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• 'Do not travel' warning as snow storm hits

  17-01-2018 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  A fresh band of persistent heavy snow is set to sweep across parts of the country for a third day.
  
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• Brexiteer MP Nigel Evans gives BRILLIANT reason why Donald Tusk cannot accept Brexit

  17-01-2018 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXITEER MP Nigel Evans took a dig at "unelected" EU Council President Donald Tusk following his offers to ignore the will of the British people and put an end to the Brexit process.
  
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• Residents asked to foot £2m bill to replace Grenfell-like cladding

  17-01-2018 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Croydon leaseholders face the bill to replace cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower.
  
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• Pupils could be 'labelled for life' in data collection plan

  17-01-2018 23:05
  Campaigners are urging the Government to pause a new collection of pupil data amid fears it will put sensitive information about vulnerable children at risk.From 18 January, local authorities will record information on the reasons children are transferred from mainstream education - information including mental health issues, pregnancy and youth offences.The data, which can be recorded without the consent of parents, will be connected to the child's name and stored in the national pupil database
  
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• Honour £100million-a-week Brexit spending pledge on NHS or lose to Corbyn, Boris tells May

  17-01-2018 22:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  BORIS Johnson has told Theresa May she must pump an extra £100million a week into the NHS to stop Jeremy Corbyn replacing her as Prime Minister.
  
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• Northern Ireland secretary to begin fresh power-sharing talks

  17-01-2018 22:09
  Northern Ireland has been bogged down in a political crisis between the two main parties in the country, who have not managed to agree to reform a government.The Northern Ireland secretary has announced that a fresh round of talks aimed at restoring power-sharing government to the region will start next week.Secretary of state Karen Bradley said the discussions between all five main political parties represented in the deadlocked Stormont assembly will begin on 24 January.
  
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• Andrew Neil reduces Labour MP to SILENCE during feisty television row over quiet Corbyn

  17-01-2018 22:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  BBC HOST Andrew Neil roasted Labour frontbencher Chi Onwurah over the failure of Jeremy Corbyn and his party allies to condemn the crackdown of democratic protest against the Islamic Government of Iran.
  
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• 'OVERDRAMATIC' EU hindering chances of good Brexit deal with United Kingdom

  17-01-2018 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXIT negotiators need to "de-dramatise" their exchanges in order to ensure the European Union and UK reach a successful agreement on their future relationship, Luxembourgish Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna said.
  
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• Brexit: EU Withdrawal Bill clears House of Commons to pass to peers

  17-01-2018 22:05
  Flagship Brexit legislation has cleared the House of Commons after MPs approved the EU Withdrawal Bill.The key bill, which aims to end the supremacy of EU law in Britain in time for Brexit, will now pass to the House of Lords, where it will be closely scrutinised by peers."From the beginning our approach has been to work constructively with MPs from across the House wherever possible to improve the bill.
  
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• Police officers 'need to be more diverse' in Wales

  17-01-2018 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  There are only 13 black or minority ethnic police officers above the rank of PC in the whole of Wales.
  
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• Ousted minister Justine Greening says young could undo Brexit

  17-01-2018 21:46
  A Tory minister ousted in the New Year reshuffle has warned that young people could overturn Brexit.Ex-education secretary Justine Greening used her first speech on Brexit in the Commons since leaving the Government to blast what she called an "unsustainable" divorce from the EU.Ms Greening followed a speech by her Europhile colleague Ken Clarke in the House of Commons on Wednesday by saying he had made "a very important point".
  
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• Greening: Brexit must work for young

  17-01-2018 21:25
  Ex-education secretary Justine Greening warns that young people will "undo" Brexit in the future if it does not work for them.
  
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• Does Duchess of Cambridge like olives?

  17-01-2018 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  A little boy had a big question for Kate as she visited Great Ormond Street Hospital.
  
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• ‘Terrified’ residents hit with £2MILLION bill to replace cladding after Grenfell Tower

  17-01-2018 21:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  OUTRAGED residents have been hit with a huge £2million bill to replace cladding on the side of their building after tests revealed it was similar to the highly flammable type that surrounded Grenfell Tower.
  
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• Justine Greening: Next generation of MPs could 'improve or undo' Brexit

  17-01-2018 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Ex-minister Justine Greening says Brexit won't be "sustainable" if it doesn't work for young people.
  
