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• George Saunders Wins Man Booker Prize For Debut Novel, Lincoln In The Bardo

  17-10-2017 23:29
  American author George Saunders has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction with “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a polyphonic symphony of a novel about restless souls adrift in the afterlife.
  
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• 5 incredibly surprising stories of success

  17-10-2017 23:09
  “Holy s*** that worked.”
  
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• Ireland cleans up after Storm Ophelia

  17-10-2017 22:50
  Thousands of people are still without power in Ireland after the worst storm in six decades.
  
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• Storm Ophelia rips off roofs in England and Scotland

  17-10-2017 22:47
  Storm Ophelia has caused travel disruption and torn roofs from buildings asremnants of the former hurricane tore across Scotland and northern England.Train services were disrupted between Glasgow and Edinburgh, and from Edinburgh to Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth as trees were blown onto tracks.Flood warnings were in place on Scotland's west coast.
  
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• Neo-Nazi And National Front Organiser Kevin Wilshaw Quits The Far Right After Coming Out As Gay

  17-10-2017 22:22
  A well-known neo-Nazi and National Front organiser has come out as gay and opened up about his Jewish heritage after peddling hate for more than 40 years.
  
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• Disability Hate Crime Reports Surge, And Campaigners Think Media Portrayals Has 'Demonised' People

  17-10-2017 22:13
  The media’s portrayal of disabled people as “scroungers” who are on benefits has helped fuel the rise in reported hate crimes, campaigners have said.
  
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• Richard Branson says conman posed as Michael Fallon in bid to con him

  17-10-2017 21:54
  A conman posing as Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon almost scammed millions of pounds out of Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire tycoon has revealed.In a frank blog post, he also spoke of a separate scam, where someone posing as Sir Richard managed to swindle one of his friends, "a very successful businessperson", out of $2m (£1.5m).The first incident took place six months ago when his assistant received a written note on what appeared to be official Government paper purporting to be
  
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• Theresa May meets Tory Universal Credit rebels to avoid showdown

  17-10-2017 21:53
  Theresa May has met with Conservative MPs threatening to rebel over the Government's flagship welfare reforms in a bid to avert a public showdown in the House of Commons.The Prime Minister met with Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston and Johnny Mercer on Tuesday afternoon to listen to their concerns over the roll-out of Universal Credit, which was meant to simplify and streamline the benefits system but has been beset with problems.Labour is trying to stoke Tory division with an opposition day debate o
  
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• Cabinet split as Amber Rudd says no-deal Brexit ‘unthinkable’

  17-10-2017 20:58
  A cabinet split has emerged over whether the UK could walk away from the EU without any Brexit deal, as Amber Rudd said it was “unthinkable” but David Davis insisted it must remain an option.Rudd, the home secretary, appeared to undermine the government’s position that “no deal is better than a bad deal” on Tuesday as she dismissed the idea of not getting an agreement that at the very least covered security.It is so much in their interest as well as ours … We
  
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• Transport and power disruption continues as Storm Ophelia moves on

  17-10-2017 20:39
  The disruption from Ophelia continued on Tuesday for parts of northern England and Scotland.Storm Ophelia is finally moving away from Britain and Ireland, leaving a path of destruction in its wake and sparking a major cleanup operation.Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power in the UK and Ireland while several key rail lines were blocked in northern England and Scotland.
  
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• May to pitch on Brexit at EU summit dinner

  17-10-2017 20:19
  LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Theresa May will make a pitch to fellow EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday as she tries to break a deadlock in Brexit talks that has left Britain's future trading position up in the air.The others will not negotiate with her but will discuss Brexit after May leaves on Friday.Stepping personally into the breach after Brexit Secretary David Davis's four months of discussions struck deadlock last week, May had dinner in Brussels on Monday with EU Commission chief Jea
  
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• Sainsbury's plans to cut 2,000 UK jobs in payroll and HR

  17-10-2017 20:03
  Sainsbury's has unveiled proposals that are expected to result in up to 2,000 job losses.The UK's second-largest supermarket chain said it was consulting on a series of measures that would mainly affect human resources and payroll staff.It said 600 further roles were under threat from a restructuring that would consolidate HR and other support roles across its grocery chain, Argos and Sainsbury's Bank.
  
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• Is new benefit forcing people into foodbanks?

