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• Sadiq Khan Says Amber Rudd Must Resign Over Windrush Scandal

  28-04-2018 23:22
  Sadiq Khan has said Amber Rudd must resign, saying it "beggars belief" for her
  
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• Support grows for cross-party plans to prevent ‘no deal’ Brexit

  28-04-2018 23:02 via theguardian.com
  Fresh challenge to Theresa May emerges as MPs and peers draw up ‘safety net’ lawsTheresa May is facing another major rebellion over Brexit amid a cross-party move to kill off any attempt to crash out of the EU without a deal.A group of MPs and peers has been carefully crafting new laws that will hand parliament guaranteed powers to soften any deal and send the government back to the negotiating table. Continue reading...
  
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• Millennial housing crisis engulfs Britain

  28-04-2018 22:30
  The proportion of families headed by a 25- to 34-year-old that own their own home has more than halved in some regions.Home ownership among young families has plummeted across every corner of Britain over the past 35 years, according to a devastating inquiry into the housing crisis facing millennials.The proportion of families headed by a 25- to 34-year-old that own their own home has more than halved in some regions, showing that the crisis goes far beyond London.
  
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• Budget earmarks $500m to mitigate Great Barrier Reef climate change

  28-04-2018 22:25 via theguardian.com
  The money will help try to save the reef from crown-of-thorns starfish and reduce pollution, Malcolm Turnbull to announceThe Turnbull government will allocate $500m to mitigate the impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef.
  The funding, to be unveiled on Sunday and confirmed in the May budget, follows a recent study finding that 30% of the reef’s corals died in a catastrophic nine-month marine heatwave in 2016. Continue reading...
  
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• Life on Mars? Scientists close to solving mystery of the red planet

  28-04-2018 22:01 via theguardian.com
  Mission to find source of methane detected in atmosphere may have an answer in months, researchers believe Scientists have begun an experiment aimed at solving one of astronomy’s most intriguing puzzles: the great Martian methane mystery.In the next few months they hope to determine whether tantalising whiffs of the gas that have been detected on the red planet in recent years are geological in origin – or are produced by living organisms. Continue reading...
  
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• Death by the sea: how drug abuse is scarring Britain’s coastal towns

  28-04-2018 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Seaside communities have the highest rates of heroin deaths in England – and Barrow-in-Furness is one of the hardest hit ‘brown towns’. What are the causes – and is there a solution?In Barrow, Thirsty Thursday wasn’t as billed. Traditionally it’s the night when the thousands of employees working in the town’s cavernous warehouses where the next generation of Britain’s nuclear submarines are being built, hit the pubs.But last Thursday the Cumbrian c
  
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• Labour’s final push to seize territory from Tories in local elections

  28-04-2018 21:34 via theguardian.com
  In London and other cities, Conservative voters switch allegiances in response to Windrush, Brexit and rising housing costsWith four days to go until polling, Labour volunteers are busily unloading huge boxes of campaign leaflets at their overcrowded election HQ in Battersea, south London. As fast as the latest material arrives in vans from the printers, it disappears out of the door again, as canvassers grab handfuls and fan out across the streets of Wandsworth.This is the most important, close
  
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• Local election battles – where Brexit could hurt the Tories

  28-04-2018 21:30
  The local elections take place on Thursday. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PAWill Labour punish the Conservatives on Thursday?
  
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• Man, 22, arrested after death of woman in East Sussex

  28-04-2018 19:46
  A spokesman for Sussex police confirmed that the victim was related to the suspect.A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after police discovered the body of a woman at her East Sussex home.A spokesman for Sussex police confirmed that the victim was related to the suspect and they are not hunting for anyone else in connection with the incident.
  
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• Amber Rudd 'made a mistake but didn't mislead'

  28-04-2018 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The home secretary is facing calls to resign after she was unaware of migrant removal targets.
  
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• Sainsbury's and Asda in merger talks

  28-04-2018 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Talks to combine the two British supermarket chains are at an "advanced" stage, Sainsbury's says.
  
