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• Primary school headteacher suspended after drink-driving and drugs charges

  31-01-2018 23:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  A HEADTEACHER has been suspended and charged with drink-driving and being in possession of a class A drug. Iain Gilmour was caught by police allegedly drunk behind the wheel and in possession of illegal narcotics.
  
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• Pair arrested after nine Albanian migrants rescued from English Channel

  31-01-2018 23:45
  Police have arrested two men on suspicion of people smuggling after nine migrants were rescued from a boat crossing the English Channel.The National Crime Agency (NCA) launched an investigation after the eight men and one woman, who told Border Force officers they come from Albania, were rescued by lifeboat crews on Wednesday morning in the Dover Strait.Senior investigating officer Martin Grace said: "This incident demonstrates the dangers associated with attempts to cross the Channel in this ma
  
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• Rugby ace GP struck off for fondling teenage girl patient

  31-01-2018 23:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE MEDICAL career of a former England rugby star is in tatters after the GP was struck off for stroking a girl’s nipples.
  
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• No deal for EU citizens coming to UK during Brexit transition – PM

  31-01-2018 23:30
  Theresa May has sparked a new clash with Brussels by saying that EU citizens who arrive during the post-Brexit transition period must not have the same rights as those who came before.The prime minister’s remarks set her on course for a major skirmish with officials in Brussels, who have offered a “status quo” transition period until December 2020, including free movement and citizens’ rights for those who settle in the UK during that period.Rules for new EU migrants coul
  
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• Eclipse 2018: Super Blue Blood Moon dazzles over London as phenomenon reaches UK

  31-01-2018 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE awe-inspiring Super Blue Blood Moon dazzled viewers as it illuminated the skies above the UK. Watch this incredible video as eclipse 2018 amazed moon watchers.
  
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• 'I hope 500 more will follow him!' Farage calls on Remoaner Lords to resign 'VERY QUICKLY'

  31-01-2018 23:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL FARAGE demanded 500 peers resign their position in the House of Lords after a Tory peer offered to resign after arriving late for the second day of Brexit debates in the upper chamber.
  
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• Flames engulf school - emergency services shut down streets

  31-01-2018 23:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  FIREFIGHTERS are battling to tackle a blaze in Eston as the inferno rips through buildings. A cordon has been put in place to keep people in the area safe.
  
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• BREAKING: Flames engulf school - emergency services shut down streets

  31-01-2018 23:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  FIREFIGHTERS are battling to tackle a blaze in Eston as the inferno rips through buildings. A cordon has been put in place to keep people in the area safe.
  
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• Yorkshire farmer and TV star Hannah Hauxwell dies at 91

  31-01-2018 23:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  A HARDY female farmer who found fame in TV documentaries chronicling her tough life has died aged 91. Hannah Hauxwell inherited her parents’ farm, Low Birk Hatt near the North Pennine village of Baldersdale, County Durham, when she was 34.
  
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• BBC journalist Carrie Gracie told corporation to stop treating female staff like 'enemies'

  31-01-2018 23:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  BBC TV journalist Carrie Gracie yesterday told the corporation to stop treating its female staff like an “enemy”.
  
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• Concern over use of Imodium by heroin addicts after mum dies

  31-01-2018 22:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  A YOUNG mother died after taking diarrhoea medication Imodium amid growing concerns about misuse of the over-the-counter drug by heroin addicts, an inquest heard.
  
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• Top harpist facing jail for sexually abusing schoolboy

  31-01-2018 22:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  A WORLD-famous harpist who played for the Queen and Prince Philip was facing jail yesterday after being found guilty of sexually abusing a schoolboy.
  
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• What a mouthful! Camilla tucks into bowl of mutton on This Morning

  31-01-2018 22:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Duchess of Cornwall tucked into a bowl of mutton on ITV's This Morning today in a surprising display from the royal as she and Prince Charles met Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield.
  
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• Investigation launched after nine Albanian migrants rescued from English Channel

  31-01-2018 22:10
  Nine people rescued from a boat crossing the English Channel told Border Force officers they come from Albania.The National Crime Agency is investigating after the eight men and one woman were rescued by lifeboat crews on Wednesday morning in the Dover Strait.The Home Office said Border Force officers were alerted by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) at 5.30am after a small boat was spotted off the East Sussex coast.
  
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• Singing in the rain: Busker belts out opera tunes in Glasgow

  31-01-2018 21:56
  The man performed to appreciative passers-by while sheltering from the drizzle.
  
