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• Mark Carney: 'Chequers deal could boost economy by £16bn'

  14-09-2018 23:53
  The Bank of England governor has reportedly said Britain's economy could enjoy a boost worth billions if Theresa May secures a deal with the EU based on her Chequers plan.According to the Financial Times, Mr Carney told the cabinet on Thursday that the economy could get a £16bn bounce.It comes after he also warned that in a worst case scenario a "no-deal" Brexit could see house prices fall as much as 35% over three years.
  
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• London goes fur-free as its fashion week shows kick off

  14-09-2018 23:51
  London Fashion Week kicked off on Friday, declaring itself fur-free for the first time as an increasing number of designers seek to burnish their ethical credentials.According to a survey by the British Fashion Council (BFC), no animal fur will feature on the London catwalks or in designer presentations this season."We ask every season whether fur will be represented on the catwalk or in presentations ... This is the first time that designers have said that there will be 100 percent no fur on th
  
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• Woman killed as lorry crashes into Barnsley house after being 'involved in a crime'

  14-09-2018 23:46
  A woman has died after a lorry that had been "involved in a crime" crashed into the side of a house.Police said four men were arrested after the white truck crashed into a property in Barnsley, South Yorkshire.The woman who died was a pedestrian on Park View in Brierley.
  
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• Funeral held for the four children murdered in Walkden arson attack

  14-09-2018 23:11
  Hundreds of people watched in tears as four small coffins were carried into church for the funerals of children murdered when their home was petrol bombed.Demi Pearson, 15, brother Brandon, eight, and sisters Lacie, seven, and Lia, three, died in the arson attack at their home last December.The name of each child was spelled in flowers and firefighters who had tried to rescue the children formed a guard of honour.
  
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• Hurricane Florence Kills Mother And Child As Tree Falls On North Carolina Home

  14-09-2018 22:13
  Hurricane Florence has killed a mother and child in North Carolina.
  
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• Paint Attack On Homeless Man Michael Cash Not Linked To His Death, Police Say

  14-09-2018 21:43
  Police have interviewed a man after a homeless person had red paint thrown
  
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• Punching Above Your Weight winner Darren Donaghey scoops £1m on scratchcard

  14-09-2018 21:20
  The champion of a "Punching Above Your Weight" competition is a winner again after earning a £1m jackpot on a Lottery scratchcard.Darren Donaghey, 33, rarely buys a Lottery ticket but bought the £5 scratchcard on a whim on Tuesday when he was in a local shop to get milk.The couple hit the headlines in 2014 when they won a honeymoon as part of a Metro Radio competition in which listeners voted for couples who were most mis-matched in looks.
  
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• Paul Manafort: Trump's ex-campaign chair agrees to cooperate with Mueller

  14-09-2018 20:43 via theguardian.com
  Prosecutor announces arrangement during hearing in Washington DC where Manafort pleaded guilty to two criminal chargesFollow live updates: Manafort agrees to cooperate with Mueller’s prosecutorsPaul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, has agreed to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election, in a move that could cause legal trouble for the president. Related: The rise and fall of Paul Manafort: he sold composure but liv
  
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• Labour To Vote On Bringing Back 'Clause Four' Pledge To Nationalise Industries

  14-09-2018 20:27
  Labour is set to vote on restoring the party's historic Clause Four pledge to
  
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• Em Rata wows at Marc Jacobs SS'19 show

  14-09-2018 20:12
  Emily Ratajkowski made jaws drop at the Marc Jacobs Spring 2019 show in New
  
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• Brierley Crash: Pedestrian Killed After Lorry Crashes Into House

  14-09-2018 19:52
  A woman has died after a lorry crashed into the side of a house in South
  
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• John Wilcock obituary

  14-09-2018 19:15
  Some of his younger contemporaries saw him as the father of the underground press.In 1954, soon after he arrived in New York City as a jobbing Yorkshire-born journalist, John Wilcock put up a notice in a Greenwich Village bookshop.Fancher by now had money to put into a launch, and so, soon afterwards, did a friend of a girlfriend of Wolf, the novelist Norman Mailer – described by Wilcock as a “definite pain in the ass”.
  
