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• England rewarded for patience and control - Southgate

  18-06-2018 23:41
  England manager Gareth Southgate hailed his team for sticking to the gameplan after Harry Kane headed home his second goal in stoppage time to seal a 2-1 win over Tunisia in their opening World Cup Group G match on Monday.England made a superb start at the Volgograd Arena when Kane lashed the home from close range in the 11th minute, but the lead lasted 24 minutes before Tunisia drew level from the penalty spot through Ferjani Sassi.
  
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• Buzz kill - Gnats swarm players during Tunisia v England game

  18-06-2018 23:36
  VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - England and Tunisia players swatted away swarms of gnats that flew into their eyes and mouths during their opening World Cup game in Russia's riverside city of Volgograd on Monday.
  
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• Tronc to change name back to Tribune Publishing after two years of ridicule

  18-06-2018 23:25
  Copies of the New York Daily News on 5 September 2017 after the tabloid was acquired by then Tronc.Tronc is dead, long live Tribune! The media company that owns the Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News is considering ditching its much ridiculed name and returning to the original just two years after its rebranding.Tribune Publishing rebranded itself tronc Inc (the lowercase t is deliberate) in June 2016 in a buzz-word laden press release that was greeted with much lampooning online.
  
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• Murder investigation after man dies a week after being stabbed in Bermondsey

  18-06-2018 23:25
  A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a man a week after he was stabbed.The 23-year-old victim was taken to a south London hospital in a critical condition on 11 June.Police were called to Lucey Way in Bermondsey, where they found the man suffering from stab injuries.
  
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• Heavy Lords defeat for government sets up Brexit showdown

  18-06-2018 23:08
  The government has again been defeated in the Lords over giving MPs a "meaningful vote" on the final Brexit deal.Peers backed an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill by 354 to 235, a majority of 119.There were 22 Conservative rebels who voted in favour of the amendment, including Tory former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine and Conservative former ministers Lord Patten of Barnes, Lord Willetts and Baroness Warsi.
  
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• Kane powers England to win over Tunisia

  18-06-2018 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Harry Kane's stoppage-time winner ensures England started their World Cup campaign with victory after Tunisia threaten to snatch a point.
  
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• 'Be careful' - SNP warns UK government of tipping Scotland towards independence

  18-06-2018 22:10
  The British government is fuelling support for Scottish independence by overriding the devolved Edinburgh assembly's wishes over Brexit, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Britain's parliament warned on Monday.The pro-independence SNP's Ian Blackford cited a rise of more than 7,000 members in his party in recent days as evidence that Britain's Conservative-led government is fuelling discontent in Scotland by ignoring its wishes over power-sharing as the United Kingdom leaves the
  
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• Parkinson’s and MS patients spared benefit retesting in U-turn

  18-06-2018 21:40
  An all-party group of MPs has criticised the error-strewn Pip assessment process, run by private firms Atos and Capita.People with severe, degenerative medical conditions such as Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis will no longer have to undergo regular tests to prove they remain eligible for disability benefits, ministers have confirmed.
  
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• Theresa May confirms tax will rise to fund NHS - but delays detail until autumn

  18-06-2018 21:32
  Taxpayers will have to pay more to help fund a £20bn boost to the NHS, Theresa May has confirmed.The prime minister said contributions will rise "a bit", but delayed further details until the autumn budget.Critics say the "dividend" will simply not exist, with Conservative MP and former GP Sarah Wollaston describing the idea as "tosh".
  
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• Peers defeat government over 'meaningful vote' on final Brexit deal

  18-06-2018 21:20
  The government has again been defeated in the Lords over giving MPs a "meaningful vote" on the final Brexit deal.Peers backed an amendment to the EU Withdrawal Bill by 354 to 235, a majority of 119.There were 22 Conservative rebels who voted in favour of the amendment, including Tory former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine and Conservative former ministers Lord Patten of Barnes, Lord Willetts and Baroness Warsi.
  
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• National Action trial witness denies lying

  18-06-2018 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  A former member of the banned neo-Nazi group gives evidence at the trial of six men at the Old Bailey.
  
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• Man who 'hated' Queen armed with sword, court told

  18-06-2018 21:04
  A man inspired by Islamic State attacked police with a Samurai sword because he hated the queen, a court has heard.Uber driver Mohiussunnath Chowdhury denies preparing acts of terrorism, saying he only wanted to get killed when he crashed his car outside Buckingham Palace, sparking a struggle with police.Chowdhury, 27, from Luton, had repeatedly shouted "Allahu Akbar (God is greatest)" as officers tried to stop him from using the 42in blade.
  