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• Bullying HQ: The NUS Orders Officers To Stay Away After Investigation Launched

  31-01-2018 20:45
  As Shakira Martin stood on the stage at last year’s National Union of Students conference in Brighton, the loudest cheers from delegates welcomed one of the newly-elected president’s most striking commitments: “Sticks and stones will break our bones, but we’ll kick the bullies out.”
  
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• People-trafficking trial collapses after serious disclosure failures

  31-01-2018 20:37
  Two men and a woman had been charged with allegedly trafficking a woman from Romania.The case at Wood Green crown court in north London – the latest in a lengthening series of prosecutions abandoned because of similar problems – was halted on Wednesday three weeks after the hearing began.Two men and a woman had been charged in the case that involved allegedly trafficking a woman from Romania into the UK for the purposes of prostitution.
  
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• Inmate stabbed to death at Wormwood Scrubs prison

  31-01-2018 20:36
  A prisoner has been found stabbed to death at HMP Wormwood Scrubs in west London, police have said.Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said the inmate was found in another prisoner's cell and had suffered multiple stab wounds.A police spokesman said officers were called to the facility at 3.19pm on Wednesday and that the prisoner had died at the scene.
  
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• Prisoner stabbed to death at Wormwood Scrubs - Police launch murder probe

  31-01-2018 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  A PRISONER has been stabbed to death at Wormwood Scrubs in west London, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.
  
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• WATCH: spectacular UK Super Blue Moon illuminates the skies above London

  31-01-2018 20:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  SUPERMOON 2018 is illuminating the skies above the UK in spectacular fashion after the USA witnessed the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon of a Super Blue Blood Moon earlier today.
  
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• Russian billionaire challenges ex-wife's £453 million settlement in court

  31-01-2018 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  A RUSSIAN billionaire ordered to hand his ex-wife £453million in Britain’s biggest divorce case forced her back into court yesterday and told judges that the settlement was “manifestly unjust”.
  
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• Prisoner stabbed to death at Wormwood Scrubs in London

  31-01-2018 20:17
  A prisoner has been stabbed to death at HMP Wormwood Scrubs, prison and police sources have confirmed.The fatal stabbing follows a recent decision to draft extra patrol dogs, body-worn cameras and CCTV into Wormwood Scrubs because of the high levels of serious violence, with more than 90 attacks on staff over the space of six months.The Metropolitan police said that the homicide and major crime command was supporting local officers, no arrests had been made and inquiries were ongoing.
  
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• ‘Double rapist linked by DNA clues’ jury told

  31-01-2018 20:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  DNA EVIDENCE linked an accused rapist to two cold cases from three decades ago, a court heard yesterday.
  
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• Inquiry launched into real fur being sold as fake after Sky News investigation

  31-01-2018 20:11
  A parliamentary inquiry is to be held into the mislabelling of real animal fur following a Sky News investigation.For 10 months, Sky News has been highlighting mass farmed foreign fur being mis-sold to consumers as synthetic by major UK retailers.Announcing the inquiry, chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Neil Parish said: "Sky News has really highlighted the problem of real fur being passed off as fake fur, and it is essential that government and retailers do more to s
  
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• Government to release leaked Brexit report to MPs

  31-01-2018 20:02
  The analysis showed the UK economy would be worse off under three key Brexit scenarios.The government is to release a leaked Brexit analysis that shows the UK economy would be significantly worse off in every modelled scenario, after it decided not to oppose a Labour motion calling for the documents to be issued.The shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, said it was “a victory for transparency and accountability” when the motion calling for the documents to be provided to MPs and the
  
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• Lord Bates makes dramatic resignation in House of Lords

  31-01-2018 19:55
  A government minister has resigned from his job with immediate effect for being absent from the House of Lords when he should have been there to answer a question, then walked out of the chamber to the shock of his fellow peers.Michael Bates, a minister at the Department for International Development (DfID) since 2016, said he was “thoroughly ashamed at not being in my place” for the question, and walked out to loud shouts of “no!” from others in the chamber.“I want
  
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• 'Fur free' retailers found selling real fur

  31-01-2018 19:50
  More retailers who claim to be fur free have been selling real fur labelled as fake, an investigation by Sky News has revealed.
  
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• Prisoner stabbed to death at Wormwood Scrubs prison

  31-01-2018 19:48
  A prisoner has been found stabbed to death at HMP Wormwood Scrubs in west London, police have said.Sky News Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt said the inmate was found in another prisoner's cell and had suffered multiple stab wounds.A police spokesman said officers were called to the facility at 3.19pm on Wednesday and that the prisoner had died at the scene.
  
