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• 'No deal' Brexit could leave hospitals short of drugs NHS warns - Daily Star

  20-08-2018 23:40 via dailystar.co.uk
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  'No deal' Brexit could leave hospitals short of drugs NHS warns
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  The government has been accused of failing to prepare for Britain's negotiations with the EU to collapse. The Times uncovered a secret letter written by Chris Hopson, chief exec of NHS Providers, to Simon Stevens, chief of the NHS. It reads: “In the ...and more »
  
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• Robust Liverpool show signs they are learning how to win the hard way | Jacob Steinberg

  20-08-2018 23:35
  The addition of Virgil van Dijk and Alisson has given Jürgen Klopp’s side a more solid look than in previous seasonsOn a testing night for Liverpool at a raucous Selhurst Park, fans of dramatic title races were pleased to witness further confirmation that Jürgen Klopp’s speedsters remain the best bet to keep pace with Manchester City. Even at this early stage none of the other pretenders look as ready as Liverpool to sprint alongside Pep Guardiola’s champions now that
  
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• Novichok nerve agent survivor Charlie Rowley back 'in intensive care after going blind' - Scottish Daily Record

  20-08-2018 23:35 via dailyrecord.co.uk
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  Novichok nerve agent survivor Charlie Rowley back 'in intensive care after going blind'
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  The survivor of the Salisbury Novichok poisoning has reportedly been rushed to hospital after losing his sight. Charlie Rowley is said to be intensive care after temporarily losing his vision nearly two months after being exposed to the deadly nerve ...
  Novichok survivor Charlie Rowley 'rushed to hospital after going blind'Express.co.uk
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• Eltham hammer suspect Joe Xuereb's family reveals he was 'sent mad by weed' and sectioned in 2010 - The Sun

  20-08-2018 23:31 via thesun.co.uk
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  Eltham hammer suspect Joe Xuereb's family reveals he was 'sent mad by weed' and sectioned in 2010
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  THE man accused of bludgeoning a mum and daughter with a hammer had big issues with cannabis and got “lost in the system'' after he was sectioned in 2010, his family has revealed. Joe Xuereb, 27, has smoked the drug “all his life and it f***** him up ...
  Hammer attack London: Family's shock at horrific street assault in Eltham that left two women fighting for lifeEvening
  
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• Manchester Arena bomb: Ex-fire chief blames police for delayed response

  20-08-2018 23:30
  The ex-head of Manchester's fire service says police are to blame for the two-hour delay in firefighters attending the scene of the city's arena terror attack.Peter O'Reilly broke his silence to defend the response of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) following last year's suicide bombing which killed 22 people.A damning report by Lord Kerslake found the fire service "played no meaningful role" in the aftermath of the explosion, describing the failure as "extraordinary" and "inc
  
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• Crystal Palace can only bring the noise in fits and starts as Liverpool show their credentials as title challengers - The Independent

  20-08-2018 23:08 via independent.co.uk
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  Crystal Palace can only bring the noise in fits and starts as Liverpool show their credentials as title challengers
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  Based on this evidence, and much of what had come before it, Crystal Palace and Liverpool are both going to be fun teams to watch this season, teams who look to attack with speed and skill, who will slice you open in a millisecond if you give them the ...
  Liverpool deliver gritty victory to lay down markerThe Times
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• Labour MP Chris Williamson's Praise For Blogger Who Called Jo Cox A 'Warmongering Blairite'

  20-08-2018 22:43
  A Labour MP has said it was a "privilege" to meet and listen to a talk by a
  
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• A woman was walking her dog by a lagoon. Then an alligator pulled her underwater, police say. - Washington Post

  20-08-2018 22:37 via washingtonpost.com
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  A woman was walking her dog by a lagoon. Then an alligator pulled her underwater, police say.
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  A South Carolina woman was killed in an alligator attack while walking her dog on Hilton Head Island in what authorities say is an “extremely uncommon” attack. Officials with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office said the woman, identified by ...
  Woman killed by alligator while trying to save her dog in private South Carolina resortThe Independent
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• More than 600 jobs at House of Fraser warehouses 'at risk'

  20-08-2018 22:32
  More than 600 jobs are under threat at House of Fraser warehouses operated by XPO Logistics, a union has said.XPO Logistics, which has been in dispute over an unpaid bill of £30m with the firm's new owner, has put 627 workers on a 45-day consultation notice from Friday, the GMB claimed.XPO operated depots in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, to handle all deliveries to House of Fraser customers' homes and stores.
  
