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• Father jailed for killing baby by throwing her on to sofa because she was crying

  12-06-2018 23:17
  A man who killed his baby daughter by throwing her because she would not stop crying has been jailed for six and a half years.Traherne Williams shook three-month-old Sophia Williams and threw her onto a couch at his home in Broxburn, West Lothian on 30 May 2016.Williams, 23, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide on 4 May - which is defined as causing loss of life through wrongful conduct, but where there was no intention to kill or wicked recklessness.
  
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• May survives rebel vote on Brexit

  12-06-2018 23:15
  May survives rebel vote on Brexit
  
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• AT&T $85.4bn takeover of Time Warner approved by judge in blow to Trump

  12-06-2018 23:05
  The decision on the so-called ‘vertical integration’ could have a profound impact on future mergers.AT&T’s politically charged takeover of Time Warner was approved by a US judge on Tuesday in a blow to the Trump administration which had fought hard to have the deal scrapped.US district judge Richard Leon dismissed the antitrust case brought by the justice department last November, the culmination of a 20-month ordeal that has seen the deal attacked by Donald Trump, critics
  
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• Government avoids EU Withdrawal Bill defeat after last-ditch deal on 'meaningful vote'

  12-06-2018 23:03
  The government insisted it would not allow MPs to tie its hands in Brexit negotiations, despite being forced to offer a last-ditch concession to Tory rebels to stave off a House of Commons defeat.On the return of the EU Withdrawal Bill for consideration by MPs on Tuesday, the government won all the day's votes as it overturned a series of House of Lords amendments to the key Brexit legislation.Talks will now be held between ministers and Tory MPs uneasy with the government's handling of Brexit,
  
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• May is a hostage to her own party after Brexit non-rebellion

  12-06-2018 22:08
  Theresa May has ultimately persuaded all but two of her MPs to back her in the decisive vote in Westminster but she increasingly appears little more than a hostage to the warring factions in a bitterly divided Conservative party.As the Brexit debate reached its fraught climax, she was holed up in the same House of Commons office, behind the Speaker’s chair, where she spent more than an hour last Thursday trying to convince David Davis not to resign.Dominic Grieve and his fellow would-be re
  
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• Man buys huge picture which looks exactly like the view from his front window

  12-06-2018 21:57
  He can’t get enough of the Forth Bridge.
  
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• May defuses revolt in parliament over Brexit plans

  12-06-2018 21:35
  Prime Minister Theresa May defused a rebellion in parliament over her Brexit plans on Tuesday but only after having to compromise and hand lawmakers more control over Britain's departure from the European Union.After winning Tuesday's ballot over changes to a future"meaningful vote" on a final agreement with Brussels in her EU withdrawal bill, May's plans to end more than 40 years of membership in the bloc were still on track.Brexit campaigners still voiced concern that the concession may open t
  
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• Theresa May narrowly avoids Brexit bill defeat over 'meaningful vote'

  12-06-2018 21:19
  Theresa May has narrowly avoided a humiliating defeat over the Brexit bill after Conservative rebels accepted significant concessions from the government on the “meaningful vote” when it returns to the House of Lords next week.Just moments before voting began, the prime minister held 11th-hour talks with 14 Tory rebels in her Commons office, after which they claimed to have received personal assurances that she would agree to the broad thrust of their proposals.The Tory rebels, led b
  
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• May escapes Brexit bill defeat as Tory rebels accept concessions

  12-06-2018 21:19
  Theresa May has narrowly avoided a humiliating defeat over the Brexit bill after Conservative rebels accepted significant concessions from the government on the “meaningful vote” when it returns to the House of Lords next week.Just moments before voting began, the prime minister held 11th-hour talks with more than 14 Tory rebels in her Commons office, after which they received personal assurances that she would agree to the broad thrust of their proposals.One MP in the meeting, which
  
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• Back to school for UK judges in bid to raise courts awareness

  12-06-2018 20:58
  Ian Burnett, the lord chief justice, hopes the new initiative will lead to a more diverse judicial system.Traditionally, judges issue summons to court but the lord chief justice of England and Wales has decided to allow judges to be summoned to the classroom.On a visit to a school in Ipswich, Lord Ian Burnett has urged schools to invite judges into their classrooms so that children can learn more about the justice system.
  
