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• May to reshuffle cabinet on Monday

  06-01-2018 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Newspaper reports about the fates of individual ministers have been dismissed by Downing Street.
  
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• May to rejig cabinet on Monday, senior ministers safe - report

  06-01-2018 23:30
  Prime Minister Theresa May will announce changes to her ministerial cabinet on Monday but her foreign, finance, interior and Brexit ministers will keep their jobs, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.The Sunday Times said the reshuffle was aimed at bringing younger women and non-white lawmakers into the cabinet in attempt to appeal to voters who dealt May a setback in an election last year.May is also expected to announce a new first secretary of state, effectively her number two, after long-sta
  
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• Scottish author hopes to sell her 'lost' Da Vinci to raise MILLIONS for charity

  06-01-2018 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SCOTS author hopes to raise millions to set up a new children's charity by selling her "lost" Da Vinci to mark the 500th anniversary of his death.
  
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• Women should be told if new partner has abusive past, say victims’ groups

  06-01-2018 22:00
  Angela Best’s sisters, Valerie Archibold and Lorraine Jones, and mother Josephine outside the Old Bailey in London after serial killer Theodore Johnson was jailed for a minimum term of 26 years for murder.Victim support groups are calling on MPs to back a new law allowing police to take proactive measures to establish whether a serious offender has a new partner, and if so to inform them of his previous convictions.The call comes after the jailing of serial killer Theodore Johnson, 64, who
  
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• Mark Hughes: Stoke City sack manager after poor run

  06-01-2018 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Mark Hughes is sacked by Stoke City after defeat by League Two side Coventry in the FA Cup third round.
  
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• John Worboys: fury over release prompts parole system overhaul

  06-01-2018 21:51
  John Worboys, who was jailed in 2009 for drugging and sexually assaulting female passengers.An immediate review into how the parole board makes its decisions was announced by the government on Saturday after more victims of the serial sex attacker John Worboys came forward to describe their “shock and panic” over his imminent release.Accepting that the decision had exposed failings in the criminal justice system, the justice secretary, David Lidington, said that he would attempt to r
  
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• Firefighters tackle large blaze at Bristol University

  06-01-2018 21:28
  Firefighters have tackled a large blaze in a University of Bristol building undergoing a £33m refurbishment.Avon Fire and Rescue Service was called to the scene at just after 5pm and sent seven fire engines, along with two turntable ladders."The building is currently undergoing refurbishment and was due to reopen in summer 2018.
  
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• Barcelona seal deal to sign Liverpool's Philippe Coutinho in transfer worth reported £146m

  06-01-2018 21:27
  Barcelona have agreed a deal with Liverpool for the transfer of Philippe Coutinho in a transfer worth a reported £146m.Coutinho will sign a five-and-a-half year contract and will have a buyout clause of €400m.The 25-year-old did not travel with the Liverpool squad for a winter training camp in Dubai and has not played in either of the side's games since the January transfer window opened because of a minor thigh problem.
  
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• Airport bars could face hours limits to curb flight rage

  06-01-2018 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The number of alcohol-related air rage incidents prompts a rethink on pub and bar opening hours.
  
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• Philippe Coutinho: Barcelona to sign Liverpool and Brazil midfielder in £142m deal

  06-01-2018 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Barcelona will sign Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho in a £142m deal, one of the most expensive transfers of all time.
  
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• Bristol University Fire: Students Evacuated From Library As Firefighters Tackle Blaze

  06-01-2018 19:59
  Firefighters are tackling a huge blaze at the University of Bristol.
  
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• Bristol University fire: Huge blaze as flames seen across the city

  06-01-2018 19:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  A HUGE blaze has broken out on the campus of Bristol University, with flames visible across the city.
  
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• Donald Trump’s claim to be a ‘very stable genius’ has been met with mockery on Twitter

  06-01-2018 19:29
  Trump has unleashed a tirade against his critics after the release of a new book on the White House
  
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• A Round Up Of The Best Reactions To Donald Trump's Claim He's A 'Stable Genius' Who Is 'Like, Really Smart'

  06-01-2018 19:29
  After a new book raised questions about Donald Trump’s mental fitness to run the US, the president has sent a series of extraordinary tweets insisting he’s a “stable genius” who is “like, really smart”.
  
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• Bristol University fire: Crews tackle campus blaze

  06-01-2018 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  A large fire has broken out near the University of Bristol's Will's Memorial building.
  
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• Coventry pull off FA Cup shock against Stoke

  06-01-2018 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  League Two Coventry City pull off an FA Cup shock by beating Premier League strugglers Stoke City to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup.
  
