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• Brexit attacks on civil service ‘are worthy of 1930s Germany’

  03-02-2018 23:32
  The former cabinet secretary Andrew Turnbull, who is one of a number of senior figures worried about attacks on the civil service, which he headed.Leading Brexiters who accuse civil servants of sabotaging Britain’s exit from the EU are adopting dangerous tactics similar to those of rightwing German nationalists between the two world wars, a former head of the civil service has warned.In a stark assessment of the acute tensions developing over the issue, Andrew Turnbull, who led the civil s
  
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• Private probation firms fail to cut rates of reoffending

  03-02-2018 22:30
  Some ex-offenders have been supervised by telephone calls amid claims that the probation service is in crisis.The vast majority of companies set up to tackle reoffending as part of a controversial drive to privatise the probation service have failed to meet their targets, in a substantial embarrassment for the government.Dramatic official figures have revealed that only two of the 21 regional companies set up to oversee low and medium-risk offenders have managed to reduce the number of new
  
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• How the BBC fell asleep at the wheel of the great pay car crash

  03-02-2018 22:00
  When journalist Carrie Gracie walked into parliament on Wednesday, ready to deliver some damning testimony about her treatment at the hands of the BBC – testimony that would be beamed around the world – she was accompanied by a representative from her union, and that was about it.The BBC director general Tony Hall, in contrast, had a dozen minders.Lindsey Hilsum, international editor at Channel 4 News, believes Gracie has boosted the confidence of many: “Carrie has galvanised a
  
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• Bodies of Scots killed in Pike River mining disaster could be recovered

  03-02-2018 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE families of the two Scots killed in the Pike River mining disaster have been given fresh hope their bodies could be recovered.
  
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• Donald Trump Says Republican Memo Vindicates Him In Russia Probe

  03-02-2018 21:42
  Donald Trump claims that a controversial memo attacking federal law enforcement written by congressional Republicans vindicates him in the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg: Treasury 'inventing' Brexit forecasts

  03-02-2018 21:15
  Jacob Rees-Mogg has stepped up his attack on the Treasury, accusing civil servants in the department of producing a Brexit report that is "fundamentally wrong".The leading Tory Brexiteer, who was involved in a scuffle with protesters at a university event on Friday, was speaking about an internal Government assessment made public earlier this week.Mr Rees-Mogg had earlier said that the Treasury's economic modelling was "clearly politically influenced" and that they were "fiddling the figures" in
  
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• Thousands march to Downing Street over NHS 'crisis'

  03-02-2018 20:26
  A march highlighting the NHS "crisis" and demanding increased funding has attracted thousands of demonstrators to the streets of central London.The National Health Service - which is in its 70th anniversary year - has been struggling to cope with what has been described as its worst winter on record.A Boris Johnson impersonator was also wheeled through the streets on a makeshift hospital bed next to an effigy of Theresa May.
  
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• Uma Thurman accuses Weinstein of trying to 'shove himself' on her in London hotel

  03-02-2018 20:04
  Kill Bill star Uma Thurman has accused Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting her after they worked together on Pulp Fiction.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein: British Police Investigating Two Further Allegations Of Sexual Assault

  03-02-2018 18:47
  British police investigating Harvey Weinstein are now looking at two further allegations of sexual assault, sources have told the Press Association.
  
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• Remainer storms Farage Irexit speech waving EU flag.. but he gets his comeuppance

  03-02-2018 18:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  A REMAINER waving a European Union flag stormed a speech by Nigel Farage today as the former Ukip leader told Ireland they had been “humiliated” by Brussels bosses and should follow Britain’s Brexit lead and leave.
  
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• Farage told 'go back where you came from' as Remainer storms Irexit speech waving EU flag

  03-02-2018 18:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  A REMAINER waving a European Union flag stormed a speech by Nigel Farage today as the former Ukip leader told Ireland they had been “humiliated” by Brussels bosses and should follow Britain’s Brexit lead and leave.
  
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• The 'changing face' of the British Army

  03-02-2018 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  A new photography exhibition shows the Army in a new light.
  
