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• Thugs who kidnapped and murdered jeweller Ramniklal Jogiya, 74, jailed for life

  10-09-2018 23:31
  Thomas Jervis, 24, and Charles Mcauley, 20, had earlier been convicted after a trial of murdering Ramniklal Jogiya on the grounds of joint enterprise.The planner of the robbery, Jervis, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years.Mcauley was sentenced to custody for life with a minimum of 30 years.
  
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• Man suspected of stealing cat and fleeing on train

  10-09-2018 22:02
  A man is being hunted by police for allegedly stealing a cat before escaping on a train.The large Siberian Forest ginger cat, named Mr Muk, disappeared from outside his owner's home in Islington.Police said Mr Muk had been seen at the station between 8.30pm and 9pm on 30 July.
  
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• UK baby born with heart outside body allowed visits home

  10-09-2018 21:47
  A British baby who was born with her heart outside her body has been allowed to make visits to her parents' home after months in hospital, the BBC reported on Monday.Vanellope Wilkins was born last November with medics giving her less than a 10 percent chance of survival.
  
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• BT Digital Kiosks Expansion Halted After Claims They're 'Used Mainly For Drug Dealing'

  10-09-2018 21:47
  Councils and police have reportedly halted the installation of BT digital
  
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• Sex at gunpoint: Telford child abuse victims speak out

  10-09-2018 21:33
  Child abuse victims in Telford, including one forced to have sex at gunpoint, say they are still struggling to get justice.Sky News has spoken exclusively to victims and parents caught up in the scandal to reveal the sordid secrets of the Shropshire town where child abuse was rife for years.One women told Sky News how, as a teenager, she was forced to have sex with a gun to her head.
  
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• Labour has shifted focus from bingo to quinoa, say swing voters

  10-09-2018 21:22
  Labour has evolved from being the party of casseroles and bingo to the party of quinoa and student protests, according to research with swing voters in marginal constituencies.Political analysts from the consultancy firm Britain Thinks carried out a pair of focus groups with swing voters from two marginal constituencies, Crewe and Thurrock and, separately, polled 2,000 people nationwide.Participants in the focus groups, which in Crewe were 18-44 year olds, and in Thurrock, older voters, repeated
  
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• Newspaper's Cartoon Of Serena Williams Condemned As 'Racist And Sexist'

  10-09-2018 21:19
  An Australian cartoonist's caricature of Serena Williams following her
  
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• Man, 23, arrested after death of Specials singer Neville Staple's grandson

  10-09-2018 21:19
  A man, 23, has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Fidel Glasgow - grandson of Specials singer Neville Staple.Mr Glasgow, 21, died in hospital after being stabbed in the stomach in Coventry during an altercation near Club M in the early hours of 1 September.Neville Staple, who found fame with the Ska band in the late 1970s, has said he is feeling "numb" after losing his grandson.
  
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• U.S. judge orders accused Russian agent Butina kept in jail

  10-09-2018 21:07
  A U.S. judge on Monday refused to let accused Russian agent Maria Butina out of jail pending her trial, saying Butina poses a "very real risk of flight," and also granted a prosecution request for a gag order in the high-profile case."I cannot envision a scenario for Ms. Butina to be released from jail," U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said during a status hearing in the case, adding that such a move would result in her being "placed into a car with diplomatic tags" and being whisked away to t
  
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• Boris Johnson will keep 'throwing rocks' at PM's Brexit plan, allies say

  10-09-2018 20:55
  Boris Johnson had described May’s Brexit plan as a ‘suicide vest’ for the UK.Boris Johnson will continue to “throw rocks” at Theresa May’s Chequers plan in the weeks running up to Tory conference but has no plans to launch an immediate leadership bid amid the fallout from his personal life, his close allies have claimed.Sources close to the former foreign secretary said his primary focus was on persuading the prime minister to drop her plans in favour of a fre
  
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• Union leaders are definitely not calling for a second vote on Brexit

  10-09-2018 20:52
  Proof that the years spent sitting at negotiating tables have not been misspent came in a whistle-stop tour of Brexit on Monday afternoon.The session got under way with a general council statement from Steve Turner, of Unite.What he wanted was for the government to come to the right decision over Brexit – a near impossibility given the TUC is firmly opposed both to Theresa May’s Chequers proposals and a no-deal departure.
  
