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• Major incident as man 'storms' children's play centre in Bradford

  31-07-2018 23:36
  Police have responded to a "major incident" at a busy children's play centre in Bradford amid reports a man stormed through the building.The incident involved "one single male" at The Alphabet Zoo, but there are "no suspects outstanding," West Yorkshire Police said.The man managed to get through security doors before running through the building "causing mayhem" at around 3.30pm, owner Ashiq Hussain told the Telegraph and Argus.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn ally Peter Willsman apologises after anti-Semitism rant

  31-07-2018 22:55
  A senior ally of Jeremy Corbyn has apologised after a recording emerged of him claiming Jewish "Trump fanatics" are behind allegations of anti-Semitism in Labour.Peter Willsman, a member of Labour's national executive committee (NEC), has said he will have "equalities training".In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Willsman admitted there was a "problem" with anti-Semitism in the party that "needs stamping out" but it was not widespread.
  
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• Fire Doors Made By Five Companies Fail Post-Grenfell Safety Tests

  31-07-2018 22:29
  Fire doors made by five different companies have been withdrawn from the
  
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• Rihanna 'honoured' to be on cover of British Vogue's prestigious September issue

  31-07-2018 22:11
  Pop star Rihanna is the cover star of British Vogue's prestigious September issue.The Barbadian singer, 30, was photographed by acclaimed fashion photographer Nick Knight and styled by editor-in-chief Edward Enninful.It marks Enninful's first September issue - widely regarded as the most important edition of the year - since he was named Alexandra Shulman's replacement last year.
  
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• Embarrassed son caught on the big screen as his mum dances at a baseball game

  31-07-2018 21:56
  Rudy Rendon was at Petco Park in California for a baseball game when he caught this hilarious family moment.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn ally Peter Willsman apologises after anti-Semitic rant

  31-07-2018 21:28
  A senior ally of Jeremy Corbyn has apologised after a recording emerged of him claiming Jewish "Trump fanatics" are behind allegations of anti-Semitism in Labour.Peter Willsman, a member of Labour's national executive committee (NEC), has said he will have "equalities training".In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Willsman admitted there was a "problem" with anti-Semitism in the party that "needs stamping out" but it was not widespread.
  
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• Fears cash-strapped council may cut services for vulnerable children

  31-07-2018 21:22
  The funding crisis facing local authorities has deepened after a Tory-run council warned services for vulnerable children and adults can no longer be protected as it prepared drastic measures to survive ongoing financial difficulties described as “without parallel in modern times”.Northamptonshire county council – already technically insolvent – has called an extraordinary meeting for Wednesday to seek support for cutbacks which will reduce statutory services to the bare
  
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• Michael Gove: Water companies must 'raise the bar' on tackling leaks

  31-07-2018 21:17
  Water companies have been ordered to "raise the bar" on combating leaks at a meeting with Environment Secretary Michael Gove.Satellite technology, drones and underground listening equipment are being used by companies to identify leaks, with many doubling the number of teams dedicated to tackling the problems, Water UK said."I have asked the companies I spoke to today to raise the bar on tackling leaks and agree ambitious new targets when they submit their business plans to Ofwat in September,"
  
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• Ellie Soutter: Snowboarder's father criticises pressure on athletes

  31-07-2018 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Tony Soutter calls for more support for young, high-level athletes after his daughter Ellie's death.
  
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• UK Heatwave: Water Companies Taking Extra Measures To Fix Leaks As Hosepipe Ban Set To Go Ahead

  31-07-2018 20:32
  Water companies have said that they will be taking extra measures to fix leaks
  
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• Fairfax-Nine takeover: watchdog promises 'long review' focusing on media diversity

  31-07-2018 20:00
  Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says the watchdog will take 12 weeks to ‘closely study’ Nine’s takeover of Fairfax.The chairman of Australia’s competition watchdog, Rod Sims, has promised “a very close look at the Nine-Fairfax takeover, foreshadowing “a long review” and “a very careful study” of its impacts, including on diversity of views.Sims, from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, said the
  
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• Love Island: Winners Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham return to UK

  31-07-2018 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Fans of the reality TV show gathered at Stansted Airport as the couples returned home.
  
