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• Gilbey gin heir accused of violently pulling his mother, 95, off a chair

  09-02-2018 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE heir to the Gilbey’s gin empire attacked his 95-year-old mother while staying at her home, a court heard yesterday. Sir Walter Gavin Gilbey, 68, “violently pulled” Lady Elizabeth Gilbey from a chair after an argument broke out between them in her living room, causing significant bruising to her chest, it is alleged.
  
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• London Bridge terror killers were pumped up on steroids, Old Bailey hears

  09-02-2018 23:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  THREE Islamic State murderers were pumped full of steroids when they carried out the London Bridge terror attack, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba had performance-boosting DHEA in their blood when they slaughtered eight people in a frenzied knife attack last June.
  
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• First picture of captured IS 'Beatle' Alexanda Kotey in custody

  09-02-2018 23:07
  The first picture has emerged of a captured British IS fighter - part of a group nicknamed The Beatles - in detention.Appearing noticeably more gaunt than in previous pictures, 34-year-old Alexanda Kotey is shown in the custody of Kurdish forces in Syria after being captured last month.The image was obtained by ITV News, a day afterUS officials confirmed that he had been detained alongside fellow 'Beatle' El Shafee Elsheikh .
  
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• Are these the worst examples of business jargon?

  09-02-2018 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC readers share their worst examples of business jargon following our piece on Davos language.
  
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• Emerging Market Stocks Enter Correction

  09-02-2018 22:53
  Feb.09 -- Chen Zhoa, chief strategist at Alpine Macro, discusses the market selloff and prospects for emerging markets on "What'd You Miss?"
  
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• Northern Irish parties making progress in last-ditch talks

  09-02-2018 22:50
  Northern Ireland's two main parties reported on Friday that they had made progress in a last-ditch attempt to restore devolved government, with the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein saying talks would conclude one way or another next week.Northern Ireland has been without an executive and assembly for over a year since Sinn Fein withdrew from the power-sharing government, saying it was not being treated as an equal partner by the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).The two parties, repre
  
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• Birmingham's 'People Power' Movement Wants To Turn Europe's Biggest Council Upside Down

  09-02-2018 22:48
  “It’s like Prime Minister’s Questions but no one is watching,” is how Sunny Sangha describes meetings of the Birmingham politicians that his campaign wants to replace.
  
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• 'There are two in these negotiations' Iain Duncan Smith TRASHES Barnier's Brexit threats

  09-02-2018 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  TORY MP Iain Duncan Smith dismissed Michel Barnier's latest Brexit threats to the UK as a mere attempt to get a better deal for the EU27 at the end of the negotiations.
  
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• Eurostar announces London to Amsterdam service

  09-02-2018 22:32
  Eurostar has announced that a new direct service between London and Amsterdam will begin on 4 April.There will initially be two trains per day from London's St Pancras station, each taking three hours and 41 minutes to reach Amsterdam Centraal.Return journeys will require a change at Brussels, a temporary measure until the UK and Dutch governments reach an agreement on passport procedures.
  
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• ‘Cartoonish’ sketch of criminal helps police to identify suspect

  09-02-2018 22:29
  A warrant is now out for the man’s arrest.
  
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• BBC Television Centre reopens after five-year revamp

  09-02-2018 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC Television Centre in west London reopens as a housing and leisure development.
  
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• Barnier and Davis wage war of words over Brexit transition claims

  09-02-2018 21:28
  Michel Barnier, left, and David Davis appear to be at loggerheads over the Brexit transition period.The UK’s Brexit secretary, David Davis, has engaged in a war of words with the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, over the latter’s claims that unacceptable British demands had thrown into doubt an agreement on a transition period.Speaking in Brussels after the latest round of talks, Barnier told reporters he had been left mystified by the positions taken by Downing Street in
  
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• Theresa May spent almost £1,000 on delivery of Brexit letter

  09-02-2018 21:24
  Theresa May signing the article 50 letter that was taken by civil servants to Brussels.Theresa May’s decision to have Britain’s article 50 notification delivered to the EU by hand cost taxpayers almost £1,000, figures have revealed.The letter, which fired the starting gun on a two-year process of leaving the union, was taken from Downing Street to Brussels where Sir Tim Barrow gave it to the EU council president, Donald Tusk, on 29 March last year.
  
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• Jasmine Forrester, 11, named as victim of Wolverhampton stabbing

  09-02-2018 21:22
  An 11-year-old girl - named by police as Jasmine Forrester - has died in hospital after being stabbed at a house in Wolverhampton.A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident at a house in Kent Road on Friday.A woman in her 80s suffered a suspected dislocated shoulder during the incident.
  
