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• BBC to help students identify 'fake news'

  05-12-2017 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Kamal Ahmed and Tina Daheley are among BBC journalists who will take part in events targeted at pupils.
  
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• Police motorcyclist and 91-year-old car passenger die in Berkshire crash

  05-12-2017 23:47
  A 91-year-old car passenger and an on-duty police motorcyclist have died following a crash in Berkshire.Thames Valley Police said the incident happened on the A4 Bath Road in Wargrave at about 1.50pm."The collision involved a car and motorcycle which was being ridden by on-duty police officer PC James Dixon," said a police statement.
  
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• Turner Prize 2017 winner announced

  05-12-2017 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Lubaina Himid says her victory will make a difference to people who have supported her over the years.
  
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• Lubaina Himid awarded Britain's Turner Prize, oldest artist ever to win

  05-12-2017 23:16
  Lubaina Himid, a 63-year-old artist whose creations include dinner plates painted with vomiting aristocrats, became the oldest person ever and the first black woman to win Britain's most prestigious art award - the Turner Prize - on Thursday.Tanzanian-born Himid beat other short-listed artists including British painter Hurvin Anderson, German painter Andrea Büttner and British filmmaker Rosalind Nashashibi.The judges praised Himid for her "uncompromising tackling of issues including colonia
  
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• 'Profumo affair' model Christine Keeler dies aged 75

  05-12-2017 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The model, who made headlines after her affair with a cabinet minister in the 1960s, dies aged 75.
  
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• Tory MP cries at universal credit impact speech from Frank Field

  05-12-2017 22:51
  Conservative MP Heidi Allen struggled to speak following Frank Field’s speech.A Conservative MP broke down in the House of Commons during an emotional Labour-led debate on universal credit, where the government conceded it would release confidential reports into the impact of the welfare reform’s rollout.MP Heidi Allen wiped away tears as Labour’s Frank Field, the chair of the work and pensions select committee, described persuading a man not to kill himself and spoke of anothe
  
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• Turner Prize 2017: Lubaina Himid's win makes history

  05-12-2017 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Lubaina Himid is the art award's oldest winner and the first black woman to win.
  
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• Pressure grows on Theresa May as DUP reveals Brexit 'shock'

  05-12-2017 22:29
  The prime minister’s tactics have been questioned by senior cabinet members.Theresa May is facing mounting pressure to secure a breakthrough in EU negotiations after the Democratic Unionist party expressed shock at the handling of the Irish border question and Brexit-supporting Conservatives said the time had come to walk away.Senior cabinet members also voiced unease at May’s tactics, and complained they were not informed in advance about Downing Street’s plan to promise the E
  
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• 'Profumo affair' model Christine Keeler dies

  05-12-2017 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The model, who made headlines after her affair with a cabinet minister in the 1960s, dies aged 75.
  
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• Christine Keeler, Model At Centre Of Profumo Scandal, Dies Aged 75

  05-12-2017 22:06
  Christine Keeler, the former showgirl at the heart of the Profumo scandal of the 1960s, has died aged 75.
  
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• Christine Keeler, Ex-Showgirl At Centre Of Profumo Scandal, Dies Aged 75

  05-12-2017 22:06
  Christine Keeler, the former showgirl at the heart of the Profumo scandal of the 1960s, has died aged 75.
  
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• Spoof art triumphs once again at the 2017 Turnip Prize

  05-12-2017 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Organisers award annual prize to spoof art created with the least amount of effort.
  
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• Profumo Affair's Christine Keeler dies at 75

  05-12-2017 21:37
  Christine Keeler, the former showgirl who became the centre of a scandal that helped bring down a Conservative government, has died.The ex-model, whose involvement in the Profumo Affair rocked 1960s Britain, died at the age of 75, her family has said.The affair she had with then-secretary of state for war John Profumo in the early 1960s scandalised Britain as it emerged she had also had relations with a Russian defence attache at the same time.
  
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• Police officer dies in motorbike crash with pensioner

  05-12-2017 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  PC James Dixon died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car near Hare Hatch.
  
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• Two men charged with manslaughter over nut allergy death of teenager

  05-12-2017 21:26
  Megan Lee died from acute asthma resulting from a nut allergy.Two men have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a teenager who suffered a severe allergic reaction to a takeaway meal.Mohammed Abdul Kuddus and Harun Rashid were charged with the manslaughter of 15-year-old Megan Lee, who had an allergic reaction after eating food from Royal Spice Indian takeaway in Hyndburn, Lancashire.
  
