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• Call for new laws as drink-drive casualties reach four-year high

  09-08-2018 23:41
  The government is being urged to introduce zero-tolerance laws as the number of drink-drive casualties reached a four-year high.New figures released by the Department for Transport (DfT) revealed an estimated 9,040 people were killed or injured in Britain in drink-drive accidents in 2016.It means around one in 20 casualties in reported road accidents in 2016 was as a result of drink-driving.
  
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• Young people struggle to get UK citizenship due to £1,012 cost

  09-08-2018 23:32
  Thousands of British children who have the right to citizenship are unable to get it because they cannot afford a £1,012 fee.An estimated 120,000 young people who were born in the UK or moved here as very young children are believed to face the mandatory, non-negotiable cost.Solange Valdez-Symonds, a director at the Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC), told Sky News the government is making an unacceptable profit as the futures of British children are "chip
  
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• Transfer news: Late flurry of signings lights up deadline day

  09-08-2018 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Everton, Fulham and Leicester all make big-money signings late on deadline day, but summer spending falls after seven years of growth.
  
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• Members of the Windrush generation speak to Sky News about their experiences

  09-08-2018 23:05
  Members of the Windrush generation speak to Sky News about their experiences
  
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• Dad 'marks' schools boss's holiday fine letter

  09-08-2018 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Daniel Moore was sent a misspelled letter fining him for taking his kids on a term-time holiday.
  
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• 14 Pictures From Geraint Thomas's Triumphant Cardiff Homecoming

  09-08-2018 22:17
  Geraint Thomas has enjoyed a celebratory homecoming event in Cardiff following
  
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• This guy who got fooled by a fake plug sticker is having a worse day than you

  09-08-2018 22:11
  When your phone battery runs low and you desperately need a charge.
  
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• Emergency funds for Glasgow rape crisis group

  09-08-2018 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The Scottish government makes up a £35,000 shortfall after the group misses out on Children in Need funding.
  
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• Firefighters deal with fire in London building

  09-08-2018 21:19
  (Reuters) - Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters were tackling a fire in a four-storey building in London's Bayswater area on Thursday, the city's fire department said in a statement.
  
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• Cardiff welcomes home Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas

  09-08-2018 21:14
  Geraint Thomas has made a triumphant return to his home town of Cardiff where thousands of people turned out to celebrate his recent victory in the Tour de France.The Team Sky rider, who last month became the first Welshman to win the gruelling three-week event, rode into the city wearing the famous yellow jersey, followed by his own peloton of local riders, many of them children.Thomas said it "could have been awkward or a bit tense" between him and defending champion Chris Froome, who led the
  
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• UK Weather: 'Storm Debby' Is On Her Way, And She'll Bring Hail And Thunder With Her

  09-08-2018 20:20
  Brits are donning their waterproof jackets and dusting off their umbrellas for
  
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• Theresa May and the art of the curtsy

  09-08-2018 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Etiquette experts give the low-down on how to curtsy in front of a royal.
  
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• Police bill for Wiltshire novichok investigations tops £10m

  09-08-2018 20:14
  The cost of dealing with the novichok poisonings in Salisbury and Amesbury has cost Wiltshire Police more than £10m.The force was plunged into a complex investigation on 4 March after former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned by the deadly nerve agent in Salisbury.Two months later, it found itself facing a second high-level incident when Dawn Sturgess and her partner Charlie Rowley were exposed to the chemical just eight miles away in Amesbury.
  
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• Geraint Thomas: Thousands give hero's celebration for Tour win

  09-08-2018 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas says he feared it would just be "the wife and the dog".
  
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• Smile for the Camra: 'Hat day' at the British Beer Festival

  09-08-2018 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Visitors to the Great British Beer Festival were asked to wear their "silliest drinking hat".
  
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• Ben Stokes trial: Cricketer 'stepped in' to defend two gay men

  09-08-2018 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The England cricketer said he had had up to three pints and six vodka and lemonades but was not drunk.
  
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• Geraint Thomas: Hero's homecoming for Tour de France winner

  09-08-2018 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  About 8,000 fans cheered home their Tour de France hero Geraint Thomas in Cardiff.
  
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• Wiltshire Police's Novichok poisonings bill 'more than £10m'

  09-08-2018 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Extra officers from 40 forces helped Wiltshire Police respond to two "unparalleled incidents".
  
