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• M25 Crash: Baby Boy Born In Traffic After Coach Overturns On Motorway

  13-08-2018 23:06
  A baby boy was born in queuing traffic after a coach overturned on the M25 in
  
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• Can you describe your job? The internet is having a go and it’s hilarious

  13-08-2018 22:08
  ‘I rub two things together, and trade the results for money.’
  
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• John Worboys: Black cab rapist questioned by police over new sex assault claims

  13-08-2018 22:06
  Black cab rapist John Worboys is understood to have been questioned by police over fresh allegations of sexual assault.Scotland Yard confirmed a 61-year-old man was interviewed under caution in Yorkshire last month over offences said to have taken place between 1997 and 2007.The Metropolitan Police would not say whether it was Worboys, but did reveal the allegations - which include administering a substance with intent to commit a sexual offence - arose after an investigation was launched in Jan
  
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• Dozens injured as coach overturns on M25 in Kent

  13-08-2018 21:25
  Forty-one people have been injured after a coach overturned on the M25 in Kent.Three of the 41 people have serious injuries and the Princess Royal University Hospital in Orpington was put on major incident alert.Three fire engines and "several vehicles from the heavy rescue team" were sent "as a precaution", said Kent Fire and Rescue Service.
  
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• Wreath-laying row: Jeremy Corbyn hits back at Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu

  13-08-2018 21:21
  Jeremy Corbyn has hit back at Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli prime minister criticised him for attending a Palestinian wreath-laying ceremony.The intervention comes in the middle of a row over the role of Mr Corbyn in a wreath-laying memorial for Palestinians accused of being behind the murder of Israeli Olympic athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972.
  
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• John Worboys questioned about further sexual abuse allegations

  13-08-2018 20:53
  John Worboys drugged, sexually assaulted and raped women in the back of his black cab in London.The serial sex attacker John Worboys has been questioned by police over a string of further sexual abuse allegations, the Guardian understands.The investigation was launched in January after a group of women got in touch with the police to make allegations against Worboys dating as far back as 1997.
  
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• Muslim leaders urge May to launch inquiry into Tory party Islamophobia

  13-08-2018 20:48
  The Muslim Council of Britain has urged Theresa May to launch an independent inquiry into Islamophobia in the Conservative party after several MPs supported “dehumanising comments” made by Boris Johnson.The group’s letter to the prime minister said that the level of political support for the former foreign secretary’s controversial newspaper column about fully-veiled Muslim women had “highlighted the underbelly of Islamophobia” in Tory ranks and demonstrated t
  
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• Turtle with plastic in stomach washes up on beach in Cornwall

  13-08-2018 20:26
  Plastic has been found in the stomach of a leatherback turtle that washed up dead on a beach in Cornwall.The creature was discovered on the shore at Marazion on Sunday after severe summer storms, and a post-mortem carried out by researchers at the University of Exeter found more evidence of the amount of pollution in our seas.Based on the condition of its shell, it is believed that the turtle - likely from the Caribbean - may have been killed by a boat propeller.
  
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• Labour MP Fiona Onasanya accused of lying about speeding to face trial

  13-08-2018 19:58
  A Labour MP is to stand trial, accused of lying about who was behind the wheel of a speeding vehicle.Fiona Onasanya, who was elected to represent Peterborough in 2017, pleaded not guilty at the Old Bailey on Monday.Ms Onasanya's brother, from Chesterton, Cambridge, faces two further charges of perverting the course of justice.
  
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• M25 Crash: 41 Injured As Coach Overturns On Motorway In Kent

  13-08-2018 19:50
  More than 40 people, including children, have been injured after a coach
  
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• Where does the blame lie when something goes wrong at hospital?

  13-08-2018 19:31
  Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba’s role in the death of six-year-old Jack Adcock in 2011, and especially the series of legal and disciplinary processes that triggered, would have sparked renewed debate about these profound and troubling questions at any time.What is sepsis?Often referred to as blood poisoning or septicaemia, the World Health Organisation says sepsis arises when the body’s “response to any infection injures its own tissues and organs”.
  
