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• Kane beats Shearer total for most goals in year

  26-12-2017 22:54
  Harry Kane has surpassed Alan Shearer's record to become the most prolific goal scorer in a calendar year in the Premier League.Shearer's record of 36 goals was set in 1995 while he was at Blackburn Rovers.You deserve to hold the record of most @premierleague goals in a calendar year.
  
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• Shopper 'stampede' after false reports of shots fired

  26-12-2017 22:49
  A woman has been injured in a fall after false reports of gunfire on Oxford Street on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.Armed police as well as regular local officers were scrambled to the scene in central London after reports of "shots heard" at 4.50pm, Scotland Yard said.The incident appeared to centre on the House of Fraser department store, where one large window pane facing on to the pavement was broken.
  
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• Comedian Limmy invited fans to help tell a fictional story on Twitter… and things got ugly

  26-12-2017 21:39
  Talk about robbery and violence.
  
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• Tesco faces anger over 'rancid' Christmas turkeys

  26-12-2017 21:31
  Tesco is facing a festive backlash after it was hit with a series of complaints from customers that their Christmas meals were ruined by "rancid" turkeys that had to be thrown straight into the bin.Britain's biggest supermarket apologised to customers who complained on social media and in a statement said it would investigate after a "small number of complaints in recent days".A spokesman for the Food Standards Agency told Sky News it was aware of the coverage of the controversy and that it woul
  
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• ‘I once thought the sun was following me’: Redditors share their hilarious childhood misconceptions

  26-12-2017 21:30
  “I thought that life during the older days was literally black and white instead of just the television being so.”
  
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• Student leaders criticise Jo Johnson after threat over no-platforming policies

  26-12-2017 21:23
  Jo Johnson, the higher education minister, is facing a backlash from students after he threatened fines against universities that failed to defend free speech on campuses.The government was accused of both exaggerating the issue and failing to listen to student concerns, after Johnson set out the policy in a speech on Boxing Day.
  
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• Woman freed after man's body found at house in Barnsley on Christmas Day

  26-12-2017 20:38
  A woman has been released under investigation after she was held on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a man's body.Police were called to a property in Mayfield Crescent, Worsbrough, on the outskirts of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, at around 9.40am on Christmas Day.Ambulance staff were already at the address, South Yorkshire Police said.
  
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• Westfield Stratford Incident Sees One Arrested After Police Called To Disturbance

  26-12-2017 20:35
  One person was arrested after police were called to a disturbance at Westfield Stratford.
  
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• Grenfell Tower management company hands responsibility back to council

  26-12-2017 20:35
  The organisation that managed Grenfell Tower and manages thousands of other properties across the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is temporarily handing back responsibility for them to the council, saying it can no longer guarantee to meet the standards expected by residents.It adds that management responsibility will temporarily be handed back to the council while it carries out a consultation exercise about the future management of its housing stock.A spokesman for the borough said the
  
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• Panic on Oxford Street as armed police respond to reports of gunshots

  26-12-2017 20:21
  Police mingle with the shoppers on Oxford Street in central London.Armed police were called to Oxford Street in London after panicked shoppers thought they heard gunshots on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.One woman was hurt in a fall and a large window was broken at the House of Fraser department store after bargain hunters rushed outside.
  
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• Philip Hammond urged to publish Treasury's Brexit impact studies

  26-12-2017 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Labour MPs write to chancellor saying public have right to see documents examining range of outcomes of BrexitPhilip Hammond has come under pressure to publish another set of hidden documents relating to how a series of possible Brexit outcomes, including no deal, will impact on the economy.Twenty-five Labour MPs have written to the chancellor demanding that he release the studies, which have so far been kept confidential, after he told a select committee that the work had been done.Continue rea
  
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• Philip Hammond urged to publish Treasury's Brexit impact studies

  26-12-2017 20:00
  Philip Hammond revealed the existence of the documents at a Treasury select committee hearing.Philip Hammond has come under pressure to publish another set of hidden documents relating to how a series of possible Brexit outcomes, including no deal, will impact on the economy.Twenty-five Labour MPs have written to the chancellor demanding that he release the studies, which have so far been kept confidential, after he told a select committee that the work had been done.
  
