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• This publisher is offering to send the man-child in your life a free book

  05-03-2018 23:13
  Do you know someone like this?
  
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• Ford calls for Brexit clarity to help it make UK investment decision

  05-03-2018 22:25
  Fordneeds clarity on post-Brexit trading conditions as it decides on future investment in Britain, the carmaker's Europe boss told Reuters on Monday.Britain's largest automotive engine maker Ford builds half of the country's total output of 2.7 million units at its Bridgend location in Wales and London Dagenham factory.The automaker will continue to build some of its own engines at Bridgend but has yet to say what will replace the current run built for Jaguar Land Rover, prompting union fears th
  
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• Planned U.S. steel tariffs not 'helpful' - senior UK official

  05-03-2018 22:12
  U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on steel is not "helpful" and it is counterproductive to aggravate tensions between U.S. and European allies given more aggressive Chinese and Russian behaviour, a senior British official said on Monday.Trump said last week he would impose broad tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium to protect U.S. national security under a Cold War-era trade law, a move that some warn could raise consumer prices and ignite a trade war."At a time when ever
  
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• Theresa May says Britain can 'set example to the world' in Brexit talks

  05-03-2018 21:49
  Theresa May has said Britain can "set an example to the world" in the Brexit negotiations, as she reiterated her call to "get on with" the talks.Facing MPs in the Commons, the Prime Minister said that while there would be "ups and downs" on the horizon, the Government would pay no heed to the "counsels of despair that this simply cannot be done".The spark came when Mrs May indicated that Britain is looking at the customs arrangements between the US and Canada as a potential way of solving the bo
  
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• 'Russian Spy' critical after exposure to 'substance' in Salisbury

  05-03-2018 21:42
  A man critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in Salisbury is a former Russian spy, Sky sources believe.Sergei Skripal, 66, was convicted in Russia in 2006 of passing state secrets to Britain.
  
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• Former Russian spy critically ill in Britain after exposure to unidentified substance

  05-03-2018 21:31
  Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, who was convicted by Russia of betraying agents to British intelligence, was critically ill on Monday after exposure to an unidentified substance in Britain, two sources close to the investigation told Reuters.British police said two people, a 66-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, had been found unconscious on a bench in a shopping centre on Sunday in the southern English city of Salisbury after exposure to the unknown substance.Both are critically ill in in
  
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• 'The END of the EU is nigh' Nigel Farage warns Italian election result will crush Brussels

  05-03-2018 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL FARAGE has claimed the Italian election result could crush the European Union after Luigi di Maio’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement secured 32.5 percent of the vote – becoming the first single party in Italy.
  
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• People really want these realistic things to be included in more films

  05-03-2018 21:26
  With stars that don’t always look like they could double as models.
  
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• Marines fly in supplies for Pennine villages still cut off by snow

  05-03-2018 21:23
  Royal Marines deliver aid to Nenthead, Cumbria, on Monday.The marines came in their Chinook with bags of supplies, logs for fuel and shovels to help trapped local residents – who came out of their homes to gratefully greet their visitors.With cars buried, food running out, and the big thaw yet to reach some communities, Operation Boomster was initiated, a coordinated response between the Royal Marines, the RAF and local authorities to bring supplies in a Chinook.
  
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• UK airlines urgently need transition deal, warns Philip Hammond

  05-03-2018 20:58
  Philip Hammond has stressed the urgency of securing an implementation deal between Britain and the EU by the end of this month, warning that without it airlines will not know if they can safely schedule flights for spring 2019.The chancellor told a parliamentary committee that it was in the interests of both sides to agree to the terms of the transition period at the March EU council meeting.There are lots of practical issues that are going to become very problematic across the continent of Euro
  
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• Who is Sergei Skripal, the ex-spy exposed to 'unknown substance'?

  05-03-2018 20:53
  Sergei Skripal speaks to his lawyer from behind bars in 2006.Skripal was sentenced to 13 years in jail for spying for Britain in Russia in August 2006 after being convicted of “high treason in the form of espionage”.Russian prosecutors said he had been paid $100,000 by MI6 for information, which he had been supplying since the 1990s when he was a serving officer.
  
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• Water shortage hits Cadbury and Jaguar Land Rover production

  05-03-2018 20:43
  Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Cadburyhave seen production at UK plants hit as the country continues to suffer from a water shortage.The issue has also affected suppliers in Wales, Scotland and Ireland, as well as the North West, Yorkshire, the South West and the Midlands, which is where the affected JLR plants are based.On Monday, Cadbury confirmed it had only a limited water supply to its manufacturing site in Bournville.
  
