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• Inexperienced doctors are being left in charge of A&Es, regulator warns

  26-11-2017 22:30
  A doctor wears a badge in support of junior medics in the row over contracts.The GMC says a ‘worrying number of doctors in training continue to raise concerns about heavy workloads’.The safety of hospital patients is being put at risk because inexperienced young doctors are too often being left in charge of A&E and other units, Britain’s medical regulator has warned.
  
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• Three children killed in stolen car crash in Leeds named

  26-11-2017 20:52
  Two brothers and a boy, 15, who were among five people killed when a stolen car crashed into a tree in Leeds have been named.The family of Ellis and Elliott Thornton, aged 12 and 15, have confirmed they were killed in the crash in the Meanwood area of the city shortly before 10pm on Saturday.Darnell Harte, who is thought to be 15, a 24-year-old man and a 28-year-old man also died in the tragedy on Stonegate Road.
  
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• UK defence spending must rise to 3% of GDP | Letter from Julian Lewis MP

  26-11-2017 20:00
  Crew members onboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
  
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• How to avoid blame for the underfunding of the NHS | Letters

  26-11-2017 20:00
  In the old days the relevant cabinet minister was unambiguously responsible for ensuring that the NHS had sufficient funding to provide an adequate health service.If the amount on offer was inadequate in his view, then given his formal role Simon Stevens could not continue in office without making clear in public that it would not be enough to maintain an adequate service.
  
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• Getting to grips with effective altruism | Letters

  26-11-2017 20:00
  Giles Fraser gets a lot wrong about effective altruism (Loose canon, 24 November).Its proponents can easily shrug off Fraser’s supposed counter-examples.Effective altruism involves just a commitment to using charitable giving in the most effective way possible.
  
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• Asylum seeker claims he was forced to meet Iran official to discuss return

  26-11-2017 20:00
  The man lost his initial claim for asylum, but has appealed against the decision.An asylum seeker has claimed he was forced by the Home Office into meeting an Iranian diplomat to discuss a voluntary return to Tehran, breaking a law that bans the UK from telling another country about an asylum claim.The exchange highlights government pressure to increase the number of voluntary returns as a way of speeding up the deportation of refused asylum seekers.
  
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• Britons Among 40 Injured As Tenerife Nightclub Floor Collapses

  26-11-2017 19:32
  The floor of a nightclub has collapsed in Tenerife, injuring 40 people including a number of British nationals.
  
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• Sadiq Khan has a new puppy and the internet can’t handle the cuteness

  26-11-2017 18:58
  She’s pretty adorable.
  
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• Liam Fox: Northern Irish border cannot be settled until EU trade deal agree

  26-11-2017 18:19
  A final decision on the Northern Irish border cannot be made until a UK-EU trade deal has been agreed, Liam Fox has said, despite warnings from Brussels that trade talks cannot proceed unless an agreement is reached within days.Ireland is seen as the key obstacle to proceeding to negotiations about a future trade relationship with the EU at a December summit, with the Irish government dissatisfied with the options offered so far to prevent a hard border with Northern Ireland.Leo Varadkar, the Ir
  
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• Durham University Rugby Club's 'Thatcher Vs Miners' Pub Crawl Condemned As 'Wholly Unacceptable'

  26-11-2017 18:17
  A Durham University rugby club has been condemned for organising a ‘Thatcher vs Miners’-themed social event in the heart of the mining community still scarred by violent clashes 30 years ago.
  
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• Durham University Rugby Club's 'Thatcher Vs Miners' Pub Crawl Condemned As 'Appalling'

  26-11-2017 18:17
  A Durham University rugby club has been condemned for organising a ‘Thatcher vs Miners’-themed social event in the heart of the mining community still scarred by violent clashes 30 years ago.
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engagement rumours at fever pitch

  26-11-2017 17:58
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly went for tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace last month.Speculation and rumour about a possible engagement announcement from the US actor Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reached fever pitch at the weekend, although Kensington Palace aides are keeping tight-lipped.
  