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• Benjamin Netanyahu Attacks Jeremy Corbyn Over Alleged Wreath-Laying For Terrorists

  13-08-2018 19:23
  Benjamin Netanyahu has said Jeremy Corbyn "deserves unequivocal condemnation"
  
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• Benjamin Netanyahu And Jeremy Corbyn Clash Over Alleged Wreath-Laying For Terrorists

  13-08-2018 19:23
  Benjamin Netanyahu has said Jeremy Corbyn "deserves unequivocal condemnation"
  
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• Whitehall faces backlash over gay Disney role

  13-08-2018 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The comedian's reported new role as Disney's first major gay character has sparked controversy.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn 'thinks' he did not lay wreath to Palestinian terrorists

  13-08-2018 19:08
  Jeremy Corbyn has admitted being present at a wreath-laying memorial for Palestinian terrorists accused of being behind the murder of Israeli Olympic athletes in 1972.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the news "deserves unequivocal condemnation from everyone".It comes after pictures surfaced over the weekend of Mr Corbyn with a wreath at a cemetery in Tunisia four years ago.
  
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• Tiaras, grimaces and splashes: the best pictures from the European Championships 2018

  13-08-2018 19:06 via theguardian.com
  As we bid farewell to the first multi-sport European Championships, it wasn’t just the athletes and competitors showcasing their talents in Glasgow and Berlin, the sports photographers present also used the event to demonstrate their own skills and technique Continue reading...
  
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• Girl, 11, killed by great-uncle after hospital call for help, court told

  13-08-2018 18:56
  Jasmine Forrester was the subject of a frenzied and sustained attack, the court heard.An 11-year-old girl was beaten to death by her great-uncle hours after a family member called a mental health crisis team asking them to help him, a court has heard.Delroy Forrester, 51, has admitted killing his great-niece Jasmine Forrester, but denies murdering her on the basis he was “legally insane” at the time.
  
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• Victim's mum: Verdict is a disgrace

  13-08-2018 18:55
  Jack Adcock's mother says the verdict is an "absolute disgrace" that set "a precedent for doctors to do exactly what they like".
  
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• Police plead for answers from Manchester public over 'reckless' shooting

  13-08-2018 18:52
  Officers investigating a shooting at a street party in Manchester which led to 12 people being taken to hospital have said the answer to who carried out the attack “may lie within the community”.Greater Manchester police said it was lucky no one was killed by the “completely reckless” shooting at about 2.25am on Sunday while hundreds celebrated a Caribbean carnival in the city’s Moss Side area.
  
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• Austerity, outsourcing and English councils in crisis

  13-08-2018 18:49
  Northamptonshire county council met on 1 August 2018 to discuss possible cuts to its services for vulnerable children and adults.Aditya Chakrabortty’s excellent piece (The councils that embraced austerity will cost us all dear, 13 August) builds on an earlier one by Patrick Butler, who pointed out in ( Opinion, 17 October 2012: “Outsourcing a local authority in its entirety is a long-held Tory municipal fantasy, first articulated by Margaret Thatcher’s local government min
  
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• Dying well when you have dementia

  13-08-2018 18:48
  Henk Blanken (The difficulty of dying well, 10 August) suggests that the responsibility for authorising euthanasia should lie with a “loved one”.My elderly mother coped with my father’s progressing dementia for six years, though the task was becoming impossible, because she could not bear to place him in a dementia unit.
  
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• Councils spending a pretty penny on loos

  13-08-2018 18:48
  The British Toilet Association and the Local Government Association are right to point out budgetary pressures facing councils and innovative solutions as playing their part in helping halt the rapid rate of decline of public toilet provision (Cafes urged to let people use the loo without spending a penny, 8 August).Parish and town councils are already saving our loos by taking them on from cash-strapped principal authorities.What is now needed is renewed action to support communities by ex
  
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• Manchester shooting: Girl, 12, among those injured in Moss Side 'murder attempt'

  13-08-2018 18:43
  A 12-year-old girl was among a dozen people injured after an "attempted multiple murder" at a street party in Manchester, police have revealed.Detectives are continuing to investigate the incident, which happened in the Moss Side area of the city, following the annual Caribbean Carnival of Manchester on Sunday.Shots were heard in Claremont Road - which runs for about two miles through Moss Side - at about 2.30am and several people suffered pellet wounds before armed and unarmed police arrived at
  
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• ‘I was present’: Jeremy Corbyn’s wreath-laying statement gets the meme treatment

  13-08-2018 18:38
  It’s the new ‘did not inhale’.
  
