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• Switzerland’s Granit Xhaka tells Northern Ireland to get over penalty

  11-11-2017 23:33 via theguardian.com
  • Arsenal midfielder feels the best team won in Belfast World Cup play-off
  • Michael O’Neill admits his focus is on preparing for second leg in BaselGranit Xhaka has told Northern Ireland to stop moaning about the controversial penalty that handed Switzerland the advantage in their World Cup play-off and insisted his country will confirm their superiority in Sunday’s second leg.The Switzerland and Arsenal midfielder is clearly irritated his team’s strong first-leg dis
  
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• Radhika Jones to succeed Graydon Carter as Vanity Fair editor, sources say

  11-11-2017 23:33
  Radhika Jones, editorial director of the books department at the New York Times, will succeed Graydon Carter as editor of Vanity Fair, sources with knowledge of the selection process said on Saturday.Conde Nast did not confirm the report but sources told the Guardian the Times was correct.The appointment of Jones, 44, will resolve a succession question that became a kind of parlour game for media watchers on both side of the Atlantic after Carter, 68, announced his retirement in September.
  
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• One year after football’s child abuse scandal broke, stories are yet to be told | Daniel Taylor

  11-11-2017 23:31 via theguardian.com
  Last November, Andy Woodward bravely shared his story and 12 months on, the full horror is still emerging with 748 victims coming forwardIt wasn’t easy at first to understand the numbers that were potentially involved. It still isn’t, to be honest, when the latest police figures are so mind-boggling – on average, five new victims coming forward every two days – but particularly so at the start, when Andy Woodward was preparing to go public and telling me he was certain th
  
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• Gareth Bale will be devastated by new injury, says Wales’s Chris Coleman

  11-11-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • Coleman laments Bale’s ‘bad luck’ as forward suffers thigh problem
  • Wales manager sees role in team for David Brooks and Ethan AmpaduChris Coleman had just delivered his pre-match instructions at the Stade de France when he got a whisper in his ear. He may have been hoping Antoine Griezmann or Kylian Mbappé had been pulled out during the pre-match warmups in Paris, but instead the news was about another blow for Gareth Bale.The Real Madrid forward had suffer
  
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• David Moyes assures Javier Hernández he has a future at West Ham

  11-11-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • Manager rarely picked the striker during his reign at Manchester United
  • Mexico international sustained suspected hamstring injury on FridayDavid Moyes has moved to allay Javier Hernández’s possible fear of being excluded at West Ham as he was at Manchester United – though the Mexican’s first appearance for the Hammers under Moyes could be delayed by injury.Hernández has played more first-team football this season than he did in the whole of Moyes&rsq
  
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• Blooding youngsters is path forward for England, says Gareth Southgate

  11-11-2017 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • Dominic Solanke, Lewis Cook and Angus Gunn called up to squad for Brazil
  • Manager said his successor may reap rewards of focusing on young playersGareth Southgate has said his successor as England manager may end up benefiting most from the current setup’s commitment to youth progression, with a trio of players from the England under-21s called up for Tuesday’s friendly against Brazil.The Bournemouth midfielder Lewis Cook is to join Liverpool’s Dominic Solanke and
  
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• Forty Conservative MPs ready to oust May - Sunday Times

  11-11-2017 23:24
  Forty British members of parliament from Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party have agreed to sign a letter of no-confidence in her, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.Divided over how to extricate Britain from the European Union and hit by multiple scandals involving ministers, May's government has failed to assert control over a chaotic political situation that is weakening London's hand in Brexit talks.An earlier attempt to unseat May in the wake of her disastrous speech at the ann
  
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• British woman faces Egypt drug smuggling trial over painkillers

  11-11-2017 23:16
  A British woman is facing trial in an Egyptian criminal court for allegedly attempting to smuggle powerful painkillers which are banned in the Arab country but legal in the UK.Laura Plummer, 33, was arrested last month at Hurghada airportafter she had 290 tramadol tablets in her suitcase.Ms Plummer, from Hull, faces a long prison sentence if convicted and she has been held in a 15ft by 15ft cell with 25 other women for weeks.
  
