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• Salisbury Poisoning Officer: Life Will Never Be The Same

  22-03-2018 23:50
  The police officer exposed to the Novichok nerve agent after the Salisbury
  
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• Family of four who died miles apart named by police

  22-03-2018 23:28
  A woman who was found stabbed to death at her home in London and her husband and children who subsequently died in East Sussex have been officially named by police.Laura Cecilia Navarrete De Figueira, 47, her husband Adelino Gabriel Figueira de Faria, 57, and their children Claudio Gabriel, 10 and Joaquin Alejandro, seven, were found dead on 5 March.Police found the bodies of a man and two boys just before 5pm on the beach at Birling Gap seafront in East Sussex.
  
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• Legal Challenge To Gold Mine Waste Storage

  22-03-2018 23:20
  A legal challenge is to be mounted over plans surrounding a gold mine in Co
  
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• Bank of England, seeking digital boost, sets up its own fintech hub

  22-03-2018 23:13
  The Bank of England will set up its own fintech hub to find ways to use the kind of technology that has spawned digital currencies such as bitcoin and which could eventually help boost Britain's economy, a top BoE official said on Thursday."Today I can announce that we have set up a new fintech hub that will sit at the heart of the Bank, to consider both how the Bank understands and how it applies fintech, relevant to its mission," Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said."It is important that we conti
  
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• Salisbury Poisoning Officer Discharged From Hospital

  22-03-2018 23:11
  The police officer exposed to the Novichok nerve agent after the Salisbury
  
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• Gambling Addiction Banker And Ex-Wife Agree Settlement After Six-Year Fight

  22-03-2018 23:08
  A former banker who lost more than £500,000 after becoming addicted to spread
  
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• UK minister urges regulators to reassure banks on Brexit transition

  22-03-2018 23:03
  European Union regulators should offer financial firms reassurances that they can carry on operating as usual during the 20-month Brexit transition deal agreed this week, British financial services minister John Glen said on Thursday.Banks want British and EU regulators to tell them that they won't need all their Brexit contingency plans in place by March next year, when Britain leaves the bloc - meaning they can rely on the transition deal agreed between Britain and the European Union.
  
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• Confusion Over Lib Dem Claim Of Support For Vote On Brexit Deal

  22-03-2018 22:56
  Sir Vince Cable has claimed the support of almost one-third of EU leaders for
  
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• Glasgow Blaze ‘One Of The Biggest’ Firefighters Have Faced

  22-03-2018 22:50
  A major fire which took hold of a building in Glasgow city centre has been
  
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• New York, New Jersey airport workers to see wage hikes

  22-03-2018 22:39
  JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Workers at New York-area airports will see their wages nearly double after the agency that operates the airports approved a series of hikes through 2023, bringing to a close years of protests.
  
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• Suspended Cambridge Analytica Boss Called To Appear Before MPs

  22-03-2018 22:30
  The suspended boss of Cambridge Analytica (CA) has been called to appear
  
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• 40 Women Saved From Sexual Exploitation Amid International Trafficking Swoop

  22-03-2018 22:22
  Nearly 40 women who were sexually exploited and forced to live in unsafe cave-
  
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• Judge To Hear Bid To Gain Access To Cambridge Analytica Systems

  22-03-2018 22:20
  A judge is to consider the Information Commissioner's application for a
  
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• Ellie Butler’S Murder By Father Cannot Have Been In Vain, Pledges Grandfather

  22-03-2018 22:13
  Ellie Butler's grandfather vowed her death "cannot have been in vain" as he
  
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• Specialist team to assess scale of Telford sex abuse cases

  22-03-2018 22:08
  The move comes after allegations that the scale of grooming and sexual exploitation in the Shropshire town, given its population of around 150,000, may be the worst case of its kind in Britain.West Mercia Police have said they don't recognise the figure and it has been "sensationalised".Since the revelations, Telford's MP Lucy Allan says more victims have approached her for help.
  