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• Weatherwatch: did 'sea smoke' obscure the Titanic iceberg?

  20-08-2018 22:30
  14 April, 1912: the night was cold and clear and Violet Jessop, a nurse on board the Titanic, described “little wisps of mist like tiny fairies that wafted gently inboard from the sea”.Up in the crow’s nest the two lookouts, Reginald Lee and Frederick Fleet, also noticed the haze.Now a new study, published in the journal Weather, suggests that the haze was probably a localised phenomenon known as “sea smoke”.
  
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• 7 times this sassy Twitter account used humour for a serious road safety message

  20-08-2018 22:00
  ‘Flying mattresses are hazardous’.
  
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• 'Rude' note left on ambulance in Leicester as paramedics deal with emergency

  20-08-2018 20:44
  Paramedics dealing with an emergency in Leicester were left a note urging them to "have some consideration" about their parking.A disgruntled resident left the handwritten message on the ambulance's windscreen after complaining a driveway had been blocked for 45 minutes."Please have some consideration where you park the ambulance!" the note said.
  
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• Pope condemns sex abuse by priests: What we know about number of victims, scope of settlements - CBC.ca

  20-08-2018 20:41 via cbc.ca
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  Pope condemns sex abuse by priests: What we know about number of victims, scope of settlements
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  New Catholic sex abuse allegations show how long justice can take in a 16-year scandalVox
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• Failings at Birmingham prison reflect broader crisis, MOJ is warned - The Guardian

  20-08-2018 20:04 via theguardian.com
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  Failings at Birmingham prison reflect broader crisis, MOJ is warned
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  The Ministry of Justice has been warned that failings at a privately run Birmingham prison reflect a broader prison crisis, as overcrowding and dwindling resources lead to increases in violence, drug use and self-harm in jails across England and Wales.
  Birmingham prison crisis: 'Somebody must have been asleep at the wheel'Belfast Telegraph
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• Failings of HMP Birmingham reflect broader prison crisis, MOJ warned

  20-08-2018 20:03
  An inspection at HMP Birmingham found violence, poor conditions and drug abuse.The Ministry of Justice has been warned that failings at a privately run Birmingham prison reflect a broader prison crisis, as overcrowding and dwindling resources lead to increases in violence, drug use and self-harm in jails across England and Wales.HMP Birmingham was dramatically taken from the control of outsourcing giant G4S and returned to public governance on Monday after a damning inspection that uncovered rif
  
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• Failings at Birmingham prison reflect broader crisis, MOJ is warned

  20-08-2018 20:03
  An inspection at HMP Birmingham found violence, poor conditions and drug abuse.The Ministry of Justice has been warned that failings at a privately run Birmingham prison reflect a broader prison crisis, as overcrowding and dwindling resources lead to increases in violence, drug use and self-harm in jails across England and Wales.HMP Birmingham was dramatically taken from the control of outsourcing giant G4S and returned to public governance on Monday after a damning inspection that uncovered rif
  
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• Venezuela devalues currency and raises minimum wage by 3000% - The Guardian

  20-08-2018 19:45 via theguardian.com
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  Venezuela devalues currency and raises minimum wage by 3000%
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  Venezuela moved to shore up its crumbling economy on Monday, devaluing its currency and preparing to raise the minimum wage by more than 3,000% in what the country's president, Nicolás Maduro, declared a visionary bid to tame rampant hyperinflation.
  Venezuela currency devaluation: What is happening in Venezuela? What is the population?Express.co.uk
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• Venezuela lops five zeros off the bolívar to halt economic collapse - Financial Times

  20-08-2018 19:40 via ft.com
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  Venezuela lops five zeros off the bolívar to halt economic collapse
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  Venezuela resorted to desperate measures to arrest an economic collapse on Monday, lopping five zeros off the bolívar, devaluing it by 95 per cent and tying it to an obscure state-run cryptocurrency. Opponents of the socialist government of Nicolás ...
  Venezuela lops five zeros off its currency in bid to tackle hyperinflationThe Independent
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• Can I Breastfeed in It? Why a Facebook group for new mothers is the friendliest place on the internet