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• Philippe Chancel's rockabilly rebels

  03-02-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  A selection of Philippe Chancel’s rarely seen images of multiracial gang life in 1980s Paris, ahead of a new exhibition at the BarbicanRead Sean O’Hagan on Philippe Chancel’s time with the stylish French anti-racist street gangsAnother Kind Of Life: Photography on the Margins is at the Barbican, London, 28 Feb-27 May Continue reading...
  
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• Russian Jet Downed By Syrian Rebels Captured In Fiery Video

  03-02-2018 17:57
  Syrian rebels said on Saturday that they had brought down a Russian warplane in an area of northern Syria that has seen heavy air strikes, and two rebel sources said they had captured the pilot who was badly injured.
  
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• NHS medics prevent epidemic among Rohingya

  03-02-2018 17:23
  The team of 40 NHS doctors, nurses and paramedics triaged more than 3,000 people, and treated more than 500 for diphtheria, most of them children.Before the teams arrived, the outbreak was on the verge of becoming an epidemic.The UK's emergency medical team, which was stationed at three treatment centres, administered precautionary antibiotics and life-saving diphtheria anti-toxins to people in the camps.
  
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• 'We're NOT just a gateway into EU!' Tory MP makes BRILLIANT point about UK's trade options

  03-02-2018 17:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  DEPUTY Conservative Party Chairman, James Cleverly, made a brilliant point about the UK’s ability to get trade deals with other countries after Brexit.
  
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• Vegan activists want farmers children HURT as veggie politics get VERY DARK

  03-02-2018 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  MILITANT VEGAN activists are targeting farmers with vicious rants saying that they want their children to be hurt because they handle animals for meat and dairy products.
  
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• Maya Bar Murder Probe After Man Dies Following Unprovoked Attack In Liverpool

  03-02-2018 17:01
  A murder investigation has been launched after a 29-year-old man died following an unprovoked attack in a bar, police said.
  
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• 'Like SAUSAGES!' Varoufakis DESTROYS EU Project Fear peddler's economic predictions

  03-02-2018 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  FORMER Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis blasted high profile European finance figures for peddling Project Fear, comparing their economic predictions to “sausages” and saying they actually “helped” the Brexit cause.
  
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• The good, the bad and the baffling: three big public-private contracts

  03-02-2018 17:00
  The Treasury wanted Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool to provide the blueprint for hospital building.There are straightforward service contracts – for jobs like cleaning prisons and maintaining army homes – where civil servants can drive a hard bargain.Neither the National Audit Office (NAO) nor the Treasury has attempted to compare the costs of privately financed and operated public services with what it might have cost to keep it within the public sector.
  
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• Nigel Farage Claims Ireland Has Been Humiliated By EU

  03-02-2018 16:21
  Ireland has been “humiliated” by the EU, Nigel Farage has said.
  
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• 8 of the most creative placards seen at the NHS march

  03-02-2018 16:13
  Protesters gathered outside Downing Street in their thousands.
  
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• Angus Robertson steps down as Scottish National Party deputy leader

  03-02-2018 16:02
  Angus Robertson said on Saturday he was standing down from his role as deputy leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) with immediate effect, after he lost his seat in the British parliament last June."I believe I am no longer able to fully discharge my mandate, which was to partner you as Westminster SNP Leader and as a parliamentarian representing a rural constituency," he wrote in a letter to Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that was posted on Twitter.Robertson led the SNP's group
  
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• Britain to probe if airlines deliberately split passenger groups

  03-02-2018 15:59
  Britain's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said on Saturday it was beginning a review into airlines' seating policies, including whether some operators were deliberating splitting up groups of passengers travelling together.In a survey of passengers from 10 airlines conducted by pollster YouGov released on Saturday, those who flew with Irish low-cost airline Ryanair were most likely to report being separated from their group when not paying more to sit together.
  
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• Centenary Of Votes For Women Must Be Used To Re-Galvanise The Fight For Equality, Campaigners Say

  03-02-2018 15:50
  The centenary of the first votes for women should be used as an opportunity to “re-galvanise” the battle for equality, leading feminists have urged.
  
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• Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg vows to 'carry on' after scuffle with masked protesters

  03-02-2018 15:49
  Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has vowed to "carry on" debating with members of the public after he was involved in a scuffle with protesters at a university event.In an interview with Sky News, Mr Rees-Mogg insisted he did not feel threatened or unsafe at the event and he was more concerned about threats aimed at women MPs on social media.Mr Rees-Mogg said he did not know a man who appeared to confront the protesters on his behalf.
  
