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• Man in his 20s killed in London stabbing

  04-04-2018 23:07
  A man in his 20s has died after being stabbed in east London, Scotland Yard has said.
  
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• Manchester City bus pelted with missiles at Anfield in Liverpool

  04-04-2018 23:04
  Manchester City's team bus was engulfed in smoke and pelted with missiles as it arrived at Liverpool's Anfield stadium.The two sides were playing the first leg of their Champions League quarter final.Liverpool fans let off flares and threw bottles and cans at it around an hour before kick-off.
  
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• Tax sugar, alcohol and tobacco to help the poor, say experts

  04-04-2018 23:00
  Illnesses caused by lifestyle, such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease and strokes, have overtaken infectious diseases to become the biggest killers of the modern age.Just a day before the UK brings in a levy on sugary drinks, experts are urging every country in the world to use taxes to deter people from the eating, drinking and smoking habits that will damage their health.Five papers published in the Lancet medical journal say these non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are having a big and growing
  
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• Pensioner held on suspicion of murdering 'burglar' pictured

  04-04-2018 22:43
  The pensioner arrested on suspicion of murdering a suspected burglar in his home is 78-year-old Richard Osborn-Brooks, Sky sources say.Police were called to a house in Hither Green, southeast London, at 12.45am to reports of a break-in in progress.Osborn-Brooks had found two men inside his home.
  
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• Facebook says Cambridge Analytica may have gained 37m more users' data

  04-04-2018 21:47
  Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, has promised the company will investigate apps that had access to ‘large amounts of information’ and audit any that show ‘suspicious activity’.The Facebook data of up to 87 million people – 37 million more than previously reported – may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, the company has revealed.This larger figure was buried in the penultimate paragraph of a blogpost by the company’s chief technol
  
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• Pensioner held on suspicion of murdering 'burglar' named

  04-04-2018 20:53
  The pensioner arrested on suspicion of murdering a suspected burglar in his home is 78-year-old Richard Osborn-Brooks, Sky sources say.Police were called to a house in Hither Green, southeast London, at 12.45am to reports of a break-in in progress.There were initial reports the homeowner was forced into the kitchen by one of the suspects armed with a screwdriver while the other went upstairs.
  
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• Russian bid for joint inquiry into England spy poisoning fails

  04-04-2018 20:47
  Russia's call for a joint inquiry to be held into the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in England failed on Wednesday when it was outvoted 15-6 at a meeting of the global chemical weapons watchdog.Russia had called an emergency meeting of the decision-making executive of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to counter accusations by Britain that it was behind the March 4 nerve agent poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England.Britain's charges
  
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• UK welcomes Russia defeat on joint chemical weapons inquiry

  04-04-2018 20:27
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson welcomed Russia's defeat on Wednesday in its attempt to get the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to back a joint investigation into the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Britain.
  
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• Duke of Edinburgh 'comfortable' and recovering after successful hip replacement operation

  04-04-2018 20:24
  The Duke of Edinburgh is "comfortable and in good spirits" after a successful hip replacement operation, Buckingham Palace says.Prince Philip was admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in central London on Tuesday for the planned surgery which took place the following day.Hip replacement patients have to walk aided for the first four to six weeks after surgery, meaning the Duke could be using a walking stick at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding on 19 May.
  
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• Gender pay gap figures reveal eight in 10 UK firms pay men more

  04-04-2018 20:14
  Eight in 10 companies and public-sector bodies pay men more than women it was revealed, as hundreds of businesses scrambled to report their gender pay gap before the government’s midnight deadline.Some eight years after the law was tabled to compel companies across Britain to reveal the extent of the difference between male and female wages, the data showed that women were being paid a median hourly rate that, on average, was 9.8% less than that given their male colleagues.By Wednesday eve
  
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• Liverpool v Manchester City: Champions League quarter-final first leg – live!