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• It was chaos during Westminster attack

  14-09-2018 19:15
  A tourist describes the chaos on Westminster Bridge, as he tried to find his girlfriend during the terror attack, last year.
  
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• Trade conflict looms but higher rates, oil prices help some stocks

  14-09-2018 19:14
  A world stock index climbed as bank and energy shares rose on Friday, but the momentum was sapped by a report that Washington may fire a new salvo in its trade dispute with Beijing.U.S. President Donald Trump has directed aides to place U.S. tariffs on about $200 billion of Chinese goods, according to a person familiar with the matter.Bloomberg News first reported Trump's action.
  
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• Westminster attack inquest: Rescuer told stabbed PC Keith Palmer 'come on son'

  14-09-2018 19:08
  A rescuer shouted "come on son" to PC Keith Palmer as desperate attempts were made to save his life during the Westminster terror attack, an inquest has heard.Colleagues ran to help PC Palmer, 48, after his killer Khalid Masood was shot dead.Video of the stabbing was shown to the inquest and a "chilling" image showed Masood bearing down on the officer with a large knife in each hand.
  
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• Killer laughs hysterically in 999 call after confessing to killing his partner

  14-09-2018 19:07
  Shane Clarke, 52, stabbed his partner Joanne Bishop 28 times with a screwdriver in a "frenzied attack" on 29 May, leaving her with multiple wounds to the chest and back.On Friday, he was jailed for life for her murder at Oxford Crown Court, Thames Valley Police (TVP) said.Speaking through hysterical laughter, he added: "I think she's gone.
  
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• Britain and EU 'closing in' on a Brexit agreement, Raab says

  14-09-2018 19:07
  Britain and the European Union are "closing in" on a withdrawal agreement, Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Friday, before a meeting of European leaders in Salzburg next week.Britain is due to leave the bloc on March 29 but has yet to reach a full exit deal with Brussels, and some rebels lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party have threatened to vote against any agreement unless she changes her proposals."While there remain some substantive differences we need to resolve
  
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• Brexit buoyancy bypasses Brussels - EU still unsure of deal

  14-09-2018 19:07
  A view among investors that a Brexit deal is more likely has pushed the pound higher this month, perplexing European Union officials and diplomats involved in the talks who say key stumbling blocks remain.A senior EU official closely involved in negotiations said his assessment of the risk of breakdown had not changed, mainly because Prime Minister Theresa May faces major difficulties persuading her own party to back proposals that are still not satisfactory to the EU."You can always end up in h
  
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• Airbus says worst-case Brexit would hit its sites beyond Britain - Spiegel

  14-09-2018 19:07
  A worst-case scenario Brexit would affect Airbus'ssites not only in Britain but also in the rest of Europe, board member Tom Williams has told the German magazine Der Spiegel.For Airbus, which makes the wings for its passenger jets in Britain, that worst-case scenario would occur if Britain was no longer part of the EU aviation safety certification agency, EASA, which gives planes and parts approvals so that they can fly."The only thing that we can prepare for is the worst-case scenario.
  
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• Is it a bird, is it a plane? Just what did PSNI see from their helicopter?

  14-09-2018 18:58
  It was rather more grounded.
  
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• Tory infighting over Brexit: who won this week?

  14-09-2018 18:12
  Was this the week when Tory Brexiters overplayed their hand?It is been a difficult week for the hard-Brexit-backing European Research Group.A promised policy paper on the “Brexit dividend” had to be ditched after an embarrassing leak that contained unlikely ideas such as developing a Star Wars-style defence system against incoming nuclear missiles and establishing an expeditionary force to deal with Falklands-style attacks.
  