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• Jean-Claude Juncker 'has opened the door' to German MEP's plot to HALT Brexit

  17-01-2018 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  EUROPEAN COMMISSION President Jean-Claude Juncker has “opened the door” to Britain remaining in the European Union after meeting with German MEP Hans-Olaf Henkel campaigning for an “exit from Brexit”.
  
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• Drivers warned 'stay off roads' as heavy snow forecast

  17-01-2018 21:08
  Motorists are being warned to stay off the roads for risk of becoming stranded as southern Scotland and Northern Ireland prepare for yet more heavy snow.The Met Office is forecasting "persistent and heavy snow" in the regions between 9pm and 5am, with likely delays on the roads and "a risk that some vehicles and passengers could become stranded".The amber warning includes advice that mobile phone services may be affected, and all schools in the Scottish Borders are to remain closed on Thursday "
  
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• M26 in Kent reopened after carriageway closed due to crane fire

  17-01-2018 21:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  MOTORISTS in Kent were faced with severe delays tonight after a crane caught fire on the Eastbound carriageway of the M26 during rush hour.
  
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• Justine Greening warns that young people could undo Brexit

  17-01-2018 21:03
  Former education secretary Justine Greening has warned that young people will undo Brexit if the government strikes a deal against their interests, as MPs voted the EU withdrawal bill through to its next stage in the Lords.Greening said leaving the EU would only be sustainable if it worked for young people, suggesting they could mobilise in future against a hard Brexit.Greening, who was sacked as education secretary after she refused to move to become work and pensions secretary, told MPs: &ldqu
  
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• British lawmakers back Brexit legislation, stiffer tests yet to come

  17-01-2018 20:53
  British lawmakers voted in favour of the government's legislative blueprint for Brexit on Wednesday, marking a victory for Prime Minister Theresa May over political opponents who want a softer approach to leaving the European Union.The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill was approved by a 324 to 295 vote in the lower house - a milestone on the long road towards cementing the legal foundations of Britain's departure from the bloc.The bill repeals the 1972 law that made Britain a member of the EU, an
  
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• Bonuses for Carillion bosses are blocked

  17-01-2018 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Former executives at the failed construction firm will not get severance payments or bonuses.
  
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• House of Commons approves bill to sever EU ties

  17-01-2018 20:42
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's lower house of parliament approved a bill on Thursday that will sever ties with the European Union, handing the legislation over to the upper chamber where it may face a more difficult journey.
  
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• Royal Family present list for 2017 is revealed

  17-01-2018 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Lollipops and pickled nuts were among other presents given to members of the Royal Family in 2017.
  
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• High winds and snow cause UK transport trouble

  17-01-2018 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Wintry weather in parts of the UK makes it tough for planes to land and drivers to stop in the snow.
  
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• Nicolas Cage's next movie is coming to virtual reality first

  17-01-2018 20:20
  If anyone can give the VR entertainment business a shot in the arm, it's Nicolas Cage. The cult hero actor's next movie,The Humanity Bureau, is coming to theaters and video-on-demand in April, but it'll debut more than a month before that on unspecified VR platforms. Sort of. SEE ALSO: Google's Daydream VR breaks free of the smartphone with new standalone headset The movie, which is a near-future science fiction tale about global warming, will release "as a standalone episodic virtual reality se
  
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• Storm Fionn WARNING: Fresh snow to spark M74 chaos as Met Office issues new travel alert

  17-01-2018 20:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  MOTORISTS have been warned to stay off major roads as a fresh snow storm batters UK shores, just hours after hundreds of drivers were left stranded on the M74 as a blizzard swept across the north of Britain.
  
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• Private probation firms face huge losses despite £342m 'bailout'

  17-01-2018 19:59
  Private probation companies responsible for supervising more than 200,000 offenders in England and Wales face total losses of more than £100m, even after a £342m “bailout” by the Ministry of Justice, MPs have been told.Ministry of Justice officials acknowledged on Wednesday that 14 of the 21 community rehabilitation companies were expected to make losses ranging from £2.3m to £43m by 2021-22, partly due to a sharp fall in the number of offenders being sentence
  
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• Private probation companies face huge losses despite £342m 'bailout'

  17-01-2018 19:59
  Private probation companies, who supervise more than 200,000 offenders in England and Wales, face total losses of more than £100m even after a £342m “bailout” by the Ministry of Justice, MPs have been told.Ministry of Justice officials acknowledged on Wednesday that 14 out of the 21 community rehabilitation companies – two-thirds – still face making losses that range from £2.3m to £43m by 2021/22, partly due to a sharp turndown in the number of off
  
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• Fresh snow alert sparks travel warning

  17-01-2018 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Drivers are urged to stay off the roads as a fresh band of persistent heavy snow is forecast.
  
