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• Scottish lawyers face increasing risk of attack

  17-09-2018 23:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  The head of Scotland’s Law Society says she is “extremely alarmed” over a survey showing solicitors routinely attacked or threatened at their work. At greatest risk are criminal defence solicitors and family lawyers dealing with child custody cases.
  
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• Lord Adonis accuses Leave campaign of 'lies' as drags Churchill into rant against Brexit

  17-09-2018 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  LORD Adonis has lashed at at the Leave campaign’s “lies” in a passionate outburst in which he talked up the prospect of a second referendum – and appeared to compared the fight against Brexit with Winston Churchill’s stance against Nazi Germany.
  
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• Egypt hotel deaths: UK post mortem on British couple 'inconclusive' says family's lawyer

  17-09-2018 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE post mortems carried out by the UK on a British couple who died on holiday in Egypt were “inconclusive” over the cause of death, lawyers have said.
  
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• Sir Vince Cable dares Theresa May to deny Brexiteers' 'erotic spasm' in Lib Dem conference speech

  17-09-2018 23:31
  Sir Vince Cable will call on Theresa May to show "true leadership" and ignore hardline Tory Brexiteers wanting the "erotic spasm" of leaving the EU.The Liberal Democrat leader will dare the prime minister to "shock us" and offer a "people's vote" on the final Brexit deal.In what is likely to be the 75-year-old's last conference speech as head of his party, Sir Vince is expected to attack both main parties over their Brexit stance in his address on Tuesday.
  
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• Claim that all of Dundee's rough sleepers are career beggars sparks storm

  17-09-2018 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  EVERY single rough sleeper in Scotland’s homeless capital is a “career beggar”, it was claimed yesterday. Sarah Craig, whose role as city centre manager gives her responsibility for promoting Dundee to shoppers, provoked fury with her claim that “not a single” person begging in the city was actually homeless.
  
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• New U.S. tariff threat on Chinese goods hits stocks, dollar

  17-09-2018 23:07
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of global equity markets eased and the dollar slipped on Monday as an expected new round of tariffs from Washington on Chinese goods made investors skittish about an escalation of a U.S.-Sino dispute over trade.
  
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• Former trader facing deportation from UK gets temporary reprieve

  17-09-2018 23:06
  Kweku Adoboli, a former UBS trader jailed for a $2.25 billion (1.7 billion pounds) fraud, has won a temporary reprieve from deportation to Ghana, his spokesman said on Monday.Adoboli, who was born in Ghana but has lived in Britain since he was 12, has been granted a review by the interior ministry, meaning he will likely be allowed to go back to his home in Scotland for several months.Adoboli, who does not have British citizenship, has been appealing against a 2014 order by British authorities t
  
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• May vows to defend Jews and Israel, in dig at Corbyn

  17-09-2018 22:44
  Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Monday to protect British Jewish identity and Israel's right to defend itself, in an attack on opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn in the run-up to his Labour Party conference next weekend.May told a United Jewish Israel Appeal dinner she was "sickened" by the idea that some Jews questioned whether Britain was a safe place to raise their children.Labour has been angrily divided this year over pockets of anti-Semitism which Corbyn himself has acknowledged.
  
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• Londoners highlight drug problem with 'dealers only' parking space

  17-09-2018 22:42
  Activists spray-painted parking spaces and erected street signs to highlight what they say are increasing levels of drug dealing in Shoreditch.The freedom with which drug dealers have been trading in one of the busiest areas of east London has inspired a local community to mount a satirical fightback by installing street signs designating “crack pickup” points and telling drivers to “give way to oncoming drug dealers”.The signs went up on Sunday morning close to the night
  
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• No-deal Brexit would bring 'some short-term disruption' - May

  17-09-2018 22:30
  (Reuters) - A failure to reach an exit deal with the European Union before Britain's March 2019 departure date would bring disruption, Prime Minister Theresa May told the BBC on Monday.
  
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• France, Britain reach deal over scallop fishing dispute

  17-09-2018 22:26
  French and British fisherman have reached an agreement to end a dispute over scallop fishing in the English Channel, a French Agriculture Ministry official said on Monday.The row, which arose as Britain negotiates its exit from the European Union, centred on the size of the boats that are allowed to fish in the Baie de Seine where scallops can be found in large quantities.French fishermen had accused the British of unfairly catching scallops in the Baie de Seine during the summer, when French bo
  
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• UBS fraudster banker Kweku Adoboli's deportation from UK delayed

  17-09-2018 22:15
  A former UBS trader convicted of fraud has been temporarily saved from being deported to Ghana from the UK.Kweku Adoboli, 38, was jailed for seven years in 2012 for two counts of fraud that cost the Swiss bank £1.4bn in losses.
  
