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• Martin Sorrell quits as head of WPP advertising agency

  14-04-2018 23:45
  Martin Sorrell quit as the head of WPP on Saturday, leaving the world's biggest advertising agency 33 years after he founded it due to an investigation into personal misconduct.The British company stunned the industry last week when it said it had appointed lawyers to investigate alleged misconduct by Sorrell, who turned a two-man outfit into the world's biggest advertising group with 200,000 employees.
  
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• Home spun: tactile interiors

  14-04-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Be it a weave, a knit or a painterly flourish, these textural interiors celebrate the tactile appeal of craftwork Continue reading...
  
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• Ad titan Sorrell brings curtain down on 32-year WPP career

  14-04-2018 23:29
  Sir Martin Sorrell is bringing the curtain down on a 32-year career as chief executive of WPP Group, the ‎marketing services giant, weeks after its board launched a probe into an allegation of improper personal conduct.Sky News has learnt that WPP, which owns a string of international advertising and media buying networks supplying many of the world's biggest companies, is preparing to announce Sir Martin's departure as soon as Saturday night.WPP plans to announce that‎ Mark Read, the ch
  
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• Patients put at risk by ‘aggressive’ treatment at Great Ormond Street

  14-04-2018 23:00
  An inquiry found that the famous London children’s hospital was putting patients’ physical and mental health at risk.Great Ormond Street children’s hospital unnecessarily gave patients potentially dangerous drugs, subjected them to invasive tests and wrongly diagnosed them with a rare allergy, it can be revealed.An inquiry into the world-renowned London hospital’s care of children with gut conditions found it was putting patients’ physical and mental health at risk,
  
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• Britain joins Syria strikes to deter chemical attacks

  14-04-2018 22:34
  Britain struck Syria with air-launched cruise missiles on Saturday in partnership with the United States and France to try to cripple its chemical weapons facilities and stop what Prime Minister Theresa May cast as a global slide towards their greater use.Four Tornado jets from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus fired eight missiles at a military facility near Homs where it was assessed that Syria had stockpiled chemicals, the Ministry of Defence said.
  
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• Car crash leaves six pedestrians badly injured

  14-04-2018 22:31
  One person is fighting for their life and others are injured after a car hit six pedestrians.Police said the vehicle collided with a group of people in Furtherwick Road, Canvey Island, Essex, at around 4.10pm on Saturday.One person is in a critical condition and another is described as having suffered a potentially life-changing leg injury.
  
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• UKIP confirms Gerard Batten as new leader

  14-04-2018 22:10
  UKIP has confirmed it has a new leader - its fifth since Nigel Farage stepped down in late 2016.Gerard Batten, who ran unopposed in the election to replace Henry Bolton, announced he had taken over the role officially on Saturday.Mr Bolton, 55, was ousted from the leadership following a scandal over his affair with 25-year-old model Jo Marney.
  
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• Leave.EU, Arron Banks and new questions about referendum funding

  14-04-2018 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Revealed: Leave donor faces data investigation as first documentary evidence of Cambridge Analytica Brexit ‘work’ uncoveredThe Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating Leave.EU and its donor Arron Banks over possible breaches of the Data Protection Act.The ICO has issued “information notices” against both Leave.EU – the referendum campaign headed by Nigel Farage – and its director, Banks. The notices – requiring organisations to provide t
  
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• Countdown to conflict: how May took the decision to order strikes

  14-04-2018 22:00
  Pale and tired after one of the most testing and sleepless nights of her premiership, Theresa May’s voice cracked just a little as she addressed journalists – and the British people – from the state dining room in No 10 Downing Street at 9am yesterday.The conclusion that airstrikes would be carried out had been reached over several days of intense diplomatic activity between London, Washington and Paris.All three governments and their intelligence and military services had
  
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• Labour and Tories neck and neck as Corbyn's popularity wanes – poll

  14-04-2018 21:04
  Jeremy Corbyn launched a crowdpleasing policy on bus travel for young people this week, but recent controversies have tainted his status among voters.Labour has drawn level with the Tories, but Jeremy Corbyn’s personal approval rating has slumped, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer.It suggests that the Conservatives have lost the two-point poll lead recorded by the company last month, with both parties on 40% support.
  
