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• 'No-one should have to live in these conditions'

  08-11-2017 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Victoria lives with her daughter Daisy on an industrial estate but says no-one should have to live in such conditions.
  
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• Priti Patel quits cabinet over Israel meetings row

  08-11-2017 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Priti Patel resigns as UK international development secretary after the row about meeting Israeli politicians.
  
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• Pregnant Kate on leaving George at school gates

  08-11-2017 23:10
  The Duchess of Cambridge admits she is still getting used to leaving her son at school, at an event in London.
  
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• Priti Patel apologises as she resigns as International Development Secretary

  08-11-2017 23:09
  Priti Patel has offered the Prime Minister a "fulsome apology" as she resigned as International Development Secretary over secret foreign meetings.Theresa May ordered Ms Patel to return from an official trip to Africa following the revelation of her undisclosed meetings with Israeli politicians.In her resignation letter, Ms Patel said it had been a "tremendous privilege" to serve in Mrs May's Cabinet.
  
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• Alex Salmond's newspaper pledge in boardroom bid

  08-11-2017 23:04
  Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has promised that if he becomes chairman of Johnston Press he will champion the editorial independence of its newspapers.The one-time SNP leader told Sky News Ian King Live: "I don't think that quality newspapers should back individual political parties.The newspaper group, whose flagship title is The Scotsman, has agreed to a shareholder vote on the removal of two of its most senior directors.
  
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• Priti Patel resigns: What went wrong?

  08-11-2017 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale explains the controversy that led to her resignation.
  
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• Inaya Ahmed murder trial: Mother cleared of smothering toddler with pillow

  08-11-2017 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The charge that Sadia Ahmed smothered her daughter with a pillow is found not proven.
  
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• Former Northumbria Police officer shot dead in Canada

  08-11-2017 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Abbotsford Police Department said John Davidson, who was killed in the line of duty, was a "hero".
  
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• Trump administration uses CNN as bargaining chip in Time Warner-AT&T deal

  08-11-2017 22:06
  The Trump administration is threatening to scuttle AT&T’s $85.4bn takeover of Time Warner’s media assets unless the company sells off the parent unit of CNN or the satellite operator DirecTV, according to reports.The DoJ requirement, first reported by the Financial Times, comes against a backdrop of intense criticism of CNN as “fake news” by president Donald Trump on his Twitter account in the past year.The timing of the deal, originally expected to close by the end o
  
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• Priti Patel's Resignation Was A 24-Hour Social Media Rollercoaster

  08-11-2017 22:04
  Lilith the lynx escaping from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom.
  
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• Priti Patel's Resignation Sent Social Media Wild

  08-11-2017 22:04
  Lilith the lynx escaping from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom.
  
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• Priti Patel forced to resign over unofficial meetings with Israelis

  08-11-2017 21:57
  Theresa May’s government was rocked on Wednesday by a second cabinet resignation in a week after Priti Patel was forced to step down as international development secretary.The minister quit after being summoned back from a trip to Uganda and Ethiopia by Downing Street after it emerged she failed to be candid with May about 14 unofficial meetings with Israeli ministers, businesspeople and a senior lobbyist.The prime minister will now need to carry out another reshuffle that will create disr
  
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• Boris Johnson: Priti Patel was 'first class' development secretary

  08-11-2017 21:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The foreign secretary reacts to Priti Patel's resignation after controversy over her meetings with Israeli officials.
  
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• Star Wars: The Last Jedi new trailer

  08-11-2017 21:50
  The new trailer for The Last Jedi was played out for the first time during the final game of baseball's World Series decider.
  
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• Millennium Falcon spotted under wraps on Google maps

  08-11-2017 21:44
  Eagle-eyed Star Wars fans have spotted Han Solo's famous spaceship on Google Maps, just off the M3.The Millennium Falcon is being kept in Longcross, Surrey, behind suspiciously shaped containers, which can't be seen from the roads or rolling hills nearby.The spaceship is close to Longcross Studios in the southern county.
  