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• Corbyn hopes to avert calls for public vote on Brexit at conference

  09-08-2018 19:44
  Jeremy Corbyn’s party has declined to back a people’s vote on Brexit, despite a surge in support for a second referendum among Labour voters.Labour has been considering how to head off a concerted attempt by remain-supporting members to stage a vote at its annual conference on calling for a second referendum, to avoid what would be an embarrassing defeat for Jeremy Corbyn on the party’s Brexit policy.About 130 constituency Labour parties (CLPs) were understood to have expressed
  
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• Corbyn hopes to avert call for public vote on Brexit at conference

  09-08-2018 19:44
  A pro-Corbyn campaign group drafted the motion in favour of a second referendum.Labour has been considering how to head off a concerted attempt by remain-supporting members to stage a vote at its annual conference on calling for a second referendum, to avoid what would be an embarrassing defeat for Jeremy Corbyn on the party’s Brexit policy.About 130 constituency Labour parties (CLPs) were understood to have expressed willingness to back a motion in favour of a second vote, drafted by the
  
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• Thousands of cancer patients face NHS treatment delays

  09-08-2018 19:30
  Macmillan Cancer Support says that the NHS’s performance on cancer care is ‘slipping’. Photograph: thomasandreas/Getty/iStockphoto
  
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• The story behind Northampton's cash crisis

  09-08-2018 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  "Weak" budget control, low council tax and a failed initiative have all contributed to the problems.
  
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• Ben Stokes trial: England cricketer claims he 'stepped in' to defend gay men after homophobic abuse

  09-08-2018 18:52
  Ben Stokes has told a jury he "stepped in" after hearing homophobic abuse shouted at a gay couple.
  
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• My brother would want me to carry on performing, Paul Chuckle says

  09-08-2018 18:51
  Paul Chuckle says losing his brother Barry has been "the worst feeling ever" but he knows his ChuckleVision co-star would want him to carry on performing.Barry Chuckledied peacefullyat home surrounded by his family at the age of 73.Paul thanked their fans on Twitter, writing: "I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone for all your messages.
  
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• Huge mudslide captured on film as it crashes through Swiss village

  09-08-2018 18:44
  “Lots of people are still coming outside the house to take pictures.”
  
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• Which record is Guinness not giving to Northern Ireland?

  09-08-2018 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Guinness World Records says NI's 'achievement' will not be officially recognised despite passing Belgium.
  
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• Race hate extremist who threatened to kill Muslims and Corbyn is jailed for two years

  09-08-2018 18:28
  A "vile" race hate extremist who threatened to kill Jeremy Corbyn and called for Muslims to be put on bonfires has been jailed for two years.In a series of online posts between March and August last year, Jonathan Jennings, 34, from Carmarthenshire, South Wales, targeted Muslims, public figures and the Jewish community.Among the messages posted on a social networking website known as GAB, Jennings called for Muslims to be forcibly sterilised, suggested Hitler was born 100 years too soon and said
  
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• Child abuse inquiry: School 'reputations put before victims'

  09-08-2018 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Ampleforth and Downside pupils were subjected to "appalling" sex abuse over 40 years, a report says.
  
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• BBC's Sue Marchant fulfils cancer patient's wish

  09-08-2018 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  A teenage girl, who has incurable leukaemia, had a wish to hang out with a DJ.
  
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• Ben Stokes Tells Jury He Was 'Defending Gay Men From Homophobic Abuse'

  09-08-2018 18:16
  England cricketer Ben Stokes has denied mocking a gay man and throwing a
  
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• Ant McPartlin will not host this year's I'm a Celeb to continue 'recovery'

  09-08-2018 17:41
  Ant McPartlin will extend his break from TV until next year and miss the next series of I'm A Celebrity and Saturday Night Takeaway.ITV said McPartlin and his presenting partner, Declan Donnelly, made the "joint decision" not to present a new series of Saturday Night Takeaway next year.It's the first time the show will be hosted without McPartlin sine it began in 2002.
  
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• The perfect storm: building a crypto-utopia in Puerto Rico – video

  09-08-2018 17:30
  In a time of vulnerability, crypto investors are moving to Puerto Rico, attracted by lucrative tax incentives. They plan to regenerate the island using blockchain technology. But not all of the locals support their bold plans Continue reading...
  
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• Treasury readying Brexit contingency plans for finance industry

  09-08-2018 17:21
  Treasury said on Thursday it would soon start putting contingency arrangements in place for financial services regulation if the country crashes out of the European Union without a deal.The Treasury said that firms should still continue to plan for a transition phase of just under two years, which will come into force when Britain leaves the EU in March 2019 as long as the two sides agree a deal."The government will ensure a workable legal regime is in operation whatever the outcome of negotiati
  
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• British Museum to return looted 5,000-year-old artefacts to Iraq

  09-08-2018 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Eight items seized by police in 2003 will be returned after being identified by museum experts.
  
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• Bradley Lowery's mum: 'I believe he was here for a reason'

  09-08-2018 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Gemma Lowery says her son’s legacy is improving the lives of children with cancer.
  