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• Labour will win argument on borrowing to invest, says John McDonnell

  26-11-2017 17:30
  John McDonnell attacked ‘media outriders using trite journalistic tactics’.John McDonnell has said Labour will win the argument for more borrowing for investment, saying the Conservatives and much of the media has failed to engage with the arguments for government spending.The shadow chancellor also attacked “media outriders using trite journalistic tactics” in an article in the Guardian, after a series of interviews where he said he would not engage with how much extra i
  
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• No Irish border deal before EU trade agreement - British minister

  26-11-2017 17:22
  Britain will not resolve the question of the Irish border after Brexit until it has also agreed the outline of a trade deal with the European Union, the country's International Trade Minister Liam Fox said on Sunday.The EU has said "sufficient progress" needs to be made on the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland, along with two other key issues, before EU leaders meeting at a summit on Dec. 14-15 can approve the opening of trade talks next year.
  
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• Brothers killed in stolen car crash in Leeds named by family

  26-11-2017 17:17
  Two brothers who were among five people killed when a stolen car crashed into a tree in Leeds have been named.Police described being confronted by a scene of "complete carnage" when they reached the location of the collision involving a Renault Clio.Two 15-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and remain in custody.
  
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• Iran makes fresh allegations against jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

  26-11-2017 17:15
  Iran has made fresh allegations against jailed British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, including claims she set up a spy network.The charity worker, who is serving five years in a Tehran prison, has been accused of recruiting for the banned BBC Persian service and "opposition cyber teams".It comes as the UK considers making a £400m payment to Iran, to clear an outstanding debt that Tehran says London owes.
  
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• Royal Navy makes history by performing Changing the Guard ceremony

  26-11-2017 17:04
  Royal Navy sailors have performed the Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace for the first time in its 357-year history.The sailors trained at the Royal Navy's headquarters in Portsmouth, with their new skills being polished by drill instructors from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.Ahead of the ceremony, warrant officer 1st Class Eddie Wearing, the Royal Navy's state ceremonial training officer, said: "It's daunting, but I'm very excited.
  
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• Man Charged With Attempted Murder Of D-Day Veteran, 96, Attacked With Claw Hammer

  26-11-2017 17:04
  A man has been charged with aggravated burglary and the attempted murder of a D-Day veteran, who was seriously injured in a suspected claw hammer attack.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder of 96-year-old D-Day veteran

  26-11-2017 16:55
  A man has been charged with the attempted murder of a D-Day veteran who suffered life-threatening injuries in a suspected claw hammer attack in his home.Joseph Isaacs, 39, of no fixed address, has also been charged with aggravated burglary in connection with the incident and will appear at Taunton Deane Magistrates' Court on Monday.Jim Booth, 96, was allegedly attacked at his home in Taunton, Somerset, on Wednesday.
  
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• New Zealand Police claim this is the ‘world’s most entertaining’ recruitment video

  26-11-2017 16:53
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• Archbishop Of Canterbury Justin Welby Slams Pro-Brexit Headlines For 'Stirring Up Hatred'

  26-11-2017 16:48
  The Archbishop of Canterbury has accused Brexit-backing newspapers of “stirring up hatred” and called for the media to show “more discipline” around its use of language.
  
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• Thieves steal car in 'relay crime'

  26-11-2017 15:50
  Footage of one of the first "relay crimes" to be caught on camera has been released, in which thieves steal vehicles without touching the keys.
  
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• 'Relay crime': Police release footage of new type of vehicle robbery

  26-11-2017 15:44
  Footage of one of the first "relay crimes" to be caught on camera has been released by police, in which thieves steal vehicles without needing the keys.The crime took less than a minute and the Mercedes which was stolen around 9pm on 24 September has not yet been recovered."To protect against this type of theft, owners can use an additional tested and Thatcham-approved steering lock to cover the entire steering wheel," said Mark Silvester from the West Midlands Police crime reduction team.
  
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• 'Relay Crime' Where Thieves Steal Car Without Keys Released On CCTV Footage

  26-11-2017 15:21
  CCTV footage has been released of one of the first “relay crimes” to be caught on camera - where thieves can steal a car without needing keys.
  
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• Irish PM 'doing everything he can' to avoid election-spokesman

  26-11-2017 14:25
  Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar "is doing everything he can" to avoid a snap general election, his spokesman said, but the crisis that has brought his minority government to the brink showed no obvious sign of resolution on Sunday.Varadkar has two days to end the standoff with the party propping up his government before it submits a motion of no confidence in his deputy prime minister, a move that Varadkar says will force him to call a snap election before Christmas.The crisis has erupted less
  
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• Teenagers arrested over deadly stolen car crash 'carnage' in Leeds

  26-11-2017 14:20
  Five people have died - three of them children - after a stolen car crashed into a tree in Leeds.Police said they found a scene of "complete carnage" when they arrived at Stonegate Road in the Meanwood area of the city shortly before 10pm on Saturday.Two 15-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and remain in custody.
  