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• UK weather warning: Scotland on FLOOD ALERT with heavy downpours and fresh snow

  05-03-2018 20:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  TORRENTIAL rain will put Scotland on a flood footing today as the country’s miserable March goes on.
  
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• Nephew of Grenfell Tower victim returns to uncle's flat for first time since fire

  05-03-2018 20:42
  Relatives of those who died in the Grenfell fire last June have been allowed inside the tower.
  
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• Post-Brexit Irish border could be like US-Canada, says May

  05-03-2018 20:41
  Theresa May has suggested the US-Canada border as a possible model for the island of Ireland, citing it during a Commons statement as an example of how frontiers between countries with different customs regimes could work.Challenged on her claim by the shadow Brexit minister, Jenny Chapman, who pointed to the presence of armed customs guards on the US-Canada border, May said it was just one of several examples being examined.The exchange came after May updated MPs about her Brexit speech in Lond
  
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• Couple who faked holiday sickness ‘rumbled’ on Facebook

  05-03-2018 20:40
  A man and a woman who fraudulently claimed they fell ill while on holiday in Turkey, but were “rumbled” by images they posted on social media, have been given suspended jail sentences.The move was welcomed by the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta), which is campaigning to stamp out spurious sickness claims.Southern Derbyshire magistrates court heard that Leon Roberts, 37, and Jade Muzoka, 27, spent a week at the luxury Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort and Spa in Turkey in July 2
  
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• The five laws of Maybotics, rendered vaguely for Brexit

  05-03-2018 20:35
  ‘Five was the magic number.The aim of the prime minister’s Mansion House speech had never been to provide clarity on the Brexit negotiations.Over the weekend, the initial indications had been that she had succeeded in this objective, with the loudest leavers and remainer voices having been at best vaguely complimentary and at worst non-committal.
  
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• STV rapped over F-bomb in daytime movie

  05-03-2018 20:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  STV has been censured by watchdogs after the F-word was broadcast during a morning screening of a TV show.
  
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• Burst pipes close UK car plant and leave thousands without water

  05-03-2018 20:02
  Burst water mains caused by a thaw in Britain's freezing temperatures closed a Jaguar Land Rover car plant in central England on Monday and left tens of thousands of people without water.London's mayor Sadiq Khan said it was "unacceptable" that thousands across the British capital had no water, as utility companies struggled to maintain water supplies.The worst snowstorms in Britain for nearly 30 years froze water in pipes last week, water suppliers said, during a blast of Siberian cold dubbed "
  
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• 'Wake up' Threatening Russia has 'hostile intent' towards Britain, warns Defence Secretary

  05-03-2018 19:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has "hostile intent" towards Britain and the UK needs to wake up to the threat, the Defence Secretary has warned.
  
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• Trevor Baylis dead: Inventor of the wind-up radio dies aged 80

  05-03-2018 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE inventor of the wind-up radio, Trevor Baylis, has died aged 80.
  
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• Theresa May insists she's not cherry-picking over UK Brexit deal

  05-03-2018 19:30
  Theresa May insists she's not cherry-picking over UK Brexit deal
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover halts production at two plants as water supply shortage spreads across UK

  05-03-2018 19:13
  Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has halted production at two of its UK plants as the country continues to suffer from a water shortage.The issue has also affected suppliers in Wales, Scotland and Ireland, as well as the North West, Yorkshire, the South West and the Midlands, which is where the affected JLR plants are based."As well as bringing in extra teams and tankers, and ramping up production at our treatment works so we can continue to keep schools, hospitals, homes and vulnerable customers on supp
  
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• Child abduction WARNING: Parents on alert after man tries to lure schoolgirl into car

  05-03-2018 19:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SCHOOL has issued a warning to parents after a man allegedly tried to abduct a 10-year-old schoolgirl in Bromley this morning as police launch an investigation.
  
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• Britain's health service 'not for sale' in U.S. trade talks - May

  05-03-2018 19:09
  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday that Britain's National Health Service was "not for sale" in any future trade deal with the United States after Brexit."I'm absolutely clear that as we look to negotiate a trade deal with the United States of America, the National Health Service will remain as it is today," May told MPs in parliament.
  
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• Lib Dems are the true pro-EU party

  05-03-2018 19:06
  Last week Jeremy Corbyn gave a speech that for days beforehand had been touted as a dramatic shift in the Labour party’s position on Brexit.Not surprising for us Lib Dems, but sadly pro-Europeans hoping for a chink of light got nothing of the sort.Mr Corbyn’s pledge to try to negotiate a new UK-EU customs union amounts to a costly and pointless exercise, which will put the UK in a lesser position than it enjoys currently inside the EU customs union.
  
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• Reality Check: Are property developers hoarding land?

