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• May meets senior ministers to discuss Brexit divorce bill offer

  20-11-2017 23:33
  Prime Minister Theresa May met with senior members of her ministerial team on Monday to discuss their response to European Union demands for more detail on how much Britain is willing to pay as part of its Brexit divorce package.The EU told May on Friday that there was more work to be done to unlock the Brexit talks, repeating its early December deadline for her to flesh out Britain's opening offer on the financial settlement -- thought to be worth around 20 billion euros (£17.72 billion).
  
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• 'I campaigned to LEAVE!' Nigel Farage BLASTS Brussels for trying to keep Britain in the EU

  20-11-2017 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL Farage pilloried the European Union for delaying Brexit talks as Prime Minister May prepares to double her offer to settle the Brexit divorce bill.
  
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• Philip Davies says Philip Hammond 'is an IDIOT' if doesn't axe the foreign aid budget

  20-11-2017 23:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond “is an idiot” if he fails to take urgent steps to cut Britain’s bloated foreign aid commitments and spend more money at home, says a Tory MP.
  
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• Budget boost for NHS to fall well short of management demands

  20-11-2017 23:22
  The chancellor, Philip Hammond, may make up to £6bn available to the NHS.Philip Hammond is to give the NHS an emergency cash injection in the budget, though the chancellor will disappoint health service bosses by increasing funding by far less than they believe is needed.Despite already rejecting a plea by the NHS chief executive, Simon Stevens, for £4bn extra for next year, Hammond is thought to nevertheless be ready to give the NHS approaching, but less than, £1bn more than p
  
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• Lucky to survive his first budget, Hammond cannot botch his second

  20-11-2017 23:00
  Philip Hammond is regarded by some as being too pessimistic about the prospects for Britain outside the EU.Philip Hammond faces an all but impossible job when he delivers his budget on Wednesday.During the general election campaign, when the assumption was that May would increase the Conservatives’ majority and embark on a brutal reshuffle, Hammond appeared anything but secure.
  
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• Theresa May's policy chief quits No 10 role

  20-11-2017 22:52
  Theresa May had given George Freeman no role in writing the election manifesto.Theresa May’s policy chief has said he is standing down from his role at No 10 to concentrate on grassroots reform of the Conservative party.George Freeman said an “ambitious” programme was needed to reconnect with younger voters after the Tories’ “ill-conceived” general election campaign.
  
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• Civil servants bordering on clueless over Brexit | John Crace

  20-11-2017 22:50
  Labour MP Caroline Flint wondered what preparation was being made for a ‘no deal’ scenario?Labour MP Meg Hillier opened the public accounts committee session on the state of UK borders after Brexit by asking Patsy Wilkinson, the second most senior civil servant at the Home Office, how many different digital services programme directors for the UK Border Force there had been recently.
  
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• 'Where is OUR money?' IDS calls on EU to return invested assets to UK ahead of Brexit

  20-11-2017 22:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITAIN should not be forced to pay a Brexit divorce bill after investing billions of pounds in the EU during its membership, Iain Duncan Smith said.
  
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• I'm A Celebrity 2017: Labour said no to Kezia's jungle trip

  20-11-2017 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  SCOTTISH Labour’s new leader said yesterday that the party refused permission for his predecessor, Kezia Dugdale, to take part in I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
  
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• Theresa May's cabinet agrees to pay more to break Brexit deadlock

  20-11-2017 22:01
  Leading ministers have agreed government should withdraw increased divorce bill offer if they are unhappy with final deal.Theresa May’s cabinet is prepared to increase its financial offer to the EU in an attempt to break the deadlock in Brexit talks but will make clear that any figure is contingent on the successful completion of trade talks.A crunch meeting of the prime minister’s new Brexit sub-committee, set up to discuss the government’s strategy for critical negotiations,
  
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• People in towns feel 'poor, disenfranchised and marginalised' - poll

  20-11-2017 21:57
  People in towns feel poorer, more marginalised and less cared for by politicians than those in cities,according to a new Sky poll.Sky Data polling from the new think tank, the Centre for Towns, also found 68% of those living in towns think politicians don't care about their area, against 54% for city-dwellers.The research comes against a backdrop of increasing divergence in the views and experiences of people in towns and cities, reflected by the Brexit vote.
  
