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• Boris Johnson trip on day of Heathrow vote cost taxpayer £20,000

  15-08-2018 23:53
  A trip by Boris Johnson to Afghanistan on the day of the government’s key vote on Heathrow expansion cost taxpayers nearly £20,000, official figures have revealed.The Foreign Office, in response to a freedom of information request from Scottish website The Ferret, said the cost of flights and visas for the three members of staff who accompanied the then foreign secretary on his trip was £19,366.While in Afghanistan, Johnson met the president, Ashraf Ghani, and had lunch with th
  
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• Majority of Scottish voters feel ignored by UK ministers on Brexit

  15-08-2018 23:00
  Protestors take part in a March for Europe rally in Edinburgh, Scotland.Almost two-thirds of Scottish voters believe the Westminster government is ignoring their concerns during Brexit negotiations, and there is now more support in Scotland for remaining in the EU than at the time of the 2016 referendum, polling suggests.According to research for the People’s Vote campaign, 66% of Scottish voters (excluding don’t knows) support staying in the EU, compared with 62% who voted for remai
  
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• Luton Town CEO tells fans to stop chanting Tommy Robinson's name

  15-08-2018 22:19
  The chief executive of Luton Town FC has urged fans to stop chanting the name of far-right activist Tommy Robinson.Luton's chief executive, Gary Sweet, put out a statement saying the behaviour was "hugely disappointing".
  
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• Westminster crash: Salih Khater named as suspect

  15-08-2018 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are given more time to question Salih Khater over alleged attempted murder and terror offences.
  
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• England international Danny Cipriani charged with nightclub assault

  15-08-2018 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The England international is also charged with larceny, assault on police and resisting arrest.
  
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• Woman found stabbed to death at house in south-west London

  15-08-2018 21:40
  Police outside a property in Battersea after a woman was found stabbed to death.It is the 90th homicide investigation launched in London this year.A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found stabbed to death at a house in south-west London on Wednesday.
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing: Graeme Swann joins line-up

  15-08-2018 21:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The former England cricketer becomes the sixth celebrity contestant to be confirmed so far.
  
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• Tory peer Lord Sheikh defends visit to wreath row conference Corbyn attended

  15-08-2018 20:59
  A Tory peer has defended his attendance at a conference on Palestinian rights which is at the centre of the wreath-laying row which has engulfed Jeremy Corbyn.Lord Sheikh, who is a member of the all-party parliamentary group against anti-Semitism, has faced calls for an investigation after confirming that he went to the event four years ago in Tunisia.Conservative MPs Robert Halfon and Zac Goldsmith have complained to party HQ, claiming that attending the conference was a breach of the party's c
  
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• British Coal coke oven workers: Widow wins court battle

  15-08-2018 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The case is part of a group action over harmful fumes at government-owned plants up to the early 1980s.
  
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• Sheffield Pride committee resigns after criticism

  15-08-2018 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Sheffield Pride's organisers say they have faced "demoralising and unhelpful comments" about the event.
  
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• Labour prepares the ground for compromise on antisemitism code

  15-08-2018 20:25
  Jeremy Corbyn has said criticisms of Israel should not be made with ‘antisemitic language or antisemitic intentions’.Labour is preparing the ground to amend its antisemitism code of conduct to align with International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance guidelines, provided the party can find a way to include protections that allow for legitimate criticism of Israel’s creation.The shift comes after weeks of discord between Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) and the Je
  
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• Salih Khater: Police Granted More Time To Question Westminster Terror Suspect

  15-08-2018 20:20
  Counter-terrorism officers have been granted more time to question Westminster
  
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• England rugby star Danny Cipriani arrested and charged after nightclub 'police assault'

  15-08-2018 20:20
  England rugby union star Danny Cipriani will appear in court after being arrested and charged with assaulting police at a nightclub.Police on the island said he had been charged with common assault, larceny, assault on police, resisting arrest and being disorderly on licensed premises.The 30-year-old has been remanded in custody to appear at Jersey Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
  
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• Man arrested after suspected parliament attack named - source

  15-08-2018 20:16
  BIRMINGHAM, England/LONDON (Reuters) - A man detained on suspicion of carrying out a terrorist attack outside Britain's parliament is Salih Khater, a British citizen of Sudanese origin, a European security source told Reuters on Wednesday.The security source told Reuters that Khater was from Birmingham, central England, and was not known to security services before Tuesday.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn wreath row explained

  15-08-2018 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Why people are talking about Jeremy Corbyn's visit to a Tunisian cemetery in 2014.
  
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• England Rugby Star Danny Cipriani Charged After 'Nightclub Incident' In Jersey

  15-08-2018 19:43
  England rugby star Danny Cipriani has been charged with assault following an
  
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• Financial Times boss returns £510,000 rise

  15-08-2018 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  John Ridding's decision follows criticism of his "absurdly high" salary by some FT journalists.
  
