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• Amber Rudd resigns hours after Guardian publishes deportation targets letter

  29-04-2018 23:07
  Amber Rudd has resigned after mounting pressure in recent days.Amber Rudd has resigned as home secretary after repeatedly struggling to explain her role in the unjust treatment of Windrush generation migrants.Rudd had been due to appear before parliament on Monday to explain apparent discrepancies between her evidence to the home affairs select committee last week and a memo leaked to the Guardian that linked her to targets for removing migrants.
  
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• Amber Rudd Resigns As Home Secretary For Misleading Parliament Amid Windrush Scandal

  29-04-2018 23:04
  Amber Rudd has resigned as Home Secretary after admitting she "inadvertently
  
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• Amber Rudd Resigns As Home Secretary After Windrush Scandal

  29-04-2018 23:04
  Amber Rudd has resigned as Home Secretary amid claims she misled Parliament
  
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• Amber Rudd faces new pressure over immigration targets

  29-04-2018 23:00
  Amber Rudd’s position as home secretary looked increasingly precarious on Sunday night after the Guardian published in full for the first time a letter that showed she had personally set a target for an increase in the enforced deportation of immigrants.The publication of the letter came as the home secretary prepared to face Parliament again on Monday, this time to explain why she appeared to mislead the home affairs select committee last week by denying any knowledge of targets.After her
  
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• UK Academics To Discuss If Reporters In Syria Are Breaking Terrorism Laws

  29-04-2018 22:00
  Two UK academics are due to speak at an event to discuss whether British
  
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• 50 years to become a permanent resident

  29-04-2018 21:20
  50 years to become a permanent resident
  
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• Frustration and relief: Inside an immigration centre with the Windrush generation

  29-04-2018 21:14
  What's it like inside immigration centres for Windrush cases?Lunar House, the Home Office immigration centre in south London, has been open throughout the weekend to help deal with the high numbers of Windrush cases."It's been a horrible, really anxious wait," Joan tells me.
  
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• 5 Politicians Who Resigned Over Far Less Than Amber Rudd's Windrush Scandal

  29-04-2018 20:56
  Amber Rudd is facing growing calls to resign over the escalating Windrush
  
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• David Davis downplays reports he might quit over Brexit civil servant

  29-04-2018 20:38
  Brexit secretary David Davis has sought to defuse tensions with No 10 by playing down reports that he might resign unless Theresa May sidelines Whitehall’s top civil servant working on Britain’s exit from the EU.After unexpected interventions from the cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood and May’s close aide Gavin Barwell defending Oliver Robbins, an aide to Davis said on Sunday evening that no such threats had been made.
  
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• German regulator may require cable operators to open networks to third parties - FAZ

  29-04-2018 20:27
  Germany's regulator is considering requiring cable TV operators to provide network access to third parties, in a shift that could affect talks on a European merger between Vodafone and Liberty Global.The proposed deal's main prize would be to bring together Vodafone's German cable operation with Unitymedia, Liberty's local unit, which operate in separate federal states and would, if combined, cover the country."The cable operators shouldn't be too sure of themselves," Jochen Homann, head of the
  
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• Man charged after 'sex attack' on Sheffield police officer who was arresting him on suspicion of attempted rape

  29-04-2018 19:55
  A man has been charged with sexually assaulting a police officer while being arrested on suspicion of attempted rape.Luca Jelic, 29, of Scotland Street, Sheffield, appeared before magistrates in the city on Saturday after he was charged with attempted rape, assaulting two police officers and sexually assaulting one of them.The officers had attended Scotland Street in the early hours of Friday in response to a report of an attempted rape.
  