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• Fox News' Bill O'Reilly's contract 'shielded him from sex claims sacking'

  08-11-2017 21:27
  Bill O’Reilly, the former Fox News presenter, had a clause in his contract that meant he could not be fired over harassment allegations unless they were proved in court.The revelation was made by Jacques Nasser, an independent director of Fox, during a hearing with the Competition and Markets Authority about its investigation into 21st Century Fox’s £11.7bn takeover of Sky.O’Reilly’s employment agreement will increase concerns about 21st Century Fox’s handling
  
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• In new test for PM May, aid minister resigns

  08-11-2017 21:26
  British aid minister Priti Patel was forced from office on Wednesday over undisclosed meetings with Israeli officials after Prime Minister Theresa May sought to reassert her diminished authority as she negotiates Brexit.Patel, a Brexit campaigner who is popular in the ruling Conservative Party, had to abandon a trip to Africa earlier on Wednesday after being summoned by May to answer questions on more unsanctioned meetings that breached diplomatic protocol.After a hastily arranged meeting not lo
  
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• Landlord Fergus Wilson's 'curry smell' ban is unlawful, court rules

  08-11-2017 21:25
  A buy-to-let landlord who banned Indian and Pakistani tenants because he claimed they left his property smelling of curry has been told the policy is unlawful.Fergus Wilson, 69, told his letting agencies in March not to allow his homes to be rented by "coloured people" because he said they left a "curry smell" in the homes at the end of the tenancy.Mr Wilson was handed a three-year injunction, which means he is not allowed to stop tenants renting from him because of their race.
  
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• Monarch loses slots battle in High Court

  08-11-2017 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  The airline ceased trading last month and lawyers called the slots its "most valuable asset".
  
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• Why Tax Dodging Is Fundamentally Unpatriotic

  08-11-2017 21:02
  Following the Paradise Papers leak, countless documents have shown the scale of what is a thriving tax dodging industry, involving leading figures from the Queen, Lewis Hamilton to Bono.
  
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• Firms urged to appoint more women to top jobs

  08-11-2017 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  A government-backed review says FTSE 350 companies are lagging behind in promoting women to senior roles.
  
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• Our Planet Is Choking On Trash And We Are All To Blame

  08-11-2017 20:45
  Many people don't think about how their daily habits and actions impact the planet.
  
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• BBC cancels £10m of cuts planned for local radio

  08-11-2017 20:30
  Tony Hall’s surprise U-turn will please listeners and MPs alike.The BBC director general, Tony Hall, has made a surprise U-turn and cancelled about £10m of planned cuts to local radio in order to help the corporation combat fake news.The move was announced on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the corporation’s first local radio station, BBC Radio Leicester.
  
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• Priti Patel resigns over undisclosed meetings in Israel

  08-11-2017 20:27
  LONDON (Reuters) - British aid minister Priti Patel resigned on Wednesday, saying her actions had fallen "below the high standards that are expected" of her position when she failed to disclose meetings with Israeli officials during a holiday.
  
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• Bumpy landing for Priti as pot plants help Maybot take control | John Crace

  08-11-2017 20:19
  Priti found herself ushered into the prime minister’s office.Theresa May had sat motionless at her desk for more than 10 minutes, her eyes staring blankly into the void.The prime minister remained silent.
  
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• Firework blaze victim Anthony Nicholls was 'fun-loving man'

  08-11-2017 20:13
  A man who died after a large firework was set alight in his home was a "fun-loving funny man", his daughter has said.The retired former Land Rover worker was in an induced coma for five days after the arson attack at the property in Birchtrees Drive just after 11pm on Thursday November 2.
  
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• High court judge asks public to help find girl, 3, missing with mother

  08-11-2017 19:53
  Elliana Shand is the subject of care proceedings.A high court judge has appealed for help from the public in tracing a three-year-old girl who has gone missing with her schizophrenic mother.Elliana Shand, also known as Elliana Richards, who turns four next month, is believed to be in the UK with her mother, Jessica Richards.
  
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• How To Avoid Doing More Harm Than Good As A Tourist In Thailand

  08-11-2017 19:52
  Many parts of the world are now so accessible that we are able to travel to places on a reasonable budget and take part in incredible experiences that, decades ago, would have been only available for a lucky few.
  
