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• Theresa May launches £75m drive against prostate cancer

  09-04-2018 23:30
  Theresa May speaks at a press conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.The prime minister is to launch a new drive against prostate cancer, which kills more than 11,000 men every year in the UK and causes great anxiety and sometimes suffering for the 47,000 men who get a diagnosis.Theresa May will announce £75m for research that will recruit 40,000 men into trials for better diagnosis and treatments for the disease, which recently overtook breast cancer to become the third biggest cancer killer i
  
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• DfE set to axe pupil data-sharing deal with Home Office

  09-04-2018 23:01
  The government’s apparent policy reversal has been heralded as a victory by campaigners fighting the ‘poisonous’ requirement that schools collect data on pupils.Campaigners are claiming victory amid reports that the government is to back down on a controversial requirement that schools must collect data on their pupils’ nationality and country of birth.The campaign group Against Borders for Children (ABC), which has fought against the policy since its introduction in Sept
  
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• Jaw fossil from English beach belongs to monstrous marine reptile

  09-04-2018 22:15
  A jawbone fossil found on a rocky English beach belongs to one of the biggest marine animals on record, a type of seagoing reptile called an ichthyosaur that scientists estimated at up to 85 feet (26 meters) long - approaching the size of a blue whale.Scientists said on Monday this ichthyosaur, which appears to be the largest marine reptile ever discovered, lived 205 million years ago at the end of the Triassic Period, dominating the oceans just as dinosaurs were becoming the undisputed masters
  
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• 8 of the funniest exam answers written by students

  09-04-2018 22:13
  ‘I saw a student write “I dunno” as an answer… I marked it wrong, put a line through it and corrected it to “I don’t know”.’
  
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• BREXIT ESCAPE: Brussels says loss of rights is 'fact of life' as Britons hunt EU passports

  09-04-2018 21:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE European Commission declared Britons losing rights after Brexit as a “fact of life” while insisting it would not comment on the dramatic rise of Britons applying for European Union passports.
  
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• Olympic rowing champion Helen Glover loses one of her unborn twins

  09-04-2018 20:39
  Olympic gold medallist Helen Glover has lost one of the twins she was expecting with TV presenter husband Steve Backshall.
  
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• BREXIT CRACKDOWN: Brussels issues LATEST fishing rules in event of no deal EU split

  09-04-2018 20:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE European Commission has laid down tough rules for its crackdown on fishermen in the event of a no deal Brexit, threatening to ditch the recognition of the UK’s standards as a result of no agreement between both parties.
  
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• Home Office minister Victoria Atkins doesn't know number of police officers

  09-04-2018 19:15
  A Home Office minister has admitted she does not know the number of police officers in the country.Victoria Atkins, who has worked as a junior minister in the Home Office since November last year, confessed "that number has slipped my mind" during a radio interview.The Tory MP was grilled on the figure amid a political row over whether a drop in the number of police officers has led to a rise in violent crime.
  
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• Blaming Dublin for endangering the Good Friday agreement is absurd

  09-04-2018 19:08
  David Trimble’s suggestion that the Irish government is destabilising the Good Friday agreement is absurd (Dublin stance on post-Brexit border could provoke loyalist paramilitaries, says Trimble, 7 April).Dublin supports the EU position of allowing Northern Ireland to remain in the customs union and the single market in the event of there being no viable alternative means to avoid a hard border in Ireland.
  
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• Vuitton owner LVMH posts sales surge in boost to luxury sector

  09-04-2018 18:43
  Louis Vuitton owner LVMHposted a better-than-expected rise in first quarter sales on Monday, pointing to undiminished appetite from Chinese consumers that should boost luxury goods rivals too.Paris-based LVMH, the industry's biggest company and parent to labels like Christian Dior and champagne house Moet & Chandon, benefited like many peers from a rebound in Asian demand last year and a growing following from younger shoppers.
  
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• Boris Johnson slated for congratulating Viktor Orbán after election win

  09-04-2018 18:37
  Boris Johnson has been criticised for congratulating Hungary’s Viktor Orbán on his election victory, despite harsh criticism from international observers who noted the campaign’s intimidating and xenophobic rhetoric.The foreign secretary tweeted congratulations to Orbán, who will now serve a third consecutive term as prime minister, having campaigned with his Fidesz party almost exclusively on an anti-migration platform.“Congratulations to Fidesz and Viktor Orb&aa
  
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• 'Amber Rudd's handling will do her no favours': your best comments today

  09-04-2018 18:30
  Discussion around Monday’s politics live blog focussed on the home secretary’s reaction to a leak to the Guardian saying police cuts have “likely contributed” to a rise in violent crime.Rudd’s maladroit handling of this spike in knife crime will have done her no favours.
  
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• Is rise in violent crime due to cuts to neighbourhood policing?

