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• Hurricane Florence to deliver 'Mike Tyson punch to communities' in its path - ITV News

  12-09-2018 23:48 via itv.com
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  Hurricane Florence to deliver 'Mike Tyson punch to communities' in its path
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  Hurricane Florence appears to be changing behaviour with the potential to have an even deadlier effect, weather forecasters have warned. Florence is now predicted to stall off North Carolina's coast and then move towards Myrtyle beach resort in South ...
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• British Airways pension scheme takes flight with £4bn L&G deal

  12-09-2018 23:40
  British Airways (BA) is on the verge of striking a landmark deal‎ to insure more than £4bn of its historic pension liabilities, underlining blue-chip companies' accelerating efforts to reassure investors about their vast financial obligations to former workers.Sky News has learnt that the trustees of the BA-sponsored Airways Pension Scheme (APS) are close to a pension buy-in deal with Legal & General, one of the largest players in the Pension Risk Transfer industry.If successfully
  
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• Richard Branson mocked by passengers for saying punctuality is important

  12-09-2018 23:10
  Virgin Trains founder Richard Branson has been mocked by passengers after he said on Twitter his pet hate was people turning up late.The billionaire entrepreneur posted a message saying how important punctuality is alongside a picture of him running to a meeting to avoid being late.
  
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• Argentine austerity protests mount over Macri's IMF-backed measures

  12-09-2018 22:42
  Labor unions and social groups blocked streets in downtown Buenos Aires on Wednesday to protest austerity measures proposed by the government and backed by the International Monetary Fund to reduce Argentina's debt.Protesters are angry about the belt-tightening policies, which are cutting services to low-income Argentines already walloped by inflation of 31 percent and climbing.The outlook for Latin America's third-biggest economy is grim, according to orthodox and left-leaning economists alike.
  
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• Apple iPhone XS unveiled and fall-detecting Watch - BBC News

  12-09-2018 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
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  Apple has updated its iPhone X handset with three more powerful models, two of which are larger than before. The iPhone XS Max has a 6.5in (16.5cm) display. The iPhone XS has the same 5.8in-sized component as the original. The iPhone XR's screen is ...
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  New iPhone – as it happened: Apple unveils brand new Xs, Xs Max and Xr handsets after leaks reveal spec
  
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• Salisbury poisoners will give their side of the story on Russian TV says Putin as he claims they are civilians - Telegraph.co.uk

  12-09-2018 22:22 via telegraph.co.uk
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  Salisbury poisoners will give their side of the story on Russian TV says Putin as he claims they are civilians
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  The two Russian agents suspected of carrying out the Salisbury nerve agent attack are expected to appear on local television to deny their role, after Vladimir Putin said there was "nothing criminal" about the men. One of them appeared to promise an ...
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• Grieving daughter of couple killed in Egypt 'does not believe e.coli killed parents' - Evening Standard

  12-09-2018 22:10 via standard.co.uk
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  Grieving daughter of couple killed in Egypt 'does not believe e.coli killed parents'
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  The grieving daughter of a British couple who died in a hotel on a Thomas Cook holiday in Egypt has dismissed official reports her parents were killed by e.coli. John Cooper, 69, and his wife Susan, 64, died in late August after being taken ill while ...
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• Revealed: Government's EU27 gambit to maintain existing air and road links

  12-09-2018 21:45
  The government has acknowledged in private diplomatic letters to every EU capital that a "no-deal" Brexit may mean "practical changes" need to be negotiated with each EU capital "in order to continue existing air service and road transport arrangements".The letter, dated from last week and obtained by Sky News, is one of 27 sent by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to fellow European transport ministers as part of an attempt to reach around the Brussels negotiations and strike a series of
  
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• Top Tory Brexiteers 'loosely' deny plot to oust Theresa May at ERG meeting - Evening Standard

  12-09-2018 21:34 via standard.co.uk
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  Top Tory Brexiteers 'loosely' deny plot to oust Theresa May at ERG meeting
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  Hard-line Tory brexiteers have denied they are planning to topple Theresa May in a party coup - but did not address the claims they were present at a meeting to discuss "how to get rid of her". Reports made last night suggested that up to 50 Tory MPs ...
  Brexiteers call for end to leadership challenge talk as splits open among eurosceptic ToriesThe Independent
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• 'Not good enough': Tory MP criticises PM over investigations into NI veterans