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• Financial doubts surface over Cameron’s ‘big society’ youth programme

  14-04-2018 21:00
  The most visible legacy of David Cameron’s “big society”, a £1.5bn taxpayer-funded scheme that encourages teenagers to get involved in their communities, is under scrutiny amid evidence that it is failing to deliver value for money.The National Citizen Service, which was launched in 2011, brings together young people from different backgrounds for a programme of personal and social development.
  
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• Russian Minister Blames West For Salisbury Poisoning After PM Links It To Syria Strike

  14-04-2018 20:45
  Russia's Foreign Minister has reiterated his claims that the UK may be
  
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• Elementary school nails fundraising with this hilariously honest donation form

  14-04-2018 20:42
  You basically donate to opt out of things.
  
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• Russia's Lavrov says Skripals may have been poisoned by substance Russia never made

  14-04-2018 20:29
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday the nerve agent used to poison former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain could have been the BZ substance - which was never produced in the Soviet Union or Russia.Citing a report from the lab dated March 27, Lavrov said the evidence suggested the nerve agent used could be in the arsenal of the United States and Britain."This formulation was in the inventory of the United States, Britain and other NATO states," Lavrov said, at an assembly
  
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• RAF's Tornado base in Cyprus fears retribution from Russia for Syria airstrikes

  14-04-2018 19:53
  The roar of the Tornado engines cut through the warm evening air around the bay at Limasos in Cyprus. It was 3am local time. 
  
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• Tiger Roll wins Grand National in tight finish

  14-04-2018 19:27
  The eight-year-old, who was the smallest horse in the field, held onto the lead, despite Pleasant Company gaining ground in the final metres to force a photo finish.Tiger Roll's jockey Davy Russell, 38, was eighth two years ago and third last year, going into today's race with odds of 10-1.Russell now takes away the first prize of £500,000.
  
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• US Warns It Remains 'Locked And Loaded' As NATO Says Syria Strike Was 'Right Thing To Do'

  14-04-2018 18:46
  The US has warned it remains "locked and loaded" in a statement aimed at
  
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• Lapland's changing seasons by drone – in pictures

  14-04-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Between the late 19th century and 1980, Kotisaari Island was a meeting point for the lumberjacks of Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland. Now a tourist attraction, it can be reached by a daily boat and one of the lumberjack buildings has been turned into a tavern. In 2015, local nature photographer Jani Ylinampa took an aerial photograph of the island using a drone, and when the photo went viral on social media he decided to document the island’s changing seasons. “The seasonal changes in L
  
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• Syria air strikes: UK confident strikes were successful, says PM

  14-04-2018 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  PM Theresa May says the co-ordinated attack with the US and France was "right and legal".
  
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• China to set up Hainan free trade zone by 2020, port by 2025 - Xinhua

  14-04-2018 17:03
  China aims to establish a free trade zone in Hainan by 2020 and will encourage multinationals to set up their international and regional headquarters there, as part of plans to open up the province's economy to foreign investors.The guidance, published on the government's official website, was jointly issued by the ruling Communist Party and State Council.It comes after President Xi Jinping announced on Friday that the country would grant foreign firms greater economic freedom in the southernmos
  
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• Woman Told To Speak 'English When In England' During Assault On Central Line Tube

  14-04-2018 16:51
  A woman was "pulled around by her hair" by two other women on the Tube and
  
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• Sixth teetering Hemsby cliff-top home demolished

  14-04-2018 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The chalet was one of a number at risk of collapsing after sand dunes were washed away during storms.
  