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• Police Quiz Motorists In Search For Missing Man In Fife

  22-03-2018 22:07
  More than 30 police have quizzed drivers in the search for a student who has
  
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• Business Pledge Scheme To Be Reviewed, MSPs Told

  22-03-2018 22:06
  The Scottish Government is to review the Scottish Business Pledge scheme to
  
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• £30 Million Announced To Tackle Hospital Waiting Lists

  22-03-2018 22:05
  A £30 million cash injection to tackle hospital waiting lists has been
  
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• Shell Company Frontmen Face Jail In Crackdown On Dirty Money In Property

  22-03-2018 22:03
  Frontmen of foreign shell companies which own some of London's most exclusive
  
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• Financial Times Reports Gender Pay Gap Of Nearly 20%

  22-03-2018 22:00
  The Financial Times has revealed a median gender pay gap of 19.4%, the latest
  
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• Nanny ‘Betrayed Mother For Shot At Fame’

  22-03-2018 21:39
  A mother claimed her French nanny had betrayed her for a shot at stardom in a
  
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• Government Defends Choice Of Passport Manufacturer After Furore

  22-03-2018 21:36
  The Home Office has defended the selection of a Franco-Dutch firm to make the
  
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• Peter Robinson: Stormont Leaders Must Return To Talks To Resolve Crisis

  22-03-2018 21:28
  Stormont leaders will have to return to the negotiating table if a solution to
  
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• Justices Told Secret Hearings In ‘Rendition’ Case Would Curtail Open Justice

  22-03-2018 21:27
  A couple alleging the UK was involved in their unlawful "rendition" to Libya
  
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• Aberdeen Bypass Opening Delayed Until Autumn

  22-03-2018 21:27
  The opening of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) is expected to be
  
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• Russian Embassy Says It Learned Of Nikolay Glushkov’S Suspected Murder Via Media

  22-03-2018 21:25
  The Russian Embassy has revealed it learned about the suspected murder of one
  
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• Doctors Cleared To Take Blood Samples Of Sergei Skripal And Daughter

  22-03-2018 21:13
  A judge has given doctors permission to take blood samples from Sergei Skripal
  
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• World markets sink as Trump stokes fears of trade war

  22-03-2018 21:12
  World stock markets have tumbled as investors fret over the prospect of a damaging trade war between the globe's two largest economies.Tech shares - already under pressure over the Facebook data scandal - were among the sectors feeling the most pain as Donald Trump proposed action against China over what he sees as intellectual property theft.While the EU, including the UK, will escape imminent trade tariffs on steel and aluminium imports because of continuing negotiations, China is expected to
  
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• Murder suspect claims torched nanny betrayed her to win Tom Cruise film role

  22-03-2018 21:11
  A woman accused of murdering her 21-year-old nanny claimed the au pair betrayed her over a chance to star in a Tom Cruise movie.Sabrina Kouider, 35, described Sophie Lionnet as "evil" in a police interview, a court heard on Thursday.On Wednesday, the Old Bailey heard that Kouider and her partner Ouissem Medouni, 40, allegedly tortured Miss Lionnet in the bath and then threw her body on the bonfire in the garden as they barbecued chicken nearby.
  
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• Murdered Ellie Butler’S Grandfather Tells Of Heartbreak At Her Return To Father

  22-03-2018 21:10
  Ellie Butler's grandfather described the "heartbreaking" day she was sent back
  
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• Facebook Revelations ‘Turning Point’ In Attitudes To Online Data – Hancock

  22-03-2018 21:04
  The revelations about Facebook and Cambridge Analytica have marked a "turning
  
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• Salisbury police officer Sergeant Nick Bailey discharged from hospital

  22-03-2018 18:52
  The police officer being treated for exposure to the nerve agent used in Salisbury has been discharged from hospital.Wiltshire's police chief read a statement from the officer, Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey.
  
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• Gay Priest Says Need For ‘Revolution’ In Church Of England After Losing Appeal

  22-03-2018 18:50
  A gay priest blocked from working as a hospital chaplain after marrying his
  
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• First Minister Has No Idea How Many Workers Pay To Access Wages – Labour

  22-03-2018 18:50
  Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has accused Nicola Sturgeon of having
  
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• Hunt For Tram Platform Attackers Who Left Victim For Dead

  22-03-2018 18:45
  Police have released "shocking" footage of a brutal unprovoked assault on a
  
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• Russian Woman Victim Of Cat And Mouse Divorce Court Game, Says Lawyer

  22-03-2018 18:42
  A Russian woman fighting to force her Russian billionaire ex-husband to hand
  
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• Low Emission Zone Plans Half-Hearted, Greens Claim

  22-03-2018 18:39
  Plans for Scotland's first low emission zone (LEZ) in Glasgow have been
  
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• Husband Jailed For Life Over Frenzied Murder Of Wife

  22-03-2018 18:39
  A man who brutally murdered his wife in a frenzied knife attack, stabbing her
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding invitations revealed

  22-03-2018 18:33
  Invitations to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding have been sent to 600 guests, with a further 200 invited to the couple's reception.Following the service at Windsor Castle on 19 May, all 600 guests will attend a lunchtime reception at St George's Hall, which is being given by the Queen.Former soldier Prince Harry, who is now Captain General of Royal Marines, may therefore be in uniform for the ceremony.
  
