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• Family of British man unconscious in Cambodia appeals for financial help

  11-09-2018 23:29
  The family of a British man on life support in Cambodia are appealing for financial help to get him home.Charles McLaughlin, who has been travelling after being made redundant from a call centre in London, was found unconscious in "cheap rental accommodation in Phnom Penh", his sister Jennifer Cross wrote on a GoFundMe page."We can only guess how long he was on his own for," Ms Cross wrote, "and it is a miracle and testament to his health and strength that he survived.
  
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• Britain reports two separate cases of rare monkeypox infection

  11-09-2018 23:13
  Two people in Britain have been diagnosed with a rare viral monkeypox infection in separate cases thought to be linked to travel to West Africa, health authorities said on Tuesday.Public Health England (PHE) said the second case, in a person who had recently travelled to Nigeria, was being treated at an expert respiratory infectious disease centre in Liverpool, northern England.The first case, also in someone who had been in Nigeria, was diagnosed last week in Cornwall in the southwest of Englan
  
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• Ambulance crew returns to find kind note after 999 call

  11-09-2018 22:57
  Two ambulance workers were left an encouraging message when they returned to their vehicle after a trauma call.Paramedic Julie Wade and emergency care assistant Catherine Whitehouse were attending a case in Spalding, Lincolnshire, and had to park across someone's driveway.In recent months, there has been news of several ambulance workers in similar situations returning to find notes criticising them for blocking driveways.
  
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• 'We're working for a good deal for the UK'

  11-09-2018 21:30
  Theresa May defends her Chequers plan and plays down the idea of turbulence during the Brexit implementation period.
  
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• Costs of Brexit: is there 'nothing to fear' from project fear?

  11-09-2018 21:29
  Cardiff University academci Patrick Minford dismisses concerns that other countries will retain or even increase their tariffs after Brexit.Britain has “nothing to fear” from a “clean break” with the European Union, according to a report by the group of economists that has consistently argued that Brexit will be a liberating experience.The Economists For Free Trade (EFFT) report argued that moving outside the EU’s single market could lead to prices in the shops decl
  
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• Costs of Brexit: 'nothing to fear' from project fear?

  11-09-2018 21:29
  Patrick Minford dismisses concerns that other countries will retain or even increase their tariffs after Brexit.Britain has “nothing to fear” from a “clean break” with the European Union, according to a report by the group of economists who have consistently argued that Brexit will be a liberating experience.The Economists For Free Trade (EFFT) report argues that moving outside the EU’s single market could see prices in the shops decline by 8% and the economy grow b
  
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• Chancellor Philip Hammond says Brexit deal by beginning of November 'doable'

  11-09-2018 21:23
  It is "doable" for Britain and the European Union to agree a Brexit deal by the start of November, the chancellor has said.Philip Hammond said he agreed with the assessment from the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, who said on Monday that it should be possible to strike an agreement within six to eight weeks.London and Brussels are currently in negotiations on the terms of Britain's EU exit, with both sides hopeful of reaching a deal with enough time to get the accord through their r
  
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• Quarter of England and N Ireland graduates in school-leaver jobs

  11-09-2018 21:17
  The OECD director of education and skills said the UK government needed to ensure students got a high-quality degree to match the high fees.One in four graduates in England and Northern Ireland are working in jobs for which they are overqualified and do not require a degree, according to a major international education report.The study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development found that while graduate unemployment rates in the UK are among the lowest in the world, students ar
  
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• Activists to use Labour conference to push for second Brexit vote

  11-09-2018 21:10
  Labour campaigners for a second Brexit referendum believe they have all but won the battle to force it on to the agenda at the party’s conference in Liverpool, with more than 60 local constituency parties backing a People’s Vote.Local Labour parties (CLPs) can pass “contemporary motions”, calling for individual issues to be discussed, with the top four selected.With less than a fortnight to go until conference opens, party insiders say a second Brexit referendum is way ou
  
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• Mental health issues in young people up sixfold in England since 1995

  11-09-2018 21:03
  Part of the increase may be due to young people becoming more willing to acknowledge mental health issues and seek treatment.Six times more children and young people in England have mental health conditions than a generation ago, research has revealed.The proportion of four to 24-year-olds who said, or whose parents said, they had a longstanding mental health condition rose from 0.8% in 1995 to 4.8% in 2014, according to a study published in the journal Psychological Medicine.
  