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• Tesla Driver Banned From Roads For Running Supercar On Autopilot On The M1 While In Passenger Seat

  28-04-2018 19:07
  A driver who moved to the passenger seat after switching on his car's
  
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• Tesla Driver Banned For Running Supercar On Autopilot On The M1 While In Passenger Seat

  28-04-2018 19:07
  A driver who moved to the passenger seat after switching on his car's
  
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• Man, 22, arrested on suspicion of murder after female relative found dead in East Sussex home

  28-04-2018 18:56
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a female relative was found dead at a house in East Sussex.Police had attended the property in Crowborough on Friday evening to make a welfare check.A 22-year-old man, who has not been named, was arrested and remains in police custody.
  
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• Hemel Hempstead autopilot Tesla seat switch driver banned

  28-04-2018 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  A 39-year-old driver has been banned after putting autopilot on and moving into the passenger seat
  
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• The photography of John Reardon

  28-04-2018 18:45 via theguardian.com
  The photographer John Reardon has died at the age of 66. Throughout his long and distinguished career he produced memorable images from home and abroad. Here is a selection of his work Continue reading...
  
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• 'Autopilot driver' who sat in passenger seat while Tesla travelled on M1 banned

  28-04-2018 18:37
  Bhavesh Patel, 39, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after he was filmed pulling off the stunt on the M1 near Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.Patel, who has been banned for 18 months, activated his Tesla S 60's autopilot function before changing seats, St Albans Crown Court heard.Patel, from Nottingham, had activated autopilot while the car was in motion on the northbound carriageway between junctions 8 and 9.
  
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• Health warnings after toxic caterpillar outbreak in London

  28-04-2018 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Hairs on the caterpillars can cause fevers and eye and throat irritations, officials say.
  
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• Alfie Evans: Supporters release balloons to remember toddler

  28-04-2018 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The 23-month-old toddler has died nearly a week after his life support was withdrawn.
  
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• Stationery that looks good enough to eat – in pictures

  28-04-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  When he turned seven, Neal Whittington’s uncle gave him a £7 WH Smith voucher: this started a lifelong obsession with stationery. After studying graphic design, he now owns stationery shop Present & Correct in north London. “I always wanted it to feel like a sweet shop of desk supplies,” Whittington says. The rubbers, in particular, have a “confectionery-like quality” and he creates colourful geometric patterns with them for Instagram (#pandcerasers). He s
  
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• Parking machine gets pizza car topping in Dawlish

  28-04-2018 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The driver lost control of the automatic vehicle while reversing.
  
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• Pope leads tributes as world mourns 'gladiator' Alfie Evans

  28-04-2018 17:52
  Pope Francis has led tributes to Alfie Evans after the toddler's parents announced his death.Tom Evans and Kate Jones said they were "heartbroken" after the terminally ill youngster died in hospital at 2.30am on Saturday.The Pope, who gave Alfie and his parents Italian citizenship as they tried to win permission to move him to Rome for treatment, said: "I am deeply moved by the death of little Alfie.
  
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• Alfie Evans: Legal battle toddler dies

  28-04-2018 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The Pope prays for the 23-month-old’s parents as hundreds of balloons are released in tribute to him.
  
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• Police Officer Sexually Assaulted As She Tried To Arrest Suspect After Attempted Rape

  28-04-2018 16:47
  A police officer was sexually assaulted as she tried to arrest a suspect after
  
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• Police officer 'sexually assaulted' while trying to arrest man on suspicion of attempted rape

  28-04-2018 16:23
  A police officer has allegedly been sexually assaulted while trying to arrest a man on suspicion of attempted rape.The unnamed policewoman is one of two officers said to have been attacked in Sheffield city centre in the early hours of Friday.The suspect is accused of hitting them both with a wooden "for sale" sign before sexually assaulting the female officer.
  
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• Sainsbury's and Asda in talks about shock £10bn grocery merger

  28-04-2018 15:55
  J Sainsbury and Wal-Mart, the world's biggest supermarket retailer, are in advanced talks about a shock £10bn tie-up that would create ‎a more powerful rival to Tesco, the current UK market leader.Sky News exclusively revealed on Saturday that the two companies are in negotiations about combining Wal-Mart's Asda business with Sainsbury's, in a deal that would send shockwaves through the entire British retail industry.Following the story, Sainsbury's released a statement confirming the
  
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• Windrush: senior Tories defend Amber Rudd in memo row

