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• Four American college students are attacked with acid at France train station, authorities say - Washington Post

  17-09-2017 23:56 via washingtonpost.com
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  Four American college students are attacked with acid at France train station, authorities say
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  Four American college students were hospitalized Sunday after a woman sprayed them with acid at a train station in Marseille, a city in southern France, authorities say. The victims, who are juniors at Boston College, were treated for burns and have ...
  Acid attacks growing more common across EuropeUSA TODAY
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• Parsons Green Bombing: CCTV Shows Man With Lidl Bag Close To Home Raided By Police

  17-09-2017 23:51
  Grainy footage has emerged of a man holding a Lidl bag close to a house in Surrey raided in the aftermath of the Parsons Green attack.
  
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• Parsons Green Attack: CCTV Shows Man With Lidl Bag Close To Home Raided By Police

  17-09-2017 23:51
  Grainy footage has emerged of a man holding a Lidl bag close to a house in Surrey raided in the aftermath of the Parsons Green attack.
  
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• Lessons From The Myanmar Response: Why We Need To Support Local And National Aid Agencies

  17-09-2017 23:39
  Images of thousands of refugees fleeing Myanmar have quite rightly focused global attention on the human tragedy of displacement and the search for safety.
  
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• Theresa May to fly to Canada for talks on post-Brexit trade deal

  17-09-2017 23:38
  Theresa May will fly to Canada on Monday to "prepare the ground" for a post-Brexit trade deal, after deep cabinet splits emerged once more over her government’s approach to leaving the EU.The Prime Minister and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau are expected to agree that the new trade deal between the EU and Canada - which comes into effect on 21 September - should be "swiftly transitioned" to form the basis of a bilateral deal between their two countries when Britain quits the EU.Th
  
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• My tactics 'saved the Lib Dems', Farron tells party conference

  17-09-2017 23:00
  Former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron will tell his party conference that his tactics “saved the Liberal Democrats,” saying the party’s increasing membership was a sign it was on the road to recovery.Farron’s defence of his record came after a fraught session on the conference floor on Sunday, where party members attempted to overturn policy on a second Brexit referendum, in favour of a policy which would see Article 50 reversed without a public vote.
  
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• Tessa Jowell is being treated for brain cancer, family reveals

  17-09-2017 22:42
  Former culture secretary Baroness Jowell is being treated for brain cancer, her family has revealed on her 70th birthday."More people living longer better lives with cancer is my birthday pledge," she added, alongside a picture of her family.Ella Mills, Baroness Jowell's daughter-in-law, quoted the post celebrating her 70th birthday, saying she felt "so inspired by her bravery and fight against cancer".
  
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• Laour peer Dame Tessa Jowell diagnosed with brain cancer - Evening Standard

  17-09-2017 22:21 via standard.co.uk
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  Laour peer Dame Tessa Jowell diagnosed with brain cancer
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  In a series of posts on social media on her 70th birthday, the former Cabinet minister and her relatives vowed to help other people with the disease. Daughter-in-law Ella, the food blogger known as deliciouslyella, said Baroness Jowell had been ...
  Tessa Jowell is being treated for brain cancer, family revealsSky News
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• Dame Tessa Jowell, Former Labour Cabinet Minister, Treated For Brain Cancer, Family Reveals

  17-09-2017 21:22
  Dame Tessa Jowell, the former Labour Cabinet minister who played a pivotal role in securing the London Olympics, is being treated for brain cancer, it has been revealed.
  
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• Dame Tessa Jowell is being treated for brain cancer, family reveals

  17-09-2017 20:44
  Former culture secretary Dame Tessa Jowell is being treated for brain cancer, her family has revealed on her 70th birthday."More people living longer better lives with cancer is my birthday pledge," she added, alongside a picture of her family.Ella Mills, Dame Tessa's daughter-in-law, quoted the post celebrating her 70th birthday, saying she felt "so inspired by her bravery and fight against cancer".
  
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• Number-crunchers take Boris Johnson to task over revived £350m pledge - Financial Times

  17-09-2017 20:32 via ft.com
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  Number-crunchers take Boris Johnson to task over revived £350m pledge
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  Boris Johnson has been accused of a “clear misuse of official statistics” over his revived Brexit pitch to give the NHS up to £350m extra a week, in a row that threatens to deepen Tory divisions and overshadow Theresa May's efforts to break the ...
  Newspaper headlines: 'Is this the bomber?' and Boris Johnson falloutBBC News
  Boris Johnson has one big problem: he is yester
  
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• Property raided after terror attack

  17-09-2017 20:25
  Police investigating the Parsons Green Tube bombing are searching a property in Stanwell, Surrey. Officers have detained two men over Friday's attack. The UK terror threat level has been lowered from critical to severe.
  