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• Northern Rail announces new wave of strikes

  09-08-2018 17:05
  Northern Rail workers have announced a fresh series of 24-hour strikes, with the first planned for 25 August.Staff will also walk out for 24 hours on 1 September and 8 September, the RMT Union announced.“German-owned Northern Rail want to run nearly half a million trains a year without a safety critical guard on board in a move that would wreck both safety and access ‎to services," RMT general secretary Mick Cash said in a statement.
  
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• Family of soldier killed in live fire drill call MoD report flaw-ridden

  09-08-2018 17:00
  Lance Corporal Joe Spencer, who died in a live-firing exercise at Tain in 2016.The family of a 24-year-old soldier killed two years ago on a sniper course in the Highlands expressed disappointment with the findings of a Ministry of Defence report into the cause, published on Thursday.In a joint statement, his parents – who live in Eastleigh, Hampshire – and two brothers, said it “raises numerous unanswered questions due to the abundance of unsubstantiated speculations and assum
  
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• Ant and Dec postpone 2019's Saturday Night Takeaway

  09-08-2018 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The popular show won't return to ITV until 2020, and Dec will front 2018's I'm a Celebrity alone.
  
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• Three In Court Over Murder Of Convicted Baby Killer David Gaut

  09-08-2018 16:52
  Three men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a convicted child
  
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• Harry Kane clarifies childbirth comments after facing criticism

  09-08-2018 16:50
  England star Harry Kane has attempted to repair the damage of an own goal by clarifying he believes "women can give birth however they would like".The Tottenham forward, who was the leading scorer at this summer's World Cup, attracted criticism on Wednesday after he saying he was "proud" of fiancee Kate Goodland for giving birth "with no pain relief at all".The footballer also praised his partner's "most amazing water birth" on Twitter following the arrival of their second daughter, Vivienne Jan
  
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• Brother of British model's kidnapper will face trial in Italy

  09-08-2018 16:42
  The brother of a Polish man convicted of kidnapping a British model in Milan will also stand trial in connection with her abduction, an Italian judge ordered on Thursday.Michal Konrad Herba, who had been living in Britain, is accused of taking part in the kidnap of Chloe Ayling, who was held captive for six days after being lured to a photo shoot in Italy in July last year.In a number of media interviews, Ayling, 21, said she was drugged, gagged, bound, stuffed into a bag, put into a car boot an
  
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• Northamptonshire council backs 'radical' cuts to services

  09-08-2018 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Northamptonshire County Council approves huge cuts to jobs and services to tackle a £70m funding shortfall.
  
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• 100 Muslim Women Who Wear Burka or Niqab Demand Boris Johnson Is Kicked Out Of Tory Party

  09-08-2018 16:35
  One hundred Muslim women who wear a burka or niqab have written to Tory
  
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• Northamptonshire council backs 'bare minimum' service plan

  09-08-2018 16:26
  The Tory leader of the council, Matthew Golby, said it would meet its legal obligations to deliver vital services.Crisis-hit Northamptonshire county council has voted to push ahead with a radical cuts strategy to reduce services to a bare legal minimum, as it attempts to close a financial black hole which it says could grow to £180m within three years.The strategy aims for “radical service reductions and efficiencies” across a range of areas, including children’s services
  
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• Q&A: what sanctions could Boris Johnson face?

  09-08-2018 16:23
  Tory party’s code of conduct says its MPs should ‘foster respect and tolerance’ in their work.What is the complaint against Boris Johnson?The Conservatives have received dozens of complaints about Boris Johnson’s comments on Muslim women who wear burqas, according to party sources.
  
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• Ben Quartermaine: Bikers ride for drowned Clacton boy

  09-08-2018 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Hundreds of motorcyclists ride out in memory of a boy who drowned while swimming in the sea.
  
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• Heatwave blamed for record A&E attendances in England

  09-08-2018 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  A&E attendances in England in July were at the highest level since records began in 2010.
  
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• Boris Johnson facing Tory investigation over burka comments

  09-08-2018 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The Conservative Party is looking at dozens of complaints about Boris Johnson's comments.
  
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• Baby firm Emma's Diary fined £140k over personal data sale to Labour Party

  09-08-2018 16:02
  The Information Commissioner's Office has fined a company that offers advice on pregnancy and child care for illegally collecting and selling personal information that ended up being used in a database for the Labour Party.The information watchdog fined Lifecycle Marketing (Mother and Baby) Ltd, also known as Emma's Diary, a total of £140,000 after it sold the records of a million people to Experian, the world's biggest credit-checking business.Experian used the data to create a database t
  
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• Conservatives launch investigation into Boris Johnson's comments on burkas

  09-08-2018 15:44
  Boris Johnson is facing investigation by an independent panel after comparing women in burkas to "letter boxes" and "bank robbers".The former foreign secretary, who resigned last month, faces claims he breached the Conservative Party's code of conduct in an article for the Sunday Telegraph.In it, Mr Johnson questioned why Muslim women who wear the full-face veil would "go around looking like letter boxes".
  
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