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• Second murder arrest after teen stabbed to death in Sutton Coldfield

  20-05-2018 23:43
  A second man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was stabbed to death outside a McDonald's in Sutton Coldfield.Ozell Pemberton, 16, died at the scene after being attacked in Lower Parade at roughly 3.30pm on Thursday 17 May.Paramedics carried out advanced life support but were unable to save the teenager who had suffered a stab wound to the chest.
  
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• May calls on health, tech sectors to work on cancer

  20-05-2018 23:38
  Prime Minister Theresa May will call on Britain's health service, charities and artificial intelligence sector to work together to better identify patients with the early stages of cancer and stop thousands dying each year.May, who is struggling to unite her top ministers over plans to leave the European Union, wants to broaden her agenda to try to show she is more than a leader just overseeing Brexit talks, which have all but stalled over customs arrangements.In a speech in northern England on
  
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• Boris Johnson: we want a deal with the EU, not a customs backstop

  20-05-2018 23:30
  Boris Johnson has delivered a thinly-veiled warning to Theresa May that he and his fellow Brexiters still expect her to deliver a deal that avoids triggering the “backstop” that would keep Britain aligned to the customs union beyond 2020.The foreign secretary lost the argument in last week’s Brexit inner cabinet, when senior ministers agreed the UK would retain key aspects of the customs union if a solution to the Irish border problem was not found.
  
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• Firefighters tackle large fire at Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh

  20-05-2018 22:35
  One person has been injured after a large grass fire near the summit of Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.Firefighters said the alarm was raised at 1.40pm on Sunday and six fire engines were sent.On Saturday, 30 firefighters tackled a large heather fire in the Spittal area of Caithness.
  
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• Boris Johnson lays wreath in Argentina for Falklands soldiers

  20-05-2018 21:00
  Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson lays a wreath in honour of those who died on both sides of the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict in Buenos Aires, Argentina.The UK foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, has laid a wreath in Buenos Aires to commemorate those who died in the 1982 Falklands conflict.
  
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• John Bercow to face Andrea Leadsom after 'stupid woman' row

  20-05-2018 20:57
  John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, will face Andrea Leadsom on Monday for the first time since claims he called her “a stupid woman” after angry exchanges during Wednesday’s business in the House and a later exchange in which, it is claimed, he called the leader of the Commons a liar.
  
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• Ministers round on John Bercow over 'completely unacceptable' comments

  20-05-2018 20:46
  Government ministers have rounded on House of Commons Speaker John Bercow over "completely unacceptable" comments.Mr Bercow allegedly branded cabinet minister Andrea Leadsom a "stupid woman", before reportedly adding "f****** useless" or "f****** outrageous".The row follows a number of bullying allegations against the speaker.
  
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• Train operator 'sorry' as UK shake-up falters on day one

  20-05-2018 20:38
  A train operator has apologised for disruption after the largest timetable shake-up for decades was introduced across Britain.More than four million trains have been rescheduled - and day one has not passed without hiccups.Some passengers were left frustrated and confused by cancelled services.
  
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• Meghan Markle outlines royal plans as newlyweds return to London

  20-05-2018 20:28
  Meghan Markle has laid out her royal plans after she and husband Prince Harry returned to London to begin married life.The Duchess of Sussex now has her own page on the official royal.uk website, with a short biography that emphasises her charity work and downplays her acting career.The site confirms that Meghan will undertake royal duties in support of the Queen both in the UK and overseas.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn urged to clarify Labour's position on Brexit

  20-05-2018 20:17
  The Labour leadership faces mounting pressure to clarify its position on Brexit after the local party in Lewisham selected a candidate who backs staying in the single market and the party’s international trade spokesman, Barry Gardiner, struggled to explain Labour’s position on the issue.Gardiner was appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show in his first full interview after a recording emerged of a private comment he made at a meeting in Brussels in March when he called parts of
  
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• German second world war sea mine destroyed in West Sussex

  20-05-2018 20:02
  The bomb washed up on shore near a residential area of Bognor Regis.A live German second world war sea mine has been towed out to sea and safely destroyed after washing up on shore in West Sussex.It was found off Elmer Beach near a residential area in Bognor Regis on Saturday.
  
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• The regional divide is more than the north and London

  20-05-2018 19:04
  The BBC in Manchester is as insulated from the rest of the region as London, argues Gerry McMullan.Despite the cosmetic references to other cities and towns, she seems only really interested in bigging up Manchester.Building up Manchester as a secondary capital won’t solve that problem, it will exacerbate the existing one.
  