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• Boris Johnson Accuses UK Statistics Authority Of 'Misrepresentation' In Row Over £350m Claim

  17-09-2017 20:04
  An extraordinary war of words between Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and the UK’s statistics watchdog over how much money Britain sends to the EU escalated on Sunday night.
  
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• Local community should set up their own Grenfell fire inquiry | Letters

  17-09-2017 19:52
  Protesters outside the Grenfell Tower public inquiry in London where Sir Martin Moore-Bick is delivered his opening statement.Sir Martin Moore-Bick has had a distinguished legal career but, despite his background and qualifications, he is the wrong person to head the Grenfell inquiry (Report, 15 September).The local community should set up a properly constructed alternative Grenfell inquiry, and refuse further contact with Moore-Bick.
  
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• Could CCTV footage show the Parsons Green tube bomber? - ITV News

  17-09-2017 19:44 via itv.com
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  Could CCTV footage show the Parsons Green tube bomber?
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  Could this CCTV footage show the Parsons Green bomber leaving a property at the centre of the police investigation on his way to carry out the attack? ITV News has obtained exclusive footage of a person leaving the property in Sunbury-on-Thames which ...and more »
  
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• Boris Johnson hits back at criticism over renewed £350m post-Brexit claim

  17-09-2017 19:39
  Norgrove said he was ‘surprised and disappointed’ by the foreign secretary’s decision to repeat the £350m figure.Boris Johnson has been slapped down by the head of the UK Statistics Authority for restating the controversial claim that Britain will claw back £350m a week after leaving the EU – in a move that has triggered a war of words between the two men.Sir David Norgrove said he was “surprised and disappointed” by the foreign secretary’s d
  
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• Parsons Green investigation: Property raided

  17-09-2017 19:20
  Police investigating the Parsons Green Tube bombing are searching a property in Stanwell, Surrey. Officers have detained two men over Friday's attack. The UK terror threat level has been lowered from critical to severe.
  
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• Boris has an irrepressible enthusiasm, said Amber Rudd carefully

  17-09-2017 18:49
  While Boris Johnson was spending Friday writing his 4,000 word leadership bid for the Daily Telegraph, the home secretary, Amber Rudd, was otherwise engaged, dealing with the aftermath of the Parsons Green bomb.Like everything Boris does, it was all about him.“Do you think the foreign secretary’s intervention was helpful?” asked Marr towards the end of his interview with Rudd on his Sunday morning BBC1 politics show.
  
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• Betting and media firms offer to fund addiction awareness ad campaign

  17-09-2017 18:36
  An anti-gambling advert in Singapore.Labour has warned against a ‘stitch-up’ to avoid tighter regulation.Betting firms and broadcasters have made an offer to the government to fund an £8m addiction awareness campaign, in a move Labour warned must not be a “stitch-up” to stave off tighter regulation of adverts.
  
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• May 'running scared' on pay reform

  17-09-2017 18:30
  The leader of the Liberal Democrats and former Business Secretary, Vince Cable, tells Sky News the Government's corporate governance and pay reforms fall short of what the public wants.
  
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• 'Beautiful people': the foster carers raided by counter-terrorism police

  17-09-2017 18:25
  Penelope Jones and Ronald Jones received their MBEs from Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 2010.Foster carers Penelope and Ronald Jones, aged 71 and 88 respectively, found themselves thrust into the national spotlight when counter-terrorism police raided their terraced home in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, following the arrest of an 18-year-old at Dover on Saturday in connection with the Parsons Green bombing.It is understood that over four decades they have provided foster c
  
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• Vince Cable says he is 'plausible' candidate for Prime Minister

  17-09-2017 18:22
  Sir Vince Cable has insisted he is a "plausible" candidate to be prime minister, as he attends his first party conference as Liberal Democrat leader.Sir Vince is using the gathering in Bournemouth to position the Lib Dems firmly as the voice of Remain voters who reject the possibility of a soft Brexit.
  
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• Donald Trump Retweets Meme Of Him Hitting Golf Ball At Hillary Clinton

  17-09-2017 18:15
  Donald Trump has shared a tweet that included a GIF of him hitting a golf ball at Hillary Clinton and striking her on the head.
  
