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• Northern Irish police to retain disused stations as Brexit precaution

  03-06-2018 22:28
  Northern Ireland's police will not sell three disused stations along the Irish border as previously planned, a precautionary Brexit measure taken just days after asking for more officers to help secure the frontier.The border between British-run Northern Ireland and the rest of Ireland will be the UK's only land frontier with the EU after it leaves the bloc and authorities fear a return of any kind of checkpoints could be a target for militant groups who beset the province with violence until a
  
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• Stolen £1m Stanley Spencer painting returned to owners after being found under drug dealer's bed

  03-06-2018 22:00
  A stolen Sir Stanley Spencer painting worth £1m has been returned to its owners after it was found under a drug dealer's bed.The valuable work, titled Cookham from Englefield, was stolen from the Stanley Spencer Gallery, Berkshire, in 2012.It was missing for five years until detectives arrested Harry Fisher, 28, after they stopped a Mercedes in Strood, Kent, last June, and found one kilogram of cocaine and £30,000 in cash.
  
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• Cyclist dies in suspected hit-and-run in southeast London

  03-06-2018 20:53
  A cyclist has been killed in a suspected hit-and-run collision in Deptford, southeast London.Emergency services were called to the Childers Street junction with Rolt Street at approximately 4.15pm on Sunday afternoon.Police and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene and found a man, in his 50s, suffering from critical injuries.
  
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• Minute's silence for London Bridge terror attack victims

  03-06-2018 19:10
  Sadiq Khan and Theresa May were among the hundreds who gathered for a first anniversary memorial service to honour those killed in the London Bridge attack.Politicians, emergency service workers and bereaved relatives filled out Southwark Cathedral on Sunday afternoon, with several emotional speeches heard before families of the victims were invited to light candles behind the altar.An olive tree - to be known as the Tree of Healing - was planted in the cathedral grounds using compost from flora
  
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• Sajid Javid in Muslim Council of Britain spat over Islamophobia claims

  03-06-2018 17:28
  Home Secretary Sajid Javid sparked a row with the Muslim Council of Britain after he rejected their call for an independent inquiry into allegations of Islamophobia within the Conservative Party.Demanding action from Conservative Party chairman Brandon Lewis last week, the council said the last month it had seen weekly incidents of Islamophobia from Conservative representatives and candidates.Former Tory chair Baroness Warsi backed up the claims and suggested there is a "simmering anti
  
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• Javid pledges 'fresh look' at foreign doctors cap as he discards PM's policies

  03-06-2018 17:22
  Sajid Javid will take a "fresh look" at a cap on the number of foreign doctors as he departed from large parts of Theresa May's legacy in the Home Office.The home secretary, who was appointed to the post at the end of April, also pledged to review the "hostile environment" policy towards illegal immigration and push to remove foreign students from immigration statistics.In addition, Mr Javid notably refused to explicitly back the Conservatives' long-held pledge to reduce yearly net migration to
  
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• Stolen £1m Stanley Smith painting returned to owners after being found under drug dealer's bed

  03-06-2018 17:08
  A stolen Sir Stanley Spencer painting worth £1m has been returned to its owners after it was found under a drug dealer's bed.The valuable work, titled Cookham from Englefield, was stolen from the Stanley Spencer Gallery, Berkshire, in 2012.It was missing for five years until detectives arrested Harry Fisher, 28, after they stopped a Mercedes in Strood, Kent, last June, and found one kilogram of cocaine and £30,000 in cash.
  
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• DUP leader Arlene Foster warned over 'undemocratic' abortion stance

  03-06-2018 15:47
  The Labour MP spearheading a cross-party coalition effort to repeal Victorian-era laws criminalising abortion across the UK has told DUP leader Arlene Foster her views shouldn't prevent their bid.Stella Creasy, who wants MPs to repeal the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, which makes abortion a criminal act, suggested Mrs Foster is "the only woman with any choice over abortion in Northern Ireland".The UK government has come under pressure to review abortion law since an historic referendum i
  
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• Israel must halt law that could criminalise media

  03-06-2018 15:00
  On the day the US moved its embassy to Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers opened fire on unarmed Palestinian protesters who gathered at the border fence on the Gaza Strip.On the day the US moved its embassy to Jerusalem, Israeli soldiers opened fire to prevent an invasion of their country by Arabs living in the Gaza Strip.This is a typical instance of the divergence in reporting that has become a hallmark of recording the conflict in Israel/Palestine.
  
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• Whale Dies After Swallowing 80 Plastic Bags In Thai Waters

  03-06-2018 14:59
  Devastating pictures showing the impact of discarded plastic bags on marine
  
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• Abortion: 'Arlene Foster being the only person making a choice on this is not very democratic'

  03-06-2018 14:25
  Abortion: 'Arlene Foster being the only person making a choice on this is not very democratic'
  
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• Confusion over screening programme

  03-06-2018 14:15
  Directors blamed for a glitch which cancelled cancer screening tests for women say the Government has overstated the problem.
  