  12-09-2018 21:24
  A Conservative MP has expressed frustration with the government's handlingof investigations into Northern Ireland veterans, branding Theresa May's response to his question in parliament "not good enough".Johnny Mercer asked the prime minister to assure the Commons she was personally involved in efforts to stop the "completely abhorrent" investigations into former soldiers.A consultation document issued by Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley to deal with the legacy of the Troubles does not i
  
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• France says talks with Britain over scallop fishing end in failure

  12-09-2018 21:20
  Talks between French and British fisherman over rights to catch scallops have ended in failure, France's agriculture ministry said on Wednesday, raising the risk of further tensions at sea.French fishermen have accused the British of unfairly catching scallops in the Baie de Seine off the coast of Normandy during the summer, when French boats are banned from doing so because of French regulations aimed at protecting shellfish stocks."Agriculture and Food Minister Stephane Travert notes the failu
  
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• Open letter condemns sexist coverage of Boris Johnson’s private life

  12-09-2018 21:07
  A coalition of political journalists, advisers and politicians have signed a letter condemning sexist media coverage of the woman at the centre of the allegations about Boris Johnson’s private life.The open letter said the treatment of Carrie Symonds, the former CCHQ director of communications, had been appalling and would discourage talented women from entering politics and the media.It is signed by politicians including sports minister Tracey Crouch and fellow Tory MPs Anna Soubry and Ni
  
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• Sean Hercules named by Spanish police as Briton shot dead by officers

  12-09-2018 21:01
  A British man shot dead by police near Malaga has been identified as convicted robber Sean Hercules.Hercules was originally from Leeds and had been chased by police to a hotel in Estepona after Spanish police said he was seen fleeing the scene of a car accident on Monday.Hercules, 39, shot at police after they confronted him.
  
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• Peers seek to send hard Brexit amendments back to Commons

  12-09-2018 21:00
  Angela Smith, Labour’s leader in the Lords, hopes to use an audacious parliamentary manoeuvre to offer MPs the chance to strike out controversial amendments on the Irish backstop and the customs union, forced through by hardline Brexiters in July.The taxation (cross-border trade) bill, was amended at the behest of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s European Research Group (ERG) to outlaw a customs border in the Irish Sea, and force the government to legislate before it could join a customs union, amo
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg's children told 'your daddy is horrible' during 'sick' Class War protest

  12-09-2018 21:00
  The children of senior Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg have been told "lots of people hate" their father in a "sick" protest roundly condemned by MPs.Activists stationed themselves outside the Westminster home of the prominent Brexiteer on Tuesday.Footage of the demonstration, posted to the Facebook page of a group called "Class War", showed veteran protester Ian Bone haranguing Mr Rees-Mogg over his employment of a nanny.
  
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• E. coli 'caused Egypt hotel couple's deaths'

  12-09-2018 20:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Egyptian authorities say E. coli caused the deaths of a British couple, a claim dismissed by their daughter as "rubbish".
  
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• EU roaming charges could return in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexit

  12-09-2018 20:39
  Britons could face a return to phone roaming and data charges when they travel in the EU in the event of a "no-deal" Brexit, the government is expected to warn tomorrow.Government sources have told Sky News that roaming charges - abolished since June 2017 after changes to EU regulation - may return if there is a "no-deal" Brexit.The warning is expected to be released on Thursday when the government publishes its second batch of "no-deal" technical notices - although the paper has yet to be signe
  
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• Commons launches investigation over Corbyn aide without security clearence - The Guardian

  12-09-2018 20:36 via theguardian.com
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  Labour leader secretary Iram Awan's work in Westminster with just a temporary pass may have breached parliamentary rules. Heather Stewart. Wed 12 Sep 2018 14.35 EDT Last modified on Wed 12 Sep 2018 17.49 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on ...
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• Commons launches investigation over Corbyn aide without security clearence

  12-09-2018 20:35
  Iram Awan had been working for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for more than nine months before the security issue was reported.House of Commons authorities have launched an investigation after it emerged that an aide in Jeremy Corbyn’s office has been working in parliament without a pass.The Labour leader’s private secretary, Iram Awan, was reported by the Huffington Post to have been working regularly in Westminster for more than nine months with a temporary guest pass.
  
