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• 'Cruise' driver Scott Watkins jailed for killing teen in 'act of grotesque selfishness'

  21-08-2018 23:04
  Scott Watkins, 25, lost control of the high-performance vehicle and ploughed into a group of onlookers in what sentencing judge John Potter called an "act of grotesque selfishness".Among those hit was 19-year-old Sophie Smith, who died of her injuries, and four other spectators who were seriously hurt.Two, including Miss Smith's boyfriend Jordan Chidgey, 24, now use wheelchairs.
  
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• Top footballers praise young goalkeeper who conceded 11 goals in debut match

  21-08-2018 21:45
  A young goalkeeper who conceded 11 goals in his debut match has received praise from a host of top footballers.Allan Ogle shared a video of his nine-year-old son Harrison making a number of saves after the youngster's team lost 11-0.Mr Ogle from Chesterfield wrote: "He's overcome premature birth, swine flu, pneumonia and has educational challenges.
  
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• Two in hospital and two arrested in north London shooting

  21-08-2018 21:02
  Scotland Yard was unable to say whether or not there was any link between the incidents.Two people have been taken to hospital and two more have been arrested on suspicion of their attempted murder, after the second shooting near a north London tube station in as many days, police said.Armed officers were called out after the incident, which happened near Rayners Lane underground station shortly after 5pm on Tuesday.
  
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• Wallaby escapes hours after arriving at Filey Bird Garden and Animal Park

  21-08-2018 20:10
  A wallaby has escaped just hours after arriving at an animal park, despite the owners installing a 6ft-high fence to keep it in.Staff at the Filey Bird Garden and Animal Park on the North Yorkshire coast have been left "baffled" after the 2ft tall marsupial managed to get over its "wallaby-proof" barrier.The animal was one of two male Bennett's wallabies which arrived at the park on Monday.
  
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• Court says seriously ill woman can work while fighting UK deportation

  21-08-2018 20:04
  The Home Office was told it was wrong to deprive Kehinde of access to essential services.The case was brought by Kehinde, a seriously ill Nigerian woman, who couldn’t afford the medication she requires to stay alive after the Home Office triggered a terrorism-related paragraph of immigration law to try to get her to leave the country.The Home Office, however, refused her application on the basis of a discrepancy in her 2010/2011 tax return.
  
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• Danny Boyle Quits As Director Of Next Bond Film

  21-08-2018 19:57
  Danny Boyle has quit as director of the next James Bond film "due to creative
  
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• EU expects delay in Brexit deal beyond October target

  21-08-2018 19:31
  European Union leaders are likely to have to hold an emergency summit in November to consider any Brexit agreement struck with Britain, missing an informal deadline the previous month, diplomats in Brussels said.Agreeing the terms of Britain's exit from the EU next March, as well as an outline of its future ties with the bloc, is proving a tall order.Delays have stirred talk that Britain could crash out of the EU with no agreements to replace nearly five decades of close cooperation in everythin
  
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• EU, Britain name Ireland, future trade ties as key hold-ups in Brexit talks

  21-08-2018 19:19
  The European Union and Britain on Tuesday named rifts over the Irish border after Brexit and future economic cooperation as the key sticking points in divorce talks, with London saying these issues should be resolved through a political deal.Brexit negotiators for the EU and Britain met in Brussels, agreeing to step up the unprecedented talks before Britain leaves the bloc next March.Britain's Dominic Raab, secretary of state for exiting the EU, said a Brexit deal on the October target was still
  
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• Genoa Bridge Collapse: The Queen Sends Message Of Condolence To Italian President Sergio Mattarella

  21-08-2018 19:09
  The Queen has sent a message of condolence to the Italian president Sergio
  
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• UK and EU to enter ‘continuous’ talks to resolve Brexit deadlock

  21-08-2018 19:04
  The UK and the EU have agreed to hold “continuous” Brexit talks after a cool encounter between lead negotiators in Brussels appeared to yield little progress.“The negotiations are now entering the final stage,” said Michel Barnier, the former French minister who is leading the talks for the EU.With the clock ticking down to an autumn deadline to reach an agreement, Raab said he remained confident of making a deal in October, while his French opposite number said parliamen
  
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• UK and EU to hold 'continuous' Brexit negotiations in bid for breakthrough

  21-08-2018 19:03
  Britain will hold continuous negotiations with the EU from now on in a bid to achieve a breakthrough in Brexit talks.Following a meeting with Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab in Brussels on Tuesday, the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier revealed discussions "are now entering the final stage"."We have agreed the EU and the UK will negotiate continuously from now on and Dominic and I will meet regularly to take stock and move the negotiations forward," he said.
  