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• Tunisia fight back to go in 1-1 with England at break

  18-06-2018 21:02
  VOLGOGRAD, Russia (Reuters) - England and Tunisia were level 1-1 at halftime in their Group G match on Monday after a Ferjani Sassi penalty cancelled out Harry Kane's 11th minute opener.
  
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• May's Brexit laws rejected by parliament, Wednesday showdown looms

  18-06-2018 21:02
  Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans were rejected by parliament's upper chamber on Monday, setting up a confrontation with pro-EU MPs later this week which will test her ability to lead a minority government.Ministers are seeking approval for the final wording of the legislation that will end Britain's membership of the European Union - the legal cornerstone of May's plan to withdraw from the bloc in March next year.The outcome of that row, playing out in the intricate process of passing d
  
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• Brexit will give Britain more to spend on health even as payments to EU continue - May

  18-06-2018 21:01
  Britain will have more money to spend on its health service when it leaves the European Union, even as it continues to make payments to the bloc, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday.May has pledged to increase funding for the National Health Service by 20 billion pounds by 2023/24, even as some critics said that Britain's departure from the bloc will weaken, not strengthen, public finances.
  
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• Tory MP’s pants are on fire over upskirting issue

  18-06-2018 20:54
  It was like this, the Tory backbencher Christopher Chope explained.What kind of message would it have sent out to women if their only protection came from a Lib Dem private member’s bill?To complete his misery, Hobhouse had managed to secure an urgent question in the chamber to see if the government felt as strongly about upskirting as he did.
  
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• Solicitor General explains the backroom Brexit backstabbings

  18-06-2018 20:40
  Solicitor General explains the backroom Brexit backstabbings
  
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• Ex-Newcastle manager did not take action on abuse claims right away

  18-06-2018 20:31
  John Carver was senior youth coach at Newcastle at the time he was told that a former youth player had made the allegations.A former Newcastle United manager did not take immediate action when he was told that sexual abuse allegations had been made against the club’s then coaching assistant George Ormond, a court has heard.John Carver, Newcastle’s manager from January to May 2015, was in the late 1990s a senior coach in the club’s youth system when a physiotherapist, Paul Ferri
  
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• Queen's nephew and an anti-skunk activist seek election to Lords

  18-06-2018 20:08
  The Queen’s nephew, an anti-skunk campaigner and a 24-year-old graduate are among those seeking election to the Lords as hereditary peers, according to the latest ballot in the house.Nineteen applicants are seeking to fill a slot in the House of Lords after the retirement of the crossbench peer Earl Baldwin of Bewdley.Only other hereditary crossbench peers can vote in the byelection, a system that the Electoral Reform Society has previously called “ludicrous”.
  
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• New Lords defeat for government on Brexit 'meaningful vote' amendment

  18-06-2018 19:52
  The ‘meaningful vote’ amendment was passed by 354 votes to 235 – a majority of 119.The government has been defeated in a landslide Lords vote which will set up another Commons showdown over an amendment to give MPs a “meaningful vote” even if the government fails to reach a Brexit deal.The House of Lords voted in favour of a new amendment, devised by Tory MP and pro-EU rebel Dominic Grieve and tabled by Viscount Hailsham, by a significantly bigger margin than the la
  
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• UK accounting watchdog says KPMG audits show 'unacceptable deterioration'

  18-06-2018 19:48
  KPMG, one of the world's "Big Four" accounting firms, has shown an "unacceptable deterioration" in how it audits top British firms and will be first to undergo special supervision, Britain's accounting watchdog said on Monday.The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said the Big Four auditors - which also include PwC, EY and Deloitte - must act swiftly to reverse the decline in this year's audit inspection results if they are to hit targets set by the watchdog.It singled out KPMG, however.
  
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• Majority think Theresa May's 'Brexit dividend' for the NHS is dishonest, Sky Data poll finds

  18-06-2018 19:32
  Most people think the government is being dishonest about the way it will fund a £20bn cash boost for the NHS, according to a Sky Data poll.Prime Minister Theresa May has claimed a "Brexit dividend" will be one of the ways the UK will pay for flushing more money into the NHS over the next seven years.
  
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• New Brexit defeat for government in Lords

  18-06-2018 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Peers send the Brexit bill back to the House of Commons after backing a greater role for Parliament.
  