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• Teenager jailed for 17 years for killing nurse caught in acid attack crossfire

  31-07-2018 19:53
  A 19-year-old man has been jailed for 17 years over the death of a woman who suffered burns as he threatened another man with a bottle of sulphuric acid.The case is believed to be the first conviction in British law for a death after an acid attack.Joanne Rand had been to visit her daughter's grave when she was hit with the high-strength corrosive substance on 3 June last year.
  
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• Jerermy Corbyn Ally Apologises After Saying 'Trump Fanatics' Were 'Making Up' Anti-Semitism Claims

  31-07-2018 19:46
  A member of the Labour Party's ruling body who was recorded making
  
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• Police officer sacked over sexual messages to 14-year-old girl

  31-07-2018 19:23
  Ian Bell obtained the girl’s Snapchat details from her Facebook profile.A police officer has been sacked for sending sexual Snapchat messages to a 14-year-old girl he met in a children’s home.The West Yorkshire police officer had been investigating reports that a young person had gone missing from a children’s home when he met the girl on 19 July 2017.
  
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• Corrie Mckeague: The RAF gunner who disappeared

  31-07-2018 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Police believe the RAF gunner was taken away by a rubbish lorry after falling asleep in a bin after a night out.
  
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• Heatwave to return as UK faces North-South weather divide

  31-07-2018 19:21
  The thundery rain sweeping across the country has been a welcome relief for many - but do not put your sunscreen and shorts away just yet, for another heatwave is on the way.Forecasters say the UK is facing a North-South split, with temperatures set to hit 30C (86F) across the south of England by Friday.Northern areas, Scotland and Northern Ireland will see more showery outbreaks amid the sunshine, with temperatures sitting in the mid-20s.
  
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• Home Office misled court about treatment of child refugees from Calais, judges find

  31-07-2018 19:03
  Judges said the process used to assess about 2,000 children was ‘unfair and unlawful’.The government “materially misled” the high court about its treatment of child refugees who applied for safe passage to the UK from Calais, giving incomplete evidence that was “a serious breach of the duty of candour and cooperation”, the court of appeal ruled on Tuesday.Judges said the process used to assess about 2,000 children before and after the clearance of the makeshif
  
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• Calls to put a stop to the academisation of schools

  31-07-2018 19:02
  Aditya Chakrabortty’s article (How parents and teachers are frozen out of our schools, 30 July) has all the features of the tragedy of a school I used to know very well.Set in a 1960s housing estate, the children were loved but not cultured towards Sats and targets.
  
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• Banks say UK finance exports underscore need for good Brexit deal

  31-07-2018 19:02
  Britain's exports of financial services to the European Union hit a record high last year, highlighting the need for the City to preserve access to the bloc after Brexit, industry officials said on Tuesday.Exports rose 3.6 billion pounds ($4.73 billion) to 59.6 billion pounds in 2017, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday.Exports to the EU rose by over 1.7 billion pounds to reach a record 25.9 billion pounds.
  
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• 'We stole a bus, bruv'

  31-07-2018 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  CCTV shows two drunk teenagers shouting as they drove the vehicle for nine miles before crashing it.
  
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• Fire doors from five suppliers fail UK performance tests

  31-07-2018 18:47
  The investigation into fire door safety was prompted by the Grenfell Tower disaster that caused the deaths of 72 people.Fire doors made by five different suppliers have failed fire safety tests and have been withdrawn from the market, the government has announced, in the latest fallout from the Grenfell Tower disaster.James Brokenshire, the communities secretary, has ordered the major suppliers of the doors to meet this week to plan how to rectify the problem.
  
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• Joanne Rand acid death: Man jailed for 17 years

  31-07-2018 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Joanne Rand died of septicaemia 11 days after being splashed with acid in High Wycombe.
  
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• BP, trade war optimism help FTSE ends July on a high

  31-07-2018 18:25
  MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) - Hopes that the United States and China would avert a trade war lifted global stock markets on Tuesday and helped British shares close on a six-week high and post a monthly gain for July.The FTSE 100closed up 0.6 percent on the day and up 1.5 percent in July as a Bloomberg report said representatives of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu were seeking to reengage negotiations."The energy sector was given a lift by strong results from BP, an
  
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• Mum posts pics of her breastfeeding during workout to show others it can be done

  31-07-2018 18:14
  Yuri Rydel says exercise and breastfeeding is not at loggerheads.
  