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• Armed cops to patrol Scotland's Christmas events in the wake of terror fears

  20-11-2017 21:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  THESE images show the kind of beefed-up police presence protecting Christmas markets across Scotland as security is bolstered over fears of Berlin-style terror attacks.
  
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• Brexit SHOCK warning: UK could STAY in EU if Government accepts ECJ jurisdiction

  20-11-2017 21:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXIT could come to an abrupt halt if Britain decided to accept European Court of Justice's jurisdiction during a possible transitional period, an expert has claimed.
  
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• Vice-chancellor of Bath University called on to resign after report

  20-11-2017 21:40
  Prof Glynis Breakwell, vice-chancellor of University of Bath, left.There has been growing anger about vice-chancellor pay.Staff at the University of Bath have demanded the immediate resignation of the vice-chancellor and board of governors after the publication of a damning report into senior pay and governance at the university.
  
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• Calls for Bath University vice-chancellor to resign after damning report

  20-11-2017 21:40
  Prof Glynis Breakwell, vice-chancellor of University of Bath, left.There has been growing anger about vice-chancellor pay.Staff at the University of Bath have demanded the immediate resignation of the vice-chancellor and board of governors after the publication of a damning report into senior pay and governance at the university.
  
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• 3 Major Plot Holes In Jeremy Hunt's 'Disingenuous' Rebuttal To Ralf Little

  20-11-2017 21:40
  The weeks-long Twitter spat between Jeremy Hunt and Ralf Little opened its latest chapter on Monday afternoon as the Health Secretary launched a 26-tweet defence of his mental health strategy.
  
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• Fury as Dundee councillors ban missing pet posters

  20-11-2017 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  A LOCAL authority has provoked fury by declaring it will rip down missing pet posters and other unauthorised notices attached to lampposts.
  
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• DUP says Northern Ireland will leave EU on same terms as rest of UK

  20-11-2017 21:13
  The head of the Democratic Unionist Party said on Monday Northern Ireland would leave the EU on the same terms as the rest of the United Kingdom, rebuffing a suggestion from the bloc that the region remain subject to some of its rules.Brussels has said it will not move to the second phase of Brexit talks with Britain until London provides additional detail of how it will guarantee that there be no hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.Chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Monda
  
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• Amsterdam, Paris win post-Brexit EU agencies in lucky dip

  20-11-2017 21:09
  Amsterdam and Paris won the right to host two EU agencies that must leave London because of Brexit after an extraordinary ministerial meeting in Brussels that left both results decided by drawing lots from a fishbowl.Among other big losers was Frankfurt, whose rivalry with Paris to displace London as the EU's main financial centre once Britain leaves the bloc in 2019 took a hit when it finished a distant third in the three-way, second-round vote for the EBA, which sets rules for testing the resi
  
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• Man who murdered adopted daughter was 'Jekyll and Hyde' character

  20-11-2017 20:46
  Matthew Scully-Hicks could not control himself in private if his daughter played up, the judge said.A senior family court judge has described a man convicted of murdering his adoptive baby daughter as a “Jekyll and Hyde character” who appeared calm when others were around but in private could not control himself if the child played up.In a family court judgment, Mr Justice Moor raised concerns about how injuries that Elsie Scully-Hicks sustained in the months before her father Matthe
  
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• Watch Georgia Dome implode in just 15 seconds after 25 years of use

  20-11-2017 20:41
  It is being replaced by the Mercedes-Benz Stadium next door.
  
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• This budget could be ‘Fiscal Phil’ Hammond’s big opportunity | Letters

  20-11-2017 20:18
  ‘If Philip Hammond (above) wants to lead the Conservative party he must produce a radical Disraeli-like budget that will appeal to the losers in society,’ argues Derrick Joad.Phillip Hammond has been getting advice on this week’s budget from numerous commentators, such as Matthew d’Ancona (Hammond has gimmicks.Can I suggest that even at this late moment there is a book that the chancellor should consult: Benjamin Disraeli’s Sybil.
  
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• Liam Fox: no ‘Henry VIII powers’ in trade bill | Letter

  20-11-2017 20:16
  ‘Our bill … will simply continue existing trading arrangements, allowing us to reassure our international partners, businesses and investors,’ says the international trade secretary, Liam Fox.This claim is repeated in a column by George Monbiot (18 November).The powers in the bill will only allow for amendment of secondary legislation covering existing trade agreements, and secondary legislation is still subject to parliamentary oversight.
  
