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• Top business bosses warn 'time is running out' over Brexit after PM meeting

  30-05-2018 23:40
  Theresa May has been told by the leaders of some of Europe's biggest companies that "clarity and certainty" is needed over Brexit because "time is running out".Following a meeting at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday, the business bosses issued the prime minister with a warning that "uncertainty causes less investment".The group met Mrs May to discuss the UK's future trade relationship with the EU, on which Brussels has imposed a deadline of October for a final agreement.
  
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• Robotics YouTuber Simone Giertz undergoes surgery to remove brain tumour

  30-05-2018 22:45
  The inventor and robotics enthusiast posted a touching video on social media before her surgery.
  
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• Global stocks rebound as Italian risk ebbs

  30-05-2018 22:35
  Global stocks staged a recovery on Wednesday, buoyed by optimism that Italy may avoid a potentially damaging general election.The recovery was partly driven by news that Italy's two anti-establishment parties were renewing efforts to form a government, rather than force the country to the polls for the second time this year.The prospect that no government would be formed, leading to elections that could be a referendum on Italy's euro membership, had sent short-term Italian bond yields up by the
  
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• Tennis star struggles with Yorkshire accent

  30-05-2018 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  German Alexander Zverev admired the reporter's accent so much, he even promised to pay a visit to the county if they ever hold a tournament there.
  
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• Goldie fined for Glastonbury assault as judge criticises 'arrogant' musician

  30-05-2018 22:00
  Musician Goldie has been fined for assaulting a security guard in a backstage area of Glastonbury Festival.The 52-year-old producer and DJ forced Dennis Poole into a headlock after the bouncer refused to let his 20-year-old daughter into the restricted area near the Pyramid Stage in June last year.Goldie, real name Clifford Joseph Price, had appeared in court via FaceTime in March, pleading guilty from his home in Thailand.
  
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• Post-Brexit trade: business leaders tell May time is running out

  30-05-2018 21:28
  Nestlé’s Paul Bulcke (left) and BMW’s Harald Krüger, of the European Round Table of Industrialists, arrive at Downing Street.Leading European industrialists, including bosses from BP, Nestlé, E.ON and Royal Mail, have warned Theresa May that time is running out and said businesses want post-Brexit trade with the EU to be as frictionless as with a customs union.At a private meeting in Downing Street with the prime minister and the Brexit secretary, David Davis, seni
  
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• Ocado moves up to FTSE 100 as M&S avoids relegation

  30-05-2018 20:18
  Marks & Spencer has avoided relegation from the FTSE 100 as online grocery retailer Ocado moves into the elite group of UK-listed firms, it has been confirmed.Online gambling company GVC Holdings will join Ocado in its promotion, while South African private healthcare provider Mediclinic International and security company G4S will fall into the FTSE 250 to make way.
  
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• Top business bosses warn 'time is running' out over Brexit after PM meeting

  30-05-2018 20:11
  Theresa May has been told by the leaders of some of Europe's biggest companies that "clarity and certainty" is needed over Brexit because "time is running out".Following a meeting at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday, the business bosses issued the prime minister with a warning that "uncertainty causes less investment".The group met Mrs May to discuss the UK's future trade relationship with the EU, on which Brussels has imposed a deadline of October for a final agreement.
  
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• 'Hero' Grenfell grandfather Raymond Bernard sheltered six people in his flat

  30-05-2018 20:01
  A "hero" grandfather who sheltered six people in his top-floor flat at Grenfell Tower was a "modern-day Moses", his sister told the inquiry into the deadly fire.
  
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• Football leagues urged to tackle plastic waste

  30-05-2018 19:36
  Football leagues across the UK are being urged to follow the example set by the top tier by banning the use of single-use plastics.The Premier League announced in April that it would introduce measures to phase out single-use plastics in its operations and supply chains over the next two years, representing strong backing for Sky's Ocean Rescue campaign.Now the House of Commons has written to the chairmen of other leagues in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to encourage them to foll
  
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• Clegg makes SHOCK claim UK Government is responsible for Irish border 'MESS'

  30-05-2018 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  NICK CLEGG said Brexiteers are “thrashing around” and blaming the likes of Michel Barnier and civil servants for the problems created by the Irish border issue, which he blamed solely on the UK Government.
  