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• Corbyn backs Sky News' election TV debate campaign

  17-09-2018 21:58
  Jeremy Corbyn has backed Sky News' campaign for an independent commission to run TV debates between party leaders ahead of general elections.Other senior MPs said TV debates "energised" election campaigns and should become a "permanent fixture" instead of being arranged in "backroom deals" between politicians and broadcasters.
  
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• UK and France end scallop wars with peace deal

  17-09-2018 21:57
  The UK and France have reached a peace deal over the scallop wars between the two countries' fishing fleets.British vessels under 15 metres will continue to be able to take scallops from the waters but larger boats will stop fishing in the Baie de Seine from midnight on Monday until the end of 30 October, DEFRA confirmed.The more than a decade-long disagreement came to a head in the early hours of 28 August as French fishermen allegedly threw smoke bombs, rocks and other projectiles at English a
  
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• France, Britain reach deal over scallop dispute - French official

  17-09-2018 21:57
  French and British fisherman have reached an agreement to end a dispute over scallop fishing in the English Channel, an official with the French Ministry of Agriculture said on Monday."A deal has been reached and will be passed on to authorities in the two countries to be finalised," the official said, giving no details of the agreement.The dispute, which arose as Britain negotiates its exit from the European Union, centred on the size of the boats that are allowed to fish in the Baie de Seine w
  
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• Elon Musk sued by British diver for calling him 'paedophile' after Thai cave rescue

  17-09-2018 21:57
  A British diver who helped rescue boys trapped in a Thai cave is suing Elon Musk after the Tesla chief called him a paedophile.Vernon Unsworth claims the billionaire defamed him with "unlawful, unsupportable and reprehensible accusations", court documents seen by Sky News say.Mr Unsworth was part of the team of international divers who became known worldwide after theysuccessfully rescued all 12 youngsters and their football coachwhen they became trapped by rising waters in a Thai cave complex.
  
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• AP Exclusive: WikiLeaks files expose group's inner workings

  17-09-2018 21:54
  Julian Assange had just pulled off one of the biggest scoops in journalistic history, splaying the innards of American diplomacy across the web."I, Julian Assange, hereby grant full authority to my friend, Israel Shamir, to both drop off and collect my passport, in order to get a visa," said the letter , which was obtained exclusively by The Associated Press.The Nov. 30, 2010, missive is part of a much larger trove of WikiLeaks emails, chat logs, financial records, secretly recorded footage and
  
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• AP Exclusive: WikiLeaks files expose group's inner workings

  17-09-2018 21:54
  LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange had just pulled off one of the biggest scoops in journalistic history, splaying the innards of American diplomacy across the web. But technology firms were cutting ties to his WikiLeaks website, cable news pundits were calling for his head and a Swedish sex crime case was threatening to put him behind bars.
  
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• Theresa May: I do not underestimate antisemitism threat

  17-09-2018 21:30
  Theresa May has said she wants to ‘fight racial and religious hatred’.Theresa May has said she does not “underestimate the threat of antisemitism”, as she addressed a Jewish organisation in a speech in which she also called for the UK to boost its trade with Israel after Brexit and backed Israel’s “right to defend itself”.The prime minister told a dinner hosted by the United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA) that she was aware of concerns raised by some Britis
  
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• Diners 'gobsmacked' after pair fell ill in Salisbury Prezzo restaurant

  17-09-2018 21:28
  A woman has told how she and other diners were "gobsmacked" when a man collapsed near where Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found poisoned by novichok.Amanda Worne told Sky News that she was in Prezzo in Salisbury, Wiltshire, sitting next to a "glamorous blonde" woman who seemed "agitated" and then became extremely upset after finding a man collapsed in the restaurant's toilet.Wiltshire Police said they were assessed at Salisbury District Hospital due to concerns they had been "exposed to an unkno
  
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• John F Kennedy's childhood photos published – in pictures

  17-09-2018 21:27 via theguardian.com
  Images have been released as part of a year-long effort by the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum to make 1,700 vulnerable nitrate negative photographs available online. They provide a glimpse of the Kennedy family from before JFK’s birth through to the early 1950s Continue reading...
  
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• Menace and aggression during 'new EDL' demo

  17-09-2018 21:04
  People are calling them the new EDL.There are many similarities between the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) and the group founded by Tommy Robinson in 2009.Both the EDL and DFLA were formed to fight Islamist extremism.
  
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• Violence erupts at anti-Muslim rally

  17-09-2018 21:00
  Activists at a Democratic Football Lads Alliance protest in Sunderland against Muslim grooming gangs has turned violent.
  
