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• Holland see off Belarus but need miracle after Sweden’s rout of Luxembourg

  07-10-2017 23:45 via theguardian.com
  • Dutch left needing seven-goal win over Sweden to reach World Cup play-offs
  • Belgium beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-3 in significant Group H showdownHolland’s chances of reaching the World Cup finals are almost certainly over, with Saturday night’s results meaning Dick Advocaat’s team need to beat Sweden by seven goals on Tuesday to reach the play-offs, while Bosnia-Herzegovina’s dramatic 4-3 home defeat by Belgium in Sarajevo had implications well beyond their hop
  
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• Wales’s Chris Coleman braced for ‘hell of a game’ against Ireland in pivotal match

  07-10-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • Wales manager says Seamus Coleman injury controversy will not affect team• Chris Coleman: team must show ‘same hunger and desire as we’ve always had’Chris Coleman expects a physical game against the Republic of Ireland but is adamant that the bitter fall-out from the goalless draw in Dublin in March, when Seamus Coleman suffered a broken leg following a reckless challenge from Neil Taylor, will not affect Wales’s approach to Monday’s pivotal World Cup qu
  
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• Jermain Defoe: ‘I didn’t know I would reach 35 and still be running like I’m 25’

  07-10-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  The England striker credits his mother, Ian Wright and a French fitness expert for helping him get a wholly unexpected chance at another World CupJermain Defoe turned 35 on Saturday, spending his birthday travelling to Lithuania with the England squad he was so happy to rejoin and not even thinking about slowing down, let alone retiring. A French fitness expert whom Ian Wright recommended a few seasons ago said he thought he could add five years to Defoe’s career and the Bournemouth strike
  
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• Gareth Southgate: England possess no big players and have it all to prove

  07-10-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • Manager points to team’s lack of international honours
  • Jack Butland and Michael Keane set to face LithuaniaGareth Southgate has claimed no one in his squad can yet consider himself a “big player” but believes England are hungry to prove their quality before next summer’s World Cup as they seek to repair the relationship with a disillusioned fanbase. Related: Gareth Southgate must give freedom a chance after numbing England spectacle | Barney RonayContinue re
  
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• ‘Hunt for Catalans’ threat on London Spanish Facebook group page

  07-10-2017 23:29 via theguardian.com
  Anti-independence campaigners pledge ‘night of broken glass’ while other group members express alarm over hate speechThe rancour surrounding Catalonia’s disputed independence referendum has found an echo in London, where some members of a Facebook group called Españoles en Londres (Spaniards in London) proposed launching a “hunt for independence supporters” on Friday night, threatening to remove Catalan flags hung in windows, with the promise of a “nigh
  
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• Danny McGuire proud of ‘fairytale finish’ before Leeds departure

  07-10-2017 23:28 via theguardian.com
  • ‘New challenge will be good for me,’ says McGuire after Grand Final win
  • McGuire pools each and every one of the votes for man-of-the-match awardDanny McGuire reiterated the time was right to leave Leeds after finishing his near two-decade association with his hometown club with another Grand Final success and the Harry Sunderland Trophy.For only the second time in Grand Final history, a single player pooled each and every one of the votes for the man-of-the-match award,
  
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• Woman arrested 'for trying to climb Buckingham Palace gates'

  07-10-2017 23:15
  A woman has been arrested after she allegedly tried to climb the front gates of Buckingham Palace.The woman, thought to be aged in her 30s, is being held on suspicion of trespass and is in custody at a central London police station.A statement by the Metropolitan Police said: "At 5.40pm on Saturday, officers in the area of Buckingham Palace observed a woman climbing the front gates of the palace.
  