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• Second Monkeypox Case Recorded In England, Health Officials Confirm

  11-09-2018 20:30
  A second person has been diagnosed with monkeypox in England, health officials
  
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• Met chief calls latest police pay award a 'punch on the nose'

  11-09-2018 20:11
  Met police commissioner Cressida Dick has criticised the pay award given by the government to officers as a ‘punch on the nose’.The Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, has said policing needs more resources and support, not pressure to reform, and branded the government’s pay award to officers as a “punch on the nose”.The government ignored an independent pay body’s award of a 3% rise to officers, insteadgiving them 2% in July.
  
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• Brexit: Do claims for a 'clean break' add up?

  11-09-2018 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A group of Brexit-supporting MPs unveil their economic case for a "World Trade" deal.
  
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• Air, Land & Sea: the 50 greatest wildlife photographs – in pictures

  11-09-2018 20:00
  National Geographic has created the 50 greatest wildlife photographs exhibition. A pop-up, which starts its global debut in Melbourne zoo’s historic Carousel Park, the Air, Land & Sea exhibition showcases the world’s best wildlife photography from the likes of Paul Nicklen, Beverly Joubert and Steve Winter Continue reading...
  
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• Second person in England diagnosed with monkeypox

  11-09-2018 19:56
  Royal Liverpool University hospital, where England’s second monkeypox patient is being treated.A second patient in England has been diagnosed with monkeypox, health officials have said, three days after the first case of the rare virus was confirmed.Public Health England (PHE) said it was unusual to see two cases in such a short space of time and officials were searching for anyone, including medical staff, who had come into contact with either patient, to offer them health advice.
  
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• Ex-Brexit minister warns of 'catastrophic' split over Brexit

  11-09-2018 19:50
  Ex-Brexit minister warns of 'catastrophic' split over Brexit
  
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• Boris Johnson: PM's Chequers plan 'substantially worse' than EU membership

  11-09-2018 19:42
  Boris Johnson has launched yet another broadside at Theresa May's Brexit proposals by claiming her plan is "substantially worse" than EU membership.Despite facing scrutiny of his private life following the announcement he and wife Marina Wheeler are divorcing, the ex-foreign secretary is not shying away from his continuing campaign for the prime minister to "chuck Chequers".Mr Johnson made a surprise appearance at a Brexiteer event in parliament, hosted by the Leave-backing organisation Economis
  
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• People Think This Picture Captures The Mood Of Brexit Britain Perfectly

  11-09-2018 19:40
  It was meant to be the day when Brexiteers mapped out their vision for a
  
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• NHS suffering worst ever staff and cash crisis, figures show

  11-09-2018 19:20
  The NHS’s staffing and financial problems are the worst they have ever been, official health service figures show.The number of vacancies across the NHS in England has hit a record high while NHS bosses have disclosed for the first time the service’s underlying deficit built up over recent years – £4.3bn.At the end of June the health service had 107,743 unfilled posts, up 9,268 from the 98,475 total seen just three months earlier, NHS Improvement said in its latest quarte
  
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• Barnier confronts Raab over discovery of Brexit no-deal letters to EU27

  11-09-2018 19:20
  Dominic Raab has been reprimanded by Michel Barnier after the EU’s chief negotiator discovered the British government had written to the 27 other member states asking for side negotiations on transport in the event of a no-deal Brexit.The Brexit secretary was confronted by Barnier during their most recent meeting in Brussels over correspondence sent in recent days to EU capitals by the Department for Transport.
  