  04-04-2018 20:12
  Updates from the 7.45pm BST kick-off at AnfieldKlopp says tie with City will produce ‘fire’
  And email Paul or tweet @Paul_Doyle to get in touch7.12pm BST Anyone else disappointed that Sterling is not starting today? The tactical reasons are understandable - ie the need to introduce more mobility and muscle to central midfield - but Sterling will suspect that Guardiola fears he will shrink on his return to Anfield, where he has yet to perform well since departing under a cloud towards
  
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• Martin Luther King remembered across US: 'The pain just won't go away' – live

  04-04-2018 20:06
  Guardian journalists report live from events to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s death, held to remember his message of equality‘I Have A Dream’: students from King’s former school recite speechWhat would King’s dream be in 2018?King’s last 31 hours: the story of his final prophetic speechHow a rebel leader was lost to history 7.06pm BST The rally in Memphis is underway and scheduled speakers include 2016 presidential candidate Bernie San
  
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• Dogged determination: the pets who forget their disabilities – in pictures

  04-04-2018 20:00
  For her book Perfect Imperfection, the Australian pet photographer Alex Cearns set out to capture the personalities of animals who adapt to their damaged or different bodies without complaint. ‘They push on, wanting to be included and involved in everything as much as they can,’ the Perth-based photographer says. ‘These are the creatures who have lost a leg, been born without eyes, or are still showing the scars of former abuse.’ Part of the proceeds from sales of Perfect
  
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• Macron has yet to convince a divided, striking France that he’s right | Pierre Haski

  04-04-2018 19:55
  With unions and students opposing him, the president is facing his first big challenge. The outcome will define his termHistory, it is said, does not repeat itself, but some people in France are trying hard to make it happen. They remember the strikes of November and December 1995, starting with the railway workers’ stoppage, which forced the then prime minister, Alain Juppé, to back down on his pensions and social security reforms. And then there&rsquo
  
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• Commonwealth Games swimmer Otto Putland 'raped woman after she had sex with his friend'

  04-04-2018 19:55
  A Commonwealth Games swimmer raped a woman after she had sex with another top athlete, a court has heard.Otto Putland, 24, denies one charge of forcing himself on the woman after she had consensual sex with Olympic swimmer Ieuan Lloyd.Janet McDonald, prosecuting, claimed the woman had been passed between the men "as if she were a chattel".
  
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• As a Jewish Corbyn supporter, this antisemitism row feels like gaslighting | Rachel Shabi

  04-04-2018 19:55
  We have faced varying degrees of hostility and manipulation. But let’s not pretend Corbyn’s Labour invented antisemitismIt is utterly bewildering that Labour MPs and journalists thought it was fine to distinguish bad Jews from good this week, as a way to discredit Jeremy Corbyn’s Passover meeting with the radical London-based group Jewdas. These voices said the Jewish community organisation, friendly to the Labour leader, was the wrong kind of Jew. Yet other Jewish groups &ndas
  
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• Barcelona v Roma: Champions League quarter-final first leg – live!

  04-04-2018 19:47
  Updates from the 7.45pm BST kick-off at Camp NouMessi fit and firing to lead charge against RomaAnd feel free to email Jacob or tweet @JacobSteinberg6.47pm BST Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Alba; Busquets, Roberto; Rakitic, Iniesta; Messi, L Suarez. Subs: Cillessen, Vermaelen, D Suarez, Gomes, Paulinho, Alcacer, Dembele.Roma: Allison; Peres, Fazio, Manolas, Kolarov; De Rossi, Florenzi, Strootman; Pellegrini, Dzeko, Perotti. Subs: Skorupski, Jesus, Schick, Gonalons, Defrel, Gerson
  
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• Unimpressed by the sorry state of the UK’s border arrangements

  04-04-2018 19:39
  ‘Amber Rudd’s announcement that 1,000 extra Border Force officers would be recruited brought wry smiles from officers working at those borders,’ writes Chris Hobbs.Last week the home secretary, Amber Rudd, released five separate reports compiled by the chief inspector of borders and immigration, David Bolt.Within the report that dealt with “exit checks” was the revelation that 600,000 foreign visitors had been lost in the system and it was not known whether those in
  
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• Trump tariffs: China retaliates with new levies on US products

  04-04-2018 19:37
  Trade war intensifies as Beijing targets $12bn soybean imports produced in Trump heartlandChina has raised the stakes in the escalating trade showdown with the US, unveiling tariffs on a targeted list of American imports in response to levies on more than 1,300 Chinese goods put forward by Donald Trump.Sending a message to Washington that economic threats made by the Trump White House would be matched with equal force, Beijing said it would impose additional tariffs of 25% on 106 American produc
  
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• YouTube shooting suspect was angry site stopped paying her, father says

  04-04-2018 19:34
  Father of Nasim Najafi Aghdam says he reported his daughter missing before the attack, and warned police she may be heading to YouTubeThe woman who allegedly opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters in a suburb of San Francisco, injuring three before killing herself, was apparently furious with the video website because it had stopped paying her for her clips. Police in California named the shooter as Nasim Najafi Aghdam, 39. Continue reading...
  
