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• Young blood an elixir that prevents age-related diseases, study reveals

  08-09-2018 23:35
  Blood taken from a young person could be the key to maintaining long-lasting health in old age, scientists claim.It could also help reduce the chances of developing age-related diseases, the scientists at University College London (UCL) said.Dame Linda Partridge, a geneticist at UCL, said research shows that young blood could allow humans to live a life free of diseases such as cancer and heart disease right up until their deaths.
  
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• Anthony Joshua's car stolen ahead of heavyweight title fight

  08-09-2018 22:51
  Anthony Joshua's personalised Range Rover has been stolen just weeks before his heavyweight title fight.The boxer is understood to have been training in Sheffield when his car was taken from central London.Sky News has contacted Joshua's agent for further comment.
  
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• UK set to keep freedom of movement after Brexit, George Osborne predicts

  08-09-2018 22:12
  George Osborne has predicted there will still be free movement of people after Brexit, hinting that his close friend Michael Gove supports the idea.The former Chancellor said the "emerging option" was that Britain will remain in the European Economic Area (EEA) after it formally quits the EU in March next year.Prime Minister Theresa May has promised Britain will quit the EEA when it leaves the EU, saying people voted to "take back control of our borders".
  
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• Sandi Toksvig sparks new gender pay row over QI fee

  08-09-2018 21:58 via theguardian.com
  ‘Equal pay is not about me,’ television presenter tells Women’s Equality party meeting in Kettering
  Sandi Toksvig, the television presenter, has revealed she is paid less than half of Stephen Fry’s fee for chairing the BBC’s quiz show QI.The performer, who also presents Channel 4’s Great British Bake Off, was answering a question about her pay from one of the delegates at the Women’s Equality party conference on Saturday in Kettering during a session on
  
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• Bombshell poll reveals massive union backing for new EU vote

  08-09-2018 21:30
  Poll of union members will likely send shockwaves through the political establishment on the eve of party conference season.Members of Britain’s three biggest trade unions now support a new referendum on Brexit by a margin of more than two to one, according to a bombshell poll that will cause political shockwaves on the eve of the party conference season.The survey of more than 2,700 members of Unite, Unison and the GMB by YouGov, for the People’s Vote campaign, also finds that a cle
  
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• Bombshell poll reveals heavy union backing for second Brexit vote

  08-09-2018 21:30
  Poll of union members will likely send shockwaves through the political establishment on the eve of party conference season.Members of Britain’s three biggest trade unions now support a new referendum on Brexit by a margin of more than two to one, according to a bombshell poll that will cause political shockwaves on the eve of the party conference season.The survey of more than 2,700 members of Unite, Unison and the GMB by YouGov, for the People’s Vote campaign, also finds that a cle
  
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• Two young girls grabbed in attempted abduction in London

  08-09-2018 21:26
  Two young girls were grabbed in an attempted abduction attempt in east London, police have said.The girls were grabbed by the suspect during the incident on Coronation Avenue, Stoke Newington.The girls, who police confirmed are not sisters, screamed for help and the suspect ran away.
  
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• First Case Of Monkeypox Diagnosed In The UK

  08-09-2018 20:56
  The first ever case of monkeypox has been recorded in the UK.
  
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• First case of monkeypox recorded in the UK as Royal Free treats Nigerian patient

  08-09-2018 20:32
  Doctors have recorded the first ever case of monkeypox in the UK, a rare disease which can be fatal.A Nigerian national is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London after being diagnosed with the rare viral infection while staying at a naval base in Cornwall.The patient, who has not been identified, is believed to have contracted the disease in Nigeria before travelling to the UK.
  
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• Ultra runner makes pit stop during 106-mile race to breastfeed baby son

  08-09-2018 20:20
  An ultra runner has been captured breastfeeding her young son in the middle of a 106-mile (171km) endurance race.Sophie Power, from London, was running the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc, which spans the Alps in Switzerland and France, but with her three-month-old son it presented different challenges to her usual races.Ms Power had to stop at every aid station along the route, where her husband would meet her with a breast pump so she could express, and ferry the milk back to baby Cormac.
  
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• 'QI's' Sandi Toksvig Reveals Huge Gender Pay Gap Over Ex-Host Stephen Fry

  08-09-2018 20:05
  'QI' host Sandi Toksvig has revealed she is paid 40% of what the programme's
  
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• Boris Johnson Booed By Cricket Fans At England v India Test

  08-09-2018 19:52
  Boris Johnson was booed by cricket fans when he was shown on the big screen at
  
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• Drinking young blood could prevent age-related diseases, study reveals

  08-09-2018 19:34
  Blood taken from a young person could be the key to maintaining long-lasting health in old age, scientists claim.Blood factors obtained from young beings can improve late-life health in animals, the study published in Nature journal revealed.It could also help reduce the chances of developing age-related diseases, the scientists at University College London (UCL) said.
  