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• Railway timetable changes: More than four million trains across Britain rescheduled

  20-05-2018 18:47
  More than four million trains across Britain have been rescheduled in the biggest timetable shake-up in decades.The introduction of new trains and services follows billions of pounds of investment and the number of alterations is seven times larger than normal.It is expected there will be some disruption as trains and crews are redeployed over the coming weeks.
  
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• Meghan loved her veil embroidered with tribute to the Commonwealth - designer

  20-05-2018 18:30
  When Meghan Markle walked down the aisle to marry Prince Harry on Saturday, she had with her the 53 countries of the Commonwealth - each one represented in the embroidery of her veil.Recounting the discussions over Meghan's dress and veil for Saturday's groundbreaking wedding, designer Clare Waight Keller said the new Duchess of Sussex had welcomed the idea that her veil could be designed to hold extra significance.
  
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• Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich's UK visa expires amid Russia tensions

  20-05-2018 18:12
  Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is yet to have his UK visa renewed after it expired last month.The Russian billionaire did not attend Saturday's FA Cup final, in which Chelsea beat Manchester United.A source close to the oligarch confirmed to Sky News that Mr Abramovich's visa expired at the end of April.
  
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• Duchess of Sussex page on royal website launched

  20-05-2018 18:00
  The Duchess of Sussex has returned to Kensington Palace with her husband.As Windsor began to return to normality, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to their Kensington Palace home.It had, by all accounts, been a late night for the bride and groom with their private evening reception at the 17th-century Frogmore House ending with an explosion of fireworks.
  
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• 'It really was a black service': world reaction to royal wedding

  20-05-2018 18:00
  Bishop Michael Curry of the Episcopal church, gives an address during the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.It wasn’t just the black preacher, though the Most Rev Michael Curry’s fiery address evoking Martin Luther King and the misery of slavery certainly packed a punch.There was also the cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the spiritual – This Little Light of Mine – sung by a black gospel choir.
  
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• Britain yet to renew visa of Russian billionaire Abramovich - sources

  20-05-2018 17:37
  MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - British authorities, whose relations with Moscow have been strained, are yet to renew Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's visa after it expired last month, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.Abramovich, best known in Britain as the owner of Premier League football club Chelsea, is in the process of renewing his visa as part of a standard procedure, one of the sources said.
  
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• Is Meghan Markle the American the royals have needed all along?

  20-05-2018 17:33
  In the 1991 John Goodman comedy King Ralph, truly the most important work of art to grapple with what it would mean if an American joined the British royal family, the movie comes to the conclusion that a friendly American is exactly what the royals need to make them bearable.Some Brits, of course, resist this idea: “It’s an unmitigated catastrophe – this song and dance man from the colonies!” wails John Hurt to Peter O’Toole.In the run-up to Prince Harry’s we
  
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• What major changes to MOT tests mean for you

  20-05-2018 17:22
  Major changes to MOT test rules in Britain have come into force making it harder for cars, vans, motorbikes and other light passenger vehicles to be passed as safe to go on the roads.The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) says the shake-up has been designed to improve air quality and make roads safer.Twenty-eight people were killed and 413 were seriously injured in accidents on Britain's roads in 2016 when a vehicle defect was a contributory factor.
  
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• Home Office faces pressure over deportation of highly skilled migrants

  20-05-2018 16:58
  The Home Office is turning Theresa May’s ‘much-vaunted vision of an open Britain into a closed Britain’, said Lord Dick Taverne.A group of about 20 MPs and a member of the House of Lords are to establish separate pressure groups to persuade the Home Office to stop deporting highly skilled migrants using a paragraph of the immigration rules designed to tackle terrorism and people judged to be a threat to national security.Lord Dick Taverne, QC, in a letter to the Guardian, says
  
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• What did Harry say to wedding dress designer Clare Waight Keller?

  20-05-2018 16:38
  The woman behind the royal bridal gown says Prince Harry thanked her for making his new wife look "absolutely stunning".Birmingham-born Clare Waight Keller also revealed that not even the people who worked on the dress knew it was for the now-Duchess of Sussex.Ms Waight Keller, who made history as the first female artistic director at French fashion house Givenchy, was revealed as the designer of the eagerly awaited wedding dress on Saturday morning.
  
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• Tyson Fury opponent for comeback revealed

  20-05-2018 16:13
  Tyson Fury will face Albanian Sefer Seferi in his heavyweight comeback fight on 9 June.The former IBF, WBA and WBO champion will return to action after two-and-a-half years following a lengthy wrangle over an alleged doping offence, which Fury denied he committed.The 29 year old, unbeaten in his 25 professional fights, is out to prove he still has what it takes to challenge the likes of Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder at the top of the division.
  
