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• ‘Hang the Tories’ protest banner on Salford bridge denounced by MPs

  30-09-2017 23:18 via theguardian.com
  Huge hand-painted sign removed from bridge by police ahead of Conservative party’s conference in ManchesterMPs from both the main UK parties have denounced a banner that appeared on a footbridge in Salford prior to the Conservative party conference in Manchester. One Conservative MP said the party’s conference was being targeted by “fascists” after pictures circulated on social media of a 10-metre wide banner reading: “Hang the Tories.”Continue reading...
  
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• Gabriel Jesus stars to help Manchester City cope without Sergio Agüero | Barney Ronay

  30-09-2017 23:03 via theguardian.com
  He may be only 20 and not really a No9, but the Brazilian showed at Stamford Bridge just why he could prove so crucial in his first full season for CityGabriel Jesus will have more spectacular games than this. He will no doubt make the highlights reel more often and contribute more eye-catching moments of skill and craft than he did in Manchester City’s 1-0 victory at a relentlessly boisterous Stamford Bridge.This, though, was something else, a performance of deeper attacking gears from Ci
  
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• Jolt for Tories as poll suggests under-45s switching to Labour

  30-09-2017 22:01
  The crowd listens as Jeremy Corbyn speaks at Glastonbury 2017.More than twice as many voters under the age of 45 think Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party is now “on their side”, compared with those who believe the same about Theresa May’s Tories, according to new polling that will send shockwaves through the Conservative party.The survey for the Social Market Foundation (SMF) by Opinium shows it is not just voters in their teens and 20s but also those in their 30s and young mid
  
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• Football is heading for trouble over brain injuries caused by the ball

  30-09-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Kevin Doyle’s retirement on medical grounds because heading was causing persistent headaches shows that problems did not go away when heavy leather balls were phased outIn happier times, there was a story Eric Harrison used to tell his players at Manchester United, as the coach who helped bring through the Class of ’92, about a piece of advice he once received from the centre-half he regarded as the hardest man he had ever seen on a football pitch.George Curtis will always be best re
  
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• West’s rift with Russia ‘will last until Vladimir Putin goes’

  30-09-2017 21:45 via theguardian.com
  Outgoing EU envoy to Moscow says Brussels should help Ukraine by offering it a path to membershipRelations between Russia and the EU are stuck in a “deep and acute” crisis and are unlikely to improve until President Vladimir Putin leaves office and the conflict in Ukraine is resolved – events that could be many years away, the outgoing EU ambassador to Moscow has said.Vygaudas Ušackas, who has been in the post since 2013, said the EU must offer Ukraine a path to membersh
  
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• Embattled Theresa May arrives at Conservative Party conference in Manchester

  30-09-2017 21:42
  Theresa May has arrived in Manchester on the eve of a Conservative Party conference that will likely be dominated by questions over Brexit and her leadership.The Prime Minister has stated she wants to use the conference to return the focus to her domestic agenda, but a newspaper interview given by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson may have already knocked those plans off course.Speaking to The Sun, Mr Johnson had set out four Brexit "red lines" which critics have suggested go beyond the Government
  
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• Rats, roaches and overcrowding: the battle against slum landlords

  30-09-2017 21:40 via theguardian.com
  We join housing officers in Newham, east London, as they try to stop the exploitation of the poor and vulnerable amid a housing crisisMohammad Ayaz’s sunken, red-ringed eyes tell a desperate story of night shifts, low pay and poor housing. He hovers nervously outside the room he shares with his wife as police and housing officers check how many others are living in the small terraced house in east London.“You’ve done nothing wrong,” says Paul Oatt, a housing officer with
  
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• 'Hang The Tories' Banner Triggers Horror And Disgust Ahead Of Manchester Conservative Conference

  30-09-2017 21:34
  Police have removed a banner over a bridge in Salford that said “hang the Tories”, as people arriving for the Conservative Party conference reacted with horror and disgust.
  
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• Malala Yousafzai asked Twitter what she should pack for university and the responses were perfect

  30-09-2017 21:28
  The Nobel Prize winner asked, and Twitter answered.
  
