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• Temperatures to plummet bringing snow to parts of UK

  29-11-2017 23:58
  Weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued for large parts of the UK as temperatures are set to plummet to below freezing on Thursday.The Met Office has issued two yellow severe weather alerts until 11am, warning that snow could arrive early on Thursday, with 2-5cm possible over northern Scotland and north east England.There is also the risk of ice for Northern Ireland, south-west England and Wales.
  
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• Wayne Rooney scores sublime hat-trick as Everton thrash West Ham in front of new manager Sam Allardyce - The Independent

  29-11-2017 23:37 via independent.co.uk
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  Wayne Rooney scores sublime hat-trick as Everton thrash West Ham in front of new manager Sam Allardyce
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  Consider events at Everton during in the hours prior to this vital victory over West Ham United. Consider just how desperate it all looked before their prodigal son scored his first ever hat-trick for the club and possibly the best of his 326 career goals.
  Wayne Rooney admits Everton wonder goal 'might be my best ever'The Guardian
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• Chris Wood has Burnley galloping to victory at all-at-sea Bournemouth - The Guardian

  29-11-2017 23:32 via theguardian.com
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  Chris Wood has Burnley galloping to victory at all-at-sea Bournemouth
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  Chris Wood celebrates opening the scoring for Burnley during the Premier League match at Bournemouth. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters. Premier League. Chris Wood has Burnley galloping to victory at all-at-sea Bournemouth. Supported by.
  Bournemouth 1-2 Burnley: Chris Wood and Robbie Brady earn points for the visitors at the Vitality StadiumMirror.co.uk
  Bournemouth 1 - Burnley 2: Wood and Brady sink
  
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• Why are people talking about cold plums on Twitter?

  29-11-2017 23:29
  It’s all to do with a poem by William Carlos Williams.
  
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• Welsh first minister says he will not attend Carl Sargeant funeral

  29-11-2017 23:24
  Carwyn Jones has agreed to launch an independent inquiry after Sargeant’s death.The Welsh first minister will not attend the funeral of the Labour politician Carl Sargeant, who was found dead after being sacked as a minister amid allegations of harassment.Carwyn Jones said he and his wife, Lisa, would have liked to attend his friend’s funeral on Friday but would respect the wishes of the family and stay away.
  
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• Heinz in breach of advertising code with beans nutrition claim

  29-11-2017 23:09
  An advert for baked beans has been banned in its current form after viewers complained about nutritional claims it appeared to make.The Heinz advert featured a man returning home from a run, and being asked by a woman whether he was hungry.The mother lifted a bowl of Heinz beans and said: "Same.
  
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• Vice-chancellor says she is 'not embarrassed' by £468k pay controversy

  29-11-2017 23:08
  The vice-chancellor of Bath University has said she is not embarrassed by controversy over her £468,000 pay package, insisting her salary reflects a competitive international jobs market.Glynis Breakwell, the UK’s highest paid vice-chancellor, agreed to step down on Tuesday following months of criticism surrounding her remuneration, but has faced more condemnation after it was revealed she will still be paid her full salary after leaving the post.Breakwell announced on Tuesday that s
  
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• Tories briefed on new policies after fears about 'compassionless' image

  29-11-2017 23:00
  Conservative MPs have been briefed by No 10 on seven new policy principles underpinned by a focus on the environment, after internal polling suggested the party is not seen as caring enough.Groups of Tories were called in to Downing Street for meetings with Gavin Barwell, the prime minister’s chief of staff, this week to be told about the party’s political narrative, entitled “Building a Britain fit for the future”.The party has been particularly stung in recent weeks by
  
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• ‘Facts do matter’: Dutch embassy hits back at Trump’s retweets of Britain First deputy

  29-11-2017 22:50
  The embassy stated the facts behind one of the videos the US president retweeted.
  
