victims of the Grenfell Tower fire have been remembered at the start of the Notting Hill Carnival with the release of dozens of white doves.The birds were released from the hands of survivors and local residents, as well as the leader of Kensington and Chelsea council Elizabeth Campbell, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Kensington MP Emma Dent Coad.A prayer was also held, along with a heartfelt performance of Bridge Over Troubled Water.
  
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• Doves released in memory of Grenfell victims

  27-08-2017 17:25
  Doves have been released at the Notting Hill Carnival in memory the Grenfell fire victims.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival goers hold silence for Grenfell victims

  27-08-2017 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The crowd erupted in applause for firefighters, who worked to save victims of the Grenfell fire.
  
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• Police called to home two days before boy found dead in Manchester

  27-08-2017 16:57
  Police questioning a man on suspicion of murder following the death of a toddler at a house in Manchester have confirmed officers were called to the same property just two days earlier.The young boy's body was discovered early on Sunday after police went to a semi-detached house in Manchester following a report of a domestic disturbance.It has emerged that officers went to the same address in Beaford Road, Wythenshawe, on Friday after a similar incident.
  
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• Village cricket clubs step up security after spate of equipment thefts

  27-08-2017 16:29
  Cricket clubs are being forced to invest in expensive security systems and face soaring insurance bills after a spate of thefts that is putting pressure on the grassroots game.Organised gangs are being blamed for thefts of everything from groundskeeping equipment to alcohol – and even, in one bizarre case, a section of artificial pitch that the club believe was stolen to order.Privately, police concede that cuts to the number of officers, particularly in rural areas, make it difficult for
  
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• UK TV industry risks losing £1bn a year to Amazon, YouTube and Facebook

  27-08-2017 16:29
  Broadcasting could be controlled by one or two ‘super-aggregators’ that act as viewing gateways, according to OC&C Strategy Consultants.Traditional broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV and Sky could lose a combined £1bn per year if rival services from Amazon, Facebook and YouTube become dominant players in the TV industry over the next decade.A new report says that UK broadcasters could suffer the same fate as industries including music, news, insurance and property where powe
  
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• Russell Brand gets married and turns 'domestic'

  27-08-2017 16:29
  Russell Brand and his partner Laura Gallacher have married.Photographs of the event showed celebrity friends in attendance, including singer Noel Gallagher, David Baddiel, and television presenter Jonathan Ross.Also in attendance was 30-year-old Gallacher's sister, Kirsty, and the happy couple's nine-month-old daughter Mabel.
  
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• Body of man, 32, found in West Yorkshire lagoon

  27-08-2017 15:46
  The body of a man reported missing in West Yorkshire has been found in a lagoon.Emergency teams located the 32-year-old's body in Horbury Lagoon, Wakefield, on Sunday after being called to assist him on Saturday evening.West Yorkshire Police has issued a warning about the dangers of swimming in open water.
  
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• Sky News reporter Joe Tidy found himself in a rather messy situation at Notting Hill Carnival

  27-08-2017 15:19
  Tidy was left splattered with paint and silly string as the annual west London celebration began.
  
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• Toddler found dead at Manchester house a day after 'domestic incident'

  27-08-2017 15:16
  Neighbours said the family at the address had lived there for about three months.A toddler has been found dead 24 hours after police were called to a “domestic incident” at his home in Manchester.Police launched a murder investigation on Sunday after officers discovered the boy’s body at a house in Wythenshawe, south of the city.
  
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• A rare Sumatran tiger is born at a North Yorkshire zoo

  27-08-2017 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The tiger cub is the fourth to be born to the same breeding pair at Flamingo Land zoo.
  
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• Notting Hill Carnival Remembers Grenfell Tower Victims

  27-08-2017 14:17
  Revellers at this weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival have paid their respects to those killed in the nearby Grenfell Tower disaster.
  