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• Republic of Ireland hold nerve to take Denmark back to Dublin level

  11-11-2017 23:02 via theguardian.com
  Easy to read, difficult to beat. The Denmark manager, Age Hareide, took no satisfaction from the fact that his pre-match assessment of this Republic of Ireland team turned out to be prophetic. Martin O’Neill, meanwhile, is happy that Ireland’s World Cup fate will be determined in Dublin, a goalless draw ensuring the suspense in this play-off will carry over into Tuesday’s second leg. Related: Denmark 0-0 Republic of Ireland: World Cup play-off first leg, as it happenedContinue
  
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• Sack Boris Johnson for shaming our nation, Jeremy Corbyn tells PM

  11-11-2017 23:00
  Boris Johnson arrives in Washington to speak about the Iranian nuclear deal on 8 November 2017.Jeremy Corbyn has fired an extraordinary broadside against Boris Johnson, calling for him to be sacked immediately as foreign secretary for “undermining our country” and “putting our citizens at risk”.The blistering attack – and demand that Theresa May fire him – was delivered exclusively in a statement to the Observer on Saturday night, as pressure mounted on Johnso
  
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• Boris Johnson has been embarrassing Britain for long enough. It’s time for him to go | Jeremy Corbyn

  11-11-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  The foreign secretary has been damaging Britain’s standing in the world for 16 months, and has now put Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s future liberty under threatTheresa May should never have appointed someone as Britain’s top diplomat who had accused Barack Obama of being anti-British because he’s “part-Kenyan”, and notoriously wrote about “flag-waving piccaninnies”.Now, after 16 months of the foreign secretary damaging Britain’s standing in the
  
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• Sky-watchers await Venus and Jupiter display

  11-11-2017 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The planets will appear together close to the horizon just before sunrise on Monday.
  
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• Do not write Australia off against England, says coach Michael Cheika

  11-11-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  • ‘Pundits over here don’t think we have a chance,’ says Australia coach
  • Wales suffer loss of Jonathan Davies as well as defeatMichael Cheika may have just overseen Australia’s 13th consecutive win over Wales but he was already bristling at the prospect of taking on England on Saturday.“We understand the pundits over here don’t think we have much of a chance,” he said. “They have already given England 3-0 for November. One guy said: &ls
  
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• Barcelona protest calls for release of jailed Catalan independence leaders

  11-11-2017 21:55 via theguardian.com
  Hundreds of thousands of independence supporters march through city after eight former Catalan government members jailed by Spanish high courtHundreds of thousands of Catalan independence supporters lined one of Barcelona’s main avenues on Saturday to demand the release of separatist leaders held in prison for their roles in the banned independence referendum.Wearing yellow ribbons to signify support, they filled the length of the Carrer de la Marina, which runs from the beach to Barcelona
  
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• Trafficking laws ‘target refugee aid workers in EU’

  11-11-2017 21:52 via theguardian.com
  European Union warns that trafficking laws are being used to obstruct humanitarian work across the continentAid workers are being targeted throughout Europe as countries including the UK use laws aimed at traffickers and smugglers to discourage humanitarian activity, a study claims.A six-month investigation by the London-based Institute of Race Relations documented the prosecutions of 45 individual “humanitarian actors” under anti-smuggling or immigration laws in 26 separate actions
  
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• It’s a dirty job, but studying fake faeces may be lifesaver

  11-11-2017 21:39 via theguardian.com
  Bath University scientists hope research into fake excrement could tackle waste-related illness in countries that lack efficient sanitationIt’s not a project for those of a delicate sensibility. Scientists at the University of Bath are developing fake human excrement to help them understand the drying process of faecal sludge.Made from a concoction of ingredients including yeast, hemp fibre, shredded tissue, peanut oil, calcium phosphate and water, the lab-created sludge is designed to rep
  
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• Borth Wild Animal Kingdom 'outraged' over lynx killing

  11-11-2017 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Lilleth the lynx was "humanely destroyed" because of safety concerns, the council says.
  
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• Theresa May faces defeat by MPs demanding vote on final Brexit deal

  11-11-2017 21:30
  Anna Soubry says Theresa May is appeasing the hard Brexiters.Theresa May faces a devastating Commons defeat over Brexit within weeks if she continues to deny parliament a meaningful vote on the final deal with the EU, Tory and Labour MPs have warned.With the withdrawal bill returning to the Commons on Tuesday, a cross-party group who oppose a hard Brexit and are co-operating on tactics say they believe they have the numbers to defeat the government if they are denied such a vote.
  