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• Amber Rudd faces fresh calls to resign over deportation targets

  29-04-2018 19:22
  Britain's interior minister Amber Rudd was under growing pressure on Sunday after a challenge to her testimony on the deportation of immigrants prompted fresh calls for her resignation.The Guardian newspaper reported a letter from Rudd to Prime Minister Theresa May last year in which she stated an "ambitious but deliverable" aim for an increase in the enforced deportation of immigrants.Earlier, her former deputy said he discussed with her attempts to increase the number of government deportation
  
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• Lord Martin of Springburn obituary

  29-04-2018 19:14
  The former Speaker of the House of Commons Michael Martin, Lord Martin of Springburn, who has died aged 72 after a short illness, was the first blue-collar worker to occupy one of the most senior posts in British public life.Martin’s father, also Michael, was a stoker on merchant ships with a tendency to alcoholism.
  
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• Politics hits all-time low with Amber Rudd and Windrush scandal

  29-04-2018 18:59
  Amber Rudd. ‘Nobody in this country wants a human shield for a home secretary,’ writes Mike Galvin.What I never experienced was a minister (Amber Rudd was sent target for migrant removal, leak reveals, 28 April) who failed to engage with briefing of a highly sensitive and contentious nature, preferring instead to allow officials to unilaterally decide policy, set targets and measure outcomes without explicit direction.By Amber Rudd’s assertion (of being completely unaware of an
  
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• Local elections can give Labour a platform for government

  29-04-2018 18:58
  Private companies delivering public services may be spivs (Aditya Chakrabortty, 24 April), but the problem is the nature of the relationship created by contracts, which is a rent-seeking one.The returns enjoyed by many private companies are based on a management fee.Since Labour took over Liverpool city council we have insourced some £50m of contracts for public services, from waste management and street cleaning to highways and Liverpool Direct.
  
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• How Theresa May benefits from letting Amber Rudd remain in firing line

  29-04-2018 18:33
  Amber Rudd will be back at the dispatch box in the House of Commons on Monday afternoon, delivering yet another apology for her handling of the Windrush scandal – and trying to explain away the leaked targets memo.The beleaguered home secretary will face a stream of hostile questions from Diane Abbott on Labour’s frontbench, Yvette Cooper from her usual perch a few rows back and Tottenham MP David Lammy, whose impassioned campaigning on the issue is widely respected at Westminster.Le
  
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• Brechin become first Scottish team since 1892 to end season without a win

  29-04-2018 18:17
  Brechin have become the first Scottish football team in 126 years to go a whole season without a win.No side has achieved that ignominious feat since the Vale of Leven in 1892.Brechin lost their 36th and final game of the second-tier Championship season 5-1 at home to Queen of the South.
  
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• Amber Rudd letter to PM reveals 'ambitious but deliverable' removals target

  29-04-2018 18:00
  Amber Rudd has claimed she did not set, see or approve any targets for removals.The private letter from Amber Rudd to Downing Street in which she sets an “ambitious but deliverable” target for an increase in the enforced deportation of immigrants has been published by the Guardian.Rudd has claimed she did not set, see or approve any targets for removals.
  
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• Sainsbury's And Asda Merger 'Must Be Investigated' By Competition Watchdog, Vince Cable Warns

  29-04-2018 17:20
  The competition watchdog is being urged by politicians to investigate the
  
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• Tehran confirms arrest of British-Iranian professor Abbas Edalat

  29-04-2018 16:35
  Iranian officials have confirmed the detention of a British-Iranian university professor on "security charges".Abbas Edalat, a computer scientist and mathematician at Imperial College London, was reportedly held earlier this month by the Revolutionary Guard.Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi was quoted by Iran's official IRNA news agency as saying Mr Edalat had been arrested on "security charges", without elaborating.
  
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• Stores will close if Asda and Sainsbury's merge, union warns

  29-04-2018 16:30
  Stores will close if Asda and Sainsbury's merge, a union has warned.Sky News exclusively revealed on Saturday that Asda's owner, Wal-Mart, was in advanced talks with Sainsbury's about a shock £10bn tie-up that would create ‎a more powerful rival to Tesco, the current UK market leader.Joe Clarke, national officer for Sainsbury's at the union Unite, told Sky News the potential deal was an "absolute shocker", with "implications for tens of thousands of jobs".
  