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• Firms including easyJet and Virgin Money reveal huge gender pay gaps

  06-01-2018 18:18
  The mean gender pay gap at easyJet is 51.7%. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
  
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• Police arrest man after five cats killed in Northampton

  06-01-2018 18:12
  A man has been arrested over a series of cat killings in Northampton as police investigate whether the attacks are linked to those in Croydon.Five dead felines were found mutilated in Northampton between August and November last year.Officers are trying to work out whether the deaths, in the Duston and Kingsley Park areas, are connected to the so-called Croydon cat killer.
  
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• Croydon Cat Killer probe as man ARRESTED after pets slaughtered in Northampton

  06-01-2018 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A MAN has been arrested in connection with the slaughter of five pets, as police probe whether the case is linked to the Croydon Cat Killer.
  
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• Behind the veil: Iranian women cast off their hijabs – in pictures

  06-01-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  For her project My Stealthy Freedom, Amsterdam-based photographer Marinka Masséus travelled to Iran, where it is mandatory for women to wear the hijab. The series, in which women defiantly throw their veils in the air, was created in a Tehran apartment with the windows covered in tinfoil to conceal the flash. “I applaud the right for any woman to wear the hijab as she chooses,” says Masséus. “But many Iranian women hate compulsory hijab – they see it as a sy
  
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• Police warn that London cat killer could target people

  06-01-2018 17:50
  Police warn that London cat killer could target people
  
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• Man Arrested Amid Croydon Cat Killer Investigation After Five Cats Mutilated In Northampton

  06-01-2018 17:49
  A man has been arrested over a string of cat killings in Northampton as police continue to investigate whether the attacks are linked to the so-called Croydon cat killer.
  
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• Online casinos 'failing on problem gambling'

  06-01-2018 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Many operators are unable to spot signs of compulsive gambling and financial crime, the regulator warns.
  
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• Dorset police launch appeal after woman and son go missing

  06-01-2018 17:18
  Sheralee White, 32, who has disappeared with her three-year-old son.Dorset police have launched an appeal to find a woman who has gone missing with her three-year-old son.Sheralee White, 32, and her son were last seen in Bournemouth on the evening of Wednesday 3 January.
  
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• YOU pay £108M in a year for wind farms to be SWITCHED OFF 

  06-01-2018 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  WIND farms are awarded more money for turning off their turbines than keeping them on, astonishing new figures reveal.
  
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• Sinn Féin MP apology over Kingsmill tweet on massacre anniversary

  06-01-2018 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Barry McElduff said he had no intention to offend, but unionists have condemned his actions.
  
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• Living with knife crime: 'Both my sons have been stabbed'

  06-01-2018 16:50 via theguardian.com
  Young people, their families, and those who work to help people caught up in knife crime share their experiences as part of the Guardian’s Beyond the Blade investigationFind out more about the Beyond the Blade project
  In 2017, 39 children and teens in England and Wales were killed by knives, and on New Year’s Day we reported the news of four fatal stabbings in London over the preceding 24 hours, making 2017probably the worst year for nearly a decade. The Guardian has been reporting o
  
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• John Worboys Victim Is 'Shocked, Shaken And Tearful' At Black Cab Rapist's Release

  06-01-2018 16:41
  A victim of black cab rapist John Worboys has said she feels “shocked, shaken and tearful” that he is going to be released from prison and fears he could still be a danger to women.
  
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• Stricken HS2 contractor Carillion in urgent fight for survival

  06-01-2018 16:20
  Carillion, the troubled construction services group which is embedded in the HS2 high-speed rail link and other critical Government infrastructure projects, is racing to secure new funding within weeks to avoid collapse.Sky News has learnt that Carillion, which has been sliding deeper into financial difficulty for months‎, is due to present a revised business plan to its syndicate of lenders in the coming days.The plan, which has been drawn up by the company and its advisers over recent week
  
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• Comic capers of four British comedians stuck in New York

  06-01-2018 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  A winter storm leaves four comics in enforced exile in the Big Apple, with nothing to do but Tweet.
  
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• NHS Facing Further Strain As Temperatures Set To Plummet To -15C

  06-01-2018 16:03
  The NHS is bracing itself for further strain on services this weekend as temperatures are set to plummet to as low as -15C and ice warnings are put in place.
  
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• Gender pay gap at 500 large organisations revealed

  06-01-2018 16:02
  The extent of the pay gap between male and female employees has been revealed at the first groups to provide data to the Government.The figures show that men are paid nearly 65% more per hour at high street fashion store Phase Eight and nearly 52% more at EasyJet.Thousands more firms, public sector bodies and other organisations are expected to reveal their gender pay gaps in the next few months.
  