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• What you need to know about the Syria strikes – video report

  14-04-2018 15:34 via theguardian.com
  The US, UK and France launched a joint military strike against Syrian chemical weapons facilities following the poison gas attack in Douma last week, which killed at least 42 people. Theresa May described the strikes as the 'right and legal' option, which has been challenged by Labour leader, Jeremy CorbynSyria: US, UK and France launch strikes in response to chemical attack Continue reading...
  
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• Turns out, Barbie has a surname and the internet is shook

  14-04-2018 15:21
  No, it’s not ‘Doll’.
  
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• Syria air strikes: UK confident of successful mission, says PM

  14-04-2018 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  PM Theresa May says the co-ordinated attack with the US and France was "right and legal".
  
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• Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding's contracts revoked

  14-04-2018 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The Ulster and Ireland players, who were cleared of rape last month, have had their contracts revoked.
  
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• Here's How To Stop Your Phone Constantly Autocorrecting Words

  14-04-2018 14:24
  The smartphone is arguably one of our greatest creations as a species, giving
  
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• Lake District authority 'violating World Heritage status'

  14-04-2018 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Campaigners say an increase in motorbikes and 4x4 vehicles has "profoundly changed the landscape".
  
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• Newspaper headlines: Britain, France, US launch Syria airstrikes

  14-04-2018 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The air strikes came too late for many of the papers but later editions reflected the response by the US and allies.
  
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• Corbyn says no legal basis for attack on Syria

  14-04-2018 13:48
  The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn said on Saturday there was no legal basis for British strikes against Syria and such action would encourage others to behave in the same way."The consequences of any country taking unilateral and action that has no legal basis are that it's an encouragement for others to do exactly the same and reduces our ability to complain when others do that," he said.
  
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• Syria airstrikes: Jeremy Corbyn hits out at 'legally questionable' military action

  14-04-2018 13:38
  Jeremy Corbyn has called the joint airstrikes in Syria "legally questionable", saying it made "real accountability" for war crimes in the country less likely.The Labour leader also said the UK should not be taking instructions from the US and putting British military personnel in danger."This legally questionable action risks escalating further, as US defence secretary James Mattis has admitted, an already devastating conflict and therefore makes real accountability for war crimes and use of che
  
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• The funeral of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela - in pictures

  14-04-2018 13:32 via theguardian.com
  An emotional and colourful service for the ‘mother of the nation’ was attended by thousands in Soweto Continue reading...
  
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• Rugby unions revoke Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding's contracts

  14-04-2018 13:32
  Protestors demonstrate outside the home of Ulster rugby at Kingspan stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland.The Ulster and Irish rugby unions have revoked the contracts of rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding following their acquittal of rape, and have told the pair they will no longer play for Ulster or Ireland.The Irish Rugby Football Union and Ulster Rugby issued a joint statement on Saturday, saying their commitment to “respect, inclusivity and integrity” had led them to th
  
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• Theresa May: Syria airstrikes a warning to Russia on using chemical weapons

  14-04-2018 13:25
  Russia should take airstrikes on Syria as a warning over its use of chemical weapons, Theresa May has said.Speaking in Downing Street after Friday night's military action against Bashar al Assad's regime, the Prime Minister said the strikes had been limited in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma last weekend.The PM was asked if the strikes had been a warning to Russia and responded: "The action that took place last night was an action which was focused on degrading and deterr
  
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• Woman told to 'speak English' in racial assault on Tube

  14-04-2018 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say the 24-year-old women was speaking to a friend in Spanish before she was assaulted.
  
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• Josh Hanson murder: Shane O'Brien on Europe's 'most wanted' list

  14-04-2018 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Suspected killer Shane O'Brien was held in Prague last year but was bailed after providing a false ID.
  
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• Britain attacks Syria with cruise missiles to deter more chemical attacks

  14-04-2018 12:32
  Britain struck Syria with air-launched cruise missiles on Saturday to cripple President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons facilities and prevent what Prime Minister Theresa May cast as a global slide towards their greater use.Four Royal Air Force Tornado jets from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus fired Storm Shadow missiles at a military facility near Homs where it was assessed that Syria had stockpiled chemicals, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.
  