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• Eight 'slaves' rescued after forced labour claims in Buckinghamshire

  11-09-2018 19:18
  Eight people have been rescued from apparent modern day slavery in Buckinghamshire.About 100 officers raided a property in Iver as part of a modern slavery warrant, arresting three people and safeguarding eight alleged victims.Thames Valley Police said six people were being supported at a reception centre.
  
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• Hammond says happy to hear from statisticians on reform to RPI inflation

  11-09-2018 19:15
  Britain's Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Tuesday he would be happy to hear from the country's statistics agency about reforming the discredited, but still widely-used, retail price index gauge of inflation.RPI is used as a benchmark for inflation-linked government bonds, rail fares, student loans and some private pensions, despite its replacement by the generally lower consumer prices index (CPI) as Britain's main gauge of inflation 15 years ago.While the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
  
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• Britain's former anti-fraud chief joins top London law firm

  11-09-2018 19:12
  The former head of the UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will join prestigious London law firm Slaughter and May as a full-time consultant six months after leaving the investigator and prosecutor, the legal practice said on Tuesday.David Green, who will start at the firm on October 22, follows a well-trodden path from public service into private practice.Tracey McDermott, the former enforcement head of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulator, joined Standard Chartered Plc last year and is no
  
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• BBC 'overdid it' with Sir Cliff coverage, director-general admits

  11-09-2018 18:55
  The BBC director-general has stood by the channel's reporting of a police raid on Sir Cliff Richard's home, but admitted the corporation "overdid it".Lord Hall faced questions from MPs on equal pay, mistakes made by BBC News in the case of Sir Cliff Richard and delivering good value for money for licence fee payers at a select committee hearing.When asked about the BBC coverage of Sir Cliff, Lord Hall repeated an apology to the pop singer, but said the BBC felt the story was in the public intere
  
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• Boris Johnson’s private life is a political football for Conservatives

  11-09-2018 18:47
  Boris Johnson during the launch of A World Trade Deal at the Houses of Parliament on 11 September 2018. ‘He is a self -serving buffoon, but much worse he is a wicked person unfit to be an MP,’ writes John Roberts.Matthew d’Ancona (Opinion, 10 September) is right to say we should worry more about Boris Johnson’s relations with Steve Bannon than about his sex life.For one thing, Johnson’s famously unfaithful private life has never diminished his popularity, and Bannon
  
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• Karen Bradley not qualified for Northern Ireland brief

  11-09-2018 18:46
  Surely not Karen Bradley, who has just admitted her ignorance of Northern Ireland and its politics, prior to being given the post of secretary of state for Northern Ireland (Bradley blunder baffles both sides in Belfast, 8 September).While many will rightly be concerned about her taking on this very sensitive and demanding role with such a naive understanding of how politics works in part of her own country, it should also lead to a grown-up debate about the appointment of ministers in
  
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• UK eurosceptics say they will release 'Plan B' for Ireland on Wednesday

  11-09-2018 18:45
  Eurosceptic rebels in Britain's ruling party said on Tuesdaythey would soon produce a "plan B" alternative to a key element of Prime Minister Theresa May's proposal for Brexit, despite pulling the plug on a broader draft circulated last week.Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the anti-EU European Research Group (ERG) of lawmakers said his group intends to unveil its proposal on Wednesday for how Britain can leave the EU without constructing a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.The Ireland
  
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• England in black and white to mark Kick It Out anniversary

  11-09-2018 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Former players talk about racism in the game, as the Kick It Out campaign marks its 25th birthday.
  
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• Javid says he 'will listen' to police

  11-09-2018 18:30
  Sky's Mark White discusses Sajid Javid's repeated promises to 'stand with' and 'support' police.
  
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• One plus one equals a trillion in the Brexiters' theatre of the absurd

  11-09-2018 18:14
  The ‘economists for free trade’ meeting was misleadingly named, because there was only one economist in the room.First in were Owen Paterson, Steve Baker, Peter Bone, David Davis, Iain Duncan Smith, Bill Cash and Andrew Bridgen.Next was Matt Ridley.
  