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• 'Turn our fire outwards,' Jeremy Corbyn tells his MPs

  10-09-2018 20:32
  Jeremy Corbyn called for debate to be conducted in a ‘comradely manner’.Jeremy Corbyn has urged his warring colleagues to “turn our fire outwards”, but declined to defend critical MPs against votes of censure from grassroots party members.Addressing Labour MPs as they gathered in Westminster for the first time since the summer recess, Corbyn sought to draw a line under the party’s antisemitism row, saying: “The Labour party has always been a broad church and I
  
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• 'Turn our fire outward': Corbyn calls for end to Labour infighting

  10-09-2018 20:32
  Jeremy Corbyn called for debate to be conducted in a ‘comradely manner’.Jeremy Corbyn has urged his warring colleagues to “turn our fire outwards” but swiftly faced criticism from some of Labour’s MPs when he declined to defend one of their number who has been facing a challenge from members of her local party.
  
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• Labour and Lib Dems biggest losers under boundary change plan

  10-09-2018 20:30
  Re-wind the clock to general election day, 8 June 2017.In this scenario, instead of losing her overall majority, Mrs May's Conservative Party would have emerged from the general election with 308 parliamentary seats and a majority of 16 seats over all other parties.There have been some further changes to constituencies between the revised proposals published last autumn and the final reports delivered on Monday - which still have to be approved by parliament - but they do not have a significant
  
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• Labour accuses Tories of constituency boundary 'power grab'

  10-09-2018 20:02
  The government has laid out its final plans for redrawing House of Commons constituency boundaries under a new system that probably would have turned the hung parliament of the 2017 election into a safe Conservative majority, prompting claims from Labour of an “undemocratic power grab”.Under the proposals, the number of Commons seats would be reduced from 650 to 600 and the maps of many constituencies redrawn in an attempt to even up population levels.Despite the broader advantage to
  
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• Two ferries and three bike rides quicker than taking the train

  10-09-2018 19:52
  A commuter who discovered that two ferry crossings and three bike rides were quicker than using the train has taken his bizarre route to work for the last time before retiring.Maths lecturer Dr Michael McCabe lives in the New Forest and worked at the University of Portsmouth.There was a train journey available, which was meant to take 90 minutes.
  
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• Dogs and suicide vests: how 2018's great metaphor war reveals our political vacuum

  10-09-2018 19:52
  It is raining cats and dogs.There are dog whistles and righteously offended people who, when Chuka Umunna calls on Jeremy Corbyn to “call off the dogs”, point out that Labour members are not actual dogs.If we cannot agree that “call off the dogs” is a common idiom, then we are falling off a cliff into a void where language becomes inflexible.
  
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• The gap between reality and rhetoric at Ofsted

  10-09-2018 19:50
  More than half of parents polled said they looked at Ofsted ratings when choosing a school, but even more said this was less important than the school’s location or reputation.Until very recently, Ofsted has consistently claimed too much.It could never “assure” the quality of education in schools through an objective, value-free evaluation of policy and practice, though it claimed to do so and convinced many parents and politicians that it could deliver on its rhetoric.
  
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• A good time for the next generation to renew Jewish-Palestinian dialogue

  10-09-2018 19:47
  Michael Segalov has called for dialogue between Britain’s Jewish and Palestinian groups.Michael Segalov’s call for dialogue between Jewish and Palestinian groups in Britain in the light of the tensions over the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism and the question of free speech on Israel/Palestine is one of the few constructive proposals to emerge from this whole wretched issue (Journal, 6 September).In 1984, a number of Jews and Palestinians in the UK started to meet regularly i
  
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• Bereaved woman asked to pay £1,000 for private room at inquest

  10-09-2018 19:42
  The charity Inquest said it was essential for families to have a private space where they could go during distressing periods of a hearing.A bereaved woman was asked to pay more than £1,000 for the use of a room at an inquest this week into her mother’s death.Christie Dyball is due to attend a three-day hearing at Reading town hall and requested a family room – a private space away from the courtroom – which is a standard facility at most coroners’ courts.
  
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• Brecon Beacons SAS Selection Deaths: Exercise Went 'Terribly Wrong', Court Martial Told

  10-09-2018 19:35
  An SAS selection march in the Brecon Beacons that resulted in three deaths
  
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• TUC votes to keep open option of second referendum on Brexit

  10-09-2018 19:32
  Steve Turner delivers the general council statement on Brexit during the Trades Union Congress in Manchester.The Trades Union Congress have taken a step towards campaigning for a vote on the final Brexit deal despite claims from one union that such a move could prompt riots.Union leaders made it clear they were not calling for a second referendum, but a say on any deal that would affect pay and employment rights.
  
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• UK focussed on securing Brexit deal in October - May's spokesman

  10-09-2018 18:58
  Britain is focussed on securing a Brexit deal in October, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said, after the European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said an agreement with Britain could be agreed in six to eight weeks."We are focussed on securing a deal in October and that continues to be what we are working towards," he said, when asked about Barnier's comments.
  