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• Love Island: 10 best moments from 2018

  31-07-2018 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Laughter, tears, back-stabbing, impressions - this year's series had it all.
  
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• Hunt urges France and Germany to force 'sensible' Brexit deal

  31-07-2018 18:10
  Jeremy Hunt, left, shakes hands with his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Paris.The foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has appealed over the heads of EU negotiators directly to France and Germany to try to force the European commission to strike a “sensible and pragmatic” Brexit deal.Ahead of talks with his opposite number in Paris, Hunt accused Brussels of waiting for Britain “to blink” in negotiations as he claimed the chances of the UK leaving the EU without a d
  
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• Former HSBC currency trader wins appeal against U.S. extradition

  31-07-2018 18:06
  A former HSBCexecutive has won a British court battle against the U.S. government over his extradition, according to the judge's ruling published on Tuesday.The United States had wanted to extradite Stuart Scott, HSBC's former head of cash trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, to face fraud charges over allegations he and a colleague defrauded client Cairn Energy Plcin a $3.5 billion (£2.7 billion) currency trade in 2011.Scott took his case to London's High Court in the hope of o
  
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• UK's First Acid Attack Killing Sees Xeneral Webster Jailed For 17 Years

  31-07-2018 17:58
  A teenager has been jailed for 17 years for the UK's first acid attack
  
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• The World’s First Green Football Club

  31-07-2018 17:57
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• Dublin to push for fresh Northern Irish talks in the autumn - PM

  31-07-2018 17:54
  The Irish government will push Northern Ireland's political parties to make a fresh attempt at restoring their devolved power-sharing government later this year, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday."We would intend in the autumn some time trying again to get the parties in Northern Ireland together," Varadkar told a news conference after the latest attempt to end a more than 18-month deadlock failed earlier this year.
  
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• Children Are Starting School Without Knowing Their Own Names, Study Reveals

  31-07-2018 17:52
  Many children in the UK's second largest city are starting school without
  
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• Teenager jailed for 17 years over fatal acid attack

  31-07-2018 17:51
  Xeneral Webster admitted a charge of manslaughter partway through his trial.A teenager has been jailed for 17 years after what is believed to be the first conviction for an acid attack killing in the UK.Xeneral Webster, 19, admitted the manslaughter of Joanne Rand, who was hit in the face and body with industrial-strength sulphuric acid when she was innocently caught up in a tussle between the killer and another man.
  
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• A Woman Called 999 To Complain About Mushrooms On Her Pizza

  31-07-2018 17:45
  A woman called 999 to tell police she had been "mugged off" by a takeaway
  
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• Middle-class cocaine users are hypocrites, says Met chief

  31-07-2018 17:33
  Cressida Dick’s criticisms of middle-class drug users echoed those of the London mayor, Sadiq Khan.The Metropolitan police commissioner has criticised hypocritical middle-class cocaine users who care about fair trade and organic food, but who she says are fuelling the drug trade.Cressida Dick, the UK’s most senior police chief, said: “There is this challenge that there are a whole group of middle-class – or whatever you want to call them – people who will sit round
  
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• Jarvis Cocker and Bez join Bargain Hunt for BBC Music Day

  31-07-2018 17:30
  BBC Music Day announces special celebrity Bargain Hunt episode, Kylie Minogue train announcement takeover and more...
  
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• Lucy McHugh murder suspect charged over Facebook password

  31-07-2018 17:21
  A man suspected of the murder of schoolgirl Lucy McHugh has been remanded in custody charged with failing to give his Facebook password to police investigating her death.Stephen-Alan Nicholson appeared at Southampton Magistrates' Court over the charge, which carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison.Before appearing in court on Tuesday, Nicholson had been released on bail by Hampshire Police officers questioning him in custody on suspicion of murder and sexual activity with a child.
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg firm advising top Canada marijuana market investor

  31-07-2018 16:59
  Cannabis for recreational use will be legal in Canada in the autumn, but it has been legal medical purposes since 2001.Jacob Rees-Mogg’s investment firm is advising one of the highest-profile investors in Canada’s marijuana market.Somerset Capital Management, co-founded by the prominent Brexiter MP, is an adviser to an emerging markets fund established by Purpose Investments.
  
