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• UK hopes to pick up Brexit talks pace with Raab-Barnier meeting on Tuesday

  18-08-2018 23:55
  Britain's Brexit minister Dominic Raab will travel to Brussels on Tuesday in a bid to pick up the pace of Brexit talks with the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier, Prime Minister Theresa May's office said on Saturday.On Thursday, Britain will also publish the first of a series of technical notices, designed to help people and businesses prepare for a no-deal scenario.Raab will also give a speech outlining how the government plans to mitigate the potential risks of leaving the EU without a deal
  
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• Superdry co-founder gives 1 million pounds to campaign for second Brexit vote

  18-08-2018 23:44
  The co-founder of fashion brand Superdryis donating a million pounds ($1.28 million) to the campaign for a referendum on the final Brexit deal, the Observer newspaper reported on Saturday, as pressure intensifies on Prime Minister Theresa May."I’m putting some of my money behind the People’s Vote campaign because we have a genuine chance to turn this around," said Julian Dunkerton, a "remainer" who opposes Britain's planned departure from the European Union.Campaigners on both sides
  
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• Salih Khater, 29, charged over crash outside Parliament

  18-08-2018 22:56
  A 29-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly driving a car through crowds outside Parliament.
  
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• Man to appear in court on Monday over UK parliament car incident

  18-08-2018 22:38
  Sudanese-born British national Salih Khater was charged with two counts of attempted murder on Saturday and will appear in court on Monday after a car careered into people and a barrier at Britain's parliament earlier this week, police said.Khater will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with the attempted murders of members of the public and of police officers, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement."Due to the methodology, iconic location and the alleged
  
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• Salih Khater, 29, Charged With Attempted Murder Following Westminster Attack

  18-08-2018 22:31
  A 29-year-old man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after a
  
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• People's Vote Campaign Gets £1m Boost From Superdry Founder, Julian Dunkerton

  18-08-2018 22:02
  The multimillionaire co-founder of Superdry fashion label has given a £1m
  
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• Labour suspends ex-MP over remarks on antisemitism row

  18-08-2018 22:00
  Jim Sheridan has been suspended from the Labour party over comments he made online.Labour has suspended a former MP who accused the Jewish community of colluding with “Blairite plotters” to damage the party, as a poll for the Observer found that more than a third of voters believe that the party is prejudiced against British Jews.Jim Sheridan, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North until 2015, was suspended after apparently writing in a Facebook post that has since been removed: &ldqu
  
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• British paraglider Innes Powell, 54, killed in mid-air collision

  18-08-2018 21:40
  A British paraglider has died after colliding with another pilot mid-air during a competition in Macedonia.Innes Powell, 54, crashed into Ukranian paraglider Igor Volov, 56, ahead of the final race of the British Open in Krusevo on Friday, it has been revealed.Mr Volov was also killed in the crash at roughly midday.
  
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• British Paraglider, Innes Powell, Dies After Mid-Air Collision With Another Pilot During Competition

  18-08-2018 20:44
  A British paraglider has been killed after a mid-air collision with another
  
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• Fashion boss gives £1m boost to People’s Vote campaign

  18-08-2018 20:23
  The campaign for a referendum on the final Brexit deal has been boosted by a record £1m donation, amid growing public concern that Britain will leave the EU without any agreement.The multimillionaire Julian Dunkerton, who co-founded the Superdry fashion label, said he was making the donation to the People’s Vote campaign because he saw a “genuine chance to turn this around”.One in five (22%) think Britain will leave with a deal, while 16% think Britain will not leave the
  
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• Julian Dunkerton: the man who gave £1m to the People’s Vote campaign

  18-08-2018 20:00
  Julian Dunkerton says he is ‘non-party political and a strict Remainer’.Julian Dunkerton has already seen the course of his life change dramatically, in his rise from humble market stall trader to fashion mogul with A-list celebrities DJ-ing at his wedding.Now the multimillionaire founder of the Superdry label hopes to play a role in changing the future of the nation.
  
