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• The way forward on Brexit is a new poll on whatever EU deal is reached | Andrew Adonis

  09-09-2017 23:30
  As the slow-motion car crash of Brexit advances, we need a plan for stopping it.Brexit is a revolution which devours its children.Month by month in Brussels, David Davis is undergoing the same political evisceration that Theresa May endured during the election campaign.
  
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• Is a divided Brexit parliament up to the biggest task for generations?

  09-09-2017 23:30
  Almost 46 years ago, on 21 October 1971, the Conservative foreign secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home rose in the House of Commons to open what had become known in the country as “the great debate”.The motion to be voted upon stated that “this house approves Her Majesty’s government’s decision of principle to join the European Communities on the basis of arrangements which have been negotiated”.The country was deeply divided over whether the UK should throw in its
  
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• Egypt has announced the discovery of a 3,500-year-old tomb in Luxor

  09-09-2017 21:28
  It is hoped the discovery will help boost Egypt’s slowly recovering tourism industry.
  
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• North Korea Latest: South Korea Braces For Possible New Missile Test To Mark Celebration

  09-09-2017 19:48
  South Korea braced for a possible further missile test by North Korea as it marked its founding anniversary on Saturday, just days after its sixth and largest nuclear test rattled global financial markets and further escalated tensions in the region.
  
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• People's March For Europe: Hundreds Attend Anti-Brexit Protest In London

  09-09-2017 17:51
  Hundreds gathered in central London on Saturday for a protest advocating an “exit from Brexit”.
  
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• Boy dies after falling through roof of derelict Derby factory

  09-09-2017 17:48
  A 12-year-old boy has died after falling through the roof of a derelict factory in Derby.Ch Supt Jim Allen, Derby’s head of policing, said: “This is a tragic incident and our thoughts and sympathies go out to the young boy’s family.
  
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• Anti-Brexit marchers demand UK remains in EU

  09-09-2017 17:02
  Thousands of people marched in Westminster on Saturday to protest against the United Kingdom's plans to leave the European Union.The rally in the centre of London was attended by at least 50,000 people according to its organisers.The rally comes ahead of a Parliament vote on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill on Monday, which opponents have described as a "power grab" by the Government.
  
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• Tory EU migration crackdown plans: the key questions answered

  09-09-2017 17:00
  A previously muted British business establishment is now in full cry over Brexit.The leak last week of proposals to restrict the ability of European Union nationals to live and work in the UK were described as “catastrophic” by one employers’ group.Voices from housebuilding to aerospace, farming and hotels raised concerns over the plans, which signalled a hard Brexit is very much on the cards.
  
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• Harman: MPs should get 'baby leave' and be allowed to nominate 'cover'

  09-09-2017 16:46
  MPs should be given "baby leave" allowing them to nominate colleagues to cast votes on their behalf in the House of Commons while they are caring for their child, Harriet Harman has said.The former Labour deputy leader said MPs should also get six months' paid leave - similar to the Civil Service - and be able to nominate a full-time paid "maternity cover" representative for their work outside the Commons.Ms Harman said that 17 babies have been born to women MPs since 2010, but they have not ben
  
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• Uber To Introduce Fares Surcharge To Help Pay For Cleaner Vehicles

  09-09-2017 16:25
  Uber is adding a surcharge to its fares to help pay for cleaner vehicles.
  
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• Terror Attack Victims And NHS Staff Warned Over Social Media Trolls

  09-09-2017 16:12
  NHS England is to issue guidance to staff and terror attack victims to warn them about the risk of social media trolls, but also telling them to be wary of the media.
  
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• Woman dies after colliding with cyclist during Ride London event

  09-09-2017 15:51
  A woman who suffered serious head injuries after colliding with a cyclist during the Ride London event in July has died.Officers were called to New King's Road and Guion Road in Parsons Green, southwest London, on 30 July.The pedestrian, 67, died in a west London hospital on Thursday.
  
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• Mass data breach with Equifax hack 'an unmitigated disaster'

  09-09-2017 15:51
  A cyber attack on a credit rating agency threatening the data of up to 44 million people in the UK has been branded an "unmitigated disaster" by security experts.The response of US-based Equifax to the massive breach, in which it lost the personal information of 143 million people to hackers, has also been criticised.The hack compromised a wealth of personal data, including names, birthdays, addresses and social security numbers - as well as credit card numbers for more than 200,000 people.
  
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• Nicky Morgan Seeks Answers On Contentious ‘Staircase Tax’

  09-09-2017 14:47
  Conservative MP Nicky Morgan is pushing the UK’s property tax agency to detail the impact of the so-called “staircase tax”, amid fears that firms could be forced to stomach a 5,000% hike in bills.
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg Defends ‘Extreme’ Anti-Abortion Views

  09-09-2017 14:26
  Conservative backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg has said he is entitled to his views after he was branded “extreme” after expressing opposition to abortion in all circumstances, including rape and incest.
  
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• Minister for digital on Equifax breach

  09-09-2017 14:10
  Minister for Digital, Matt Hancock MP, says the National Cyber Security Centre is leading the British response to the US hack.
  
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• Manchester concert venue shattered by bomb attack to reopen

  09-09-2017 13:20
  The Manchester music venue where a suicide bomber killed 22 people as they left an Ariana Grande concert in May will reopen on Saturday for the first time since the attack.A benefit concert entitled "We Are Manchester" will raise money for a charitable trust in charge of establishing a permanent memorial in the northern English city.The victims of the May 22 attack at the Manchester Arena included many young girls, who make up a large part of U.S. singer Grande's fan base.
  