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• Strongly shambolic leadership as MPs vote on Brexit amendments

  12-06-2018 20:48
  David Davis increasingly gives the impression he is hopelessly out of his depth.As a metaphor for Brexit, the debate on the Lords amendments could hardly have been bettered.A speech cut off in mid-sentence due to an arbitrary time limit set by the government, and the chief whip darting around the chamber desperately pleading with Tory rebels not to defeat the government over a meaningful vote.
  
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• Man acquitted of rape sued by accuser for £100,000 in damages

  12-06-2018 20:42
  Stephen Coxen, who has been accused of raping a woman in her home in 2013, arrives at the personal injury court in Edinburgh.A former university student has told a court in Edinburgh she was raped at her home by a stranger as she began a rare civil action against her alleged assailant.Miss M said her alleged assailant, Stephen Coxen, from Bury in Lancashire, forced her to have penetrative and oral sex after she had been drinking heavily at a party during freshers’ week at the University of
  
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• May defeats rebellion in parliament over Brexit plans

  12-06-2018 20:23
  Prime Minister Theresa May defeated a rebellion in parliament over her Brexit plans on Tuesday, but only after having to compromise and hand lawmakers more control over Britain's departure from the European Union.After winning Tuesday's vote over changes to a future"meaningful vote" on a final agreement with Brussels in her EU withdrawal bill, May's plans to end more than 40 years of membership in the bloc were still on track.Brexit campaigners still expressed concern that the concession may ope
  
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• Government to relax immigration rules on overseas doctors

  12-06-2018 20:11
  Thousands more overseas doctors will be able to come and work in the NHS after Theresa May heeded pleas from cabinet colleagues to scrap limits that hospital bosses had criticised as “absolutely barmy”.The relaxation of immigration rules, which is due to be announced imminently, represents a victory for Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid and follows a vociferous campaign by NHS organisations and medical groups.Hunt, the health and social care secretary, and Javid, the home secretary, have b
  
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• BHS audit partner at PwC faces fine and 15-year ban

  12-06-2018 20:08
  The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) partner who audited BHS’s accounts in the year before its controversial sale by Sir Philip Green is facing a 15-year ban and the biggest personal fine in the history of the profession’s regulator.Sky News can reveal that Steve Denison, who spent more than 30 years at the UK's biggest accounting firm, left PwC last week following urgent discussions with the firm about the conclusions reached by the BHS inquiry.Mr Denison is expected to be hit by a &pou
  
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• How did your MP vote on the 'meaningful vote' amendment?

  12-06-2018 19:55
  The government has blocked a key Lords amendment on giving parliament a “meaningful vote” on Brexit.
  
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• MPs condemn UK cannabis laws after epileptic boy's medication seized

  12-06-2018 19:39
  Billy Caldwell had his first seizure in 300 days after customs officers at Heathrow confiscated his cannabis oil from his mother.MPs have criticised the UK’s cannabis laws and called for urgent reform after a boy had his first epileptic seizure in 300 days because the government had ordered his doctor to stop prescribing him potentially life-saving cannabis oil.Charlotte Caldwell, whose son Billy, 12, has scores of seizures every day without cannabis oil, had his medicine confiscated from
  
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• Double vodkas BA pilot Julian Monaghan jailed for eight months

  12-06-2018 19:29
  A British Airways pilot who drank three double vodkas on an empty stomach hours before he was due to take off has been jailed for eight months.Julian Monaghan, 49, was taken from the cockpit of his Boeing 777 in handcuffs after some of his 300 passengers had begun to board at Gatwick on 18 January.Police were alerted after technician Verity McAllen, who had been checking the Boeing 777 prior to its departure for Mauritius, smelt alcohol on Monaghan's breath.
  
