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• Security exercise and protests prior to Trump visit

  11-07-2018 23:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  A HUGE Secret Service operation has begun ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to Scotland. A no-fly zone was imposed over Trump Turnberry, the luxury golf resort where it is expected the President and the First Lady will stay two nights. Security has been ramped up around the perimeter.
  
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• Sturgeon meets Catalan leader to discuss future

  11-07-2018 23:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  NICOLA Sturgeon held talks with the Catalan President yesterday, despite criticism over his “xenophobic” comments towards Spanish people.
  
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• England's Kieran Trippier with tears in his eyes after England's 2-1 World Cup defeat

  11-07-2018 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND's Kieran Trippier had tears in his eyes as the siren went, signalling England's 2-1 loss to Croatia in the final minutes of the heated World Cup semi-final match.
  
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• WATCH: Proud England fans CLAP for HEROIC team despite World Cup semi-final misery

  11-07-2018 23:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  PROUD England fans clapped for their heroic team following an intense semi-final match against Croatia, which saw the Three Lions knocked out of the 2018 World Cup.
  
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• England World Cup HEARTBREAK: Brave Three Lions fall to Croatia at final hurdle

  11-07-2018 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND players sobbed on the pitch after losing a valiant 2-1 match against Croatia who knocked them out of the World Cup tournament.
  
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• Rees-Mogg promises leave dream NOT dead but Theresa May must ABOLISH her Brexit plan

  11-07-2018 22:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  JACOB REES-MOGG insisted the Brexit dream is not dead as he called for Prime Minister Theresa May to abolish her plans for full regulatory alignment with the EU on goods but not on services.
  
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• Northern Ireland bus ‘hijacked and petrol bombed’ by masked men

  11-07-2018 22:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BUS has been set on fire after it was ‘hijacked and petrol bombed’ at gunpoint in County Down, Northern Ireland
  
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• World Cup: Football fan who jumped off double decker bus 'to do it AGAIN' if England wins

  11-07-2018 21:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  AN England football fan who dramatically jumped off a double decker bus and smashed through the roof of a bus stop landing on a woman has vowed to do it again if the Three Lions beat Croatia tonight.
  
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• World Cup England v Croatia PICTURED: Fans erupt for England’s first goal in semi-final

  11-07-2018 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND fans erupted with joy across the nation after Kieran Trippier scored a goal for the Three Lions giving them a 1-0 lead against Croatia at the nerve-wracking semi-final match in Russia.
  
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• Brexit meddling? Rees-Mogg questions PM meeting with Merkel prior to crunch Chequers talks

  11-07-2018 20:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  JACOB Rees-Mogg claimed the Prime Minister might have discussed her latest Brexit proposals with Angela Merkel prior to her Cabinet meeting at Chequers.
  
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• England fans ERUPT after Kieran Trippier goal against Croatia - latest reaction

  11-07-2018 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND fans have erupted with cheers as the Three Lions lead against Croatia five minutes into the crunch World Cup semi-final.
  
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• 'It's an embarrassment!' Economist sums up Brexit talks with this BRILLIANT point

  11-07-2018 19:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  FORMER civil servant and economist Ruth Lea said it is an “embarrassment” that Britain has not played on its strengths in Brexit negotiations with the European Union.
  
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• May's coalition partners urge Prime Minister to LEARN from Trump on how to deal with EU

  11-07-2018 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA May's coalition ally Sammy Wilson warned the Prime Minister she should be more like Donald Trump in dealing with the EU.
  
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• England vs Croatia LIVE: Fans roar on Three Lions as World Cup semi-final into EXTRA TIME

  11-07-2018 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND are bursting with emotion as the country’s highly anticipated World Cup semi-final against Croatia in Russia dramatically unfolds.
  
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• Theresa May beaten to World Cup punch AGAIN as Croatia president gives her a No 10 shirt

  11-07-2018 18:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  CROATIA snatched an early lead against England when cheeky President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic handed Theresa May a national team shirt with her name on it at the NATO summit in Brussels.
  
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• World Cup 2018: Fans pay homage to England ahead of Croatia match with hilarious memes

  11-07-2018 18:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  ENGLAND is only a few hours away from playing for a place in the World Cup final as they face Croatia in Moscow at 7pm. England fans have been supporting the team with hilarious memes online.
  
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• WATCH: Awkward moment Theresa May STUMBLES as she arrives NATO summit in Brussels

  11-07-2018 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA MAY awkwardly tripped as she arrived at the Nato summit on Tuesday where she pledged to support Nato's requests for extra personnel in Afghanistan.
  