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• Pound gains on cautious Barnier Brexit deal comment

  10-09-2018 18:58
  BLED, Slovenia/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A cautious comment by the EU Brexit negotiator that there could be a deal by November if unrealistic demands are taken off the table boosted sterling on Monday amid new optimism among investors.Reports that Michel Barnier had told a public forum in Slovenia that it was "realistic" to expect a deal in six to eight weeks helped send the British currency to a five-week high of $1.3052, up around 1 percent on the day, rising also around 0.3 percent against the eur
  
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• Man, 23, arrested after death of Specials singer's grandson

  10-09-2018 18:58
  A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Fidel Glasgow - grandson of Specials singer Neville Staple.Neville Staple, who found fame with the Ska band in the late 1970s, has said he is feeling "numb" after losing his grandson.West Midlands Police said "significant progress" had been made in the investigation.
  
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• Inquests into Westminster attack deaths: '82 seconds' tore lives apart

  10-09-2018 18:56
  The lives of many were ruined by "eighty-two seconds of high and terrible drama" at Westminster last year, inquests have heard.Four members of the public died on 22 March after Khalid Masood drove into them as they walked along Westminster Bridge.Masood then fatally stabbed a police officer - Pc Keith Palmer - who had been guarding the Palace of Westminster.
  
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• Pound jumps as Michel Barnier says Brexit deal 'possible' before November

  10-09-2018 18:49
  The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier believes a Brexit deal is possible before the beginning of November.In remarks that saw a jump in the value of the pound, the European Commission official claimed a treaty could be agreed "within six or eight weeks" if both sides are "realistic".
  
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• Tories would have majority under boundary shake-up

  10-09-2018 18:43
  Theresa May's Conservatives would have won a majority at the last election if proposed boundary changes had been in place.
  
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• Specials Singer Neville Staple: Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder Over Musician's Grandson's Death

  10-09-2018 18:39
  A Coventry man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Fidel Glasgow,
  
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• As sporting memorabilia goes, this is definitely something different

  10-09-2018 18:37
  Disused road signs offer a lasting legacy to the old Pontiac Silverdome.
  
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• 'Stolen' Matisse can stay in London's National Gallery - U.S. appeals court

  10-09-2018 18:25
  The National Gallery in London persuaded a U.S. appeals court that three grandchildren of a muse for French artist Henri Matisse should not reclaim a 1908 painting they said was stolen.In a 3-0 decision on Monday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said sovereign immunity shielded the museum and Britain from having to return "Portrait of Greta Moll" to the grandchildren, Oliver Williams and Margarete Green fromBritain and Iris Filmer from Germany.
  
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• Westminster attack inquest hears how victim saved his wife

  10-09-2018 18:24
  The first victim of last year’s Westminster terror attack acted heroically to save his wife, a court has heard as emotional tributes were paid on the first day of inquests into those killed.Khalid Masood carried out a car and knife attack on Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster on 22 March last year, killing five people and injuring dozens of others.The court also watched graphic CCTV footage of victims being mowed down and flung over the side of the bridge, as well as the knif
  
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• MTN CEO confident about Nigeria dispute as firm applies for injunction

  10-09-2018 18:24
  South African telecoms firm MTN Group said on Monday it was confident a multibillion-dollar dispute with the Nigerian government would be resolved even as it applied for a court injunction to protect its Nigerian assets.Nigeria's central bank last month ordered MTN's Lagos-based unit to hand over $8.1 billion that it said was illegally sent abroad, and the government this month handed MTN a $2 billion tax bill.President Muhammadu Buhari, who swept to power in 2015 on promises to fight corruption
  
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• Sweden Reacts To Election Results

  10-09-2018 18:21
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• England v Switzerland match to be partly shown in black and white

  10-09-2018 18:12
  England's fixture against Switzerland on Tuesday will be shown in only black and white for the first 25 seconds.The move by The Football Association aims to honour the 25th anniversary of Kick It Out.Viewers tuning into Sky Sports' live coverage on Tuesday night will see the picture switch from colour to black and white as the teams walk on to the pitch at Leicester City's King Power Stadium.
  
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• Boy, six, stranded in Belgium gets papers to return to UK

  10-09-2018 18:10
  A British boy stranded in Belgium after the Home Office revoked his passport has been given the papers he needs to return home.The British Embassy has issued a travel document which will allow Mohamed Bangoura to fly to Manchester before travelling home to Sheffield where he lives with his mother.Mohamed, six, had been spending the holidays with family friends in Brussels but was prevented from boarding a plane back to the UK two weeks ago.
  