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• iPhone launch 2018: iPhone XS and XS Max specifications announced – live updates

  12-09-2018 20:25
  iPhone XS has a much-improved camera while Apple Watch Series 4 focuses on heart-rate and healthApple Watch Series 4 – full details 7.24pm BST Apple’s SVP Lisa Jackson (re)announces that Apple is run on 100% renewable energy, and declares that Apple’s next goal is to use 100% recyclable materials. The company’s not there yet, but the XS includes some changes to push that way, like using tin in the logic board, and recycled plastic in the speaker enclosure. 7.21pm BST Have
  
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• Apple iPhone Launch Event LIVE Updates: iPhone XS to support Dual SIM Dual Standby - Firstpost

  12-09-2018 20:20 via firstpost.com
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  Apple iPhone Launch Event LIVE Updates: iPhone XS to support Dual SIM Dual Standby
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  It's finally time. Apple's annual iPhone launch event kicks off at 10:30 pm IST and team Tech2 is here to bring you the juiciest highlights and analysis, as and when it happens at Apple's Steve Jobs Theatre in Cupertino, California. If you are here ...
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• Keith Hellawell's Sports Direct reign comes to a chaotic end | Nils Pratley

  12-09-2018 20:14
  Nobody expected him to tame Mike Ashley but they did expect him to show he was vaguely in the loopNobody would suggest that chairing a public company in which Mike Ashley is the controlling shareholding is easy, but Keith Hellawell, during his nine years in the hot seat at Sports Direct, managed to make things worse – for himself, for the business, and, in some ways, even for Ashley.The defining episodes of Hellawell’s time have been about Sports Direct’s reputation – ter
  
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• Stormy Daniels announces memoir she says will 'blow minds'

  12-09-2018 20:11
  Full Disclosure will recount events leading to the nondisclosure agreement and ‘behind-the-scenes attempts to intimidate her’, publisher saysStormy Daniels intends to tell all.The pornographic actor who alleges she had a brief affair with Donald Trump will publish a memoir titled Full Disclosure next month, she said Wednesday. Continue reading...
  
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• 'A human rights crisis': US accused of failing to protect citizens from gun violence

  12-09-2018 20:11
  Amnesty report recommends universal background checks, age limits, military-style weapons ban and a national gun registryAmerican gun violence is “a human rights crisis” and the US government’s refusal to pass gun control laws represents a violation of its citizens’ right to life, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Related: Shootings with semiautomatic rifles more deadly than handguns, study saysContinue reading...
  
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• Viral publisher Unilad faces insolvency action by HMRC

  12-09-2018 20:02
  Publisher’s parent company faces winding-up petition from taxman - usually issued over failure to pay taxesThe viral publisher Unilad, known for its commitment to student-friendly online “banter”, is facing insolvency proceedings following a demand from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) amid concerns over the future of the site’s Facebook-centric business model.HMRC issued a winding-up petition against Unilad’s parent company in July, which is due to be heard at the hig
  
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• Tests show E coli killed British tourist couple, says Egypt prosecutor

  12-09-2018 20:02
  Deaths of John and Susan Cooper while on holiday at Red Sea hotel blamed on bacteriaThe deaths of a British couple who were staying at a hotel in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Hurghada were caused by E coli bacteria, according to test results released by Egypt’s chief prosecutor on Wednesday.John Cooper, 69, had acute intestinal dysentery caused by E coli, and 63-year-old Susan Cooper had haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), probably because of E coli, said the Egyptian general prosecutor N
  
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• Female MPs from around world to gather for UK suffrage event

  12-09-2018 19:56
  More than 100 politicians will meet in Commons to mark centenary of women’s voteMore than 100 female politicians from around the world, from Afghanistan to the Vatican, will sit in the House of Commons for a landmark event to mark the centenary of women first winning the right to vote in the UK.The Women MPs of the World conference, in which there will be parliamentarians from 104 countries on the green benches in early November, will be co-hosted by the Labour MP Harriet Harman, the mothe
  
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• Hurricane Florence: North Carolina fears possible environmental disaster

  12-09-2018 19:42
  Waste from hog manure pits, coal ash dumps and other industrial sites could wash into homes and contaminate drinking waterHurricane Florence could cause an environmental disaster in North Carolina, where waste from hog manure pits, coal ash dumps and other industrial sites could wash into homes and threaten drinking water supplies.Preparations are also being made at half a dozen nuclear power plants that stand in the path of the 500-mile-wide hurricane, which is barreling toward the US east coas
  
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• 'Miraculous': Missouri boy survives after falling head-first on to meat skewer