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• Curry house boss cleared of chilli powder assault

  09-02-2018 21:16
  A restaurant owner who threw chilli powder into a customer's face after he complained his chicken dish was "tough, rubbery and tasted like paraffin" has been cleared of assault.Karmul Islam was found not guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on David Evans at the end of a five day trial on Friday, almost 13 months after the dispute at the now closed Prince of Bengal restaurant in South Wales.On the evening of 21 January last year, Mr Islam was said to have not taken kindly to Mr Evans
  
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• This advert for a jailhouse ‘hotel’ is designed to deter criminals

  09-02-2018 20:16
  The Green Roof Inn in Flagler County always has ‘vacancies’ but there’s no 5-star welcome for ‘guests’.
  
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• Swipe | New app that helps to save lives unveiled

  09-02-2018 20:05
  Swipe: Newapp that helps to save lives unveiled
  
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• Grenfell tragedy inspires schoolboy's award-winning fire safety app

  09-02-2018 19:56
  Writing line after line of computer code is not how many 14-year-olds would decide to spend their school holidays.The North London schoolboy has spent the past seven months designing a fire safety app for smartphones, which he calls IMAREC."I was really shocked by what happened at Grenfell," Baran told Sky News.
  
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• Wolverhampton Stabbing: Jasmine Forrester, 11, Killed As Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder

  09-02-2018 19:55
  An 11-year-old girl, named by West Midlands Police as Jasmine Forrester, has died in hospital after being stabbed in a house in Wolverhampton.
  
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• Police name 11-year-old girl who died in Wolverhampton stabbing as Jasmine Forrester

  09-02-2018 19:53
  An 11-year-old girl - named by police as Jasmine Forrester - has died in hospital after being stabbed at a house in Wolverhampton.A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the incident at a house in Kent Road on Friday.Superintendent Harvi Khatkar said: "This is an extremely distressing incident and our sympathies go out to everyone affected.
  
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• Slimmed-down 'fatberg' goes on display in London museum

  09-02-2018 19:41
  Pieces of a 130-tonne "fatberg", a ball of fat and waste that was discovered in a London sewer in late 2017, have gone on display at a museum in the city.The sections of the fatberg, the largest of which is roughly the size of a shoebox, go on display today in the Museum of London, contained inside specially constructed display cases in order to conserve them, and to protect visitors from their more unpleasant side effects."It is hatching flies," Vyki Sparkes, curator at the Museum of London&nbs
  
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• FTSE 100 plunges to lowest level since December 2016

  09-02-2018 19:27
  A volatile week for world stock markets has ended with more losses with London's FTSE 100 Index following US and Asian markets lower.The FTSE saw a drop of nearly 5% over the week.It was another choppy session for the Dow on Friday as it turned 1% higher in early trading before reversing the gains to stand more than 1% lower.
  
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• Bank of England's Cunliffe warns EU over curbing cross-border funds after Brexit

  09-02-2018 19:13
  Curbing the ability of asset managers located in Britain to run funds based in the European Union after Brexit would be costly and inefficient and could fragment markets, Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said on Friday.The bloc's securities watchdog ESMA published guidance last May on how UK-based asset managers could continue to run funds in the bloc after Britain leaves the EU in March 2019.
  
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• Brexit plan to keep Northern Ireland in customs union triggers row

  09-02-2018 19:06
  Officials from the UK and EU are drawing up a plan to in effect keep Northern Ireland in the customs union and the single market after Brexit in order to avoid a hard border.The development, first reported by the Guardian on Friday and later confirmed by the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, triggered an immediate row.Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, tweeted: “If NI stays in single market, the case for Scotland also doing so is not just an academic ‘us too
  
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• Brexit plan to keep N Ireland in customs union triggers row

  09-02-2018 19:06
  Officials from the UK and EU are drawing up a plan to in effect keep Northern Ireland in the customs union and the single market after Brexit in order to avoid a hard border.The development, first reported by the Guardian on Friday and later confirmed by the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, triggered an immediate row.Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, tweeted: “If NI stays in single market, the case for Scotland also doing so is not just an academic ‘us too
  
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• Take Five - World markets themes for the week ahead

  09-02-2018 19:05
  Whether world markets settle down now or suffer a fresh volatility shockwave may be determined by next week's consumer and producer price inflation readings in the United States.If U.S. inflation does accelerate, markets could see Treasury yields get above the 3 percent level that several investment banks had set as their year-end target.British January data (due Tuesday) will be in focus after the Bank of England's recent hawkish comments.
  