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• Financial services paper to be published on no-deal Brexit

  21-08-2018 19:03
  A no-deal impact paper for financial services has been listed as among the first batch of official assessments due to be published on Thursday, at a time when banks and insurers have been warning about the risks of a disorderly Brexit.It was unexpectedly slated as one of approximately 20 no-deal papers due for publication, covering subjects as diverse as nuclear research, farming payments and state aid, as the government spells out what action it will have to take should the UK crash out of Euro
  
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• Brexit 'no-deal': paper on impact on financial services due Thursday

  21-08-2018 19:03
  A UK financial trade body has warned of the risk of a serious breakdown in cross-border financial services in March 2019.A Brexit “no-deal” impact paper for financial services has been listed among the first batch of official assessments due to be published on Thursday, at a time when banks and insurers have been warning about the risks of a disorderly exit from the EU.The government wants to spell out what action it will have to take should the UK crash out of the EU.
  
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• After Birmingham, who can we trust to run our jails?

  21-08-2018 18:49
  A G4S drug search dog and officer patrol the perimeter of Birmingham prison, which has this week been taken over by the Ministry of Justice.Perhaps the most depressing aspect of the current prison mess (Failures at private jail are reflection of broader crisis, MoJ is warned, 21 August) is that events were both predictable and avoidable.Many of us have warned ministers of successive governments, both privately and in reports, over many years that the situation we see today was an inevitable
  
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• Emmeline Pankhurst statue mustn’t be banished

  21-08-2018 18:48
  The proposal, however well-intended, to move Emmeline Pankhurst’s statue from its current location in Victoria Tower Gardens to the private Regent’s University in London must be stopped (Campaigners oppose plan to move statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, 18 August).The current situation has largely arisen because of her refusal to cooperate with the Pankhurst Trust, headed by Sir Neil Thorne, who favoured the erection of two statues in Canning Green, one of Pankhurst and one of the ot
  
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• Coverage of UK court proceedings inevitable, says top TV executive

  21-08-2018 18:44
  Some filming of Tommy Robinson’s appeal against his contempt of court conviction was allowed under current rules.A senior ITN executive has said it is inevitable that British court proceedings will be televised and has called for the government to allow greater use of cameras in court.The public had the right to understand the outcome of complicated cases, such as those involving the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, according to John Battle, the head of compliance for ITN, who has helped
  
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• 'They've let the 96 down' - relatives of Hillsborough victims criticise CPS

  21-08-2018 18:32
  The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) explained its decision to a judge in Preston on Tuesday as the victims' families watched on from the public gallery.Outside court, there were hugs between the families and much shoulder shrugging as they discussed the decision.One of them, Louise Brookes, whose brother Andrew died at Hillsborough, summed up her feelings.
  
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• India urges crackdown on 'sinister' WhatsApp messages blamed for a string of mob lynchings 

  21-08-2018 18:30
  India urges crackdown on 'sinister' WhatsApp messages blamed for a string of mob lynchings 
  
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• EU's Barnier says Brexit must keep bloc's single market intact

  21-08-2018 18:13
  The European Union's Brexit negotiator said on Tuesday any agreement with Britain on their future relationship must respect the bloc's single market rules.Speaking after holding talks with Brexit secretary Dominic Raab in Brussels on Tuesday, Barnier said the unprecedented talks were entering the final stage.
  
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• Raab hopes Brexit deal with EU still possible in October

  21-08-2018 18:02
  Britain is confident it can reach a Brexit agreement with the European Union in October, the country's chief negotiator on leaving the bloc said on Tuesday."If we have that ambition, that pragmatism and that energy on both sides, I'm confident we can reach that agreement by October," Dominic Raab said after meeting EU negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels."There are still gaps, we've had an honest conversation about those," he added.
  