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• A hundred years after the Russian revolution we are in Paradise | Letters

  08-11-2017 19:34 via theguardian.com
  It’s corporate tax avoidance we need to tackle, writes Simon Diggins and Andrew Phillips recalls the first major scheme, plus letters from Kevin Donovan, John Wilson, Mark Lawrence, Jeremy Beecham and John PellingAditya Chakrabortty’s excellent article on international tax avoidance (7 November) skewers the many lies that western electorates have been fed. It also makes clear an abiding truth that austerity is a political project. Seized upon by those who were fundamentally opposed t
  
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• British minister arrives for PM meeting over undisclosed meetings

  08-11-2017 19:32
  LONDON (Reuters) - British aid minister Priti Patel arrived at the Downing Street residence of Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday, entering the building via a back door to answer questions over undisclosed meetings with Israeli officials.
  
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• Port Talbot hospital caterers in £25m EuroMillions win

  08-11-2017 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The group of six receive more than £4m each after winning last Friday's EuroMillions jackpot.
  
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• EuroMillions win: Port Talbot hospital workers' reaction

  08-11-2017 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A group of six hospital caterers wins more than £25m on the National Lottery's EuroMillions.
  
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• 'I was groped by Kevin Spacey' says former London barman

  08-11-2017 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Kris Nixon says the actor grabbed his crotch during a party at the Hollywood star's London flat.
  
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• NHS chief takes high-risk punt by pointing out May and Hammond's miserliness

  08-11-2017 19:02
  Stevens urged May to be guided on the NHS budget by the same spirit that helped Britain tackle postwar challenges such as the need for housebuilding.Simon Stevens’s warning to Theresa May and Philip Hammond of the risks they are running by “underfunding our health services by £20bn-£30bn a year” was spectacular for being so public, pointed and premeditated.The NHS England chief executive’s speech at the NHS Providers conference may yield the extra £4bn f
  
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• France's LVMH expands its gourmet grocer in Paris

  08-11-2017 19:00
  Luxury goods firm LVMHis opening a second high-end food hall in Paris, betting on growing appetite from locals for gourmet groceries as the group spruces up its stores across the French capital.The launch of the three-story food hall, in the well-heeled 16th district of western Paris, comes amid a wave of investment in luxury stores and hotels in the French capital by LVMH and other firms hoping to profit from a recovery in tourist traffic following a wave of deadly Islamist militant attacks.
  
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• Antonio Carluccio: 'Godfather of Italian cooking' dies

  08-11-2017 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  He was known for the Italian restaurant chain that carries his name and for his TV appearances.
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge still 'getting used' to leaving Prince George at school

  08-11-2017 18:38
  The Duchess of Cambridge has revealed she is still getting used to leaving Prince George at school as she visited a charity event.Pregnant Kate, whose eldest child recently started at St Thomas's school in Battersea, south London, gave a speech at a forum organised by the charity Place2Be.Kate told the event: "As a mother, just getting used to leaving my own child at the school gates, it is clear to me that it takes a whole community to help raise a child.
  
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• Celebrity chef Antonio Carluccio has died

  08-11-2017 18:37
  Celebrity chef and restaurateur Antonio Carluccio has died aged 80, his agent has said.The Italian chef was known for his chain Carluccio's, which was founded in 1999 and has 96 restaurants across the UK."It is with great sadness that we announce that Commendatore Antonio Carluccio OBE sadly passed away this morning," said a statement from his agent.
  
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• Non-EU Norway appeals for smooth Brexit terms

  08-11-2017 18:28
  Non-EU Norway called on Brussels and London on Wednesday to ensure that Brexit does not disrupt its trade relations once Britain leaves the European Union.Norway has chosen to remain out of the EU but pays hundreds of millions of euros to access the single market as a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) and is also in the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) along with Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein."To preserve the integrity of the single market, the EU-27, the UK and EFTA should agre
  
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• EU antitrust regulators to investigate ArcelorMittal, Ilva deal