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• Iain Duncan Smith Thinks 'This Irish Stuff' Is Overblown In Warning To EU To 'Back Off'

  05-12-2017 21:26
  Brexiteer Iain Duncan Smith has claimed the dispute over the Irish border that has halted Brexit talks has been cooked-up for political gain as he signalled the UK could walk away from talks with the EU.
  
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• Fox boss James Murdoch could be next Disney CEO in possible merger – report

  05-12-2017 21:23
  James Murdoch could be the next CEO of Disney, a report says.The Fox boss James Murdoch is reportedly being considered as a potential successor to Bob Iger, chief executive of Walt Disney, if the two companies reach agreement on a possible takeover.According to the Financial Times, Rupert Murdoch and his younger son, James, could take senior roles at a combined company if a deal is struck.
  
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• Christine Keeler obituary: Life of the Profumo scandal model

  05-12-2017 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The model whose affair with cabinet minister John Profumo helped to bring down a government.
  
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• Britain needs 'new paradigm' for financial services trade with EU - Hammond

  05-12-2017 21:19
  Britain will need a "new paradigm" to sell financial services to the European Union after Brexit as existing trade deals the EU has with foreign countries do not go far enough, the country's finance minister said on Tuesday.Philip Hammond, widely viewed as the most pro-European of Prime Minister Theresa May's senior colleagues, said in a speech at the annual dinner of finance association CityUK that future trading arrangements with the EU had to be "durable and fair".Britain has yet to start ser
  
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• Christine Keeler obituary

  05-12-2017 20:59
  There were many victims of the Profumo affair, the sex and spying scandal that dominated the headlines in 1963, contributed to the resignation of the then prime minister, Harold Macmillan, soon afterwards, and still looms disproportionately large in the history of modern Britain.High on any list of those who suffered, and arguably at the very top, was Christine Keeler, who has died aged 75.A photograph taken at the time, of a young, alluring, but vulnerable Keeler, posing naked on a back-to-fron
  
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• Wave threat leads to evacuation of Ninian South platform in North Sea

  05-12-2017 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Operators of the Ninian South platform say the precaution is ahead of Storm Caroline which is due to hit on Thursday.
  
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• Can you do the invisible box challenge? – video

  05-12-2017 20:37 via theguardian.com
  Forget planking, cinnamon eating, ice-bucket pouring, mannequin standing and bottle flipping: December 2017 is all about pretending to step on to an invisible box. The invisible box challenge went viral this week, thanks to a successful attempt by a Texan high school cheerleader. It’s basic mime, but it’s impressive enough to have inspired thousands of less agile challengers to share their attempts online. (Warning: you may fall on your face)The invisible box: the
  
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• Persisting problems with Brexit and the Irish border | Letters

  05-12-2017 20:33
  The DUP leader, Arlene Foster, speaking to the media on Monday. ‘The DUP stance that they want a hard Brexit with a soft border has always been contradictory and impossible to achieve,’ writes Douglas Simpson.It is understandable that Fintan O’Toole (Britain has just discovered it’s now weaker than Ireland, 5 December) should make the most of his country’s 15 minutes of fame but he will soon find that, when push comes to shove, the EU will treat Ireland with the sam
  
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• Sober and living a happy alcohol-free life | Letters

  05-12-2017 20:23
  Zoe Williams (Fit in my 40s, 2 December), presumably, isn’t being forced to stop drinking and, her tone suggests, doesn’t intend to, so why did she bother engaging the help of a sobriety coach when her intention was only to laugh at people who don’t drink?
  
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• Green case: Police criticised over leaks

  05-12-2017 20:20
  A former police chief has told Sky News that a retired officer's claims he found pornography on the First Secretary of State Damian Green's parliamentary computer risks bringing the police into disrepute.
  
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• Countdown to Brexit breakthrough?

  05-12-2017 20:18
  May wants the EU to open the second phase of Brexit negotiations concerning relations after Britain's withdrawal on March 30, 2019.The EU will only do that if there is "sufficient progress" in agreeing "divorce" terms, notably on three key issues: a financial settlement, guaranteed rights for EU citizens in Britain and a "soft border" with Ireland.A deal on money is effectively done, EU officials said last week.
  