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• Asia Argento Strongly Denies Sexual Assault After Allegation From Jimmy Bennett

  21-08-2018 17:56
  Asia Argento has strongly denied sexual assault, following the leak of
  
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• Sydney rescuer: Fuel fumes 'burning your eyes'

  21-08-2018 17:45
  Will McGovern, one of the first on the Sydney crash scene, says the fuel fumes were "burning your eyes".
  
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• British tycoon killed in seaplane crash with his family 'leaves £41m' to Oxfam

  21-08-2018 17:38
  A British businessman who was killed in a seaplane crash with his family has left a reported £41m to the charity Oxfam.The aid organisation said it was "extremely grateful" for the bequest from Richard Cousins, who died alongside his fiancee, his two sons and her daughter near Sydney on New Year's Eve.The sum will be a welcome boost to the charity after thousands of people stopped donating money earlier this year in the wake of the Haiti sex scandal.
  
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• Shopkeeper jailed for selling toxic and illegal skin-lightening products

  21-08-2018 17:30
  A shopkeeper has been jailed for selling illegal and toxic skin-lightening products in the first custodial sentence of its kind.Mohammed Iqbal Bharodawala, who owned Jenny's Cosmetics Limited in Walworth, southeast London, admitted nine charges of selling products containing the banned ingredient hydroquinone.The substance, banned in the UK in 2001, causes skin damage and is linked to damage of the liver and nervous system.
  
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• Officer who slapped teenage girl used 'reasonable force'

  21-08-2018 17:25
  A police officer who was captured on video using an "open hand strike" on 14-year-old girl used "reasonable force" to restrain her, Lancashire Constabulary has said.Lancashire police said the open hand strike was used when the girl "attempted to grab the officer's taser and radio".The video has been viewed more than two and a half million times on Facebook.
  
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• WhatsApp to crack down on 'sinister' messages, says Indian government

  21-08-2018 17:21
  WhatsApp will stop "sinister" messages spreading across its platform, it has assured the Indian govenment.The company is going to develop tools to combat the deadly problem of fake messages, according to its information technology minister.Despite not being true, they have regularly contributed towards deadly killings and other attacks, leading to a crackdown from the Indian government.
  
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• Lancashire Police Officer Hitting A 14-Year-Old Girl

  21-08-2018 17:20
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• Coroner Flags Mystery Of Deleted Calls In 2008 Crash That Killed Two Teenagers

  21-08-2018 17:00
  A coroner investigating a road crash that killed two schoolchildren has
  
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• Century-old mystery photos found in a box for £4 at an Essex car boot sale

  21-08-2018 16:59
  Greg Pack digitally restored the 100-year-old photos using his phone and Photoshop.
  
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• Bank Holiday Traffic: Drivers Warned Of ‘Huge Potential For Gridlock’

  21-08-2018 16:50
  People planning to travel by car this bank holiday weekend are being warned
  
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• A Rhino, 2 Meerkats And A Turtle... No It's Not A Joke, It's The Annual Whipsnade Zoo Animal Weigh-In

  21-08-2018 16:48
  What do a one-horned rhinoceros and a butterfly have in common? Well, on
  
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• What Is Eid Al-Adha?

  21-08-2018 16:40
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• UK immigration policy should favour those with job offers, says Fox

  21-08-2018 16:32
  Liam Fox has said a post-Brexit immigration policy should favour those who want to come to the UK because they have a job offer, as he sought to talk up the country’s economic prospects after leaving the EU.The international trade secretary said the 2016 referendum result demonstrated the British public had rejected free movement but said any future plans had to take into account the UK’s employment needs.“I think the public can differentiate between people who come here with a
  
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• Aide To 'World's Most Wanted' Gangster Kaskar Dawood Ibrahim Detained In London

  21-08-2018 16:24
  A key aide of the world's most wanted gangster has been arrested at a top
  
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• US Deports 95-Year-Old Former Nazi

  21-08-2018 15:59
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• Russia accuses UK of trying to dictate policy to the EU and U.S.

  21-08-2018 15:29
  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Britain on Tuesday of trying to impose its hostile Russia policy on the European Union and the United States, Russian news agencies reported.Lavrov was responding to an initiative by foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, who is due to tell an audience in Washington later on Tuesday that London wants the EU, which it is in the process of leaving, to increase sanctions on Moscow.
  