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• 'Chaos, just chaos': Terrifying accounts of Westminster attack heard at inquests

  11-09-2018 18:14
  The wife of a Westminster attack victim says she has no memory of her husband pushing her out of the way of the approaching car and saving her life.American tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, took the full impact of attacker Khalid Masood's hired Hyundai Tucson in March last year.Mr Cochran was sent flying off Westminster Bridge and onto the embankment below.
  
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• Sajid Javid admits police do not have enough resources as he faces pay anger

  11-09-2018 18:06
  Home Secretary Sajid Javid has admitted police haven't received enough resources for the "challenges and the complexities" they face.Mr Javid made the confession as senior officers expressed anger at the government's decision not to grant a 3% police pay rise.It also came as the government's spending watchdog published a new report warning police forces are "struggling to deliver effective services to the public" due to cuts to funding and staffing.
  
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• Kirsty Allsopp quits Twitter over iPad smashing backlash

  11-09-2018 18:05
  TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp appears to have quit Twitter after revealing she smashed her children's iPads when they broke rules she set on screen time."Why not donate for those who need them or educate your children to understand value?" wrote Hilary Gardner on Twitter.David Doherty-Jebb said: "Kirsty Allsopp isn't of the common people, is she?
  
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• Hate preacher Anjem Choudary, to be freed in weeks, is 'still a threat'

  11-09-2018 17:41
  Anjem Choudary protests in support of Abu Hamza al-Masri, later found guilty of 11 terrorism charges in the US and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.The Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary remains a dangerous threat ahead of his imminent release from jail, the prisons minister has warned, as plans to train an “elite corps” of Muslim chaplains to de-radicalise extremist inmates were unveiled.In an interview with the London Evening Standard, Rory Stewart said C
  
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• Cadbury says it will stockpile chocolate in case of a no-deal or hard Brexit

  11-09-2018 17:36
  Cadbury owner Mondelez will stockpile key ingredients in its products to protect itself in the event of a no-deal Brexit.Hubert Weber, the European chief of the food giant, said the UK is "not self-sufficient in terms of food ingredients" and the chocolate manufacturer will have to stockpile chocolate, biscuits, and other ingredients to meet supply.The move emerged as the company discussed its no-deal or hard Brexit plans.
  
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• How JD Sports became a £5bn company

  11-09-2018 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Record profits for the sports fashion retailer means it is knocking on the door of the FTSE 100.
  
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• Fears Over Further Sightings Of Honey Bee-Killing Asian Hornet

  11-09-2018 17:13
  Further sightings of the honey bee-killing Asian hornet have been confirmed in
  
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• Hammond says BoE governor to stay on as Brexit turbulence looms

  11-09-2018 17:01
  Mark Carney will stay on as Bank of England governor until the end of January 2020 to help navigate the turbulence of Brexit, Britain's finance minister said on Tuesday, as he warned time was running out to secure a deal with the EU on future ties.Rivals to Prime Minister Theresa May are circling and some lawmakers are pushing for a rerun of the 2016 referendum.Finance minister Philip Hammond said the government was devoting all its efforts to securing a deal on a new relationship with the EU.
  
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• £2.5m jackpot winner Edward Putman charged with alleged Lottery fraud

  11-09-2018 16:56
  A lottery winner faces trial after he was charged with fraudulently claiming a £2.5m jackpot nearly 10 years ago.
  
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• 'No-deal' Brexit could cost £60m a day, Jaguar boss warns

  11-09-2018 16:29
  The chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover has warned that supply bottlenecks resulting from a "no deal" Brexit could bring to a halt production at the company's UK car plants.Ralf Speth said that, with JLR producing 3,000 cars daily and relying heavily on "just in time" supply chains where parts are delivered shortly before they are used, he would be "very, very concerned" if there were blockages in the supply of parts.Dr Speth also repeated his warning, made in early July, that a hard Brexit wou
  
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• Man arrested after 'petrol attack' on banks in Hull city centre

  11-09-2018 16:26
  A man has been arrested after reportedly launching a petrol attack on two banks while carrying a knife in Hull city centre.Footage posted online shows fire outside a Santander bank and officers running into a neighbouring Barclays outlet.Humberside Police said officers were called to a report that a man was "carrying a bladed weapon and a container with liquid in thought to be petrol".
  
