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• These librarians did a parody of the Kardashians’ 10-year cover and it’s the best thing ever

  16-10-2017 23:32
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• NHS data loss scandal deepens with further 162,000 files missing

  16-10-2017 23:27 via theguardian.com
  Revelation that further documents are missing was made at inquiry into disappearance of original 702,000 pieces of paperwork The scandal over the biggest ever loss of NHS medical correspondence has deepened with the revelation that a further 162,000 documents went missing, in addition to the 702,000 pieces of paperwork already known to have gone astray.MPs said they were “dumbstruck” to learn that even more material relating to patients’ health had been mislaid, some of it by N
  
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• Man killed in triple stabbing outside Parsons Green Tube station

  16-10-2017 23:16
  A man has been killed and two others injured in a stabbing outside a London Tube station.Police were called to reports of an incident near Parsons Green Tube station in west London shortly after 7.30pm.Witnesses told Sky reporter Olivia Kinsley they saw two people being chased by a man on a moped.
  
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• Red skies over London – in pictures

  16-10-2017 23:01 via theguardian.com
  The sun shone red and the sky took on tones of orange and sepia in parts of Britain as air and dust swept in from southern Europe. The Met Office said the unusual effect was caused by Ophelia, the hurricane now downgraded to a violent storm Continue reading...
  
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• May faces rebellion over Brexit as MPs call for vote and transition deal

  16-10-2017 23:00
  Chuka Umunna said MPs are working to ‘ensure we do not jump off a cliff’ with regards to Brexit.Theresa May could face significant defeats over Brexit as Tory rebels agree to coalesce around amendments to give MPs a binding vote on the final deal and to delay Britain’s exit from the EU if a transition period is not agreed.The government is urgently trying to quell a potential rebellion after the scale of cross-bench cooperation over the EU withdrawal bill intensified, with newe
  
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• Man arrested over fatal stabbing at Parsons Green tube station

  16-10-2017 22:35 via theguardian.com
  Suspect was one of two people injured in incident in which a 20-year-old man diedA 20-year-old man has died and two others have been injured in a stabbing outside Parsons Green tube station. Police were called at 7.37pm on Monday to reports of an incident outside the London underground station in the west of the capital where 30 people were injured in a terrorist attack last month.Continue reading...
  
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• Hybrid train's late arrival fails to electrify MPs – let alone the rail network | John Crace

  16-10-2017 22:28 via theguardian.com
  Transport secretary Chris Grayling did his best to defend the new Great Western fleet, tardy, out-of-date and waterlogged as it wasNo one can accuse Chris Grayling of not having his eyes firmly fixed on solutions. On Sunday the transport secretary had outlined his vision of a post-Brexit Britain. Those bits of the country that weren’t going to be turned into a lorry park when we left the customs union were going to be ploughed into one large vegetable patch.The spirit of the Blitz would se
  
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• Hybrid train's late arrival fails to electrify MPs – let alone the rail network | John Crace

  16-10-2017 22:28
  Transport secretary Chris Grayling (left) and Wales Secretary Alun Cairns at the launch of a new fleet of Great Western Railway trains at Paddington on Monday.No one can accuse Chris Grayling of not having his eyes firmly fixed on solutions.On Sunday the transport secretary had outlined his vision of a post-Brexit Britain.
  
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• May, Juncker call for faster Brexit talks

  16-10-2017 22:19
  British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker agreed over dinner in Brussels on Monday that the pace of negotiations over Britain's departure from the European Union should be stepped up.Announced less than 24 hours before they sat down, accompanied by their chief Brexit negotiators, David Davis and Michel Barnier, and just three days before May returns to Brussels for an EU summit, the meeting was held well away from reporters.
  
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• Donald Trump Just Told A Big 'Lie' About His Predecessors, And Was Called Out On It

  16-10-2017 21:50
  Donald Trump has claimed wrongly that his predecessors at the White House did not call families of fallen military personnel, and faced an immediate backlash from former Barack Obama aides.
  
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• Dancing Queen: Kate shows off moves in dance with Paddington Bear

  16-10-2017 21:49
  It's not what you expect from a pregnant Duchess, but Kate has taken a spin with Paddington Bear as she returned to royal duties.The Duchess of Cambridge had an impromptu dance with the cartoon bear after making an unexpected appearance at Paddington station.Crowds had expected to see Prince William and Prince Harry turn up as part of an event for some of the children's charities they support, but Kate stole the show when she turned up unannounced.
  