  17-10-2017 20:00
  Sky News spent two days in an Oldham foodbank and spoke to people who say they are struggling with the Universal Credit system.
  
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• Theresa May meets Tory Universal Credit rebels to avoid vote loss

  17-10-2017 19:53
  Theresa May has met with Conservative MPs threatening to rebel over the Government's flagship welfare reforms in a bid to avert a public showdown in the House of Commons.The Prime Minister met with Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston and Johnny Mercer on Tuesday afternoon to listen to their concerns over the roll-out of Universal Credit, which was meant to simplify and streamline the benefits system but has been beset with problems.Labour is trying to stoke Tory division with an opposition day debate o
  
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• MI5 boss Andrew Parker: UK terror threat evolving at scale never seen before

  17-10-2017 19:49
  The UK is facing a "multidimensional threat" that is rapidly evolving "at a scale and pace we've not seen before", the director general of MI5 has warned.Andrew Parker said the security service is operating at an unprecedented level and has seen "a dramatic upshift in threats this year".Speaking in central London during a rare public appearance, Mr Parker paid tribute to MI5's 4,000 intelligence officers and the agents who risk their lives operating undercover to protect the country.
  
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• UK to begin registering EU nationals for 'settled status' by end of 2018

  17-10-2017 19:48
  Amber Rudd gives evidence to the home affairs committee.The registration of 3 million EU nationals in Britain will begin by the end of next year with the “default position” of the Home Office to accept applications, the home secretary has told MPs.Amber Rudd said 1,200 extra staff were to be recruited by next April to provide an “easy access” registration process she promised would be “completely different” from the troubled permanent residency application sys
  
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• Grenfell survivors welcome rethink on management body's future

  17-10-2017 19:48
  Grenfell Tower survivors are claiming a victory after it was announced that plans to disband the Kensington and Chelsea tenant management organisation, the body responsible for the building, are to be put on hold.It had been proposed that the TMO would be disbanded at its annual meeting on Tuesday evening and that Kensington & Chelsea council would become its sole member.Survivors of the fire and other local residents feared the move would allow officials to avoid possible corporate manslaug
  
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• MI5 Head Andrew Parker Warns Terror Plots Can Now Be Executed 'In A Matter Of Days'

  17-10-2017 19:24
  Terrorist plots are escalating to the point of violence in a matter of days after a “dramatic” jump in the scale and pace of the threat facing Britain, the head of MI5 Andrew Parker has warned.
  
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• Ireland and Ulster rugby stars to stand trial over rape charges

  17-10-2017 19:23
  Two Ireland rugby stars will stand trial accused of raping the same woman, a court has ruled.Fly-half Paddy Jackson, 25, and centre Stuart Olding, 24, appeared at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Tuesday for a preliminary hearing looking into the allegations.The Ulster players were required to attend court proceedings for the first time since being charged.
  
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• Daughter of brain-damaged woman tells court 'Mum's gone'

  17-10-2017 19:23
  Mr Justice Hayden is hearing the case of Mrs P, who is in a minimally conscious state, at the court of protection.Mrs P, 72, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has spent the past 10 months living in a minimally conscious state in a high-dependency ward.The family rift is now at the centre of a legal wrangle in front of a judge at the court of protection.
  
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• British spy chief says Islamist militants can execute deadly attack plans in just days

  17-10-2017 19:19
  Britain faces the most acute threat ever from Islamist militants seeking to inflict mass attacks, often with spontaneous plots that take just days to bring to execution, the head of the MI5 domestic intelligence agency said on Tuesday.After four militant attacks this year that killed 36 people in Britain - the deadliest spate since the London "7/7" bombings of July 2005, MI5 chief Andrew Parker said the threat was at the highest tempo he had seen in 34 years of espionage."Attacks can sometimes a
  
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• MI5 director general on terror tech and Brexit

  17-10-2017 19:10
  Andrew Parker, director general of MI5, explains how fast technology is evolving and how the organisation is keeping ahead of terrorists.
  
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• Phones 4u​ founder accuses former adviser of fiddling expenses

  17-10-2017 19:07
  Former Coutts banker Nathalie Dauriac arrives at the high court.The Phones 4u founder, John Caudwell, is embroiled in a high court battle with a former financial adviser who his company claims fiddled her expenses.Nathalie Dauriac, a former Coutts banker, claims she was wrongly dismissed in 2014 from Signia Wealth, the financial management company that she co-founded with Caudwell, and should have received at least £12m for her stake in the business.
  