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• FTSE dips as lira crisis continues, esure surges

  13-08-2018 18:23
  LONDON (Reuters) - British shares dipped on Monday as the Turkish currency crisis continued to rattle global markets while a possible 1.17 billion pound bid for esure sent shares in the insurance company surging over 30 percent.
  
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• Fox Business Host's Attempt To Warn Of Perils Of Denmark's Socialism Backfires

  13-08-2018 18:19
  A Fox Business host has drawn the ire of angry Danes after she tried to use
  
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• Fears Turkish Lira Crisis Will Hit Eurozone

  13-08-2018 18:14
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• A-level exams: Students disqualified after maths paper questions sold online

  13-08-2018 18:13
  An investigation by exam board Pearson discovered that questions from the test were being sold on social media just hours before it took place on 22 June.The person believed to be behind the scheme has been given a lifetime ban from Pearson-run exams, but more than two dozen students could end up facing punishment for their alleged involvement.Derek Richardson, vice president and senior responsible officer at Pearson, insisted that it was only "a very small number of students" that had access to
  
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• Conor Spraggs: Several Arrests Made After British Tourist Dies In Ibiza

  13-08-2018 18:06
  Four people have been arrested following the death of a British man on holiday
  
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• FBI Agent Peter Strzok Fired Over Anti-Trump Texts

  13-08-2018 17:59
  An FBI agent who sent text messages critical of US President Donald Trump has
  
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• 'Drunk' pair arrested after climbing to the top of Coventry Cathedral ruins

  13-08-2018 17:27
  Two "drunk" men were rescued by firefighters after climbing to the top of the Coventry Cathedral ruins, police said.The pair, aged 25 and 36, have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespassing and remain in police custody.The men were brought down from the ruins by the West Midlands Fire Service at around 10.50pm on Sunday.
  
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• Long journeys caused by A&E closures 'will not lead to more deaths'

  13-08-2018 17:26
  Closure of A&E units will add pressure on local ambulance services and result in longer journey times for patients.Shutting A&E units does not lead to more patients dying because they have to travel further for life-saving treatment, according to the first British research into the impact of closures of emergency departments.The study also finds that even if journey times to hospital become longer after an A&E shuts, the improved quality of care patients receive at the alternative ho
  
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• Ben Stokes trial: Jury to start deliberating verdict in case of England cricketer

  13-08-2018 17:16
  The jury in the trial of cricketer Ben Stokes will start deliberations on Tuesday after the judge finished summing up the case.The 27-year-old - along with Ryan Ali, 28 - both deny a charge of affray after an incident outside Bristol nightclub Mbargo on 25 September.Prosecutors have said Stokes played a "greater role" in the violence, while the defence said claims the cricketer was enraged are "absolute nonsense".
  
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• Model George Koh guilty of killing rival after Instagram row

  13-08-2018 17:13
  Fashion model Harry Uzoka, who was killed in a fight with rival George Koh.George Koh, 24, has been found guilty of murdering Harry Uzoka at the Old Bailey.Uzoka, 25, died on the pavement outside his home in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, after a two-minute confrontation with Koh on 11 January, which had been prearranged on the photo sharing site.
  
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• Harry Uzoka murder: Model guilty of stabbing fashion rival to death

  13-08-2018 17:09
  A model has been found guilty of stabbing his fashion rival Harry Uzoka to death.Jonathan Okigbo, 24, was cleared of the same offence but convicted of manslaughter.Mr Uzoka had just landed a film role before he was murdered by his less successful rival, Koh's trial at the Old Bailey heard.
  
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• Iranian female photographer banned from stadium covers match from nearby roof

  13-08-2018 17:03 via theguardian.com
  Parisa Pourtaherian hopes one day to be able to ‘cover matches alongside male colleagues’Covering Iran’s top national football league is something no sports photographer wants to miss. But in a country where women are banned from entering football stadiums to watch matches played by men, female photographers don’t have a chance.Parisa Pourtaherian, however, did not allow the ban to stand in her way when the new season of the national league started last month. During a ma
  
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• Ben Stokes Jury Hears Cricketer ‘Acted Deplorably As The Red Mist Came Down’

  13-08-2018 17:01
  England cricketer Ben Stokes was enveloped in a "red mist" on the night he
  
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• Grouse shooting season off to misty start in Scotland

  13-08-2018 16:59
  FORNETH MOOR, Scotland (Reuters) - Britain's grouse shooting season officially began on Monday, with misty wet Scottish weather not proving an impediment for those taking part.
  
