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• May, party leaders agree to tackle sexual harassment with new measures

  06-11-2017 23:28
  British Prime Minister Theresa May and other party leaders agreed on Monday to introduce new safeguards for those working in parliament to try to contain a growing sexual harassment scandal.Britain's parliament is the latest institution to become embroiled in a sex scandal after abuse allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein prompted thousands of women and men to share stories about improper behaviour.Allegations have been made against lawmakers in several parties, but the growing
  
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• Parents of Liam Albert who died in car crash criticise police investigation

  06-11-2017 22:59
  The parents of a teenager who died after a car chase with police in 2009 say they have been left furious after misconduct charges were dropped.Liam Albert was 17 when he died after leading police on a 118mph car chase through Merton, southwest London, and into Surrey, where he crashed a stolen car into another vehicle.Two police officers, Inspector Mandy Chamberlain and PC John Wills, were due to face a misconduct hearing over allegations evidence had been deleted from mobile phones or removed f
  
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• Daily Mail Journalist Ann Leslie Slammed For Criticising Woman Who Report Sexual Harassment

  06-11-2017 22:25
  A Daily Mail journalist has faced a backlash after criticising women for coming forward about being sexually harassed.
  
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• Gary Younge interviews Richard Spencer: 'Africans have benefited from white supremacy' - video

  06-11-2017 22:05 via theguardian.com
  In a dramatic interview, the Guardian's Gary Younge speaks to white supremacist Richard Spencer about why he wants to create an 'ethno-state' for white people, and why he believes that Africans have 'benefited from white supremacy'Watch the full-length documentary Angry, White and American on Channel 4 on Thursday 9 November at 10pm• Gary Younge: My travels in white America – a land of anxiety, division and pockets of painContinue reading...
  
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• Paradise Papers: Lewis Hamilton and Apple named in latest tax probe

  06-11-2017 21:49
  Tech company Apple and Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton are alleged to have avoided tax, the so-called Paradise Papers suggest.The documents appear to show that Hamilton avoided tax on a private jet worth £16.5m, which he imported into the Isle of Man.Hamilton's advisers set up a leasing deal which entitled the 32-year-old Mercedes driver to receive a £3.3m VAT refund on the red Bombardier Challenger 605, on the basis that the jet was for business use.
  
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• Twitter under fire as searches for ‘bisexual’ show no results

  06-11-2017 21:12
  Users have taken to the platform to criticise perceived censorship of the bisexual community.
  
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• New complaints system for staff amid Westminster sex scandal

  06-11-2017 20:48
  Party leaders have agreed to implement a new complaints system for staff amid Westminster's sexual harassment scandal.At a meeting at 10 Downing Street on Monday, leaders of the Westminster parties agreed proposals for an independent grievance process, to be introduced in the New Year, along with improved human resources support.Speaking after the meeting, the Prime Minister hailed an "important step forward" as she revealed the plans, which includes upgrading an existing helpline in order to pr
  
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• Police intercept drugs drone flown to jail

  06-11-2017 20:40
  Charlie Adifiyi was jailed for three years after Met Police traced his DNA on an intercepted drone, flying drugs into HMP Pentonville.
  
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• Britain's May, party leaders agree to tackle sexual harassment with new measures

  06-11-2017 20:40
  British Prime Minister Theresa May and other party leaders agreed on Monday to introduce new safeguards for those working in parliament to try to contain a growing sexual harassment scandal.Britain's parliament is the latest institution to become embroiled in a sex scandal after abuse allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein prompted thousands of women and men to share stories about improper behaviour.Allegations have been made against lawmakers in several parties, but the growing
  
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• Drug dealer jailed after trying to fly drugs into HMP Pentonville by drone

  06-11-2017 20:30
  A drug dealer has been jailed after trying to fly drugs and mobile phones into HMP Pentonville with a drone.Charlie Adifiyi, 21, from Islington, attached 118 grams of cannabis, 71.7 grams of another psychoactive substance and two mobile phones to a drone before trying to send it over the prison wall.
  
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• More than 200 Grenfell children still in B&Bs five months on, MPs told

  06-11-2017 20:17
  Workmen on scaffolding that is being erected on one side of Grenfell Tower.Around 227 children from Grenfell Tower and neighbouring blocks are still living in emergency accommodation almost five months after they were made homeless by the fire, MPs have heard during a Commons update on the local council’s handling of the disaster.Council staff dealing with traumatised survivors of the blaze need to display “a greater degree of humanity” and more emotional intelligence, accordin
  
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• Corbyn’s sweet nothings get business leaders rolling over for a tummy tickle | John Crace

  06-11-2017 20:08
  Jeremy Corbyn on stage at the conference: ‘The CBI purred.There’s nothing Paul Drechsler, the CBI president, likes more than a captive audience.Which makes the CBI’s annual conference his ideal day out.
  
