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• Coral reefs ‘will be overwhelmed by rising oceans’

  23-06-2018 23:21 via theguardian.com
  Study finds fragile marine ecosystems cannot grow fast enough to keep pace with sea levelsScientists have uncovered a new threat to the world’s endangered coral reefs. They have found that most are incapable of growing quickly enough to compensate for rising sea levels triggered by global warming.The study suggests that reefs – which are already suffering serious degradation because the world’s seas are warming and becoming more acidic – could also become overwhelmed by r
  
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• Bournemouth Food Bank Appeals For Donations After A Month's Worth Of Supplies Stolen

  23-06-2018 23:03
  A food bank in Bournemouth is appealing for emergency donations after its
  
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• Voices of the People's March: 'We have been sold a lie'

  23-06-2018 22:55 via theguardian.com
  People from all over the UK gathered in London to join the anti-Brexit rally and air their views on leaving the EU Continue reading...
  
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• Woman's body found in back garden in Greenwich

  23-06-2018 22:49
  A man has been arrested after a woman's body was discovered in a back garden in south London.Officers were called to a home in Greenwich at 11.30am on Saturday, and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Sunday - and detectives are in the process of informing her next of kin.
  
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• Food bank 'heartbroken' as month's supply stolen

  23-06-2018 22:24
  A month's worth of supplies have been stolen from a food bank in Bournemouth, with volunteers fearing that up to 100 families could be affected.Pictures show items strewn across the floor and a broken electrics box, while shelves for toiletries and food left bare.Claire Matthews, who runs the Hope For Food bank in the West Howe Industrial Estate, told Sky News: "We think one month's worth of food is gone, but also toiletries - and we're talking about 100 families who have missed out.
  
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• This guy sent a sassy tweet to Walmart and got savagely roasted

  23-06-2018 22:21
  Talk about being served an epic burn.
  
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• 21 completely trivial things that evoke irrational amounts of rage

  23-06-2018 20:36
  ‘When I open my car door and it just swings back closed.’
  
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• UK enjoys heatwave, with 30C forecast next week

  23-06-2018 20:12
  Sun worshippers and festival goers are enjoying soaring temperatures as the June heatwave continues across the UK.At the Isle of Wight festival on Saturday, where music lovers wore gold to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the event, temperatures reached 23C (73F).In Ireland, hundreds of people flocked to the beach at Brittas Bay to cool down - some heading for a dip in the Irish Sea.
  
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• Caroline Lucas tells anti-Brexit rally: 'we must be different to win'

  23-06-2018 20:00
  Caroline Lucas, Vince Cable and David Lammy were among the speakers that argued the case for Britain to remain in the EU at a rally in London, after an estimated 100,000 people marched to Parliament Square calling for a “People’s Vote” on the final Brexit deal.Lucas, the Green party’s only MP, said a new political consensus needed to be built around the campaign to remain in the European Union.
  
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• Brexit: Thousands march for 'people's vote' on final deal

  23-06-2018 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Campaigners marched through London on the second anniversary of the UK voting to leave the EU.
  
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• 'At least 100,000' attend march calling for vote on final Brexit deal

  23-06-2018 19:48
  People travelled to London from across the country to attend the march, organised by People's Vote UK, on the second anniversary of the EU referendum.Some attendees chanted "where's Jeremy Corbyn?" during the march.The Labour leader is opposed to another referendum on EU membership.
  
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• Football fans banned from matches after offences at Russia World Cup

  23-06-2018 19:40
  Two men have been banned from attending football matches following offences at the Russia World Cup.Michael Herbert, 57, from Derby, was given a five-year football banning order when he appeared at Leicester Magistrates Court.Another two men, aged 52 and 58, were served with notices under the Football Spectators Act.
  
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• David Lammy: "Politicians can't ignore the people."

  23-06-2018 18:10
  Thousands of people joined the march to Parliament, on the second anniversary of the UK voting to leave the EU.
  
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• Game Of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie marry at family castle

  23-06-2018 18:04
  Game Of Thrones stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, who played on-screen lovers in the epic TV drama, are getting married.Harington and Leslie are marrying at Rayne Church in Aberdeenshire.The actors met in 2012 while filming the long-running saga in Iceland, where they were playing Jon Snow and Ygritte.
  
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• Nigerian women's elaborate hairstyles – in pictures

  23-06-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  In Nigeria, women’s hairstyles can carry a number of different meanings and messages. These plaits and elaborate structures take anywhere between 30 minutes and five hours to create and can mark special occasions such as weddings and birthdays, denote a particular family or region or respond to political and artistic movements of the day. The acclaimed Nigerian photographer JD ’Okhai Ojeikere spent 40 years immortalising nearly 1,000 of these hairstyles, until his death in 2014. &ldq
  
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• Someone has created a TrumpHotels.org parody site filled with photos of migrants

  23-06-2018 17:01
  The domain was registered a few days ago.
  