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• Political crisis in Ireland

  26-11-2017 13:40
  Political crisis in Ireland
  
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• Liam Fox puts UK at odds with Ireland over border issue

  26-11-2017 13:32
  No decision on the Irish border after Brexit will be made before talks move on to trade, Liam Fox has announced.The International Trade Secretary put himself directly at odds with the Irish Government and raised fresh fears about negotiations moving on to phase two by December.Speaking on a visit to New Zealand, he told Sky's Sunday with Niall Paterson: "The UK is going to be leaving the customs union and the single market.
  
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• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's Husband Blasts Iranian State TV For Prejudicing Case With Re-Heated Claims

  26-11-2017 13:10
  Iranian state TV has aired more allegations against detained British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
  
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• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Case Sees Iranian State TV Air More Claims

  26-11-2017 13:10
  Iranian state TV has aired more allegations against detained British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
  
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• Liam Fox: Northern Irish border cannot be settled until trade deal agreed

  26-11-2017 12:28
  Liam Fox has said a final decision on the Northern Irish border cannot be made until a UK-EU trade deal has been agreed, despite warnings from Brussels that trade talks cannot proceed unless an agreement is reached within days.Ireland is seen as the key obstacle to proceeding to negotiations about a future trade relationship with the EU at a December summit, with the Irish government vocally dissatisfied with the options offered so far to prevent a hard border with Northern Ireland.Leo Varadkar,
  
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• Archbishop Sentamu restores dog collar shredded in 2007 Mugabe protest

  26-11-2017 12:23
  The archbishop of York, John Sentamu, has put his dog collar back on live on air, a decade after he removed it in protest at the regime of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe.Sentamu cut up his collar on The Andrew Marr Show in 2007 in protest against the rule of the then president, who was forced to resign earlier this week after 37 years in power.Back on the Sunday morning BBC One show 10 years later, Marr presented him with the pieces of his original collar and asked if he would start wearing his colla
  
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• Archbishop Sentamu restores dog collar cut up in Mugabe protest

  26-11-2017 12:23
  The archbishop of York, John Sentamu, has put his dog collar back on live on air, a decade after he removed it in protest at the regime of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe.Sentamu cut up his collar on The Andrew Marr Show in 2007 in protest against the rule of the then president, who was forced to resign earlier this week after 37 years in power.Back on the Sunday morning BBC One show 10 years later, Marr presented him with the pieces of his original collar and asked if he would start wearing his colla
  
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• Blazing fireballs seen over southern England by dozens of people

  26-11-2017 12:22
  Two falling meteors resulting in blazing fireballs have been seen widely in the skies over southern England.Dozens of people reported seeing the objects across England, Wales and northern France just after midnight on Saturday and the following morning.Several people captured video or photos showing large bright objects appearing to flare up and then recede in the night or early morning sky.
  
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• 'Complete carnage' as children die in stolen car crash

  26-11-2017 12:17
  Five people have died - three of them children - after a stolen car crashed into a tree in Leeds.Police said they found a scene of "complete carnage" when they arrived at Stonegate Road in the Meanwood area of the city shortly before 10pm on Saturday.A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said that while only one vehicle had been involved, it was not yet clear whether the victims and suspects had all been in the car.
  
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• UK Weather Sees Mercury Drop Below Freezing As Forecasters Issue Ice Warning

  26-11-2017 12:06
  Parts of Britain woke to another icy morning on Sunday after biting temperatures hit overnight.
  
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• Labour Party Staff Member 'Died Suddenly And Unexpectedly'

  26-11-2017 11:39
  A Labour party member has “died suddenly and unexpectedly”, reportedly after being suspended over alleged misconduct involving pornography.
  
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• Children among five dead in Leeds after crash involving stolen car

  26-11-2017 10:44
  Three children are among five people who have died in a crash involving a stolen car in Leeds, West Yorkshire Police have said.Officers were called to Stonegate Road in the Meanwood area of the city shortly before 10pm on Saturday and discovered a Renault Clio had crashed into a tree.Stonegate Road is closed while the major collision enquiry team investigates the cause of the crash.
  