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• Stoke 0-3 Liverpool, Premier League RESULT: Relive all the action as Mohamed Salah strikes twice - Daily Mail

  29-11-2017 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
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  Stoke 0-3 Liverpool, Premier League RESULT: Relive all the action as Mohamed Salah strikes twice
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  Liverpool returned to winning ways on Wednesday night and though they eased home against Stoke Jurgen Klopp did not have it all his own way. Sadio Mane gave the Reds an early lead with a clipped finish over Lee Grant before Simon Mignolet almost ...
  Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah see Liverpool past limited StokeThe Guardian
  Liverpool heap the pressure on Mark Hughes a
  
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• Supreme court considers limits on police tracking via mobile phone data

  29-11-2017 22:45
  The supreme court has twice in recent years has ruled on cases concerning how criminal law applies to new technology, both times siding against law enforcement.Justices on the US supreme court warned of “big brother” government on Wednesday as they considered limits on the police’s ability to track Americans’ movements through mobile phone data.In a defining test of privacy rights in the digital age, justices across the ideological spectrum raised concerns over the absenc
  
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• Eddie Howe denied birthday win by former club Burnley - Bournemouth Echo

  29-11-2017 22:42 via bournemouthecho.co.uk
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  Eddie Howe denied birthday win by former club Burnley
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  EDDIE Howe's wait for a birthday win in charge of Cherries continued after his former club Burnley claimed a deserved 2-1 victory at Vitality Stadium. Chris Wood tapped in from close range eight minutes before the interval and a thumping second-half ...
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• Scottish politicians to ask European court of justice if UK can stop Brexit

  29-11-2017 22:14
  Four Scottish politicians have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £50,000 for legal costs to challenge the Brexit process in the European court of justice.The European court of justice is to be asked if the UK can stop the Brexit process unilaterally in a legal challenge being launched in Scotland by pro-European politicians.A group of four politicians from Labour, the Scottish National party and Scottish Greens wants the European court to rule on whether article 50 can be revoked b
  
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• Prince William's best wishes for 'scrounging' brother Harry

  29-11-2017 22:06
  Prince William has offered his congratulations to his younger brother for his engagement but also could not resist poking fun at him.The second-in-line to the throne joked that Prince Harry had a habit of pinching food from his house, as they are neighbours in the grounds of Kensington Palace, and he hoped it might change in the near future.Speaking in Finland, Prince William said the royal couple were "very caught up in the moment" of their engagement, which is bringing joy to their family.
  
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• Jo Cox MP's Widow Condemns Donald Trump's Anti-Muslim 'Britain First' Tweets

  29-11-2017 21:58
  .@MrBrendanCox calls Donald Trump "a purveyor of hate" after Britain First retweets https://t.co/Qvpq4okf9s
  
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• Is this the end of Islamic State as we know it?

  29-11-2017 21:50
  Is this the end of Islamic State as we know it?
  
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• Michel Barnier suggests UK abandoned Europe in fight against IS

  29-11-2017 21:47
  Downing Street has hit back at a top EU official's suggestion the UK has abandoned Europe in the fight against Islamic State.Michel Barnier, the bloc's chief Brexit negotiator, claimed Britons "chose to be on their own" in tackling terrorism when voting to leave the EU last year.Addressing a security conference in the German capital Berlin on Wednesday, Mr Barnier said: "More than 500 days ago, the UK took the sovereign decision to leave the EU and bring to an end 44 years of common history.
  
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• I hope Harry 'stays out of my fridge', says Wills

  29-11-2017 21:40
  Prince William says he hopes Harry's engagement keeps him 'out of my fridge' and stops him 'scrounging my food!'
  
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• Non-drop shop - Christmas tree farmer prepares for seasonal rush

  29-11-2017 21:36
  With Christmas around the corner, Wick Farm in Colchester, eastern England, is gearing up by harvesting its crop of fir trees.Farmer Guy French said selling directly to customers is one of the best parts of the festive season."You can't remember what you had last Christmas, but you always remember getting your Christmas tree," he told Reuters.
  
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• Jo Cox widower: Trump 'legitimising' hatred

  29-11-2017 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Brendan Cox says he's worried the US president's tweets might legitimise far-right groups.
  