  12-09-2018 19:39
  10-year-old expected to make full recovery after falling from tree and landing on meat skewer that penetrated his skullA 10-year-old Missouri boy is recovering after he was attacked by insects and tumbled from a tree, landing on a meat skewer that penetrated his skull from his face to the back of his head.But miraculously, that’s where Xavier Cunningham’s bad luck ended. The skewer had completely missed his eye, brain, spinal cord and major blood vessels, the Kansas City Star reports
  
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• Cash Machines Closing At A Rate Of More Than 250 A Month

  12-09-2018 19:39
  Free-to-use cash machines closed down at a rate of more than 250 a month in
  
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• The Guardian view on the European Research Group: not serious, still dangerous | Editorial

  12-09-2018 19:36
  Jacob Rees-Mogg and friends have had ample time to come up with credible proposals. Instead they produce flimsy falsehoods designed to wreck the prime minister’s pursuit of a Brexit dealThe Emperor’s New Clothes is usually cited as a parable of pricked vanity, but Hans Christian Andersen’s story has a subtle twist. Even after the child has declared that there are no magic clothes and the townsfolk have taken up his cry, the naked, shivering emperor does not turn back.
  
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• 'Creepy' alarm sound made Ipswich woman 'feel sick'

  12-09-2018 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The woman heard the sound of "It's raining, it's pouring" intermittently over the course of a year.
  
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• Tom Watson: how I lost seven stone and reversed my type 2 diabetes

  12-09-2018 19:34
  Labour’s deputy leader cut out sugar, took up exercise and radically transformed his health. He believes Britain’s food system is broken and NHS advice needs to change – and says his mission is to help other patientsEarlier this year, one of Tom Watson’s local Labour party members emptied out his wardrobe and donated a load of clothes to the deputy leader so he would have something to wear for prime minister’s questions the following week. The keen-eyed member had n
  
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• 'A new life' for Mexico City's oldest house as restoration begins

  12-09-2018 19:32
  The structure, built between 1570 and 1600, was set to be torn down until researchers studied old maps and realized its age
  The plain, one-story structure sat hidden in plain sight for hundreds of years behind generations of street vendors hawking goods from stands outside its thick old walls. But experts have now concluded the building at 25 Manzanares Street is the oldest house in Mexico City – and one of the oldest in all of North America.Its survival is a testament to the largely poor
  
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• Labour-run areas suffer Tory cuts the most. It’s an ignored national scandal | Owen Jones

  12-09-2018 19:31
  The poorest fifth of local authorities can’t raise the funds more affluent areas can. We need a campaign to change it“It’s morally and ethically bankrupt as a strategy.” That’s the assessment of Salford’s Labour mayor, Paul Dennett, on the decimation of local authorities: a summary that is impossible to disagree with. Since the Tory government’s imposition of austerity a decade ago, councils have lost about half of their central government funding. As su
  
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• UK's first electric bicycle death after pedestrian Sakine Cihan dies in London collision

  12-09-2018 19:26
  A woman is thought to be the first pedestrian in the UK to die after she was hit by an electric bike in east London.The Metropolitan Police said officers were called to reports of a collision between a pedestrian and an electric-assisted pedal cycle.Sakine Cihan, 56, from Dalston, was trying to cross the road when the collision happened and she later died in hospital.
  
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• Fulham schoolboy dreadlock ban overturned

  12-09-2018 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Chikayzea Flanders, 12, had been told he would have to cut off his dreadlocks or face suspension.
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg and his family harassed by activists

  12-09-2018 19:23
  A video posted to Facebook by the group Class War showed police standing guard outside the Westminster property on Tuesday evening as veteran anarchist Ian Bone and other demonstrators heckled the children and their nanny.Bone shouted, as leading Brexiter Rees-Mogg and his wife attempted to usher two children inside: “Lots of people don’t like your Daddy, do you know that?The home secretary, Sajid Javid, tweeted that the protest was “absolutely disgraceful”.
  
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• Egypt couple's daughter doubts E.coli caused deaths

  12-09-2018 19:20
  The daughter of a British couple who died in Egypt has said she does not believe E.coli caused their deaths.Kelly Ormerod has spoken out after Egypt's chief prosecutor said John Cooper, 69, suffered acute intestinal dysentery caused by E.coli, and his wife Susan Cooper, 63, suffered a complication linked to infection, likely to have been caused by E.coli.
  