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• Scots demand SALTIRE to feature on Big Ben ahead of England’s World Cup clash with Croatia

  11-07-2018 17:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  SCOTLAND has demanded the saltire be permanently installed on Big Ben ahead of England’s World Cup semi-final clash against Croatia tonight.
  
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• First woman allegedly abused by paedophile doctor Myles Bradbury receives five-figure sum

  11-07-2018 17:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  A WOMAN who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a doctor while being treated for blood clots at Birmingham Children's Hospital has been awarded a five-figure settlement by the trust.
  
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• Facebook scandal: Who is selling your personal data?

  11-07-2018 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Data brokers such as Acxiom make millions of pounds a year selling access to your data.
  
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• St George's Cross to return to Big Ben following £61m renovation work

  11-07-2018 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  BIG Ben is to return to its original Victorian colour scheme, which includes the Cross of St George and blue numbers on the clock face, parliamentary authorities have revealed.
  
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• England vs Croatia LIVE: Nation roars on Harry Kane's Three Lions in World Cup semi-final

  11-07-2018 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  England is ready to burst as hype continues to grow ahead of the country’s highly anticipated World Cup semi-final against Croatia in Russia this evening.
  
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• World Cup final and semi final: Where is the best place to watch in YOUR city?

  11-07-2018 16:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE nail-biting England v Croatia match is here and the Three Lions are just one victory away from the World Cup final 2018. If Gareth Southgate’s boys make it through tonight, where can you watch the final?
  
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• Lord Tebbit delivers perfect Theresa May Brexit analogy that will infuriate Leave voters

  11-07-2018 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  A FORMER Conservative Party Minister Lord Tebbit has delivered an analogy to explain the Prime Minster’s current predicament in Brexit negotiations, with the outcome of her decisions potentially infuriating Brexit supporters.
  
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• How advert showing women shaving actual body hair broke taboos – video

  11-07-2018 15:22 via theguardian.com
  Ever wonder why women shown shaving on TV adverts are already completely hairless? Breaking with decades of tradition, Billie, a US razor company, depicts women actually removing their body hair. Perhaps a sign of brands responding to calls for more realistic portrayals of femininity, say experts Continue reading...
  
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• Wimbledon 2018: Who's allowed to sit in the Royal Box?

  11-07-2018 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The Royal Box are the best seats at Wimbledon - but how do you get a ticket?
  
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• World Cup 2018: HILARIOUS RAF100 flypast video rouses England fans before semi-final game

  11-07-2018 13:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  VIDEO from the RAF100 flypast was edited to show the stunning historical planes spell out "it's coming home" to celebrate England's success at securing a spot in the World Cup 2018 semi-final game against Croatia.
  
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• Novichok: Why nerve agent stays deadly for so long

  11-07-2018 11:25 via bbc.co.uk
  The death of a woman months after Novichok was first used raises fears about how long it lasts.
  
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• World Cup 2018: Croatia v England buildup as France reach final – live!

  11-07-2018 11:18 via theguardian.com
  Updates and reaction following the first semi-finalWorld Cup Daily: Destiny calls for EnglandAny thoughts? You can email Gregg or tweet @GreggBakowski 10.16am BST Jorge Valdano has penned some brilliant columns for the Guardian during the World Cup and his latest, on Luka Modric, is another wonderful piece of writing, getting to the heart of what it is hat makes the Croatia captain so damn good at football. Here’s an extract: When the ball passes by his feet, the play flows as if football
  
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• 'So disappointed': John Cleese to quit UK for Caribbean

  11-07-2018 11:11 via theguardian.com
  Monty Python comic says he moving to island of Nevis because he is fed up with ‘lying and triviality’ of British press Monty Python comic John Cleese says he is moving to the Caribbean in November because he is so disappointed with Britain.The 78-year-old told BBC Two’s Newsnight his “particular beef” was with the “lying and triviality” of British newspapers.Continue reading...
  
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• We need more investigations into research misconduct

  11-07-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Why I’m calling for watchdog to help rid research of malpractice and fraudMPs want new watchdog to monitor misconduct by researchersLast year the Guardian reported on the case of Paulo Macchiarini, an Italian surgeon working in Sweden, who was “hailed for turning the dream of regenerative medicine into a reality – until he was exposed as a con artist and false prophet”. The Swedish Central Ethics Review Board concluded recently that six papers should be retracted as they
  
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• Top 10 books about self-reinvention