  20-08-2018 19:40
  From milk-proof vest tops to bridesmaid outfits, members of an online community are helping each other to find clothes that both look great and are easy to feed a baby inThere are things in life you can only discover for yourself and things other people could have told you if only youhad asked. Sorting between these two categories is the odd genius, such as Natalie Halman. Three years ago, when she was 27, she launched the Facebook page Can I Breastfeed in It? Almost instantly, 1,000 women were
  
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• Woman gives birth in coastguard helicopter over Cornwall - The Guardian

  20-08-2018 19:22 via theguardian.com
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  Woman gives birth in coastguard helicopter over Cornwall
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  A woman has thanked medical staff and aircrew who helped in the birth of her son, who was born inside a helicopter almost half a kilometre above the Cornish coast. Torran MacDonald was born in a coastguard helicopter over Penzance on Saturday night, ...
  Baby born on a coastguard helicopter during emergency flightTelegraph.co.uk
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• Woman gives birth in coastguard helicopter over Cornwall

  20-08-2018 19:06
  A woman has thanked medical staff and aircrew who helped in the birth of her son, who was born inside a helicopter almost half a kilometre above the Cornish coast.Torran MacDonald was born in a coastguard helicopter over Penzance on Saturday night, weighing 3.4kg (7lb 8oz), after his mother, Alicia MacDonald, went into labour while visiting the Isles of Scilly.There was no midwife on the islands on Saturday night, so the coastguard was asked by the South Western ambulance service to fly MacDonal
  
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• Cash-strapped Northamptonshire County Council bought rugby hospitality box

  20-08-2018 19:06
  Councillors spent taxpayers' money on a hospitality box at a rugby club and hiring a string quartet in the months before the council went bust, a report has revealed.The payments were made by NEA Properties, a company owned by Conservative-run Northamptonshire County Council.A spokesperson for the Northampton Saints confirmed it included a hospitality box.
  
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• Briton who fell off cruise ship in Croatia 'sang' to survive 10-hour ordeal

  20-08-2018 18:46
  A British woman who fell from a cruise ship sang to stay alive while she spent 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea, her rescuers said.The passenger, named as Kay Longstaff, was taken to hospital in the city of Pula and said she feels "very lucky" to have been rescued.A Croatian rescue ship was scrambled and found her swimming not far from where Ms Longstaff was believed to have fallen.
  
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• Thanks for shining a light on the hormonal hell of menopause

  20-08-2018 18:40
  A woman suffering from night sweats.Photograph: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images
  
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• Baby born at 1400 feet on Coastguard helicopter after midwife emergency - Mirror.co.uk

  20-08-2018 18:39 via mirror.co.uk
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  Baby born at 1400 feet on Coastguard helicopter after midwife emergency
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  A mother who went into labour 1,400 feet in the air has thanked everyone who helped her during the birth of her son after a midwife emergency. Torran was born inside a Coastguard helicopter above Penzance in Cornwall on Saturday night.and more »
  
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• A weakness for microwave jam

  20-08-2018 18:31
  Jam. Photograph: Brian Weed/Getty Images/Hemera
  
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• Brit who fell off Norwegian Star ship and spent 10 hours in sea 'may have jumped after row with boyfriend' - Mirror.co.uk

  20-08-2018 18:26 via mirror.co.uk
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  Brit who fell off Norwegian Star ship and spent 10 hours in sea 'may have jumped after row with boyfriend'
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  A Brit who spent 10 hours in the sea after falling from a cruise ship may have deliberately jumped following a drunken row with her partner, it's been claimed. Kay Longstaff's astonishing story of survival was reported round the world after she was ...
  Woman who fell from cruise ship 'had massive row before going overboard'Metro
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• Measles warning to holidaymakers after cases in Europe hit eight-year high

  20-08-2018 18:25
  Holidaymakers are being reminded to ensure they are vaccinated against measles after European cases soared to an eight-year high.More than 41,000 measles cases have been reported across Europe in the first six months of the year, including 37 deaths.The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the number of cases of the highly infectious disease are at their highest since 2010.
  