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• Behind Matt Lauer's loveable image, the TV host was a divisive figure

  29-11-2017 21:24
  US morning television host Matt Lauer’s cultivated image of a trusted, charming newsman was shattered on Wednesday, when he became the latest powerful media figure to be swept up in the cascade of allegations of sexual misconduct.Lauer was a pillar of NBC, which on Wednesday announced that it had terminated the longtime Today show anchor after receiving “a detailed complaint” about the 59-year-old’s sexual behavior in the workplace.Popular for balancing serious news repor
  
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• Behind Matt Lauer's lovable image, the TV host was a divisive figure

  29-11-2017 21:24
  US morning television host Matt Lauer’s cultivated image of a trusted, charming newsman was shattered on Wednesday, when he became the latest powerful media figure to be swept up in the cascade of allegations of sexual misconduct.Lauer was a pillar of NBC, which on Wednesday announced that it had terminated the longtime Today show anchor after receiving “a detailed complaint” about the 59-year-old’s sexual behavior in the workplace.Popular for balancing serious news repor
  
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• Muslim MP Says Donald Trump Can Visit Britain, On One Condition

  29-11-2017 21:00
  Donald Trump’s contentious state visit to the UK should go ahead, but only if the US president promises to visit multicultural British communities, a Muslim MP has urged.
  
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• Michel Barnier raises UK hackles with speech about Isis and Brexit

  29-11-2017 20:37
  Michel Barnier’s speech was condemned as a ‘jaw-droppingly ill-informed, graceless rant’.Michel Barnier caused irritation in Downing Street on Wednesday with a speech in which he appeared to link Britain’s vote to leave the EU with global solidarity in the battle against Isis.Speaking at a security conference in Berlin, the European commission’s chief negotiator in the Brexit talks spoke about the shock across the rest of the EU at the referendum result last year &n
  
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• Brexit negotiators believe end to Irish border impasse is near

  29-11-2017 20:35
  Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar, said on Wednesday that ‘progess is being made’.UK and EU negotiators are increasingly optimistic that sufficient agreement on the future of the Irish border can be reached in the coming days to progress Brexit talks to the next stage.Sources indicate the ground has now been laid for political agreement on the question of the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland after Brexit, which would allow both sides to start discussing the UK&r
  
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• No 10: Trump 'wrong' over Britain First retweets

  29-11-2017 20:30
  Downing Street has said it was "wrong" for Donald Trump to share anti-Muslim videos posted online by the far-right group Britain First.The US President retweeted three posts by the organisation's deputy leader Jayda Fransen to his 43.6 million followers, including unverified footage purporting to show Muslims committing crimes.Responding to Mr Trump's actions, Prime Minister Theresa May's official spokesman said: "It is wrong for the president to have done this.
  
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• Online star Jerome Jarre’s Love Army raises $1m in one day to help the Rohingya

  29-11-2017 20:26
  The star’s Love Army has raised money for Somalia, Puerto Rico and a variety of other nations.
  
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• The day I came face to face with General Slobodan Praljak in The Hague - The Guardian

  29-11-2017 20:23 via theguardian.com
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  The day I came face to face with General Slobodan Praljak in The Hague
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  Slobodan Praljak pictured in Zagreb, Croatia, in 1999 before his arrest on war crimes charges that culminated in Wednesday's guilty verdict, at which he killed himself by drinking poison. Photograph: Antonio Bat/EPA. International criminal court ...
  Slobodan Praljak, Monster of Mostar, dead after drinking poison in courtroomThe Times
  The Latest: Croatian PM denounces war crime court's findingsD
  
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• People with degenerative diseases still facing benefits reassessments

  29-11-2017 20:20
  The MND Association has launched a petition calling on the Government to exempt people with motor neurone disease (MND) from having to be routinely reassessed for disability payouts."We think that's a little bit bonkers," she told Sky News.It raised more than £7m for the MND Association in the UK, and $115m for the ALS Association in the US.
  
