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• Original EastEnders star Dr Legg to return - at 92

  25-07-2018 20:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Doctor Legg was at the heart of the soap for the first 12 years of its life.
  
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• Watch: Dramatic moment British warship CHASES Spanish navy vessel away from Gibraltar

  25-07-2018 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  THIS is the dramatic moment a British Royal Navy ship chased a Spanish warship out of British waters off the coast of Gibraltar on Tuesday evening.
  
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• Britain needs Winston Churchill to fix Theresa May’s Brexit mess, proclaims German MEP

  25-07-2018 17:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITAIN needs a leader with the conviction of wartime prime minister Winston Churchill to put an end to the Brexit mess being left in the wake of Theresa May’s negotiations, according to German MEP Hans-Olaf Henkel.
  
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• Brexit LIVE: Ireland dismisses support for no deal as ‘BRAVADO’ - ‘UK can't afford it'

  25-07-2018 17:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITAIN “cannot afford” a no-deal Brexit and talk of falling back on to World Trade Organisation rules by some Brexiteers is nothing but “bravado”, Ireland’s foreign minister has declared.
  
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• Knotted hankies and hammocks: the heatwave of 1976 – in pictures

  25-07-2018 17:22 via theguardian.com
  Britain’s last scorching summer was more than 40 years ago. Here’s how people made the most of the sun – and got round the hosepipe banIt feels like 1976. And that summer didn’t end well
  Your memories of the summer of 1976Continue reading...
  
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• The Tank Museum displays four Victoria Crosses awarded to WW1 Tank Corps members

  25-07-2018 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE four Victoria Crosses awarded to members of the Tank Corps in the First World War are to be brought together and put on display for the first time.
  
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• Does the Treason Act need updating?

  25-07-2018 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Two MPs want the 1351 Act to be brought into the modern day.
  
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• 'No deal Brexit is FAILING of politics!' Ireland hits out at May over Brexit plans

  25-07-2018 16:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  IRISH Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney has lashed out at the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, blaming hardline Brexiteers in Theresa May's government leaving the EU without an agreement.
  
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• 'Why have we compromised?' Olly Robbins GRILLED over THIS Brexit talks trade-off

  25-07-2018 15:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  CIVIL servant Olly Robbins was grilled over the many compromises Theresa May made during Brexit talks to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland despite assurances from the European Union there would be no hard border even in the event of a no deal.
  
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• Can these people convince you that the economy is interesting? – video

  25-07-2018 14:37 via theguardian.com
  Nearly 90% of people feel bored or confused when politicians use jargon to talk about economics, according to the charity Economy, which holds free classes across the country to help take away the barriers to understanding and change how people think Continue reading...
  
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• Brussels bullies can’t stop Britain accessing Galileo ‘secret data’ (we already have it)

  25-07-2018 14:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  ONLY the threat of legal proceedings can truly stop Britain from accessing secretive elements of the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation programme after the country is locked out post-Brexit, according to a senior official involved in the project.
  
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• The Lions legend who shot a springbok

  25-07-2018 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A look at the life of Blair 'Paddy' Mayne 80 years on from the Lions tour of South Africa that made him a rugby legend.
  
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• Largest gold Nugget found in a British river for 500 YEARS found by plucky explorer

  25-07-2018 12:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  A GOLD hunter has had a stroke of luck after discovering Britain’s largest ever nugget for 500 years - which is the width of a golf ball.
  
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• Inner-city cricket: is ethnic minority talent being missed?

  25-07-2018 12:42 via theguardian.com
  30% of recreational cricketers in the UK are from South Asian backgrounds, but that group is represented by just 4% of professionals. Is enough being done to realise BAME potential in the game in the UK? We meet the enthusiasts of Perry Hall Park, home to the Birmingham Cricket League; and go to Handsworth CC, an Afro-Caribbean club formed in the late 60s, where a new generation of players from South Asian background are keeping the game alive Continue reading...
  
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• In full: What you might have missed on MPs' final day

  25-07-2018 10:31 via bbc.co.uk
  From an MoD mistake to a social rent U-turn - what the government got out before the summer recess.
  
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• 'People weren't told the TRUTH!' Now Elton John launches FURIOUS attack on Brexit

  25-07-2018 09:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  SIR ELTON JOHN claimed British people “weren’t told the truth” prior to the Brexit referendum as he hit out at the “completely ridiculous” promises made during the campaign.
  
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• Beautiful struggle: black history reimagined – in pictures

  25-07-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From a servant sporting goalie gloves to a 16th-century child soldier in studs, the self-portraits of Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop reframe African revolt through the lens of football fandomContinue reading...
  
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• Hong Kong’s fight to save its neon shimmer – a photo essay

  25-07-2018 07:30 via theguardian.com
  Neon signs once dominated Hong Kong’s skyline but are under threat from new regulations and technology. Fortunately, heritage groups are working to preserve them Continue reading...
  
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• Actor Joe Cole: 'Violent and aggressive? That's not me!'

  25-07-2018 02:26 via bbc.co.uk
  The Peaky Blinders actor says he doesn't want to be remembered for playing one type of role.
  
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• Louise Brown: World's first IVF baby's family archive unveiled

  25-07-2018 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Hundreds of cards and letters were received by Louise Brown's family after her birth in July 1978.
  
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• Rees-Mogg asks WHO IS RUNNING BREXIT elected politicians or faceless career civil servants

  25-07-2018 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  JACOB Rees-Mogg launched a thinly veiled attack on Theresa May when he stated that her Brexit Chequers plan being drawn up by the civil service without the knowledge of David Davis was “worrying”.
  
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