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• More than £1bn needed for Dover after Brexit

  31-10-2017 23:50
  It's believed as much as a billion pounds might be needed to prepare the port of Dover for the possibility of no Brexit deal.
  
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• Labour bid to force vote on revealing Government's Brexit papers

  31-10-2017 23:47
  Labour is attempting to force a House of Commons vote ordering the Government to publish 58 studies into the economic impact of Brexit.The party is staging an Opposition Day debate on Wednesday calling on ministers to hand over the information to stop what it calls "a blank cheque for a Tory Brexit".In recent weeks the Government has ordered Tory MPs not to vote against Labour motions.
  
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• New York attack: eight killed in 'act of terror', says mayor – live updates - The Guardian

  31-10-2017 23:45 via theguardian.com
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  New York attack: eight killed in 'act of terror', says mayor – live updates
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  Argentina reaffirms its strongest condemnation of terrorist acts and violence in all its manifestations and reiterates the need to deepen the fight against this scourge.” The statement says the Argentine government “is deeply shocked” by what happened ...
  The Latest: Argentine citizens died in bike path attackDaily Mail
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• Labour look to force government into publishing Brexit dossiers

  31-10-2017 23:21
  Britain's opposition Labour party will attempt on Wednesday to force the government to release its assessment of the impact Brexit will have on 58 different sectors of the economy.The government said on Monday it had carried out the economic assessments, ranging from aerospace to tourism sectors, but has so far refused requests from lawmakers to publish them, saying it needed a "safe space" to make Brexit policy in private.The opposition Labour Party said it would use a debate in parliament on W
  
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• Trade union leader Derek 'Red Robbo' Robinson dies aged 90

  31-10-2017 23:05
  A firebrand union leader and former British Leyland worker has died aged 90.Derek Robinson - nicknamed "Red Robbo" by tabloid newspapers - was one of the biggest names in the trade union movement during the 1970s.Mr Robinson worked as an engineering apprentice during the Second World War, progressing on to become shop steward at a plant in Longbridge.
  
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• UK opposition look to force government into publishing Brexit dossiers

  31-10-2017 23:02
  Britain's opposition Labour party will attempt on Wednesday to force the government to release its assessment of the impact Brexit will have on 58 different sectors of the economy.The government said on Monday it had carried out the economic assessments, ranging from aerospace to tourism sectors, but has so far refused requests from lawmakers to publish them, saying it needed a "safe space" to make Brexit policy in private.The opposition Labour Party said it would use a debate in parliament on W
  
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• 'Fundamentally WASTEFUL' Jacob Rees-Mogg blasts Cameron and Osborne's foreign aid farce

  31-10-2017 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  TORY Party grandee Jacob Rees-Mogg has given his backing to the Daily Express crusade to Stop The Foreign Aid Madness.
  
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• Tributes to a ‘doting father’ and five children killed in blaze at farmhouse

  31-10-2017 22:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  A FATHER of 17 and five of his children are believed to have died in a ferocious farmhouse fire, police said today.
  
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• Freshly Knighted Billy Connolly SLAMS men involved in Hollywood abuse scandals

  31-10-2017 22:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  COMEDIAN Billy Connolly hit out at men caught up in the Hollywood sex scandal yesterday after being knighted at Buckingham Palace.
  
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• Which has cleaner air: Eastbourne or London?

  31-10-2017 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK cities with atmospheres considered harmful to health by the WHO are revealed in a new report.
  
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• Foreign aid SUCCESS: UK may now use aid budget to help other nations

  31-10-2017 22:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  MINISTERS yesterday secured an international agreement to allow British aid cash to be spent on emergency relief for overseas territories hit by natural disasters.
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge’s uncle Gary Goldsmith failed to appear in court on assault charge

  31-10-2017 22:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Duchess of Cambridge’s uncle failed to appear in court today on a charge of assaulting his wife.
  
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• Northern Ireland power-sharing talks to extend into Wednesday

  31-10-2017 22:07
  Northern Ireland's main political parties are to continue talks aimed at restoring the British region's devolved government on Wednesday, a British government official said, in an apparent extension of a deadline for a deal.Representatives of Irish nationalists Sinn Fein and the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ended their second day of talks aimed at re-establishing a power-sharing government that collapsed in January, the official said.The British government has indicated that if th
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon warns ministers to ‘reflect' on behaviour towards women

  31-10-2017 22:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  NICOLA Sturgeon has warned her MSPs and MPs to "reflect" on their behaviour towards women amid the growing sex pest scandal.
  
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• SNP under fire as student debt SOARS in face of free tuition policy

  31-10-2017 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  STUDENTS face soaring loan debts despite the SNP's free tuition policy, new figures show.
  