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• Tube train pusher pleads guilty to attempted murder

  09-02-2018 19:01
  A 29-year-old man has pleaded guilty to pushing a stranger in front of a rush-hour Tube train in central London.Alain Lesjongard, 55, who was on his way to an interview, suffered serious injuries when the District line train ran over him on 2 November.Mr Lesjongard managed to curl up into a ball and was able to crawl from underneath the carriage after the train passed over him.
  
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• Who are the IS fighters nicknamed 'The Beatles'?

  09-02-2018 19:00
  The capture of two British men in Syria means all four of the IS fighters in a notorious group nicknamed 'The Beatles' are now accounted for.American officials revealed on Thursday Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh had been detained by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, following the death of ringleader Mohammed Emwazi in a 2015 drone strike and the imprisonment of Aine Davis in Turkey.
  
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• This trick shot involving a golf club and a marshmallow will blow your mind

  09-02-2018 18:55
  It’s pretty impressive.
  
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• Britain 'surprised' EU unclear on its position over transition period

  09-02-2018 18:43
  Brexit minister David Davis said on Friday he was surprised to hear that the European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier was unclear on Britain's demands in any transition period.Barnier said earlier that London had raised "substantial" issues with the so-called implementation period as proposed by the bloc."Given the intense work that has taken place this week, it is surprising to hear that Michel Barnier is unclear on the UK's position in relation to the implementation period," Davis said
  
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• JOHN PALMER MURDER: Fresh appeal after 220 witness statements yield no answers to killing

  09-02-2018 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  EXCLUSIVE: Detectives investigating the murder of notorious criminal John "Goldfinger" Palmer have launched a fresh appeal for information after failing to solve the crime despite speaking to more than 220 potential witnesses. Mr Palmer, who had links to the Brinks Mat gold bullion heist of 1983 and some of the veteran criminals sentenced in 2016 over the 2015 Hatton Garden safety deposit box raid, was blasted twice in the chest and then four times in his back.
  
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• Vontobel must pay 13.3 million euros over untaxed German assets

  09-02-2018 18:29
  Vontobelmust pay 13.3 million euros (11.65 million pounds) in a deal with German authorities over untaxed assets, an agreement the Swiss private bank said on Friday completes its efforts to rectify past mistakes.The pact was struck with the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in connection with untaxed assets held by German clients.It applies to all German states, the Swiss bank said.
  
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• Irish sex worker and campaigner for rights of prostitutes dies, aged 39

  09-02-2018 18:16
  Lee, a law graduate, said the law had not diminished the supply and demand for sex work in Northern Ireland.An Irish sex worker and international campaigner against laws that criminalise the clients of prostitutes has died suddenly, aged 39.Dublin-born Laura Lee’s death came weeks before a challenge in Belfast high court against legislation that makes it illegal to buy sex in Ireland.
  
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• Social care system 'at the point of crisis' with £2.5bn funding gap predicted

  09-02-2018 18:05
  England's social care system is "at the point of crisis" and extra funding is just "a sticking plaster", according to a health think tank.Simon Bottery, senior fellow for social care at The King's Fund, said the Government "can't put it off any longer".Local authorities in England increased the amount spent on adult social care in the year 2016/17, compared to the previous year.
  
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• Grenfell Tower fire fraudster Anh Nhu Nguyen jailed for 21 months

  09-02-2018 17:53
  A fraudster who pretended that his family died in the Grenfell Tower fire to get money from a victims fund has been jailed.Appearing at Southwark Crown Court, Anh Nhu Nguyen was sentenced to 21 months in prison for defrauding more than £10,000 from charities and the local council.Judge Philip Bartle QC said Nguyen knew "full well" what the consequences of his actions were.
  
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• Help all ages to mix for a healthier society

  09-02-2018 17:44
  John Harris (We need to talk about ageing, 5 February) is right that we must face up to both the challenges and the exciting prospects of our ageing population.This manifests itself in social ills from loneliness and lack of trust to political divisions.Shared sites where mixing happens between different generations range from care-home nurseries to schools with elder-care day centres, and from community pubs to homeshare schemes.
  
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• How continental Europe (and the Isle of Man) led the way on suffrage

  09-02-2018 17:43
  Women dressed as suffragettes mark the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 in London on 6 February 2018.Despite the fact that universal suffrage was only introduced much later, in 1928 (Which branch of feminism won women the vote?Perhaps the prospect of Brexit, the most devastating blow to Britain’s international standing and the welfare of its people for many decades, has reinforced our persistent isolationism and precluded any analysis of what was happening els
  
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• Boris Johnson, Brexit and the fate of Deinocrates

  09-02-2018 17:36
  Boris Johnson speaks during a meeting with the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, in Athens. Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters
  
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• Nike’s new Nothing Beats a Londoner advert is proving incredibly popular

  09-02-2018 17:32
  The ad stars Skepta, Mo Farah and Alex Iwobi.
  