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• Burlesque Has Given Back To Me The Life My Stroke Took Away

  17-10-2017 18:55
  It was Christmas Day in 2004 when the stroke hit me.
  
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• Why We Are Campaigning To Shake Off The Outdated Term 'Firemen'

  17-10-2017 18:54
  On Monday I was very honoured to win the Leadership Award at the Woman of the Year ceremony.
  
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• BBC host MOCKS Duchess of Cambridge’s due date announcement as 'lack of news' live on air

  17-10-2017 18:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Duchess of Cambridge’s due date announcement has been mocked by a BBC newsreader live on air.
  
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• Middle classes propping up Britain’s care system shelling out £670m MORE than councils

  17-10-2017 18:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  MIDDLE class families are propping up the care industry while councils buckle under Government cuts, according to a new report.
  
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• Plastic voyage uncovers ocean plagued with pollution

  17-10-2017 18:10
  Clumps of balloons in the North Sea and crunchy micro-beads in the Thames - just two examples of what Sky's Hannah Thomas-Peter found on a month long sailing expedition around the UK.
  
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• James Cracknell: Ignore plastic in the seas and 'we are dead as a planet'

  17-10-2017 18:08
  Transatlantic rower James Cracknell has issued a stark warning about plastic, saying "we are dead as a planet" if something is not done to stop it being dumped in the seas.The Olympic gold medal-winning athlete told Sky News that after racing across the Atlantic with Ben Fogle in 2006, he knows how fish, birds and other animals are affected by ocean plastics.Meanwhile, Sky's New York correspondent Hannah Thomas-Peter has undertaken a leg of the Round Britain eXXpedition to carry out research for
  
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• US-Backed Syrian Democratic Forces Declare Victory Over ISIS In Raqqa

  17-10-2017 18:00
  U.S.-backed militias in Syria declared victory over Islamic State in its capital Raqqa, raising flags over the last jihadist footholds after a four-month battle.
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Cambridge reveal due date of third royal baby

  17-10-2017 17:54
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced that their third baby is expected to arrive in April 2018.Kensington Palace said William and Kate were "delighted" to confirm the month in which their third child is due to be born.The Duchess, who has been suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum - a severe form of morning sickness - made a surprise appearance at a royal engagement on Monday.
  
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• After five rounds of Brexit talks, David Davis runs out of bluster | John Crace

  17-10-2017 17:51
  Some important steps had been made, said David Davis.Five times David Davis has come back to the Commons to report on the progress of his talks with Michel Barnier, and on each occasion the Brexit secretary has had little to say.
  
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• Charity worker stabbed to death in west London

  17-10-2017 17:45
  Samad was taken to St Mary’s hospital in Paddington but was pronounced dead an hour later.A murder investigation has been launched after a 28-year-old charity worker was stabbed to death in west London just metres from his home.Abdul Samad, an economics graduate from London, was attacked in the street by assailants on mopeds, who knifed him in the heart in an attempt to steal his mobile phone.
  
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• Scaramucci Post apologises for Twitter poll asking: ‘How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust?’

  17-10-2017 17:30
  The new project from the former White House communications director has attracted controversy.
  
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• Violinist who once played for the Queen spared jail over cocaine-fulled crash

  17-10-2017 17:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  A CLASSICAL violinist who once played for the Queen was spared jail despite leaving a biker with devastating injuries in a cocaine-fuelled crash.
  
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• Amber Rudd: No deal on Brexit 'unthinkable'

  17-10-2017 17:20
  The Home Secretary does not entertain the possibility of a 'no deal' Brexit.
  
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• Modern slavery in the UK: share your stories

  17-10-2017 17:19
  Help us uncover the topic of modern slavery: what has the media not paid attention to that it should?Modern slavery is far more prevalent than law enforcement previously thought, according to the independent anti-trafficking commissioner, Kevin Hyland.Hyland told the Guardian that a better understanding of the real scale of slavery in the UK must become an “absolute priority” for government, if there was a chance of reaching as many potential victims as possible.
  