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• HBOS faced nationalisation if we did not take it over, ex-Lloyds boss tells court

  06-11-2017 20:07
  Eric Daniels, the former CEO of Lloyds Banking Group, was giving evidence in the high court in a case brought by Lloyds shareholders.The former chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group was warned by the Bank of England the only alternative for HBOS was nationalisation if Lloyds did not take it over in 2008, the high court has heard.Eric Daniels rejected claims that the government backed the deal, adding that it was done on commercial terms and was not a “rescue”.
  
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• The cost of Britons’ failure to learn foreign languages | Letters

  06-11-2017 20:02
  Theresa May meeting Chinese president Xi Jinping in September 2016. ‘After Brexit, trade agreements with China, Russia and other developing markets will lead to missed deals for the UK if negotiations are only conducted in English,’ writes Gabrielle Hogan-Brun.Government figures show that the UK economy loses about £50bn a year in failed contracts because of a lack of language skills in the workforce.
  
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• Sinn Fein says proposed UK time limit on soldier prosecutions 'unacceptable'

  06-11-2017 20:01
  Sinn Fein on Monday dismissed as unacceptable a bill proposed by a British Conservative Party lawmaker to set a 10-year limit on prosecuting soldiers, saying it breached a 2014 deal intended to rescue the province's power-sharing arrangements.If the bill wins the backing of the British government, it could seriously complicate efforts to resolve a political crisis in Northern Ireland, which is facing a return to direct rule from London for the first time in a decade.The bill was sponsored by a m
  
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• Paradise Papers: Lewis Hamilton 'Avoided' VAT On £16.5m Jet Through Isle of Man Deal

  06-11-2017 20:01
  Lewis Hamilton has ‘avoided’ paying £3.3m in tax by registering his private jet on the Isle of Man, the reports falling out of the so-called Paradise Papers have claimed in the second major bout of revelations.
  
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• Couple 'lose everything' after stray firework destroys their home in Derby

  06-11-2017 19:51
  A stray firework has destroyed a house in Derby after hitting the roof and starting a blaze which wrecked most of the owners' possessions.Wendy and Ted Bagshaw say they have "lost everything" in the fire.The couple were at home with their dogs when the firework hit their roof and exploded at 7.45pm on Saturday.
  
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• Boris Johnson's words may increase woman's jail term

  06-11-2017 19:40
  A British woman faces a longer spell in an Iranian jail due to a blunder by Boris Johnson, her employers have claimed.
  
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• Boris blunder may add years to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's sentence

  06-11-2017 19:39
  A British woman faces a longer spell in an Iranian jail due to a blunder by Boris Johnson, her employers have claimed.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is currently serving a five-year prison sentence after being arrested at Tehran airport in April 2016 as she attempted to return home from a visit to see her family.Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed she was plotting to overthrow the regime, an allegation the 38-year-old rejects, and she has been denied access to consular assistance.
  
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• British minister ignores opposition demands on Brexit impact studies

  06-11-2017 19:35
  Britain's government ignored opposition demands on Monday to share its economic assessment of Brexit this week, delaying the publication of reports Prime Minister Theresa May has said might hurt her negotiating stance.May, weakened after losing her governing Conservative Party's parliamentary majority, has been under pressure to release government analysis of the impact of Britain leaving the European Union, based on various scenarios including not reaching a deal with the bloc.
  
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• Speaker gives government until Tuesday to publish Brexit assessments

  06-11-2017 19:27
  John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, has set the government a deadline of Tuesday evening to publish the Brexit assessments demanded by parliament – or explain why it has not done so.MPs voted unanimously last Wednesday to call on David Davis’s department to release its studies of the impact of Brexit on various sectors of the UK economy, after he published a list of the 58 sectors covered.Asked by the shadow Brexit minister, Matthew Pennycook, on Monday whether the gove
  
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• Here Are The Scandals Blighting Theresa May's Cabinet, And It's Only Monday

  06-11-2017 19:15
  Theresa May’s Government has been hamstrung from day one after her disastrous snap election saw the Conservative Party lose its parliamentary majority.
  
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• Here Are The Scandals Blighting Theresa May's Cabinet

  06-11-2017 19:15
  Theresa May’s Government has been hamstrung from day one after her disastrous snap election saw the Conservative Party lose its parliamentary majority.
  