  05-03-2018 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The prime minister wants more homes built in England and will make land banking harder to do.
  
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• 'She was screaming out for help', says father of girl who killed herself

  05-03-2018 19:00
  Psychiatrists said Victoria Halliday required an all-female intensive care unit, but there was not one available in Leicester.Victoria Halliday killed herself in July 2015, aged 19.Victoria had been working as an apprentice maintenance technician, but after a breakdown in May 2015, she was sectioned at the Bradgate Mental Health Unit, an inpatient psychiatric centre in Leicester, and diagnosed with emotionally unstable personality disorder.
  
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• 'My son was left to rot at home': one woman's battle to help her child

  05-03-2018 19:00
  Brandon (not pictured) became withdrawn and his mental health deteriorated after he was bullied at school.It’s the long waiting lists, and we really need to look at why so many young people are getting anxiety and depression and how we can stop it before its too late.
  
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• Saudi minister sees deals with UK during crown prince's visit

  05-03-2018 18:48
  Saudi Arabia expects to sign agreements with Britain covering a range of issues during Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to London this week, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday.Britain's planned exit from the European Union did not reduce its attractiveness as an investment destination, the minister told reporters, and he said he expected the crown prince's visit to take bilateral relations to a higher level.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover closes plant in UK as weather hits water supply

  05-03-2018 18:28
  Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has halted production at a car plant in central England after water supplies in Britain were disrupted by burst pipes, the carmaker and water company Severn Trent said on Monday.A spokeswoman for JLR said the company closed its Solihull site, near Birmingham, and she was unable to say when it would reopen."Due to a water shortage caused by a burst water main, we have had to stop production this afternoon," she said.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover says Solihull plant closed as water pipe bursts

  05-03-2018 18:21
  Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover halted production at its Solihull vehicle plant near Birmingham on Monday after a burst water pipe disrupted water supplies, a spokeswoman for JLR said."Due to a water shortage caused by a burst water main, we have had to stop production this afternoon," the spokeswoman said.Earlier, water company Severn Trent said JLR agreed to stop production to help the utility cope with a large number of burst pipes caused by a thaw following very cold weather in recent days.
  
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• Italian Elections: A Guide To The Five Star Movement - And Why It's Nothing Like Ukip

  05-03-2018 18:08
  Italy faces a prolonged period of political instability after voters delivered a hung parliament in the national elections on Sunday, spurning traditional parties and flocking to anti-establishment and far-right groups in record numbers.Matteo Renzi, the head of Italy’s Democratic Party and former prime minister, resigned on Monday following the results, saying he believed the party should not make any post-election pacts with “extremist parties”.On paper, the party projected t
  
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• Should have done feta: Brighton cheese festival runs out of... cheese

  05-03-2018 17:54
  Ticket holders are demanding a refund after a Brighton cheese festival ran out of its main ingredient.The Big Cheese Festival, held on Saturday, fell at the final curdle with organisers blaming "adverse weather conditions" for the shortage.Ticket holders had been promised a "plethora of the finest international cheesemakers and mongers showcasing their amazing cheeses".
  
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• Brick wall distracts viewers during Theresa May speech

  05-03-2018 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The prime minister was announcing plans to reform housing, which she did in front of a fake brick wall.
  
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• Mail Online Cuts 26 'Intrusive' Pictures From Elaine Lordan Article After Backlash

  05-03-2018 17:30
  The Daily Mail’s website has amended an article after criticism over its use of “inhumane” pictures of former Eastenders actress Elaine Lordan.The Mail Online article included 58 separate images of Lordan, 51, which showed the star appearing to drink from a bottle of wine in the street.The charity Alcohol Concern told HuffPost UK that the coverage, which included a print article in Monday’s Daily Mail, was “unkind and intrusive”.
  
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• Chimney sweep or Bob the Builder? Theresa May's speech set mocked

  05-03-2018 17:16
  Theresa May was compared to Thomas the Tank Engine, a chimney sweep, Bob the Builder and even a Pink Floyd hit as she attempted to deliver a key message on housing.As the Prime Minister sent a warning to developers not to sit on land and outlined new planning rules, many viewers ended up being distracted by the choice of set for her speech in east London.Appearing in front of a mock brick wall, Mrs May quickly became a target for PhotoShop fans and Twitter users.
  
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• Disclosure of trafficking victims' convictions unlawful, High Court rules

  05-03-2018 17:07
  A woman who was trafficked into sex work as a child has welcomed a High Court ruling which will stop soliciting offences from showing on records checks.Fiona Broadfoot was exploited by a physically abusive pimp when she was 15, taken from Bradford to London to sell sex.As a result, she has an eight-page criminal record with prostitution convictions, despite being a juvenile when she was first convicted.
  