  09-04-2018 18:26
  It is incontrovertible that the number of police officers is falling in England and Wales.Home Office statistics show the number of police officers fell from their peak of 144,353 in 2009 to 123,142 in March 2017.Some serious violent offences have been rising since 2014, including homicide, knife crime and gun crime.
  
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• John Bolton's hawkish credentials laid bare – video

  09-04-2018 18:21 via theguardian.com
  Donald Trump’s new national security adviser has a reputation for his bellicose approach to international affairs and his fiery rhetoric. As he takes up his new position, here he is what John Bolton has had to say in the past about Iran, Iraq, North Korea, China and the UNWhy John Bolton is much more like Trump than some think Continue reading...
  
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• Yulia Skripal to seek political asylum - RIA citing cousin

  09-04-2018 18:17
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned along with her father, ex-spy Sergei Skripal, in Britain, is to seek political asylum, Russia's RIA news agency reported on Monday, citing a relative.
  
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• Assad regime 'assassinated' journalist Marie Colvin, says court claim

  09-04-2018 17:59
  The Sunday Times correspondent was killed when a rocket hit a makeshift media centre in the city of Homs.The Assad regime “assassinated” the Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin as part of its campaign targeting journalists covering the Syrian civil war, according to a claim filed in a Washington court on Monday.The legal action over the 2012 killing is the first war crimes-related case against the Syrian government to reach court.
  
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• 'Burglar' death: Police release image of 'accomplice' Billy Jeeves

  09-04-2018 17:28
  Police have released an image of a suspected burglar five days after his alleged accomplice was stabbed to death during a break-in.
  
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• British Transport Police rubbishes Olly Murs' claim of terror alert cover-up

  09-04-2018 17:04
  Police have rubbished claims by Olly Murs that there could have been a cover-up after reports of gunfire in central London sparked a terror alert last November.The singer posted a series of tweets in which he claimed to have heard gunfire from inside Selfridges department store on Black Friday, and was widely mocked after a police investigation found no evidence of weapons or, as some suspected, a terror attack.British Transport Police (BTP), who were first to respond to rumours of a serious inc
  
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• UK Weather: Met Office issues SEVERE alerts as rain sparks fears of FLOODING TONIGHT

  09-04-2018 16:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Met Office has issued yellow severe weather alerts as parts of the UK look set to get battered by heavy rains tonight, prompting fears of power cuts, travel chaos and flooding.
  
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• Four of the 'luckiest people' survive horror car crash in Leeds

  09-04-2018 16:42
  Four of the 'luckiest people' have had a miraculous escape after a car smashed into a fence sending shards of wood through the windscreen.West Yorkshire traffic police posted pictures on Twitter of the wrecked vehicle, showing the badly damaged windscreen and the interior of the vehicle filled with planks."Four of the luckiest people our officers have ever seen following an RTC," West Yorkshire Police Roads Policing Unit said on Twitter.
  
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• Amber Rudd commits a serious crime - of gross incompetence

  09-04-2018 16:41
  There was a hint of panic on Amber Rudd’s face as she invited questions from the media.Photograph: John Stillwell/PA
  
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• Does the Queen really deserve the Nobel peace prize?

  09-04-2018 16:07
  There is a move afoot to nominate the Queen for a Nobel peace prize in recognition of her “determined diplomacy” in “keeping the Commonwealth alive”.The Commonwealth will be 70 next year and the world’s top peace award would be a handsome recognition of the organisation and its guiding spirit, the Queen.
  
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• Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ask for charity donations - not wedding presents

  09-04-2018 15:36
  If you were thinking about what to get Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for their wedding, forget about a toaster or a set of cutlery - they would rather you give money to charity.In the latest announcement from Kensington Palace ahead of the big day on 19 May, it has been revealed the couple have chosen seven charities they would like the public to give money to if they were considering sending them a gift.The palace said: "Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle are incredibly grateful for the goodwi
  
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• Jet2 named as Britain's best low-cost airline

  09-04-2018 15:34
  Virgin Atlantic was named Europe's top major carrier.Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account the quantity and quality of airline reviews and ratings submitted by travellers worldwide over a 12-month period on TripAdvisor Flights."We have been beating the competition to win prestigious awards in the UK for some time, and now we are taking that success on to a global stage," said Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays.
  
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• George Mitchell: UK and Ireland need to protect Good Friday agreement

  09-04-2018 15:04
  Former senator George Mitchell said avoiding a hard border between the UK and Ireland was essential.The US senator who successfully chaired talks leading to the Good Friday agreement has said that London and Dublin should put aside their disagreements over Brexit to protect the deal.The retired senator said Anglo-Irish governmental cooperation had been the “critical first factor” in the process leading to the Good Friday peace deal, and Northern Ireland now needed the same strong uni
  
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• Tui travel agent murder: Andrew Burke jailed for 26 years for killing Cassie Hayes

  09-04-2018 14:59
  Andrew Burke attacked 28-year-old Cassie Hayes from behind, cutting her throat, in front of horrified staff and shoppers in Southport town centre on 13 January.It was the day after he had been convicted of harassing his ex-partner, 29-year-old Laura Williams.Burke, 31, from St Helens, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday to her murder and having an offensive weapon, namely a knife, in a public place.
  