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• Body of Richard Chapelow found after banana boat fall in Portugal

  08-09-2018 19:31
  The body of a British man who went missing after he fell from a banana boat almost three weeks ago has been found.Richard Chapelow, 29, was thrown from the boat on Portugal's Santa Clara Dam on 20 August.Firefighters told the AFP news agency on Saturday that Mr Chapelow's body had been spotted by a passerby at the lake and that a post-mortem was under way at nearby Beja hospital.
  
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• McDonnell: Labour will give power to workers through ‘ownership funds’

  08-09-2018 19:00
  All private companies employing more than 250 people would have to set up “ownership funds” giving workers financial stakes in their companies and increasing powers to influence how they are run, under radical plans announced by Labour as it prepares for a possible general election within months.The far-reaching proposals, which would empower millions of workers across the private sector, were unveiled by the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, in an interview with the Observer.McDonn
  
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• Costumed canines by William Wegman – in pictures

  08-09-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  Since the 1970s, the American artist William Wegman has photographed his dogs in a variety of poses; now a collection of his Polaroids is being exhibited in the UK for the first time. The series started with Man Ray, named after the surrealist artist, followed by Fay Ray and several generations of her puppies. All of them are Weimaraners: “As pointer-retrievers, they have an innate ability to hold still and focus,” explains Wegman. All his dogs enjoy the process of posing, he says, b
  
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• Turkey warns Russia an attack on Idlib will turn it into ‘lake of blood’

  08-09-2018 17:56 via theguardian.com
  Erdoğan pleads with Putin not to launch offensive on Syrian opposition enclaveTurkey has warned it will not stand by and watch a Russian-led attack on Syria’s Idlib province, which it said could turn the densely-packed north west of the country into a “lake of blood” and force an overwhelming exodus of refugees.Speaking hours after a three-way summit in Tehran at which the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, pleaded with Russia and Iran to halt any forthcoming of
  
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• Boris Johnson booed by cricket fans at Oval as England face India

  08-09-2018 17:40
  Boris Johnson was booed by crowds of cricket fans as he watched England's final Test against India at The Oval.The former foreign secretary appeared to be sitting on his own at the south London venue and was looking at his phone when the cameras panned around and spotted him in the crowd.Noting his attendance, commentator David Gower said: "Ah, the former foreign secretary.
  
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• Girl Guides defend controversial new deal with British army

  08-09-2018 17:00
  The Girl Guides are braced for a backlash after signing a high-profile sponsorship deal with the army.The controversial move has been attacked by some of the group’s 500,000 members as well as pacifist organisations, who claim the decision by Girlguiding, as it is now known, to accept sponsorship for an initiative involving members as young as four runs counter to its inclusive, peace-orientated ethos.The army already sponsors a Cub Scouts badge, but its partnership with the Guides represe
  
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• Cocaine and heroin worth £27m found in vegetable lorry

  08-09-2018 16:39
  The seizure operation was led by the National Crime Agency.Class A drugs with a potential street value of £27m have been found hidden inside a lorry carrying vegetables at a port in the east of England.About 400kg of cocaine and heroin were discovered hidden among a load of onions and tomatoes at Killingholme port in north Lincolnshire in an operation led by the National Crime Agency.
  
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• Car Crashes Through Plate Glass Window At Westfield Stratford

  08-09-2018 16:20
  A car smashed through a plate glass window and into an escalator at the
  
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• Man stabbed in Barnsley 'by knife-wielding woman shouting kill, kill, kill, kill'

  08-09-2018 16:02
  Abdul Razzaq confronted the woman after she produced a large kitchen knife and shouted "kill, kill, kill, kill" - stabbing a person in the shoulder before walking around the streets.Mr Razzaq said he managed to convince her to put down the knife, and police officers subsequently arrested her.Explaining how the woman appeared when he was setting up his stall early on Saturday morning, Mr Razzaq said: "I saw the lady come over on one side and say, 'Kill, kill, kill kill,' but I ignored it at first
  
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• British anti-terrorism police help investigate Barnsley knife attack

  08-09-2018 15:58
  Anti-terrorism officers were helping to investigate a knife attack in a northern English town on Saturday in which one man was injured, although police said they were keeping an open mind.A woman was arrested, they said, after what officers earlier called a "serious incident" in Barnsley which resulted in the man suffering minor injuries.A kitchen knife had been recovered and was being forensically examined, South Yorkshire police said.
  