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• London-based luxury fashion site Farfetch seeks New York share float

  20-08-2018 18:22
  The loss-making fashion technology company, which connects brands including Chanel, Gucci and Balenciaga with wealthy young consumers, was started a decade ago by Portuguese entrepreneur Jose Neves.It secured $397m (£314m) from Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com last year, valuing Farfetch at more than $1bn.With luxury brands slow to develop their own online presence, Farfetch hopes to take a bigger slice of the $307bn global market for personal luxury goods.
  
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• How did Kay Longstaff survive 10 hours at sea after falling overboard?

  20-08-2018 18:16
  The British tourist was rescued after falling from a cruise ship into the AdriaticIf you are going to fall from a cruise ship into open water, there are worse places to do so than the Adriatic Sea at the height of summer. The temperature of the stretch of water that separates Italy from the Balkan peninsula is above 20C (68F) in August and minimal wind means that the sea tends to be calm.Kay Longstaff said she fell from an aft deck on the Venice-bound Norwegian Star around midnight on Saturday a
  
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• Hove boy with cerebral palsy races for friend after surgery

  20-08-2018 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Otto Barwell, who has cerebral palsy, went to the US for treatment and had to learn how to walk again.
  
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• Jamie Oliver's Jerk Rice A 'Mistake', Says Chef Who Taught Him Recipe

  20-08-2018 18:12
  Jamie Oliver's decision to sell a jerk rice dish has been branded a "mistake"
  
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• Low MMR uptake blamed for surge in measles cases across Europe

  20-08-2018 18:09
  A huge surge in measles cases across Europe has been reported by the World Health Organisation, which says low MMR vaccination rates are to blame.More than 41,000 cases of measles have been reported in the European region between January and June.“We are seeing a dramatic increase in infections and extended outbreaks,” said Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO regional director for Europe.
  
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• Farage is the armchair general of Brexit - The Times

  20-08-2018 18:01 via thetimes.co.uk
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  Farage is the armchair general of Brexit
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  To save your favourite articles so you can find them later, subscribe to one of our packs. Dismiss. Nigel Farage is back! Don't take it from me, take it from him. Pretty soon, he may be coming to your town on some manner of battle bus. “I'm back!” he ...and more »
  
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• European measles death toll hits 37 after antivax campaigns - The Times

  20-08-2018 18:01 via thetimes.co.uk
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  European measles death toll hits 37 after antivax campaigns
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  Measles cases have hit a record high in Europe, with the number so far this year already almost twice last year's total. In the first six months there were more than 41,000 cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported. Last year there were ...and more »
  
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• Liverpool ReSisters criticised for 'anti-trans' sticker stunt on Crosby Beach statues

  20-08-2018 18:00
  Protesters from a small women's rights group have been criticised for spreading "trans hatred" by vandalising a collection of statues on a beach in Liverpool.The sculptures - crafted by Angel of the North creator Antony Gormley - have been pasted with phallus-shaped stickers bearing the message "women don't have penises", by members of Liverpool ReSisters.In a statement, the group said the stunt on Crosby Beach was "aimed at raising awareness of the potential threat to sex-based rights and women
  
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• New Dinosaur Footprints ‘Are First Evidence Of Prehistoric Beasts On Scottish Mainland’

  20-08-2018 17:59
  Dinosaur footprints found near Inverness are believed to be the first evidence
  
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• Pakistan PM Imran Khan Kick-Starts Austerity Drive By Selling His Bullet-Proof Cars

  20-08-2018 17:34
  Pakistan's new Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on the rich to start
  
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• Jeremy Kyle defends Nigel Farage and makes BRILLIANT point about lily-livered Remainers - Express.co.uk

  20-08-2018 17:26 via express.co.uk
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  Jeremy Kyle defends Nigel Farage and makes BRILLIANT point about lily-livered Remainers
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  Speaking on his new talkRadio show the daytime TV stalwart argued that more politicians need the “conviction to stand up and say what they feel”. He said: “The UK voted for Brexit and a lot of weak-willed, lily-livered people will say 'yeah but the ...
  Leave Means Leave mocked for being 'pale, male and stale'The New Europeanall 68 news articles »
  
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• Beyoncé meets Botticelli: how tabloid photos throw new light on old masters

  20-08-2018 17:20
  The Twitter account Tabloid Art History juxtaposes celebrity shots with artworks they resemble. It’s a game that works because great art is universalBeyoncé poses with her twin babies. She is bedecked in flowers as she gazes emotionally into the heavenly distance. Do you spot the artistic echo? The creators of a Twitter account called TabloidArtHistory did. They juxtapose this photo with Botticelli’s Renaissance masterpiece Madonna of the Pomegranate. It is a beguiling match.
  