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• Restaurants fear Brexit will turn boom to bust

  11-11-2017 21:30 via theguardian.com
  A quarter of the 3 million people in Britain’s hospitality sector are EU nationals. Many are going, with few arriving to replace themIt’s just after lunchtime in the kitchen of Damian Wawrzyniak’s new restaurant on the outskirts of Peterborough and the Polish chef is busy preparing an evening menu reflecting the rich ingredients of his culinary journey: Polish “noodles” from his homeland; beef tatare inspired by a stint at Copenhagen’s Noma restaurant and succ
  
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• Liverpool hold off Birmingham as Niamh Charles' delightful lob earns win

  11-11-2017 21:19 via theguardian.com
  • Niamh Charles got the only goal of the game as Liverpool beat Birmingham 1-0
  • Everton got first win of the season, beating Yeovil 2-0 at Huish ParkLiverpool moved up to third in WSL 1 with a 1-0 win over Birmingham City that came courtesy of Niamh Charles’ second goal the season.Charles scored in the Reds’ opening day Merseyside derby win but this goal might even have brought her more pleasure. Gemma Bonner’s long ball over the Blues back line set Charles in the cl
  
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• Trump has no comment on Roy Moore because he doesn't 'watch much TV'

  11-11-2017 21:04 via theguardian.com
  Asked about allegations against the Republican Senate nominee, Trump said ‘I don’t get to watch much television. Primarily because … I’m reading documents’Donald Trump on Saturday deflected questions about whether Roy Moore should drop out of the Alabama Senate race over allegations of sexual misconduct, insisting that because he does “not watch much television” he did not feel qualified to comment.Related: Trump believes Putin on Russia meddling, says
  
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• Johnny Sexton unshakeable in Ireland’s biggest win over South Africa

  11-11-2017 20:54 via theguardian.com
  • Ireland 38-3 South Africa
  • Andrew Conway, Rhys Ruddock, Rob Herring and Jacob Stockdale score triesIf it is this easy on Wednesday, when World Rugby meets to decide the hosts of the 2023 World Cup, the bookies should close the book on Ireland now. Joe Schmidt had urged his players for a performance that would put the country “in the shop window” before the vote against South Africa and France. They answered his call and then some – dominating from the off before tw
  
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• England flanker Sam Underhill leaves bruising impression on Argentinians | Andy Bull

  11-11-2017 20:53 via theguardian.com
  Bath’s No7 looked the real deal for his country on his debut at Twickenham with some huge early hits but Eddie Jones will want more from him at the breakdownA cold, sorry November Saturday, and at Twickenham a first gathering of the clan since the Six Nations, and that 13-9 defeat to Ireland at the Aviva Stadium. The crowd’s enthusiasm was unaffected by the late morning weather, a steady, dismal drizzle, the kind that soaks you through without you even really noticing that you’
  
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• Wales suffer old woes against wiles of Australia’s Bernard Foley

  11-11-2017 20:48 via theguardian.com
  • Wales 21-29 Australia
  • 13th consecutive such loss for Wales, whose pressure had a sense of futilitySuch a familiar tale, particularly in a Welsh autumn. New combinations, plenty of promise, and, as usual, defeat by Australia. This was a 13th consecutive such loss and, despite a surfeit of possession and more than enough evidence of the wit to use it, runs like that cannot be put down to hard luck, however much it might have felt that Wales were – are – better than this.
  
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• Eddie Jones defends foul-mouthed outburst over England’s lifeless display

  11-11-2017 20:43 via theguardian.com
  • Head coach caught on TV swearing during ‘grindathon’ against Argentina
  • ‘I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t be frustrated,’ said JonesEddie Jones has defended his foul-mouthed outburst during England’s win over Argentina after he was caught by TV cameras venting his fury at his side’s laborious showing.England managed two tries – one in either half from Nathan Hughes and Semesa Rokoduguni – in a lifeless showing that ha
  
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• Here’s what happened when two marine scientists played emoji chess on Twitter

  11-11-2017 20:30
  So the kings are the whale and the octopus, and the crabs are the pawns…
  
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• Boris Johnson met ‘London professor’ linked to FBI’s Russia investigation