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• HMS Queen Elizabeth warship sets off on maiden voyage to the US

  18-08-2018 19:53
  Britain's largest warship HMS Queen Elizabeth has left Portsmouth to embark on its maiden voyage.Navy chiefs have pledged to protect the 65,0000-ton carrier from the "eye-watering" threat of Russian submarines as it sails to the US.Two F-35 fighter jets will be flown onto her deck for the first time during the 11-week trip across the Atlantic.
  
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• Teenager Charged With Attempted Robbery After Woman, 93, Attacked At Bus Stop

  18-08-2018 18:43
  A 17-year-old boy has been charged with attempted robbery after a 93-year-old
  
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• Boy, 16, charged with murder over Chingford stabbing

  18-08-2018 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Joseph Cullimore was found with stab wounds in Chingford in the early hours of Friday.
  
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• Sharp rise in Type 2 diabetes in young people

  18-08-2018 18:15
  A leading dietitian has demanded action from parents, ministers and the food industry after figures showed the number of young people being treated for Type 2 diabetes rose 41% in just four years.The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) found 715 people under the age of 25 were treated for the disease in England and Wales during 2016-17 and 78.6% of them were obese.Dietitian and obesity expert Nigel Denby suggested the real figure could be much higher, if those unaware they have
  
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• Two Britons Escape Sinking Uber Car After Being Driven Into French Riviera

  18-08-2018 18:10
  Two Britons managed to escape a sinking Uber vehicle after it drove into the
  
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• Brexit: Nigel Farage to go 'on the road' with Leave group

  18-08-2018 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The UKIP MEP says he will offer his "total support" to pro-Brexit group Leave Means Leave.
  
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• HMS Queen Elizabeth: Fighter jets to land on new aircraft carrier

  18-08-2018 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The Royal Navy's £3.1bn future flagship will visit New York during its 11-week trip to the US.
  
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• Diabetes: Expert demands action after sharp rise young people with Type 2

  18-08-2018 17:46
  A leading dietitian has demanded action from parents, ministers and the food industry after figures showed the number of young people being treated for Type 2 diabetes rose 41% in just four years.The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) found 715 people under the age of 25 were treated for the disease in England and Wales during 2016/17 and 78.6% of them were obese.Dietitian and obesity expert Nigel Denby suggested the real figure could be much higher, if those unaware they have
  
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• Fan y Not Big Enough: Welsh mountain downgraded to hill

  18-08-2018 17:44
  A Welsh mountain has been downgraded to a hill.Fan y Big, which stands at 2,531ft (717m), is set in the Brecon Beacons and is tall enough to be classed as a mountain.The Brecon Beacons National Park, in South Wales, announced on Facebook: "It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we must announce that through the emergence of new technological data we have lost one of our Beacons.
  
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• Manchester United mark return to women’s football with a new Liverpool rivalry

  18-08-2018 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United make a much-anticipated return to women's football against Liverpool this weekend, after 13 years away.
  
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• Former Labour MP Jim Sheridan Suspended From The Party

  18-08-2018 16:41
  Labour has suspended a former MP from the party over comments reportedly made
  
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• Car falls in sinkhole at Brecon Beacons castle

  18-08-2018 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The car sank bonnet-first into the hole and had to be towed out.
  
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• Labour Party suspends former MP Jim Sheridan

  18-08-2018 15:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Former parliamentarian Jim Sheridan is being investigated as allegations emerge about anti-Semitism.
  
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• Jim Sheridan suspended from Labour over antisemitism row comments

  18-08-2018 15:40
  Labour hasn’t been able to provide official confirmation of Jim Sheridan’s suspension, but sources close to the party have confirmed it.The former Labour MP Jim Sheridan has been suspended from the party after he appeared to say he had lost “respect and empathy” for the Jewish community over the party’s antisemitism row, it is understood.Sheridan had been criticised for a social media post which suggested that Jewish Labour members were acting in concert with &ldquo
  
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• This time-lapse of the Perseid meteor shower looks almost too magical to be real

  18-08-2018 15:19
  Kenneth Brandon filmed the Perseids this month and captured over 65 meteors.
  