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• Rees-Mogg refuses to back down on SHOCK claim Treasury is 'FIDDLING figures' on Brexit

  03-02-2018 15:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  JACOB Rees-Mogg has redoubled his claim that Treasury officials were “fiddling figures” on Brexit.
  
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• NHS March In London Sees Jeremy Corbyn Blame 'Tories And Austerity For Crisis'

  03-02-2018 15:19
  Thousands of health workers, patients and union members took to the streets in London on Saturday protesting against a “crisis” in NHS funding which Jeremy Corbyn has blamed on “Tories and austerity”.
  
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• ‘Even the German’s MOCKED us!’ Comedian’s BRUTAL dig at the UK’s Brexit negotiations

  03-02-2018 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  COMEDIAN Adam Hills took a merciless swipe at Theresa May and the UK’s Brexit negotiations with the European Union.
  
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• Hero of free speech: ‘Weed’ Rees-Mogg refuses to run as violent students scream abuse

  03-02-2018 14:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  “WEED” Jacob REES-MOGG may not look like a champion of free speech, but he showed true grit yesterday when he stood up to student bullies who tried to silence him, say MPs.
  
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• UK's first 'private police force' SOLVES hundreds of crimes officers too busy to look at

  03-02-2018 14:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITAIN’s first ‘private police force’ is catching hundreds of criminals and boasts an astonishing 100 per cent conviction rate as they investigate cases regular officers don’t have time for.
  
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• Top Gear stars Chris Harris and Eddie Jordan escape blazing car in Monaco

  03-02-2018 14:06
  Top Gear stars Chris Harris and Eddie Jordan had a lucky escape when a car they were driving erupted in flames during filming.The incident happened in Monaco as Harris was behind the wheel of a new £50,000 Alpine sports car on Monte Carlo's SS17 stage, with Jordan in the passenger seat as they drove up a hill.Harris and Jordan, who were wearing fireproof overalls and gloves, did not suffer any injury or smoke inhalation.
  
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• Northamptonshire County Council bans spending over budget fears

  03-02-2018 13:24
  A cash-strapped Tory-run council has imposed emergency spending controls after warning it faces a "severe financial challenge".Northamptonshire County Council is the first local authority in nearly 20 years to issue a section 114 notice, which bans all new expenditure apart from statutory services for safeguarding vulnerable people.The council said it had taken the decision because there is a "significant risk" it will not be able to deliver a balanced budget by the end of the year, which is req
  
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• Fix the NHS: Protesters rally in London to call for government action

  03-02-2018 13:15
  Health workers, activists and unions are marching in central London on Saturday to protest against government inaction over the NHS winter crisis.Hospitals have been overwhelmed in recent weeks by a surge in admissions that has led to delays of up to 12 hours on emergency wards, patients left on trollies for hours and thousands of patients forced to wait in ambulances before receiving urgent care.Two pressure groups, the People’s Assembly and Health Campaigns Together, have organised the r
  
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• Drive-By Shootings In Macerata, Italy Leaves African Migrants Wounded

  03-02-2018 13:13
  A number of people have been wounded in a drive-by shooting in the central Italian city of Macerata, and authorities are warning citizens to remain indoors.
  
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• Donald Trump's Memo Decision Backfires As Everyone Is Reminded Of His Tax Returns

  03-02-2018 12:59
  The political row over the memo Donald Trump ordered be released has renewed calls for him to release his tax returns, in light of the apparent new-found desire for a culture of transparency.
  
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• Italy shooting: Nazi salute gunman mows down MANY migrants in Macerata drive-by shooting

  03-02-2018 12:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  A GUNMAN has opened fire in Italy targeting “African migrants” and "foreigners" in a drive-by shooting spree which has left at least seven people wounded.
  
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• Northamptonshire County Council Issues Emergency Spending Controls After Pleading Government For Money

  03-02-2018 12:48
  A cash-strapped council has imposed emergency spending controls after warning that it faces a “severe financial challenge”.
  