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• Police Slang Index Helps The 'Feds' Get Down With The 'Bluds'

  10-09-2018 18:08
  Police officers in Surrey might soon be able to tell their "beef" from their
  
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• Boundary changes: seats facing major shake-up

  10-09-2018 18:00
  Islington North: Jeremy Corbyn’s seat in north London, which he has represented since 1983, would vanish, being absorbed into a new constituency of Finsbury Park and Stoke Newington, bringing in some areas from Diane Abbott’s Hackney North.Uxbridge and South Ruislip: The former foreign secretary Boris Johnson could face an uphill battle to hold on to his west London constituency, where he has a 5,000 majority, with a Conservative-leaning district replaced by a strongly Labour area.
  
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• England's Alastair Cook scores 147 in remarkable final Test innings

  10-09-2018 17:52
  England's record run scorer, Alastair Cook, hit 147 in a fairytale final Test innings for his country.Cook scored his 33rd hundred from 210 balls and is the fifth player to get a century in his first and last Tests.Cook's ton sent the home fans wild - the England great held his bat aloft and removed his helmet as he soaked up the moment.
  
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• EU leaders aim to hold special Brexit summit in mid-November - diplomats

  10-09-2018 17:43
  With the Irish border issue still the main stumbling block, EU ministers meeting in Brussels next Tuesday will discuss holding the extraordinary summit because they no longer expect to clinch a deal at a regular gathering scheduled for Oct.18-19.Earlier, the EU's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told a forum in Slovenia he believed a divorce deal with Britain could be agreed in six to eight weeks if negotiators are realistic in their demands.Some diplomats said Nov. 13 was one date under conside
  
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• CBS could pay ex-CEO Les Moonves $120m despite harassment claims

  10-09-2018 17:35
  Les Moonves said the ‘appalling accusations’ of sexual harassment against him in the New Yorker article were untrue.CBS, the US television and media giant, could end up paying its former chief executive Les Moonves $120m if an internal investigation fails to prove allegations of sexual harassment.On Sunday Moonves stepped down from the company he has led for 15 years, after the New Yorker published an article detailing new sexual harassment allegations against him.
  
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• Theresa May Shelves Plans To Slash Westminster Seats Amid Fears Of Tory Rebellion

  10-09-2018 17:31
  An embattled Theresa May has postponed a Commons showdown on plans to slash
  
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• Countdown To Brexit: What Happens Next?

  10-09-2018 17:27
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• British beef would be 'uncompetitive overnight' after no-deal Brexit - food officials

  10-09-2018 17:26
  Some British food, including beef and lamb, would become "uncompetitive overnight" on foreign markets in the event of a no-deal Brexit, food industry representatives told members of parliament on Monday.Crashing out of the EU without an agreement would leave producers with customs arrangements set by the World Trade Organization - where agricultural tariffs could top 50 percent, Sarah Baker, from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, said.The United Kingdom is due to leave the Euro
  
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• Student schools classmate who asks for notes after sleeping through class

  10-09-2018 17:12
  ‘Ethan isn’t playing around this semester.’
  
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• Len McCluskey calls on Labour MPs to unite behind Corbyn

  10-09-2018 17:11
  McCluskey said Labour under Corbyn was ‘the only party that can take us forward in difficult times’.Len McCluskey has called on Labour MPs who persistently criticise Jeremy Corbyn to either get behind him or leave the party.The leader of the Unite union, which is Labour’s biggest donor, said at a fringe meeting at the TUC Congress in Manchester that the MPs were elected to defend the only party seeking to fight for the rights of workers.
  
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• Details of Harry and Meghan's first overseas tour released

  10-09-2018 16:59
  Details of Harry and Meghan's much-anticipated first major overseas tour have been released.It was announced earlier in the year that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would be travelling to Australia, Fiji, the kingdom of Tonga and New Zealand.
  
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• Elderly Woman Died After Accidentally Drinking Flash Cleaning Fluid In Hospital, Inquest Hears

  10-09-2018 16:58
  Mystery continues to surround the death of a vulnerable, elderly woman who
  
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• Samsung's venture capital arm invests in Slack challenger

  10-09-2018 16:53
  Samsung's venture capital arm invests in Slack challenger
  
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• Labour attacks 'power grab' as parliamentary boundary plans finalised

  10-09-2018 16:48
  The proposals would reduce the number of parliamentary seats from 650 to 600.The government has laid out its final plans for redrawing Commons constituency boundaries under a new system that probably would have turned the hung parliament of the 2017 election into a safe Conservative majority, prompting claims from Labour of an “undemocratic power grab”.Under the proposals, the final section of which was announced on Monday, the number of Commons seats will be reduced from 650 to 600
  
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