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• Labour activist says she was raped at party event and told not to report it - The Guardian

  31-10-2017 21:49 via theguardian.com
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  Labour activist says she was raped at party event and told not to report it
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  Allegations of sexual misconduct have led to calls for independent body to investigate MPs. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian. Sexual harassment. Labour activist says she was raped at party event and told not to report it. New allegation ...
  Sex scandal escalates as Labour activist Bex Bailey says she was raped at party event - but told not to report itTelegraph.co.uk
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• Police swoop as brawl breaks out on London street - officers injured

  31-10-2017 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BRAWL broke out on a street in London leaving two policemen and a policewoman injured as officers swarmed the area.
  
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• New York: Eight Dead As Truck Drives Into Cyclists In Suspected Terror Attack In Lower Manhattan

  31-10-2017 21:30
  Police are investigating reports of multiple casualties amid claims of gunfire and a vehicle striking people in lower Manhattan in New York.
  
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• Britain accelerates Brexit plans, divorce talks also to speed up

  31-10-2017 21:14
  LONDON/BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Britain is accelerating preparations for "all eventualities" when it leaves the European Union, but both sides are hopeful an agreement on stepping up talks to unravel more than 40 years of partnership will be sealed soon.With only 17 months remaining until Britain's expected departure, the slow pace of talks has increased the possibility of it leaving without a deal, alarming business leaders who say time is running out for them to make investment decisions.British
  
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• Hand-wringing over sexual harassment won’t do. Here are some things that may | Letters

  31-10-2017 21:02 via theguardian.com
  Martin Freedman on the reforms Westminster needs; Anna Ford on Britain’s sexually immature society; Steve Rothon on journalists’ failure to expose ‘open secrets’; DBC Reed on the role of unions; Frances Bell on the financial cost to women; Jacqueline Angell on more important stories; Canon Paul Townsend on the ethics of human relationshipsSurely one element in cleaning up Westminster sleaze (MPs fear more sleaze claims will emerge, 30 October) is to reform its archaic emp
  
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• Switch to universal credit will hit lone disabled people | Letters

  31-10-2017 20:58
  Tanni Grey-Thompson, who in 2012 headed a campaign to raise awareness of the problem that universal credit will cause for disabled people living alone.The government has since done little to address those concerns, says Steven Livingston.With universal credit in the headlines (Report, 24 October), with the extended rollout and the many issues this will cause recipients, I have sadly not seen much in any news coverage of late about how this benefit will impact on a specific group in society, of w
  
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• Bah! Humbug! Why shops are already playing Christmas tunes

  31-10-2017 20:34
  Because then, like a fury-stoking musical flying caribou, along came Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, bursting out from the shop's loudspeaker.A song with no place in the world other than at Christmas, being imposed upon me at a time when people were still trying to get by in T-shirts.On a day when you could clearly remember the cricket season, and when you might still fancy buying an ice cream, here was a great dollop of Christmas being siphoned down by ears.
  
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• Parachute tampering trial: Emile Cilliers 'better off with wife Victoria alive'

  31-10-2017 20:19
  Giving evidence at the Winchester Crown Court trial of Emile Cilliers, Victoria Cilliers agreed her husband was "financially incontinent" and had debt problems.Cilliers denies attempted murder after being accused of tampering with his wife's parachute before she did the jump.Ex-Army officer Mrs Cilliers said they had signed a post-nuptial agreement in 2014 which set out their financial situation and how their assets would have been divided in the event of a divorce.
  
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• Taxpayer set to foot the multi-million pound bill Whitehall's Brexit recruitment splurge - HeraldScotland

  31-10-2017 20:07 via heraldscotland.com
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  Taxpayer set to foot the multi-million pound bill Whitehall's Brexit recruitment splurge
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  UP to 8,000 new staff are to be employed by the UK Government to prepare for Brexit, No 10 has confirmed, with the taxpayers' bill already reaching £1 billion and expected to rise much higher. David Davis, the Brexit Secretary, who announced talks ...
  For sale: one Brexit, wheels falling off, loads of miles on the clockThe Guardian
  Brexit deal 'will favour EU on money', s
  
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• NHS chief accuses Jeremy Hunt of 'own goal' over pay rises

  31-10-2017 20:01
  NHS England’s chief executive, Simon Stevens, insists pay rises must be fully funded.The head of the NHS has rejected Jeremy Hunt’s insistence that its staff’s pay rise next year should depend on them improving their productivity as “an own goal of the first magnitude”.Simon Stevens’s remarks set him on a collision course with the health secretary weeks before the budget, in which Philip Hammond is expected to set out what salary increase the NHS’s 1.7 m
  
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• Halloween horror as car 'crashes into shoppers' in London - one dead, one injured

  31-10-2017 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  ONE person has died in a car collision after a driver mounted the pavement and ploughed into a pedestrian.
  