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• 'Buy your dad a Jaguar' ad: Vinehall private school apologises for 'widespread offence'

  11-09-2018 16:20
  A top boarding school has apologised after publishing an ad that suggests those who go there will eventually be rich enough to buy their dad a Jaguar.The advert for Vinehall School, which charges about £7,500 per term (£22,500 a year), told the story of a young boy arriving at an open day in his dad's Volvo, wishing it was a Jaguar - like the one parked in the headmaster's space."I very deeply regret the widespread offence caused by the recent open day advertisement," Mr Powis said i
  
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• Russian War Games

  11-09-2018 16:16
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• First Westminster Terror Attack Victim Died As Big Ben Chimed, Inquest Told

  11-09-2018 16:09
  The first victim of the Westminster terror attack died as Big Ben chimed, just
  
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• 'Tens of thousands' of jobs at risk, Jaguar Land Rover boss tells PM

  11-09-2018 15:58
  The company’s chief executive said under current estimates a hard Brexit would cost the company £1.2bn a year.Britain’s biggest car manufacturer, Jaguar Land Rover, has launched a blistering attack on Theresa May’s Brexit plans, saying “tens of thousands” of jobs in the car industry could be lost if the UK crashed out of the EU without a deal.Ralf Speth, the company’s chief executive, told the prime minister that he could not say for certain that any of
  
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• JP Morgan exec confirms bank may move 4,000 jobs out of UK under no-deal scenario

  11-09-2018 15:57
  Banking executives have warned thousands of jobs could be at risk depending on the deal Britain secures with the European Union.Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JP Morgan, has estimated at least 4,000 of its 16,000 UK employees could be shifted to the continent, depending on the outcome of negotiations.JP Morgan's vice chairman Mark Gavin, responding to questions about the 4,000 jobs from the Treasury Select Committee, said: "The evolution of our staff count and of our activities will be very
  
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• Human rights judges reject final appeal of Troubles 'hooded men'

  11-09-2018 15:40
  The decision means the European court of human rights’ 1978 judgment is final.The European court of human rights has rejected a final attempt by the Irish government to redefine as torture the maltreatment of 14 men interned without trial at the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.Judges at the ECHR refused to refer the case of the so-called “hooded men” to its internal appeal court, the grand chamber.
  
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• Carney will stay on at BoE, amid warnings Brexit time is running out

  11-09-2018 15:38
  Mark Carney will stay on as Bank of England governor until the end of January 2020 to help navigate the turbulence of Brexit, Britain's finance minister said on Tuesday, as he warned time was running out to secure a Brexit agreement.The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on March 29, but no agreement has been reached on the terms of its exit.Rivals to Prime Minister Theresa May are circling and some lawmakers are pushing for a rerun of the 2016 referendum.
  
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• Brexiters say 'nothing to fear' about crashing out of EU with no deal

  11-09-2018 15:34
  Leading Brexiters have pushed back at claims that their campaign to “chuck Chequers” is going off the rails as they endorsed an alternative proposal that would result in the UK crashing out of the European Union without a deal.Jacob Rees-Mogg, the chair of the pro-Brexit European Research Group, said there was “nothing to fear” from a no-deal scenario after the pro-Brexit economist Patrick Minford claimed it could boost Treasury revenues by £80m a year.Mogg said, ho
  
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• Serena Williams Cartoon Highlights Everyday Battles Black Women Face At Work, Say Campaigners

  11-09-2018 15:26
  A controversial cartoon depicting Serena Williams having a tantrum on the
  
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