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• Leicester explosion: Three men in court on manslaughter charges

  05-03-2018 17:04
  Three men have appeared in court on manslaughter charges following the explosion that killed five people in Leicester.The blast destroyed a Polish grocery store and the two bedroom flat above it on Hinckley Road in the city just after 7pm on 25 February.Hawker Hassan, 32, of no fixed abode and Arkan Ali, 37, from Oldham appeared in a hearing at Leicester Magistrates' court and were all remanded in custody.
  
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• London mayor blasts water suppliers as thaw bursts pipes across UK

  05-03-2018 17:00
  London's mayor Sadiq Khan said on Monday it was "unacceptable" that thousands of people across the British capital were left without water after pipes burst as normal weather conditions returned following a cold snap.The worst snowstorms in Britain for nearly 30 years froze water in pipes last week, water suppliers said, during a blast of Siberian cold dubbed "the Beast from the East" which ground planes, stopped trains, blocked roads and shut schools.At least 23,800 households, including 12,000
  
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• People love this extremely relatable picture of a child trying pizza for the first time

  05-03-2018 16:51
  ‘Imagine when she tries bacon.’
  
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• Theresa May admits 'worry' about young people's housing prospects

  05-03-2018 16:44
  The Prime Minister has confessed to Sky News she is "worried" about the younger generation not getting an opportunity to get their foot on the housing ladder and its subsequent impact on wealth inequality in the UK.In an interview to mark the launch of Sky News' Line 18 series of reports from across a nation of divides, Theresa May said the country could come together in a national mission of house building."Across the board we must come together to ensure the homes are being built," the Pr
  
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• Emma Watson debuts new tattoo... with a glaring error

  05-03-2018 16:43
  Emma Watson has shown a permanent commitment to the Time's Up movement as she debuted a tattoo with the words at the Oscars.Instead of reading "Time's Up", Ms Watson's tattoo says "Times Up".Others backed her decision to get rid of the apostrophe, with one tweeter suggesting it would look "weird just floating there".
  
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• 'We simply haven't built enough homes'

  05-03-2018 16:35
  Theresa May talks to Sky News' Faisal Islam about the housing crisis and wealth inequality across the UK
  
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• Salisbury MAJOR INCIDENT: Russian spy critical after being 'POISONED' in high street

  05-03-2018 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  SALISBURY Hospital declared a “major incident” when a Russian spy was taken to its A&E after allegedly being poisoned. The Wiltshire building called in the fire brigade to decontaminate the area outside after an incident in the city's high street which left up to 10 people injured.
  
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• Homeless charity helped target rough sleepers to deport

  05-03-2018 15:40
  The charity has cooperated with immigration, compliance, and enforcement teams when they go looking for migrant rough sleepers who are in the UK illegally.A leading homelessness charity has worked with Home Office patrols as they go out on the streets in search of rough sleepers deemed to be in the UK illegally to arrest and deport, the Guardian has learned.On its website it says it is “here for every step of the journey away from homelessness” and says its outreach teams work to &ld
  
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• Two people critical in Salisbury Hospital after exposure to 'unknown substance'

  05-03-2018 15:31
  Two people are in a critical condition in hospital after they were thought to have been exposed to an "unknown substance" at a shopping centre.Wiltshire Police said officers were alerted to concerns about the welfare of a man and woman at The Maltings in Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.The pair were taken to Salisbury Hospital which said on its website on Monday that it was dealing with a "major incident" and advised people not to attend its A&E department unless it was "extremely urgent".
  
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• May calls on housebuilders to 'do their duty', ease shortage

  05-03-2018 15:30
  Prime Minister Theresa May called on homebuilders on Monday to "do their duty" and build new houses more quickly to meet demand, launching a draft policy on planning laws to try to ease Britain's housing shortage.May has made tackling the long-term housing shortage one of her top priorities as she looks to show voters that her government is capable of delivering domestic reforms at the same time as negotiating the country's exit from the European Union.May took aim at property developers, saying
  
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• Theresa May's plan to turn closed-down high street shops into houses

  05-03-2018 15:09
  The Government will make it easier for shops to be turned into houses as the Prime Minister insisted she is "determined" to tackle Britain's housing crisis.Following a speech setting out how ministers hope to boost house-building, Theresa May revealed closed-down high street retail units could be converted into residential properties.Although the Prime Minister pointed to "protection" for UK high streets among Government action, she highlighted how "retailing is changing as more and more people
  
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• Theresa May sparks memories of Windows 95 screensaver with very literal housing speech backdrop

  05-03-2018 15:05
  From Brexit to Bricks-it.
  
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