  11-11-2017 20:30 via theguardian.com
  Fresh questions as photograph emerges of Joseph Mifsud and foreign secretary at Brexit dinnerBoris Johnson is facing questions about the government’s links to key individuals named by the FBI in its Trump-Russia investigation, following the emergence of a photo of him with Joseph Mifsud, the “London professor” with high-level Kremlin contacts.The foreign secretary is facing accusations of a potential security breach following the emergence of the photo of him with Mifsud, whose
  
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• Number of UK pensioners renting homes may treble by 2035

  11-11-2017 20:10
  There are 370,000 pensioner households currently paying rent to private landlords.Almost 1 million pensioners could be trapped in the private rented sector in 20 years leaving them vulnerable to exploitation from rogue landlords, according to a renters’ rights campaign group.There are 370,000 pensioner households currently paying rent to private landlords in the UK.
  
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• Number of pensioners living in rented homes may treble by 2035

  11-11-2017 20:10
  There are 370,000 pensioner households currently paying rent to private landlords.Almost 1 million pensioners could be trapped in the private rented sector in 20 years, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation from rogue landlords, according to a renters’ rights campaign group.There are 370,000 pensioner households currently paying rent to private landlords in the UK.
  
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• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Jailed woman's husband 'to speak to Boris Johnson'

  11-11-2017 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is to speak to the foreign secretary on Sunday, he tells the BBC.
  
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• Everything you wanted to know about bitcoin but were afraid to ask

  11-11-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  The value of cryptocurrencies is rising fast. But is it sustainable? And how does it work, anyway? These questions, and many more, answered…The money has become too much to ignore and so bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are back in the news. You may have heard about Ethereum, a cryptocurrency that has risen in value by more than 2,500% over the course of 2017. Or maybe you’ve heard about one of the many smaller cryptocurrencies that raised hundreds of millions of dollars in th
  
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• Egypt drugs case: Briton to face criminal trial

  11-11-2017 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Laura Plummer is being held on drug smuggling charges over what she says is an innocent mistake.
  
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• Paramedics Battling To Help 'Extremely Unwell' Patient Left Note Slamming Their Parking

  11-11-2017 19:41
  Paramedics treating a critically-ill patient who needed blue-lighting to hospital were astounded to find a note on their ambulance slamming them for blocking someone’s driveway.
  
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• George Takei responds to accusation he sexually assaulted a young actor

  11-11-2017 19:40 via theguardian.com
  Star Trek actor denies knowing man who accuses him of assault in 1981
  Actor Richard Dreyfuss denies claim he exposed himself to a writerThe Star Trek actor and gay rights activist George Takei responded on Saturday to an accusation that he sexually assaulted a young actor nearly 40 years ago. The alleged event “simply did not occur”, Takei said.Related: How the comedy world protected Louis CK as rumors swirledContinue reading...
  
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• UK woman must remain in Egyptian custody until trial is heard

  11-11-2017 19:39 via theguardian.com
  Laura Plummer is accused of illegally taking 300 tramadol tablets into country, which she says were for her partner who suffers from back painThe woman accused of smuggling hundreds of prescription painkillers into Egypt has been referred for trial at a criminal court and must remain in custody until her case is heard.Laura Plummer, 33, stands accused of illegally taking 300 tramadol tablets into Eygpt where the prescription painkillers are a controlled substance. Continue reading...
  
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• Rebel Wilson shares allegations of sexual harassment

  11-11-2017 19:17 via theguardian.com
  Australian actor, 37, tweets allegations involving men in ‘positions of power’, and pledges to speak out against sexually aggressive behaviourRebel Wilson is the latest star to come forward with allegations that she was sexually assaulted by powerful figures in the film industry.The Pitch Perfect actor has claimed one “male star” who was in a “position of power” pushed her to go into a room alone with him. Continue reading...
  
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• Sky Data poll: More than half of Britons unclear on what constitutes sexual harassment

  11-11-2017 19:13
  More than half of Britons are confused about what constitutes sexual harassment, an exclusive Sky Data poll reveals.Some 51% of respondents say they are unsure where the line is between flirting and sexual harassment, with 44% saying they are clear on the issue.For a clear definition on the issue, Sky News spoke to Professor Jennifer Brown, who has studied harassment for 25 years.
  