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• Police investigate claims of fox killing during Boxing Day hunt

  26-12-2017 19:54
  Foxhunting was banned in 2004, but trail-hunting is legal.Police are investigating after clashes at a Boxing Day hunt in Suffolk, where it is claimed a fox was killed illegally.The Hunt Saboteurs Association posted a picture of a fox it says was illegally killed at the hunt and claimed its members were attacked as they tried to retrieve the dead animal.
  
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• Police investigate claims of fox being killed during Boxing Day hunt

  26-12-2017 19:54
  Foxhunting was banned in 2004, but trail-hunting is legal.Police are investigating after clashes at a Boxing Day hunt in Suffolk, where it is claimed a fox was killed illegally.The Hunt Saboteurs Association posted a picture of a fox it says was illegally killed at the hunt and claimed its members were attacked as they tried to retrieve the dead animal.
  
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• Laura Plummer: Sister says Briton jailed in Egypt for drug smuggling was being kind

  26-12-2017 19:51
  The sister of a woman jailed for three years for smuggling banned painkillers into Egypt says she has been sent to prison "just for being kind".Laura Plummer's family maintain the shop worker was carrying the 320 tramadol tablets into the country for her boyfriend who has back pain.Laura's sister Jayne Synclair told Sky News: "We've had an awful Christmas.
  
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• Voices From The Frontline Of Climate Change

  26-12-2017 19:45
  Climate change is real and the need for urgent action is personified by the warnings from the Arctic communities who are already being pushed to the brink because of it.
  
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• The Mooch, a crocodile rant and Brenda from Bristol – the year’s best political cameos

  26-12-2017 19:30
  Theresa May discovered as much during her disastrous general election campaign this year, when she faced an impromptu dressing-down from a voter during a rare public walkabout in Abingdon.Kathy Mohan, who has had mental health problems, chastised the prime minister over cuts to her disability benefits, leaving May struggling to get a word in.Sam Blackledge, the chief reporter for the Plymouth Herald, published the full transcript of an interview with May, describing it as “three minutes of
  
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• Serena Williams tweeted she ‘forgot’ how old she was and the internet, of course, has its theories

  26-12-2017 19:25
  The tennis ace wrote on Twitter: “I had to Wikipedia my age the other day.”
  
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• Quieter than expected trading for stores on Boxing Day

  26-12-2017 19:25
  Retailers saw a quieter than expected start to the post-Christmas sales as footfall declined, according to a snapshot of high street and shopping centre visits across the country.Footfall up to 5pm on Boxing Day was down 4.5% on the same period last year, according to monitoring service Springboard.November's Black Friday event has also been blamed for bringing forward store discounting from the traditional Boxing Day period.
  
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• Oxford Street Panic: Police Respond To Reports Of Gunshots But Find Nothing

  26-12-2017 19:20
  Shoppers were left in panic on Oxford Street after reports of gunshots prompted armed police to attend the scene.
  
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• UK government urged to search for National Archives papers

  26-12-2017 19:15
  Many of the missing papers relate to the Falklands war.Human rights groups have demanded that Theresa May launch a government-wide search for missing papers that they say could provide evidence of human rights violations.As Labour called for an investigation into the Guardian revelations and said that the error risked fuelling accusations of a cover-up, Amnesty International and Reprieve said that procedures had to become more open.
  
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• Theresa May must search for missing archive papers, say human rights groups

  26-12-2017 19:15
  Many of the missing papers relate to the Falklands war.Human rights groups have demanded that Theresa May launch a government-wide search for missing papers that they say could provide evidence of human rights violations.As Labour called for an investigation into the Guardian revelations and said that the error risked fuelling accusations of a cover-up, Amnesty International and Reprieve said that procedures had to become more open.
  
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• Feeling blue over colour of the new UK passport | Letters

  26-12-2017 19:15
  Will blue passports restore national identity?Brandon Lewis is wrong when he says replacing the burgundy coloured passport with the blue design will help “restore national identity” (British passports will be navy blue after Brexit, says Home Office, 22 December).Britain never lost its national identity in the EU in the first place.
  
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• Our brutalising and degrading prisons | Letters

  26-12-2017 19:14
  ‘Coroner after coroner has highlighted repeated, systemic failures and the inappropriate use of prison for a range of different groups,’ write the director of Inquest and others.Eric Allison notes the call by Inquest, among others, for alternatives to prison to be found for those suffering mental health problems and a more therapeutic response for those for whom prison is the last resort.
  
