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• New Brexit vote 'would kill off issue'

  11-01-2018 23:50
  Nigel Farage has told 'The Wright Stuff' on Channel 5 that he would be in favour of a second EU referendum.
  
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• Nigel Farage claims second EU referendum will be 'forced upon' UK

  11-01-2018 23:45
  Nigel Farage has insisted a second EU referendum is "the last thing" he wants but expressed his belief it will be "forced upon" voters.The former UKIP leader electrified the Brexit debate on Thursday by suggesting a second in/out vote on EU membership should be held to "kill off" the issue.Mr Farage, who leads a group of eurosceptic MEPs in the European Parliament, claimed his meeting with the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday had prompted his comments.
  
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• Donald Trump Says Immigrants From Africa And Haiti Come From 'Shithole Countries' - Report

  11-01-2018 23:25
  Donald Trump has angrily hit back at the idea of restoring protections for immigrants from Africa and Haiti, saying they come from “shithole countries”, according to reports.
  
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• Ecuador gives Assange citizenship, seeks end to embassy stay

  11-01-2018 23:16
  QUITO/LONDON (Reuters) - Ecuador has given citizenship to Julian Assange as part of itsefforts to allow the WikiLeaks founder to leave the country’s London embassy where he has been holed up for more than five years.    Ecuador made the move hours after the British government refused a request from the South American nation for Assange to be given diplomatic status, which could give him immunity from arrest should he try to leave the embassy.After a year in which Ecuador's p
  
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• May urges execs to lobby for London at Brexit summit

  11-01-2018 23:00
  Theresa May has told top City executives they should "emphasise the benefits for Europe" of a Brexit trade deal that includes London's financial centre.Downing Street released a statement after the PM and Chancellor Philip Hammond held talks with senior bosses of top institutions including Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Lloyd's of London and Aviva - a meeting first reported by Sky News.It suggested the Government - and the executives present - were in agreement that Europe as a whole would lose out to
  
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• Mother's tribute to 'beautiful girl' Bethany Walker who died after catching flu virus

  11-01-2018 22:58
  The "broken" mother of a teenage girl who died days into the New Year said her daughter had been suffering from a flu virus.Heather Teale paid tribute to Bethany Walker, from Applecross, Scotland, on Facebook, describing the 18-year-old as her "beautiful girl".The latest figures for the UK say that 85 people have died of flu since the week starting 2 October, although that figure is up from 48 deaths the week before.
  
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• Surge in flu cases puts the NHS on the brink

  11-01-2018 21:50
  Surge in flu cases puts the NHS on the brink
  
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• May tells bankers they are a priority for Brexit amid job warnings

  11-01-2018 21:32
  British Prime Minister Theresa May told bankers from firms such as Goldman Sachs on Thursday they were a priority for her in the Brexit talks, just as new warnings emerged of job losses in the London financial sector unless there is a trade deal.Last year, bankers complained that they were not being listened to by May's government as Britain prepared to leave the European Union, which is due to happen in March 2019.As May plots Britain's course for Brexit, London's vast financial services indust
  
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• Bankers demand more Brexit clarity at meeting with UK PM May

  11-01-2018 21:32
  LONDON (Reuters) - Bankers told Prime Minister Theresa May they needed more clarity on the future regulatory relationship between Britain and the European Union even though they were reassured by last month's preliminary Brexit divorce settlement, May's spokesman said.
  
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• Ex-BHS owner Chappell guilty in pension case

  11-01-2018 21:06
  The businessman at the helm of BHS when it collapsed is facing an unlimited fine after being convicted of failing to co-operate with The Pensions Regulator (TPR).Dominic Chappell, who bought the chain for £1 from Sir Philip Green a year before it entered administration, was convicted of three counts of neglecting or refusing to provide information and documents.During the four day trial at Brighton Magistrates Court, the prosecutor described how the case centred on official requests for in
  
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• Former BHS Owner Dominic Chappell Convicted After Failing To Provide Information To Investigators

  11-01-2018 21:03
  Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell has been found guilty of failing to provide information about the firm’s pension schemes to investigators after it collapsed into administration with the loss of thousands of jobs.
  