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• Final Paddington book released one year after death of author Michael Bond

  30-05-2018 19:28
  Sixty years after he made his literary debut, the final adventure of Paddington Bear to spring from the imagination of his creator has been released.Michael Bond - who died last year at the age of 91 - was inspired to write what would prove to be his final Paddington novel following his involvement in the national thanksgiving service for the Queen's 90th birthday in June 2016.It was during this visit to Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece in London that Bond hatched an idea for what would become
  
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• Train route that's cheaper when it's longer

  30-05-2018 19:25
  Train route that's cheaper when it's longer
  
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• James Bay: Ticket reseller Viagogo 'just don't care'

  30-05-2018 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  He says it's "wrong and unfair" that tickets to his show are being resold for over four times the face value price.
  
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• Transport Secretary Chris Grayling slams 'wholly unsatisfactory' rail timetable

  30-05-2018 19:14
  Chris Grayling has criticised rail companies for "wholly unsatisfactory levels of disruption" following the introduction of new timetables.The transport secretary said the industry had "failed the passengers it serves" after a second week of travel chaos on Northern and Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) services.Some 14% of Northern services were cancelled on Tuesday and 25% were at least five minutes late, while GTR services saw 10% of trains cancelled and 14% suffering delays.
  
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• 'Nobody puts Shetland in a box'

  30-05-2018 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Why have MSP have effectively banned public bodies from putting Shetland in a box on maps in official documents?
  
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• Putting the brakes on the Oxford and Cambridge gravy train

  30-05-2018 19:08
  College buildings in Cambridge, seen from the tower of St John’s College. ‘Our generation must ensure that the university will survive and thrive for another 800 years as a global leader in research and education,’ writes vice-chancellor Stephen Toope.David Lammy rightly asks why Oxford and Cambridge don’t put their “vast wealth … to better use” by “funding sophisticated access and outreach programmes” (Revealed: the £21bn wealth built
  
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• What’s weird about the Duchess of Sussex’s light tights?

  30-05-2018 19:07
  Duchesses in a tights spot: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, with their royal spouses, 22 May 2018. Photograph: Tim Rooke/Rex/Shutterstock
  
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• CCTV of bus colliding with 24 vehicles in Dartford

  30-05-2018 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are appealing for witnesses after the vehicles were damaged by the Arriva bus in Dartford.
  
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• Flying Ant Day 2018 is coming EARLY – 50 BILLION insects on their way

  30-05-2018 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITONS are being urged to brace themselves for an flying ant invasion of biblical proportions – with an estimated 50 BILLION poised to take to the skies this summer.
  
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• Former England striker turned away from golf club in Japan 'because he is foreign'

  30-05-2018 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  FORMER England and Cardiff footballer Jay Bothroyd has claimed he was turned away from a golf course in Japan, where he is now playing, because he is a foreigner.
  
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• Revealed: Mystery Tory German Donor Who Left The Party Half A Million In Her Will

  30-05-2018 18:25
  An elderly German woman left more than half a million pounds to the Tories in
  
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• Pilot dies as helicopter crashes into field in North Yorkshire

  30-05-2018 18:21
  A pilot has died after a helicopter crashed into a field near Aldborough, North Yorkshire.Fire fighters from Boroughbridge, Knaresborough, Harrogate and Ripon were sent to the scene shortly before 1.30pm.It said fire fighters used "hose reels to dampen down the scene" before crews left about three hours later.
  
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• 'After 22 years of pain, I had my leg amputated'

  30-05-2018 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  After 22 years of pain from a severe leg injury, Claire Blackburn made a tough call.
  
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• Author Ian McEwan says he will 'withhold judgment' on Weinstein claims until court

  30-05-2018 17:33
  Award-winning author Ian McEwan has said he will "withhold judgment" on disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein until he has heard them set out in court.McEwan said he will maintain a "degree of scepticism" about the allegations, but admitted the film producer seems like "a moral monster".Weinstein has repeatedly denied any allegations of non-consensual sex and intends to plead not guilty after handing himself in to police last Friday.
  