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• Young girls found safe and well in Blackpool

  08-09-2018 15:56
  Two children believed to have gone missing in Lancashire have been found safe and well.Police had been concerned for the welfare of Suria Ganhao, four, and three-month-old Leticia Almond.The children had been last seen in Preston on Friday afternoon.
  
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• UEFA Nations League: How the new tournament works

  08-09-2018 15:43
  International football is returning to our screens after England's narrow miss in the World Cup.
  
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• Police arrest woman after knife attack in Barnsley

  08-09-2018 15:43
  Counter-terrorism officers are assisting a police investigation into a knife attack in Barnsley town centre which left one man requiring treatment for minor injuries.A woman had been arrested in connection with the stabbing and a kitchen knife was recovered after the incident on Saturday morning, South Yorkshire police confirmed.A market trader was being hailed as hero for reportedly confronting the alleged attacker and convincing her to put down the knife, before she was arrested by officers.
  
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• Aston Martin picks ‎Hughes to steer car-maker's £5bn public debut

  08-09-2018 15:19
  A former Coca-Cola executive who is one of Britain's most experienced boardroom figures has been lined up to steer Aston Martin's £5bn drive onto the London stock market.Sky News can exclusively reveal that Penny Hughes will become the first female chair of a British car-maker when the luxury marque lists its shares in the coming weeks.A formal intention to float announcement by the maker of the Vanquish S, DB5 and Lagonda, which will disclose Ms Hughes's appointment, is expected to be pub
  
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• British cinema’s exclusion of the young, skint and state educated is a national shame | Danny Leigh

  08-09-2018 15:00 via theguardian.com
  The 1963 arrival of Billy Liar looked like the beginnings of a more democratic, working-class film industry. So why are we still stuck with polite social realism and sniggery classism?Billy Liar always was a great night out. “A brand new kind of escapist entertainment,” the trailer blared when the film was released in 1963. But the escape it most literally concerned – one in which a northern funeral clerk might jump on a train and make it as a London scriptwriter – wasn&r
  
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• Second Brexit Vote Only Way To Break Commons Impasse, Ex-Minister Says

  08-09-2018 14:18
  A former minister has added his voice to calls for a fresh referendum on
  
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• Family's 'Amazing' Escape After Falling Onto Tube Tracks As Train Approaches

  08-09-2018 13:35
  A family of three has "amazingly" survived after a mother and child fell into
  
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• Police arrest person after knife attack in Barnsley

  08-09-2018 12:19
  Police have asked the public to remain vigilant in Barnsley town centre.Police have arrested a person in connection with a knife attack in Barnsley town centre, the South Yorkshire force has said.Police then received several further reports of an individual carrying a knife in the town centre.
  
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• Arrest made after man 'stabbed' in Barnsley town centre

  08-09-2018 12:08
  One person has been arrested after police received reports of an individual in Barnsley town centre with a knife.There was a "high-visibility police presence" in the town centre, and the public were urged to be vigilant.Hannah Fuller, 24, who works at the Subway sandwich shop at the Barnsley Interchange, said that officers rushed towards a railway platform and that businesses had been forced to close for an hour.
  
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• Police make arrest after stabbing in English town of Barnsley

  08-09-2018 11:50
  British police said they had made an arrest after what they earlier called a "serious incident" in the northern English town of Barnsley on Saturday."One person has been arrested in connection with the incident and is now in police custody," South Yorkshire police said in a statement.
  
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• Brexit secretary under fire from Michel Barnier over Irish border issue

  08-09-2018 11:49
  Michel Barnier has expressed his frustration with Dominic Raab, the Brexit secretary, for allegedly withholding information from the EU, as the question of the Irish border erupted again in the Brexit negotiations.The EU negotiator was said to be “disappointed and irritated” by Raab’s alleged failure this week to live up to a promise to provide data on the trade flows between the UK and Northern Ireland, which had been requested as part of an attempt to take the drama out of th
  
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• Family who fell on to tube track unharmed after train passes overhead

  08-09-2018 11:23
  A mother and child who fell onto a tube track at Baker Street station survived by ducking into a pit between the rails as the train passed over their heads.The woman was walking with a pram along the platform at the station in north London at about 10.15pm on Friday night, but became distracted by the overhead display boards and did not realise how narrow the platform was.
  
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• Family dive for cover and survive Tube ordeal at Baker Street station

  08-09-2018 11:21
  A couple and their young child have "amazingly" survived being run over by a train on the London Underground.The unnamed mother was pushing her child in a buggy while looking up at an information board above the platform at Baker Street station on Friday evening.
  
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• NFL stadium food: cheese, meat and the $75, 7lbs burger – in pictures

  08-09-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  With the National Football League season kicking off this week, here’s a sampling of what the fans will be eating in the stands Continue reading...
  