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• Spectacle of swastikas on streets tests America's free speech standard

  27-08-2017 13:51
  Since Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016, American media have been in a perpetual state of both crisis and elation.Subscriptions, viewing figures and readerships to many news outlets have for the first time in several years been given new life by the Trump effect.When a white nationalist was allowed anonymity for an unchallenging interview on a Maine TV station last week, the coverage provoked a storm of protest from viewers, many posting objections on WCSH-TV’s Facebook p
  
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• Palace Of Westminster Police Drill 'Shows Terrorists Could Kill 100 MPs In Minutes'

  27-08-2017 13:41
  A dramatic night-time operation featuring police posing as terrorists has exposed security weaknesses at the Palace of Westminster, according to reports.
  
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• Queensferry Crossing: The UK's tallest bridge

  27-08-2017 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The recently-completed Queensferry Crossing in Scotland will be opened by the Queen in September.
  
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• Second man arrested over Buckingham Palace terror alert

  27-08-2017 12:53
  A second man has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences after three police officers were attacked outside Buckingham Palace.The 30-year-old from west London is suspected of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism, Met Police said.On Friday, a 26-year-old man from Luton was arrested after injuring three officers in Constitution Hill, a restricted area close to the Royal residence, shortly after 8.30pm.
  
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• Man, 32, believed to have drowned in West Yorkshire lagoon

  27-08-2017 12:44
  A man reported missing is believed to have drowned while swimming in a lagoon in West Yorkshire.The man, who has not been named, is believed to have drowned while swimming in Horbury Lagoon in Wakefield.West Yorkshire Police have issued a warning about the dangers of swimming in open water.
  
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• Radio Norwich...

  27-08-2017 12:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The story of the birth of local radio broadcasting in Norwich and the newsreader with a "heavy cough".
  
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• Second man held after sword attack at Buckingham Palace

  27-08-2017 12:14
  A second man has been arrested over a suspected terror attack outside Buckingham Palace, during which police were attacked by a man armed with a sword.A 30-year-old man was apprehended by officers at an address in west London on Sunday morning, Scotland Yard said.During the attack on Friday night, a man was said to have driven at a police van outside the palace and, after he was confronted by unarmed officers, reached for a 1.2-metre (4ft) sword hidden in the passenger-side footwell of his car.
  
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• Charity run to remember murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones

  27-08-2017 12:00
  The family of Rhys Jones is launching a fun run to mark 10 years since his death and help fund a community centre aimed at keeping youngsters out of gangs.Rhys, 11, was shot dead on 27 August 2007 by a sixteen-year-old gang member who was aiming at members of a rival gang.To mark the anniversary of his death, the community centre set up in his memory has organised Run for Rhys.
  
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• M1 minibus crash: Two men charged over fatal collision near Milton Keynes

  27-08-2017 11:17
  Two men have been charged over a crash involving two lorries and a minibus which killed eight people on the M1.Six men and two women died in the collision near Milton Keynes, while a woman, a man and a five-year-old girl who were also in the minibus sustained life-threatening injuries.Ryszard Masierak, 31, and David Wagstaff, 53, have both been charged with eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving and four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
  
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• Labour MP John Woodcock Sorry For 'Awful' Prostitution Twitter Gaffe

  27-08-2017 11:13
  A Labour MP has apologised for a social media joke which sparked accusations that he was making light of prostitution.
  
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• How would I like my steak? Well, not on a shovel… | David Mitchell

  27-08-2017 11:00 via theguardian.com
  A survey has revealed our supposed hatred of zany crockery. But it performs a useful social functionSlates have been getting a slating this week. Get it?! Slates? Getting slated? They can’t use that in the headline now – I’ve nabbed it. A lovely great big apposite yet unenjoyable pun. Stick that on your slate and eat it. Perhaps using some sort of gooey reduction as a gum, just to keep all the wrong-coloured tomatoes in position.Actually, I stole the idea from the Daily Mail wh
  
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• Anti-inflammatory drugs may lower heart attack risk, study finds

  27-08-2017 11:00 via theguardian.com
  US scientists find heart attack survivors given canakinumab injections have fewer future heart attacks and lower cancer riskAnti-inflammatory injections could lower the risk of heart attacks and may slow the progression of cancer, a study has found.Heart attack survivors given injections of a targeted anti-inflammatory drug called canakinumab had fewer attacks in the future, scientists found. Cancer deaths were also halved in those treated with the drug, which is normally used only for rare infl
  