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• Stocks rebound as Italian risk fades slightly

  30-05-2018 17:30
  Hopes that Italy might avoid a potentially damaging general election lifted European markets on Wednesday, bringing Italian bond yields off multi-year highs and dampening some of the recent buying interest for German and U.S. government bonds.The recovery was partly driven by news that Italy's two anti-establishment parties were renewing efforts to form a government, rather than force the country to the polls for the second time this year."(The auction) clearly indicates that investors still hav
  
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• Three arrests made in gangland murder investigation

  30-05-2018 17:06
  Detectives investigating the murder of Salford’s “Mr Big” Paul Massey have arrested three people, nearly three years after he was gunned down outside his home in an attack that sparked a vicious gangland feud across Greater Manchester.A 37-year-old man was arrested at Manchester airport on Wednesday on suspicion of murdering Massey and his friend, the underworld fixer John Kinsella, who was shot dead while walking his dog earlier this month.Police said a 39-year-old woman was a
  
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• Three arrested over murders of gangland pair Paul Massey and John Kinsella

  30-05-2018 17:06
  Three people have been arrested as part of an investigation into the murders of gangland pair Paul Massey and John Kinsella.Paul Massey, 55, known as "Salford's Mr Big", was shot dead outside his Clifton home in Greater Manchester in July 2015.More recently, John Kinsella, 53, a mob fixer, was shot dead while walking his dog on a footpath near the St Helens Linkway and M62 in Rainhill, Merseyside earlier this month.
  
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• Online fraudster booked Virgin flight to the moon

  30-05-2018 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A CONMAN made so much money from ripping off customers he put down a deposit for a trip to the moon, a court heard. Success-obsessed Ross Quinn, 30, splashed out £20,000 to reserve a place on one of Virgin’s much-mooted £110,000 lunar flights because he wanted to be like film spaceman Buzz Lightyear.
  
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• Paddington Bear heads to St. Paul's in late author's last work

  30-05-2018 16:56
  The author was working on "Paddington at St Paul's" before his death last year at the age of 91.In his latest adventure, the marmalade-loving bear, prone to all sorts of mishaps, visits the famed London site where, in a commotion, he is mistaken for a member of the choir."Paddington was always part of our lives, he was never far from his mind," Karen Jankel, Bond's daughter said of her father on Wednesday at an event at St Paul's to promote the book's release on Thursday.
  
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• Faith-based groups 'increasingly stepping in to plug gaps in NHS'

  30-05-2018 16:54
  Sarah Mullally, the new bishop of London, says the research shows the important contribution the church is making.More than 3,500 churches and 200,000 volunteers are working on health and social care initiatives that are “plugging the gap” left by funding cuts and limited resources, according to the Cinnamon Network, a charity that connects faith-based organisations.Sarah Mullally, the new bishop of London, said the charity’s report – called The Church’s Impact on H
  
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• Greggs pranked foodies by serving its food from a smart deli pop-up

  30-05-2018 16:53
  Tapas style dishes from Gregory and Gregory were actually from the high street brand – and went down a treat.
  
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• Boris Johnson's dad wants Brexit re-run over 'obvious' Russia meddling

  30-05-2018 16:44
  Boris Johnson's father has called for the Brexit referendum to be "re-run" in the event "perfectly obvious" Russian interference in the vote is proven.Stanley Johnson, a former European Commission employee and ex-MEP, accused Moscow of meddling in the 2016 vote, during which his son spearheaded the Leave campaign.Unlike the foreign secretary, Mr Johnson senior backed Remain at the EU referendum.
  
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• 'Murdered' Journalist Arkady Babchenko Turns Up Alive At News Conference

  30-05-2018 16:38
  Arkady Babchenko, the Russian journalist and Kremlin critic reported to have
  
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• Contempt of court - what does it mean?

  30-05-2018 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Tommy Robinson has been jailed for being in "contempt of court". But what does that mean?
  
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• ‘People had their say!’ Nick Ferrari ATTACKS Lord Adonis over second Brexit vote demand

  30-05-2018 16:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  LABOUR Lord Adonis was shut down by Nick Ferrari during his LBC show after demanding that the British people want a second Brexit referendum.
  