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• Macron hails banking agency win as victory for EU commitment

  20-11-2017 20:11
  French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hailed his EU peers' decision to relocate the European Banking Agency (EBA) to Paris after Brexit as proof of the country's attractiveness and a reward for its pro-Europe efforts.Government spokesman Christophe Castaner said hosting the EBA, which is currently located in London, will bring "tens of thousands" of banking jobs to the French capital, which is competing with Frankfurt and other cities to attract London-based bankers.
  
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• London loses EU agencies to Paris and Amsterdam in Brexit relocation

  20-11-2017 19:42
  Pedestrians walk past the European Medicines Agency, which employs 900 people in Canary Wharf, London.London is losing the European Medicines Agency to Amsterdam and the European Banking Authority to Paris, in one of first concrete signs of Brexit as the UK prepares to leave the European Union.
  
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• Why is first Ashes day-night Test and pink ball a big deal? – video explainer

  20-11-2017 19:21 via theguardian.com
  When Australia host England at the Adelaide Oval on 2 December it will be the first day-night Test in an Ashes series. But just what are day-night Tests all about and why do they use a pink ball? Here we reveal all Continue reading...
  
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• Amsterdam wins battle to host EU medicines agency after Brexit

  20-11-2017 18:41
  Amsterdam won a fierce fight to host the European Medicines Agency after it leaves London, beating Milan in a tiebreak
  
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• Fourth death at Lincoln immigration removal centre prompts inquiry

  20-11-2017 18:40
  An investigation has been launched into the fourth death at a Lincoln immigration removal centre in the last year.A 27-year-old Iraqi man died at Morton Hall immigration removal centre on Sunday morning.The police have been informed and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman are conducting an independent investigation into the death.
  
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• Gaia Pope death: police face questions as family pay tribute

  20-11-2017 18:31
  Police search teams found Pope’s body on Saturday afternoon close to a stretch of coast near Swanage, Dorset.Police are facing questions over the handling of the search for Gaia Pope, whose body was found near a coastal path 11 days after she vanished from a Dorset seaside town.Three members of one family arrested last week on suspicion of murdering the 19-year-old have been released from further investigation after a postmortem found no indication that anyone else was involved in Pope&rsq
  
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• Theresa May under pressure to stop extradition of hacking suspect Lauri Love

  20-11-2017 18:20
  MPs have written to the Prime Minister and the Attorney General to express their concern about the extradition of hacking suspect Lauri Love.Mr Love, 33, from Suffolk, suffers from autism and serious mental health issues and is sought in the US on hacking charges - crimes that the parliamentarians described as "digital civil disobedience".The MPs, including government minister Matt Hancock, who signed the letter in his capacity as Mr Love's constituency MP, warned that there was "a great probabi
  
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• British embassy cat in Jordan appointed chief mouser

  20-11-2017 18:04
  At the British embassy to Jordan, a former rescue cat is settling into his new position as chief mouser - as a traditional well established in the ministries of London goes global."Lawrence of Abdoun" is a fluffy black-and-white tom who, according to his Twitter feed, reports directly to the Foreign Office's Palmerston, a cat that delights his 57,000 followers with regular updates from the ministry in Whitehall via @DiploMog.Lawrence, named after T.E. Lawrence, a British military officer who fou
  
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• Russian 'troll army' tweets cited more than 80 times in UK media

  20-11-2017 18:00
  Twitter identified 2,752 accounts as Russian misinformation actors in a filing to the US Congress.Members of a Russian “troll army” were quoted more than 80 times across British-read media outlets before Twitter revealed their identity and banned them, a Guardian investigation has shown.Some posts from the accounts were embedded in articles to provide apparently local reportage and pictures from the sites of disasters and crime scenes around the world.
  
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• Tampon tax

  20-11-2017 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The amount it has cost you depends on how old you are and when you started your first period.
  
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• Muckamore Abbey Hospital: Four staff members suspended

  20-11-2017 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Four members of staff are suspended from an Antrim hospital while police carry out an investigation.
  
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• MOSUL: Why We Made A Film In The Most Dangerous Place On Earth

  20-11-2017 17:47
  The battle to expel ISIS from the birthplace of its self-proclaimed Caliphate was described by a British general as “the toughest urban combat since the Second World War.”
  