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• Moscow Exchange to quote dollar vs sterling, yuan, lira in 2018

  31-07-2018 16:43
  The Moscow Exchangeplans to start trading the sterling, the Chinese yuan and the Turkish lira versus the U.S. dollar this year, mirroring the global foreign-exchange market to attract more clients, the exchange's managing director told Reuters.Trading the new currency pairs is part of the Moscow Exchange's strategy to develop its infrastructure amid a Kremlin-backed bid to make Moscow one of the world's leading financial hubs.By the end of the year, the Moscow Exchange plans to start trading the
  
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• Tony Bullimore: Bristol sailor nicknamed 'British bulldog' dies aged 79

  31-07-2018 16:42
  Sailor and businessman Tony Bullimore, who famously survived for four days at sea when his boat capsized, has died aged 79, news reports say.Nicknamed the "British bulldog", he made headlines around the world after surviving in the upturned hull of his boat during the Vendee Globe single-handed around-the-world race in 1997.Mr Bullimore, who had been feared drowned, was dramatically rescued by the Australian navy in the freezing waters of the Southern Ocean.
  
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• Exclusive - Lloyd's of London reviews operations after losing £2 billion and CEO

  31-07-2018 16:31
  Lloyd's of London is reviewing all aspects of its business, including its centuries-old structure, to ensure it is cost-competitive and responsive to both clients and members, especially after Britain leaves the EU, industry sources said.The review, coming after a 2-billion-pound loss last year and the news in June that CEO Inga Beale will step down, goes to the core of the institution's hybrid personality, senior insurers and other officials in London's financial services sector said.Precise de
  
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• Print advertising in UK national newspapers rises for first time since 2010, study finds

  31-07-2018 16:24
  The Daily Mirror was among the titles delivering a 2.8% print ad spending rise in popular national titles.National newspapers in the UK are experiencing the best start to a year in almost a decade, thanks to a combination of factors including an advertiser backlash against Facebook and Google.Print display advertising in the national newspaper market rose 1% to £153m in the first quarter of 2018, the first time there has been an increase since the last quarter of 2010.
  
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• New Met Office report reveals extent of rising sea level

  31-07-2018 16:22
  The UK sea level has risen by more than half a foot over the last century, a new report has revealed.In its annual state of the climate research, the Met Office has found that average sea levels have risen by 1.4mm a year since 1900 - equal to a rise of 16cm (6.3ins).Dr Mark McCarthy, manager of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre, said: "Our climate is changing, globally and here in the UK.
  
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• How A Flour Attack On A Vulnerable Woman Led To An Online Witch Hunt

  31-07-2018 16:20
  It's a horrifying image: five teenage boys posing triumphantly with a
  
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• Lucy McHugh Murder: Stephen-Alan Nicholson Remanded In Custody For Failing To Give Facebook Password To Police

  31-07-2018 16:19
  The man arrested over the murder of schoolgirl Lucy McHugh has been remanded
  
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• Huge Search Underway For Missing Stoke Midwife Samantha Eastwood

  31-07-2018 16:09
  A huge search is underway and a man has been questioned following the
  
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• Love Island Winners Dani Dyer And Jack Fincham Face Delay On Ryanair Flight Home

  31-07-2018 15:40
  Love Island winners Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham have been caught up in flight
  
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• Is This Britain's Next Nuclear Waste Dump?

  31-07-2018 15:36
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• Police hunt man who punched woman outside Essex nightclub

  31-07-2018 15:29
  The woman needed hospital treatment after the incident outside Faces nightclub in Gants Hill at about 3am on Saturday.Video footage of the incident shows the pair apparently arguing, with the man standing with his arms folded, wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans with white streaks.A Metropolitan police spokesperson said: “Police in Redbridge are investigating after a woman was assaulted outside Faces nightclub … The victim was taken to hospital for treatment.
  
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• MPs call for new powers for watchdog after inaction on RBS

  31-07-2018 15:23
  Britain's financial watchdog should get new powers to regulatebusiness loans after it was unable to punish Royal Bank of Scotlandfor its "deficient" treatment of customers, lawmakers said on Tuesday.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced on Tuesday it was taking no enforcement action against the bank or staff in its Global Restructuring Group (GRG) unit, accused by small firms of stripping their assets between 2008 and 2013.FCA Chief Executive Andrew Bailey said that the watchdog's powe
  
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