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• Brexit campaigner Banks - Russia meetings were not an issue in the past

  12-06-2018 19:06
  Arron Banks, the man behind one of the main Brexit campaigns, said on Tuesday scrutiny of his meetings with the Russian ambassador over a potential business deal had turned into a "witch hunt" now Britain's relations with Moscow had soured.Banks, a businessman who financed Leave.EU, played down his links to Moscow at a hearing before MPs in parliament, saying he had merely passed a telephone number for President Donald Trump's transition team to the UK Russian ambassador.
  
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• Alleged victim of former Newcastle football coach George Ormond weeps in court

  12-06-2018 19:04
  George Ormond denies 36 counts of indecent assault, one of indecency with a child and one of buggery.An alleged victim of sexual abuse by the former Newcastle football coach George Ormond broke down and wept in court on Tuesday as he recalled the first time he told anyone about it.The man, now in his 50s, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told Newcastle crown court that he first mentioned the alleged abuse almost 30 years later to a therapist to whom he had been referred because he was stru
  
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• 9 unexpected things you should be cleaning in your home, according to the professionals

  12-06-2018 18:52
  From door knobs to ceiling fans, you may forget about these.
  
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• Arron Banks tells MPs: I have no business interests in Russia

  12-06-2018 18:48
  Arron Banks has told MPs he thought it would be worthwhile meeting a Russian businessman fronting a goldmining deal, at the suggestion of the country’s ambassador to the UK, but pulled out after being warned not to become more deeply involved.Banks told the digital, culture, media and sport select committee he reasoned it was worth attending the initial meeting with Siman Povarenkin, but was then advised to “be circumspect” about further involvement by the former chief of the g
  
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• Bob Higgins cuddled boys on his sofa, ex-footballer tells court

  12-06-2018 18:41
  A former professional footballer has told a jury that a former Southampton youth coach accused of child sexual abuse offences would cuddle up to his favourite players on his sofa and banned girlfriends because he considered them a distraction.Mark Blake, who was trained by Bob Higgins at Southampton before playing for Fulham and Shrewsbury Town, claimed the coach’s preferred players were known as “Bob’s boys”.
  
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• Growing case for forcing internet firms to cooperate, says police watchdog

  12-06-2018 18:27
  The HMICFRS report highlighted a police failure to plan properly that compromised public safety.Big internet companies are frustrating police attempts to catch terrorists and serious criminals, and the case for new laws to force them to hand over information is getting stronger, the senior police watchdog has said.Sir Tom Winsor, Her Majesty’s chief inspector of constabulary, said technologies such as encryption should be breakable if law enforcement obtained a warrant.
  
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• The allegations against WPP's former chief, Martin Sorrell, pile up

  12-06-2018 18:22
  Martin Sorrell has been accused of bullying assistants and creating a culture of fear at WPP.Several allegations have emerged about Sir Martin Sorrell in the wake of his resignation as chief executive of advertising giant WPP, which was investigating claims of personal misconduct.As reports have emerged about the circumstances surrounding Sorrell’s exit, allegations about his conduct have piled up.
  
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• Jack Renshaw admits planning to murder MP Rosie Cooper

  12-06-2018 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A 23-year-old man bought a machete as part of his plan to kill Labour MP Rosie Cooper, a court hears.
  
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• Parliament votes to reinsert EU exit day in law

  12-06-2018 18:17
  LONDON (Reuters) - Lower house of parliament on Tuesday voted to reinsert the fixed time and date of the country's departure from the European Union, reversing an earlier defeat by the House of Lords.
  
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• Watch as a young child who runs on to main road is rescued by heroic cop

  12-06-2018 18:04
  The police officer has now been honoured for his quick actions.
  
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• Tory MPs clash ahead of crunch Brexit vote

  12-06-2018 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The government tries to quell a rebellion after a minister quits in protest at its Brexit plans.
  