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• 'Deadline of deadlines' in Brexit divorce talks this week

  05-12-2017 20:18
  Theresa May must deliver her offer on a Brexit divorce package this week if she wants European Union leaders to grant Britain's request for talks on future free trade when they meet next week, EU diplomats and officials said on Tuesday.Failure could mean a delay until February, adding to the risk of businesses scaling back investment plans in Britain as uncertainty clouds the outlook beyond Brexit in March 2019."The 'deadline of deadlines' is this week," one senior EU diplomat said, a day after
  
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• Ex-police chief Bob Quick threatens to sue Damian Green over computer porn lie claims

  05-12-2017 20:15
  A former Scotland Yard anti-terror chief who made computer porn allegations against Damian Green has launched a bitter tirade against Theresa May's de facto deputy.Bob Quick said the First Secretary of State's claim that he is a "tainted and untrustworthy source" is "deeply unpleasant" and "hurtful", and insisted everything he has alleged is accurate and in good faith.Mr Quick, who has been condemned by Met chief Cressida Dick, the police watchdog and other senior officers for leaking the porn a
  
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• Supporters of jailed British-Iranian aid worker sing carols at Downing Street

  05-12-2017 20:12
  Supporters of Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is jailed in Iran, sang "homecoming" carols outside Prime Minister Theresa May's Downing Street offices on Tuesday evening.Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested in Iran 19 months ago and sentenced to five years in jail after a court convicted her of plotting to overthrow the clerical establishment.
  
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• Christine Keeler, former model at heart of Profumo affair, dies at 75

  05-12-2017 20:01
  Christine Keeler, the former model at the centre of the Profumo affair that shook British politics in the 1960s, has died aged 75, her family and a close friend have said.Keeler, then a teenage model and showgirl, became famous for her role in the 1963 scandal that rocked the establishment when she had an affair with the Tory cabinet minister John Profumo and a Russian diplomat at the same time at the height of the cold war.Keeler, who had been living under the name of Sloane for many years, was
  
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• Storm Caroline to bring snow and 80mph winds to the UK

  05-12-2017 19:58
  Storm Caroline has become the third named-storm of the season, following Brian back in October.It will turn windy everywhere on Wednesday, but the strongest winds from Caroline will affect the north of Scotland on Wednesday night and Thursday.The Met Office currently has a yellow 'be aware' wind warning covering northern Scotland.
  
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• Inquiry's conclusions about Manchester attack are damning for MI5

  05-12-2017 19:56
  The barrister David Anderson, who conducted the inquiry into the four terrorist attacks in the UK this year, chooses his words carefully – his tendency is towards understatement rather than anything excitable.It is the most damning finding against the UK’s domestic intelligence agency since inquiries by the parliamentary intelligence and security committee (ISC) after the murder of Lee Rigby in 2013 and the 2005 London attacks.The Manchester suicide attacker, Salman Abedi, was known
  
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• Charities warned over protection of vulnerable people after scandals

  05-12-2017 19:56
  Oxfam sacked 22 members of staff in the last year over sexual abuse allegations.Charities are being warned they may be targeted by “people who abuse their position and privileges” to gain access to vulnerable people “for inappropriate or illegal purposes”, in the aftermath of scandals involving Oxfam and the Old Vic theatre.The Charity Commission is publishing new guidance on safeguarding “any children or adults at risk” after concerns were raised about the ma
  
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• Posing as a schoolgirl to expose online groomers

  05-12-2017 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  How going undercover as a 14-year-old revealed the dangers children using streaming apps can face.
  
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• McDonald's hijab row: Teenager says apology 'not enough'

  05-12-2017 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The 19-year-old Muslim student was told by a security guard that her hijab was a "security threat".
  
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• Manslaughter charges over takeaway allergic reaction death

  05-12-2017 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Megan Lee, 15, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, died after suffering an allergic reaction to takeaway food.
  
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• Mother of British man killed in Syria praises his caring nature

  05-12-2017 19:21
  Oliver Hall was clearing mines in the liberated city of Raqqa.The mother of a British man killed while clearing mines in the liberated Syrian city of Raqqa has paid tribute to her “fun-loving, cheeky, mischievous” son.Oliver Hall, 24, from Portsmouth, died on 25 November while clearing mines with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) to allow displaced residents to return to the city previously held by Islamic State (Isis).
  