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• Northern Ireland won't stay in EU market, customs after Brexit - UK

  06-11-2017 19:06
  Northern Ireland will not stay in the European Union's single market or the customs union after Brexit, a British government official said, adding that arrangements for the border with Ireland must not eat into the United Kingdom's integrity.Allowing Northern Ireland to retain some access has been floated by the European Parliament's Brexit pointman, Guy Verhofstadt."We will leave the European Union in 2019 as one United Kingdom," the British minister for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire, sai
  
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• Parachute trial: Sergeant accused of attempting to murder wife 'wanted out of marriage', court hears

  06-11-2017 18:59
  A man accused of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute had told his mother he "wanted out" of his marriage, a court has heard.Sergeant Emile Cilliers, 37, of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps, sent his mother the message after experiencing "difficulties" with his wife Victoria, Winchester Crown Court was told.Mrs Cilliers, 40, suffered a fractured spine and broken ribs in a 4,000ft fall when her parachute failed on a jump at Netheravon Airfield on Salisbury Plain, Wi
  
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• London life laid bare in rubbish along the Thames

  06-11-2017 18:37
  LONDON (Reuters) - Bones, a mouldy hot water bottle, a pair of rusty pliers and a pristine pair of women’s pants are among the eclectic cast-offs Reuters photographer Stefan Wermuth has found along the River Thames.
  
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• Soldier accused of trying to murder skydiver wife says it may have been 'random killer'

  06-11-2017 18:29
  Emile Cilliers has denied planning to kill his wife, Victoria.Emile Cilliers said it was possible that an “insider” with technical knowledge of parachutes had sabotaged the parachute his wife Victoria used when she fell 1,200 metres (4,000ft) to the ground.Cilliers insisted from the witness box at Winchester crown court that he had not wished any harm on his wife and did not stand to gain financially from her death.
  
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• Boris blunder may add years to Nazinin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's sentence

  06-11-2017 18:22
  A British woman faces a longer spell in an Iranian jail due to a blunder by Boris Johnson, her employers have claimed.Nazinin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is currently serving a five-year prison sentence after being arrested at Tehran airport in April 2016 as she attempted to return home from a visit to see her family.Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed she was plotting to overthrow the regime, an allegation the 38-year-old rejects, and she has been denied access to consular assistance.
  
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• James Comey has been verified on Twitter and the world is waiting for revealing tweets

  06-11-2017 18:21
  James Comey’s account is out in the open.
  
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• Britain's aid minister apologises over undisclosed Israel meetings

  06-11-2017 18:13
  Britain's international development minister Priti Patel apologised on Monday for failing to disclose meetings with senior Israeli officials during a private holiday.Patel said she met with senior Israeli figures, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Foreign Ministry' Director General Yuval Rotem and opposition leader Yair Lapid.
  
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• Susan Linnee, ex-AP bureau chief in Madrid and Nairobi, dies

  06-11-2017 18:06
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Susan Linnee, a groundbreaking Associated Press bureau chief in Madrid and Nairobi, has died at age 75.
  
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• Priti Patel apologises over undisclosed Israeli meetings

  06-11-2017 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Priti Patel apologises for not informing Foreign Office about meeting the Israeli PM and others.
  
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• 'Impossible' for Northern Ireland to 'somehow' stay in EU formats after Brexit - UK minister

  06-11-2017 17:45
  Northern Ireland will not stay in the European Union's single market or the customs union after Brexit, a British government official said, adding that arrangements for the border with Ireland must not eat into the United Kingdom's integrity.Allowing Northern Ireland to retain some access has been floated by the European Parliament's Brexit pointman, Guy Verhofstadt."We will leave the European Union in 2019 as one United Kingdom," the British minister for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire, sai
  
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• Separating Sexual Harassment And Rape Is Dangerous

  06-11-2017 17:35
  As the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal continues to expose more public figures in and outside the film industry, and gives a lifeline to survivors courageous enough to speak out - I thought it telling how some sections of the public have been tripping over themselves to denounce any sort of link between inappropriate sexual behaviour and rape.
  
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• Bula From The UN Climate Change Talks In Bonn

  06-11-2017 17:27
  "Bula" is a Fijian greeting; it means "hello", but also means "life" and being alive.
  