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• UK has not 'woken up' to far-right threat, says ex-counter-terror chief

  18-08-2018 15:12
  Mark Rowley warned neo-Nazi group National Action have been repackaging their ideology and ‘attaching it to mainstream political debate’.The UK has not “woken up” to the threat posed by the far right, the former head of the Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism unit has said.Mark Rowley urged politicians, the media and communities not to underestimate the threat of far-right groups, citing how National Action, a proscribed neo-Nazi organisation, has “a strat
  
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• Sandhurst: Police to investigate 'waterboarding' claims

  18-08-2018 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The commander of the royal military college has ordered an investigation into the allegations.
  
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• Kofi Annan: Theresa May pays tribute to 'great leader'

  18-08-2018 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Prime ministers past and present praise the former UN secretary-general, who has died aged 80.
  
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• Chadderton attack: Woman, 93, dragged to ground at bus stop

  18-08-2018 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Police praise the "remarkable strength of the victim" who suffered injuries to her head, knees and hands.
  
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• Labour suspends councillor Jim Sheridan after anti-Semitism rant

  18-08-2018 13:21
  The Labour Party has suspended councillor and former MP Jim Sheridan after an outburst on Facebook over the anti-Semitism row.The 65-year-old, who has not commented since his social media rant, had written: "For all my adult life I have had the utmost respect and empathy for the Jewish community and their historic suffering.A spokesperson for the party said: "The Labour Party takes all complaints of anti-Semitism extremely seriously and we are committed to challenging against it in all its forms
  
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• Corbyn backed by ally over anti-Semitism

  18-08-2018 13:10
  A Labour MP has accused Margaret Hodge of using the holocaust as a political weapon against Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Public 'back' taxes to tackle single-use plastic waste

  18-08-2018 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Ministers say they are looking at measures after thousands support action to reduce single-use items.
  
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• Man, 80, stabbed at Whalley Range mosque during prayers

  18-08-2018 12:34 via bbc.co.uk
  He was seriously injured in the attack in Whalley Range, Manchester.
  
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• Storm Ernesto set to bring wildfire smoke to Britain

  18-08-2018 11:53
  Britain is set to be battered by strong winds and rain from a tropical storm that could carry smoke from the Canadian and California wildfires.Forecasters say the smell of the fires and small amounts of soot may be detectable when Storm Ernesto hits the UK from about 6pm on Saturday.Ireland and the north of England will see the worst of the bad weather, but the storm will have cleared by mid-day on Sunday.
  
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• Pair escape as Uber plunges into sea in Cannes

  18-08-2018 11:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Nick Christoforou and Sophia Toon managed to swim to safety after the cab went off the end of a jetty.
  
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• Genoa Bridge Collapse Death Toll Rises As Outrage Mounts And State Funerals Begin

  18-08-2018 11:21
  A further four victims of the Genoa bridge collapse have been found, Italian
  
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• Dolphins 'escort' Eyemouth lifeboat to harbour

  18-08-2018 11:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The dolphins surrounded the RNLI boat and a passenger vessel it was assisting.
  
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• Sandhurst officer cadets investigated over 'waterboarding' claims

  18-08-2018 09:53
  Military police have launched an investigation into claims that two officer cadets "waterboarded" a fellow recruit at Sandhurst academy.The probe into the alleged incident on 7 August was ordered by Brigadier Bill Wright, commander of the Berkshire military college.According to a report in The Sun, it is alleged a cadet was pinned down before water was poured over a cloth covering his face.
  