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• Roman Abramovich's UK Visa Has Not Been Renewed - Reports

  20-05-2018 16:04
  A spokesman for Roman Abramovich has declined to comment on reports Chelsea's
  
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• 9 of the best memes to come out of the royal wedding

  20-05-2018 16:03
  If there’s anything social media users love about a big special occasion, it’s the opportunity for great memes.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon vows to 'restart' Scottish independence debate

  20-05-2018 15:57
  Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to "restart a debate" about Scottish independence over the next couple of weeks.Scotland's first minister is planning to "consider" the timing of a second independence referendum once the UK government has agreed a Brexit deal with the EU later this year.Ahead of the launch this week of a new blueprint for Scottish independence - which will reportedly recommend the creation of a Scottish currency - Ms Sturgeon spoke of "an important moment" in the SNP's case for breakin
  
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• Socialist Britain will not be 'ripped off any more' under Labour - McDonnell

  20-05-2018 15:44
  Britain's main opposition Labour Party wants to radically transform the economy, forming a Socialist society where "we're not going to get ripped off any more", its finance policy chief, John McDonnell, said on Sunday.With Labour almost neck-and-neck in the polls with the governing Conservatives, who lost their majority in last year's election, its leader Jeremy Corbyn and others are setting out their stall ahead of a new election not due until 2022.McDonnell told the BBC that he had been talkin
  
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• Rail Network Timetable Changes Come Into Effect Today

  20-05-2018 15:10
  More than four million trains across Britain will be rescheduled from Sunday
  
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• Emotions run high as Grenfell Tower inquiry is about to open

  20-05-2018 15:04
  Grenfell survivors are expected to attend the series of tributes to the 72 victims.Almost a year after the Grenfell Tower fire, the first substantive hearings of the inquiry into the disaster will open on Monday with tributes from friends and relatives of the 72 victims.A prayer room has also been provided, as the hearings start during Ramadan and many of the victims were Muslim.
  
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• Back to work, Prince Harry and Meghan to delay honeymoon

  20-05-2018 14:53
  Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will delay heading off for their honeymoon, instead attending a birthday party for his father Prince Charles just days after marrying in a ground-breaking ceremony that blended the modern with the traditional.After a day that saw the couple exchange vows in a medieval chapel at Windsor Castle under the gaze of royals, celebrities, and a global television audience of many millions, Harry and Meghan spent Saturday evening partying with friends in privacy.The outdoor
  
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• New UK law to rein in social media firms is 'couple of years' away, says minister

  20-05-2018 13:25
  The high-profile launch of a campaign to clamp down on social media firms has backfired as the culture secretary, Matt Hancock, admitted it was likely to be two years before there is any new law.In a round of media interviews, Hancock said there was no date for legislation but it would be in the “next couple of years”, and he said he was launching a consultation document ahead of a white paper in the autumn.Hancock also admitted that when he called in representatives of 14 leading in
  
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• Law to rein in social media firms still two years away, says Hancock

  20-05-2018 13:25
  The high-profile launch of a campaign to clamp down on social media firms has backfired, as the culture secretary, Matt Hancock, admitted it was likely to be two years before there was any new law.In a round of media interviews, Hancock said there was no date for legislation but it would be in the “next couple of years”, and he said he was launching a consultation document ahead of a white paper in the autumn.Hancock also admitted that when he called in representatives of 14 leading
  
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• After fanfare of royal wedding, a major clean-up begins in Windsor

  20-05-2018 13:19
  An estimated 100,000 people had descended on the Berkshire town to catch a glimpse of the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex.As the new Duke and Duchess of Sussexbegan married life, a major clean-up operation was under way in Windsor after a wedding that wove royal tradition and African-American heritage into a modern spectacle, winning praise from many quarters.A bin lorry makes its way down the Long Walk in Windsor.
  
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• Royal wedding confirmed as year's biggest UK TV event

  20-05-2018 13:03
  Almost 18 million Britons watched coverage of Saturday’s royal wedding, making it by far the biggest television event of the year, as social networks and news websites also saw enormous online interest in the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.British viewers overwhelmingly turned to the BBC’s coverage, led by Kirsty Young, Huw Edwards and Dermot O’Leary, which attracted a peak audience of 13.1 million during the ceremony itself.ITV’s programming attracted a peak
  
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• Man in his twenties stabbed to death in south London

  20-05-2018 12:39
  The number of homicides in London so far this year is believed to be over 60.The homicide rate in London continued to climb after a man was found stabbed in a south London street on Sunday morning.The man, aged in his twenties, died after emergency services were called to Mitcham, south London.
  
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• Man in his 20s stabbed to death in south London

  20-05-2018 12:39
  The number of homicides in London so far this year is believed to be over 60.A man was found stabbed in a south London street on Sunday morning.The emergency services were called to Upper Green East in Mitcham at 3.29am.
  