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• Contingency plans being made for Barnet's contracts with Capita

  31-01-2018 19:47
  Barnet will look at how to handle fallout should Capita, which has issued profit warnings and said it will try to reduce its debts, follow the fate of Carillion.The London borough dubbed as the “easyCouncil” for its reputation as one of the most extreme local authorities in Britain for outsourcing public services, is to examine how it would handle the fallout should Capita follow the fate of Carillion.Conservative-run Barnet council, where Capita has contracts worth almost half a bil
  
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• UK fraud prosecutor combs through cases for signs of 'unexplained wealth'

  31-01-2018 19:39
  Britain's leading fraud prosecutor says he is combing through his case load to detect signs that criminals are using the country to hide illicit wealth, as new powers come into effect that allow authorities to seize the proceeds of "dirty money".Under the new rules, which are designed to stop corrupt people using Britain as a safe haven, individuals can be fined and jailed if they make misleading statements."We have been combing through all existing case work and intelligence and have matters of
  
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• SNP secures budget package with £160m council funding pledge

  31-01-2018 19:35
  Scotland’s finance secretary, Derek Mackay, was involved in weeks of talks with Greens.Scotland’s finance secretary has increased council funding and offered a more generous public sector pay deal to win support from the Scottish Greens for his £33bn budget.After weeks of talks, Derek Mackay announced he was increasing funding for local councils by £160m, giving an extra £10m to subsidise ferries in Orkney and Shetland and extending a 3% public sector pay increase t
  
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• Jack the Ripper finally solved? Infamous letters written by SAME person, claims expert

  31-01-2018 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  TWO of the most famous letters sent to newspapers and police claiming to be from Jack the Ripper were written by the same person, a new study has suggested in a breakthrough for the mystery.
  
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• 'Would you like another go?' Andrew Neil ROASTS Labour Brexit minister on EU divorce chaos

  31-01-2018 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  SHADOW Brexit minister Jenny Chapman failed once again to give a clear idea of Labour’s Brexit stance and contributed to the party’s confused position on the single market and the customs union.
  
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• 11 Reviews Of Donald Trump's SOTU Speech

  31-01-2018 19:24
  Donald Trump undertook a delicate balancing act Tuesday night as he urged lawmakers to work toward bipartisan compromises, but pushed a hard line on immigration.
  
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• Wormwood Scrubs Prisoner Stabbed To Death, Scotland Yard Says

  31-01-2018 19:07
  A prisoner has been stabbed to death at HMP Wormwood Scrubs in west London, Scotland Yard said.
  
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• A clear BBC pay structure is the key to ending discrimination

  31-01-2018 19:06
  How can PwC conclude there was no gender bias in salaries of BBC staff (BBC backlash as pay review rejects claims of gender bias, 31 January) if elsewhere it concludes that the BBC failed to be open and transparent in pay structures?Good practice in salary structures requires employers to justify seemingly discriminatory decisions.It might just be possible to argue that similar roles (eg China/North America correspondent) require differential pay scales because they require different skills, or
  
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• Notting Hill Gate tube horror as woman ‘dragged under train screaming for help’

  31-01-2018 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  LONDON'S Notting Hill Gate tube station was closed earlier today after a woman was dragged underneath a train leading to a mass evacuation, it has been revealed.
  
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• Best and worst rail firms for internet access, according to new survey

  31-01-2018 18:57
  The best and worst train companies for internet reliability on their services have been revealed, according to new research.The two companies that ranked lowest were Southeastern and Great Northern, said the National Rail Passenger Survey published by Transport Focus.
  
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• How Wikie The Talking Orca Has Sparked Fears Of New Animal Tourist Attractions

  31-01-2018 18:53
  Coercing animals like Wikie the orca to perform human behaviours such as counting and speaking is unnatural and could drive a worrying trend to turn wildlife into tourist attractions, campaigners have warned.
  
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• 'Our business is truth' - China editor tells BBC to open up on women's pay

  31-01-2018 18:51
  The BBC is failing to live up to its own editorial mission to report the truth by denying it has a problem with gender discrimination on pay, its former China editor Carrie Gracie told the British parliament's media committee on Wednesday.Gracie quit her post earlier this month in protest at being paid far less than male peers, going public with her grievances to try to jolt the public broadcaster into addressing unequal pay.During more than two hours of emotional evidence, Gracie told the commi
  
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• Carrie Gracie Proves The BBC Pay Equality Fiasco Is About More Than Money - HuffPost Verdict