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• Anti-Brexit People's Vote March Banners Show British Democracy At Its Very Finest

  23-06-2018 15:30
  Thousands are marching on Westminster this afternoon to show their support for
  
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• Ex-Liverpool defender Jose Enrique undergoes surgery to remove brain tumour

  23-06-2018 14:13
  Former Liverpool defender Jose Enrique has undergone surgery to remove a brain tumour."Within the space of one month I have found out the news that I have a rare brain tumour and had surgery to have it removed, I am now in recovery and so thankful.Liverpool FC said in a statement that the "thoughts of everyone" were with Enrique.
  
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• J Hus arrested in London and charged with carrying a knife

  23-06-2018 14:01
  The Mercury prize-nominated rapper J Hus has been arrested and charged with carrying a knife.The 23-year-old rapper, whose real name is Momodou Jallow, was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a knife or bladed article after police stopped a vehicle near Westfield shopping centre in Stratford on Thursday.
  
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• Thousands take to streets in London on anti-Brexit march

  23-06-2018 14:00
  EU supporters, calling on the government to give Britons a vote on the final Brexit deal, take part in the People’s Vote march in central London.Thousands of pro-EU marchers have begun a walk from Pall Mall to parliament to demand a referendum on the terms of Brexit two years on from the vote.The People’s Vote protest, running from Pall Mall to Parliament Square, has been organised by increasingly well-funded anti-Brexit groups based at Millbank Tower and led by Open Britain, the suc
  
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• Netflix Fires Jonathan Friedland After Head Of Communications Uses 'N-Word'

  23-06-2018 13:20
  Netflix has fired its head of communications over his use of the "N-word"
  
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• Fire breaks out at Somers Town Coffee House pub in Euston

  23-06-2018 13:01
  Half of Somers Town Coffee House’s roof and second floor were damaged by the fire.An investigation is under way into the cause of a fire at a popular pub in central London.Ten fire engines and 72 firefighters were called to a blaze at Somers Town Coffee House between Euston and King’s Cross stations at about 8pm on Friday, where customers had been watching the Serbia v Switzerland World Cup match.
  
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• In The Two Years Since Jo Cox Was Killed, Have Protections For Female MPs Improved?

  23-06-2018 12:46
  Female politicians still face "real hostility" \- including threats of rape
  
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• About 120 firefighters tackle blaze at food factory in east London

  23-06-2018 12:26
  Plumes of black smoke from the factory could be seen from miles around.A fire has torn through a food factory in east London, destroying large parts of a warehouse.Plumes of black smoke coming from the food factory, which belongs to Indian food manufacturer UK Snacks Ltd, could be seen for miles around.
  
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• Chicago Cubs owners in talks to purchase AC Milan

  23-06-2018 12:05
  MILAN (AP) — The Ricketts family that owns the Chicago Cubs says it is negotiating to purchase the debt-ridden AC Milan soccer team.
  
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• A-level maths paper 'leaked online' night before exam

  23-06-2018 11:42
  An A-level maths paper was allegedly leaked on the internet the night before thousands of students sat the exam.The exams watchdog Ofqual said it was working with Pearson, the company that owns the Edexcel exam board, “to establish the facts” after the C4 maths paper apparently appeared for sale online on Thursday night.Students reported seeing the paper for sale at £200, with sellers said to be offering the first question for free to prove they had it.
  
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• Guy Verhofstadt FUMES after EU exposed for not planning for UK expats

  23-06-2018 11:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  EUROPEAN Union MPs have not moved forward on any plans to decide what the rights of British expats will be post-Brexit, Guy Verhofstadt revealed.
  
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• Donald Trump Says North Korea Still Poses An 'Extraordinary Threat', Just Days After Historic Meeting

  23-06-2018 11:32
  Donald Trump has declared that North Korea still poses an "extraordinary
  
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• Remainer claims DEBUNKED: Investors say Brexit has had a POSITIVE impact on the economy

  23-06-2018 11:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXIT has only impacted on in four investors' finances, according to stockbroker Richard Stone, despite nine in ten fearing massive financial turmoil when the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016.
  
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• LONDON BLOODBATH: Harrow stabbing hours after Greenford murder, Sadiq Khan under pressure

  23-06-2018 11:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  LONDON'S epidemic of violent crime took another victim today as a person was stabbed in Harrow - only hours after a man was murdered four miles away in Greenford.
  
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• Boris Johnson Heaps Pressure On PM To Deliver 'Full British Brexit' As EU Protesters Prepare To Descend On Westminster

  23-06-2018 10:20
  Boris Johnson has heaped pressure on the Prime Minister to deliver a "full
  
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• Murder investigation after man stabbed in Norwich car park dies

  23-06-2018 10:06
  A murder investigation has been launched after a man who was found stabbed in a car park in Norwich died.A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held in police custody.Detective Inspector Ian Cox said: "We are in the early stages of the investigation, however enquiries carried out to date suggest this was not a random attack.
  