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• Carillion contractors to get loans in £100m Government-support package

  03-02-2018 11:57
  Contractors hit by the collapse of Carillion will be able to apply for Government-backed loans as part of a £100m support package.The British Business Bank will support high street lenders to give loans to small and medium-sized businesses and individuals who are owed money by the outsourcing company, Business Secretary Greg Clark has announced.It comes after three high street banks agreed to provide "tailored support" to contractors affected by the collapse of the company which owed massi
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg Doubles Down On Claim Civil Servants Are Manipulating Brexit Figures In Heated Exchange

  03-02-2018 11:19
  Jacob Rees-Mogg has doubled down on his claim that civil servants are manipulating figures to discourage the Government from Brexit, in a heated on-air exchange.
  
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• Russian oligarchs will have to account for wealth

  03-02-2018 11:13
  Russian oligarchs suspected of corruption will be forced to explain how they acquired their lavish lifestyles in the UK, a Government minister has said.Around £90bn of illegal funds is laundered through the UK every year, a shady world recently highlighted by TV series McMafia.Security minister Ben Wallace has told The Times that those using Britain as a haven for ill-gotten gains would be the target of new unexplained wealth orders (UWO), which came into effect this week.
  
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• Activists push Rees-Mogg in scuffle

  03-02-2018 11:00
  Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg confronts protesters following an event at the University of the West of England in Bristol.
  
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• MPs condemn 'thuggish' protesters after scuffle with Jacob Rees-Mogg

  03-02-2018 10:48
  MPs from across the political spectrum have condemned "thuggish" protesters who confronted Tory backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg at a university debate.Police are investigating the incident at the University of West England (UWE) in Bristol after video footage showed the Brexiteer involved in a scuffle as he tried to defuse a fight.One witness said the masked demonstrators hurled abuse at Mr Rees-Mogg, calling him a "Nazi," a "fascist and a racist", after they allegedly broke into the lecture theatre
  
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• Wormwood Scrubs attack: Three men charged with murder after inmate fatally stabbed

  03-02-2018 10:17
  Three prisoners have been charged the murder of an inmate who was stabbed to death at Wormwood Scrubs.Khader Saleh, 25, died at the category B jail in west London on Wednesday after he was found in another prisoner's cell with multiple stab wounds.Scotland Yard said Ahmed Khyre, 21, Kalif Dibbassey, 21, and Enton Marku, 20, have been charged with the murder.
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg caught in mass brawl as MASKED students scream ‘Nazi’ and ‘racist’

  03-02-2018 10:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXITEER Jacob Rees-Mogg was caught in the middle of a brawl at Bristol University, where the Conservative MP was speaking.
  
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• Police Officer Knocked Unconscious In Ramsgate Graveyard Attack

  03-02-2018 08:59
  A police officer has been taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious in a graveyard as he was assaulted by a group of people.
  
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• Lady Gaga cancels UK tour due to 'severe pain'

  03-02-2018 08:33
  Lady Gaga has cancelled her upcoming UK tour due to "severe pain" that has "impacted her ability to perform live".The star was due to perform twice in London and once in Manchester this week as part of her Joanne World Tour, before moving on to Europe.A statement posted on her website said: "Unfortunately, Lady Gaga is suffering from severe pain that has materially impacted her ability to perform live.
  
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• Vegan Spiking Row: Inside Carlini, The Restaurant On Trial By Social Media

  03-02-2018 08:16
  “We had to keep the door locked constantly, we were so scared,” says Andrew Turley, 22, head chef of the two Carlini restaurants in Shropshire.
  
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• Police officer knocked unconscious in graveyard attack

  03-02-2018 07:54
  A policeman has been taken to hospital after he was attacked and knocked unconscious in a graveyard in Kent.Searches of the area with help from a police helicopter have been carried out, but no arrests have been made.Kent Police said: "The officer is reported to have been knocked unconscious after being assaulted by a group of people in a graveyard at about 9.50pm.
  
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• Surge in 'staycations' due to 'post-Brexit anxiety'

  03-02-2018 06:39
  Post-Brexit anxiety among Britons is said to be creating a surge in UK holidays.Bookings look set to make 2018 another bumper year for domestic tourism and industry experts say the "staycation" trend is becoming a sustained feature.Tourism and marketing expert Dr Sheila Malone of Lancaster University said there had been a noticeable movement in trends following the Brexit referendum.
  
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