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• Emile Cilliers trial: Army sergeant accused of attempted murder of wife by tampering with parachute 'went on advanced packing course'

  16-10-2017 21:36
  Victoria Cilliers, 40, sustained multiple injuries after she fell 4,000ft at Netheravon Airfield in Wiltshire in 2015 when her reserve parachute failed.Emile Cilliers, 37, of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps in Aldershot, denies the attempted murder of his wife, a former Army officer.Cilliers, an army fitness instructor, is also accused of a third charge of damaging a gas valve at the couple's home a few days before her jump, as part of a second alleged murder attempt.
  
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• Martin Rowson on bracing for Brexit – cartoon

  16-10-2017 21:00 via theguardian.com
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• 'Charming, soulful, a proper comic': Sean Hughes tributes – and his funniest jokes

  16-10-2017 20:39 via theguardian.com
  By his mid-20s he had scooped the Perrier award and landed his own TV show. But Sean Hughes never wanted to be a stadium standup. Mark Steel and Rhona Cameron pay tribute to a troubled talent – and we pick some of his best gagsSean Hughes: comedian dies aged 51
  Sparky comedy gadfly in a league of his ownI knew Sean from before he won the Perrier award in 1990. He was a Crystal Palace fan and we used to go to the football together. I remember going to a match with him in the early 90s, when
  
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• The Guardian view on the Austrian elections: an old threat in a new guise | Editorial

  16-10-2017 20:18 via theguardian.com
  Austria’s coalition between centre-right and far-right parties caused a shock in 2000. A new version of the coalition in 2017 is just as serious but less of a surpriseBack in 2000, when the late Jörg Haider’s far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), which had won 27% of the vote in the general election the previous autumn, joined the centre-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) in government in Vienna, governments in Europe and beyond reacted with shock and outrage.
  
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• Grayling's claims that UK can grow more food dismissed as 'tripe'

  16-10-2017 20:14 via theguardian.com
  Farmers’ leaders are incredulous about comments that UK can meet demand if Britain leaves EU with no deal Farming leaders have accused Chris Grayling of “talking tripe” after he argued in a television interview that the UK could just grow more food to keep prices down if Britain crashes out of the EU.The National Farmers’ Union, the British Summer Fruits association and the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) all voiced concerns about the cabinet minister’s comments
  
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• Midwife shortages blamed for home births falling to 15-year low

  16-10-2017 19:51 via theguardian.com
  Only one in 50 babies born at home in 2016, raising concerns that women in England and Wales are not given range of choicesThe number of women having a home birth has fallen to a 15-year low as concern rises that some expectant mothers are being denied one because there are too few midwives.Only one in 50 babies in England and Wales were born at home last year, according to National Office of Statistics data – the lowest number since 2001 . Just 2.1% of the 676,271 babies born were deliver
  
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• Sexual harassment 101: what everyone needs to know

  16-10-2017 19:39 via theguardian.com
  The Harvey Weinstein revelations have highlighted a surprising ignorance about an issue that affects every workplace. So how common is it, why don’t more women report it – and what should be done?The aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein revelations has been depressing in that it has led people to canvass the opinion of Woody Allen, heartening in the testimonies heard that were previously ignored, dispiriting in the sloshing of the inevitable she-asked-for-it backwaters, cheering in the
  
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• Extraordinary response to Aluko allegations puts Greg Clarke in line of fire | Daniel Taylor

  16-10-2017 19:31 via theguardian.com
  The curt, dismissive, almost implausible response sent by the FA chairman on receiving an email detailing Eni Aluko’s allegations against Mark Sampson means his appearance in front of MPs may be his final act in the job“I’ve no idea why you are sending me this. Perhaps you could enlighten me?” It’s not the response that would ordinarily be expected from the leader of an organisation that purports to take the fight against racism seriously and had just been sent a si
  
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• Mercedes recalls 400,000 UK cars over fears airbags could deploy

  16-10-2017 19:26
  Mercedes-Benz has announced a recall of 400,000 cars in the UK over fears airbags could deploy in error.The company's statement said it would be contacting the owners of the models affected shortly, but urged drivers not to use their vehicles as a precaution if the airbag warning light was lit in red on the dashboard.Mercedes said: "If the steering column module clock spring is broken, the driver airbag warning light will be displayed in the instrument cluster, as well as a red airbag warning la
  