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• NHS England board must now reaffirm their pledge on mental health treatment | Letters

  29-11-2017 20:17
  Mental health care is not a luxury.In recent years, with cross-party momentum behind it, finally mental health is beginning to get the attention it deserves.Earlier this month Simon Stevens suggested the promised expansion of mental health care might be under threat if there was no new money for the NHS.
  
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• What else could the '£50bn' Brexit bill pay for?

  29-11-2017 20:14
  A huge debate has erupted over a reported £50bn divorce bill the UK could pay for leaving the European Union.A Labour MP said it proved the UK was "not taking back control but losing control" while a Conservative Brexiteer said it could be worth crashing out without a deal and divorce payment.
  
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• Meghan Markle's activist streak to be held in check by royal protocol

  29-11-2017 20:09
  Meghan Markle is likely to want to continue campaigning on issues relating to women and girls.Meghan Markle has previously used her celebrity to back Hillary Clinton, lament Brexit and attack Donald Trump as “misogynistic” and “divisive”.The American actor will marry Prince Harry next May and embarks on her first royal engagement alongside her fiance in Nottingham on Friday.
  
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• Minister denies Scottish policing is in crisis after string of suspensions

  29-11-2017 20:02
  Phil Gormley, the chief constable of Scotland, is on special leave while misconduct allegations are investigated.There is no crisis in Scottish policing, the Holyrood justice minister has said following a string of high-profile suspensions from the national force.
  
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• Universal credit helpline's festive closure could mean destitution, says MP

  29-11-2017 19:53
  Some universal credit claimants are at risk of destitution over Christmas because a vital helpline will only be fully operational for two out of 10 days over the holiday, an MP has warned.Labour MP Frank Field, chair of the Commons work and pensions committee, has urged the government to keep the universal credit helpline open during the Christmas break for claimants at risk of spending the festive season without money.From 23 December to 1 January, job centre offices and the Universal Credit he
  
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• Universal credit helpline closure could hit poorest over Xmas, says MP

  29-11-2017 19:53
  Some universal credit claimants are at risk of destitution over Christmas because a vital helpline will only be fully operational for two out of 10 days over the holiday, an MP has warned.Labour MP Frank Field, chair of the Commons work and pensions committee, has urged the government to keep the universal credit helpline open during the Christmas break for claimants at risk of spending the festive season without money.From 23 December to 1 January, job centre offices and the Universal Credit he
  
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• Royal engagement: Prince William speaks of 'happy times'

  29-11-2017 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The Duke of Cambridge says his brother and fiancee Meghan Markle have a "lot of happy times ahead of them".
  
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• Tory hardliners could vote down Brexit deal over £50bn divorce bill

  29-11-2017 19:34
  Eurosceptics will warn Theresa May that leave supporters did not vote for money continuing to pour into EU coffers.Theresa May has been put on notice by hardline Conservative eurosceptics that they could be prepared to vote down her final Brexit deal if the UK continues to pay the £50bn divorce bill for years to come or does not get good trade terms.A group of Tory MPs are unhappy about the scale of the proposed sum and believe leaving on World Trade Organisation terms would be better, mea
  
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• Tory Brexiters to protest to No 10 about deal on £60bn divorce bill

  29-11-2017 19:34
  Eurosceptics will warn Theresa May that leave supporters did not vote for money continuing to pour into EU coffers.Hardline Tory Eurosceptics will protest to No 10 about Theresa May agreeing to pay a £60bn Brexit divorce bill over many years, with some warning they could be prepared to vote down a final deal if they do not ultimately get what they want.One Conservative MP said some members of the Brexit-supporting European Research Group were demanding a meeting with Julian Smith, the new
  
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• Prince Harry Meghan Markle engagement: The last time a royal tried to marry a divorced American it sparked a crisis - The Independent

  29-11-2017 19:33 via independent.co.uk
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  Prince Harry Meghan Markle engagement: The last time a royal tried to marry a divorced American it sparked a crisis
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  It has been formally announced this 27th day of November in the year 2017 that a British royal - Prince Henry of Wales (known to drinking buddies as Prince Harry) - is marrying an American divorcee. The last time this happened - in 1936 when King ...
  STEPHEN GLOVER: My heart cheers the new royal fairy tale. My head's full of foreboding...Daily Mail
  