  31-01-2018 18:48
  K E Y   P O I N T S Former BBC China editor Carrie Gracie, who publicly resigned over unequal pay at the corporation, gave evidence to Parliamentary culture committee Wednesday afternoon  She revealed to MPs the BBC offered her tens of thousands of pounds of back pay but insisted her grievance has never been about money Gracie instead she wanted “an acknowledgement that my work was of equal value to the men who I served alongside”  The broadcaster accused the BBC
  
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• Child abuse inquiry to cover 'concealment of evidence against MPs'

  31-01-2018 18:40
  The Westminster strand of the inquiry is examining six main areas of focus.Allegations that the parliamentary whips’ offices suppressed evidence of MPs’ involvement in abuse are to be examined by the child abuse inquiry.Unveiling priorities for the Westminster strand of its investigation, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse said it would also look into whether police and prosecutors were prevented from pursuing sensitive cases involving politicians.
  
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• Nicolae Ceausescu memorabilia auction – in pictures

  31-01-2018 18:13 via theguardian.com
  A Romanian auction house is selling memorabilia belonging to former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu to mark what would have been his 100th birthday. Among the 250 items going under the hammer are a bespoke hunting outfit worn by Ceaușescu and numerous posters and photographs. Continue reading...
  
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• Finsbury Park attack suspect claims other man crashed van into worshippers before 'vanishing like magician'

  31-01-2018 18:09
  The man accused of carrying out the Finsbury Park terror attack has blamed a man called Dave who he says "vanished" like Dynamo the magician.Darren Osborne, 48, is accused of deliberately driving a van into Muslims outside two mosques in north London on 19 June last year - a collision which killed a man and injured several others.During cross-examination, Osborne said he plotted with two men named Dave and Terry to "plough through as many people as possible" at a pro-Palestine march the day befo
  
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• Gavin Williamson: PM declines to back his account of 'office affair'

  31-01-2018 18:00
  Lawyers for Gavin Williamson have refused to answer questions from the Guardian over his departure from the firm.Theresa May repeatedly declined to say she believed her defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, told her the truth about why he left a fireplace firm after a reported affair with a colleague.Sources close to the company, which employed Williamson as a managing director, told the Guardian he attended a meeting to discuss his future after colleagues became aware of his relationship with a
  
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• UK appoints first woman as chief economist to Treasury

  31-01-2018 17:54
  Britain's finance ministry appointed a woman for the first time as its next chief economist at a time when lawmakers want to increase the number of women appointed to senior economic policy roles.Clare Lombardelli is currently in charge of helping finance minister Philip Hammond draw up his annual budget.Before that, she was seconded to the International Monetary Fund where she was part of a team based in the Greek finance ministry to monitor bailout terms during 2010 and 2011.
  
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• BBC gender pay row: Carrie Gracie accuses bosses of 'adding insult to injury'

  31-01-2018 17:41
  Carrie Gracie, who dramatically quit her role as the BBC's China editor earlier this month in protest at pay inequality, offered a damning verdict of the corporation's bosses in evidence to MPs on Wednesday.Speaking to the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Gracie described how - after she submitted a grievance over her pay last year - the BBC told her she had been "inadvertently underpaid" since 2014.Gracie revealed she believed she had "won a commitment to pay parity" when ac
  
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• BBC in real trouble over equal pay, Carrie Gracie tells MPs

  31-01-2018 17:38
  Carrie Gracie told MPs the BBC faced losing pay claims in the employment tribunal.The BBC is “in real trouble” over equal pay row, Carrie Gracie has said in extremely damaging evidence to MPs.The former China editor for the corporation made a series of damning claims about its management in an extraordinary hearing, including that they were not living up to the BBC’s values, that they had briefed against her by saying she worked part-time, and that women were being made to feel
  
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• Finsbury Park attacker acted out of hatred for Muslims, court told

  31-01-2018 17:35
  Darren Osborne, who is alleged to have driven a van into a group of people wearing traditional Muslim dress in north London, had told the jury a man named Dave jumped into the van he had been driving and carried out the attack without his prior knowledge.The two then swapped seats with the van still moving and Osborne hid in the footwell, he said.You were the only person in the van [immediately prior to the incident] and all of this is just a desperate attempt to place Dave in the driver’s
  
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• UK appoints first woman as chief economist to finance ministry

  31-01-2018 17:27
  Britain's finance ministry appointed a woman for the first time as its next chief economist at a time when lawmakers want to increase the number of women appointed to senior economic policy roles.Clare Lombardelli is currently in charge of helping finance minister Philip Hammond draw up his annual budget.Before that, she was seconded to the International Monetary Fund where she was part of a team based in the Greek finance ministry to monitor bailout terms during 2010 and 2011.
  
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