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• Leeds Crash In Stolen Car Sees Five People, Including Three Children, Killed

  26-11-2017 10:42
  Five people, including three children, have been killed after a stolen car crashed into a tree in Leeds on Saturday night.
  
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• Iraq and Kuwait near agreement on price for gas exports

  26-11-2017 10:39
  Iraq and Kuwait have reached a preliminary agreement on a price for gas exports, Kuwaiti oil minister Issam Al-Marzouq told a local newspaper on Sunday, clearing the way to a deal for a pipeline and petrochemical project.Kuwait is waiting for the Iraqi government's final approval this week, Marzouq told al-Siyasa, without stating the price.Iraq would agree to export 50 million cubic feet (mcf) of gas per day for ten years, increasing to 200 mcf per day during that time, he said.
  
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• Five killed after stolen car hits tree in Leeds

  26-11-2017 10:27
  West Yorkshire police said a 12-year-old boy, two 15-year-old boys and two men aged 24 and 28. died in the crash. Photograph: Roger Askew/Rex_Shutterstock
  
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• Your pictures: share your photos on the theme of 'drive'

  26-11-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Wherever you are in the world, this week we’d like to see your pictures on the theme ‘drive’The next theme for our weekly photography assignment in the Observer New Review is ‘drive.’ Share your photos of what drive means to you – and tell us about your image in the description box.The closing date is Thursday 30 November at 10am. We’ll publish our favourites in The New Review on Sunday 3 December and in a gallery on the Guardian site. Continue reading..
  
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• 'It's the best game in the world': readers on 100 years of the NHL

  26-11-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  To coincide with the National Hockey League’s centenary on Sunday, we asked you for your greatest memories of the sportThe National Hockey League has been busy celebrating its 100th birthday throughout 2017.Ahead of its actualfounding day on the 26 November we’ve caught up with hockey fans who have shared the impact the sport and the NHL has had on their lives.Continue reading...
  
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• Ireland 'threat to veto Brexit trade talks' over border issue

  26-11-2017 09:45
  Ireland may threaten to use its EU veto to prevent Brexit talks from moving on to trade because of issues around its border, its EU commissioner has warned.Phil Hogan, the EU's agriculture commissioner, has told The Observer his country wants guarantees there will not be a hard border after the UK leaves the EU.The risk that customs posts and other controls could be established on roads into and out of Northern Ireland has emerged as the major obstacle to the EU approving the progression of nego
  
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• Ireland's European Commissioner Urges May To Change Course On Border Brexit Plan

  26-11-2017 09:43
  Theresa May has faced fresh pressure over her plans to deal with the Northern Irish border after Brexit, as Ireland’s European Commissioner urged her to change course.
  
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• Davina McCall announces split from husband Matthew Robertson

  26-11-2017 08:36
  Davina McCall has separated from husband Matthew Robertson after 17 years of marriage.McCall has two daughters, Holly and Tilly, and a son named Chester, with ex-Pet Rescue presenter Robertson who she married in June 2000.
  
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• Economics editors, it’s your job to tell us what’s really behind the budget

  26-11-2017 08:00
  Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer, Philip Hammond, poses as he holds up the traditional red dispatch box outside 11 Downing Street before delivering his annual budget speech on 22 November.What are political correspondents – from Laura, Nick and Robert on down – there for?Not merely to take the latest Office of Budget Responsibility growth figures and turn them into a uniform tale of woe.
  
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• Are we glimpsing the pink of a new dawn at the Financial Times?

  26-11-2017 08:00
  The FT: making a bold transition. Photograph: Chris Young/PA
  
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• Police officer knocked down in 'despicable' van attack

  26-11-2017 06:44
  A police officer has been seriously injured after he was knocked down by a van in Liverpool.A white Transit van was driven at the male officer in the Norris Green area of the city on Saturday evening after police attempted to stop the vehicle.Merseyside Police said the officer was taken to hospital following the "despicable attack".
  
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• Labour staff member dead after suspension

  26-11-2017 03:45
  A Labour party member has died "suddenly and unexpectedly" shortly after being suspended over alleged misconduct involving adult pornography.A spokesperson of the party has told Sky News that the staff member worked at Labour Party HQ in Victoria.The death comes two weeks after the apparent suicide of Carl Sargeant, the cabinet secretary for communities and children in the Welsh Government.
  
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