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• Baroness Jenkin of Kennington uses four-letter expletive in House of Lords - Sky News

  11-01-2018 20:53 via news.sky.com
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  Baroness Jenkin of Kennington uses four-letter expletive in House of Lords
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  The Tory peer's comments appear to be the first time the C-word has been uttered in the history of the upper chamber. 19:51, UK, Thursday 11 January 2018. Baroness Jenkin of Kennington. Image: Baroness Jenkin of Kennington asked for forgiveness for the ...
  Tory peer uses word 'c***' in House of Lords debate as she describes abuse aimed at politiciansEvening Standardall 9 news articles »
  
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• ‘Serious failing’: inquiry to scrutinise Toby Young’s OfS appointment

  11-01-2018 20:45
  Toby Young stepped down from the Office for Students after criticism over offensive comments.An inquiry has been launched into the “serious failing” of appointing Toby Young to the board of the Office for Students without studying his long history of incendiary comments, the commissioner for public appointments has said.Peter Riddell revealed that the Office for Students (OfS) interview panel’s report to ministers “made no mention of Mr Young’s history of controvers
  
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• Butcher saved from NEAR DEATH by using black pudding 'battering ram' - Daily Star

  11-01-2018 20:45 via dailystar.co.uk
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  Butcher saved from NEAR DEATH by using black pudding 'battering ram'
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  A BUTCHER trapped in a meat freezer was minutes from death, when he battered his way out – using a 12in frozen black pudding. By Ed Riley / Published 11th January 2018. Black pudding saviour SWNS. FROZEN: The door release button to Chris' freezer was ...
  Devon butcher forced to bash his way out of walk-in freezer with black pudding after becoming trapped insideThe Independentall 10 news articles&nbs
  
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• Women's Accusations Follow James Franco After Golden Globes - New York Times

  11-01-2018 20:37 via nytimes.com
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  Women's Accusations Follow James Franco After Golden Globes
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  For the actor and filmmaker James Franco, Sunday's Golden Globes victory for his performance in “The Disaster Artist” was meant to propel him into Hollywood's annual awards season with a shot at an Oscar nomination later this month. But questions about ...
  Women allege James Franco sexually exploited them as a mentorABC News
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• Arsenal news LIVE updates: Mahrez EXCLUSIVE, Sanchez to Man Utd, done deal, Ozil latest - Express.co.uk

  11-01-2018 20:34 via express.co.uk
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  Arsenal news LIVE updates: Mahrez EXCLUSIVE, Sanchez to Man Utd, done deal, Ozil latest
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  ARSENAL news is coming in thick and fast as the transfer window hits full flow and Express Sport is on hand to bring you all the latest from Anfield. By Mikael McKenzie. PUBLISHED: 19:34, Thu, Jan 11, 2018 | UPDATED: 19:34, Thu, Jan 11, 2018. Play ...
  Alexis Sanchez transfer to Manchester United would be unbelievable coup, says Phil NevilleSkySports
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• But what labels was Prince Harry wearing? | Brief letters

  11-01-2018 20:13
  While I am a great admirer of Oprah Winfrey I do not think it wise of her to run for president (Never say never, G2, 9 January.Better that she should develop her moral eminence with experience of important NGOs so that, in due course, she can replace the appalling Nikki Haley as US ambassador to the UN.• We learn what Meghan Markle was wearing on her visit to south London (Meghan Markle charms Brixton in M&S sweater, 10 January), but what was Prince Harry wearing (#everydaysexism)?
  