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• Brexit funder Arron Banks walks out of MPs' questions for lunch date

  12-06-2018 17:57
  A millionaire Brexit funder accused of having links to the Kremlin has walked out of questions from MPs to avoid missing a lunch date.Arron Banks was being questioned by a parliamentary committee after claims he held undisclosed meetings with Russian officials at around the time of the 2016 EU referendum.The co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign group - and friend of Nigel Farage - admitted to MPs he "led people up the garden path" during the referendum campaign and used "alternative methods" to i
  
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• China's ZTE to resume trading after $1.4 bln U.S. settlement

  12-06-2018 17:56
  ZTE Corp said trading in its shares wouldresume on Wednesday, ending a two-month suspension, after the Chinese telecommunications giant agreed to pay up to $1.4 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and radically overhaul its management.China's No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker was crippled when a seven-year ban was imposed on the company in April for breaking a 2017 agreement reached after it was caught illegally trading with Iran and North Korea.Last week, Reuters reported a preli
  
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• Niall Aslam leaves Love Island

  12-06-2018 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  ITV has confirmed Niall Aslam has left the villa for 'personal reasons'.
  
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• World Cup 2018: England arrive in Russia for tournament

  12-06-2018 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  England arrive in Russia before the World Cup, with manager Gareth Southgate saying he wants his team to play with flair.
  
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• Artisan Bread Sparks Bomb Scare At East London Restaurant

  12-06-2018 17:34
  Officers were called to a London restaurant this morning after a member of the
  
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• Don't tie our hands in Brexit talks, government tells parliament

  12-06-2018 17:17
  Brexit secretary told parliament on Tuesday to back down in a showdown over Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for leaving the European Union, warning MPs they could undermine negotiations with Brussels.MPs began two days of debate on Tuesday on changes to May's Brexit blueprint, or EU withdrawal bill, after the upper house of parliament, the House of Lords, introduced 15 changes.The main point of contention between those who want to keep the closest possible ties with the EU and those who aim f
  
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• How MPs are voting on the EU withdrawal bill amendments – at a glance

  12-06-2018 17:16
  The government faces 20 amendments to the EU withdrawal bill. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
  
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• China's ZTE to resume trading after $1.4 billion U.S. settlement

  12-06-2018 17:12
  ZTE Corp said trading in its shares wouldresume on Wednesday, ending a two-month suspension, after the Chinese telecommunications giant agreed to pay up to $1.4 billion (1 billion pounds) in penalties to the U.S. government and radically overhaul its management.China's No. 2 telecommunications equipment maker was crippled when a seven-year ban was imposed on the company in April for breaking a 2017 agreement reached after it was caught illegally trading with Iran and North Korea.Last week, Reute
  
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• The questions WPP's board can expect to face over Sir Martin Sorrell

  12-06-2018 16:52
  Sir Martin Sorrell, the then CEO of WPP, visits the New York stock exchange in December last year.WPP’s directors will be questioned by shareholders on Wednesday at the advertising group’s annual general meeting about Sir Martin Sorrell’s abrupt departure in April.Why did the company sign a non-disclosure agreement with Sorrell that prevents shareholders from understanding the reasons for his departure?
  
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• BA Gatwick Airport double vodkas pilot jailed

  12-06-2018 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Julian Monaghan, who was four times over the limit, was led from the plane in handcuffs.
  
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• Warwick students expelled and fined after racist messages

  12-06-2018 16:39
  Three students have been expelled and others fined over messages in a Facebook group chat that encouraged sexual assault.The University of Warwick opened an investigation into the activities of 11 men in April after they received complaints about a group chat.In total, 11 men were suspended throughout the investigation, and of those, the university said three have been required to leave with immediate effect.
  
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• Dad's Army 50th anniversary celebrated with set of Royal Mail stamps

  12-06-2018 16:33
  TV classic Dad's Army is being honoured with a set of eight stamps featuring the comedy's main characters and their much-loved catchphrases.Pompous bank manager Captain Mainwaring, Lance Corporal Jones, Private Godfrey and Chief Warden Hodges will all appear on the first class Royal Mail stamps, issued to mark the comedy's 50th anniversary.Second class stamps will feature chief clerk Sergeant Wilson, Private Pike, Private Walker and Private Frazer.
  