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• Boris Johnson slapped down by statistics chief over fresh £350m claim

  17-09-2017 17:19
  Norgrove said he was ‘surprised and disappointed’ by the foreign secretary’s decision to repeat the £350m figure.Boris Johnson has been slapped down by the head of the UK Statistics Authority for restating the controversial claim that Britain will claw back £350m a week after leaving the EU.Sir David Norgrove said he was “surprised and disappointed” by the foreign secretary’s decision to repeat the figure in a 4,000-word article outlining his visio
  
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• Police arrest second man over London train bomb

  17-09-2017 17:12
  By Paul SandleLONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested a second man over the bombing of a London commuter train on Friday that injured 30 people and the security services lowered the threat level for an attack from its highest setting.The 21-year-old man was detained under Britain's terrorism laws in the west London suburb of Hounslow just before midnight on Saturday, London police said in a statement.Police earlier arrested an 18-year-old man in the departure lounge of Dover port in what they
  
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• Rudd: Terror threat lowered to 'severe'

  17-09-2017 17:10
  The UK's terror threat level has been lowered from 'critical' to 'severe', Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced.
  
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• What to do in a terror attack

  17-09-2017 16:55
  Government advice if you find yourself in a terror attack or see a suspicious item.
  
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• South London 'Chemical Incident' Sees Residents Evacuated

  17-09-2017 16:54
  Residents were evacuated and roads closed due to a “chemical incident” in south London on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Terror threat downgraded to 'severe' after Parsons Green bomb arrests

  17-09-2017 16:43
  The UK's terror threat level has been lowered from 'critical' to 'severe', Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced.It means a terror attack is "highly likely" and follows the bucket bomb blast at Parsons Green Tube station that left 30 passengers injured.In the immediate aftermath, the threat level was temporarily raised to its highest level, triggering military deployment to free up armed police to patrol the street.
  
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• Woman and two children remain seriously ill after M5 crash that killed four people

  17-09-2017 16:24
  A woman and two children are seriously ill after a lorry smashed through the central reservation on the M5 motorway.It had careered across the northbound carriageway between junctions 16 and 14 in south Gloucestershire on Saturday.Avon and Somerset Police confirmed four people had died and three others are in a life-threatening condition in hospital.
  
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• Donald Trump is retweeting things again

  17-09-2017 16:19
  Just another day in the White House.
  
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• Amber Rudd Dismisses Donald Trump's Parsons Green Tweet As 'Pure Speculation'

  17-09-2017 16:02
  Amber Rudd has dismissed Donald Trump’s tweets on Parsons Green as “pure speculation”.
  
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• Paralysis at the heart of UK counter-extremism policy

  17-09-2017 15:46
  Police and security services have stepped up their responses, but the same cannot be said of the Home Office’s efforts to tackle extremism.The disclosure by the home secretary, Amber Rudd, that the Home Office is starting the search this week for someone to lead its new commission for countering extremism is indicative of the paralysis at the heart of the government’s policy on the issue.On the eve of the Parsons Green attack, the head of counter-terrorism policing, deputy assistant
  
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• Security staff surround British Airways plane

  17-09-2017 14:50
  A BA flight from Paris to London has been held Paris because of what a passenger called a "direct threat".
  
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• Surrey property searched after second man held over Parsons Green bombing

  17-09-2017 14:46
  Police and forensic teams are searching a property in Stanwell in Surrey following the arrest of a second man by officers investigating the Parsons Green terror attack.The 21-year-old was detained in Hounslow, west London at around 11.50pm on Saturday.Thirty people were injured during London's Friday morning rush hour when an improvised explosive device detonated on a Tube train.
  
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• Security alert delays British Airways flight from Paris

  17-09-2017 14:44
  A British Airways flight to London has taken off from Paris after being searched by armed police following a "direct threat" to the plane.Passengers were evacuated from BA flight BA0303 as it waited to take off from Charles de Gaulle airport bound for Heathrow at around 8am UK time.Sniffer dogs were also used to search hand luggage.
  
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• Police searching for mother after newborn baby found in east London park

  17-09-2017 14:19
  Police are searching for a missing mother after a newborn baby was found in an east London park.The boy was discovered wrapped in a white blanket at around 8.20am on Sunday in a park area near Balaam Street in Plaistow.Police are concerned about the mother's health and have urged her to come forward.
  