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• Farage's call for second Brexit vote greeted with glee by remainers - The Guardian

  11-01-2018 19:57 via theguardian.com
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  Farage's call for second Brexit vote greeted with glee by remainers
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  Nigel Farage's surprise call for a second EU referendum has ignited hopes among anti-Brexit campaigners that both sides of the debate will back a poll on Theresa May's final deal, in order to settle the issue for good. The former Ukip leader shocked ...
  Brexit: Seven thoughts on a second referendumBBC News
  Brexit: Second referendum speculation mounts after Nigel Farage lights fuseThe Independent
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• Farage's call for second Brexit vote greeted with glee by remainers

  11-01-2018 19:57
  Nigel Farage’s surprise call for a second EU referendum has ignited hopes among anti-Brexit campaigners that both sides of the debate will back a poll on Theresa May’s final deal, in order to settle the issue for good.The former Ukip leader shocked his colleagues on Thursday by suggesting another Brexit vote, arguing it would lead to a more decisive victory for the leave campaign and silence remain supporters for a generation.Pro-EU campaigners such as the former Liberal Democrat lea
  
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• Julian Assange is made an Ecuadorian citizen in effort to resolve impasse - The Guardian

  11-01-2018 19:46 via theguardian.com
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  Julian Assange is made an Ecuadorian citizen in effort to resolve impasse
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  Julian Assange has been naturalised after living for five and a half years in the Latin American country's embassy in central London. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA. Julian Assange. Julian Assange is made an Ecuadorian citizen in effort to resolve ...
  Ecuador grants citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeDaily Mail
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• Westminster sexual harassment report has been watered down, says MP

  11-01-2018 19:40
  A cross-party report into tackling sexual harassment in Westminster was delayed by the Labour party and has now been “watered down” by the Conservatives to reduce its focus on victims, it has been claimed.The document, which was due to be published before Christmas but will now be debated by MPs on Tuesday, is seen as urgent because it will pave the way for a new system for complainants independent of political parties.
  
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• NHS winter crisis: hospital 'felt like something out of a war zone' - The Guardian

  11-01-2018 19:28 via theguardian.com
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  NHS winter crisis: hospital 'felt like something out of a war zone'
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  Hospitals across the country are being stretched to the limit, with hundreds facing long A&E waiting times. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images. NHS. NHS winter crisis: hospital 'felt like something out of a war zone'. Husband of a patient and ...
  Five of Wales' top A&E doctors say the state of casualty units is 'appalling' and 'intolerable'WalesOnline
  NHS crisis: Patients are 'dying prema
  
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• NHS winter crisis: hospital 'felt like something out of a war zone'

  11-01-2018 19:28
  Hospitals across the country are being stretched to the limit, with hundreds facing long A&E waiting times.The doctor told us to call an ambulance so we could circumvent going to A&E.The ambulance arrived in about 20 minutes and took us to Queen Elizabeth hospital in Woolwich, which was already full when we arrived.
  
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• Have the Tories blown hot and cold on the environment?

  11-01-2018 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May's environment policy pledge is the latest step in the party's journey on the issue.
  
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• Tories urge Theresa May to fund NHS by raising taxes

  11-01-2018 19:13
  Boles says he wants national insurance to be renamed ‘national health insurance’, dedicated to funding the NHS and social care.Theresa May is facing growing calls from Conservative MPs to consider higher taxes to fund the struggling NHS, with Nick Boles suggesting an overhaul of national insurance.Boles, a former business minister who was treated for cancer last year, published a paper on Thursday proposing a rebranding of national insurance to “national health insurance”
  
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• Sinopec moves closer to winning Chevron's South Africa assets

  11-01-2018 19:10
  BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) - China's Sinopec Corpinched closer on Thursday to victory over Glencore in their battle for Chevron'sSouth Africa and Botswana assets, saying the South African government favoured its bid.South Africa's Competition Commission recommended the roughly $900 million transaction with Sinopec be approved with certain conditions, Asia's largest refiner said in a statement.South Africa's government later announced that it had reached an agreement with Sinopec on public interest
  
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• The Government's 25-Year Plan Is A Missed Opportunity To Eliminate Plastic Waste

  11-01-2018 19:09
  Today, the government’s much-delayed 25-year plan for nature was announced.
  