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• Hospitality And Temporary Workers 'More Likely To Stay Silent Over Sexual Harassment', Experts Warn

  31-10-2017 19:37
  Hollywood and Westminster have been rocked by allegations of sexual harassment, but it’s junior staff and those on “precarious” contracts across other sectors who are less likely to come forward through fear of losing their jobs, experts say.
  
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• For sale: one Brexit, wheels falling off, loads of miles on the clock | John Crace

  31-10-2017 19:32
  David Davis promised there would still be a couple of daily flights landing at Biggin Hill.This time it was the Lords EU select committee.Yes, he had told the Commons Brexit select committee that we could be negotiating until the last minute – and probably beyond – but he fully expected to get everything sorted within the next year.
  
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• Westminster staffer says she was sexually assaulted by MP

  31-10-2017 18:39
  The woman and a senior colleague tried to report what had happened to several authorities at Westminster over the course of many months.A Westminster staffer who says she was sexually assaulted by an MP last year has criticised Theresa May’s “inadequate” proposals for dealing with allegations of harassment and abuse by politicians.The woman, who works for another MP, said she was speaking out because measures proposed by May will still not be sufficiently independent of the pol
  
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• Powys House Fire Sees Father And Five Children Killed In 'Unexplained' Blaze

  31-10-2017 18:35
  One man and five children aged between four and 11 are believed to have died in a fire which ripped through a farmhouse in Llangammarch Wells, Powys, Dyfed-Powys Police said.
  
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• Bex Bailey: I was raped at a Labour Party event in 2011

  31-10-2017 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  A Labour activist calls for changes to the way the party handles allegations.
  
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• How nuclear deterrence can work in Northeast Asia - TODAYonline

  31-10-2017 18:33 via todayonline.com
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  How nuclear deterrence can work in Northeast Asia
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  IN A recent commentary, Mr Bilahari Kausikan, Singapore's ambassador-at-large and former permanent secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote a thought-provoking piece entitled 'To deter North Korea, Japan and South Korea should go nuclear'.
  About 200 Died at North Korea Nuclear Site, TV Asahi ReportsBloomberg
  '200 dead' in tunnel collapse at Kim's Punggye-ri nuclear test siteThe Times
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• Newham’s residents suffer from high-stakes gambling machines | Letter from Robin Wales, mayor of Newham

  31-10-2017 18:31
  ‘Betting shops cluster in deprived areas, contribute to crime and antisocial behaviour and add little to the local economy,’ says Robin Wales.Further to your article (Crackdown on fixed-odds betting terminals unveiled, theguardian.com, 31 October) the UK government looks set once again to dodge the hard decisions around high-stakes gambling.Newham residents cannot afford any further delay.
  
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• Man who ran over ex-Navy officer in botched burglary found guilty of murder - Metro

  31-10-2017 18:19 via metro.co.uk
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  Man who ran over ex-Navy officer in botched burglary found guilty of murder
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  A burglar who twice ran over an ex-Royal Navy Officer with his own car has been found guilty of murder. Ryan Gibbons, 29, was convicted of killing Mike Samwell during a botched house burglary on April 23. Manchester Crown Court heard how Mr Samwell, ...and more »
  
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• Coming Of Age In A Mausoleum

  31-10-2017 18:19
  When I was 15 years old, I lived for a while in a mausoleum.
  
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• Man guilty of murdering ex-Royal Navy officer during botched burglary

  31-10-2017 18:12
  A man has been found guilty of murdering former Royal Navy officer Mike Samwell during a botched burglary in Manchester.Ryan Gibbons, 29, had already pleaded guilty to burglary, but a jury took less than four hours to find the 29-year-old guilty of murder.Gibbons puffed out his cheeks and glanced towards his family as the verdict was delivered, while Jessica Samwell, supported by her husband's family, quietly wept.
  
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• Jailed moped gang targeted former chancellor Osborne

  31-10-2017 18:00
  George Osborne was one of the victims of a moped gang who have now been jailed for a total term exceeding 18 years.
  
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• Satellite eye on Earth: September 2017 - in pictures

  31-10-2017 17:54 via theguardian.com
  Algal blooms, hurricanes and volcano fields are among the images captured by Nasa and the ESA last monthA potentially harmful algal bloom covered more than 700 square miles in the western basin of Lake Erie in late September, turning the lake bright green and alarming residents and local officials. Blooms tend to thrive in Lake Erie during summer, sustained by warm water temperatures and nutrients from farm runoff. This year, the bloom had been ongoing since mid-July. Continue reading...
  