  11-07-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  From Kate Atkinson to Margaret Atwood and Gail Honeyman, here are some of the best stories of radical renewalWho among us hasn’t dreamed at times of revolution, of abandoning our routines and starting fresh, shaking our lives like dice in a cup? Even for one whose situation is perfectly satisfactory, imagining a total disruption can beguile. It’s the ultimate rebellion against mortality, for potential is nearly synonymous with youth. We are born wandering an intact Pangaea of possibi
  
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• This heatwave is no joke – especially for us freelance comedians | Lola Stephenson and Jo Griffin

  11-07-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  We may make sun-lounging look easy, but who’s going to write our Edinburgh show? And where can I charge my Mac?
  For the UK workforce, it’s another sweltering day. The heatwave seems to have set up permanent residence on British soil before Brexit puts a halt to any free movement of Mediterranean climates. You can’t remember a time when you weren’t complaining to Amanda in HR about the lack of air conditioning, deliriously shoving your colleagues out the way to get to the
  
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• Luka Modric: miracle worker who reminds us space and time do exist

  11-07-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  At a World Cup where everyone with the ball seems to be in a hurry, the Croatia midfielder’s intelligence and gifts stand out – as does his dignityEngland want to change at last. The huge weight of English footballing culture makes it difficult for their style to change overnight and acquire a levity that would allow it to take flight – as if somewhere in the footballing instinct of these players with a fresh talent and an indisputable commitment to a new idea there is still so
  
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• Didier Deschamps answers the hard questions and frustrates Belgium | Stuart James

  11-07-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  France executed the manager’s game plan perfectly and in Kylian Mbappé they had a player who was almost unplayable at timesAlmost 20 years to the day since France beat Brazil 3-0 in Paris to win their first and only World Cup, the man who captained a team that united a nation moved to within 90 minutes of getting his hands on the trophy again. Triumphant as a player back in 1998, Didier Deschamps now has the opportunity to become only the third man to repeat that feat as a manager,
  
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• Fast, far, ruthless and clean: England’s World Cup progress by numbers | Sachin Nakrani

  11-07-2018 10:59 via theguardian.com
  The stats show Southgate’s men have reached the semi-finals through hard work, organisation and playing to their strengthsEngland are in the World Cup semi-finals and the question remains: how did they get there? Gareth Southgate’s men have undoubtedly benefited from good fortune but their success has also been down to hard work, organisation, playing to their strengths and the contributions of individuals, as a statistical breakdown of their tournament shows. Note: these stats take
  
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• 'There will be NO DEAL' Brexiteer MAKES BRILLIANT point on 'AWKWARD' Michel Barnier

  11-07-2018 10:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BREXIT supporting Labour MP has claimed the European Union do not want a deal in negotiations with the UK, before adding that the EU’s chief negotiator was only there to be "awkward".
  
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• Liverpool confident of signing Xherdan Shaqiri from Stoke City

  11-07-2018 10:49 via theguardian.com
  Stoke player has £13m release clause in contract
  Klopp is keen to bolster his attacking options Liverpool are confident of making Xherdan Shaqiri their third summer signing after opening transfer talks with Stoke City over the Switzerland international.Jürgen Klopp is keen to add the 26-year-old to his attacking options for next season and the winger wants to remain in the Premier League following Stoke’s relegation to the Championship.Continue reading...
  
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• End coal mining in the UK, environmentalists urge government

  11-07-2018 10:37 via theguardian.com
  Environmentalists have written to ministers, asking them to reform the planning system so that all future coal mines are automatically refusedEnvironmentalists have urged the government to kill off new coal mines in the UK, by reforming the planning system to block their development. Friends of the Earth, along with the RSPB, WWF and a group of academics, said ministers should build on their international climate change leadership against coal by taking stronger action at home. Continue reading.
  
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• Why Atomic Kitten and Earth, Wind & Fire became England's World Cup chants

  11-07-2018 10:31 via theguardian.com
  Whole Again and September have been cleverly converted into chants for Russia 2018, but they’re far from the first pop songs unexpectedly to hit the terracesFrom bars and stadiums in Russia to the pubs and TV screens back in the UK, England fans at the World Cup have been serenading the team’s unexpected successes with some more imaginative songs than the usual Three Lions, Vindaloo et al. There’s been “Looking back on when we first met / I cannot escape and I cannot forg
  
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• Donald Trump could meet Boris Johnson, says US ambassador

  11-07-2018 10:26 via theguardian.com
  Woody Johnson says ‘we’ll make everything possible’ if US president wants to meet ex-foreign secretaryThe US ambassador has said he will set up a meeting for Donald Trump with Britain’s former foreign secretary Boris Johnson should the president wish to see him on his visit to the UK.The comments will pile further pressure on Downing Street as May prepares to meet the US president for his first visit to Britain, in a week when Johnson quit the government in protest at her
  
