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• British yachtsman missing at sea after falling overboard during round-the-world race

  26-03-2018 23:37
  Sun Hung Kai/Scallyway.Mr Fisher, originally from Southampton but resident in Adelaide in Australia, was wearing survival equipment and the rest of the crew is reported safe.According to his crew profile this is his first attempt at the Volvo Ocean Race.
  
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• England fans: Russian police witnessed supporters' behaviour in Amsterdam

  26-03-2018 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) is concerned recent efforts to "influence" Russian authorities before the World Cup have now been "wasted".
  
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• Weatherwatch: Easter weather – the UK's best and worst

  26-03-2018 22:30
  Easter comes early this year, thanks to the byzantine way the early church decided on its due date.On average, given that the date of Easter Sunday can vary by more than a month, a later Easter is likely to be sunnier and warmer than an early one.The coldest Easter was indeed early – 31 March 2013 – when the temperature fell to -12.5C in the Scottish Highlands.
  
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• Clowns to the left, jokers to the right and Labour centrists stuck in the middle

  26-03-2018 22:12
  Jeremy Corbyn kept his head down during the debate in parliament.Outside in Parliament Square, more than 500 protesters – including a handful of MPs – demonstrated against Labour’s reluctance to take antisemitism within the party seriously.Inside the Commons, Labour gave the impression of a party that had all but given up on itself.
  
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• MPs to debate Vote Leave Brexit spending allegations

  26-03-2018 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  It comes as lawyers for Brexit activists say evidence "strongly suggests" Vote Leave broke the rules.
  
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• Spy poisoning: Russian diplomats expelled across US and Europe

  26-03-2018 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The US and many EU nations are expelling Russian envoys over the poisoning of an ex-spy in the UK.
  
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• Theresa May stands by adviser who outed Brexit whistleblower

  26-03-2018 20:53
  Theresa May has insisted her political secretary, Stephen Parkinson, “does a very good job”, as he faces mounting pressure over the outing of the Brexit whistleblower Shahmir Sanni.Sanni said he had endured one of the “most awful weekends” of his life after telling the Observer how Vote Leave channelled money through BeLeave, a group linked to Cambridge Analytica, to get around electoral law.On Friday Sanni was outed as gay by Parkinson, one of May’s closest adviser
  
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• Doping - UK agency says no data lost in weekend cyber attack

  26-03-2018 20:52
  London-based UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) holds the test details and medical records of thousands of athletes, ranging from soccer players to high-profile Olympic medallists."Over the weekend UK Anti-Doping was made aware of a cyber attack affecting our systems."We are satisfied that we have appropriate levels of cyber security in place, and we continually review our systems and measures to ensure they are of a very high standard," the agency added.
  
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• Corbyn apologises for 'hurt' caused by anti-Semitism in Labour

  26-03-2018 20:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour leader seeks "urgent meeting" with Jewish leaders to discuss their concerns amid London protest.
  
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• Whistleblower questions Brexit result, says campaigners broke election law

  26-03-2018 20:30
  A whistleblower at the heart of a Facebook data scandal on Monday questioned the result of Britain's 2016 Brexit referendum as his lawyers presented evidence that they said showed the main campaign for leaving the EU had broken the law.With just a year until Britain is due to leave the European Union, two whistleblowers - one from the British political consultancy Cambridge Analytica and one from the Vote Leave group - have alleged that Brexit campaigners funded their campaign illegally.
  
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• PC Ryan Canning rape evidence 'withheld by police'

  26-03-2018 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The "deliberate actions" of the police could have led to a serious miscarriage of justice, a lawyer says.
  
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• Tyler Denton murder trial jury consider verdicts

  26-03-2018 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Redvers Bickley denies murdering his housemate and attempting to kill her two sisters and father.
  