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• Abuser's sister detained for naming victims on Facebook

  18-06-2018 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Sophie Turner, 19, made Facebook posts about two girls who were sexually assaulted by her brother.
  
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• Where’s my supersuit? – Man dressed as Frozone surprises Incredibles II audience

  18-06-2018 19:12
  Absolutely Incredible.
  
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• UK set to bask in temperatures up to 28C amid mini-heatwave

  18-06-2018 19:09
  Swathes of Britain are set to enjoy more warm weather over the next few days - but most are being warned to enjoy it while they still can.The temperature at Heathrow Airport reached 25.8C by mid-afternoon on Monday, and the south is likely to remain warm and sunny until Thursday.Temperatures are expected to peak on Wednesday, with parts of the south set to reach 28C.
  
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• In Pictures: Queen in Windsor for Garter Day service

  18-06-2018 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Members of the Royal Family and knights of the order were in their finery for the annual procession.
  
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• Demolition or restoration: What should happen to Glasgow School of Art?

  18-06-2018 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Can the Glasgow School of Art building be saved or is it time to pull it down and start again?
  
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• Poor countries subsidise the NHS by training doctors – compensate them

  18-06-2018 18:50
  The scrapping of the immigration cap is a rare victory for freedom of movement (Immigration cap on doctors to be lifted, 15 June), but the global health inequalities underlying the issue need to be part of the debate.The shortage of health workers is a global problem, particularly acute in parts of Africa and Asia, fuelled by global health inequalities.In order to meet its commitment to increase NHS England funding by £8bn, the government cut “non-NHS England” funding (which in
  
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• Cannabis oil row: Billy Caldwell discharged from hospital

  18-06-2018 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The 12-year-old is treated in hospital for his severe epilepsy with the oil, which is illegal in the UK.
  
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• Combustible materials were added to Grenfell Tower cladding, inquiry hears

  18-06-2018 18:36
  People embrace each other at the foot of Grenfell Tower in west London on the first anniversary of the fire that killed 72 people.Additional combustible materials were added to the cladding of Grenfell Tower that were not in the design, the public inquiry has heard, while features to stop fire spreading through the facade were missing or installed upside down.Dr Barbara Lane, a director at the Arup consultancy appointed as a technical expert by the inquiry, made the discoveries during five days
  
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• Russia charges two England fans taken off World Cup train

  18-06-2018 18:26
  Russian authorities charged two British soccer fans with public drunkenness and hooliganism on Monday after they were taken off a train heading for Volgograd where England were due to play in a World Cup match, the interior ministry said.Police said one of the two British fans was drunk and cut his right hand after breaking the glass of the train compartment's door.The second British fan, who was also intoxicated, refused to obey police orders as he tried to get out of the train when he learned
  
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• Raft of safety flaws listed at Grenfell Tower Inquiry

  18-06-2018 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  An expert tells the public inquiry fire doors were out of date and lifts were sub-standard.
  
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• Dog killed as two are thrown on to M25 in Hertfordshire

  18-06-2018 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The RSPCA says one of the animals was hit by traffic multiple times but a second escaped unharmed.
  
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• European shares retreat on trade tensions

  18-06-2018 17:56
  MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell for a second day on Monday as worries over a trade war between the United States and China continued to keep investors on the edge, while cable maker Nexansplummeted after a profit warning.
  
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• Upskirting row: MP's office targeted in 'pants protest'

  18-06-2018 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir Christopher Chope's office is targeted - as No 10 says it will act to criminalise "upskirting".
  
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• Hands off the jam roly-poly: why banning puddings in school is a bad idea

  18-06-2018 17:45
  School puddings are not the enemy.It is true that one in three British children leave primary school overweight, and true that they consume too much sugar, with Public Health England announcing that, as of last Friday, they had already consumed all the sugar they ought to have eaten this year.
  
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• Expert panel will be set up to advise on medicinal cannabis cases

  18-06-2018 17:43
  An expert panel of clinicians will be set up to advise the government on applications to prescribe cannabis-based medications.Speaking in the Commons, Home Office minister Nick Hurd said the cases of Billy Caldwell and Alfie Dingley had "highlighted the need for the Government to explore the issue further and our handling of these issues further".It comes after the mother of 12-year-old Billy, who has acute epilepsy, demanded a meeting with home secretary Sajid Javid and health secretary Jeremy
  
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• Loughborough Junction: Three killed by train in south London

  18-06-2018 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Spray cans were found by the bodies on the tracks near Loughborough Junction, it is understood.
  