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• Class, schoolings and some harsh lessons – Football Weekly

  20-08-2018 17:15
  Max and co on Manchester United’s lacklustre defeat, Manchester City’s rout of Huddersfield and entertainment at the BridgeRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Paolo Bandini and Andy Brassell to dig into why Manchester United were so lacklustre at Brighton on Sunday afternoon. Continue reading...
  
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• Crystal Palace vs Liverpool live: Latest score and goal updates from Premier League clash at Selhurst Park - Mirror.co.uk

  20-08-2018 17:14 via mirror.co.uk
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  Crystal Palace vs Liverpool live: Latest score and goal updates from Premier League clash at Selhurst Park
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  Monday nights at Selhurst Park are enough to send shudders down the spine of many Liverpool fans. The South London club was the scene of the infamous 3-3 which derailed Brendan Rodgers' quest to bring the league title to Anfield in 2014. But this is a ...
  Crystal Palace v Liverpool: Premier League – live!The Guardianall 498 news articles »
  
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• Letter: Peter Tapsell promptly signed a cheque for £10,000

  20-08-2018 17:05
  A story told often in the House of Commons was about when Peter Tapsell was summoned to a constituency lunch to discuss his future, sometime in the 2000s.Peter was appalled that they would not be able to pay for a byelection.Quick as a flash, Peter took his chequebook out and signed one for £10,000, gave it to him and promptly bid the company a very pleasant afternoon.
  
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• Life on the inside at 'hell hole' Birmingham Prison

  20-08-2018 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Staff, inmates and visitors have described poor conditions at the beleaguered HMP Birmingham.
  
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• Conservative MPs launch fightback against Brexiteer 'entryism'

  20-08-2018 16:59
  A group of Conservative MPs have launched a fightback against claims of "entryism" by ardent Brexiteers.Leave.EU, a pro-Brexit campaign that was fined £70,000 by the Electoral Commission for breaking rules on spending during the referendum, says its backers are "flooding" the Conservative party.Philip Lee, a pro-Remain MP who resigned as a justice minister to criticise the government over its handling of Brexit, responded that it was "time to wake up and act against a hard-right Momentum".
  
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• Nirav Modi: India asks UK to extradite celebrity jeweller over '£1.3bn fraud'

  20-08-2018 16:57
  Indian authorities are asking Britain to extradite billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, who is allegedly at the centre of a £1.3bn bank fraud.Modi and his uncle, Mehul Choski, are accused of illegally diverting loans from India's second largest state-run lender, the Punjab National Bank, to foreign-based companies.Modi, 47, fled India in February and has since been linked to several countries.
  
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• The big family bond: Polpo's Russell Norman and his brother, Lloyd

  20-08-2018 16:52
  One is a charismatic food entrepreneur with a chain of restaurants. The other runs his own green energy consultancy. They grew up in a big family of four boys – and to each other, they are brothers first and foremost Continue reading...
  
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• Kerala Hit By Worst Flooding In A Century

  20-08-2018 16:44
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• In full: Pope Francis' letter on child sex abuse and cover-ups - BBC News

  20-08-2018 16:44 via bbc.co.uk
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  In full: Pope Francis' letter on child sex abuse and cover-ups
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  Pope Francis has issued a 2,000 word letter following a new report into clerical child sex abuse in the Catholic Church - here it is in full. Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis To the People of God. "If one member suffers, all suffer together with it ...
  Pope Francis in Ireland: Why is the pontiff visiting Dublin and will he address abuse in the Catholic Church?The Independent
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• UK weather: Temperatures to fall after days of sun, as forecasters warn of bank holiday weekend washout - The Independent

  20-08-2018 16:31 via independent.co.uk
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  UK weather: Temperatures to fall after days of sun, as forecasters warn of bank holiday weekend washout
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  Forecasters have dampened hopes of a warm and sunny bank holiday weekend, with rain expected to return ahead of the three-day break. The current spell of muggy, humid weather will only last until Wednesday, when temperatures are set to plummet and ...
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