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• Omagh bomb: Bell tolls to mark 20th anniversary

  15-08-2018 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The attack by dissident republicans killed 29 people including a woman pregnant with twins.
  
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• Scorching weather helps uncover archaeological sites around Britain

  15-08-2018 19:23
  Britain's hottest summer in decades has revealed cropmarks across the country showing the sites of Iron Age settlements, Roman farms and even Neolithic monuments dating back thousands of years, archaeologists said on Wednesday.Archaeologists at the public body Historic England have been making the most of the hot weather to look for patterns revealing the ancient sites buried below, from Yorkshire in the north down to Cornwall in the southwest."We've discovered hundreds of new sites this year sp
  
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• Financial Times boss to return some of 2.6 million pound pay after staff protest

  15-08-2018 19:21
  Financial Times Chief Executive John Ridding is to pay back some of his 2.6 million pound salary after a group of the newspaper's reporters complained about his pay.Steve Bird, joint head of the National Union of Journalists at the newspaper, wrote to FT editors and journalists this month saying Ridding's pay was absurdly high and calling for him to give some back to help those on lower salaries.Ridding said in an email to staff, which was seen by Reuters, that his salary had been set by Japanes
  
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• Adele shares story of friend's postpartum psychosis to help new mothers

  15-08-2018 19:19
  Singer Adele highlighted her friend’s experience of postpartum psychosis.Perinatal health experts and campaigners have praised the singer Adele for highlighting the issue of postpartum psychosis in new mothers.
  
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• Sir Cliff Richard privacy case: BBC will not go to Court of Appeal

  15-08-2018 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  It will seek advice over how the ruling on its coverage of a police raid affects future reporting.
  
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• Minister Alistair Burt canvasses constituents on views over EU deal referendum

  15-08-2018 19:09
  A senior minister is polling constituents on holding another referendum on Brexit, it has been revealed.Alistair Burt, an experience Foreign Office minister, has been collecting voters' views for weeks, asking how they would vote in another nationwide poll.Constituents are also asked what the vote would cover.
  
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• Tory MPs complain over peer's Tunisia trip

  15-08-2018 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Zac Goldsmith and Robert Halfon call for an investigation into Lord Sheikh.
  
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• Gordon Brown says Jeremy Corbyn 'has to change'

  15-08-2018 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The former prime minster says immediate action is needed to tackle the "sore" of anti-Semitism within Labour.
  
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• Chickens run wild on Diss housing estate

  15-08-2018 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Residents hope the birds will scramble after quickly multiplying.
  
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• Eight people injured by loose horse at Pembrokeshire Show

  15-08-2018 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Eight people are hurt after a horse breaks loose at a farming show in Pembrokeshire.
  
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• Italy bridge collapse: 'We just ran for our lives'

  15-08-2018 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Nicola and Lisa Henton-Mitchell survived the bridge collapse with their two children in Genoa.
  
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• One of Europe's 'most wanted' held in UK

  15-08-2018 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Florin Ghinea faces extradition on charges including trafficking and conspiracy to murder.
  
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• Commodities slide pulls FTSE to three-and-a-half month closing low

  15-08-2018 18:26
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top share index sank on Wednesday as emerging markets stress and a sharp selloff in commodities drove down stocks across Europe, with investors running scared after trade spat deepened between Turkey and the United States.
  
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• Would you be prepared to go on the world’s fastest, tallest dive roller coaster?

  15-08-2018 18:23
  A 90-degree, 245-foot drop awaits.
  
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• Woman wins £13k in damages from dating agency

  15-08-2018 18:19
  A woman who signed up to an elite dating agency to find a "sophisticated gentleman" has won damages of more than £13,000 after suing them for deceit and misrepresentation.Divorcee Tereze Burki, 47, first approached Seventy Thirty in 2013 as she embarked on a search for a new partner."Her requirements were not modest," said Judge Richard Parkes at the High Court in London.
  
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• Romanian 'crime boss' Florin Ghinea arrested outside gym in Watford

  15-08-2018 18:19
  The suspected leader of a Romanian crime network, who became one of the most wanted men in Europe, has been arrested in the UK.Florin Ghinea - who goes by the nickname Ghenosu - was detained by officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) as he left a gym in Watford.The 43-year-old was wanted by police in his home country on suspicion of human trafficking, conspiracy to murder, blackmail and money laundering.
  
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• Inside the Jeremy Corbyn wreath row cemetery in Tunisia

  15-08-2018 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Rana Jawad has been to the cemetery in Tunis that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attended in 2014.
  
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• Call for taskforce as WHO terms hoarding a medical disorder for first time

  15-08-2018 17:55
  The government is facing calls to establish a taskforce to rethink how authorities deal with hoarding after the World Health Organisation classified it as a medical disorder for the first time.Campaigners have hailed the move by the global body to include hoarding disorder within its International Classification of Diseases, praising it as a significant step in raising awareness of the condition.
  