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• Thai cave rescue: water pumps failed just after last boy escaped

  11-07-2018 10:25 via theguardian.com
  In the first detailed account of the mission to be published, rescuers say they heard screaming and a scramble for dry groundThe rescue operation to free the last of the 12 boys and their football coach from a Thailand cave could have been a disaster, divers have revealed, with water pumps draining the area failing just hours after the last boy had been evacuated.Divers and rescue workers were still more than 1.5km inside the cave clearing up equipment when the main pump failed, leading water le
  
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• Celebrations in Thailand after cave rescue success – in pictures

  11-07-2018 10:20 via theguardian.com
  Volunteers, students and onlookers show their jubilation after the extraction of 12 boys and their football coach, who spent more than two weeks trapped in a cave in northern Thailand. The operation came not a moment too soon: water pumps failed shortly after the last boy came out. Rescue workers stationed at ‘chamber three’, a base inside the cave, said they heard screaming and saw a rush of head torches from deeper inside the tunnel as workers scrambled to reach dry ground. Continu
  
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• World Cup 2018: France into the final plus Croatia v England buildup – live!

  11-07-2018 10:09 via theguardian.com
  Updates and reaction following the first semi-finalWorld Cup Daily: Destiny calls for EnglandAny thoughts? You can email Mike or tweet @mike_hytner 9.09am BST Aha, here it is, what all goalkeepers have been presumably waiting for, courtesy of a bunch boffins in a lab. Given that said boffins are based in Germany, one assumes it’s safe to assume this as gospel? Quick someone tell Jordan Pickford. Related: There is a secret to saving a penalty. Here it is | André Spicer8.59am BST Here
  
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• Nato summit: Donald Trump says Germany is 'captive of Russians'

  11-07-2018 10:05 via theguardian.com
  US president says Berlin’s relationship with Moscow is ‘inappropriate’ in tirade on opening day of summitDonald Trump launched an extraordinary tirade against Germany on the opening day of the Nato summit, accusing Berlin of being a “a captive of the Russians” because of its dependency on energy supplies. Related: Europeans brace for worst from Trump at stormy Nato summitContinue reading...
  
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• Markets rattled as Trump escalates China trade war with tariffs on $200bn of imports - business live

  11-07-2018 10:04 via theguardian.com
  All the day’s economic and financial news, as America begins process of imposing 10% tariffs on hundreds more products from ChinaIntroduction: US to add tariffs to $200bn of Chinese imports
  Analysts: Trade war could hurt global growthEuropean markets fall after losses in Asia
  Consultation underway: tariffs could be imposed in September 9.04am BST Commodity prices are being hit hard today, with zinc dropping by 6% in Shanghai and copper down around 3.5%.Traders are worried that these new ta
  
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• Heatwave uncovers submerged road and bridge

  11-07-2018 10:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Weeks of dry weather cause water levels at Spelga Dam to drop, exposing a hidden history.
  
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• How to make the perfect fish tacos| Felicity Cloake

  11-07-2018 10:00 via theguardian.com
  If good fish tacos aren’t on your local takeaway menu, they’re fun to make at home – and here’s howAs a California girl, the new Duchess of Sussex claims “few bites of food” make her happier than fish tacos from Mexico’s Baja peninsula just south of the border: “Being from Los Angeles, I was conditioned to like Baja-style food from the womb … trust me, they are insanely good! I dream about those tacos.”As with all the best dishes, ther
  
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• Shatila Stories review – refugees write their own tales

  11-07-2018 09:59 via theguardian.com
  Novice authors in a Lebanon refugee camp have collaborated on a novella. It is a literary achievement as well as an act of witnessMany art forms are produced collaboratively, but we persist in the idea that literature must be the work of a single consciousness. Shatila Stories, a novella shaped from nine pieces of fiction created following a writing workshop, proves that wrong. Not only does it cohere, but its strength lies in its multiplicity of viewpoints and voices, which, instead of being a
  
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• Belgium's Thibaut Courtois and Eden Hazard hit out at 'anti-football' France

  11-07-2018 09:56 via theguardian.com
  Courtois accuses Les Bleus of negativity after semi-final loss
  ‘I prefer to lose with Belgium than win with France,’ says Hazard
  Thibaut Courtois has accused France of being an “anti-football team” following Belgium’s 1-0 World Cup semi-final loss to Les Bleus in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday.Samuel Umtiti’s second-half header was the difference in a tightly-fought contest but one in which Belgium had the bulk of possession (64%) and France mainly looked to coun
  
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