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• British Jews protest against Corbyn over anti-Semitism

  26-03-2018 19:57
  British Jewish groups held a street protest outside parliament on Monday against opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, accusing him of failing to tackle anti-Semitism in party ranks because of a far-left world view hostile to Jews.Since unexpectedly becoming Labour leader in 2015 after decades spent on the left-wing fringes of the party, Corbyn has repeatedly faced accusations of turning a blind eye to anti-Semitic comments in the party and among groups he supports."He is repeatedly foun
  
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• Gambling Commission considers ban on credit card betting

  26-03-2018 19:54
  The Gambling Commission said gambling on credit cards ‘increases the risk that consumers will gamble more than they can afford’.The Gambling Commission is considering banning people from using their credit cards to place bets.The regulator said on Monday gambling on credit cards “increases the risk that consumers will gamble more than they can afford” and it would “consider prohibiting or restricting the use of credit cards” in order to protect gamblers from r
  
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• Project 84: Charity CALM calls for action on male suicide

  26-03-2018 19:53
  Every two hours a man in the UK takes his own life - that's 84 every week, largely unseen, other than by the family and friends they leave behind.Each represents a man who took their own life and their family and friends worked with American artist, Mark Jenkins, and his collaborator Sandra Fernandez to create each figure.The sculptures were unveiled on Monday, as CALM's chief executive Simon Gunning said the support organisation "has been campaigning and providing support services for 11 years
  
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• Delivery firm DPD improves conditions for workers after driver's death

  26-03-2018 19:26
  Delivery firm DPD is to offer holiday and sick pay to thousands of drivers after it was criticised following the death of a worker who was fined for attending a medical appointment to treat his diabetes.DPD, which delivers parcels for retailers such as M&S, Amazon and John Lewis, said it would become the first parcel delivery company to introduce a self-employed worker contract.Delivery driver Don Lane, 53, from Dorset, died in January after, his widow said, he had missed three hospital appo
  
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• Kenneth White: Large funeral for RAF veteran with no family

  26-03-2018 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  RAF veteran Kenneth White died aged 84, but little more was known about him.
  
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• Tarka the Otter director dies aged 87

  26-03-2018 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Tributes are paid to conservation film pioneer David Cobham who has died aged 87.
  
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• Divided over Corbyn’s decision to sack Owen Smith

  26-03-2018 19:12
  Hazel Davies thinks Owen Smith (left) forced Jeremy Corbyn to sack him, in order to play the martyr.Owen Smith was sacked (Report, 24 March) from the shadow cabinet not because he disagreed with Jeremy Corbyn, but because he publicly flouted the discipline of cabinet consensus.Instead he forced Corbyn to sack him, in order to play the martyr.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn concedes Labour has failed to address antisemitism problem

  26-03-2018 19:06
  Protesters demonstrate against antisemitism in Parliament Square on Monday.Jeremy Corbyn has conceded that there is a problem with antisemitism in the Labour party that the party has failed to address.Responding to Sunday night’s forceful attack from the two leading Jewish organisations, which accused him of being a figurehead for antisemitism in the party, he apologised to the leader of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jonathan Arkush, and to Jonathan Goldstein, leader of the Jewish
  
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• Alfie Evans: European Court of Human Rights considers case

  26-03-2018 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  The parents of seriously ill Alfie Evans have exhausted all legal avenues appeal in the UK.
  
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• 2,000 jobs under threat at fashion chain

  26-03-2018 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  More woe on the high street as Select seeks to reduce rents and close unprofitable stores.
  
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• How the Labour anti-Semitism saga unfolded

  26-03-2018 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The current row can be traced back to two allegations in 2016 - a year after Jeremy Corbyn became leader.
  
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• Poisoned spy: Salisbury public areas to be decontaminated later this week

  26-03-2018 18:11
  Buildings in public areas in Salisbury are to be decontaminated later this week, sources have told Sky News.The decontamination operation is likely to start in the next few days and will include the Zizzi restaurant where Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia dined just before they were found and The Mill pub which they also visited.Police say the decontamination is being done only as a precaution and there is no danger to the public.
  
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• UK opposes Brexit threat to role in EU's Galileo scheme

  26-03-2018 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK's future participation in the EU's GPS rival should be reconsidered, says the EU commission.
  
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• Rugby rape trial jury told to consider 'memory lapses'

  26-03-2018 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Jurors at the rape trial of two Ulster rugby players are told they must decide where the truth lies.
  