  28-04-2018 15:50
  Amber Rudd has been called to give evidence to the Commons home affairs committee.Senior ministers have rallied round beleaguered Amber Rudd after she admitted she should have known about official targets for removing illegal immigrants.The home secretary did not see the internal Home Office memo that boasted of exceeding the department’s target for immigration removals, Michael Gove has claimed, as he suggested that Labour had “weaponised” the Windrush scandal to distract from
  
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• Sanctions to limit room for Russia's rate cuts, economic growth

  28-04-2018 15:31
  The latest round of U.S. sanctions against Moscow will limit scope for rate cuts in Russia as well as room for economic recovery, a Reuters monthly poll of 23 analysts and economists suggested.The new round of sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States in April was a game-changer for the central bank, dashing its imminent plans to proceed with rate cuts that are designed to prop-up sluggish economic growth.The rate level by the end of 2018 is now seen at 6.75 percent versus 6.50 percent pr
  
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• 9 tweets to help you celebrate and contemplate the eighth annual Ed Balls Day

  28-04-2018 15:16
  A long-held tradition, Ed Balls Day dates back to April 28, 2011, when a Twitter gaffe changed the course of history…
  
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• Tesla driver banned for M1 autopilot seat-switch

  28-04-2018 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  He said he was the "unlucky one who got caught" after being seen in the passenger seat on the M1.
  
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• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘This could be the beginning of a revolution’

  28-04-2018 15:00 via theguardian.com
  She’s on school reading lists and counts Hillary, Oprah and Beyoncé as fans. The author talks about motherhood, #MeToo – and causing controversyAt a PEN lecture in Manhattan last weekend, the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie took Hillary Clinton to task for beginning her Twitter bio with “Wife, mom, grandma”. Her husband’s account, it will surprise no one to know, does not begin with the word “husband”. “When you put it like that, I’m
  
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• Sainsbury's Asda Merger: Supermarkets In 'Advanced Talks' Over Tie-Up

  28-04-2018 14:54
  Sainsbury's and Asda are in "advanced discussions" regarding a possible merger
  
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• Sainsbury's and Asda in shock talks over £10bn merger deal

  28-04-2018 14:40 via theguardian.com
  New supermarket group would have 31.4% market share, compared with Tesco’s 27.6%Sainsbury’s and Asda are in talks over a £10bn merger that would send shockwaves through the high street by creating a retailer more powerful than the current market leader, Tesco.
  A tie-up between the UK’s second- and third-largest supermarket chains would create a new group with huge share of the market in food, clothing, household goods and toy retailing.Continue reading...
  
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• Sheffield police officer allegedly sexually assaulted during arrest of suspect

  28-04-2018 14:16
  A police officer was allegedly sexually assaulted and beaten as she tried to arrest a man on suspicion of attempted rape.The officer is recovering at home, as is her colleague who was also injured while making the arrest.The pair were responding to reports of an attempted rape in Sheffield city centre in the early hours of Friday morning.
  
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• Birmingham mosque hit-and-run not terror-related, police believe

  28-04-2018 13:54
  Police investigating a collision outside a Birmingham mosque in which two men were injured have said they do not believe terrorism was a motive.West Midlands police said in a statement that they “do not believe it is terror-related”.Detectives believe it was a targeted attack and efforts are ongoing to trace the vehicle, which failed to stop at the scene on Ettington Road at around 2.15pm on Friday.
  
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• Windrush scandal: legal clinics in Brixton for those affected

  28-04-2018 13:48
  Legal clinics for those who think they may be affected by the Windrush migration scandal will be held throughout May at the Black Cultural Archives in south London.“We are inviting all those who are concerned about the Windrush fiasco, worried about being affected or have concerns about their documentation either for rights to remain and safeguarding to our public meeting,” the organisation said on its website.Speakers at the meeting include Peter Herbert, the chair of the Society of
  
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• Missing London rapper Kenny Mukendi 'threw himself into Brazil sea'

  28-04-2018 12:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Kenny Mukendi disappeared in Rio de Janeiro after telling his girlfriend he was coming home.
  