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• Teenager held after 'hit and run' outside Newport nightclub

  29-04-2018 16:24
  An 18-year-old man has been arrested after a suspected hit and run outside a nightclub in Newport, South Wales.It is believed a blue Ford C-Max collided with four people, three women and a man, outside The Courtyard nightclub in Cambrian Road at 5.30am on Sunday.The vehicle was later found burnt out on Magor Street in Newport.
  
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• Windrush row: five questions Amber Rudd has yet to answer

  29-04-2018 16:09
  Asked about this at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, Theresa May said Rudd would “set out the details of that compensation scheme in due course”.In the short time since the Windrush hotline was set up, Glynn Williams, the head of immigration for the Home Office, told the committee it had taken 3,800 calls, of which 1,364 had been identified as being Windrush cases.Brandon Lewis told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show on Sunday that he often spoke to the home secretary abo
  
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• Man, 18, arrested after four taken to hospital in Newport hit-and-run

  29-04-2018 15:55
  The incident occurred hours before the Newport Marathon was due to start.Four pedestrians have been taken to hospital, two with potentially life-changing injuries, after being struck by a vehicle in Newport, south Wales.Footage circulated on social media appears to show people screaming as a car drives into a crowd.
  
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• London-centric department weakens Greg Clark's regional plan – Labour MP

  29-04-2018 15:52
  The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is taking on an additional 350 staff to work on Brexit, who will predominantly be based in London.The business secretary Greg Clark’s plan to strengthen Britain’s regional economy is being undermined by his department being too London-centric, an influential MP has warned.The government’s industrial strategy is meant to help rebalance the UK’s economy and build on strengths in regions outside the capital,
  
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• Donald Trump Decries 'Lousy' And 'Horrible' Embassy In London.

  29-04-2018 15:40
  Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of the new US embassy in Nine Elms,
  
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• Sarah Sanders Got Roasted So Hard Last Night People Are Actually Feeling Sorry For Her

  29-04-2018 15:10
  The annual White House Correspondent's Dinner has always been an opportunity
  
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• Stores will close if Asda and Sainsbury merge, union warns

  29-04-2018 14:46
  "Stores will close" if Asda and Sainsbury's merge, a union has warned.Sky News exclusively revealed on Saturday that Asda's owner, Wal-Mart, was in advanced talks with Sainsbury's about a shock £10bn tie-up that would create ‎a more powerful rival to Tesco, the current UK market leader.Joe Clarke, national officer for Sainsbury's at the union Unite, told Sky News the potential deal was an "absolute shocker".
  
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• Iran confirms holding British-Iranian academic on security charges

  29-04-2018 14:46
  Iran confirmed on Sunday that it had arrested a British-Iranian academic on security charges, state media reported, the latest in a string of arrests of dual nationals in the Islamic Republic over the past few years.On Wednesday, the New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) said the Iranian Revolutionary Guards had arrested Abbas Edalat, a British-Iranian national who is a professor of computer science at Imperial College in London, in mid-April.Asked about reports of Edalat's deten
  
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• Police in Newport arrest man after pedestrians injured by car

  29-04-2018 14:36
  An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing injury by dangerous driving following an incident in Newport, South Wales, in which four pedestrians were hit by a car.Police say two girls who were among those taken to hospital have potentially "life-changing injuries" following the incident in Cambrian Road in Newport, South Wales, at 5.30am on Sunday.Gwent Police said it is believed that a blue Ford C-Max collided with four people, three women and a man.
  
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• Britain urged to ensure promises to 'Windrush generation' are made law

  29-04-2018 14:23
  British Prime Minister Theresa May is under pressure to introduce legislation guaranteeing a promise of compensation and help applying for citizenship made to long-term residents from the Caribbean incorrectly labelled illegal immigrants.For almost two weeks, British ministers have been struggling to explain why some descendants of the so-called "Windrush generation", invited to Britain to plug labour shortfalls between 1948 and 1971, are being denied basic rights because of trouble documenting
  
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• More Than 200 MPs Call For Windrush Promises To Become Law

  29-04-2018 14:06
  More than 200 MPs have written to Theresa May urging her to enshrine promises
  