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• From Naomi Campbell to Ozwald Boateng: Arise fashion week – in pictures

  04-04-2018 19:30
  After a six-year break, Arise fashion week returned to Nigeria last week, with Naomi Campbell walking two shows in Lagos, Skepta performing – and Ozwald Boateng producing a starry collection Continue reading...
  
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• Augusta National to host women’s amateur tournament from 2019

  04-04-2018 19:11
  • First event for women since Masters venue opened in 1933
  • Condoleezza Rice present at announcement by Fred RidleyIn what will be viewed as a further departure from age-old prejudices, Augusta National has revealed it will host a women’s amateur tournament from 2019 – the first competition for women to be staged at the home of the Masters since it opened in 1933.The Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship will be a 54-hole event featuring 72 players. Rounds on
  
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• Gender pay gap: hundreds of companies file reports on final day - live

  04-04-2018 19:03
  Follow all the developments in the final hours before the deadline for firms to reveal the gap between male and female payInteractive: when does your company stop paying women this year?Tell us what the gender pay gap looks like where you work 6.03pm BST Companies with more than 250 employees have until midnight tonight to reveal the gap between the average hourly rate paid to male and female employees.A slew of companies reported in the last few days, some with massive pay gaps, but more than 1
  
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• Trevor Bayliss suggests bare cupboard means few England batting changes

  04-04-2018 19:00
  Despite England failing to win any of their seven Tests this winter, Trevor Bayliss says: ‘More than likely there will be the same men involved,’ against Pakistan and IndiaMost of the senior figures in the England setup keep casting an eye towards 2019, the summer of the World Cup and the Ashes. Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad might like to bid farewell together clutching the urn; so might Alastair Cook. Joe Root, meanwhile, would also like a finger on the World Cup alongside Trevor
  
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• Russia lost vote at chemical weapons body seeking joint Salisbury inquiry - source

  04-04-2018 19:00
  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Russia lost a vote 15-6 at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) seeking a new joint investigation into the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in Britain, a diplomatic source told Reuters.
  
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• England’s Eoin Morgan hopes bans have curbed anger over ball tampering

  04-04-2018 19:00
  • England limited-overs captain backs Australia’s hardline response
  • ‘Australia have shown how serious the mistake was’Eoin Morgan, England’s limited-overs captain, believes cricket’s reputation has been hurt by the ball-tampering scandal but hopes the public’s anger will have been assuaged by Australia’s hardline response.Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft confirmed on Wednesday they will not be challenging their respective 12-month and nine-mo
  
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• What does the Belfast rape trial tell women? Make a complaint and you'll be vilified

  04-04-2018 18:54
  It doesn’t matter what women wear or how they behave – if things go badly, they will be blamedWhat can I wear on a night out to ensure I have a good time and no one will give me a hard time later?Charlotte, by email Continue reading...
  
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• Chicken rendang snub stirs heated Southeast Asian recipe debate

  04-04-2018 18:47
  A British cooking show has sparked a lively debate across Southeast Asian over whether the widely popular chicken rendang dish should ever be crispy and where it originates from.Malaysian-born Zaleha Kadir Olpin served the spicy chicken alongside her nasi lemak, a traditional Malaysian dish, in the quarter-final of the BBC's MasterChef UK."Saying chicken rendang should be crispy is like saying that hamburgers should be boiled," KF Seetoh, founder of Makansutra and an Asian street food expert bas
  
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• Who is the ‘yodelling Walmart kid’ taking over the internet?

  04-04-2018 18:46
  Meet 11-year-old Mason Ramsey – aka Lil Hank Williams.
  
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• Prince Philip 'in good spirits' after hip replacement operation

  04-04-2018 18:43
  Duke of Edinburgh likely to remain in hospital for several days after successful procedureThe Duke of Edinburgh has undergone a successful hip replacement operation and is comfortable and in good spirits, Buckingham Palace has said. Philip, 96, underwent a planned procedure on Wednesday after suffering with a hip problem for about a month. Continue reading...
  