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• Labour 'weaponising Windrush to distract from antisemitism row'

  28-04-2018 11:42
  The home secretary did not see the internal Home Office memo that boasted of exceeding the department’s target for immigration removals, Michael Gove has claimed, as he suggested that Labour had “weaponised” the Windrush scandal to distract from its own row over antisemitism.The environment secretary, speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Saturday, said Amber Rudd did not receive the document despite it having been copied to her and Brandon Lewis, then immigration
  
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• 'My gladiator lay down his shield' - Toddler Alfie Evans dies in Britain

  28-04-2018 11:28
  Alfie Evans, the 23-month-old British toddler whose grave illness drew international attention, died early on Saturday, his family said.Alfie had a rare, degenerative disease and had been in a semi-vegetative state for more than a year.After a series of court cases, doctors at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool removed his life support on Monday, against his parents wishes.
  
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• Boy, 17, Who 'Obsessively' Fixates On Women Must Be Detained, Judge Rules

  28-04-2018 11:20
  A 17-year-old boy who has mental health problems and gets fixated on women
  
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• Alfie Evans dies at Alder Hey hospital after life support withdrawn

  28-04-2018 11:08
  A 23-month-old boy with a rare degenerative brain disease, who was at the centre of a protracted legal battle, has died, his parents have said.Alfie Evans died at Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool in the early hours of Saturday morning.Announcing the news on Facebook on Saturday, his parents, Kate James and Thomas Evans, said: “Our baby boy grew his wings tonight at 2:30am.
  
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• Amber Rudd was sent targets for migrant removal, leak reveals

  28-04-2018 10:57
  The memo referred to promises made to Amber Rudd to increase the number of enforced returns of migrants by 10%.Amber Rudd’s insistence that she knew nothing of Home Office targets for immigration removals risks unravelling following the leak of a secret internal document prepared for her and other senior ministers.The six-page memo, passed to the Guardian, says the department has set “a target of achieving 12,800 enforced returns in 2017-18” and boasts that “we have excee
  
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• Why did Sinn Fein leader use the 'L-word'?

  28-04-2018 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Is use of the word "Londonderry" by Sinn Féin's leader an attempt to reach out or a "charm offensive"?
  
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• ‘It’s not a done deal’: inside the battle to stop Brexit

  28-04-2018 10:00 via theguardian.com
  With less than a year remaining, the opponents of Brexit are mobilising. Could a second referendum be forced by people who won’t take go for an answer?Mark Malloch-Brown is drawing me a picture. He first saw a version of it 28 years ago, while working on Mario Vargas Llosa’s presidential campaign in Peru. In a Lima bar one night, Malloch-Brown’s fellow consultant Rob Shepardson flipped over a beer mat and drew two intersecting axes that, he said, summed up all political campaig
  
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• Will Grenfell Impact The Kensington And Chelsea Council Elections?

  28-04-2018 09:33
  In just under a week, voters will head to the polls in the borough of
  
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• London-based al-Jazeera English staff to strike over pay

  28-04-2018 09:00
  Striking employees will spend the day on a picket line outside broadcaster’s office in the Shard skyscraper near London Bridge.Staff at al-Jazeera’s English-language TV channel have voted to go on strike next month in protest at pay and conditions.London-based employees will walk out for 24 hours on 9 May, with employees planning to spend the day on a picket line outside the broadcaster’s office in the Shard skyscraper near London Bridge.
  
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• Labour antisemitism talks: six key sticking points

  28-04-2018 09:00
  Jeremy Corbyn met senior figures from the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council this week to try to address concerns over antisemitism in the Labour party.Jewish leaders have said they want to see improvements in six key areas.The Jewish leaders at the meeting said they wanted to see Corbyn take a proactive approach in the fight against antisemitism, calling out supporters who used his name to defend their anti-Jewish remarks.
  
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• Alfie Evans dies: Parents of life support battle toddler 'heartbroken'

  28-04-2018 08:34
  Toddler Alfie Evans has died after his parents lost their legal fight to continue his life support.Tom Evans and Kate James launched a series of legal challenges to continue treatment for their 23-month-old son, who had a degenerative neurological condition.Mr Evans posted on Facebook: "My gladiator lay down his shield and gained his wings at 02:30 absolutely heartbroken.
  
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• Alfie Evans, Toddler At Centre Of Court Battle Over Treatment, Dies

  28-04-2018 08:09
  The parents of Alfie Evans said they were "heartbroken" as they confirmed
  
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• Alfie Evans: Parents Confirm Toddler At Centre Of Court Battle Over Treatment Has Died

  28-04-2018 08:09
  The parents of Alfie Evans have said they are "heartbroken" after their son
  
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