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• Lawyers for Brexit whistleblowers say there is evidence Vote Leave broke law

  26-03-2018 17:12
  Lawyers for Brexit campaign whistleblowers said on Monday that there was a prima facie case that Vote Leave broke election law in the EU referendum, according to a legal opinion by law firm Bindmans which Reuters has seen."We consider that there is a prima facie case that the following electoral offences were committed by Vote Leave in the EU referendum campaign and that these require urgent investigation," the lawyers said.Dominic Cummings, a former Vote Leave director, has denied his group bro
  
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• Second body found in search for missing Nairn brothers

  26-03-2018 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Neil Gibson and his brother Alan went missing on a hillwalking trip in the Highlands on 8 February.
  
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• Jailed hacker told to repay £69,000 or face two more years in prison

  26-03-2018 16:47
  Adam Mudd, 21, was jailed last April for having developed the "Titanium Stresser" tool which the Old Bailey heard he rented out to cyber criminals, earning him more than £250,000.Mudd created the Titanium Stresser program when he was 16, and it was used to carry out more than 1.7 million attacks on websites and gaming servers.Companies affected by the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks which his tool made claimed they had to pay millions to mitigate against such attacks in the fu
  
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• Why Labour continues to struggle with antisemitism

  26-03-2018 16:44
  Jeremy Corbyn said he sincerely regretted not looking more closely at the mural before defending it.Jeremy Corbyn’s period at the head of Labour has been punctuated by a series of rows about antisemitic episodes, a toxic subject has continued to trouble the party leadership despite an internal inquiry, numerous suspensions and repeated apologies.The disputes are often fuelled via social media, or by trawling through postings from years ago – and made especially potent because the sub
  
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• Parliament must have power to stop 'No Deal' Brexit - UK opposition

  26-03-2018 16:41
  Britain's opposition Labour Party on Monday demanded that parliament have the final say on the government's Brexit deal, including an option to send ministers back to the negotiating table rather than leave without an exit agreement.After reaching a deal last week on a transitional period lasting until the end of 2020, Prime Minister Theresa May's team must now negotiate Britain's long-term trading arrangements with the European Union - perhaps the hardest stage yet in the complicated divorce ta
  
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• Autism Awareness Week: share your experiences

  26-03-2018 16:37
  The National Autistic Society has said it will work with the Scouts to help the organisation find solutions and plan changes after an 11-year-old boy with autism was left upset by being excluded from activities.The Scout Association has paid a settlement of £42,000 to the family of Ben Gleeson, who had joined the 10th Harpenden cub scout group in January 2015 but was later told he could not go to camps or take part in athletics without supervision.As people mark World Autism Awareness Week
  
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• Advertisers look to online ads for brand growth: Zenith

  26-03-2018 16:29
  Zenith, owned by France's Publicis , forecast that advertisers would spend 40.2 percent of their budgets on online campaigns this year, higher than 37.6 percent in 2017."For many consumers, checking their mobile devices for social media has become a regular, ingrained habit, while social media ads blend seamlessly into their mobile app newsfeeds," Zenith said in a statement.Mark Zuckerberg's Facebookis often credited with spearheading the social media revolution that has gripped billions of user
  
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• Child sexual abuse inquiry to hear from Telford victims

  26-03-2018 16:27
  The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) will send a team of specialists to Telford to talk to grooming victims and survivors.The Truth Project will allow victims to share their experiences in a trusted and supportive environment without being questioned or challenged.The announcement comes amid allegations that hundreds of vulnerable children were targeted in the Shropshire town since the 1980s.
  
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• Coventry hit-and-run deaths: Man guilty of causing boys' deaths

  26-03-2018 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Corey, six, and Casper Platt-May, two, had been on a family trip to the park when they were hit.
  