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• Duke of Edinburgh 'comfortable' after successful hip replacement operation

  04-04-2018 18:42
  The Duke of Edinburgh is "comfortable and in good spirits" after a successful hip replacement operation, Buckingham Palace says.
  
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• Prince Philip, 96, satisfactory in hospital after hip surgery - Palace

  04-04-2018 18:40
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Philip, 96, husband of Queen Elizabeth, is satisfactory in hospital after successful hip replacement surgery, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday.
  
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• White House clarification only adds to confusion over Syria withdrawal

  04-04-2018 18:34
  White House says fight against Isis is ‘coming to rapid end’, but US still committed to Syria presence, despite Trump insistence on withdrawalThe White House on Wednesday said the US fight against the Islamic State in Syria is “coming to a rapid end” even as Donald Trump reportedly agreed to keep troops in the war-torn country for the foreseeable future.Trump has repeatedly expressed a desire to withdraw US troops from Syria “very soon”, which is at odds with
  
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• Pair plead not guilty to murder of fashion model Harry Uzoka

  04-04-2018 18:34
  Old Bailey hears Merse Dikanda and Jonathan Okigbo deny murder of 25-year-old in LondonTwo men have denied murdering Harry Uzoka, a 25-year-old model found stabbed to death in west London in January.Uzoka was found mortally injured in Shepherd’s Bush on the afternoon of 11 January. Continue reading...
  
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• Salisbury attack: what has the UK said and what evidence does it have?

  04-04-2018 18:31
  The revelation that scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Down have not established that the nerve agent used to poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal was made in Russia has caused a storm.UK officials hurried to explain that the scientific findings were just one part of the intelligence jigsaw that pointed the finger for the Salisbury attack at Moscow.Unlike her foreign secretary, the prime minister was precise when she explained eight days after the attack why the gov
  
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• Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh, 'Progressing Satisfactorily' After Hip Surgery

  04-04-2018 18:28
  Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, is in "good spirits" after undergoing a
  
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• HSBC has worst gender pay gap among Britain's largest companies

  04-04-2018 18:28
  HSBC , Europe's largest bank, has reported the largest difference in male and female staff salaries among large organisations in Britain, as the government looks to pressure big companies to reduce gender pay disparities.Swamped by the task of delivering Brexit, Prime Minister Theresa May is under pressure to make visible progress on a domestic agenda set out when she took power in July 2016, particularly after a snap election in 2017 that exposed a weakness on social reforms.Hoping to highlight
  
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• Apple poaches Google's AI chief in push to save Siri

  04-04-2018 18:23
  Scottish-born John Giannandrea joined search firm in 2010 and helped it become market leader Apple has poached Google’s AI chief, John Giannandrea, to run its machine learning and AI operations, in the clearest sign yet that the iPhone creator is attempting to fix the problems that saw its early lead in the field crumble.Scottish-born Giannandrea, who joined Google in 2010 after his startup, Metaweb, was acquired, has led the search firm’s push to become market leader in AI and machi
  
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• BBC admits treehouse scene from Human Planet series was faked

  04-04-2018 18:18
  Scenes of Papua New Guinea tribe building very high homes staged for programme makersThe BBC has admitted that a scene from a television documentary series showing tribal people living high up in treehouses was faked by the makers of the programme.An episode of the eight-part Human Planet series, which aired in 2011, depicted the life of the Korowai people of Papua New Guinea and included members moving into a treehouse. Continue reading...
  
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• Obesity putting strain on NHS as weight-related admissions rise

  04-04-2018 18:15
  There were 617,000 obesity-related admissions last year in England.The toll taken by obesity on the NHS is increasing, as more people are admitted to hospital with heart conditions, gallstones or needing hip and knee replacements related to their weight.Data from NHS Digital shows an 18% increase in admissions in the last year either for obesity treatment – usually stomach-reducing surgery – or conditions caused or complicated by obesity, such as heart disease or pregnancy.
  
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• The ingenious eco tech helping India’s entrepreneurs

  04-04-2018 18:13
  Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship winner: Harish Hande, co-founder of Selco and CEO of the Selco FoundationFrom electric flatbread machines to sustainable lighting sources for street vendors, Harish Hande’s Selco brings efficient, credit-worthy solutions to India’s micro-entrepreneursInequality haunts modern India – and where it bites deepest, and hurts most, is over access to sources of energy. Continue reading...
  