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• Justin Welby accuses BBC over Jimmy Savile abuse victims

  30-09-2017 21:23
  The Church of England and the BBC engaged in an extraordinary war of words on Saturday over their responses to sex abuse scandals within their ranks.The dispute was prompted by criticism of the BBC levelled by Justin Welby for its response to the Jimmy Savile crisis.The archbishop of Canterbury said the BBC had not shown the same integrity over accusations of child abuse that the Catholic and Anglican churches had.
  
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• Brussels investigates UK over deported EU citizens

  30-09-2017 21:14
  Theresa May’s Brexit speech in Florence last month promised protections for EU citizens.The European commission is examining the increased detention and deportation of EU citizens from Britain and has warned it will take “appropriate action” against Theresa May’s government if it believes the rights of EU nationals are being compromised.Detentions and enforced removals of EU citizens from the UK have risen sharply since the Brexit vote, prompting critics to claim the Home
  
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• Monarch gets 24-hour lifeline amid last-ditch survival talks

  30-09-2017 20:54
  Monarch has been granted a 24-hour extension to its tour operator's licence.Britain's fifth-biggest airline had a deadline of midnight on Saturday before its Air Travel Organiser's Licence (ATOL) expired.It follows a report by Sky's City Editor Mark Kleinman that Monarch's future was hanging by a thread as the company held emergency talks with regulators.
  
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• Brexit: Boris Johnson urges two-year transition time limit

  30-09-2017 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The foreign secretary intervenes again on Brexit, detailing four "red lines" in a Sun interview.
  
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• Thousands march in Dublin calling for end to Ireland's abortion ban

  30-09-2017 20:34 via theguardian.com
  Appetite for change stirred after announcement of 2018 referendum on Ireland’s strict laws on terminationsThousands of people have protested in Dublin, calling for an end to Ireland’s strict abortion laws. Campaigners took part in the March for Choice in the capital’s city centre, chanting: “Hey, hey Leo, the eighth amendment has got to go” and carrying banners which read: “Keep your rosaries off my ovaries” and “Parent by choice for choice”.
  
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• Billy Monger: Amputee teen racer walks Brands Hatch circuit

  30-09-2017 20:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Billy Monger managed to walk 200m of the Brands Hatch circuit to raise money for charity.
  
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• The universe, as seen by art and science – in pictures

  30-09-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  A new Phaidon photobook, Universe, compiles visions of space from across history, as seen by astronomers, astronauts, painters and propagandists• Read astronomer and author Dr Stuart Clark’s review of Universe Continue reading...
  
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• Monarch package holidays protection extended for 24 hours

  30-09-2017 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The extension means customers can buy Atol-protected holidays from the company on Sunday.
  
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• Sheffield City Centre 'Stabbing Incidents' Injure Five And Lead To Four Arrests

  30-09-2017 19:27
  Five people have been injured in two linked stabbing incidents in Sheffield city centre.
  
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• Obama, Biden and Prince Harry united to cheer on athletes at the Invictus Games and it was totally awesome

  30-09-2017 19:25
  Obama and Biden surprised athletes at the Games.
  
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• Has Ben Stokes’ late night out and arrest already lost England the Ashes?

  30-09-2017 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Five key questions facing England after a turbulent week that has thrown preparations for their forthcoming trip to Australia into disarrayTheir nightmare week began last Sunday when, towards the fag-end of what has been the longest and busiest international summer and in keeping with the management’s relaxed approach to post-match celebrations, members of the limited-overs squad ventured out into Bristol city centre to toast their 124-run win over West Indies in the third ODI. At 2.35am,
  
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• Greater Manchester Police Confirm Body Pulled From Lake Was Detective Leanne McKie

  30-09-2017 18:44
  The body woman pulled from a lake in Cheshire was a serving detective, police have confirmed as a murder investigation into her death was launched.
  
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• Poynton lake death: Detective was 'tireless worker'

  30-09-2017 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Leanne McKie was a popular officer who worked in the sexual crimes unit, police say.
  