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• There’s now a real Kwik-E-Mart to visit and you can buy Lard Lad Donuts

  21-08-2018 15:16
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• Herding cats: how to look after 300 (or, at least, two)

  21-08-2018 15:16
  How many cats is too many cats? There’s no purrrfect answer, but the Celia Hammond Sanctuary manages to care for almost 300 if that’s a guide. Here’s how, plus an FAQ for every multi-cat householdThere is a place deep in the Sussex countryside where the four-legged residents reign supreme. They’re dozing in flowerpots, stretching in shady spots and exploring local woodlands; at first glance, it seems like 100 acres of feline paradise. But the path to the Celia Hammond Reh
  
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• Feline hungry? An expert guide to feeding cats

  21-08-2018 15:16
  Your cat may act like it can look after itself but, like a teenager, it’s definitely underselling how much it needs you – especially when it comes to nutrition. Here’s how to get it rightCats are masters of being able to wind their owners around their little claws, and as a result they make us believe they are desperately in need of feeding when in fact, they’re not. Despite what we think, cats have no social aspect to eating. In other words, they don’t love us for
  
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• Labour MP Chris Williamson's 'democracy roadshow' criticised

  21-08-2018 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Williamson is accused of using tour to mobilise support to unseat critics of Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Kremlin declines to comment on UK call for more EU sanctions against Russia

  21-08-2018 14:54
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday declined to comment on a British call for the European Union to increase sanctions against Russia, saying it was not yet familiar with the details of what London was proposing.
  
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• Police defend officer filmed apparently slapping teenage girl

  21-08-2018 14:39
  Police have defended an officer caught on camera apparently slapping a teenage girl and pulling her hair as she resisted arrest.The altercation was filmed by a passerby in the Lancashire town of Accrington on Monday and has been viewed more than 2 million times after being posted on Facebook.Lancashire police acknowledged that the restraint techniques used in the arrest “may look shocking to untrained onlookers” and said they were investigating.
  
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• Stray cat causes infection scare at Epsom hospital

  21-08-2018 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The Sun newspaper published pictures of "Monty" on a desk and in a stand-off with a rat.
  
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• Ripon Sainsbury's evacuated after sinkhole opens up

  21-08-2018 14:32 via bbc.co.uk
  A sinkhole opened up close to the supermarket in Ripon but there were no reports of injuries.
  
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• Adrian Chiles 'horrified' at drinking 100 alcohol units a week

  21-08-2018 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The TV and radio broadcaster revealed he sometimes drank more than 100 units a week.
  
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• Kay Longstaff: cruise ship plunge survivor 'was not upset before incident' says father

  21-08-2018 14:27
  Longstaff is reported to have told a rescuer that singing and her fitness from doing yoga helped her survive in the water.The father of a British woman who survived for 10 hours in the sea after plunging from a cruise ship has cast doubt on claims she was going through a distressing period before the incident.The passenger, Kay Longstaff, was rescued by the Croatian coastguard on Sunday several hours after going overboard about 60 miles (100km) offshore as the Norwegian Star ship headed to Venic
  
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• Britain apologises to migrants removed in Windrush scandal

  21-08-2018 14:24
  Britain said it would formally apologise to 18 members of the "Windrush generation" who were forced to leave or detained because they were not issued with documents when they came to the country from the Caribbean after World War Two.The scandal damaged the authority of Prime Minister Theresa May, who had led efforts to tackle illegal immigration when she led the Home Office, and resulted in the resignation of her Home Secretary Amber Rudd.May said earlier this year that the treatment of thousan
  
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• Windrush Migrants Wrongly Deported Or Detained Get Formal Apology From Sajid Javid

  21-08-2018 14:22
  Sajid Javid has apologised to 18 members of the Windrush generation after a
  
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• Windrush: Government apologises to 18 members wrongfully removed or detained

  21-08-2018 14:19
  The home secretary is apologising to 18 members of the Windrush generation believed to have been wrongfully removed or detained.A Home Office review identified the group as having come to the UK from the Caribbean before 1973 and stayed permanently, but were unable to prove their continued residence in the country.Of the group of 18, the review found 11 left the UK voluntarily while the remaining seven were detained but subsequently released without being removed.
  
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• Windrush generation: Sajid Javid apology for removals

  21-08-2018 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Eighteen people who could have been wrongfully removed or detained are to get a formal apology
  
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