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• Effect of police cuts ignored in Govt's new crime prevention strategy

  09-04-2018 14:49
  The potential link between police officer cuts and a surge in violent crime is not analysed in the Government's new serious violence prevention strategy, despite a leaked Home Office document suggesting cuts "likely contributed" as an "underlying driver".The document contains an otherwise detailed examination of the multiple complex causes of violent crime and sets out a series of measures the Government proposed to take.The strategy, launched by Home Secretary Amber Rudd today, identifies chang
  
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• Clegg takes swipe at Rees-Mogg as he says he could abandon Lib Dems to join centrist party

  09-04-2018 14:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  FORMER Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg hit out at Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg and claimed his "backwards-looking" approach is leaving people “politically homeless” as he hinted of joining a new centrist political party.
  
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• Don't send us presents, give to charity, say UK's Prince Harry and fiancée Meghan

  09-04-2018 14:47
  Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancée Meghan Markle have asked that anyone who wants to send them a present to mark their wedding next month make a donation to charity instead, his office said on Monday.Harry and U.S. actress Markle, who will marry at Windsor Castle on May 19, have drawn large cheering crowds whenever they have appeared in public since their engagement was announced last November."The couple have therefore asked that anyone who might wish to mark the occasion considers m
  
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• Oil trader Andurand's hedge fund fell in first quarter - HSBC

  09-04-2018 14:42
  Oil trader Pierre Andurand's hedge fund lost 6.7 percent in the first quarter of 2018 after recouping some of the heavy losses suffered in February, data compiled by HSBC showed.Andurand Capital made gains of 3.6 percent in March after losing 14.5 percent in February, following returns of 5.2 percent in January, the data showed.A spokesman for Andurand Capital declined to comment.
  
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• Alastair Campbell launches savage attack on 'Brexiteer' John Humphrys after BBC report

  09-04-2018 14:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALASTAIR Campbell launched a savage attack on Today programme host John Humphrys over his salary compared to former co-host Sarah Montague as the former Labour spin doctor suggested the host is a Brexiteer.
  
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• NHS appoints humanist to lead chaplaincy team

  09-04-2018 14:30
  A humanist has been appointed to lead a team of NHS chaplains, in a move that reflects growing demand for emotional and spiritual support from people who do not identify with any organised religion.Lindsay van Dijk will lead three Christian chaplains and a team of 24 volunteers, including a Catholic nun, a Buddhist and a Bahá’í, at the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust.
  
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• Remain campaigner STUMPED when confronted with ‘EU’s ultimate ambition’ in fiery debate

  09-04-2018 14:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  A PASSIONATE Remain campaigner was completely stumped when confronted with the EU’s “ultimate ambition” during a testy panel discussion hosted by Adam Boulton on Sky News.
  
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• Corbyn berates Amber Rudd over leaked violent crime report

  09-04-2018 14:23
  Jeremy Corbyn said Amber Rudd had been ‘completely undermined’ by the Home Office leak.Jeremy Corbyn has said Amber Rudd has been “completely undermined” by leaked Home Office documents suggesting government cuts are linked to the rise in violent crime, and demanded the home secretary explain herself to parliament.The Labour leader, speaking at the launch of his party’s London local election campaign, said every Londoner had experienced the effects of cuts to police
  
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• Western beheadings were 'avoidable'

  09-04-2018 14:20
  Full interview: western beheadings were 'avoidable and regrettable'
  
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• 'Beatles' jihadist slams Islamic State parking laws but defends slavery

  09-04-2018 14:15
  British jihadist El Shafee Elsheikh - part of the group nicknamed "The Beatles" - has spoken of his disapproval of Islamic State's parking enforcement rules.During a revealing interview in which he appeared to defend the imprisonment of Yazidi women, the detainee said he did not think John Lennon would like the name given to the group of four Britons because of their accents.Speaking to Dubai-based channel Arabic Al Aan TV after being captured by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), he
  
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• Hedge funds call for Brexit openness above reciprocity

  09-04-2018 14:10
  Britain should let European Union fund managers have access to British-based clients after Brexit even there is no reciprocal arrangement for British firms, a leading trade body for hedge funds and other alternative asset managers said.The London-based Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said in a report released on Monday that Britain should "generally opt for an approach that prioritises openness over reciprocity".
  