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• Chemotherapy 'unnecessary' for thousands of women with breast cancer

  03-06-2018 14:05
  Gruelling chemotherapy may no longer be required to treat breast cancer following a landmark study.More than 10,000 women with the most common form of early breast cancer took part in a trial that found the treatment was not necessary for many after they had surgery.It is estimated that 3,000 to 5,000 women in the UK are likely to avoid chemotherapy every year following the trial.
  
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• Sajid Javid pledges 'fresh look' at migration rules

  03-06-2018 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Rules on skilled workers and foreign students will be looked at again, the home secretary says.
  
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• 2,000 more security service officers 'will disrupt terror plots'

  03-06-2018 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  It comes ahead of a service to mark one year since the London Bridge attack, that left eight dead.
  
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• Breast cancer: Test means fewer women will need chemotherapy

  03-06-2018 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  From Monday, about 70% of women with early stage cancer may be able to avoid the gruelling treatment.
  
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• Government under pressure to publish warnings of 'Doomsday Brexit'

  03-06-2018 13:24
  The government is under pressure to release papers outlining a "Doomsday Brexit" scenario in which the UK would run short of medicines, food and fuel within two weeks of leaving the EU."We can now see that the government are driving us all towards disaster.
  
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• Arsene Wenger spotted relaxing in Cambridge punt

  03-06-2018 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The former Arsenal manager has been tipped for the vacant Real Madrid manager's job.
  
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• Stolen Spencer painting found under drug dealer's bed

  03-06-2018 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The £1m artwork was taken from the Stanley Spencer Gallery in Cookham, Berkshire, in 2012.
  
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• Government Urged To Repeal 150-Year-Old Law That Criminalises Abortion

  03-06-2018 12:58
  A cross-party coalition of MPs is calling on the Government to repeal a 150
  
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• Lamb on the rocks saved after four days

  03-06-2018 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Conditions had stopped rescuers reaching the farm animal at the bottom of a cliff in Cornwall.
  
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• These Are The Victims Of The London Bridge And Borough Market Terror Attack

  03-06-2018 12:16
  A year ago a white van ploughed into people on London Bridge before three
  
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• Charities ‘too open to fraud'

  03-06-2018 12:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALMOST half of all insider fraud in charities is not reported, according to a report by the official regulator. Too many cases are hushed up for fear of losing donations, it says, and staff and volunteers either turn a blind eye or fail to raise concerns.
  
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• 'I don't relish SECOND referendum!' Marr BASHES Labour MPs desperate People's Vote plea

  03-06-2018 12:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  ANDREW Marr dismissed the desperate People's Vote arguments of Labour MP Stella Creasy and finished their BBC interview by calling it a plea for a “second referendum”.
  
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• Albino wallaby photographed on Wiltshire country lane

  03-06-2018 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Valerie Hood, who photographed the wallaby, said: "We thought: 'That doesn't look like a sheep'."
  
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• Peckham double shooting leaves one man critically hurt

  03-06-2018 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Images taken at the scene show a blue Ford car with a broken window surrounded by armed police.
  
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• 'I will NEVER forgive him' Lee Rigby's mother hits back at killer's 'apology'

  03-06-2018 11:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  LEE Rigby’s heartbroken mum has blasted her son’s sick killer for his apology five years after the monster brutally murdered the soldier in a horror attack that sent shockwaves across Britain.
  
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• Police seize cocaine worth £110,000 in Alness

  03-06-2018 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  A man has been arrested in connection with the drugs recovery which is part of an ongoing operation.
  
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• Britain will have Brexit policies ready for June EU summit - minister

  03-06-2018 11:23
  Britain will have a good set of proposals on Brexit policy ready for a meeting of European Union leaders this month, interior minister Sajid Javid said on Sunday, adding that he expected a positive response from Brussels.Prime Minister Theresa May is struggling to find a proposal on post-Brexit customs arrangements - the biggest stumbling block so far in exit talks - to take into negotiations with Brussels as the clock ticks down to Britain's scheduled exit in March 2019.
  
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• Greenwich knife attack: Man stabbed repeatedly in broad daylight in London street

  03-06-2018 11:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  A MAN had to be air lifted to hospital after he was violently stabbed in Greenwich in broad daylight, amid spiralling levels of violence in the capital.
  
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• Disposable coffee cup bans unnecessary, says manufacturer

  03-06-2018 11:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Public bodies are turning their backs on disposable coffee cups over environmental concerns.
  
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• Theresa May Faces Fresh Tory Criticism Over Her Handling Of Brexit Negotiations

  03-06-2018 11:05
  Theresa May has been hit with fresh Conservative attacks on her leadership as
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn would give British Museum's Elgin Marbles back to Greece

  03-06-2018 10:48
  Jeremy Corbyn has said he would give the Elgin Marbles back to Greece if he became prime minister.The Labour leader told Greek newspaper Ta Nea "the Parthenon sculptures belong to Greece" when asked whether he would consider returning the carved figures and stelae.The Parthenon sculptures, as they are also called, have been housed in the British Museum since 1816 after they were bought by the government from Lord Elgin.
  