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• Government 'Set To Impose Coffee Cup Levy' As Public Shows Support For Plastics Curb

  18-08-2018 09:52
  The government is considering plans to impose a coffee cup levy in a bid to
  
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• Introducing Britain's biggest-ever warship

  18-08-2018 09:00
  Find out more about HMS Queen Elizabeth
  
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• Rise in deathbed weddings prompts call to protect cohabiting couples

  18-08-2018 08:00
  The number of unmarried cohabiting couples in the UK has risen from 1.5m in 1996 to 3.3m in 2017.The government is being urged to provide legal protection to millions of cohabiting couples as evidence emerges of increases in the number of civil partnerships and deathbed weddings.In a letter to the Guardian on the third Saturday in August – the busiest day for marriages this year – a coalition of legal organisations and family charities has called on ministers to update legislation an
  
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• Cohabiting couples need basic legal protections

  18-08-2018 07:59
  A recent survey showed as many as two in three cohabiting couples were unaware that there is no such thing as “common law marriage” in England and Wales.As a crucial step towards securing fair outcomes for millions of people, we urge the government to take steps to bring forward, as a minimum, basic protections for cohabiting couples.In the interim, the government must also raise public awareness of the lack of protections in place and challenge the common law marriage myth.
  
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• Nigel Farage back in politics to challenge Theresa May's Brexit

  18-08-2018 07:43
  Nigel Farage is returning to frontline politics to challenge what he describes as Theresa May's "fraudulent" Brexit plan.The former UKIP leader said he would be part of a battle bus tour by the Leave Means Leave group to oppose the prime minister's proposals.Mr Farage said Theresa May's Chequers blueprint would not enable the UK to take back control of its borders and fishing rights and to strike free trade deals around the world.
  
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• Katie Piper's acid attacker Stefan Sylvestre could be released from jail in weeks

  18-08-2018 07:41
  The man who attacked Katie Piper with acid is being considered for parole, it has been confirmed.Stefan Sylvestre was given a life sentence for the 2008 attack and ordered to serve a minimum of six years.Sylvestre, who was 20 when he was sentenced, has served nine years of this.
  
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• London bus cuts to hit working-class hardest, says watchdog

  18-08-2018 07:00
  Longer routes from south-east to west London are included in the 30 TfL services being reduced.Leaked Transport for London plans to cut bus routes connecting the outskirts of the city with the centre will disproportionately affect working-class people, a transport watchdog has said.More than 30 TfL bus services will be reduced, including longer routes from the south-east to west London, some of which are more than an hour long end to end, including the 53, 171 and 172.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: University 'crackdown' and a coffee cup levy

  18-08-2018 06:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Saturday's papers feature a story about the problems caused by unconditional university offers.
  
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• Kerala floods: death toll rises to at least 324 as rescue effort continues

  18-08-2018 06:34 via theguardian.com
  220,000 people left homeless and thousands still trapped in southern Indian state after unusually heavy rain Pressure intensified on Saturday to save thousands still trapped by devastating floods that have killed more than 300 in the Indian state of Kerala, triggering landslides and sending torrents sweeping through villages in the region’s worst inundation crisis in a century.Authorities warned of more torrential rain and strong winds over the weekend, as hundreds of troops and local fish
  
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• Belfast Celtic: Could the Grand Old Team be revived?

  18-08-2018 05:46
  If you know your history, Belfast Celtic are one of the most famous names in football.The team have not played a competitive fixture for nearly 70 years, but former players like Jimmy Jones and Charlie Tully are immortalised in the murals along the Falls Road.Belfast Celtic withdrew from the Irish league in 1949, having won 14 championships and eight Irish Cups.
  
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• Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to set sail from Portsmouth for US visit

  18-08-2018 05:41
  Britain's largest warship is ready to set sail on her maiden voyage to the US.The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth will leave her home city of Portsmouth on Saturday evening for the 11-week trip, which will see two F-35s flown onto her deck for the first time.Three British pilots will be taking part in the US deployment - a Royal Navy commander, an RAF squadron leader and a civilian test pilot.
  
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