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• Boris Johnson wants maximum two-year Brexit transition

  30-09-2017 18:31
  British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said a transition period from the European Union after Britain's exit from the bloc in March 2019 must not last more than two years.In an interview with The Sun newspaper on Saturday, on the eve of the governing Conservative Party's annual conference, Johnson detailed four "red lines" for Brexit that appear to go beyond the agreed position of Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet.In addition to a two-year maximum transition, he said the UK should not ac
  
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• Tanzania gallery: the struggle for life without water at the Nyarugusu Dispensary

  30-09-2017 18:28 via theguardian.com
  At Nyarugusu in the Geita district in north-west Tanzania, life is a constant struggle, one that is made infinitely harden by the absence of running water. Photographer Sameer Satchu travelled to the area and recorded these images of daily events at a medical facility, the Nyarugusu Dispensary, for Water Aid Continue reading...
  
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• Body in lake confirmed as Greater Manchester police detective

  30-09-2017 18:04 via theguardian.com
  Cheshire police begin murder investigation and arrest 43-year-old man after body of Leanne McKie found in PoyntonThe body of a woman found in a lake in Cheshire is that of a serving detective with Greater Manchester police, a police chief has confirmed.Ian Hopkins, the GMP chief constable, said the body of Leanne McKie, who had been with the force since 2001 and worked in the serious sexual offences unit, had been found in Poynton, Cheshire, on Friday morning. She was a mother of three. Continue
  
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• Top billings: the poster art of the National Theatre – in pictures

  30-09-2017 18:00 via theguardian.com
  After 54 years of enticing audiences into the stalls, the National Theatre’s posters are getting their own moment in the spotlight with an exhibition curated by Rick Poynor in the NT’s Wolfson gallery (4 Oct-31 March). National Theatre Posters raids the archives to tell a fascinating story about the theatre and its visual communications, which have been under the watchful eye of just five head designers. “In the 60s the designs are very clean and modernist,” says Poynor,
  
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• Ukip Leader Henry Bolton Says British Culture Is 'Buried' By Islam And Immigration

  30-09-2017 17:50
  Ukip’s unknown new leader has said Islam leaves Britons feeling “buried” and claimed multiculturalism is “swamping” British identity, in a speech setting out the party as a nationalist voice.By the time he spoke in Torquay on Saturday, most journalists had left after hardline anti-Islam candidate Anne Marie Waters failed to win the leadership, pushed into second place by ex-soldier Bolton.
  
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• UKIP leader: PM has weakened Brexit hand

  30-09-2017 17:30
  UKIP leader Henry Bolton says that far from strengthening the UK’s hand in Brexit negotiations, Theresa May has weakened it.
  
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• Brexit transitional period unacceptable, says new UKIP leader

  30-09-2017 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  UKIP's new leader Henry Bolton says the Tories "cannot be trusted" to take Britain out of the EU.
  
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• Body found in lake is confirmed as serving policewoman Leanne McKie

  30-09-2017 17:24
  Police have confirmed that the body of a woman pulled from a lake in Cheshire was that of serving policewoman Leanne McKie.Ms McKie was a mother of three young children from Wilmslow who had served with Greater Manchester Police since 2001 - most recently as a detective in the serious sexual offences unit.Paying tribute to his colleague, Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said: "I would like to offer my most sincere condolences to Leanne's family and friends at this devastating time.
  
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• UKIP's new leader Henry Bolton ditches net migration cap

  30-09-2017 17:19
  UKIP's new leader has abandoned the party's pledge to cap immigration - describing such figures as "entirely unrealistic".In his first speech since being elected, Henry Bolton said he preferred a "practical and operational" approach to managing migration as targets "paint politicians like me into a corner".At the UKIP conference in Torquay, the former Army officer said current rates of immigration were "unacceptable" - and he claimed British culture was being "buried" by Islam and "swamped" by m
  
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• Man dies after being stabbed in 'shockingly violent' brawl in Manchester city centre

  30-09-2017 17:18
  A man has died after being stabbed in a "shockingly violent" brawl outside a nightclub in Manchester city centre.The 21-year-old suffered a knife wound in his neck during a large fight in John Dalton Street, near Deansgate, early on Saturday morning.Two police officers also sustained minor injuries.
  