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• Going it alone: why I chose single motherhood

  23-06-2018 10:00 via theguardian.com
  From choosing a donor to the surprise of twins - my complicated, anxious, joyful journey to becoming a motherThe hardest thing about having a baby alone isn’t the expense, the fear or the loneliness. It isn’t the process of getting pregnant, with its cycles of raised and dashed hopes, or the term “sperm donor”, with its unsettling connotations. It’s not even the queasy feeling that what you are doing sets you apart from other people and that the reason you are doing
  
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• 'Gordon Brown ROBBED my pension!' Alastair Campbell mocked by ANGRY audience member

  23-06-2018 09:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALASTAIR Campbell has to contend with an angry audience member who interrupted him to tell the journalist that Gordon Brown “robbed his pension”.
  
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• Ghost gear: The dangerous killer lurking in the sea

  23-06-2018 08:05
  Lost fishing gear, also known as ghost gear, is one of the biggest killers lurking in our oceans.
  
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• BREXIT REVEALED: This EU country is the TOUGHEST on Britain as talks risk COLLAPSING

  23-06-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  FRANCE is the European Union member behind the blocking of the majority of the UK’s Brexit offers to the bloc’s leaders as talks appear to have made very little progress in the last few months, according to one source close to negotiations.
  
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• ‘Project fear 3!’ - Tory MP BLASTS Airbus as company ‘cries wolf again' over Brexit

  23-06-2018 07:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  PETER Bone has accused the plane manufacturer Airbus of using scare tactics in a bid to force Theresa May to conceive to a soft Brexit after the Tory MP shrugged off the company’s cries they will pull out of the UK as “project fear number three”.
  
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• Alarm as most admit they’ve not made a will

  23-06-2018 06:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  A STAGGERING six out of 10 Britons have not made a will, according to research. As a result, millions are at risk of plunging their loved ones into financial chaos after their death, says consumer champion Which? Legal.
  
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• Chasing ghost fishing nets

  23-06-2018 06:40
  Sky's science correspondent Thomas Moore travelled to the Greek island of Santorini, where conservationists are trying to recover drifting nets and save the seas.
  
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• The most dangerous killer lurking in the sea

  23-06-2018 06:27
  Lost fishing gear, also known as ghost gear, is one of the biggest killers lurking in our oceans.
  
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• Miss Great Britain to keep swimsuit category

  23-06-2018 06:21
  A leading UK beauty pageant has vowed to keep its swimwear round, despite a US-equivalent deciding to scrap the event from its competition.Earlier this month, the Miss America beauty pageant said contestants would no longer have to take part in a mandatory bikini round.The pageant's managers said the shift would put more emphasis on a contestant's talents and skills, rather than her looks.
  
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• Boris Johnson warns against 'bog roll Brexit' as pro-EU campaigners prepare to march

  23-06-2018 06:04
  Boris Johnson has warned that the public want politicians to get on with the Brexit process.The foreign secretary's words come on the second anniversary of the UK's vote to leave the European Union, as thousands of people are expected to march to Westminster to call for a referendum on the terms of Brexit secured by Prime Minister Theresa May.Mr Johnson urged Mrs May to deliver a "full British Brexit", not something that was "half-hearted".
  
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• 'Swimsuit model contests empower women - they must not be scrapped'

  23-06-2018 05:44
  Organisers of the Miss America beauty pageant revealed this month they are scrapping its swimwear segment and will no longer judge competitors on physical appearance.Here, Poppy Haskell, who was crowned the winner of Miss Swimsuit UK, tells Sky News why she believes the event is empowering for women and that Miss America organisers are wrong.No one is forced into the competition and for the women taking part, it's empowering.
  
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• London BLOODBATH: 'Parents should count their knives' to help fight crime says minister

  23-06-2018 05:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  HOME Office Minister Victoria Atkins has said British parents should count their knives to check their children haven’t taken any, in a bid to help combat surging knife crime.
  
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• Serial mugger who preyed on elderly jailed for 6 years

  23-06-2018 05:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SERIAL mugger with a history of attacking pensioners for their handbags has been jailed for six years for a violent attack on an elderly couple. Emmett Downes, 39, followed Brian and Ruby Pawley on his bicycle as they walked arm-in-arm in Westbourne, Bournemouth.
  
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• Yours for £1.1m, a perfick country house

  23-06-2018 05:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  A COUNTRY house that inspired both the book and TV series The Darling Buds Of May has gone on the open market for the first time in 90 years.
  
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• TV’s Secret Life star gets cancer all-clear

  23-06-2018 05:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  A GIRL who became the surprise star of TV show Secret Life Of Five-Year-Olds has been treated for a cancerous tumour – which weighed more than she did when she was born.
  
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• Kitchen sink drama as tap drip riddle is solved

  23-06-2018 04:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  EVER been driven mad by the sound of drips from a kitchen tap? Well, science has found a way to solve the problem.
  
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• Airbus warns of up to 14000 job losses

  23-06-2018 03:25
  Airbus warns of up to 14000 job losses
  
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• Thanks a bunch! Gardener’s £3m scratchcard joy

  23-06-2018 03:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  GARDENER James Evans’ plan to start a business in Cornwall has blossomed after he scooped £3million on a lottery scratchcard. James, 30, and partner JoJo Smith, 28, had been dreaming of moving to the West Country.
  
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