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• Ipswich Murder Probe Launched After Teenager Stabbed In ‘Targeted’ Attack

  03-06-2018 10:33
  A 17-year-old boy has died after being stabbed in a "targeted" attack in
  
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• Remainer Andrew Lloyd Webber BLASTS House of Lords for voting ‘against will of the people’

  03-06-2018 10:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  REMAINER Andrew Lloyd Webber attacked the “unelected” House of Lords for voting “against the will of the people” during a BBC interview with Andrew Marr.
  
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• 'EU will NOT exclude us from Galileo!' Ex-security chief has DEFIANT message for Brussels

  03-06-2018 09:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  A FORMER UK security advisor is confident the EU will not exclude Britain from the Galileo navigation system because such a move would greatly harm “European security”.
  
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• MIRACLE cancer cure on the NHS: Gene-therapy treatment programmes body to DESTROY disease

  03-06-2018 09:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  A REVOLUTIONARY cancer treatment which programmes the body’s immune cells to identify and destroy the disease is to be launched in the UK following trials which showed 40 per cent of dying adult patients were free of the illness just one year on.
  
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• London Bridge Attack: Memorial To Show Capital United Against Terror

  03-06-2018 09:22
  London's resolve against terrorism has never been stronger, Theresa May has
  
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• Threat level to stay at severe for 2 years, says Javid year on from London Bridge terror

  03-06-2018 08:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  The TERROR threat will remain severe for at least another two years and the danger could still increase, home Secretary Sajid Javid has warned, writes Kate Devlin. As well as Islamist terrorism the risk from extreme right-wing violence is growing.
  
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• 'Churchillian' Jacob Rees-Mogg SLAMS REMOANERS for chasing SOFT Brexit

  03-06-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  JACOB Rees-Mogg has hit back at remainer MPs for wanting to thwart an “orderly Brexit” after the Brexiteer was condemned by Theresa May’s former deputy Damian Green for his “obviously misleading arguments”.
  
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• The miller’s tale: poverty, obesity and the 45p loaf

  03-06-2018 07:21
  Its owner, Paul Barker, likes to set a test to help them see how different “real” bread is from the white, sliced factory loaf most of them are used to.Try the same with a well-made loaf and it just breaks in to crumbs.You may be able to buy a large loaf of that for as little as 45p in the supermarket, but how much good will it do you?
  
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• David Miliband vows to 'campaign more effectively' if PM holds vote on Brexit terms

  03-06-2018 06:52
  David Miliband has pledged to campaign vigorously against Brexit if Theresa May is forced to hold a referendum on the terms for leaving the European Union.The former Labour foreign secretary, who quit UK politics in 2014 to become president of the New York-based International Rescue Committee charity, was speaking at the Hay Festival.Last month he joined fellow Remainers former Lib Dem leader Sir Nick Clegg, and former Tory cabinet minister Nicky Morgan in a controversial joint bid to overturn t
  
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• Newspaper headlines: 'Doomsday' and 'Thorpe's hitman' pictured

  03-06-2018 06:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The UK's preparations for a no-deal Brexit lead the front pages alongside the latest on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal.
  
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• Teenager stabbed to death 'on way back from shops' in Ipswich

  03-06-2018 06:45
  Police have launched a murder investigation after a 17-year-old boy was found stabbed and later died in hospital.Detectives believe the incident was a "targeted attack" with witnesses saying the victim was walking back from nearby shops when he was attacked by two men on bicycles.An air ambulance and police helicopter were called but the teenager later died in Ipswich Hospital.
  
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• Tesco, Aldi and Nisa pastries 'may contain metal'

  03-06-2018 06:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The own-brand pastry items that are affected are made for the stores by Addo Food Group.
  
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• Corrie's McIntyre wins 'best villain' award

  03-06-2018 05:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Connor McIntyre's success was one of five awards for Coronation Street on the soaps' glamour night.
  
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• Cross-party MPs warn against 'hard Brexit'

  03-06-2018 05:35
  Former minister David Miliband denies he is trying to launch a new centrist movement and warns Britain is being 'held to ransom'.
  
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• Peckham double shooting: Police impose section 60 emergency search powers

  03-06-2018 04:49
  Two men have been shot in southeast London, with one in a critical condition, as police imposed emergency stop and search powers in the area.Officers were called to the double shooting in Wodehouse Avenue, Peckham, just before 8pm on Saturday.Metropolitan Police said the men - believed to be in their 20s - were taken to hospital, where one remains critical.
  
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• PM pays tribute to London Bridge victims and heroes on anniversary of terror attack

  03-06-2018 04:04
  Britain's resolve against terror has "never been stronger", the prime minister has said, as she remembered the victims and paid tribute to those who intervened during the London Bridge attack a year ago today.Theresa May said the nationalities of the eight victims - from the UK, Canada, France, Australia and Spain - was "a reflection of our great cosmopolitan capital... and a tragic reminder that the threat from terrorism transcends borders".
  
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• Ipswich stabbing: Boy, 17, dead after 'targeted' stabbing

  03-06-2018 03:39 via bbc.co.uk
  A 41-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder after an attack said to involve several people.
  
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