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• Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba wins appeal against being struck off over boy's death

  13-08-2018 16:58
  A junior doctor has won her appeal against a ruling that she be struck off the medical register over a boy's death.Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of six-year-old Jack Adcock from sepsis.The Doctors' Association, which has campaigned for Dr Bawa-Garba, said her case "united the profession in fear and outrage", and argued the GMC's "aggressive pursuit" was a "serious error of judgement".
  
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• 13 times people’s Twitter timeline perfectly aligned to deliver a joke

  13-08-2018 16:56
  These users landed the rarest of treats, where one person’s post unwittingly synced with another.
  
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• Model George Koh Found Guilty Of Murdering Fashion Rival Harry Uzoka

  13-08-2018 16:53
  A male model has been found guilty of murdering his fashion rival, who was
  
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• Not a weekend for the Premier League underdog – Football Weekly

  13-08-2018 16:45 via theguardian.com
  Max is joined by Barry Glendenning, Archie Rhind-Tutt and Mark Langdon to review the first Premier League weekend of the season, Liverpool’s impressive start, same old Arsenal (or is it?), Luke Shaw’s release from wherever José Mourinho was hiding him and a foul from BurundiFootball Weekly in conversation: ‘We beat Love Island to top spot’Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Faceboo
  
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• Moss Side: A history of the Manchester neighbourhood

  13-08-2018 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Moss Side in Manchester once had the nickname "gunchester", but that's just a small part of its history.
  
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• Virgin Atlantic and BA hit out as Heathrow Airport passport queues reach 2.5 hours

  13-08-2018 16:19
  Major airlines have hit out at Border Force after passport control queues at Heathrow Airport reached as long as two and a half hours in July.Virgin Atlantic has joined British Airways in criticising lengthy waiting times that are "becoming the norm".The longest queues were seen on 6 July when non-European Economic Area (EEA) visitors spent up to two hours and 36 minutes waiting in immigration queues.
  
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• Doctor Struck Off Over Death Of Boy, 6, Wins Court Of Appeal Challenge

  13-08-2018 16:14
  * Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba's name will be restored to the medical register
  
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• What happened when a village cricket team got the test match treatment?

  13-08-2018 16:00 via theguardian.com
  When England cricketing legends Jenny Gunn and Charlotte Edwards showed up at Sileby Town Cricket Club, they brought VAR, a film crew and ball-by-ball commentary with them – and the local players loved itSileby Town Cricket Club had never known a day quite like it. Members of the village club, which is tucked quietly off a lane near Loughborough, had a day to remember when England and Wales Cricket Board sponsor NatWest and ESPNcricinfo brought the full international match-day treatment to
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Says He Was Present 'But Not Involved' In Wreath-Laying For Accused Terrorists

  13-08-2018 15:48
  Jeremy Corbyn has said he was present at a wreath-laying at the graves of
  
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• Corbyn: I was present at wreath-laying but don't think I was involved

  13-08-2018 15:43
  Jeremy Corbyn said ‘a wreath was indeed laid’ for ‘some of those who were killed in Paris in 1992’.Jeremy Corbyn has said he was present but not involved at a wreath-laying ceremony for members of the group that carried out the Munich Olympics massacre, who were killed in Paris in 1992.
  
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• Ben Stokes jury asked to consider Alex Hales' alleged role in fight

  13-08-2018 15:19
  The jury in the trial of Ben Stokes has been asked to consider whether injuries allegedly caused by the cricketer during a fracas in Bristol could have been caused by his international teammate Alex Hales.In his closing speech, Stokes’s counsel, Gordon Cole QC, questioned whether the Durham and England all-rounder was being treated differently because of his high profile.Stokes, 27, is charged with affray in the Clifton triangle area of the city during the early hours of 25 September last
  
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• Gang Attacks BMW With Baseball Bats As 'Terrified' 5-Year-Old Cowers In Back

  13-08-2018 15:18
  A gang of five masked men have been filmed attacking a BMW while a "terrified"
  
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