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• Hillary Clinton suffers broken toe on UK tour - Belfast Telegraph

  16-10-2017 19:26
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  The politician has revealed she was running down stairs with a coffee cup in her hand when she fell. Cheltenham Literature Festival. 1 1 Cheltenham Literature Festival. October 16 2017. 0 Comments ...
  Hillary Clinton cancels UK TV and radio interviews due to ankle injuryThe Guardian
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• Mike Ashley puts Newcastle United up for sale

  16-10-2017 19:25
  Mike Ashley has put Newcastle United up for sale, bowing to pressure from many fans who had demanded greater investment in the Premier League club.The company the Sports Direct tycoon set up to take control 10 years ago, St James Holdings (SJH), said the decision was taken to give the team a greater opportunity of achieving its dreams.Mr Ashley, who has faced protests from fans over the level of investment in the side since he took over, has long argued that funds were limited because his cash i
  
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• Finding solutions to the UK’s housing crisis | Letters

  16-10-2017 19:16 via theguardian.com
  Readers respond to Britain’s chronic shortage of affordable housing with solutions of their ownLarry Elliott suggests five steps to fix the housing market (Britain’s broken housing market – and how to fix it, 9 October) which include Kate Barker’s idea of “acquiring” large sites abutting urban areas at a modest premium to their existing use. That would effectively part-nationalise development value and might help supply, although the Tories wouldn’t
  
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• No such thing as an ideal heating setting | Letters

  16-10-2017 19:14
  As a thermal comfort researcher, men often complain to me that their wives turn up the thermostat because they prefer warmer conditions (Why women secretly turn up the heating, G2, 12 October).There is no such thing as a single comfort temperature.A recent sample in English homes recorded living room temperatures from 10C to 25C.
  
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• Frustration as air con fault and delays taint launch of new high-speed train

  16-10-2017 19:14
  Commuters were left frustrated after the Bristol to London train was held up for 41 minutes this morning, and to make matters worse, passengers also reported a leak from an air conditioning unit.Transport Secretary Chris Grayling was on board the maiden Great Western Railway service along with industry bosses.According to rail website Realtime Trains, it was due to leave Bristol Temple Meads at 6am but did not depart until about 6.25am.
  
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• Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist - The Guardian

  16-10-2017 19:09
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  Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist
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  Forensic experts walk in a field after a powerful bomb blew up a car killing investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters. Malta. Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist. Daphne Caruana Galizia, a ...
  Malta blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia dies in car bomb attackBBC News
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• Cambridge graduate admits 137 online sexual abuse crimes

  16-10-2017 19:07 via theguardian.com
  Geophysicist Matthew Falder pleads guilty to offences against more than 50 victims, including encouraging rape of a toddlerA “truly evil” Cambridge University graduate has pleaded guilty to 137 online sexual abuse crimes, including encouraging the rape of a toddler and blackmailing scores of young victims.
  Matthew Falder, 28, admitted offences against more than 50 victims on Monday at Birmingham crown court. Continue reading...
  
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• Amber alert as Ophelia storm reaches Scotland - BBC News

  16-10-2017 19:03
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  Amber alert as Ophelia storm reaches Scotland
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  Strong winds and heavy rain have started to hit parts of Scotland as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia reached the UK and Ireland. The Met Office has extended an amber "be prepared" warning to cover the south-west of the country. It is valid from 12:00 ...
  Storm Ophelia batters Ireland: Three killed as trees fall on two cars and man dies in chainsaw accidentTelegraph.co.uk
  The Latest: 3rd death attributed to Ophelia in IrelandDaily
  
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• Owner of failed airline Monarch should contribute to customer repatriation - Grayling

  16-10-2017 19:01
  The owner of failed British airline Monarch should, in principle, foot some of the bill for a massive repatriation effort co-ordinated by the country's aviation authority, transport secretary Chris Grayling said on Monday.Monarch collapsed two weeks ago, wrecking the holiday plans of hundreds of thousands of Britons, a year after owner Greybull Capital secured a bailout for the struggling airline.Asked by MPs whether Greybull Capital should contribute to the costs of returning tourists to Britai
  
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• EU's summit Brexit gesture to May

  16-10-2017 18:58
  European Union leaders will make a statement on Brexit at a summit in Brussels on Friday.Following is the latest draft text submitted by summit chair Donald Tusk for approval by EU ministers on Tuesday.
  