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• Rugby Players Paddy Jackson And Stuart Olding Sacked After Rape Acquittal

  14-04-2018 12:08
  Ulster and Ireland rugby players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding, who were
  
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• 'Bombs won't save lives' in Syria, opposition leader Corbyn tells May

  14-04-2018 11:22
  LONDON (Reuters) - Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Saturday that Prime Minister Theresa May should have sought approval from parliament before ordering cruise missile strikes against Syria.
  
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• May declines to say whether Assad can stay after missile strikes

  14-04-2018 11:21
  Prime Minister Theresa May declined to say on Saturday whether Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should stay in power and said talks with allies would continue on finding a political solution to the civil war."There is a wider question on the future political solution for Syria and that is a matter that we will continue to pursue in diplomatic and political channels with our international partners and allies," May said.
  
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• Syria air strikes: 'No alternative' - Theresa May

  14-04-2018 11:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM said the use of chemical weapons could not be allowed, as she justified the UK's participation in military action.
  
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• Factbox - Bombs don't make peace, opposition politicians tell May

  14-04-2018 11:10
  U.S., British and French forces launched air strikes on Syria in response to a suspected poison gas attack that killed dozens of people, aiming to degrade its chemical weapons capabilities in the biggest intervention yet in the conflict by Western powers.By launching strikes without prior approval from parliament, Prime Minister Theresa May dispensed with a non-binding constitutional convention dating back to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, but said speed was essential and that military action was in
  
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• Western missile attack on Syria was 'right and legal', May says

  14-04-2018 11:07
  British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that it was right and legal to order cruise missile strikes against Syria after a chemical attack on civilians in the town of Douma.May said the aim was to deter the Syrian authorities from further use of chemical weapons and to send a message to the wider world that it was unacceptable to use such weapons."It was both right and legal to take military action together with our closest allies to alleviate further humanitarian suffering by degradi
  
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• Britain says we had to attack Syria, strikes were highly successful

  14-04-2018 11:07
  British had no alternative but to take military action to degrade Syria's chemical weapons capability, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday after ordering air-launched cruise missile strikes along with the United States and France.Four Royal Air Force Tornado jets from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus fired Storm Shadow missiles at a military facility near Homs where it was assessed that Syria had stockpiled chemicals, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.
  
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• Britain had to act with speed, PM May will update parliament - defence minister

  14-04-2018 11:07
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May needed to act with speed when she ordered a missile attack on Syria and she will update parliament on Monday, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson told BBC radio.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn calls Syria airstrikes legally questionable

  14-04-2018 10:57
  Jeremy Corbyn has described airstrikes on Syria as legally questionable and accused Theresa May of “trailing after Donald Trump” in an attack that could escalate the conflict.The Labour leader was responding to the news that the US, UK and France launched airstrikes in Syria early on Saturday morning.Corbyn, who has called for an independent UN-led investigation of last week’s chemical weapons attack, said the prime minister should have sought parliamentary approval before laun
  
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• Rugby rape trial: Is this NI's #MeToo moment?

  14-04-2018 10:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Intense public debate around the acquittal of two Ireland rugby players prompts cultural questions.
  
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• Grand National 2018: Pinstickers' guide to Aintree runners & riders

  14-04-2018 10:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Runners, riders, trainers and form - all the key details you need to know for Saturday's big race at Aintree.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Condemns Syria Air Strikes That 'Won't Save Lives Or Bring About Peace'

  14-04-2018 10:03
  Jeremy Corbyn said the military action against Syria was "legally
  
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• RAF planes take off from Cyprus base ahead of Syria strikes

  14-04-2018 09:48 via bbc.co.uk
  RAF planes departed from their airbase in Akrotiri ahead of the strikes in Syria.
  
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