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• UKIP leader Gerard Batten criticised by Nigel Farage for endorsing anti-Muslim rally

  17-09-2018 20:58
  UKIP leader Gerard Batten has been criticised by Nigel Farage for endorsing an anti-Muslim rally which turned violent in Sunderland over the weekend.Gerard Batten marched alongside the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) as they clashed with police who were barricading the march from a separate group of anti-racism protesters.Sky News was the only news organisation at the demonstration, where three people were arrested, including one protester who swung a Union flag at a police officer on h
  
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• 'He's a wailing BANSHEE' Rees-Mogg condemns 'hysterical' Carney over Brexit predictions

  17-09-2018 20:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  JACOB Rees-Mogg has ripped into Bank of England governor Mark Carney over his "hysterical" Brexit predictions during a passionate tirade.
  
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• Labour NEC braced for row over leadership election proposals

  17-09-2018 20:09
  Jennie Formby emailed NEC members on Saturday night to detail the final proposals from the democracy review.Labour’s ruling national executive committee is braced for a fierce row between Momentum and trade unions over future leadership rules on Tuesday, after last-minute proposals were tabled for radical party reforms.The party’s democracy reforms will comprehensively expand the power of members, including giving them power over local groups – a move that has angered centrists
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Aide ‘Granted Parliamentary Security Pass’ After Nine Month Wait

  17-09-2018 19:55
  One of Jeremy Corbyn's closest aides has been granted a Parliamentary security
  
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• UK 'needs darkest hour' in Brexit talks before giving ground

  17-09-2018 19:54
  Theresa May needs to give ground on her red lines before a deal is possible, say EU diplomats.The British government will have to experience its “darkest hour” and stare into the abyss of a no-deal Brexit before it will cave in to Brussels demands, senior EU diplomats have predicted.Ahead of a summit of EU leaders in Salzburg, diplomats in Brussels privately warned that Theresa May still needed to make a significant shift on her red lines for a deal to be possible, with the Irish bor
  
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• Typhoon Mangkhut Causes Hong Kong Subway Chaos

  17-09-2018 19:50
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• Train delays at 12-year high as new timetables and bad weather hit services

  17-09-2018 19:49
  British trains are the latest they have been since 2006, figures have revealed.Severe weather and new timetables meant 14% of trains missed the industry's Public Performance Measure (PPM) of punctuality in the 12 months to 18 August, data published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) found.Trains must arrive within five minutes of their final station in London, southeast England and regional services, and within 10 minutes for long distance services to qualify as on time under the PPM.
  
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• Columba McVeigh: fresh search for remains of IRA victim

  17-09-2018 19:49
  Contractors begin the search at Braggan bog in County Monaghan, an area that has been searched a number of times before.Forensic archaeologists have launched a fresh attempt to find the remains of a Northern Ireland teenager who was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975.A team of contractors on Monday started combing an acre of Braggan bog, near Emyvale in County Monaghan, in the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• AP Exclusive: Files show Assange sought Russian visa

  17-09-2018 19:02
  Files obtained by the AP provide an intimate look at WikiLeaks and its founder's relationship with Moscow.
  
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• The dedicated owners who kept their pets close when fleeing Florence aftermath

  17-09-2018 19:00
  Dogs and cats were part of the rescue.
  
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• Police officer who led Edward Heath case reprimanded by watchdog

  17-09-2018 18:47
  Mike Veale pictured during the Operation Conifer investigation.A police chief who oversaw a controversial investigation into the former prime minister Sir Edward Heath “has a case to answer” for alleged misconduct for providing an inaccurate account of how his phone was damaged, a police watchdog has found.An investigation into Mike Veale, the former chief constable of Wiltshire police, was launched in January by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), following anonymous c
  
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• Cat finds bag of 'cocaine and heroin' and brings it home

  17-09-2018 18:11
  A cat has apparently found and brought home a bag of what are suspected to be class A drugs.The moggie's owner, from St Pauls in Bristol, found the pet "curled up" next to the bag on Monday morning, meaning it acquired the drugs while out roaming on Sunday night, probably leaving a dealer out of pocket.The wraps appear to be crack cocaine and heroin with a street value of hundreds of pounds, reports Bristol Live.
  
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• ISS Crew Address Hole In Spacecraft

  17-09-2018 18:00
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• Here's every single model confirmed for the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

  17-09-2018 17:58
  Historically, September has always been *the* month for fashion. It kicks off
  
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• 'The odds have INCREASED' Britain could STAY in EU - senior economist's SHOCK claim

  17-09-2018 17:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  A SENIOR economist with a knack for correctly forecasting the outcome of elections believes the chances of Britain staying in the EU are growing and had become “non-negligible”.
  
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• Cat Strolls Into Family Home Carrying A Plastic Bag Full Of Drugs

  17-09-2018 17:47
  A cat became an unwitting drug runner when it returned to its home carrying a
  
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• Can you find the rude word hidden in this teen’s art competition entry?