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• EU demands 'expensive dinner' with May to unlock Brexit talks

  16-10-2017 18:58
  By William James and Alastair MacdonaldLONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May is unlikely to offer new concessions to Brussels over the terms of Britain's divorce from the European Union when she meets European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker over dinner on Monday, her spokesman indicated.After deadlock in Brexit talks appeared to dash May's hopes that a summit later this week could launch negotiations on future trade ties, the spokesman said May was hoping to move matters f
  
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• Chances of 'no deal' Brexit not rising, says Hammond

  16-10-2017 18:58
  The chance that Britain leaves the European Union without agreeing a divorce deal has not increased recently and talks have not hit an impasse, British Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Monday.Hammond, who last week apologised for calling the EU "the enemy", described relations with European countries as constructive.Last week the EU's chief negotiator said talks were deadlocked, notably over London's refusal to detail what it was offering to pay Brussels to settle outstanding liabilities after
  
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• Sean Hughes managed to find the serious in the silly - The Independent

  16-10-2017 18:52
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  Sean Hughes managed to find the serious in the silly
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  Comedy may often appear to have a shiny surface, but there was always something more profound lurking beneath it in the work of Sean Hughes. And that's what made him so special. With him, there was darkness visible. On a circuit where many cocksure ...
  Sean Hughes obituaryThe Guardian
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• Hillary Clinton Pictured In Foot Brace As She Misses Interviews After Fall

  16-10-2017 18:47
  Hillary Clinton missed a series of broadcast interviews on Monday after she caught her heel on steps, hurting her ankle.
  
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• The time has come for Theresa May to tell the nation: Brexit can’t be done | Alastair Campbell

  16-10-2017 18:46 via theguardian.com
  The hard-liners in her party will howl with rage, but most of the country will welcome it if the prime minister is honest about Brexit’s awful consequencesAs she tries to move the Brexit negotiations forward, how much better would Theresa May and the country feel if the speech she made to her party went as follows.“Leadership is about confronting the great challenges. But Brexit is the biggest challenge we have faced since the second world war. So I intend to devote my speech, in fou
  
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• White Poppies Don't 'Indoctrinate' Children, They Open Up Debate

  16-10-2017 18:34
  Since yesterday, I have been accused several times of indoctrinating children.
  
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• The Unspoken - And Unthinking - Sexism In The Media Business

  16-10-2017 18:34
  It became a bit of a ritual actually, as soon as the Sunday Times landed with a reassuring thud onto the kitchen table we scrabbled over the sections.
  
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• Twitter is absolutely losing it over the colour of the sky

  16-10-2017 18:22
  The colour of the sky even overshadowed a TV news interview with John Redwood MP – much to Twitter’s amusement.
  
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• The Naomissance is upon us: Naomi Campbell returns the to top of the fashion world

  16-10-2017 18:15 via theguardian.com
  When she’s not storming the catwalk, or lunching with former first ladies, Naomi Campbell has a front row seat at major shows, and a place on the masthead of fashion bible VogueThe year 1990 was a good one for Naomi Campbell. That January opened with a spot on that supermodel cover of British Vogue, alongside Cindy, Christy and Linda. After that came the covers of French and Italian Vogue, as well as posing for Peter Lindbergh in a convertible full of dalmatians in a classic Grace Coddingt
  
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• Three dead as Storm Ophelia batters Ireland

  16-10-2017 18:14
  By Clodagh KilcoyneLAHINCH, Ireland (Reuters) - Three people died as Tropical Storm Ophelia battered Ireland's southern coast on Monday, knocking down trees and power lines and whipping up 10-metre (30-foot) waves.Over 360,000 homes and businesses were without electricity with another 100,000 outages expected by nightfall, Ireland's Electricity Supply Board said, describing it as an unprecedented event that would effect every part of the country for days.Around 170 flights from Ireland's two mai
  
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• Newcastle owner Mike Ashley officially puts the club up for sale - SkySports

  16-10-2017 18:06
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  Newcastle owner Mike Ashley officially puts the club up for sale
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  Mike Ashley has officially announced his intention to sell Newcastle and his lawyer has confirmed that he is keen to conclude a sale before Christmas. Ashley took over at St James' Park in 2007 after paying around £134m to acquire 100 per cent of the ...
  Newcastle United: Mike Ashley puts Premier League club up for saleBBC Sport
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• Capita staff to strike over pension changes - Unite