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• Nine simple ways to revamp your workspace for a healthier environment

  14-09-2018 18:10 via theguardian.com
  Improving your posture at work, adding some greenery to your desk and moving to a window seat are just some of the quick fixes that can transform your productivityThere’s a lot more to happiness in the workplace than a comfortable salary. In fact, working more than 40 hours a week may well be doing you a considerable disservice and directly affecting your health and performance at work. Thankfully, taking a few minutes of your day and deploying intelligent fixes can turn your office from a
  
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• Shoplifters and a law that doesn't deter them

  14-09-2018 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  A shopkeeper says he is losing thousands of pounds of stock each month, as figures show arrests are falling.
  
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• No oath of loyalty to Labour leaders

  14-09-2018 18:06
  The right of a local Labour party to pass a motion of no confidence in its MP can hardly be seriously challenged.There is, in some places at least, a wish for the MP to swear a kind of loyalty oath to the present leadership.All party leaders, from Attlee to Blair and Brown, had their internal critics, and the idea of an oath of loyalty to any of them would have been quickly dismissed as derisory.
  
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• Hundreds Line Streets For Funerals Of Children Killed In Manchester Arson Attack

  14-09-2018 18:05
  Hundreds of mourners lined the streets to pay respects as four coffins
  
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• Lost village emerges from lake as water levels plummet at Wicklow reservoir

  14-09-2018 17:56
  Pictures reveal a homestead and farming equipment in the man-made reservoir.
  
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• Teenager jailed for murdering stepmum with samurai sword and axe

  14-09-2018 17:43
  A teenager has been jailed for life after murdering his stepmother with a samurai sword and an axe.Rueben Brathwaite, 17, killed Fiona Scourfield at their farm in St Clears, Carmarthenshire, west Wales, after becoming "obsessed" with watching extreme violence on the internet.Prosecutor Paul Hipkin said: "In the lead-up he accessed images of killings of some brutality on the internet via a website in the USA.
  
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• Bristol tech start-up firm pioneers growing salad indoors

  14-09-2018 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  A biotechnology firm is developing ways of growing salad crops without soil, rain or sunshine.
  
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• Grenfell Tower Inquiry: What We Learned This Week

  14-09-2018 17:18
  This week, the ongoing public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster heard
  
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• Fox News 'Creepy Porn Lawyer' Interview Branded 'Complete Garbage'

  14-09-2018 16:53
  Fox News has been criticised after carrying out an interview with the attorney
  
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• Trade hopes lift stocks; emerging markets get boost from Turkey rate hike

  14-09-2018 16:50
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - An index of world stock markets climbed to its highest in over a week on Friday as expectations grew that the United States and China would start fresh trade talks, while an interest rate hike in Turkey supported the lira and emerging markets.
  
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• Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother axed by Channel 5

  14-09-2018 16:42
  Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother are coming to an end, 18 years after the show first launched, Channel 5 has announced.The reality show's official Twitter account shared the news and said that the 19th series, which begins on Friday night, would be the last.Big Brother premiered on Channel 4 in 2000 and immediately became a ratings hit - though viewing figures have dwindled in recent years.
  
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• Clegg leads pro-remain grandees on diplomatic mission to stop Brexit

  14-09-2018 16:30
  Tony Blair, Nick Clegg and John Major are working together.Prominent remain supporters including Tony Blair and John Major have been working with Nick Clegg and Peter Mandelson on a diplomatic mission to try to persuade European leaders to stop Brexit.
  
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• Salisbury reaction: 'It would be comical but for the fact someone died'

  14-09-2018 16:28
  Tour manager Phil Dargan was marshalling a group of American visitors around the cathedral close in Salisbury, doing his best not to alert them to the fact that they might – just might – be treading in the footsteps of the Skripal attack suspects, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov.“Anyone who knows Salisbury will tell you a left turn from the station takes you away from a cathedral which, with its spire, is not hard to miss.
  