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• UK signals changes on medicinal cannabis use after epileptic boy's case

  18-06-2018 17:34
  Home Secretary Sajid Javid used an exceptional power on Saturday to release medicinal cannabis oil that had been taken from Billy Caldwell, 12, by customs officials at London's Heathrow Airport.Billy's mother, Charlotte Caldwell, had been pleading for the medication to be given back because without it her son suffered from life-threatening seizures."This case .. has shone a light on the use of cannabis medicine in this country and highlighted the need for the government to explore the issue furt
  
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• Theresa May confirms tax will rise to fund NHS but delays detail until autumn

  18-06-2018 17:32
  Taxpayers will have to pay more to help fund a £20bn boost to the NHS, Theresa May has confirmed.The prime minister said contributions will rise "a bit", but delayed further details until the autumn budget.Critics say the "dividend" will simply not exist, with Conservative MP and former GP Sarah Wollaston describing the idea as "tosh".
  
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• Buckingham Palace terror suspect 'said Queen was enemy'

  18-06-2018 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Mohiussunnath Chowdhury is alleged to have been found with a sword near Buckingham Palace last August.
  
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• Cannabis oil: cabinet appears divided as Hunt calls for review

  18-06-2018 17:23
  Theresa May appeared at odds with her cabinet on Monday as she played down the prospect of a full-scale review into the medical use of cannabis oil despite Jeremy Hunt admitting that the government had not got the law right.The health secretary said he backed the use of the substance and called for a swift legal review after an emergency licence was provided to Billy Caldwell, a boy with severe epilepsy whose medication had been confiscated.Ministerial sources revealed that the prime minister ov
  
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• John Leslie goes on trial accused of sex assault

  18-06-2018 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  A woman tells a court the former TV presenter put his hand down the back of her trousers.
  
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• Three feel-good walks on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

  18-06-2018 17:12 via theguardian.com
  Restore your body, mind and soul with a windswept walk amid some of the most spectacular coastal scenery on the planetIreland has always rewarded travellers prepared to explore on their own steam, making it the ideal country to bring your car to for an epic road trip. The dramatic scenery of the west coast will demand you hop out of your car and pause your journey, stretching your legs with some great walks along the Wild Atlantic Way. You’ll also be able to duck into quaint cafes and atmo
  
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• World Cup: Tunisians 'partying like they've won' ahead of England clash

  18-06-2018 17:02
  As England prepare to play their first World Cup match in Russia, Tunisian fans are "partying like they’ve won".Interviewing high-spirited supporters in Volgograd, Sky correspondent Enda Brady said they'd been "like this for hours".It is very open and very calm, Brady said, noting that England fans are nowhere near as confident as the Tunisians.
  
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• Brussels seeks to tie UK to European human rights court after Brexit

  18-06-2018 16:56
  Brussels is seeking to bind the UK to the European court of human rights after Brexit in a move likely to infuriate those in the Conservative party championing a break with the Strasbourg court.A document outlining the European commission’s position on future judicial and police cooperation stipulates there will be a “guillotine clause” on any security deal should the UK leave the remit of the court.The court, which is entirely separate to the EU’s institutions, was estab
  
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• If you’ve never seen a policeman exercising on a trampoline, here’s your chance

  18-06-2018 16:55
  Community policing at its best.
  
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• Three people killed after being hit by a train in south London

  18-06-2018 16:54
  Three men died after they were hit by a train in south London on Monday, with police saying it was possible the men were graffiti artists.British Transport Police said a train driver had alerted them after spotting multiple bodies on the track at around 0730 GMT and that their injuries were consistent with having been hit by a train.The BBC reported that spray cans were found near the bodies of the men, believed to be aged in their 20s, on the busy trainline near at Loughborough Junction station
  
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• Artist Christo floats tomb of barrels in London's Hyde Park

  18-06-2018 16:37
  A 20-metre (22-yard) high sculpture of an ancient Egyptian tomb, made from 7,506 red, white and mauve barrels, has taken temporary residence amid the aquatic wildlife on a lake in London's Hyde Park.The floating installation - featuring two vertical sides, two slanted sides and a flat top - was unveiled on Monday by Bulgarian-born artist Christo."For three months, The London Mastaba will be a part of Hyde Park's environment in the centre of London," he said.
  
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