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• New Ukip leader refuses to call for immigration cap

  30-09-2017 16:58
  The new leader of Ukip has said mass immigration is harming British culture but refused to call for a cap on the number of people who are allowed to come to the UK.Henry Bolton used his first leader’s speech at the party’s Torquay conference to claim that immigration was overwhelming public services and British culture was being “buried” by Islam.Bolton, a former soldier and Thames Valley police officer, was elected leader of the rightwing party during its annual conferen
  
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• Protesters stage London demo against plans for patient ID checks

  30-09-2017 16:54 via theguardian.com
  Critics fear checks will destroy relationship NHS staff have with patients and create climate of fear that stops people accessing careProtesters gathered at St Thomas’ hospital in central London on Saturday to voice opposition to the introduction of ID checks at hospitals and up-front charges for patients not eligible for NHS care.People from overseas are already liable for the cost of treatment, but new rules will require hospitals, community interest companies and charities receiving NHS
  
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• Ryanair ‘barring passengers from new compensation flight offer’

  30-09-2017 16:31 via theguardian.com
  Airline facing claims it issued refunds without telling customers they could switch airlinesRyanair was facing a fresh backlash on Saturday as customers complained they had been told they were ineligible for an improved compensation offer for cancelled flights.Among those affected by more than 20,000 flight cancellations, travellers who had initially opted for a refund on the cost of their Ryanair tickets complained of being, in effect, locked out of the airline’s expanded offer to rebook
  
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• Catalonia referendum defies Spanish obstruction - BBC News

  30-09-2017 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
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  Catalonia referendum defies Spanish obstruction
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  A nation, a Spanish region, an aspiring independent state: however you define it, Catalonia has become a byword in Spain for controversy and political conflict. Now, the deadlock between Catalonia's devolved government, which wants independence, and ...
  The Latest: Catalan govt struggles to distribute ballotsABC News
  With kids in tow, Catalonia's pro-independence parents occupy polling stations in mass act of civil disobedie
  
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• M4 in Wiltshire closed following serious crash - ITV News

  30-09-2017 16:12 via itv.com
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  M4 in Wiltshire closed following serious crash
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  The westbound carriageway of part of the motorway has been closed following a crash between a lorry and a car early this morning. Share · Tweet · Plus · Reddit. Live updates. West Country; 6 minutes ago. M4 westbound closed after serious accident near ...
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• Yosemite's El Capitan Rock Fall: Killed Briton Andrew Foster 'Died Saving Wife'

  30-09-2017 16:10
  A British climber who was crushed by falling rocks at Yosemite National Park was killed attempting to save his wife.
  
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• Donald Trump Attacks Puerto Ricans Who 'Want Everything Done For Them' Amid Hurricane Maria Devastation

  30-09-2017 16:00
  Donald Trump has attacked Puerto Ricans who “want everything done for them”, as the US Government intervenes to help the American territority’s people after Hurricane Maria.
  
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• San Juan Mayor Rebukes Trump Administration for Rosy Comments on Relief Effort - New York Times

  30-09-2017 15:51 via nytimes.com
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  San Juan Mayor Rebukes Trump Administration for Rosy Comments on Relief Effort
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  Angela Ontivero, 83, walked through the wreckage of her San Juan neighborhood, Barriada Figueroa, on Friday. Credit Victor J. Blue for The New York Times. SAN JUAN, P.R. — In the storm-battered neighborhood of Barriada Figueroa on Friday, neighbors ...
  Puerto Rico: Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor over Maria responseBBC News
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• Monarch prays for lifeline as CAA considers licence extension