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• Scorned and stateless: children of Isis fighters face an uncertain future

  07-10-2017 22:54 via theguardian.com
  Families of Isis militants are outcasts to their own society and unwanted by the countries of their foreign fathersIn a corner of a teeming refugee camp, 40 miles north of Raqqa, a small group of women and children are kept alone. They mill together at the back of a blue building; blond and brown haired children darting in between blankets that their mothers have hung as doors across small, dank rooms. Others in the Ain Issa camp call them “the Daeshis”, meaning Islamic State familie
  
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• Max Whitlock retains world title in style in men’s pommel final

  07-10-2017 22:38 via theguardian.com
  • Briton’s gamble on Double Russian pays off in Montreal final
  • ‘To do this after the 2015 world title and Rio is extra-special’Max Whitlock rose to the occasion once again as he became the first British gymnast to defend a world title with victory in the men’s pommel final at the World Championships in Montreal.The double Olympic champion delivered an improved routine to score a huge 15.441 points, exceeding his qualification score of 15.300, and easily beatin
  
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• Tories know they need a new leader, but have no idea how to get one

  07-10-2017 22:31
  Theresa May delivers her keynote speech at the party conference in Manchester.As Theresa May coughed and spluttered through her ill-fated party conference speech on Wednesday the home secretary, Amber Rudd, tried to ride to her rescue.Clearly aware that cough sweets and glasses of water were failing to do the trick, Rudd was desperate to buy the prime minister some breathing space.
  
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• Axe old guard to make way for young stars, senior Tories tell May

  07-10-2017 22:30
  Theresa May must appoint a new generation of MPs to top jobs to breathe new life into the Conservative party and rescue her premiership, donors, ministers and grandees have warned.Senior Tory figures told the Observer that while May has no long-term future as prime minister, she can secure a legacy of “restarting the party” by going ahead with a bold but risky ministerial clear-out in the next few weeks.The plan is being widely supported by figures opposed to a Boris Johnson takeover
  
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• Natural History Museum Incident Sees Nigel Farage And Katie Hopkins Forced To Backtrack Over 'Scaremongering'

  07-10-2017 22:09
  Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins have been accused of “grossly irresponsible” scare-mongering over their reactions to a car striking pedestrians outside the Natural History Museum.
  
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• Rape and slavery was lure for UK Isis recruits with history of sexual violence

  07-10-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Young fighters are mobilised by Islamic State’s ideology of abusing women as a form of terrorism, says reportMen with a history of sexual violence and domestic abuse joined Islamic State because of the organisation’s systemic use of rape and slavery as a form of terrorism, according to new analysis.The promotion and sanctioning of sexual violence by the extremist group was a pivotal means of “attracting, retaining, mobilising and rewarding fighters” as well as punishing k
  
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• Woman arrested trying to scale gates of UK's Buckingham Palace

  07-10-2017 21:49
  British police said they had arrested a woman who was trying to scale the front gates of Queen Elizabeth's Buckingham Palace home in central London on Saturday, saying the incident was not terrorism-related."The woman, believed to be in her 30s was quickly detained by officers before she gained access to the palace grounds," police said.British police are on high alert after five attacks blamed on terrorism this year.
  
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• US-style abortion battles loom in UK amid claims of intimidation

  07-10-2017 21:29 via theguardian.com
  As street tensions increase, pro-choice group says a London council must curb ‘harassment’ of women at Marie Stopes clinicA London council will decide on Tuesday whether to pursue a public space protection order to prevent the harassment and intimidation of women accessing abortion services at the Marie Stopes clinic in Ealing, west London.In the first case of its kind, Ealing council will debate the move after a petition from local pro-choice group, Sister Supporter, which demanded
  
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• Lawyer Lisa Bloom resigns as adviser to Harvey Weinstein amid criticism

  07-10-2017 21:14 via theguardian.com
  Bloom, who helped oust Bill O’Reilly from Fox News, had been helping the film producer following allegations of decades of sexual harassmentThe attorney Lisa Bloom has resigned her role as an adviser to the movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, after facing criticism for defending a man accused of repeated sexual harassment.Related: 'We're all complicit': Were the Harvey Weinstein allegations an open secret?Continue reading...
  
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• Eleven hurt after car mounts pavement near London's Natural History Museum

  07-10-2017 21:01
  Eleven people have been injured after a car mounted the pavement outside the Natural History Museum in west London.A man has been arrested following the collision in South Kensington around 2.20pm, police say.Police later confirmed the collision was a road traffic accident and was not being treated as terror-related.
  