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• End of the road for iconic White Cliffs? Dramatic footage captures coastal collapse

  06-01-2018 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A HUGE chunk of Britain's iconic white cliffs has been washed away after being battered high winds and heavy seas.
  
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• The bizarre story of Donald Trump, a gorilla TV channel and a parody tweet gone wrong

  06-01-2018 15:42
  Does Trump watch gorillas fighting for 17 hours a day? No, but some have believed it.
  
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• Sinn Féin MP apologises for loaf tweet on Kingsmill massacre anniversary

  06-01-2018 15:33
  A Sinn Féin MP has been forced to apologise after posting a video tweet showing him with a Kingsmill loaf on his head on the 42nd anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre in Northern Ireland.Barry McElduff has deleted the tweet, posted on Friday, and apologised following condemnation from unionist politicians and victims’ campaigners.Ten Protestant workers were lined up and shot dead by the IRA near the village of Kingsmill in South Armagh on 5 January 1976.
  
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• Sinn Fein MP Apologises Over ‘Kingsmill Loaf’ Video On Massacre Anniversary

  06-01-2018 15:08
  A Sinn Fein MP has apologised for posting a video showing him with a Kingsmill-branded loaf on his head on the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre.
  
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• New boardroom transparency rules 'weak'

  06-01-2018 14:40
  The Prime Minister's announced plans to tackle corporate excess, but critics say the new laws do not go far enough.
  
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• SHOCKING nightclub brawl spils out onto road as brutal bouncer 'KNOCKS OUT' two revellers

  06-01-2018 14:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BRUTAL bouncer violently attacked two partygoers in a shocking fight that left them 'knocked out' in the middle of a busy road.
  
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• Will Young 'Subjected To Homophobic Abuse' By London Bus Driver

  06-01-2018 14:19
  Transport for London has apologised to Will Young after he was allegedly subjected to “homophobic abuse” by a bus driver.
  
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• 'They're dug in!' Thornberry admits Brexiteers are not budging on wanting to leave the EU

  06-01-2018 14:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  EMILY THORNBERRY has admitted that Brexiteers' views on the leaving the European Union have not changed one bit.
  
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• Police Try To Establish What Happened To Man Found Dead On New Year's Eve

  06-01-2018 14:04
  Police are seeking the public’s help to trace the movements of a man whose body was found on New Year’s Eve.
  
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• Donald Trump Claims He's A 'Stable Genius' And 'Really Smart' After Mental Fitness Claims

  06-01-2018 14:02
  Donald Trump has called himself “a stable genius” and “like, really smart” after a new book raised questions about his mental fitness to be president.
  
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• Gender pay gap: More than 500 firms reveal their figures

  06-01-2018 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Easyjet, Ladbrokes and Virgin Money among the first 500 companies to reveal what men and women earn.
  
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• Knife crime needs public health strategy, says London police chief

  06-01-2018 12:43
  There were 80 fatal stabbings in London last year.The head of Scotland Yard has thrown her weight behind the idea that knife crime should be treated as a public health crisis rather than purely a crime.Speaking to the London assembly, Cressida Dick argued that persistent levels of knife-related violence required a preventative program to help reduce the number of deaths and injuries from attacks.
  
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• UK online casinos face money laundering probe

  06-01-2018 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Many operators are unable to spot signs of financial crime and compulsive gambling, a regulator warns.
  
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• John Worboys: Victims 'terrified' by prison release

  06-01-2018 12:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Women who were assaulted by the sex attacker feel 'betrayed' at news of his release, a solicitor says.
  
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• Woman Dies At Home After Ambulance Takes Nearly Four Hours To Reach Her

  06-01-2018 11:56
  An 81-year-old woman died after an ambulance took nearly four hours to reach her home.
  
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• Proton beam therapy centre coming to UK

  06-01-2018 11:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The first high-energy proton beam therapy centre run by the NHS is soon to open in Manchester.
  
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• 7 Questions We Have After Reading 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House'

  06-01-2018 11:15
  Perhaps inevitably, Michael Wolff’s eagerly-anticipated account of life inside Donald Trump’s administration has become an instant bestseller, with it’s depiction of a “dumb as shit” President bumbling his way from one scarcely believable gaffe to the next.
  
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• Magilligan Prison parkrun first in NI

  06-01-2018 10:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The run was held within the confines of the prison with both inmates and staff involved.
  
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