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• Boris Johnson ‘mistake’ could harm case for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, say family

  06-11-2017 17:24
  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in April 2016.Boris Johnson has been criticised for making a misleading statement about a British-Iranian woman serving a five-year jail term in Iran, in comments that appear to have complicated her legal case.The UK foreign secretary condemned Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s conviction for spying in Iran last week as a mockery of justice, but added that she was “simply teaching people journalism” – a statement her family and her employe
  
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• Boris Johnson 'mistake' could harm case for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, say family

  06-11-2017 17:24
  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in April 2016.Boris Johnson has been criticised for making a misleading statement about a British-Iranian woman serving a five-year jail term in Iran, in comments that appear to have complicated her legal case.The UK foreign secretary condemned Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s conviction for spying in Iran last week as a mockery of justice, but added that she was “simply teaching people journalism” – a statement her family and her employe
  
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• Does The Queen Pay Taxes? A Guide To The Royal Finances After The Paradise Papers Leak

  06-11-2017 17:13
  As part of the so-called Paradise Papers leak, documents have revealed that the Queen’s private estate invested millions in offshore funds that have never before been disclosed.
  
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• In depth: how millennials are making their way in a new and different world

  06-11-2017 17:01 via theguardian.com
  Even if they could follow in the footsteps of their parents, young adults today have other ideas – driving political change, volunteering, and creating new kinds of community. A different set of priorities have emerged as the ‘new normal’Earlier this year, while reflecting on the current economic situation during an interview with the television programme 60 Minutes in Australia, the luxury property developer Tim Gurner noted that you were never going to be able to afford to bu
  
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• Energy Company Calls For Whole World To Go Green

  06-11-2017 17:00
  If you think we have to rely on energy from oil, gas and coal because green energy is too expensive, think again.
  
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• Teen stabbing victim Elijah Dornelly 'disembowelled' in Walthamstow attack, court hears

  06-11-2017 16:46
  A 17-year-old boy disembowelled in a street attack ran into a cafe with his intestines spilling out of his stomach, a court has heard.Elijah Dornelly was fatally stabbed during an ambush by two teenagers in Walthamstow High Street, north London, the Old Bailey was told.The victim, from Higham Hill, east London, suffered extensive blood loss and was pronounced dead hours later.
  
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• Paradise Papers: Ordinary Workers Will End Up Paying The Price Of Offshore Schemes, Economist Warns

  06-11-2017 16:32
  Ordinary people are the true victims of off-shore tax avoidance schemes, a tax expert and anti-poverty campaigner has warned in the wake of the Paradise Paper revelations.
  
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• SSE says to cut number of customers on poor value energy tariffs

  06-11-2017 16:31
  Britain's SSE said on Monday it will work to cut the number of its customers on standard variable tariffs (SVTs), which are facing a price cap from Britain's energy regulator.SSE has the highest percentage of retail customers on SVTs of Britain's big six energy suppliers, with around 90 percent, according to regulator Ofgem."From the early part of next financial year (April 1) SSE will no longer automatically roll customers onto SVTs once they have come to the end of their fixed term contracts,"
  
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• Injustice In The Classroom: Young Women In Uganda Deserve An Education

  06-11-2017 16:28
  My name is Jenifer Aloyo, a classroom teacher of a government-aided primary school in Western Uganda.
  
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• Vital that UK's Brexit deal is in U.S. interests, says commerce chief Ross

  06-11-2017 16:25
  U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said it was vital that a Brexit deal between Britain and the European Union would be in the commercial interests of the United States and London should not to give in to the EU's "highly protectionist" trade stance.Ross was speaking at a British business conference on Monday which was dominated by the looming split between Britain and its EU neighbour, with firms stating their concerns about the impact on trade in goods and services.British Prime Minister Ther
  
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• Nigeria kidnapping: Ian Squire killed and three freed

  06-11-2017 16:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Ian Squire died after being held hostage in Nigeria alongside three others, who have been freed.
  
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• Westminster sex harassment: Who is accused of doing what?

  06-11-2017 16:02
  Explosive sexual harassment claims have rocked British politics and left party leaders scrambling to do something about a toxic culture at Westminster.The scandal has already claimed the scalp of the Defence Secretary and many believe the allegations that have emerged are just the beginning.Here is a summary of the main allegations so far against prominent political figures.
  
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• Gala pays £2.3m after stolen money gambled away

  06-11-2017 15:53
  Gaming operator Gala Interactive has agreed a £2.3m penalty with regulators after failings which saw two high-spending customers gamble away stolen money online.Gala, which includes bingo and poker brands and is owned by Ladbrokes Coral, has agreed to repay the £1.3m stolen funds to the victims - plus £1m towards research into problem gambling.The Gambling Commission said its failures were aggravated by the fact that they took place just as the business was giving assurances fo
  
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• PM on 'deeply troubling' harassment culture

  06-11-2017 15:35
  Theresa May has told the CBI that she wants to 'get it right' on dealing with the problem of harassment in the workplace.
  
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• Corbyn talks tough on tax avoidance

  06-11-2017 15:35
  The Labour leader told the CBI there should be a full inquiry into tax avoidance and evasion.
  
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