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• Developing mobile technology to manage the funds of farmers in poverty

  04-04-2018 18:10
  Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship winner: Anushka Ratnayake, myAgroStuck in a cycle of low income due to poor-quality seeds, many farmers in developing countries find it hard to improve output, but Anushka Ratnayke’s myAgro offers a secure and easy scratchcard system to help them save via a mobile phoneAnushka Ratnayake was in a remote part of Rwanda, working for a microcredit organisation, when she had a lightbulb moment. Continue reading...
  
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• Prince Charles opens Commonwealth Games amid arrest of protesters

  04-04-2018 18:06
  • Prince reads speech written by Queen at Gold Coast 2018 ceremony
  • Indigenous Australians outside chant: ‘No justice, no Games’Prince Charles delivered a speech composed by the Queen to the Gold Coast’s Carrara Stadium as he declared the 21st Commonwealth Games open after a ceremony that began with an almighty storm and concluded with a spectacular firework display.Joined by the Duchess of Cornwall in Australia, the prince briefly struggled to release the note that
  
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• Russia calls U.N. Security Council meeting on Salisbury attack

  04-04-2018 18:05
  Russia has requested the United Nations Security Council meet on Thursday to discuss British accusations that Moscow used a nerve agent to attack a former Russian spy in England last month, Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Wednesday.Nebenzia said the meeting would be convened on the basis of a March 13 letter sent to the U.N. Security Council by British Prime Minister Theresa May, which said Moscow was "highly likely" responsible for the attack.
  
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• Barbara Bush on helping young people improve global healthcare

  04-04-2018 18:03
  Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship winner: Barbara Bush, co-founder and board chair, Global Health CorpsIt was international trips with her father, the then US president, that inspired Barbara Bush to co-found Global Health Corps – an organisation that recruits and trains young people from around the world in the hope that they will become the healthcare leaders of tomorrow“I was travelling with my parents [George W Bush and Laura Bush], meeting lots of health leaders, and I st
  
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• These statues on a Dublin bridge prove that putting googly eyes on anything is funny

  04-04-2018 18:01
  Grattan Bridge has had a subtle make over.
  
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• Corbyn and Jewish leaders agree to tackle Labour antisemitism

  04-04-2018 17:51
  The Jewish Voice for Labour stages a demonstration in Parliament Square opposing the Board of Deputies’ attack on Jeremy Corbyn.Jeremy Corbyn and Britain’s two largest Jewish organisations have agreed to address antisemitism in the Labour party, which Corbyn said would happened “without preconditions”.In a letter to the Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) and the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC), the Labour leader said he accepted “my responsibility to give a str
  
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• Ray Wilkins, former England midfielder, dies aged 61

  04-04-2018 17:48
  • Wilkins won 84 England caps in 24-year playing career
  • Midfielder played for Chelsea, Manchester United and RangersRay Wilkins, the former England midfielder, has died at the age of 61.Wilkins, whose clubs included Chelsea, Manchester United, Queens Park Rangers and Rangers in a 24-year playing career that spanned three decades, fell after suffering a cardiac arrest last month and had been in a critical condition in St George’s hospital, in Tooting, south-west London. Continue
  
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• Thanks, but a ‘Love a Muslim Day’ isn’t enough to counter Islamophobia | Shaista Aziz

  04-04-2018 17:44
  The rising tide of bigotry against Britain’s Muslim communities needs tackling head-on – and Theresa May should take the leadTwenty-four hours on from the “Punish a Muslim Day” and the well-meaning but deeply reductive framing of “Love a Muslim Day”, the UK’s Muslim communities and no doubt the police and authorities are breathing a huge sigh of relief that this designated day of hate passed off without major incident.“Punish a Muslim Day” st
  
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• HTC in hot water as 'misleading' phone ad starring Tom Daley is banned

  04-04-2018 17:40
  An advert in which Olympic diver Tom Daley takes a selfie as he enters a swimming pool has been banned.The UK's advertising watchdog said the HTC mobile device's own instructions warn the phone should not come into contact with pool water.In the advert, which has been promoted on social media since mid-2017, Daley is seen jumping from the highest diving platform at a pool and taking images of himself as he jumps.
  
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