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• Merkel - Want close defence cooperation with Britain after Brexit

  14-09-2018 16:24
  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that she wanted the European Union to have a close relationship with Britain when it leaves the bloc and added that the allies should work together closely on security and defence in the future."We want good, reliable ties with Britain - we want close cooperation in the fields of security and defence policy and we want cooperation between the 27 member states of the European Union and Britain but it's also up to Britain how it wants to define its re
  
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• Brexit talks 'closing in on workable solutions', Raab says

  14-09-2018 16:24
  British and European Union negotiators are "closing in on workable solutions" to the outstanding issues in Brexit talks, Britain's Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said after a phone call with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier."While there remain some substantive differences we need to resolve, it is clear our teams are closing in on workable solutions to the outstanding issues in the Withdrawal Agreement, and are having productive discussions in the right spirit on the future relationship," Raab
  
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• EU's Barnier says 'substantive differences' remain on Brexit deal

  14-09-2018 16:22
  The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday that key differences remained between the EU and Britain over the future of the Irish border and the EU's system of protecting food names.Barnier tweeted that he had had a "useful dialogue" with his British counterpart Dominic Raab on Friday morning about progress their teams had made towards a withdrawal agreement."But substantive differences remain on the Protocol for IE/NI, governance and GIs (geographical indications)
  
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• BP, Vitol go head to head in West African crude trading

  14-09-2018 16:19
  Oil major BPhas clashed with rival Vitol in the once-languid West African crude market, buying up cargoes and taking a big derivative position that may have raised costs for European refiners.The West African crude market typically sees cargoes of Nigerian and Angolan change hands in back-to-back deals outside the Platts window, a system widely used by the industry to price crude.New trading opportunities arose from August, when broker Sunrise started the first derivative for Nigeria's four larg
  
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• Prison officers end mass walkout over inmate violence

  14-09-2018 16:18
  A mass walkout by prison officers in protest at conditions in jails in England and Wales could lead to an increase in violence rather than help address the crisis, the justice secretary, David Gauke, has said.Gauke said: “I do believe we have to take steps to reduce the violence, I agree with those who say the level of violence is unacceptably high, and we’re determined to bring it down.
  
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• Emerging market currency crisis could lead to broader economic trouble

  14-09-2018 16:15
  Emerging market investors are trying to gauge whether a currency crisis and the steep interest rate hikes being used to fight it could turn into a broader slowdown and even recession.On Thursday, Turkey's central bank attempted to draw a line under a lira collapse of almost 40 percent this year by hiking interest rates more than 6 percentage points to 24 percent.Argentina is struggling to shore up its peso, which has more than halved in value despite punitive interest rate rises to 60 percent.
  
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• Britain says Russia interview is 'an insult', 'deeply offensive'- PM May's spokesman

  14-09-2018 15:52
  (This September 13 story correct to say suspects accused of attempted murder of former spy, not murder, in first paragraph.)
  
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• From Mars Bars to Thunderbirds: Eight things Slough gave the world

  14-09-2018 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Slough received its Royal Charter 80 years ago - but what has the Berkshire town given to the world?
  
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• Gina Miller Launches New Brexit Campaign

  14-09-2018 15:37
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• UK public pension group to oppose Ryanair at AGM

  14-09-2018 15:21
  Britain's Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) hasrecommended members vote against Ryanair'sfinancial report at the company's annual meeting next week and also oppose the re-election of its chairman.The group, whose members schemes run around 230 billion pounds on behalf of teachers, cleaning staff and other public workers, said its recommendations reflected "significant concerns" about Ryanair's treatment of workers.Ryanair has struggled with strikes in recent months and was forced to can
  
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• Prison officers walkout called off after talks with government

  14-09-2018 15:15
  Prison Officers Association members were told to protest outside jails ‘until instructed otherwise’.A protest by prison staff over violence and safety fears has been called off after talks with the government.Early on Friday morning the Prison Officers Association ordered its 20,000 members working in English and Welsh prisons to protest outside their workplaces “until instructed otherwise”.
  
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• Mike Ashley 'stabbed in the back' by Sports Direct investors

  14-09-2018 15:15
  Mike Ashley has accused Sports Direct shareholders of stabbing him and the company in the back over the shock departure of the firm's chairman.The company's founder and chief executive claimed that investors had been "hounding" Keith Hellawell, who quit unexpectedly ahead of the company's annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday.In what will be interpreted as a threat to take the company private again, Mr Ashley also argued that "true entrepreneurs will never be accepted in the public arena" an
  
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