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• Brexit campaigner Arron Banks downplays Russia meetings

  12-06-2018 16:25
  Arron Banks, a British businessman who bankrolled one of the main Brexit campaigns, played down his links to the Kremlin on Tuesday, saying his meetings with Russian officials happened before Britain's relations with Russia soured.Banks, who financed the Leave.EU campaign, said he had merely passed a telephone number for President Donald Trump's transition team to the UK Russian ambassador, and that all contacts with Russia had been disclosed to the U.S. embassy.Britain has said it has seen no e
  
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• Halifax gambling addict stole grandmother's life savings

  12-06-2018 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Gambling addict Darren Gledhill took the money over three years and left her children with nothing.
  
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• Five things we learned from Arron Banks' questioning by MPs

  12-06-2018 16:05
  The insurance tycoon Arron Banks and his spokesman Andy Wigmore, of the pro-Brexit Leave.EU campaign, spent three hours in front of the select committee investigating fake news on Tuesday, answering questions about their involvement in the 2016 EU referendum campaign.Wigmore, a former Belizean diplomat who served as spokesperson for Leave.EU during the referendum, was happy to admit he regularly overstated his group’s campaigning prowess in order to get attention.Banks said later that parl
  
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• Alleged UK neo-Nazi admits buying 19-inch machete to kill MP

  12-06-2018 15:56
  A man accused of being a member of a white supremacist group campaigning to start a race war in Britain pleaded guilty on Tuesday to plotting to kill an elected Member of Parliament (MP).Jack Renshaw, 23, admitted buying a machete described by its manufacturer as “19 inches of unprecedented piercing and slashing power at a bargain price”, for the purpose of killing opposition Labour MP Rosie Cooper.All six deny membership of National Action, which was banned in 2016 following the mur
  
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• Brexit bill negotiations enter frantic final hours

  12-06-2018 15:41
  Frantic negotiations to prevent a damaging government defeat over parliament’s ability to block a no-deal Brexit look set to come down to the wire, with rebels and government whips locked in deep discussions hours before the vote.The mood appeared to shift against the government over the course of the afternoon.The justice minister Philip Lee resigned on the morning of the vote and suggested he would rebel against the government.
  
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• Yahoo fined £250,000 over 2014 data breach

  12-06-2018 15:36
  Yahoo's British subsidiary has been fined £250,000 by the UK's data watchdog after losing the data of more than half a million people.The fine is equivalent to just less than 50p for ever British user who was affected by the attack and follows another fine of $35m (£26m) issued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.Although the data breach took place in 2014, Yahoo kept the loss of around 500 million international users quiet until 2016.
  
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• Barristers end industrial action over cuts to fees

  12-06-2018 15:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The action over payment rates led to delays in cases in England and Wales.
  
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• Brexit secretary confident government can secure deal parliament will support

  12-06-2018 15:15
  British Brexit minister David Davis said on Tuesday he is confident the government will secure a deal with European Union that MPs will support, speaking during a debate on laws that could give parliament more powers over the divorce process.Davis also told parliament the government cannot get a good deal with the EU if its hands are tied in negotiations by a vote that would give MPs the power to force her government to go back to the negotiating table if they reject a Brexit deal.
  
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• Brexit campaigner Banks - I have no business interests in Russia

  12-06-2018 15:13
  Brexit campaigner Arron Banks, who bankrolled the Leave.EU campaign in Britain's 2016 EU referendum campaign, told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday he had no business interests in Russia.The media committee was quizzing Banks about his possible ties to Russia after the Sunday Times said his contacts there went further than he had previously disclosed.Banks said his visas and passport documents showed he was not in Moscow in February 2016, as the newspaper had claimed, and he played down his
  
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