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• Barnsley Incident: 'Heroic' Market Trader Faced Down Woman With Knife

  08-09-2018 10:47
  A "heroic" market trader faced down a woman brandishing a "foot-long knife"
  
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• Barnsley: 'Serious Incident' Sees One Person Arrested By Police

  08-09-2018 10:47
  A "serious incident" in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, prompted police to place
  
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• People Are Backing This Darlington Woman In Her Feud With House Of Fraser

  08-09-2018 10:41
  When house-proud Fiona Boston bought her new sofa at House of Fraser this
  
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• Scallop wars: British and French fail to reach agreement during Paris talks

  08-09-2018 10:07
  British and French fishermen have failed to reach a deal to end the scallop wars in the English Channel.Talks broke down in Paris on Friday, with industry bosses unsuccessful in an attempt to agree a compensation package that would address recent skirmishes.Tensions rose last week when five British vessels sparred with dozens of French boats in the Seine Bay - with footage showing fishermen from both sides ramming each other.
  
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• Phoebe Waller-Bridge: 'I have an appetite for transgressive women'

  08-09-2018 09:00 via theguardian.com
  The Fleabag and Killing Eve creator on sex, fearlessness and what makes her ragePhoebe Waller-Bridge is sitting in an upmarket restaurant, asking me to teach her how to burp at will. “I can’t armpit fart and I can’t fake burp, and I think that’s a tragedy,” she says. We met about five minutes ago; I’m not quite sure how we reached this point. Waller-Bridge is tall, gangly, preppy. Head-girl material. But a rebel head girl who likes to get everyone into trouble
  
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• 'Windrush' Refers To Families Like Mine – So Why Had I Never Heard It Before?

  08-09-2018 09:00
  Growing up in the UK, I didn't see or read a lot about British Caribbeans. As
  
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• 'We Are Always In The Wrong Top Tens': How Austerity Has Hit The Vegas Of The North

  08-09-2018 08:48
  For many Brits, Blackpool has a special place in our hearts. The 'Vegas of the
  
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• Fears are growing for missing child and baby

  08-09-2018 07:52
  Two children have gone missing and police say they are growing increasingly concerned for their welfare.Lancashire Constabulary said officers are searching for Suria Ganhao, four, and three-month-old Leticia Almond.The children were last seen in Preston Friday afternoon.
  
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• Heart health: the science behind keeping heart disease at bay

  08-09-2018 07:00
  A survey of heart health delivered the grim finding this week that four out of five adults in England have hearts that are more damaged than they ought to be for their age.Public Health England’s “heart age test”, taken by 2 million people in England, paints a dismal picture of the country’s health and has drawn fresh attention to the most potent risk factors for heart disease – and how people can avoid it.About 80% of heart attacks and strokes in people under 75 co
  
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• Fault-based divorce could be thing of the past

  08-09-2018 06:09
  Justice Secretary David Gauke is to launch a consultation on plans for a major shake-up of divorce laws, with a move towards a "less antagonistic" system.Details of the consultation have not been confirmed but Mr Gauke previously told The Times that the current laws "create a degree of antagonism in an already difficult and sensitive set of circumstances".Pip Wilson, an entrepreneur who created divorce app Amicable, told Sky News that the move towards change was "extremely positive".
  
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• Chuka Umunna tells Corbyn to 'call off the dogs' and end purge

  08-09-2018 06:05
  Labour backbencher Chuka Umunna has accused leader Jeremy Corbyn of driving centre-left MPs out of the party, urging him to "call off the dogs".Several Labour MPs who have been critical of Mr Corbyn, particularly over his handling of the anti-Semitism row, have found themselves locked in battles with members of their constituency Labour party.Labour Friends of Israel chairwoman Joan Ryan, a former minister under Tony Blair, and Luton South MP Gavin Shuker, both lost local no confidence votes on
  
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• Cold call crackdown could see firms fined up to £500,000

  08-09-2018 04:21
  New measures to end "the menace of nuisance calls" for millions of householders have come into force.People will now be given the choice to opt-in to be contacted by companies offering to sell payment protection insurance or settle personal injury claims.Businesses which call customers without their consent face fines of up to half a million pounds by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
  
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• Nikolai Glushkov believed he was poisoned five years before his murder

  08-09-2018 02:44
  A Russian exile who was murdered in London was previously targeted by two mystery men from Moscow who brought him champagne.Former Aeroflot deputy director Nikolai Glushkov, 68, was apparently strangled in his home in New Malden, southwest London, a week after the novichok poisonings of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.Police are working on the theory that Mr Glushkov, like ex-Russian spy Mr Skripal and his daughter, was targeted by Russia's spy agencies.
  
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