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• Two men charged over M1 motorway crash that killed eight people

  27-08-2017 10:59 via theguardian.com
  Ryszard Masierak and David Wagstaf charged with eight counts each of causing death by dangerous drivingTwo men have been charged over a crash on the M1 that left eight people dead and three more fighting for their lives in hospital.Ryszard Masierak and David Wagstaf were charged with eight counts each of causing death by dangerous driving and four each of causing serious injury by dangerous driving. Masierak was charged with eight more counts of causing death by careless driving while over the d
  
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• Brexit: Labour ‘To Remain In Customs Union And Single Market During Transition’

  27-08-2017 10:37
  Labour is committing itself to continued UK membership of the EU single market and customs union during a transition period following the official Brexit date of March 2019.
  
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• Benjamin Clementine: ‘I make people believe in me’

  27-08-2017 10:30 via theguardian.com
  Benjamin Clementine is a balladeer with a backstory, from Catholic schoolboy in London to homeless in Paris. On the eve of the release of his new album, he tells Kate Mossman how music gave him a voiceBenjamin Clementine looms above me, a strange but gentle presence. When he talks, he does so with dry amusement; when he listens, he furrows his brow. In a photo studio in Acton, west London, his bright khaki suit makes him look like a soldier. In fact, it’s womenswear, the wide cuffs swingin
  
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• Princess Diana Documentary Traces Aftermath Of Fatal Paris Crash

  27-08-2017 10:12
  It is now almost two decades since Diana, Princess of Wales was tragically killed in a high-speed car crash in France.
  
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• M1 Crash At Newport Pagnell Leaves Eight Dead And Three Fighting For Life

  27-08-2017 10:06
  Six men and two women were killed when their minibus and two lorries crashed on a motorway, leaving three other passengers fighting for their lives.
  
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• The National: ‘Even in the hard times, we always loved each other’

  27-08-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  The National are one of America’s most revered bands, their music equally at home in concert halls, art galleries, TV shows or on Obama’s campaign trail. Ahead of a new LP, they talk fatherhood, politics and creative tensionMatt Berninger, lead singer of the five-piece rock band the National, prowls the main stage of the Haven festival in Copenhagen, sloshing a pint of white wine on the rocks, what he calls “Cincinnati sangria”. He’s smartly dressed in varied shades
  
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• Rebecca Solnit: ‘The essay is powerful again. We’re in a golden age’

  27-08-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  The US writer on her new collection of essays on ‘further feminisms’, the Trump ‘horrorshow’, and the joy of being an auntBy her own account, the writer Rebecca Solnit has never been an optimist. But this is not to say that she isn’t hopeful. “An optimist thinks everything will be fine no matter what, and that justifies doing nothing,” she tells me, just back from her early morning row in San Francisco bay. “But hopefulness as I define it means tha
  
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• Maybe Trump is a kind of cry for help from the Earth, a human flare | Frankie Boyle

  27-08-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  The US president’s digital outbursts increasingly read like he’s building up a credible insanity defenceSo are we heading for a Mad Max-style future? I don’t think so. After having lived through Donald Trump we’ll surely just call him Max. Trump is behaving so strangely, we’re probably about a month away from not being allowed to make jokes about him. He’s gone past Charlie Sheen and we’re now entering the bald Britney phase. It’s hard to imagine h
  
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• Kamila Shamsie: ‘Being a UK citizen makes me feel more able to take part in the conversation’

  27-08-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  The author of the Man Booker-longlisted Home Fire on exploring Islamist radicalism, becoming British and the Bake Off ‘cricket test’Kamila Shamsie was raised in Pakistan, lives in London, and has written seven novels. She was selected in 2013 for Granta’s list of the 20 most promising authors under 40, and became a British citizen in the same year. Her acclaimed 2009 novel Burnt Shadows was followed by A God in Every Stone, which was shortlisted for the Bailey’s women&rsq
  
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