  17-09-2018 17:47
  Parker Herdman drew a beautiful picture for a local art competition… that had a surprising word hidden inside.
  
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• Westminster terror attack inquest: Hero MP had to be ordered to stop giving aid to PC Keith Palmer

  17-09-2018 17:36
  A hero MP who rushed to help a police officer stabbed in the Westminster terror attack has told how he had to be ordered to stop his first aid efforts.The former soldier, who had battlefield medical training, held back tears as he relived the desperate attempts to save 48-year-old PC Keith Palmer's life.Giving evidence to the inquests into the victims' deaths at the Old Bailey, Mr Ellwood said he performed CPR until an emergency doctor arrived at the scene.
  
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• 'Cockle-chemo' breakthrough could hold answer to curing cancer

  17-09-2018 17:24
  Cockles are just as effective as some chemotherapy drugs in curing cancer, new research has found.Sugars found in the small shellfish were "approximately as effective" as cancer drugs, biomedical scientists at the University of Salford in Manchester found."Cockle-chemo", as they called the process, could be particularly suitable for children because it is less toxic and less likely to cause unhealthy side effects, they said.
  
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• Elderly woman 'died after attack by police dog'

  17-09-2018 17:03
  A frail elderly woman died four days after she was repeatedly bitten in her home by a police dog, an inquest has heard.Irene Collins, 73, was attacked by the canine as it searched her house in Middlesbrough for a suspected drug dealer in July 2014.The dog, called Dano, then returned to bite Mrs Collins for a second time after it had been dragged off her by its handler, as the pensioner screamed "why has this happened to me?".
  
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• No 10 admits Chequers plan could be undone after Brexit

  17-09-2018 16:55
  Downing Street has admitted Theresa May's Chequers proposal could be undone after Brexit.Brussels has already rejected the proposal, with one MP claiming they were told by chief negotiator Michel Barnier it was "dead in the water".Questions over its future were sparked on Sunday, when Environment Secretary Michael Gove said that "a future prime minister could always choose to alter the relationship between Britain and the EU".
  
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• Workers at Solihull Jaguar plant moved to 3-day week until Christmas

  17-09-2018 16:53
  Jaguar Land Rover,the largest carmaker in the UK, has moved workers at its Solihull plant on to a three-day week schedule until Christmas.The car manufacturer said on Monday it was making temporary adjustments to its production schedules at its primary plant for Jaguar vehicles at Castle Bromwich, "in light of the continuing headwinds impacting the car industry".The move comes amid a tense period for UK-based exporting corporations awaiting the outcome of Brexit negotiations.
  
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• Sajid Javid meets Imran Khan as anti-terror and corruption pact announced

  17-09-2018 16:46
  The British home secretary has met the prime minister of Pakistan as a new partnership between the two countries to fight terror is announced.Sajid Javid, the son of Pakistani immigrants, was pictured shaking hands with the newly elected Imran Khan during a visit to Pakistan.Speaking in Islamabad, Mr Javid said the partnership will strive for "justice and accountability".
  
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• Egypt hotel couple's deaths 'inconclusive', lawyers say

  17-09-2018 16:45
  Post-mortems on a couple who died while on holiday in Egypt have not found their cause of death, lawyers have said.The news comes almost a month after the British couple died in their hotel room while on a Thomas Cook holiday.John and Susan Cooper, from Burnley, Lancashire, died on 21 August while staying at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
  
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• AP Exclusive: Leaked docs show Assange bid for Russian visa

  17-09-2018 16:45
  LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange had just pulled off one of the biggest scoops in journalistic history, splaying the innards of American diplomacy across the web. But technology firms were cutting ties to his website, WikiLeaks, cable news pundits were calling for his head and a Swedish sex crime case was threatening to put him behind bars.
  
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• Stop apologising for coalition, Nick Clegg tells Lib Dems

  17-09-2018 16:38
  The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, speaks at a conference fringe event.Nick Clegg has said the Lib Dems should stop apologising for their time in coalition, in a sideswipe at the future leadership favourite Jo Swinson’s demand that the party “own its failures”.“We went into coalition eight years ago, there is something quite Lib Dem about still thinking about the things we did or didn’t feel comfortable with when we entered into government so lo
  
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• UK border detainees could be denied access to lawyer for an hour

  17-09-2018 16:22
  Suspects detained at UK borders may be denied the right to consult a lawyer for up to an hour and officers will be allowed to listen in to private consultations under sweeping new security powers, the Law Society has warned.Proposals in the counter-terrorism and border security bill will undermine the traditional right to confidential legal advice for those stopped at airports and docks, the organisation which represents solicitors throughout England and Wales fears.Section 23 of part two of the
  
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