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• Davis under pressure to disown criticism of civil service chief on Brexit

  29-04-2018 13:53
  Minister reported to have told PM he would resign if she did not sideline Whitehall mandarinDavid Davis is facing demands from the senior civil servants’ union to disown claims that he has threatened to resign unless Theresa May sidelines Whitehall’s most senior Brexit mandarin.
  It follows reports in the Sunday Times claiming that the Brexit secretary has told the prime minister he will step down unless the No 10 adviser Oliver Robbins is ignored in favour of ministers.Continue readi
  
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• Azerbaijan Grand Prix: F1 – live!

  29-04-2018 13:53
  All the latest from the 1.10pm BST race at the Baku City Circuit Vettel beats Hamilton to pole at F1 Azerbaijan Grand PrixEmail Daniel | or tweet @DanielHarris 12.53pm BST Oh look, there’s Jay Kay. Of course he’s here.12.50pm BST “Can we have a quick word Miss Aguilera?”“No.” Continue reading...
  
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• Michael Martin, former Speaker of the Commons, dies aged 72

  29-04-2018 13:50
  Former Labour MP who was Speaker from 2000-2009 was criticised for his handling of MPs’ expenses scandalMichael Martin, a former Speaker of the House of Commons, has died, his family said.The 72-year-old died on Sunday morning after a short illness, his son Paul Martin confirmed. Continue reading...
  
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• Celtic v Rangers: Scottish Premiership – live!

  29-04-2018 13:50
  Live updates from Old Firm derby as Celtic look to win leagueLive scores: follow all the goals as they go in around EuropeEmail your thoughts to Rob 12.49pm BST Celtic are going to seal their seventh consecutive title in legendary style. They slaughtered Rangers in that first half, and any scoreline is possible now. 12.47pm BST Forrest picked up a loose ball on the right and zipped away from Cummings. When he reached the edge of the area he zig-zagged thrillingly between Murphy and Halliday befo
  
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• Russian Twitter accounts tried to help opposition in UK election: report

  29-04-2018 13:42
  Russian Twitter accounts pumped out messages in support of the opposition Labour party in an attempt to influence last year's British election, according to new research.The research by Swansea University and The Sunday Times found about 6,500 automated accounts sent messages praising the opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his policies in the closing stages of the election.The study found nine out of 10 messages from the accounts about Labour backed the party.
  
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• County cricket: Lancashire v Surrey, Somerset v Yorkshire and more – live!

  29-04-2018 13:42
  Updates from Old Trafford and around the groundsRenshaw stars for Somerset against YorkshireEmail Tanya, tweet or get in touch below the line 12.40pm BST Another one down for Worcestershire, a fourth for Fletcher, Head lbw for 33. Worcestershire 87 for 7.And a huge lbw appeal turned down at Old Trafford by Onions against Borthwick on 7. Lucky days.Virdi ends with figures of 4/80 as Lancashire declare on 439/9 following an excellent 9th wicket partnership#LANvSUR pic.twitter.com/XWnMVZltT8 12.28p
  
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• London elections might leave May down, but not out

  29-04-2018 13:34
  Voters in London are expected to punish Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party at local government elections this week which could embolden critics of her Brexit strategy, but are not expected to trigger her downfall.London and some other regions will on Thursday elect the local officials in charge of day-to-day public spending - a vote as much about issues like refuse collection and road repairs as it is about the national debate on immigration and May's plan to take Britain out of the
  
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• Akala review – humility and harmony from history-making hip-hop poet

  29-04-2018 13:00
  Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
  As he unpicks the marginalisation of black people, the rapper and cultural commentator seems to draw ever more strength from his own messagesRapper, musician and cultural commentator Akala is becoming one of the UK’s foremost critical thinkers, having recently spoken on everything from Grenfell and Corbyn to the entire span of human history in his televised epic poem The Ruins of Empires. This all-encompassing scrutiny is clear from the get-go of his so
  
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• Four people taken to hospital after Newport hit-and-run

  29-04-2018 12:59
  Driver fled scene and abandoned burnt-out Ford C-Max elsewhere in south Wales cityFour pedestrians have been taken to hospital, two with potentially life-changing injuries, after being struck by a vehicle in Newport, south Wales. Police said the incident was not believed to be terrorism-related.
  Three woman and a man were injured during the incident, which involved a blue Ford C-Max, at 5.30am on Sunday, police said. Continue reading...
  