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• We need an independent commission on keeping national records | Letters

  26-12-2017 19:13
  Some of the 100 miles of shelving containing the millions of documents at the Public Records Office at Kew which every year grows by another mile. Photograph: Tim Ockenden/PA
  
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• Nazis, nukes and Nick Knowles – 2017’s least welcome comebacks

  26-12-2017 18:30 via theguardian.com
  In a normal year, yet another Pirates of the Caribbean might have been bearable, but alongside the return of nationalists, sex scandals and Dynasty, it was too muchI defy you to recall anything that happened during any Pirates of the Caribbean film. And yet 2017 brought us an entirely superfluous fifth instalment (below); the only difference this time being that the lead actor’s innate creepiness overwhelmed his ability to wobble and gurn. Continue reading...
  
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• Pottery maker creates ‘flamboyant’ Donald Trump jugs complete with trademark hand gestures

  26-12-2017 17:46
  You will be able to buy them early next year.
  
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• Boxing Day Dip Pictures Show Brits At Their Hardy Best

  26-12-2017 17:12
  Most of us spend the day after Christmas scoffing leftovers and watching terrible television but some Brits are rather more intrepid.
  
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• Keppel bribery fine shines spotlight on peer Sembcorp, shares slide‍​

  26-12-2017 16:33
  Singapore oil rig builder Keppel Corp's agreement to pay a $422 million (£315.8 million) fine to resolve charges it bribed Brazilian officials, including people at state-owned oil company Petrobras, sent its shares tumbling and triggered a decline in smaller rival Sembcorp Marine Ltd on Tuesday.In the deal announced by the U.S. Justice Department on Friday, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd agreed to pay a combined penalty to resolve investigations by authorities in the United States, Brazi
  
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• Researchers to study school records for clues on suicide and self-harm

  26-12-2017 16:00
  Researchers are embarking on an ambitious project to see whether a child’s school record can provide vital clues as to whether they are at risk of suicide or self-harm.Nearly one in 10 young people self-harm or have suicidal thoughts but understanding of the causes is limited, making prevention difficult.By analysing anonymised school data for 180,000 10- to 17-year-olds in south London, including on attendance and performance, and linking it to their health and hospital records, researche
  
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• Nick Clegg 'To Receive Knighthood In New Year's Honours List'

  26-12-2017 15:41
  Former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is set to receive a knighthood in the New Year’s honours list, according to reports.
  
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• Police officer dies in crash in which a woman was also killed

  26-12-2017 15:35
  A 46-year-old police officer and a 61-year-old woman have died following a car crash on Christmas Day.South Yorkshire Police said in a statement that emergency services were called to reports of a collision on the A57 in Sheffield at around 8.15pm on Monday.It said: "A marked BMW3 series police car was responding to an incident and travelling towards Coisley Hill when it collided with a silver Citroen C3, travelling in the opposite direction.
  
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• Man arrested after woman's body discovered on Christmas Day

  26-12-2017 15:16
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a woman's body at an address in North Shields on Christmas Day.Officers were called to Tennyson Terrace on Monday, Northumbria Police said.A police spokesman said: "Following the search of an address on Tennyson Terrace, North Shields, yesterday, police have found the body of a woman at the property.
  
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• Police Officer And Another Person Killed In Christmas Day Collision

  26-12-2017 15:09
  A police officer and another person have died after a collision on Christmas Day.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton Apologises After Being Accused Of 'Publicly Shaming' Young Nephew For Wearing A Dress

  26-12-2017 15:05
  You’ve just opened a can of worms... pic.twitter.com/fpsiNeOZrd—
  
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• Lewis Hamilton Accused Of 'Publicly Shaming' Young Nephew For Wearing A Princess Dress

  26-12-2017 15:05
  You’ve just opened a can of worms... pic.twitter.com/fpsiNeOZrd—
  
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• British Woman Laura Plummer Jailed For Three Years In Egypt Over Drug Smuggling Claims

  26-12-2017 14:15
  A British woman accused of smuggling drugs into Egypt has been jailed for three years, her family has said.
  
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• George Osborne Says He Was 'Not Keen' On An EU Referendum

  26-12-2017 13:47
  George Osborne has admitted he was “gloomy” ahead of the referendum on leaving the European Union.
  