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• Facebook widens probe into Russian influence on Brexit vote

  17-01-2018 19:50
  Facebook has widened its investigation into possible Russian interference in the EU referendum.The social media giant wrote to a committee of MPs on Wednesday agreeing to their request for more information about potential coordinated activity on its website around the Brexit vote in 2016.The House of Commons' Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee is currently taking a wide look at the impact of "fake news" on websites and social media.
  
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• The BBC isn’t the only place where male egos and pay are overblown

  17-01-2018 19:47
  Thank goodness for Libby Purves and for her analysis of the BBC’s present difficulties in assessing the pay of their male and female presenters (BBC’s male presenters are vain and greedy, 16 January).Carrie Gracie’s careful and clear explanation of her position in regard to equality in the institution (or the lack of it) was compelling.How profoundly depressing that she should then be ridiculed in a leaked exchange between the septuagenarian John Humphrys and Jon Sopel as his s
  
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• Farage backs off second Brexit referendum talk as EU says UK still welcome

  17-01-2018 19:46
  Leading British anti-EU campaigner Nigel Farage rowed back on Wednesday from remarks favouring a second referendum on Brexit, a week after he unleashed a new round of debate and a chorus of invitations from European politicians for Britain to reconsider.In a boisterous exchange with Irish premier Leo Varadkar, Farage, who leads the UK Independence Party in the European Parliament, said there was an establishment plot to thwart the will of British voters and keep Britain in the EU.
  
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• Welcome return of School Prints loan scheme

  17-01-2018 19:43
  The Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Photograph: The Art Fund/PA
  
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• The killer question for Donald Trump

  17-01-2018 19:41
  Queen Elizabeth looking out from the gold state coach. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
  
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• YouTube star Chrissy Chambers wins revenge porn damages in first case of its kind

  17-01-2018 19:39
  A YouTube star has become the first revenge porn victim to publicly win damages in the UK.Chrissy Chambers, who is based in Los Angeles, crowdfunded a legal action against her UK-based ex-boyfriend for uploading films to an adult website.Six explicit videos featuring Ms Chambers and her former partner were published on Redtube.com without her consent.
  
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• Terrorism funding suspect arrested in Norwich

  17-01-2018 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Searches are carried out at three addresses in Norwich after a 40-year-old man is arrested.
  
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• MoJ apologises to Emily Maitlis for failing to stop stalker's letters

  17-01-2018 19:30
  Emily Maitlis described the strain imposed on her for 20 years by her stalker.The Ministry of Justice has apologised unreservedly for a prison’s failure to intercept threatening letters sent to the BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis by a jailed stalker.The MoJ, responsible for running prisons in England and Wales, promised to strengthen its monitoring procedures to prevent similar security lapses in future.
  
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• May and Corbyn clash over troubled firm

  17-01-2018 19:20
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has demanded to know if the Government was negligent in its handling of troubled firm Carillion.
  
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• EDF sees UK Hinkley C nuclear plant online by end of 2025

  17-01-2018 19:17
  EDF Energy said on Wednesday its Hinkley C nuclear power station in Somerset, southwest England, will come online by the end of 2025 and give the developer the experience to lower the costs of subsequent nuclear plants planned in the country.Hinkley Point C will be the first nuclear plant built in Britain in decades."We are confident we can deliver this timeline as our project at Hinkley Point C benefits from innovative tools and the lessons from other (nuclear reactor) projects," EDF Energy Chi
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn hits back at 'nonsense' claims he will be too old to fight 2022 election

  17-01-2018 19:11
  Jeremy Corbyn's team have hit back at "nonsense" claims the Labour leader will be too old to take the party into the next election.With the next general election not scheduled until 5 May 2022, anonymous members of Mr Corbyn's shadow cabinet are reportedly warning about their party leader's age.If victorious in 2022, at close to the age of 73, Mr Corbyn would be the oldest person ever elected to 10 Downing Street for the first time.
  