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• Killer's 'confession'

  29-11-2017 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Serial killer Levi Bellfield's alleged confession to one of the UK's most notorious murders cases
  
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• Suicide prevention plan needed for child victims of 'sextortion' – expert

  29-11-2017 19:25
  Sextortion is where criminals lure individuals into sending them sexually explicit images and then threaten to share them online unless they get payment.A child abuse expert has called for suicide prevention plans to be automatically put in place for young victims of webcam extortion, as she warned senior police officers that increasing numbers of children were posting explicit images online.Daljeet Dagon of Barnardo’s Scotland warned Police Scotland’s first Violence Prevention confe
  
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• Johnson hopes Brexit 'deal' will be breakthrough

  29-11-2017 19:20
  Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said he hopes that an apparent deal over the UK's Brexit liabilities will be a "breakthrough moment".
  
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• PM refuses to rule out British Army squeeze on visit to Iraq

  29-11-2017 19:15
  The Prime Minister has become the first major foreign leader to visit Iraq since the fall of the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul.Visiting British troops in the country, Theresa May spoke about the UK's commitment to containing the threat of IS (also known as Daesh) amid fears remnants of the terror group will target Europe.
  
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• Who Is Jayda Fransen? The Notorious Islamophobe Whose Warnings About Islam Donald Trump Retweeted

  29-11-2017 19:10
  Jayda Fransen was a notorious Islamophobe long before her warnings about Islam were retweeted by Donald Trump.
  
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• Theresa May denies deal has been struck on £50bn Brexit bill

  29-11-2017 19:10
  Theresa May has insisted there is still no agreement on the UK's Brexit bill despite reports British officials have committed up to £50bn to the EU.The Prime Minister told Sky News the UK is "still in negotiation" over the financial settlement but ruled out paying "huge sums of money to the EU every year" after Brexit.EU bosses have given Mrs May until Monday to make a fresh offer on key divorce issues if she wants to reach the next phase of Brexit talks - on trade and a transition period
  
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• Poppi Worthington inquest: father refuses to answer key questions

  29-11-2017 19:04
  Paul Worthington declined to answer 69 questions at the second inquest into Poppi’s death at Kendall County Hall.A father accused of sexually assaulting his baby daughter shortly before her death refused to answer 69 questions at her inquest.Paul Worthington, who denies abusing 13-month-old Poppi before her sudden death in December 2012, cited an inquest rule which allows a witness to remain silent if they are at risk of incriminating themselves and to rely instead on previous statements.
  
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• Back to life

  29-11-2017 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Some disused rail routes could be restored as part of the government's latest plan for the network.
  
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• No contest: Thornberry has Damian Green on the ropes from the off at PMQs | John Crace

  29-11-2017 18:36
  With Theresa May off on her travels in the Middle East trying to persuade the Saudis not to use the £3bn of weapons we sell them against the Yemeni people, prime ministers questions was left in the hands of the deputies.In the red corner we had Emily Thornberry, in the blue Damian Green.Thornberry wasn’t at her very best, fluffing her lines on occasions, but then she didn’t need to be.
  
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• Paintball at Buckingham Palace? What (not) to expect from Harry’s stag do …

  29-11-2017 18:26
  Given that tradition is a bit of a thing for the Windsor clan, Prince William may already have received the nod from his little brother, who served as the best man for his own wedding.This puts the duke in a tricky position: how do you pull off a stag do – and a decent speech – for a groom who, in banter terms, has been there, drunk that and got the Nazi uniform?A student wag at University College London created a “Prince Harry’s Stag Do” event on Facebook this
  
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• As Meghan Markle Chooses To Become A British Citizen I Just Wait For My Wife To Be Able To Come Home

  29-11-2017 18:24
  On Monday, I woke to the news that Meghan Markle will marry her prince and join the House of Windsor.
  
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