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• New Zealand edge past South Africa in thrilling Rugby Championship clash

  07-10-2017 21:00 via theguardian.com
  • South Africa 24-25 New Zealand
  • Champions end tournament unbeaten after bruising encounter in Cape TownNew Zealand held off a spirited fight from hosts South Africa to complete their Rugby Championship campaign unbeaten after a 25-24 win in a ferocious physical battle in Cape Town. Each side scored three tries at Newlands in a thrilling spectacle as South Africa restored some pride with a competitive display after being beaten by a record 57-0 in New Zealand last month. The All Blac
  
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• Protests Held In 'Almost 80' Russian Cities On Putin's Birthday Over Presidential Race

  07-10-2017 20:59
  Protests have broken out across Russia on Putin’s birthday as supporters of opposition leader Alexie Navalny demand that he be allowed to join the presidential race.
  
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• Hammond urged to scrap benefit cap as 1 million face homelessness

  07-10-2017 20:54
  Philip Hammond, the chancellor, will announce his budget next month.The chancellor, Philip Hammond, faces a chorus of calls to scrap the cap on housing benefit in his budget next month as a leading charity and local government leaders criticised government plans to fix the “broken” housing market as inadequate.
  
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• Northampton toppled from summit by Henry Trinder double for Gloucester

  07-10-2017 20:45 via theguardian.com
  • Gloucester 29-24 Northampton
  • Home side survive Saints’ late fightback after lead changed hands six timesGloucester continue to confound. Eight days after conceding 57 points to Sale, one of the few teams that finished below them in the table last season, they toppled the league leaders in an oscillating encounter that summed up the opening sequence of matches in the Premiership, full on but flowing.After coming from behind three times, Gloucester looked to have secured victor
  
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• Kensington crash: Witnesses tell of 'mass panic'

  07-10-2017 20:39
  Witnesses at the scene where a car crashed into pedestrians near the Natural History Museum in west London have described a chaotic situation.Police have now confirmed the South Kensington incident, in which 11 people were injured, was a road traffic accident.Luke Garratt was nearby when the collision took place.
  
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• You can stop Brexit by joining the Labour party – or even the Tories | Nick Clegg

  07-10-2017 20:33 via theguardian.com
  In a dramatic intervention, the former deputy prime minister advocates mass political ‘infiltration’ for changeIn a speech in Mississippi in support of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Nigel Farage hailed the vote for Brexit as a victory for the “little people, the real people… the ordinary, decent people”. A few months later, he flew across the Atlantic to join President Trump at the billionaire’s victory party. There is a famous photo of the pair
  
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• Why it’s not too late to step back from the Brexit brink | Jessica Simor

  07-10-2017 20:29 via theguardian.com
  Legal advice to the government shows that article 50 allows states to change their mind on withdrawal from the EU. This must be made publicLast week, in response to a petition seeking a referendum on the final deal, the government not only refused to allow “the people” to decide on the terms of Brexit, it categorically stated that parliament will not be allowed to do so either. Parliament will instead be given what it calls “a meaningful vote … either [to] accept the fin
  
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• Football League: Bristol Rovers hammer Northampton whilst Forest Green upset table-toppers Notts County

  07-10-2017 20:19 via theguardian.com
  • Bristol Rovers hit six at Sixfields to beat Northampton in League One
  • Exeter go top of League Two as Notts County are held by Forest Green Rovers• If Bristol Rovers could defend as well as they can attack they might be threatening the upper reaches of League One. They hit six goals at Sixfields to thrash Northampton and become the top scorers in the division, sadly for Darrell Clarke’s side it meant their goal difference only returned to zero. Billy Bodin, Ellis Harrison
  
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• More than 260 arrests in anti-Putin protests across Russia

  07-10-2017 20:09 via theguardian.com
  Riot police confront supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny as president marks 65th birthday More than 260 people have been detained across Russia as jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s supporters staged protest rallies on Vladimir Putin’s 65th birthday.Dozens were arrested in Putin’s hometown of St Petersburg, Russia’s second biggest city. One woman had her leg broken when riot police dispersed hundreds of protesters chanting “Putin is a thief!
  
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• People are loving this ostrich that’s been spotted wandering the streets of Egypt

  07-10-2017 20:01
  Someone suggested there was a game of Jumanji going on.
  