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• Vote Leave members 'may have committed criminal offences'

  26-03-2018 16:23
  Members of the Vote Leave campaign may have committed criminal offences, say barristers from the Matrix Chambers.A number of possible criminal offences may have been committed by members of the official Brexit campaign during the EU referendum, according to the expert view of some of Britain’s leading barristers.Intensifying the pressure on senior figures within Theresa May’s cabinet and No 10 Downing Street, Helen Mountfield QC and Clare Montgomery QC of Matrix Chambers, concluded t
  
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• No10's Stephen Parkinson Slammed For 'Inexcusable' Statement Over Shahmir Sanni's Sexuality

  26-03-2018 16:03
  Downing Street has been accused of an "inexcusable" breach of confidence after
  
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• No10 Slammed For 'Inexcusable' Statement Over Vote Leave Whistleblower's Sexuality

  26-03-2018 16:03
  Downing Street has been accused of an "inexcusable" breach of confidence after
  
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• Why is the NRA so powerful? – video

  26-03-2018 15:59 via theguardian.com
  The National Rifle Association (NRA) is famous for its influence on American politics. Under its executive vice-president, Wayne LaPierre, the group has resisted changes to gun legislation for more than four decades, despite
  multiple mass shootings. Here's how the group keeps the status quo Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit message to May: Leave voter's FURIOUS call for UK to cut Brussels ties immediately

  26-03-2018 15:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BREXIT supporter has urged the Prime Minister to cut ties with the Brussels club immediately in a scathing attack at the way negotiations have been handled.
  
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• Car smashes into Worcester home as a family watches TV

  26-03-2018 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The homeowner says it is nothing short of a miracle he and his family are still alive.
  
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• Orlando Bloom returns to West End stage as corrupt cop in Killer Joe

  26-03-2018 15:48
  Lord Of The Rings star Orlando Bloom is returning to the West End stage for the first time since his debut 11 years ago.Bloom, 41, will play Joe Cooper, a police officer who moonlights as a contract killer in Tracy Letts' play Killer Joe.The play was adapted for the big screen in 2011, with Matthew McConaughey playing the lead role.
  
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• Brexit DEMAND: Voter tells UK to hurry up and get rid of 'controlling EU bureaucrats'

  26-03-2018 15:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  A UK voter demanded Britain get on with Brexit, finally take back control of the nations future and be rid of all European Union bureaucrats once for all in an epic speech.
  
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• Remainers turn into BREXITEERS: Now Wales majority believes Brexit was RIGHT thing for UK

  26-03-2018 15:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  A NEW poll has bashed Remainer claims for a second referendum and shown the majority of people in Wales think Brexit was right to vote for.
  
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• ECB inspectors find 10 billion euro problem in banks' loan book

  26-03-2018 15:18
  European Central Bank inspectors found shortcomings and miscalculations worth more than 10 billion euros when going through euro zone banks' loan books last year, the ECB said on Monday.The ECB's annual report on its work as the euro zone's top banking watchdog shows some banks were found to be deficient in the way they identify problem customers and loans, set aside provisions and choose when to grant credit, among other areas.Tasked with avoiding a new financial crisis, the ECB is putting pres
  
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• US To Expel 60 Russian Diplomats In Response To Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack

  26-03-2018 15:07
  * US to expel 60 Russian diplomats over Salisbury attack
  
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• More Than 100 Russian Spies Expelled From The West In Response To Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack

  26-03-2018 15:07
  * More than 100 Russian agents are being sent home from 22 countries
  
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• More Than 100 Russian Diplomats Expelled From The West In Response To Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack

  26-03-2018 15:07
  * More than 100 Russian agents are being sent home from 22 countries
  
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• Theresa May backs aide Stephen Parkinson accused of 'outing' ex-partner

  26-03-2018 14:51
  Theresa May's political secretary Stephen Parkinson is under pressure over a row stemming from his time as part of the Vote Leave campaign during the EU referendum.Shahmir Sanni, a Vote Leave volunteer, has claimed the official Brexit campaign donated money to an independent youth operation in order to get around strict spending limits set by the Electoral Commission.The whistleblower alleges £625,000 was given by Vote Leave to youth group BeLeave in the last two weeks of the referendum pe
  
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• Ferrari driver jailed for 18 months for causing death of teenager while 'showing off'

  26-03-2018 14:44
  A Ferrari driver has been jailed for 18 months for causing the death of a 13-year-old boy while "showing off" in the £1.2m supercar.Matthew Cobden, of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court for causing the death by careless driving of Alexander Worth on 22 August, 2016.Cobden, who owns a car storage business, was also banned from driving for two years and ordered to take an extended retest.
  
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