  16-10-2017 17:52
  (Reuters) - Capitastaff represented by British trade union Unite will go on strike after talks with the company over changes to its defined benefit pension scheme failed, the union said on Monday.Last month, members voted to take strike action in a ballot, although an earlier strike was called off while last-minute talks took place.Capita said on Monday it put forward a "material improvement" to its offer to the small proportion of its workers who were still in its defined benefit pension scheme
  
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• Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, held captive for five years, pleads guilty in connection with disappearance - Washington Post

  16-10-2017 17:49
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  Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, held captive for five years, pleads guilty in connection with disappearance
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  Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who vanished in Afghanistan and spent five years in brutal captivity before the United States recovered him in a controversial prisoner swap, pleaded guilty Monday in an Army courtroom to two crimes in connection with his ...
  Bowe Bergdahl pleads guilty to desertion for leaving Afghanistan postThe Guardian
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• UK academic who blackmailed victims into sending horrific abuse photos admits 137 offences

  16-10-2017 17:36
  A British academic who blackmailed victims into sending him depraved images which he shared on dark web forums dedicated to torture, sadism and paedophilia admitted 137 offences on Monday including encouraging the rape of a four-year-old boy.Dr Matthew Falder, 28, a geophysicist employed as a researcher at Birmingham University in central England, approached his victims on forums and mainstream online advertising websites masquerading as a female artist.Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) said
  
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• Mogadishu bombing: parents' grief for medical student killed in blast

  16-10-2017 17:33 via theguardian.com
  Maryam Abdullahi Gedi, who was among more than 300 people killed in attack, had been due to graduate this weekOn Saturday morning, Maryam Abdullahi Gedi made breakfast for her family, packed her books and laptop and set out across Mogadishu, the battered capital of Somalia, to see her supervisor at Banadir University about her thesis. She was excited about the prospect of her graduation as a medical doctor this week.Her father – who flew in from the UK to attend the ceremony – found
  
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• May disappointed at PSA's move to cut jobs at Vauxhall factory

  16-10-2017 17:28
  Prime Minister Theresa May is disappointed by French carmaker PSA's decision to cut about 400 jobs at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port factory and the government stands ready to help those affected, her spokesman said on Monday."We are disappointed that Vauxhall is considering reducing staff at Ellesmere Port.
  
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• The Latest: Infant dies in Portugal fires; toll rises to 32 - Daily Mail

  16-10-2017 17:27
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  The Latest: Infant dies in Portugal fires; toll rises to 32
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  Portuguese authorities say a 1-month-old baby has died in the country's spate of wildfires, raising the death toll in the forest blazes to 32. Scientist Police inspects the remains of the car where two women died after a wild fire in Pontevedra, in the ...
  Raging wildfires kill at least 35 in Portugal and SpainIndependent.ie
  At least 30 killed as Ophelia winds fan wildfires in Portugal and SpainThe Guardian
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• London sky turns yellow as storm blows in Saharan dust, Spanish smoke

  16-10-2017 17:27
  The sky over London turned an unusual shade of yellow on Monday as Storm Ophelia brought dust from the Sahara and smoke from wild fires in southern Europe that filtered out certain wavelengths of sunlight.Downgraded from a hurricane overnight, Ophelia caused two deaths in Ireland on Monday, where it was the worst storm in half a century."As Ophelia has come up from the Azores, the storm has picked up Saharan dust from North Africa and picked up dust from wild fires in Spain and Portugal," a spok
  
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• Matthew Falder posed as female artist for online sex attacks - BBC News

  16-10-2017 17:23
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  Matthew Falder posed as female artist for online sex attacks
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  A man said to be among the UK's most prolific paedophiles blackmailed people online into carrying out "degrading" sexual acts, a court heard. Cambridge graduate Matthew Falder, 28, admitted more than 100 offences, including encouraging a teenager to ...
  Cambridge graduate Matthew Falder admits 137 online sex abuse offences including child exploitationEvening Standard
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• Significant gaps remain in bid to restore Northern Irish power-sharing - May's office

  16-10-2017 17:15
  LONDON (Reuters) - Significant gaps still remain between parties attempting to restore Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration, British Prime Minister Theresa May's office said on Monday after she spoke with Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar. May and Varadkar agreed in a phonecall that it was in the interests of everyone that the executive was restored, but differences remained over issues such as the Irish language. Northern Ireland has been without a devolved administration since its coll
  
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