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• UK man jailed for five years after Tinder rape

  09-02-2018 17:30
  A rapist who met his victim through the Tinder dating app has been jailed for five years.Kristian Stevenson, 20, of Hemlington in Middlesbrough, was convicted of raping the woman after she made it clear she did not want to have sex with him.Judge Simon Bourne-Arton told Teesside crown court on Friday that Stevenson went to his victim’s home on their second date and “tried it on” after an evening of eating a takeaway and watching television.
  
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• Grenfell Tower Fraudster Anh Nhu Nguyen Jailed For 21 Months For Claiming Family Died In Blaze

  09-02-2018 17:20
  A serial conman who pretended his family died in the Grenfell Tower blaze has been jailed for almost two years for pocketing £12,500 from the victims relief fund.
  
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• Girl, 11, fighting for life after stabbing in Wolverhampton

  09-02-2018 17:08
  An 11-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a stabbing in Wolverhampton.A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the incident at a house in Kent Road on Friday.Superintendent Harvi Khatkar said: "This is an extremely distressing incident and we are working to establish exactly what has happened.
  
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• Tory Brexiteer SHUTS down angry caller who claims hard Brexit is NOT 'WILL of the people'

  09-02-2018 16:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXITEER Andrea Leadsom brutally shut down a furious radio caller after they claimed a hard Brexit does not represent the vote of the British people.
  
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• Durham student death: witness tells of 'shambles' of nightclub queue

  09-02-2018 16:34
  Olivia Burt was described as an ‘exceptional sportswoman’ and an ‘outstandingly able student’.Tributes have been paid to a university student who died in a crush outside a packed nightclub as more details emerged about the “shambolic” moments before the fatal incident.Olivia Burt, 20, who was in her first year at Durham University, died from a serious head injury following a crowd surge believed to have started when a group pushed into the 100-strong queue, ac
  
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• Fraudster who claimed family died in Grenfell Tower jailed for 21 months

  09-02-2018 16:32
  Anh Nhu Nguyen, left, meeting Prince Charles after the Grenfell Tower disaster.A serial fraudster has been jailed for 21 months after he pretended his wife and son were killed in the Grenfell Tower fire in a “despicable” attempt to pocket £12,500 set aside for victims of the disaster.Anh Nhu Nguyen was pictured beside Prince Charles and gave TV interviews posing as a survivor of the disaster, in which 71 people died.
  
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• Former Credit Suisse 'star' gets five years in jail for fraud

  09-02-2018 16:16
  Former Credit Suisse wealth manager Patrice Lescaudron was sentenced to five years in prison by a Geneva court on Friday for abusing the trust of clients and creating a fraudulent scheme that made him tens of millions of Swiss francs.The 54-year-old Frenchman appeared in court for the verdict wearing a grey fleece sweatshirt emblazoned with Ferrari, the name of the sports car he purchased with the money he amassed.Judge Alexandra Banna said the former banker was guilty of serious fraud and forge
  
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• Mum explains why she kept teen pregnancy secret

  09-02-2018 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Lucy Sherwood explains why she kept her pregnancy secret at the age of 15.
  
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• London Bridge attack: Terrorists 'used steroids' before attack

  09-02-2018 15:36
  The terrorists who killed eight people on London Bridge and at Borough Market had taken steroids before the attack, a court has heard.Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, all had high levels of a drug called DHEA in their system, according to a toxicologist speaking at a pre-inquest hearing at the Old Bailey.There is little medical evidence to support these claims.
  
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• Hostage: I want to see 'Beatles' Islamic State pair on trial

  09-02-2018 15:35
  A former Islamic State hostage has said he hopes the capture of two British IS fighters - part of a group nicknamed The Beatles - will see them go on trial.Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh were detained by Kurdish forces in Syria and have reportedly revealed "valuable information" on the IS leadership and structure.The group, which also included "Jihadi John" Mohammed Emwazi and Aine Davis, was nicknamed The Beatles by hostages because their English accents set them apart from other foreign
  
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• EU negotiator Michel Barnier warns Brexit transition period 'not a given'

  09-02-2018 15:19
  Plans for a Brexit transition period have been thrown into doubt by EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier, who says it is "not a given" if disagreements persist.Mr Barnier said time was "very short" for both sides to strike a deal to stop a cliff-edge departure on Brexit day.Prime Minister Theresa May this week vowed to be "robust" in the face of EU demands, including the continuation of freedom of movement during the transition.
  
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