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• Police adopt new tactics to tackle moped thieves after rise in violent crime

  31-10-2017 17:49
  Police will continue to pursue escaping moped thieves, even if they take off their helmets, Britain's top police officer has warned.Scotland Yard Commissioner Cressida Dick said: "We haven't reduced pursuits.Ms Dick was speaking as the Metropolitan Police revealed new tactics against moped thieves which they said had already cut the level of a crime that has rocketed in the past two years.
  
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• Brexit: Whitehall headcount to balloon by 8,000 workers

  31-10-2017 17:34
  David Davis leaving Downing Street after giving an update to cabinet on the preparations the government is making for Brexit.Preparations to leave the EU have already cost the government half a billion pounds and will lead the headcount in Whitehall to balloon by at least 8,000 workers by the end of next year, the government has admitted.The Brexit secretary, David Davis, told the cabinet there had been a “significant acceleration” in work to get Britain ready for its EU departure, w
  
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• London Photo Of George Papadopoulos Was Taken At Least Four Years Ago

  31-10-2017 17:25
  An ex-Donald Trump aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about “dirt” he was offered on Hillary Clinton, has been at the centre of speculation over a picture recently posted to Twitter suggesting he was in London only six days ago.
  
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• 'Deflated souffle' - spoiler dismays fans of hit TV baking show

  31-10-2017 16:52
  LONDON (Reuters) - Have you ever known that horrible feeling when you realise you've sent a message about a surprise party to the one person who wasn't meant to know about it?
  
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• Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont not seeking asylum in Belgium - Sky News

  31-10-2017 16:41 via news.sky.com
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  Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont not seeking asylum in Belgium
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  Carles Puigdemont - who faces decades in prison if charged with "rebellion" - accuses Madrid of "extreme aggression". 15:39, UK, Tuesday 31 October 2017. Carles Puigdemont arrives for a news conference in Brussels. Video: Disputed Catalan leader ...and more »
  
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• Italy judge expected to rule on Eni, Shell indictment over Nigeria on Dec. 20 - source

  31-10-2017 16:40
  An Italian judge is expected to decide on December 20 whether to send oil majors Eniand Shellto trial over alleged corruption in Nigeria, two legal sources said on Tuesday.Milan prosecutors have asked for the two companies and some past and present managers, including current Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi, to be indicted in a case revolving around the purchase of a Nigerian oilfield in 2011.A judge must now rule whether to press charges or dismiss the case.
  
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• Exclusive - Engie, Mubadala, Pátria among groups vying for Petrobras Brazil gas pipeline

  31-10-2017 16:37
  French energy company Engie SAand Brazilian investment firm Pátria Investimentos Ltda are among 20 groups interested in a controlling stake in a gas pipeline network owned by Petroleo Brasileiro SA, four people with knowledge of the matter said.Petrobras , as Brazil's state-controlled oil company is known, will receive a first round of non-binding proposals for a 90 percent stake in Transportadora Associada de Gás SA, known as TAG, by the end of November, the people said.Other cont
  
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• Five children aged between four and 11 and man die in Powys farmhouse fire

  31-10-2017 16:30
  A father and five children between the ages of four and 11 are understood to have died in a fire at a farmhouse in Powys.Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed said they were killed in the fire at the remote property at Llangammarch Wells, Powys when it broke out after midnight on Monday.Three other children aged 13, 12 and 10 managed to escape the blaze unharmed.
  
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• Time for a new signing?

  31-10-2017 16:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The symbol is not realistic but tourist road signs for other attractions are, critics say.
  
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• Britain accelerates Brexit plans, talks also to speed up

  31-10-2017 16:28
  LONDON/BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Britain is accelerating preparations for "all eventualities" when it leaves the European Union, but both sides are hopeful that an agreement on stepping up talks to unravel more than 40 years of partnership will be sealed soon.With only 17 months remaining until Britain's expected departure, the slow pace of talks has increased the possibility of it leaving without a deal, alarming business leaders who say time is running out for them to make investment decisions.Th
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge's uncle 'asked to be cautioned over alleged assault of wife'

  31-10-2017 16:23
  The Duchess of Cambridge's uncle asked to be cautioned over the alleged assault of his wife, a court has heard.Gary Goldsmith, 52, is accused of attacking Julie-Ann Goldsmith outside their central London home in the early hours of 13 October.Ms Arbuthnot explained that Goldsmith had not attended the hearing because he had been told by his legal team that he was not required.
  
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• Sheffield trees activist could face jail for flouting injunction

  31-10-2017 16:21
  Calvin Payne wrote that there were ‘bigger principles than upholding the law in play now’.A campaigner could face up to two years in jail after being found guilty of breaching a court order while trying to stop trees being felled in Sheffield.Calvin Payne was found to have twice stepped inside so-called safety zones erected around trees due to be felled, in breach of an injunction brought by Sheffield city council.
  
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