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• Daughter Of Disabled Woman Who Died In Grenfell Blasts Council For Housing Her On 18th Floor

  30-05-2018 16:11
  The daughter of a disabled woman who lived on the 18th floor of Grenfell Tower
  
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• Helicopter Crashes Near Aldborough, North Yorkshire

  30-05-2018 16:03
  A helicopter has crashed near the village of Aldborough near Boroughbridge,
  
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• EU, U.S. trade envoys meet on tariffs, outcome unclear

  30-05-2018 15:57
  European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross met in Paris on Wednesday to discuss looming U.S. import tariffs on EU steel and aluminium, the European Commission said, but declined to speculate on the final outcome.U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs of 25 percent on incoming steel and 10 percent on aluminium, but granted the European Union a temporary exemption, which expires on Friday.The Commission said Malmstrom and Ross had met to discuss
  
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• Are there benefits to breastfeeding until the age of five?

  30-05-2018 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Advice in the UK is that women can breastfeed for as long as they and their child want to.
  
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• Lancashire town ‘EXPOSED’ by American journalist as a ‘casualty of austerity’ HITS BACK

  30-05-2018 15:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  AN AMERICAN journalist branded a town in Lancashire a “casualty of austerity” - and now angry locals are hitting back.
  
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• EU conditionally clears Liberty Global's purchase of Dutch cable operator Ziggo

  30-05-2018 15:35
  The European Commission on Wednesday said it had cleared the purchase of Dutch cable operator Ziggo by Liberty Globalsubject to conditions.The merger was first approved in 2014 but then annulled by the General Court of the European Union, leading to a reassessment of the deal.The Commission, which acts as the competition watchdog in the European Union, said Liberty Global had offered to scrap clauses that restrict broadcasters' ability to offer their channels and content over the internet, maint
  
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• Gibbon, lemur and tortoise stolen from zoo after thieves cut a hole in the fence

  30-05-2018 15:23
  The animals were stolen from Elmvale Jungle zoo in Ontario.
  
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• How many children are 'severely obese'?

  30-05-2018 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Children are becoming more overweight as they go through primary school, latest figures show.
  
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• New laws introduced to restrict drone use

  30-05-2018 15:15
  Drones will be be banned from flying within half a mile of airports and will only be allowed up to 400 ft under new laws.
  
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• Drones over 250g must be registered with the government amid crackdown

  30-05-2018 15:10
  Drones weighing over 250g will have to be registered with the government as part of a new crackdown launched today.The new laws will also ban drones from flying above 400ft, less than 150ft from people or buildings or within 1,000 metres of airport boundaries.Anyone who wants to use a drone will also have to take an online safety test under the new legislation, which has taken the CAA's Drone Code and put it into law from 30 May.
  
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• Man arrested after scaling Parliament's scaffolding near Big Ben

  30-05-2018 15:06
  A man has been arrested after climbing on scaffolding at the Palace of Westminster.Officers were called to reports of a man acting suspiciously near Carriage Gates, which is used by MPs to come and go from Parliament, before he climbed over the fence and scaled scaffolding.Police were later seen on scaffolding near Big Ben, housed in the Elizabeth Tower, which is currently undergoing refurbishment.
  
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• Pair face jail after claiming £125,000 by posing as Grenfell victims

  30-05-2018 15:04
  A man and a woman who received £125,000 after falsely claiming they lived in Grenfell Tower have pleaded guilty to fraud.Illegal immigrants Elaine Douglas, 51, and Tommy Brooks, 52, told authorities they had lived on the high rise's 19th floor.Douglas was housed in the Radisson Blu in Kensington for 276 nights at a cost of just over £55,000 to the council.
  
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• This suspected car thief did the world’s worst job of escaping police

  30-05-2018 15:03
  Running into the hands of the enemy.
  
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• Man behind machete attack plan at gay pride event detained in hospital

  30-05-2018 14:55
  The mother of Ethan Stables, who has an autism spectrum disorder, told the court she had received little support from mental health services in looking after her son.A white supremacist who planned to carry out a machete attack at a gay pride event has been detained indefinitely in hospital.Ethan Stables, 20, was convicted in February of planning an act of terrorism after he boasted online of his planned attack on an LGBT event at a pub in Cumbria.
  
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