  08-11-2017 18:23
  EU antitrust regulators opened a full-scale investigation on Wednesday into ArcelorMittal'sproposed purchase of Italian steel plant Ilva, ratcheting up the pressure on the Luxembourg-based steelmaker to offer more concessions to address competition concerns.The world's largest steelmaker reached a 1.8-billion-euro (£1.6 billion) deal to acquire Europe's biggest capacity steel plant in June.The European Commission said it was concerned the merger may reduce competition in some flat carbon s
  
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• Charities criticise foster care exclusion from free childcare policy

  08-11-2017 18:13
  Parents of three- and four-year-olds are eligible for up to 30 hours’ free childcare.The exclusion of fostered children from the additional 15 hours of free childcare a week available to parents in England is discriminatory and inexplicable, charities have said.The government’s flagship childcare policy, which takes the potential number of free hours for parents of three- and four-year-olds up to 30 in total, was introduced in September but contained a specific exclusion “if th
  
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• Foster carers must receive the extra free childcare allowance too | Letters

  08-11-2017 18:12
  Foster children should have access to the same opportunities as other children, say the signatories to this letter. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
  
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• British judge faces battle for reappointment to UN-backed court

  08-11-2017 18:08
  Judges arrive for a hearing of the international court of justice in The Hague in 2015.Britain’s only judge at the international court of justice is facing a battle for re-election at the UN general assembly on Thursday in a vote that may reflect the UK’s shifting status in the world.Sir Christopher Greenwood QC, who provided controversial legal advice to the UK government before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, is one of six candidates competing for five positions at the UN-backed court i
  
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• Priti Patel arrives back in UK

  08-11-2017 18:05
  The International Development Secretary arrived at Heathrow airport on Wednesday afternoon before stepping into a ministerial car.
  
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• EU parliament's Brexit negotiator: 'major issues' unresolved on citizens rights

  08-11-2017 17:41
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - "Major issues" must still be resolved on safeguarding citizens' rights after Brexit, the European Parliament's negotiator Guy Verhofstadt said on Wednesday, the eve of another round of divorce negotiations between London and Brussels.
  
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• Landlord’s ban on ‘coloured’ tenants is unlawful, court rules

  08-11-2017 17:28
  Millionaire landlord Fergus Wilson has lost his court battle with the Equality and Human Rights Commission.The buy-to-let mogul Fergus Wilson’s ban on “coloured” tenants because they allegedly left curry smells in his properties has been overturned in a court victory for the Equality and Human Rights Commission.At Maidstone county court, the judge, Richard Polden, granted an injunction against the landlord.
  
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• Corbyn shocked by Sargeant's death

  08-11-2017 17:00
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn described himself as "shocked, horrified" and "deeply sympathetic" to Mr Sargeant's family.
  
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• Carl Sargeant family reveal 'groping' claims before ex-minister's death

  08-11-2017 16:56
  The family of ex-Welsh government minister Carl Sargeant have revealed he was facing claims of "groping" before his death.The Welsh Assembly Member - who is understood to have taken his own life - was facing allegations, which he denied, of "unwanted attention, inappropriate touching or groping", according to correspondence released by his family.Until last week, the married father-of-two was Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children in the Welsh Government before being removed from his rol
  
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• Further blow to May as Patel's future in doubt

  08-11-2017 16:51
  Aid minister Priti Patel was forced to cut short a foreign trip on Wednesday to answer questions over undisclosed meetings with Israeli officials, posing a new test of Prime Minister Theresa May's authority as she negotiates Brexit.Weakened by losing her party's majority in a June election, May faces another crisis after her defence minister resigned in a sexual harassment scandal, leaving the government with "the stench of death" to it, according to an opposition lawmaker.Patel, a Brexit campai
  
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• VW has still not fixed one in three dieselgate cars in Britain

  08-11-2017 16:49
  Volkswagenhas yet to fix one in three of the 1.2 million cars affected by the diesel emissions scandal in Britain, over two years since the revelations first came to light, according to a parliamentary committee.The German carmaker admitted in September 2015 to using software to cheat diesel emission tests in the United States and has since paid out compensation to U.S. motorists but has refused to do so in Europe.The British parliament's Environmental Audit Committee said that Volkswagen had sl
  
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