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• Brexit campaign probed over possible breach of electoral finance rules

  20-11-2017 17:37
  Britain's Electoral Commission has opened an investigation to establish whether Vote Leave Limited, the organisation behind the official campaign to leave the European Union, breached campaign finance rules during the 2016 referendum campaign.The investigation will focus on donations by Vote Leave to Darren Grimes, a Brexit campaigner, and to pro-Brexit group Veterans for Britain.The commission said it would look at whether Vote Leave, Grimes or Veterans for Britain had incorrectly reported the
  
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• Brexit: Electoral Commission reopens probe into Vote Leave

  20-11-2017 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Electoral Commission investigates why Vote Leave gave £625,000 to a student days before Brexit vote.
  
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• Royal family: Queen bestows a new title on Prince Philip

  20-11-2017 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The Duke of Edinburgh is now a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.
  
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• Scottish Labour leader would support England against Scotland

  20-11-2017 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Yorkshire-born Richard Leonard said he would back the country of his birth against Scotland in a football match.
  
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• Footage Of Huntswoman Hitting Hunt Sab With Riding Crop Prompts Appeal From Sussex Police

  20-11-2017 17:06
  Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a horse rider was caught on camera repeatedly striking a hunt saboteur with a riding crop at the weekend.
  
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• Father jailed for life for murdering his two children with petrol-soaked cloth

  20-11-2017 17:04
  A father who was found guilty of murdering his children by smothering them with a petrol-soaked cloth has been jailed for life.Taxi driver Endris Mohammed, 47, was given a minimum of 33 years for killing his eight-year-old son, Saros, and his six-year-old daughter, Leanor, at their family home in Birmingham.Both children died from airway obstruction after suffering chemical burns to their faces.
  
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• Brexit Will Make Five-A-Day Fruit And Vegetable Targets Unaffordable, Study Finds

  20-11-2017 17:01
  Food price rises caused by could make five-a-day fruit and vegetable eating targets unaffordable for millions of low-income families, a Food Foundation report has revealed.
  
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• Campaigners condemn 'ludicrous' hijab questioning

  20-11-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Campaigners condemn Ofsted decision to ask girls in primary schools why they wear the headcsarf.
  
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• Italian banks face long, uphill road to modernisation

  20-11-2017 16:59
  Bailed-out Monte dei Paschi, the world's oldest bank and a bastion of tradition dating back to 1472, has entered the realms of virtual reality.After surviving the worst of a bad loans crisis, Italian banks face another daunting mission: modernising centuries-old businesses and finding new ways to make money.Monte dei Paschi's online arm last week launched virtual reality (VR) branches, accessed via phone app and VR headset, and said 3,500 customers had signed up in the first few hours.
  
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• Black Friday Survey Finds More Than Half Of Products Were Same Price Or Cheaper At Other Times Of The Year

  20-11-2017 16:59
  Although Black Friday might not be the physical melee it once used to be, plenty of Brits still peruse the internet every year in search of a bargain - or what appears to be a bargain.
  
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• British camera operator dies while filming BBC drama

  20-11-2017 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Mark Milsome was working on upcoming drama The Forgiving Earth in Ghana when the incident occurred.
  
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• NHS And The Budget: Is The Government Listening?

  20-11-2017 16:47
  In the 40 or more years I have worked with and for the NHS, I can’t remember a time when the government of the day has been so unwilling to act on credible evidence of service and funding pressures.
  
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• The Impact Of Congenital Heart Disease: Beyond The Heart

  20-11-2017 16:46
  Congenital heart disease has a major impact on affected children across the UK, but it also changes the lives of families, putting parents under emotional and financial strain.
  
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• Childcare website glitch leaves families struggling

  20-11-2017 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  One family is having to rely on using credit cards to put food on the table and make ends meet.
  
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• West Ham fans warned not to ring 999 as Watford defeat prompts emergency call

  20-11-2017 16:35
  West Ham fans have been warned by police not to call 999 over their team's poor performance.Essex Police made the plea on Twitter on Sunday evening after The Hammers lost 2-0 at Watford in new manager David Moyes' first match in charge.Will Hughes and Richarlison struck for the home side to consign the club to its seventh Premier League defeat of the season, leaving them floundering in the relegation zone with no win in five games.
  
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