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• Rescue of the olive ridley sea turtle

  07-10-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Of the millions of eggs laid by the endangered olive ridley sea turtles on one Costa Rican beach, few survive both predators and poachers. But how could allowing local villagers to harvest the eggs be a solution?Dawn on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast and the dark figure of a man at the water’s edge gradually becomes distinct under a pinkening sky. I switch off my torch. Jairo Quiros Rosales and I are the only people to be seen on this broad black beach, the volcanic sands of wh
  
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• Eleven injured in car crash near London museum, terrorism ruled out

  07-10-2017 19:47
  By Michael HoldenLONDON (Reuters) - Eleven people were injured on Saturday when a car collided with pedestrians near London's Natural History Museum, in one of the capital's busiest tourist areas, but police doused fears it was a terrorist attack, saying it was a road traffic incident.Police said it was believed the car had mounted the pavement outside the popular attraction in west London and collided with a number of pedestrians."The incident is a road traffic investigation and not a terrorist
  
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• Arrest as pedestrians hit outside museum

  07-10-2017 19:40
  Arrest as pedestrians hit outside museum
  
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• Rapper Nelly arrested over rape accusation

  07-10-2017 19:24 via theguardian.com
  Attorney says allegation motivated by ‘greed and vindictiveness’Grammy winner to appear before judge ‘at some point’, police sayPolice arrested the rapper Nelly on Saturday, after a woman said he raped her in a town outside Seattle. The Grammy winner’s attorney staunchly denied the allegation.An Auburn police spokesman, Cmdr Steve Stocker, said officers arrested Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr, early on Saturday morning in his tour bus at a Walmart.
  
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• London museum incident not terrorism-related, police say

  07-10-2017 19:09
  LONDON (Reuters) - London police said a incident outside the city's Natural History Museum in which 11 people were hurt when a car collided with pedestrians was not terrorism-related but was being treated as a road traffic collision. British media reported a car had mounted the sidewalk outside the tourist attraction, one of several large museums in that area of South Kensington, west London, and police said a man had been detained at the scene. (Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Alison Wi
  
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• Footage shows man 'arrested' near museum

  07-10-2017 18:35
  Video appears to show a man being arrested after a car mounted the pavement near the Natural History Museum in west London.
  
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• Several hurt after car mounts pavement near London's Natural History Museum

  07-10-2017 18:25
  Several people have been injured after a car mounted the pavement outside the Natural History Museum in west London.Police described the incident in the South Kensington area as a collision and said they are investigating any possible motive.A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: "Police were called at 1421 on Saturday, 7 October to reports of a collision in Exhibition Road, South Kensington.
  
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• Exeter back on top in Premiership with bonus-point defeat of Newcastle

  07-10-2017 18:20 via theguardian.com
  • Exeter 34-24 Newcastle
  • Falcons also gain bonus point despite two yellow cards in second halfThe champions are back at the top of the table. Exeter know that counts for little at this stage, but to leapfrog one of the early pace-setters with this bonus-point win means their defence remains coherent, notwithstanding two defeats already. They were far from perfect, failing to capitalise on 20 second-half minutes when they had a man advantage and shipping four tries, but a win like thi
  
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• One man held after several hurt in car collision near London museum

  07-10-2017 18:07
  By Michael HoldenLONDON (Reuters) - One man was detained after a number of pedestrians were injured in a collision with a car near the city's Natural History Museum on Saturday, and London police said they were trying to determine the circumstances.British media reported a car had mounted the sidewalk outside the tourist attraction, one of several large museums in that area of South Kensington, west London, and police said a man had been detained at the scene."A vehicle has collided with pedestr
  
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• Chelsea’s strength in reserve shows as Maren Mjelde strike sinks Liverpool

  07-10-2017 18:05 via theguardian.com
  Chelsea are settling in swiftly at Kingsmeadow and a much-changed XI maintained the feelgood factor with a 1-0 win over Liverpool in the Women’s Super LeagueWith Chelsea having gained six points and scored 12 goals from two games, the arrival of Liverpool offered a more taxing challenge, a chance for the Spring Series champions to show just how strong their Women’s Super League title credentials are. They did not disappoint in this misleadingly narrow 1-0 win. In a dominant possessio
  
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• Ivana Trump: I talk to Donald regularly despite 'insane' divorce

  07-10-2017 18:04 via theguardian.com
  Mother of Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric, preparing to publish a memoir discussing her marriage, says her daughter could be president one dayDonald Trump’s first wife, Ivana, has said her daughter Ivanka could run for president, and that she and Trump now speak regularly and have a warm relationship despite the “insane” circumstances of their notorious divorce.Related: The Trump-Russia dossier: why its findings grow more significant by the dayContinue reading...
  