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• Baroness Jenkin Drops The C-Bomb In House Of Lords To Illustrate Abuse Received By Tory Politicians

  11-01-2018 19:06
  A Conservative member of the House of Lords has used the C-word in Parliament as she laid out the how the abuse received by politicians risks damaging democracy.
  
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• 7 days quiz: Have you paid attention this week?

  11-01-2018 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  7 days quiz: It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?
  
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• Guantánamo: Not Gone, But Largely Forgotten

  11-01-2018 19:00
  As people often say these days - there’s just too much news around at the moment.
  
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• Flu cases: Surge in hospital admissions - BBC News

  11-01-2018 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
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  Flu cases: Surge in hospital admissions
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  Hospitals in England are now seeing very high rates of patients with flu, according to Public Health England figures. A sharp rise in cases seen by GPs in the past week - up 78% on the week before - suggests it could be the worst flu season for seven ...
  Flu levels soaring with one in five hospital cases suffering 'Aussie flu'Telegraph.co.uk
  Flu kills 48 this winter with 24 people killed in just one week as Aussie flu sweeps BritainMirro
  
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• Barry Bennell abused boys in remote 'haunted house', court told

  11-01-2018 18:51
  An alleged victim of Barry Bennell has told a jury he knew “there were hundreds out there” with similar stories and recounted one trip away with the former Manchester City and Crewe Alexandra coach when one of his young team-mates woke to find a severed sheep’s head in his bed.Former footballer Chris Unsworth, 45, remembered by Bennell as “like a little teddy bear”, said he was eight or nine when the man he hoped would make him a professional player scouted him for
  
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• Ecuador grants Assange citizenship, seeks solution with Britain

  11-01-2018 18:39
  QUITO/LONDON (Reuters) - Ecuador has given citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the country's London embassy for over five years, and is seeking a "dignified and just" solution to his situation with Britain.The British government said earlier on Thursday it had refused a request by Ecuador for Assange to be given diplomatic status as part of the South American country's efforts to resolve his dilemma.Assange has been living in the building in Knightsbridge, L
  
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• Windsor council leader faces effort to oust him over policy on homeless

  11-01-2018 18:34
  Simon Dudley wrote to police about the ‘epidemic of rough sleeping and vagrancy in Windsor’.The leader of Windsor council is facing an attempt to force him out of his job by fellow Conservatives amid controversy over his call for rough sleepers to be cleared from the streets of the town before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding.A “back him or sack him” motion of no confidence is expected to be debated at a meeting behind closed doors of Conservative councillor
  
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• Kering to spin off Puma to its own shareholders

  11-01-2018 18:32
  FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Gucci-owner Keringplans to spin off German sports brand Pumato the French conglomerate's shareholders as it sharpens the group's focus squarely on its luxury brands.Kering said it planned to distribute 70 percent of Puma shares in kind to its investors, leaving it with only a 16 percent stake in the sportwear group, confirming an exclusive Reuters report.Puma shares were down 4.4 percent at the close, with Kerindown almost 1 percent.
  
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• May gets back to nature with a paean to the great outdoors | John Crace

  11-01-2018 18:25
  Theresa May stared balefully back for a short while before heading inside to the warmth of the London Wetland Centre in Barnes, south-west London, as soon as was decently possible.Wildlife scrubbed up a lot better on TV shows such as Blue Planet than they did in real life.A few minutes later she entered the main hall alongside her environment secretary, Michael Gove, to launch the government’s new planet-saving agenda.
  
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• Boris Johnson lobbies Iran again over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

  11-01-2018 18:24
  Boris Johnson has again lobbied Iran over the case of jailed British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.Posting on Twitter after the meeting, Mr Johnson revealed he had "raised all our Iranian dual-national consular cases" during the pair's talks.Last month, Mr Johnson travelled to Iran to discuss the 39-year-old's case with Mr Zarif.
  