  30-09-2017 15:33
  The future of Monarch, Britain's fifth-biggest airline, is hanging by a thread this weekend as it holds emergency talks with regulators about a temporary extension to its tour operator's licence.Sky News has learnt that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is weighing whether to hand Monarch a temporary extension to its Air Travel Organiser's Licence (ATOL) for the third time in four years.Sources said that without such an extension, Monarch's travel subsidiary was likely to be placed into adminis
  
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• Harry Kane and Tottenham show Huddersfield no mercy to win at a canter - The Guardian

  30-09-2017 15:32 via theguardian.com
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  Harry Kane and Tottenham show Huddersfield no mercy to win at a canter
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  Harry Kane celebrates scoring of Tottenham's third goal, his second, in the 4-0 Premier League win at Huddersfield Town. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images. Premier League · The Observer ...
  Harry Kane double fires Tottenham past Huddersfield with ease as slick Spurs hit their strideThe Independent
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• Man arrested after three-year-old girl dropped from 30ft bridge into river - The Independent

  30-09-2017 15:29 via independent.co.uk
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  Man arrested after three-year-old girl dropped from 30ft bridge into river
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  Police have launched an investigation after a 39-year-old man dropped a three-year-old girl from a bridge in an apparent murder-suicide bid. The incident happened on Friday evening when police were called to Astley Bridge in Bolton after reports that a ...and more »
  
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• Toddler Rescued After Being Dropped From Bridge In Bolton

  30-09-2017 15:25
  A three-year-old girl was rescued after being dropped from a bridge in what is believed to be an attempted murder-suicide.
  
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• Tillerson calls for calming of situation on Korean Peninsula - ABC News

  30-09-2017 15:01 via abcnews.go.com
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  Tillerson calls for calming of situation on Korean Peninsula
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  In this Sept. 26, 2017, photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the State Department in Washington. Tillerson is making his second trip to China since taking office in February, and relations between the two world powers have rarely mattered ...
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• Boris Johnson reciting Kipling in Myanmar temple 'not appropriate'

  30-09-2017 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson was being filmed for a Channel 4 documentary when he recited some lines from a Kipling poem inside a Myanmar temple.
  
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• Boy, 14, critical after being stabbed outside mosque in Birmingham - The Guardian

  30-09-2017 14:30 via theguardian.com
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  Boy, 14, critical after being stabbed outside mosque in Birmingham
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  Idaara Maarif-e-Islam mosque in Birmingham: Police said they were not treating the attack as a terror incident. Photograph: Adam Hughes/SWNS.com. UK news. Boy, 14, critical after being stabbed outside mosque in Birmingham. Man arrested in connection ...
  Boy, 14, fighting for his life after being stabbed outside mosque as elders fear attack was 'racially motivated'Telegraph.co.uk
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• Boy, 14, critical after being stabbed outside mosque in Birmingham

  30-09-2017 14:29
  Idaara Maarif-e-Islam mosque in Birmingham: Police said they were treating the attack as a terror incident.A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after being stabbed outside a mosque in Birmingham.Police said the teenager suffered several stab wounds in the attack in the Small Heath area shortly after 1am on Saturday and was taken to hospital by paramedics.
  
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• Britain's Boris Johnson wants maximum two-year Brexit transition

  30-09-2017 14:17
  British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said a transition period from the European Union after Britain's exit from the bloc in March 2019 must not last more than two years.In an interview with The Sun newspaper on Saturday, on the eve of the governing Conservative Party's annual conference, Johnson detailed four "red lines" for Brexit that appear to go beyond the agreed position of Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet.In addition to a two-year maximum transition, he said the UK should not ac
  
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• Vaginal mesh 'disaster' could be 'worse than Thalidomide', experts warn

  30-09-2017 13:58
  An operation to treat incontinence performed on tens of thousands of women across the UK could be hiding a scandal worse than Thalidomide, a leading expert has warned.Professor Carl Heneghan, who specialises in evidence-based medicine, said some of the devices used in vaginal mesh implants had not been clinically tested and, "unlike in the Thalidomide scandal, you are unable to see the extent of the women's injuries".More than 75,000 women in England had the procedure - known as TVT - between 20
  
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