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• MPs and peers criticise tight security around Brexit impact reports

  05-12-2017 19:14
  MPs and peers have attacked tight restrictions on access to Brexit impact assessments, claiming their content is little more than what has already been released into the public domain.The Brexit secretary, David Davis, is due on Wednesday to appear before the exiting the EU select committee, to which he has handed over 850 pages of analysis after being forced to do so by a parliamentary vote.MPs and peers are now allowed to view the papers in a restricted-access reading room organised by Davis&r
  
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• Illuminated boats on Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes

  05-12-2017 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  A town's celebration of its 50th birthday continues.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt hits out at Facebook kids' app

  05-12-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The health secretary told the social network to "stay away from my kids" with its app for under-13s.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt condemns Facebook kids' app

  05-12-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The health secretary told the social network to "stay away from my kids" with its app for under-13s.
  
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• Outrage At A Boy In A Dress Belies A Deeper Problem; And I Know Because I Was One

  05-12-2017 19:00
  We live in a current climate of outrage, where everyone reserves the right to be offended by whatever they choose.
  
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• Scotland's lowest-paid public sector workers set for highest pay rise

  05-12-2017 18:58
  Healthcare workers are among 490,000 public sectors workers in Scotland.The Scottish government is planning to offer the lowest-paid public sector workers an inflation-beating pay rise in its budget next week, partly funded by tax rises.Public sector unions have lobbied the finance secretary, Derek Mackay, for a pay increase of 4-5%, after a decade in which pay has been frozen or rises capped at 1%.
  
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• Ed Sheeran tops Spotify's most streamed list

  05-12-2017 18:46
  Spotify has released its most streamed list of 2017 - the year when streaming officially became the biggest indicator of success.While it's no surprise that Ed Sheeran has topped the list with an impressive 6.3 billion streams worldwide, the female artist most listened to by UK users defies expectations.Forget Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande or Beyonce - say hello to Dua Lipa, she is "hotter than hell".
  
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• Charlie Dunn's stepdad guilty over boy's drowning at Bosworth Water Park

  05-12-2017 18:44
  A man who left his stepson alone for hours at a water park has pleaded guilty to manslaughter by gross negligence.Paul Smith pleaded guilty at Birmingham Crown Court over the death of five-year-old Charlie Dunn.Charlie was found underwater in a 1.4m deep lagoon by children at Bosworth Water Park in Leicestershire in July last year.
  
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• DUP leader says warned UK's May it could not support Irish border deal - RTE

  05-12-2017 18:40
  The leader of the Northern Irish party propping up British Prime Minister Theresa May told her on Monday it could not support her minority government unless a Brexit deal on the Irish border was changed, Irish broadcaster RTE quoted her as saying on Tuesday.The Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) Arlene Foster said she only received a text of the deal late on Monday morning despite asking for it for nearly five weeks and that once her party saw it, they knew it was not going to be acceptable.When
  
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• Two men charged with terror offences

  05-12-2017 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The pair were arrested by the Metropolitan Police on 28 November.
  
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• DUP leader says just as firm as Irish government on Brexit - Sky News

  05-12-2017 18:25
  The leader of the Northern Irish party propping up Britain's minority government said on Tuesday her party was just as firm about its demands for a Brexit plan for Northern Ireland as Ireland's government.British Prime Minister Theresa May failed to clinch a deal on Monday to open talks on post-Brexit free trade with the European Union after a tentative deal with Dublin to keep EU rules in Northern Ireland angered her allies in Belfast, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
  
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• Tory MP Heidi Allen Moved To Tears After Heartbreaking Universal Credit Speech

  05-12-2017 18:23
  Tory MP @heidiallen75 moved to tears as she stands to speak during universal credit debate, after Labour MP @frankfieldteam recounts stories from his constituency of claimants.
  
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• Doctor in Poppi Worthington case rushed to judgment, inquest told

  05-12-2017 18:15
  Poppi Worthington died suddenly on 12 December 2012 after collapsing at her home.Poppi Worthington died suddenly on 12 December 2012 after collapsing at her home in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.In January last year it was revealed that a family court judge had ruled in secret that “on the balance of probabilities” Poppi’s father, Paul Worthington, sexually assaulted her before her death.
  
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