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• Designing a dictatorship: North Korean graphics – in pictures

  07-10-2017 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Despite its prominent public profile, North Korea remains one of the world’s most enigmatic countries. A new publication from North Korea specialist Nicholas Bonner offers new insight into this isolated, fiercely ideological society by showcasing its visual culture. “Graphic design in North Korea breaks down into traditional elements and contemporary socialist influences,” says Bonner, whose work in the DPRK has spanned film-making and tourism. “The graphics have develope
  
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• Police say keeping an open mind as to whether London museum incident is terrorism-related

  07-10-2017 17:41
  London police said they were keeping an open mind after a car collided with pedestrians outside the city's Natural History Museum, contradicting an earlier comment that they were not treating the incident as terrorism-related.A spokeswoman for the London force said counter-terrorism officers were assessing the incident but had not yet reached a conclusion as to the circumstances.
  
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• Welcome to England’s World Cup base: ‘People come here for total quiet’

  07-10-2017 17:38 via theguardian.com
  Gareth Southgate’s squad will train in the sleepy Russian town of Zelenogorsk next summer, a place where ‘there’s nothing for the young to do’If England are looking for self-reflection and meditation, this sleepy Russian town where they will train during the World Cup next summer could fit the bill. The 10-minute drive north from their modest accommodation in the village of Repino, 19 miles from St Petersburg, cuts through birch and pine forest, the view occasionally punc
  
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• Natural History Museum crash: 'I heard a couple of loud bangs'

  07-10-2017 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Eyewitness Ellie Mackay was in her home opposite South Kensington underground station when she saw a crowd of people running under her window.
  
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• Footage from scene of incident near museum

  07-10-2017 17:30
  Several people have been injured after reports of a car mounting the pavement outside the Natural History Museum in London.
  
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• How green is Britain’s record on renewable energy supply?

  07-10-2017 17:19 via theguardian.com
  About half of the power generated in the UK comes from low-carbon sources – here’s a breakdown of the four main sources of electricityAs one of the UK’s renewable energy chiefs has pointed out, electric cars won’t tackle climate change if they run off fossil fuels. Matthew Wright, managing director of Dong Energy UK, said that although plug-in cars could cut local air pollution, it would be a “pyrrhic victory” if they increased greenhouse gases from coal and g
  
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• Conservative plotters told to get behind May amid Brexit fears

  07-10-2017 17:15
  By Michael HoldenLONDON (Reuters) - Lawmakers in British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party who are trying to oust her as leader have been told to "put up, shut up" by the party's chief in Scotland.Others in the party warned that the uncertainty over May was damaging Brexit negotiations with the European Union.Senior figures have rallied round May, but the open rebellion coincides with crucial talks with the European Union just 18 months before Britain is due to leave.
  
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• Man pinned to floor outside museum

  07-10-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Video shows a man being held to the ground, after a car hit people near the Natural History Museum.
  
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• Norway FA agrees deal to pay male and female international footballers equally

  07-10-2017 17:03 via theguardian.com
  • Male players to contribute their commercial earnings to women’s team
  • Caroline Graham Hansen: ‘Thank you for making this step’A new agreement between Norway’s football association and the country’s international players will lead to men and women receiving the same financial compensation for representing their country, with the men making a financial contribution to the women’s team.In what players’ union boss Joachim Walltin believes to be
  
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• Natural History Museum: 'I saw people on the pavement'

  07-10-2017 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Chloe Hayward was at the Natural History Museum where there has been a collision.
  
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• Teenager arrested after 17-year-old stabbed to death in Gillingham

  07-10-2017 16:13
  Police said Kyle Yule was found with stab wounds shortly after witnesses saw him being chased from a vehicle.A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Gillingham, Kent.Kyle Yule died on Friday night after witnesses said he was chased by a group of people who were causing damage to a silver Renault Clio in East Street at 8.10pm.
  
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• Natural History Museum: Number Of People Injured Amid Reports Car Crashed Into Pedestrians

  07-10-2017 16:11
  Emergency services are attending an incident outside the Natural History Museum in London, amid reports a car has mounted the pavement and struck pedestrians.
  
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