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• 'Mailbag thief' cleared after four decades

  17-01-2018 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Stephen Simmons clears his name, after discovering his arresting detective was jailed for framing people.
  
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• Murderer Ashley Foster jailed for killing teenager Megan Bills and clingfilming her body in wardrobe

  17-01-2018 19:06
  Ashley Foster will serve a minimum term of 26 years for the murder of 17-year-old Megan Bills during what the prosecution described as a violent sexual attack.Foster, 24, had been released from prison just three days before he met Megan and killed her in his room at an ex-offenders' hostel in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, on Easter Sunday last year.Megan's body was kept in a wardrobe for more than two weeks, where it decomposed while her killer searched the internet for snuff movies, Wolverhampt
  
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• Culture secretary urged to intervene in BBC equal pay row

  17-01-2018 19:05
  Matthew Hancock, the culture secretary, should use powers under the BBC’s royal charter to force the corporation to act, the MPs say.More than 70 MPs have called for the culture secretary, Matthew Hancock, to force the BBC to allow female staff who have campaigned about equal pay to talk about the issue on air.A letter signed by the group of MPs warns Hancock that preventing discussion could have a “chilling effect”.
  
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• Serial sex attacker Kirk Reid to be considered for release from jail

  17-01-2018 18:57
  Kirk Reid was jailed for life in 2009 after being found guilty of attacking women in south-west London.A serial sex attacker who was allowed to continue his spree of violence after police failures is being considered for release by the Parole Board.Kirk Reid, a chef and football referee from south London, was jailed for life in 2009 for 24 sexual assaults and two rapes, with a recommendation he serve seven and a half years.
  
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• Fragment of flag Nelson flew at Trafalgar sells for almost 300,000 pounds

  17-01-2018 18:55
  A piece of the Union Jack flag believed to have been flown from the flagship of Britain's Lord Horatio Nelson's ship during the Battle of Trafalgar sold for 297,000 pounds at an auction in London on Thursday.The item was part of a collection of Nelson memorabilia that went up for sale at auctioneers Sotheby's and included weapons, his "grog chest" and personal letters.The 86 cm by 92 cm flag fragment (34 inches by 36 inches), dubbed "The Victory Jack", had an estimated price of between 80,000 an
  
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• 'The greatest gift': How I became a surrogate

  17-01-2018 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  As Kim Kardashian West has her third baby by a surrogate, one Essex mum tells of the joy of surrogacy.
  
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• Rolls-Royce shares jump as commercial marine business goes on block

  17-01-2018 18:46
  Rolls-Royce is considering the sale of its loss-making commercial marine business in another shake-up by Chief Executive Warren East that will streamline its activities into civil aerospace, defence and power system units.East had resisted selling the marine business, which has been hit by weak offshore oil and gas markets, saying its technology was relevant to other parts of Rolls.East said he had previously had to deal with urgent priorities at Rolls-Royce, including introducing new engines an
  
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• Kitty Perry and the copyright lessons for seven-year-olds

  17-01-2018 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  A new campaign aims to make lessons about intellectual property infringement fun.
  
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• Tesco delays Clubcard reward changes after customer outcry

  17-01-2018 18:38
  Tesco is delaying changes to its Clubcard rewards scheme after an outcry from customers over how it would reduce the value of some of its popular voucher offers.Britain's biggest supermarket said on Monday that it had "simplified" the scheme, which offered shoppers the chance to redeem vouchers at several times their value in restaurants and other partner companies.Tesco said it would instead now offer a standardised reward worth three times the value, rather than two or four times more - with t
  
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• Development bank EBRD pushes up financing, braces for profit hit

  17-01-2018 18:23
  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development provided a record amount of financing last year but is bracing for a drop in profits following sharp falls in currencies like Turkey's lira and Russia's rouble.Preliminary figures for 2017 published by the EBRD on Wednesday showed it invested 9.7 billion euros (8.61 billion pounds) across a region that has spread from its eastern European heartland as far as Morocco, Mongolia and parts of the Middle East.It is expected to publish profit figure
  
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