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• Cambridge considers typed exams as handwriting worsens

  09-09-2017 12:42
  Students have been taking handwritten exams at the university for 800 years.The increasing illegibility of students’ handwriting has prompted Cambridge University to consider ending 800 years of tradition by allowing laptops to replace pen and paper for exams.Academics say that students are losing the ability to write by hand en masse because of their reliance on laptops in lectures and elsewhere.
  
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• Mexico Earthquake: Photos Reveal Destruction From Country's Strongest Quake In Decades

  09-09-2017 12:30
  The most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in almost a century has left at least 61 people dead, reduced buildings to rubble, injured hundreds and forced mass evacuations.
  
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• Polish immigrant dies after suicide attempt in UK detention centre

  09-09-2017 12:15
  Detainees at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre signed a protest letter after the man’s death.A 28-year-old Polish man has died after an earlier attempt to kill himself at an immigration removal centre in London.The incident happened at the Harmondsworth detention centre last Sunday, the day before the BBC aired a damning documentary that showed guards at another IRC mistreating vulnerable people, including those who were suicidal.
  
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• Was Britain's west coast hit by a devastating tsunami caused by an 11th Century asteroid strike?

  09-09-2017 12:03
  An asteroid impact in the Atlantic in the 11th century may have caused a huge tsunami that swept across the west coast of Britain, scientists believe.While there are doubts over whether the devastating event actually took place, the disaster is said to have submerged large numbers of villages and was mentioned in 1014 AD in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles.
  
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• This Is How Migrants Are Rescued By NGOs In The Mediterranean

  09-09-2017 11:46
  For three weeks last month HuffPost UK had a front row seat to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean during one of it’s most controversial and eventful phases.
  
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• No One Can Agree Who Is On This Boat

  09-09-2017 11:45
  Working aboard the Aquarius is a “grim job” - and that’s direct from the mouth of one of the search and rescue (SAR) ship’s hands.
  
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• Hurricane Irma Batters Cuba On Its Deadly Path To Florida As Second Hurricane Threatens The Caribbean

  09-09-2017 10:25
  Hurricane Irma has ravaged Cuba with tree-bending winds, lashing rain and huge waves on its deadly path to the US, while a second hurricane threatens the already-ravaged eastern Caribbean.
  
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• Manchester Arena reopens after terror attack with benefit concert

  09-09-2017 07:41
  Headlined by former Oasis star Noel Gallagher the show will raise money for a permanent memorial to the victims who died in the atrocity.Comedian Russell Kane, who is hosting the event, told Sky News: "I like to think this show is typical of the British spirit, the way we hit back.
  
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• Martyn's mum forgives Manchester bomber

  09-09-2017 07:40
  Martyn Hett's mother says she forgives the man who killed her son in the Manchester Arena bombing.
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg is a 'deadbeat dad', says Harriet Harman

  09-09-2017 07:00
  Jacob Rees-Mogg said he would ‘lose little sleep’ over Harman’s criticism of his old-fashioned parental style.Harriet Harman has accused Jacob Rees-Mogg of being a “deadbeat dad” and demanded that parliament change its rules to allow MPs six months of paid leave after having a child.Labour’s former deputy leader criticised the Tory MP after he said he was no “modern man” and had never changed a nappy following the birth of his sixth child, Sixtus.
  
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• Tory donor hits out at 'hopeless' Theresa May

  09-09-2017 06:42
  Theresa May is a "hopeless" leader of a "weak" government and Britain would be better off with a young Tony Blair at the helm instead, a major Tory donor has said.Lord Harris of Peckham criticised the Prime Minister's "shell-shocked" performance at the General Election in which the Tories disastrously lost their House of Commons majority.The peer's intervention comes as Mrs May is continuing to face speculation about her future as Tory leader and with her party at loggerheads over Brexit.
  
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• Millennials wish they had grown up in their parents' era, says a think-tank

  09-09-2017 05:09
  One in three millennials would prefer to have grown up in their parents' era despite technological and social advances, according to new research.Commissioned by the Resolution Foundation, the study showed the biggest concerns for millennials - those born between 1981 and 2000 - were lack of job security, not being able to buy their own home or retire comfortably.Laura Gardiner, senior policy analyst at the Resolution Foundation, said: "That such an anxiety has taken hold despite decad
  
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• Case of Profumo affair's 'pimp' will not go to court of appeal

  09-09-2017 01:37
  Stephen Ward, centre left, osteopath and central figure in the Profumo affair, leaving a hearing at Marylebone magistrates court bound for Brixton prison.Stephen Ward, the society fixer at the centre of the Profumo affair, will not have his conviction reviewed by the court of appeal.The Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) told Ward’s family on Friday they will not be sending the osteopath’s 1963 conviction for appeal as they cannot find an original transcript of the judge’s
  
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• Doctors warn of online trolls targeting victims of terror attacks

  09-09-2017 01:01
  St Ann’s Square, Manchester, where a vigil was held for the victims of the arena terror attack.Online trolls have aimed “vile and upsetting abuse” at victims of the London and Manchester terror attacks, NHS doctors have revealed.Victims and family members have been targeted on social media, especially Twitter, by trolls who accused them of “cashing in” on the atrocities.
  
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• AP Top Extended Financial Headlines at 6:44 p.m. EDT

  09-09-2017 00:44
  Investors were bailing out on Equifax after the credit monitoring company said a data breach exposed the Social Security numbers and other personal data of 143 million Americans
  
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