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• Boris Johnson accused of Brexit 'backseat driving'

  17-09-2017 14:03
  By Paul SandleLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson was accused by cabinet colleagues on Sunday of "backseat driving" on Brexit after setting out his own vision of the country's future outside the European Union.Only days before Prime Minister Theresa May is due to speak in Italy about Britain's planned EU departure, Johnson on Saturday published a 4,300-word newspaper article that roamed well beyond his ministerial brief and, in some cases, the approach set out by the gove
  
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• Media should reflect all society, not just a typically male ruling class

  17-09-2017 13:46
  A hunch five years ago that the front pages of British newspapers were dominated by men prompted research that proved the hunch right: daily newspapers were full of male writers and voices.Since then much has changed, not least the appointment of the UK’s second female prime minister, the first woman to run for the highest office in the US and, closer to home, the appointment of the first female editor-in-chief of the Guardian.The WiJ research in 2012 found that 78% of all front page bylin
  
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• M5 Crash In Gloucestershire: Three Remain In Critical Condition

  17-09-2017 12:36
  Four people have died and a woman and two children are critically ill in hospital after a lorry smashed through the central reservation on the M5.
  
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• Trump's London terror tweet was 'pure speculation', says Rudd

  17-09-2017 12:35
  Trump has also been criticised for using the London attack to promote his travel ban.Donald Trump’s immediate suggestion that the terrorist who left a bomb on the London Underground on Friday was in the sights of Scotland Yard was unhelpful and “pure speculation”, according to Britain’s home secretary.“It is never helpful to have speculation about an ongoing operation and I would include the president of the United States in that comment,” said Amber Rudd, who
  
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• Police arrest second man over London train bombing

  17-09-2017 12:25
  By Paul SandleLONDON (Reuters) - A second man has been arrested over Friday's bombing of a London commuter train that injured 30 people and Britain remained on its highest level of alert on Sunday with soldiers helping provide security.The 21-year-old man was detained under Britain's Terrorism Act in the west London suburb of Hounslow just before midnight on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.Police arrested an 18-year-old man in the departure lounge of Dover port earlier on S
  
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• Amber Rudd says Boris Johnson is 'backseat driving' over Brexit

  17-09-2017 12:23
  Amber Rudd has accused Boris Johnson of backseat driving as she questioned the timing of his 4,000 word vision of Britain’s departure from the EU and made clear that she did not want the foreign secretary managing the Brexit process.The home secretary said she had “unfortunately not” had time to read her cabinet colleague’s entire article, published in the Daily Telegraph a day after a terror attack on the London underground.
  
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• British Airways Flight Bound For Heathrow Evacuated At Paris Airport Over Security Threat

  17-09-2017 11:33
  A British Airways plane bound for Heathrow was evacuated in Paris over a security threat on Sunday morning.
  
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• Trump's tweet on London train bombing just speculation - Rudd

  17-09-2017 11:18
  The Home Secretary said a claim by U.S. President Donald Trump that the culprits behind a bombing on a London train were in the sights of the police, made on Twitter shortly after the attack, had been nothing more than speculation."It's never helpful to have speculation about an ongoing operation and I would include the president of the United States in that comment," Amber Rudd told BBC television on Sunday."It is pure speculation, absolutely."Rudd's comments echoed those of Prime Minister Ther
  
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• Rashan Charles: Officer Who Initially Restrained Man Who Died Should Be Suspended, Says Watchdog

  17-09-2017 10:39
  The officer who initially restrained a man whose death sparked violent street protests should be suspended from the Met pending further investigation, the police watchdog has said.
  
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• British police arrest second man over London train bomb

  17-09-2017 10:23
  By Paul SandleLONDON (Reuters) - A second man has been arrested over Friday's bomb attack on a London underground train that injured 30 people, police said on Sunday, as Britain remained on its highest level of alert with soldiers helping provide security.The 21-year-old man was detained under Britain's Terrorism Act in the west London suburb of Hounslow just before midnight on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.Police arrested an 18-year-old man in the port of Dover earlier o
  
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• Moment armed police entered Surrey house

  17-09-2017 10:10
  Police investigating the Parsons Green Tube bombing in west London have searched a house in Sunbury, Surrey.
  
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• Second man held over Parsons Green bombing

  17-09-2017 10:07
  A second man has been arrested by detectives investigating the Parsons Green terror attack.The 21-year-old was detained in Hounslow, west London at around 11.50pm on Saturday.Thirty people were injured during London's Friday morning rush hour when an improvised explosive device detonated on a Tube train.
  
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• Second man arrested over London train attack - police

  17-09-2017 09:41
  A second man has been arrested over Friday's bomb attack on a London underground train that injured 30 people, police said.The 21-year-old man was arrested in the west London suburb of Hounslow just before midnight on Saturday, the Metropolitan Police force said in a statement.Earlier on Saturday, British police arrested an 18-year-old man in the port of Dover and raided a property in Sunbury, a small town outside London, as they hunted for whoever planted the device.
  
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