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• Man in his 20s stabbed to death in Mitcham, south London

  20-05-2018 12:22
  A murder investigation has begun after a man in his 20s was stabbed to death in south London.
  
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• With Brexit clarity, Scotland will look again at independence - Sturgeon

  20-05-2018 11:29
  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she would again consider another vote on independence for Scotland when the British government offers some certainty over Brexit.Speaking on ITV television's Peston on Sunday programme, Sturgeon also said her Scottish National Party would not block another Brexit vote on any final deal, but feared what would happen if the different parts of the United Kingdom voted for opposite outcomes in the same way they did in 2016."Once we get some clar
  
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• Meghan Markle's wedding was a rousing celebration of blackness

  20-05-2018 10:56
  In this case, I read it between the lines, on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Windsor, in the juxtaposition of two separate trending phrases.The place – Windsor Castle – is the oldest inhabited castle in the world.The ritual – a wedding of the Queen’s grandson – is full of arcane and ancient British tradition: heraldry, knights of the garter, a choir that has been in continuous existence since the 13th century.
  
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• Boris Johnson escapes Brexit troubles to feed manatees in Peru

  20-05-2018 10:55
  Boris Johnson has put the customs union row 6,000 miles behind him as he kicked off a five-day trip to Latin America by feeding rescued manatees in the Peruvian rainforest.After a bruising week in which he was outnumbered in Theresa May’s Brexit inner cabinet over the backstop plan for Northern Ireland, the foreign secretary was back to his day job of showcasing Britain.Johnson held talks on Saturday with the Peruvian president, Martín Vizcarra, highlighting the fact that he was the
  
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• New MOT Rules Come Into Force Today - Here's What You Need To Know

  20-05-2018 10:24
  A tougher and updated MOT has come into force in Britain to improve air
  
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• Donald Trump Burned By BBC Three Then He Spells His Wife's Name Wrong

  20-05-2018 10:06
  Donald Trump wasn't at the Royal Wedding yesterday but if he was following
  
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• Harry and Meghan ready to start royal married life

  20-05-2018 08:15
  Prince Harry and his new wife Meghan are starting their life together as a married couple after an emotional wedding ceremony that broke new ground.The newlyweds are expected to return to normal life and bid farewell to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh after spending the night at Windsor Castle.Meghan has already said she is determined to "hit the ground running" as she becomes a full-time royal.
  
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• Fasting diets may raise risk of diabetes, researchers warn

  20-05-2018 08:00
  Popular fasting diets involve going without food for two days a week, or every other day. Photograph: Ian Hooton/Getty
  
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• Vote Leave faces scrutiny over £50m football contest

  20-05-2018 07:59
  Entrants had to name the winner of every game in Euro 2016 – won by Portugal – to claim £50m.A data-harvesting competition that offered football fans the chance to win £50m is at the centre of new questions about pro-Brexit campaigning before the 2016 EU referendum.Last week the select committee for digital, culture, media and sport released a letter Facebook sent to the Electoral Commission in which it said that two campaigns, Vote Leave and BeLeave, used three sets of d
  
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• The after-party! Harry and Meghan's evening reception

  20-05-2018 07:52
  Newlyweds Harry and Meghan headed off to their evening party after their last public appearance of their royal wedding day.Harry drove himself and his new bride to Frogmore House in a silver blue Jaguar E-Type Concept Zero, which was originally manufactured in 1968 but has since been converted to electric power.As Meghan waved to onlookers as they left, an emerald-cut aquamarine ring which belonged to Harry's late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, could clearly be seen on her right hand.
  
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• Tougher MOT test rules come into force in Britain

  20-05-2018 05:25
  Major changes to MOT test rules in Britain have come into force making it harder for cars, vans, motorbikes and other light passenger vehicles to be passed as safe to go on the roads.The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) says the shake-up has been designed to improve air quality and make roads safer.Twenty-eight people were killed and 413 were seriously injured in accidents on Britain's roads in 2016 when a vehicle defect was a contributory factor.
  
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• What will roads look like in the future?

  20-05-2018 04:10
  What will roads look like in the future?
  
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• Stepping back in time with the Tudors of Kentwell Hall

  20-05-2018 02:22 via bbc.co.uk
  A 16th Century moated hall has been hosting immersive Tudor experiences for 40 years.
  
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• New laws to tackle internet's 'wild west' to be drawn up, says Culture Secretary

  20-05-2018 01:31
  Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has pledged new laws to tackle the internet's "wild west" that will make Britain the "safest place in the world" to be online.Mr Hancock said: "Digital technology is overwhelmingly a force for good across the world and we must always champion innovation and change for the better."At the same time I have been clear that we have to address the wild west elements of the internet through legislation, in a way that supports innovation.
  
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