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• Herbie Hancock: ‘I like to discover new rules so I can break them’

  11-11-2017 19:00 via theguardian.com
  The great jazz pianist on his years in Miles Davis’s legendary quintet, his debt to Buddhism and why he still has the urge to innovateHerbie Hancock, now 77, started to play the piano 70 years ago in Chicago. Considered a prodigy, aged 11 he performed Mozart concertos with the city’s symphony orchestra. A decade after that he was invited to join Miles Davis, forming part of his “second great quintet” that defined jazz’s post-bop era. In the 1970s Hancock had several
  
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• Lest we forget

  11-11-2017 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  People take to social media to share stories with personal meaning on Armistice Day.
  
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• Twitter users have been sharing hilarious tales of mixed up words and awkward replies

  11-11-2017 18:25
  Laughter and cringing in equal measure.
  
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• Sussex Police Launch Manhunt After Elderly Woman Killed In Hit-And-Run Crash With Stolen Mercedes

  11-11-2017 18:07
  An elderly woman has been killed after a stolen Mercedes smashed into her car just minutes after the driver refused to stop for police.
  
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• Oh sister: sibling relationships – in pictures

  11-11-2017 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Over the past two years, London-based photographer Sophie Harris-Taylor interviewed and photographed more than 100 sisters in and around the capital. Collected in her book Sisters (Hoxton Mini Press £14.95) the photos examine the differences and similarities between the siblings’ relationships, and tells the stories of their individual bonds. “Sisterhood is one of the most complex human relationships, but I think it is so often overlooked,” says Harris-Taylor, who was ins
  
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• Priti Patel 'inundated' with support since Israel revelations

  11-11-2017 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Priti Patel resigned as UK international development secretary after a row over unauthorised meetings.
  
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• Long waits in A&E have increased by 557% in seven years, NHS data reveals

  11-11-2017 17:32
  Philip Hammond is under intense pressure to pump more money into the NHS in his budget this month as new official figures show the number of people waiting more than four hours in A&E has soared by 557% since the Tories came to power in 2010.The NHS data published last week, described as “staggering” by Labour, shows the total number of patients enduring so called “trolley waits” of over four hours has risen from 6,932 in October 2010 to 45,532 last month.In addition,
  
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• Tension mounts in Lebanon as Saudi Arabia escalates power struggle with Iran

  11-11-2017 17:28 via theguardian.com
  The resignation of prime minister Saad Hariri is the latest shot in a regional crisisIn Beirut’s southern suburbs, where buildings scarred with wars of old blend with posters of the latest dead, talk of another conflict has taken hold. A fight on a scale not seen before may be brewing, say locals like Hussein Khaireddine, a barber who says he and his family in the Shia suburb of Dahiyeh have grown used to tensions over decades.“This one’s different,” he said. “It co
  
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• 'Don't block my drive' note left on ambulance

  11-11-2017 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Paramedics were asked not to park their "van" in a "stupid place" while seeing to a critically ill patient.
  
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• Giles Coren's Excruciatingly Cruel Article Reads As Resistance To The Changing Conversation Around Sexual Harassment

  11-11-2017 17:14
  To me, Giles Coren's excruciatingly cruel article about his "fat bastard" four-year-old son reads as cis-male resistance to the changing conversation around harassment.
  
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• Technology, infrastructure, training … why the CBI’s loving the Labour party

  11-11-2017 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Jeremy Corbyn went down a storm at last week’s CBI conference, despite talk of nationalisation. With the Tories in disarray, business seems ready to listen to the party’s ideas, and even to contemplate a Labour governmentThe reception for Jeremy Corbyn as he left the stage, after telling the packed conference hall of his plan to nationalise vast tracts of the economy and crack down on tax avoidance, spoke volumes. Yet this wasn’t a Glastonbury-style gathering of Labour supporti
  
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• Alternative US group honouring Paris climate accord demands 'seat at the table'

  11-11-2017 16:55 via theguardian.com
  The America’s Pledge group claims to represent US majority opinion on carbon emissions, despite Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris agreementThe United Nations should give a “seat at the table” to a powerful group of US states, cities, tribes and businesses that are committed to taking action on climate change, Michael Bloomberg has urged.In an apparent bid to circumvent US president Donald Trump’s moves to withdraw from the Paris accord, the billionaire philanthropis
  
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• Fake Poppy Merchandise Worth £150,000 Seized By Border Force Agents In Run Up To Remembrance Sunday

  11-11-2017 16:46
  Fake poppy merchandise worth around £150,000 was seized by Border Force agents in the run up to Remembrance Sunday.
  
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