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• Briton Laura Plummer jailed for three years in Egypt for drug smuggling

  26-12-2017 13:46
  A British woman accused of smuggling drugs into Egypt has been jailed for three years.Laura Plummer, 33, a shop worker from Hull, was arrested as she entered the country carrying 320 tramadol tablets in her suitcase.Tramadol, a painkiller, is a class C drug that is banned in Egypt but legal in the UK.
  
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• Police Launch Murder Investigation After Man's Body Discovered On Country Lane In Rochdale On Christmas Morning

  26-12-2017 13:36
  Police have launched a murder investigation after a man’s body was found on a country lane in Rochdale on Christmas morning.
  
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• Victims of disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson 'may have been missed'

  26-12-2017 13:22
  Ian Paterson carried out needless surgery on patients.More victims of a disgraced breast surgeon, who was jailed for 20 years for performing needless operations, could have been missed, campaigners have warned.Cancer survivors operated on by Ian Paterson have called on his old employers – Heart of England NHS foundation trust (Heft) and the private healthcare provider Spire Healthcare – to ensure all former patients have been contacted.
  
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• British woman sentenced in Egypt to three years in jail for smuggling painkillers

  26-12-2017 13:22
  An Egyptian court sentenced a British woman to three years in prison on Tuesday for smuggling painkillers into the country, a Reuters witness said.Laura Plummer, a 33-year-old shop worker from Hull, was arrested in October after Tramadol tablets were found in her suitcase.Tramadol is a prescription medicine in Britain but it is banned in Egypt.
  
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• CCTV footage released of pick pocket in London lift stealing money from pensioner

  26-12-2017 13:12
  Police have released CCTV footage of three suspects they wish to speak to in connection with a pick pocket theft in east London.The victim, a 69-year-old pensioner, had withdrawn £1,000 cash from a branch of Lloyds Bank before getting into a lift to return to her daughter's car in the car park.
  
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• Syrian Refugee Doesn't Let Losing A Leg Stop Her Playing Football

  26-12-2017 12:49
  Saja, 12, saw friends die and lost her leg when she fled Aleppo three years ago.
  
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• HMS St Albans: Royal Navy Frigate Spends Christmas Day Shadowing Russian Warship In The North Sea

  26-12-2017 12:29
  A Royal Navy crew spent Christmas Day escorting a Russian warship through the North Sea near UK waters.
  
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• George Osborne hints at return to politics and says he opposed EU vote

  26-12-2017 12:18
  George Osborne said he would not rule out going back into politics but it was not ‘plan A’.George Osborne has hinted he is open to making a political comeback, as he spoke of his opposition to holding last year’s EU referendum and gloom about the prospects of winning.The former chancellor, who now edits the Evening Standard, said he could not have run to be leader of the Conservative party after strongly campaigning to remain in the EU, partly because he would have had little e
  
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• Keppel bribery fine puts spotlight on peer Sembcorp, shares slide‍​

  26-12-2017 12:04
  Singapore oil rig builder Keppel Corp's agreement to pay a $422 million (£315.8 million) fine to resolve charges that it bribed Brazilian officials, including people at state-owned oil company Petrobras, sent its shares tumbling and also triggered a decline in the stock price of smaller rival Sembcorp Marine on Tuesday.In the deal announced by the U.S. Justice Department on Friday, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd agreed to pay the combined penalty to resolve investigations by authorities
  
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• Russian court approves amicable agreement between Rosneft, Bashneft and Sistema - RIA

  26-12-2017 12:02
  A Russian court has approved the amicable agreement reached on Friday between the Sistemaconglomerate and Russia's largest oil producer Rosneftin their dispute over the Bashneft oil company, RIA news agency said on Tuesday.Sistema will be obliged to pay Bashneft 100 billion roubles (£1.29 billion) by March 30, 2018, according to the terms of the settlement, which required approval from a Russian regional court.
  
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• This dog’s mouth got glued shut after he chewed on a leaflet

  26-12-2017 10:53
  The flyer turned to papier mache in his mouth, according to the PDSA.
  
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• Britain Officially Had A White Christmas After All Thanks To Snow Flurries In Cumbria

  26-12-2017 10:53
  Forecasters may have been skeptical about the UK’s chances of a snowy December 25, but last-minute flurries meant that 2017 went down in the history books as a white Christmas after all.
  
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