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• Man, 40, held after woman stabbed to death in Battersea, London

  15-08-2018 17:53
  A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found stabbed inside a home in south London.Emergency services were called to an address in Battersea, south London, at 12.38pm.Paramedics from London Ambulance Service (LAS) worked for an hour but she was pronounced dead at 1.41pm.
  
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• Family Travelling To Beach Holiday Among Victims Of Genoa Bridge Collapse

  15-08-2018 17:48
  A family on their summer holiday with their car packed full of beach toys have
  
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• 20 Years Since The Omagh Bombing

  15-08-2018 17:38
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• Turkish lira undershooting fair value - global banking group

  15-08-2018 17:35
  The Turkish lira is significantly below fair value at the moment and should strengthen over the next one to two years as Turkey's economy slows and exports gain strength, improving the country's balance of payments outlook, economists for the Institute of International Finance said on Wednesday.Speaking on a media conference call about market turbulence in Turkey and other emerging markets, IIF chief economist Robin Brooks said that fair value for the Turkish lira, based on macroeconomic fundame
  
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• Police officer who arrested Rashan Charles cleared of misconduct

  15-08-2018 17:26
  The police officer who arrested and detained Rashan Charles before his death has been cleared of misconduct, although the police watchdog said that he “failed to perform his role satisfactorily”.Charles died last year after he was chased by officers into a shop in Dalston, east London.On Wednesday the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) found that while the officer, known only as BX47, had made some mistakes, he was not guilty of misconduct.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn tries to draw line under Palestine wreath row with fresh denial

  15-08-2018 17:25
  Jeremy Corbyn has sought to draw a line under a row over wreaths laid at a memorial for Palestinians, issuing a fresh denial that he paid tribute to suspected terrorists.It is the first explicit denial of this since new pictures emerged in the Mail on Sunday, showing Mr Corbyn holding a wreath reportedly standing near the graves of suspected terrorists linked to the attack.Earlier in the week, Mr Corbyn did not rule out laying a wreath to the suspected terrorists at the 2014 ceremony in Tunisia.
  
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• Miniature versions of classic front covers are being painted on to rocks

  15-08-2018 17:14
  And they are super adorable.
  
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• Madame Tussauds’ Trump Mask Will Haunt Your Dreams

  15-08-2018 17:11
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• Neville Southall's Twitter Account Taken Over By 'Therapist' For 'Adult Babies And Diaper Lovers'

  15-08-2018 16:57
  In what may be one of the more bizarre tales of the summer, former Welsh
  
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• Neville Southall Posts Defiant Message After Twitter Takeover By 'Therapist' For 'Adult Babies And Diaper Lovers'

  15-08-2018 16:57
  Neville Southall has posted a defiant message on Twitter, following a bizarre
  
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• Royal Bank of Scotland bankers 'joked about ruining US housing market'

  15-08-2018 16:54
  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) traders compared their behaviour to gangsters in "Goodfellas" and joked about ruining the US housing market in the run up to the financial crisis, it has been claimed.It was published alongside the announcement that RBS had agreed to pay $4.9bn (£3.6bn) to settle the DoJ's probe.RBS chief executive Ross McEwan said there was "no place for the sort of unacceptable behaviour alleged by the DoJ at the bank we are building today".
  
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• Jet2 plane divert row couple 'carried on Gran Canaria holiday'

  15-08-2018 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The couple's argument led to the plane to Las Palmas being diverted to Faro in Portugal, a court hears.
  
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• West Yorkshire Police charge 31 people in Huddersfield child sex inquiry

  15-08-2018 16:44
  More than 30 people have been charged with multiple sex offences, including rape and trafficking, against girls as young as 12.West Yorkshire Police have said the allegations date between 2005 and 2012 and relate to five women who at the time were aged between 12 and 18.Detectives believe the offences were committed in the Huddersfield area.
  
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• BBC won't appeal against High Court ruling on Sir Cliff Richard raid coverage

  15-08-2018 16:36
  The BBC will not appeal against a High Court decision to award Sir Cliff Richard damages over coverage of a police raid on his home.Sir Cliff sued the corporation for broadcasting a South Yorkshire Police raid on his home in Sunningdale, Berkshire, in August 2014, and earlier this year was awarded £210,000 damages in a landmark privacy case.Lawyers for the broadcaster had said the case would create "a severe chilling effect" on press freedoms, but it has decided not to appeal.
  
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• EU rebuffs idea of escalating Brexit talks to leaders' summit

  15-08-2018 16:16
  European officials have poured cold water on hopes that Theresa May could negotiate Brexit with other EU leaders in September to break the deadlock over Britain’s departure.Diplomatic sources have rejected suggestions that May could hold direct talks on Brexit with the 27 other EU heads of state and government at a summit in Salzburg next month.“That is completely ridiculous, that is complete overspin of Salzburg,” one senior source told the Guardian.
  
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