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• New York fashion week spring/summer 2019: 11 key shows – in pictures

  12-09-2018 19:18
  From Tom Ford’s pastel empowerment to Jeremy Scott’s selfie print T-shirts… Observer fashion editor Jo Jones picks her highlights from the collections Continue reading...
  
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• Egypt prosecutor says e-coli was factor in deaths of British tourists

  12-09-2018 19:17
  Egypt's public prosecutor said on Wednesday that e-coli bacteria were a factor in the deaths of two British tourists in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada last month.The prosecutor said John Cooper, 69, was suffering from health problems but that e-coli caused gastroenteritis and heart failure which killed him.Thomas Cook, which the couple was travelling with, moved 300 customers from the hotel they were staying in, the Steigenberger Aqua Magic, following the deaths on Aug. 21.
  
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• Martin Rowson on Tory denials of a plot to unseat Theresa May – cartoon

  12-09-2018 19:16
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• John Terry turns down Spartak Moscow transfer for family reasons

  12-09-2018 19:14
  • Former England captain had medical with Russian club
  • Terry remains free to sign for any clubFormer England and Chelsea defender John Terry has turned down a move to Spartak Moscow after deciding it was not right for his family.The 37-year-old is understood to have had a medical in Rome ahead of a proposed two-year deal with the Russian club, chronicling it on his Instagram story, but has since had a change of heart. Terry has been without a club since leaving Aston Villa at the end
  
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• Britons face return of EU roaming charges under a 'no-deal' Brexit

  12-09-2018 19:11
  Britons will face a return to phone roaming and data charges when they travel in the EU in the event of a 'no-deal' Brexit, the government is expected to warn tomorrow.Government sources have told Sky News that roaming charges - abolished since June 2017 after changes to EU regulation - would return if there is a "no-deal" Brexit.The warning is expected to be released on Thursday when the government publishes its second batch of "no-deal" technical notices - although the paper has yet to be sign
  
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• 'The world is sleepwalking into a financial crisis' – Gordon Brown

  12-09-2018 19:08
  Former PM delivers scathing analysis of how the problems of 2009 remain unresolvedA leaderless world is sleepwalking towards a repeat of its near meltdown in late 2008 and early 2009 because it has failed to remedy the causes of the financial crash of a decade ago, former prime minister Gordon Brown has warned.Britain’s leader during the period when the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers put every major bank at risk, said that after a decade of stagnation the global economy
  
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• SNCF to launch driverless trains in mainland France by 2023

  12-09-2018 19:04
  French rail operator chair says autonomous trains are the future but it may take time for passengers to accept boarding themFrance’s national railway operator SNCF has announced plans to introduce prototypes of driverless mainline trains for passengers and freight by 2023.“With autonomous trains, all the trains will run in a harmonized way and at the same speed,” SNCF chairman Guillaume Pepy said. “The train system will become more fluid.” Continue reading...
  
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• Hushed tones: put it in neutral this autumn/winter – in pictures

  12-09-2018 19:00
  Bright colours have their place. So do beige, tan and cream. From satin dresses to faux leather skirts, this season’s neutrals are anything but low-key Continue reading...
  
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• Earliest known drawing found on rock in South African cave - The Guardian

  12-09-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
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  Researchers believe the pattern on the fragment of rock is 73,000 years old, but are perplexed as to what it might represent. Ian Sample Science editor. @iansample. Wed 12 Sep 2018 13.00 EDT Last modified on Wed 12 Sep 2018 14.45 EDT. Share on ...
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• Earliest known drawing found on rock in South African cave

  12-09-2018 19:00
  Researchers believe the pattern on the fragment of rock is 73,000 years old, but are perplexed as to what it might representIt lacks the grace of Da Vinci and has none of the warmth of Rubens, but the criss-crossed pattern on the chunk of rock is remarkable all the same. According to researchers who unearthed the piece, it is the earliest known drawing in the world.Archaeologists found the marked stone fragment as they sifted through spear points and other material excavated at Blombos cave in S
  
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• County cricket: Surrey look to close on title, Middlesex v Kent and more – live!

  12-09-2018 18:58
  Updates from around the county grounds
  Hampshire beat Somerset inside two daysYou can email Tanya, tweet her or post BTL 5.58pm BST A message from Chris Mason in Carpentras (you lucky thing)“Reading your posts it seems you don’t want Worcestershire to win?
  Why? The cost of the train ticket?”5.53pm BST 50 up in the 12th over. Serene, serene.Continue reading...
  
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