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• Some stonehenge rocks were at Salisbury Plain 'long before humans'

  09-04-2018 13:57
  Some of the largest rocks at Stonehenge were there long before humans and are not likely to have been moved to the location, an archaeologist says.Archaeologists and antiquarians have for centuries wondered why Stonehenge is where it is and why the largest stones were dragged miles to a hillside on Salisbury Plain.It had been thought those stones, called sarsens, were brought from the Marlborough Downs, 20 miles (32km) away.
  
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• 'Eurosceptics are not wrong' Verhofstadt makes SHOCK claim about impending EU 'disaster'

  09-04-2018 13:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  ARCH europhile Guy Verhofstadt has made a shock admission that “eurosceptics are not wrong” when they criticise the European Union and the bloc’s failings.
  
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• China to create national financial database to fend off systemic risk

  09-04-2018 13:52
  China will launch a five-year plan to build a national financial database with a focus on cross-sector products and important institutions including holding firms, in Beijing's latest measure to curb systemic financial risk, the cabinet said on Monday.The State Council added it will also create a balance sheet for the entire financial system covering banking, securities and insurance institutions and use it as the foundation for macro-economy leverage estimation, according to a guidance released
  
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• IMF chief Lagarde says global economic recovery taking root

  09-04-2018 13:46
  BOAO, China (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Monday that global economic recovery is taking root.
  
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• UK Wife Carrying champ beats the mud to win place in world final

  09-04-2018 13:36
  With a sliding dive worthy of a rugby try, Chris Hepworth flung himself and his partner over the finishing line to become UK Wife Carrying champion, and now has his eye on the world title.Having set a course record of one minute and 37 seconds, Hepworth and his partner Tanisha Prince from London plan to take up the chance of competing in the world finals in Finland."I think a Finnish guy wins it every year so it'll be good to go there and take them down," said Hepworth, who claims he did no prac
  
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• Theresa May Suggests UK Considering Military Response To 'Brutal' Syria Chemical Attack

  09-04-2018 13:34
  Theresa May has hinted the UK would be prepared to take part in military
  
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• Facebook Starts Notifying Millions Of Users Affected By Data Scandal - Here’s What To Do Next

  09-04-2018 13:14
  Facebook has started notifying every user whose private data may have been
  
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• Man jailed for murder of travel agent over relationship with ex-girlfriend

  09-04-2018 13:06
  Andrew Burke was convicted of harassing his former girlfriend Laura Williams the day before he murdered Cassie Hayes.A man has been jailed for a minimum of 26 years for murdering a travel agent in a “cold-blooded execution” at her workplace following the break-up of his relationship.Cassie Hayes, 28, who died in hospital from a wound to the throat, was attacked in front of customers, including children, at a Tui branch in Southport.
  
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• Britain's living rooms 'smallest since the 1930s' according to new analysis

  09-04-2018 12:46
  Britain's houses have never been more cramped, with newly built properties offering the smallest living rooms since homes constructed before the Second World War, according to new research.Analysis by warranty provider LABC Warranty has found that the average living room is now 17.09sq m, which represents a drop of 1.64sq m in the past decade and a huge decrease on the peak average size of 24.89sq m in the 1970s.New living rooms have not been so small since the 1930s, when they were 16.01sq m, a
  
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• Britons rushed for EU passports in Brexit vote year - data

  09-04-2018 12:36
  The number of Britons becoming citizens of another EU country more than doubled in 2016, data showed, and more than quadrupled in Germany in a development Berlin put down to Brexit.In the year Britons voted to quit the European Union, 6,555 of them acquired citizenship in another of the bloc's states, up 165 percent from 2,478 in 2015, statistics office Eurostat said on Monday.Officials said at the time the German data were released that it seemed to be linked to Brexit.
  
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• German exports plunge as euro strengthens, tariffs cloud outlook

  09-04-2018 12:06
  German exports plunged unexpectedly in February, posting their biggest monthly drop in more than two years and narrowing the country's trade surplus, data showed on Monday, another sign that growth in Europe's biggest economy may have peaked.Commentators blamed the recent strengthening of the euro, which makes German goods more expensive outside the euro zone.A trade dispute between China and the United States is also clouding the outlook for exporters.
  
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• Govt cuts led to 'breeding ground for knife crime'

  09-04-2018 12:00
  Shadow Crime and Policing Minister Louise Haigh says we cannot 'arrest and prosecute our way out' of violent crime in London.
  
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• Amber Rudd admits she hasn't read leaked report on police cuts

  09-04-2018 11:53
  Amber Rudd has admitted she hasn't read a leaked report blaming police cuts for a rise in violent crime - on the day she launches a strategy to tackle the trend.The Home Secretary said there are "a lot of documents that go round" her department because "we do a lot of work in this area"."I haven't seen this document," Ms Rudd told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Monday.
  
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