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• US prepares to open new \$1bn London embassy

  29-04-2018 12:55
  The US embassy will be moving from Grosvenor Square to Nine Elms in Wandsworth, where it will overlook the River Thames.
  
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• Trump renews criticism of new US London embassy, calling area 'horrible... lousy'

  29-04-2018 12:48
  Donald Trump has renewed his criticism of the new US embassy in London, describing its "lousy" location as a "Bush-Obama special".The US president, who refused to visit London in January to open the new site in Nine Elms, south of the Thames, added at a rally that the spot where it was built was "horrible".Speaking in Michigan, he said the previous US embassy in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair, had boasted the "best site in all of London".
  
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• Newport Hit-And-Run: Man, 18, Arrested After Four People Injured

  29-04-2018 12:37
  An 18-year-old man has been arrested after four people were taken to hospital
  
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• England voter ID trial 'a solution in search of a problem'

  29-04-2018 12:21
  The voter ID trial is being introduced by the Cabinet Office.None of the five English boroughs taking part in a controversial trial of compulsory voter ID in local elections next month has experienced a single instance of polling station impersonation in the past decade.It emerged after the Electoral Reform Society said the plan was deeply flawed and appeared a “calculated effort by the government to make voting harder for some citizens”.
  
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• England voter ID trial 'a solution in search of a problem'

  29-04-2018 12:21
  Minister says new requirements counter ‘perception’ of electoral fraud as data shows problem is minimalNone of the five English boroughs taking part in a controversial trial of compulsory voter ID in local elections next month has experienced a single instance of polling station impersonation in the past decade.
  Four boroughs told the Guardian they had no record of any offences, while one had a single allegation in 2006, which was dealt with by a police caution.Continue reading...
  
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• Tory chairman says he discussed deportations with Amber Rudd

  29-04-2018 12:16
  Brandon Lewis has admitted knowing about attempts to increase the number of government deportations and discussing them with Amber Rudd while a minister in her department, increasing pressure on the home secretary to resign.The Conservative party chairman said he had seen the memo that was leaked to the Guardian on Friday and said he had talked to Rudd about “ambitions” to increase the number of people deported from Britain.Lewis’s claims appear to contradict Rudd’s evide
  
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• The world is broken. Sometimes, it's OK to just be sad about that

  29-04-2018 12:00
  In his last column for the Guardian US, writer at large Steven Thrasher writes about when it’s best to take action in life – and when it is fine to just self-reflect
  The other night, I started crying and couldn’t stop. I hadn’t cried that hard since my father died 15 years ago. As three more members of my immediate family died in the decade following my dad’s death, I cried less for each one until, eventually, I had no more tears to shed whenever anything sad happen
  
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• Apple poised to move further into media amid Wall Street 'panic'

  29-04-2018 12:00
  Analysts worry Apple could expose a weakness in consumer demand as the tech giant releases its first-quarter numbers
  Last Monday at New York’s Beacon Theatre, Apple unveiled a product it hopes can help the world’s most valuable company maintain its cutting edge: the 71-year-old rock god Patti Smith.Smith and her band took to the stage after a screening of an Apple Music documentary about her classic 1975 album Horses. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour has not done enough to tackle antisemitism, says shadow minister

  29-04-2018 11:47
  Andrew Gwynne says people need to acknowledge antisemitism on left of UK politicsLabour has “not done nearly enough quickly enough” in tackling antisemitism within the party, the shadow communities secretary has said.Andrew Gwynne said Jeremy Corbyn’s party was determined to root out antisemitism as he dismissed suggestions the issue was being used by Labour MPs to attack the party leader. Continue reading...
  
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