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• Cognac Shot Sold For World Record-Breaking £10,014

  22-03-2018 18:33
  A shot of cognac has sold in the UK for £10,014, setting a new world record.
  
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• Pupil Equity Fund Cash Paid For Weekend Trip Away, Nicola Sturgeon Reveals

  22-03-2018 18:32
  Cash from a fund aimed at helping close the attainment gap in schools was used
  
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• Inquest Opens Into Death Of Russian Businessman Nikolay Glushkov

  22-03-2018 18:32
  An inquest into the death of Russian businessman Nikolay Glushkov has opened
  
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• Teenagers hunted after 'sickening' attempted murder on tram platform in Greater Manchester

  22-03-2018 18:29
  Brutal CCTV footage has been released of a man being kicked and stamped on in an unprovoked assault as he lay in a pool of blood on a tram platform.The 49-year-old man's head was repeatedly kicked after he was knocked unconscious on the platform at the Metrolink station in Chadderton, Greater Manchester.Detective sergeant John Coleman said: "Not only did these men target an innocent man for no apparent reason, they subjected him to a sustained and brutal attack and the footage is absolutely shoc
  
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• Vigil Held In Westminster Hall For Terror Attack Victims

  22-03-2018 18:25
  Victims of the Westminster terror attack have been remembered at a special
  
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• Shot of cognac sells in London bar for £10k

  22-03-2018 18:24
  The 40ml serving of Rome de Bellegarde sold on Wednesday night after it was discovered in the cellars of cognac house Jean Fillioux by fifth generation cellar master Pascal Fillioux.It is believed to be the very first blend created by Jean Fillioux in 1894.Ranjeeta Dutt McGroarty, the founder and director of Trinity Natural Gas, was the first to buy a shot of the rare drink at Hyde Kensington, breaking the Guinness World Record for the price in the process.
  
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• Sherlock Holmes Tartan Created By Author’S Descendant

  22-03-2018 18:24
  A descendant of Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has created a
  
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• World markets sink on fears of Trump trade war

  22-03-2018 18:23
  World stock markets have tumbled as investors fret over the prospect of a damaging trade war between the globe's two largest economies.Tech shares - already under pressure overthe Facebook data scandal- have been among the sectors feeling the pain ahead of anticipated action by Donald Trump against China over, what he sees as, intellectual property theft.While the EU, including the UK, will escape imminent trade tariffs on US steel and aluminium imports because of continuing negotiations, China
  
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• Pictures of Harry and Meghan's wedding invitations revealed

  22-03-2018 16:09
  Pictures of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding invitations have been released by Kensington Palace.The invitations, made using American ink on English card, were printed by Barnard and Westwood which has been making Royal invitations since 1985.Kensington Palace tweeted pictures and video of the printing process using a machine from the 1930s.
  
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• Second police officer in hospital after UK spy poisoning - Mail Online

  22-03-2018 16:06
  A second police officer is being treated in hospital for suspected poisoning after a chemical attack on a former Russian double agent but the symptoms are minor, the Mail Online reported on Thursday.Prime Minister Theresa May blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for the incident last week and expelled 23 diplomats from the Russian embassy in a move which was replicated by Moscow.Russia denies any involvement in the attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who have been critical
  
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• Eight financial apps to transform how you deal with money

  22-03-2018 16:04 via theguardian.com
  It’s time to upgrade your piggy bank. These eight apps could help you manage your money better and be on the way to a state of financial ZenWhether you’re saving for a big purchase, building up a deposit or looking to put more into your pension pot, taking charge of your personal finances can be a daunting task. However, it needn’t be that way.With smartphone usage hitting record highs in 2017, your personal accountant could be hiding in your pocket. More than 70% of 55- to 75-
  
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