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• Astonishing New Drone Footage Shows Extent Of Rohingya Exodus From Myanmar

  17-10-2017 17:14
  Astonishing new drone footage has captured Rohingya refugees fleeing on foot from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
  
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• China's CEFC eyes big league with Rosneft oil offtake deal

  17-10-2017 17:12
  BEIJING/MOSCOW (Reuters) - As part of its recent $9.1 billion investment in Russian oil giant Rosneft , little-known CEFC China Energy will have access to up to 260,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Russian oil - giving it the sort of market clout to potentially challenge dominant Western oil traders like Vitol.For China, the world's top crude importer, having access to Russian oil would be a big step towards its ambition to create a globally integrated oil supply chain.The CEFC deal comes in paralle
  
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• 'It's down to the EU!' Johnson slams Brussels chiefs for not being 'serious' about Brexit

  17-10-2017 17:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  BORIS JOHNSON slammed EU chiefs for not being “serious” over Brexit negotiations.
  
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• Andrew Neil Takes Aim At The Left And Labour Over Anti-Semitism

  17-10-2017 17:06
  Andrew Neil has launched a blistering attack on left-wing politics for letting anti-Semitism flourish.
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby is due in April

  17-10-2017 17:03
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s third baby is due in April, the couple have announced, shortening the odds of the new arrival coming on a very significant date.A couple of days later comes St George’s Day, 23 April.There has been no announcement from Kensington Palace about where the duchess will give birth, though it is expected, as with her first two pregnancies, she will choose the private Lindo wing of St Mary’s hospital in Paddington, London, unless she opts for a home
  
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• Scheming mum who raked in £85,000 in fake benefits for her dead disabled son is jailed

  17-10-2017 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SCHEMING mother who raked in £85,000 in fake benefits for her dead disabled son has been jailed for more than a year.
  
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• Britain's May to address EU leaders on Brexit on Thursday

  17-10-2017 16:49
  British Prime Minister Theresa May will address her European Union peers on her strategy for Britain's exit from the EU at a dinner in Brussels on Thursday, a senior EU official said.The progress so far, however, was not sufficient to start the next phase of negotiations on a transition period and a future relationship, the official said."It is a fact that there is no sufficient progress, but there is good progress after the speech of Theresa May in Florence, it unlocked negotiations," the offic
  
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• Royal Baby Due Date: BBC's Simon McCoy Reacts To Kensington Palace's Announcement With The Enthusiasm It Deserves

  17-10-2017 16:44
  BBC newsreader Simon McCoy has yet again demonstrated his ability to perfectly capture the mood of the British public with his hilariously apathetic reaction to Kate Middleton’s due date reveal.
  
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• Royal Baby Due Date: BBC's Simon McCoy Reacts To Kensington Palace Announcement With The Enthusiasm It Deserves

  17-10-2017 16:44
  BBC newsreader Simon McCoy has yet again demonstrated his ability to perfectly capture the mood of the British public with his hilariously apathetic reaction to Kate Middleton’s due date reveal.
  
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• EU rebuffs May, demands more concessions on Brexit

  17-10-2017 16:41
  LUXEMBOURG/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union told Britain on Tuesday it must make more concessions in talks over its departure from the bloc, offering little hope of a breakthrough for Prime Minister Theresa May at a summit later this week.May travelled to Brussels on Monday for dinner with senior EU officials, hoping to nudge the Brexit talks forward to look at future ties which she says will help London make advances on calculating a financial settlement.After losing her governing Conserva
  
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• Phones4u​ founder accuses former adviser of fiddling expenses

  17-10-2017 16:34
  French financial expert Nathalie Dauriac arrives for the high court.The Phones4u founder, John Caudwell, is embroiled in a high court battle with a former financial adviser who his company claims fiddled her expenses.Nathalie Dauriac, a former Coutts banker, claims she was wrongly dismissed in 2014 from the financial management company Signia Wealth that she co-founded with Caudwell, receiving only £2 for shares she says ought to have been worth more than £17m.
  
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• Beware of the DOVE? Postmen being scared by BIRD in Norfolk village

  17-10-2017 16:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  POSTMEN are used to having to "beware of the dog" but there is a more unusual beast menacing Royal Mail employees making the rounds of a Norfolk village.
  
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• This guy really didn’t want any fuss for his funeral

  17-10-2017 16:30
  HIs death notice included a message directed at potential mourners.
  
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