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• Instagram account managed by a chemistry student is here to show you what molecules look like

  11-01-2018 18:13
  Find our what caffeine and aspirin molecules look like.
  
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• Fragment of flag Nelson flew at Trafalgar to go up for auction

  11-01-2018 18:12
  A piece of the Union Jack flag believed to have been flown from British military leader Lord Horatio Nelson's ship during the Battle of Trafalgar is to be auctioned in London later this month.The item is part of a collection of Nelson memorabilia that is up for sale, which includes weapons, his "grog chest" and personal letters."It was used as part of the great ceremonial funeral of Nelson after his death at the battle.
  
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• Nato spy planes plug gaps in UK defences amid HUGE Russian submarine activity

  11-01-2018 18:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  17 NATO spy planes were sent to the UK last year to plug worrying gaps in British defences.
  
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• Football coach Barry Bennell 'abused boys in haunted house'

  11-01-2018 18:09
  Ex-football coach Barry Bennell sexually assaulted 11 and 12-year-old boys at a property which became known as the "haunted house", a court has heard.An alleged victim met Bennell, 64, when he was a scout for Manchester City, Liverpool Crown Court was told.Bennell would pick the 11-year-old boy up from his home to take him to training, but on many occasions he would sexually assault him, jurors heard.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn ally Chris Williamson quits Labour frontbench

  11-01-2018 17:58
  Jeremy Corbyn's staunch ally Chris Williamson has quit Labour's frontbench as he strives to "be a voice for the party's members".The Derby North MP, who served as shadow fire minister, promised to continue to "loyally support" Mr Corbyn as he announced his surprise decision to return to Labour's backbenches.
  
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• Butcher locked in a freezer batters his way out with a frozen BLACK PUDDING

  11-01-2018 17:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BUTCHER just minutes from death after getting stuck in a freezer saved his own life by battering his way out - with a frozen black pudding.
  
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• Fast Eddie Clarke, last surviving member of classic Motörhead line up, dead

  11-01-2018 17:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  FAST Eddie Clarke, the last surviving member of legendary hard rock band Motörhead has died.
  
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• NHS crisis: Hospital bed occupancy at 95 PER CENT as A&E departments swamped

  11-01-2018 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  HOSPITAL bed occupancy rates are running at 95 per cent and A&E departments are swamped as the NHS crisis grows, latest figures show.
  
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• Former Tory MP blames Brexit for LOSING his seat claiming Remainers OUSTED him

  11-01-2018 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A FORMER Tory MP believes he lost his seat in the 2017 general election because of his Remain majority constituency.
  
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• Number Of People Hospitalised With Flu Soars 50% In One Week

  11-01-2018 17:26
  Vulnerable people are being urged to get vaccinated after official figures revealed a huge spike in flu cases over the past week.
  
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• Manchester attack fundraisers say they still have £21,000 to spend

  11-01-2018 17:18
  Tributes left to victims of the Manchester Arena bombing.Two people who personally received more than £70,000 in charity donations pledged for a homeless man hailed a hero after the Manchester Arena attacks say they have yet to spend £21,000 of the money.The Guardian asked last week where the cash, donated by members of the public via the crowdfunding site JustGiving for a man called Steve Jones, had gone.
  
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• Elderly woman, 93, who fell 'died waiting almost six hours for ambulance'

  11-01-2018 17:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  A 93-YEAR old woman who died in hospital waited almost six hours for an ambulance, her son has claimed.
  
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• Brexiteers back second EU referendum to stop 'soft' departure from bloc

  11-01-2018 17:09
  Two of Britain's most prominent Brexit campaigners endorsed a second referendum on leaving the European Union on Thursday as the best way to stop EU supporters from trying to water down, or even halt, the country's departure from the bloc.Britons shocked the political establishment in June 2016 by voting 52 to 48 percent in favour of ending more than four decades of political, economic and legal ties with the EU.Nigel Farage, a central figure in the "Leave" campaign ahead of the referendum and i
  
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