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• Callum Smith knocks out George Groves to land super-middleweight crown

  28-09-2018 23:33 via theguardian.com
  • Liverpudlian beats fellow Briton in seventh round
  • Smith wins WBA title and World Boxing Super SeriesCallum Smith won the WBA super-middleweight title and was crowned World Boxing Super Series champion following a stunning knockout victory over his British rival George Groves in Saudi Arabia.After six tight and tense rounds Smith exploded into action in the seventh, rocking Groves through a flurry of punches that sent his opponent to the ground and saw him unable to make the count.
  
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• Liverpool’s Alisson: ‘My saves are not to show off for the camera’

  28-09-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Liverpool’s £65m goalkeeper goes up against Chelsea’s £71.6m Kepa Arrizabalaga on Saturday but the Brazilian is not bothered about his price tag and happy with his move to AnfieldAbsurd and crazy are the words Alisson chooses to describe his £65m transfer fee. In the end the Brazilian was the most expensive goalkeeper on the planet for all of 20 days before Chelsea invested an extra £6.6m in Kepa Arrizabalaga, ensuring there will be £136.6m worth of tale
  
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• Chelsea rediscover energy and optimism under Maurizio Sarri | Dominic Fifield

  28-09-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Italian head coach has overseen eye-catching start – and with Eden Hazard in the form of his life positivity abounds at Stamford BridgeAlmost 11 weeks into his stint in charge, Maurizio Sarri is still stumped. The Italian would appear to have overseen an eye-catching start. Chelsea nestle third in the table behind two more fancied teams, and inflicted a first wound of the season upon the leaders, Liverpool, in the Carabao Cup before Saturday’s collision between the sides at Stamford
  
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• Sajid Javid Backed By Tory Town Halls' Chief To Be Next Prime Minister

  28-09-2018 23:09
  Sajid Javid would make a "compassionate" and "competent" prime minister in the
  
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• British fighter jets land aboard HMS Elizabeth in 'monumental moment'

  28-09-2018 23:00
  Two F35 fighter jets have landed on-board the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier for the first time.The landings happened earlier this week off the east coast of the United States away from public eyes.Royal Navy Commander Nathan Gray and RAF Squadron Leader Andy Edgell were given the privilege of becoming the first pilots to land their aircraft on the ship.
  
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• Sir John Major Brands Leave Campaign A 'Fantasy Case' In Call For Second Brexit Vote

  28-09-2018 22:45
  The public should be allowed to vote again on whether to leave the European
  
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• Britain's rarest lizard to be tracked in the wild by radio tags

  28-09-2018 22:11
  A group of Britain's rarest lizards are to be tracked using tiny radio tags as they are re-released into the wild by a Hampshire zoo.A group of 24 sand lizards have been fitted with transmitters to track their movements and behaviour as they are reintroduced into the wild by Marwell Wildlife in Hampshire.The tiny radio tags, which weigh just 0.29 grams, will help experts understand the lizards' behaviour as they are put into the wild at Eelmoor Marsh, a site of special scientific interest in Far
  
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• UK regulator to enquire if Facebook data breach has affected UK citizens

  28-09-2018 22:07
  Facebook said it discovered a security breach affecting about 50 million user accounts after attackers stole Facebook access tokens through its "view as" feature which they used to take over people's accounts."It's always the company's responsibility to identify when UK citizens have been affected as part of a data breach and take steps to reduce any harm to consumers," ICO Deputy Commissioner of operations, James Dipple-Johnstone said http://bit.ly/2y1ahTQ.
  
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• Cottingley Fairies hoax photos could fetch £2,000 at auction

  28-09-2018 21:56
  Photographs depicting the Cottingley Fairies, widely considered one of the greatest hoaxes of the 20th century, are expected to sell for £2,000 at auction.The two images of the apparently mythical beings were taken in July and September 1917 by 16-year-old Elsie Wright and her nine-year-old cousin Frances Griffiths, in Cottingley, a small village near Bingley in Yorkshire.One photo shows Frances with four dancing fairies and the other shows Elsie seated with a one-foot tall dancing gnome.
  
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• In Full: Johnson responds to 'wrenched out of context' comments

  28-09-2018 21:55
  Sky's Beth Rigby in a wide-ranging interview with former foreign secretary Boris Johnson on comments over the Burka and his 'suicide vest' quote on Chequers.
  
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• Second Piccadilly Line Tube strike begins

  28-09-2018 21:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Drivers on the line serving Heathrow Airport stage a walkout over working conditions.
  
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• Led Zeppelin to face new Stairway to Heaven trial

  28-09-2018 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  A San Francisco appeals court orders a new trial into Stairway to Heaven riff copyright claims.
  
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• The Senate Judiciary Committee's Vote On Brett Kavanaugh - Explained For Brits

  28-09-2018 20:32
  Donald Trump's embattled nominee for the supreme court is one step closer to
  
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• Boris Johnson backs Sky News' election TV debate campaign

  28-09-2018 20:24
  Boris Johnson has given his backing to Sky News' Make Debates Happen campaign, which aims to make TV set-pieces a permanent fixture of general elections.The former foreign secretary not only called the debates "essential", but also said there should be as many of them as possible."My feeling is that they are essential and the public does need to see interchange between their potential leaders and I think the way for politicians to allay their worries about leadership debates is to have as many o
  
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• Thomas Jones: Body found in river in missing student search

  28-09-2018 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Thomas Jones disappeared after a night out during his first week at university in Worcester.
  
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• Cornwall Council subcontractors admit double yellow lines lie

  28-09-2018 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  A motorist returned to find parking tickets on his car despite the lines not being on the road when he left.
  
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• New government job for rail watchdog boss

  28-09-2018 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Joanna Whittington has been chief executive of the Office for Rail and Regulation since 2016.
  
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• Boris Johnson stands by burka remarks, accusing colleagues of 'confected indignation'

  28-09-2018 19:47
  In a wide-ranging interview with Sky News, Mr Johnson also warned that the EU may go for Theresa May's Brexit Chequers plan as it would be a "political triumph" for the bloc.The former foreign secretary told Sky News he felt the burka row, and anger at his description of Theresa May's Brexit plan as a "suicide vest", has as much to do with people's opposition to him over Brexit as to what he actually said.
  
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• Boris Johnson's 'super Canada' alternative Brexit plan rubbished

  28-09-2018 19:41
  Boris Johnson’s ideas for an alternative Brexit plan have been dismissed by DExEU and ministers.Furious ministers rounded on Boris Johnson for suggesting the UK renege on its Brexit agreements over the Irish border, calling it unworkable and criticising the former foreign secretary for denouncing agreements made while he was a cabinet minister.The Department for Exiting the European Union issued a defiant statement rejecting Johnson’s alternative, laid out in a 4,000-word Telegraph a
  
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• Boris Johnson swerves question on whether he will challenge May

  28-09-2018 19:27
  LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit hard-liner Boris Johnson, a fierce critic of Prime Minister Theresa May's "Chequers" plan for leaving the EU, declined to answer directly on Friday when asked if he would rule out a leadership challenge of the Conservative party.
  
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• Body found in search for missing Worcester student Thomas Jones

  28-09-2018 19:14
  A body has been found in the search for missing Worcester student Thomas Jones, police say.In a statement on Friday, West Mercia Police said: "Sadly, officers searching for missing 18-year-old Thomas Jones have recovered a body from the River Severn in Worcester today.Mr Jones, a university student from Bromsgrove, was last seen crossing the Sabrina footbridge in Worcester more than a week ago after a night out.
  
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• A full review of the treatment of rape in the justice system is needed

  28-09-2018 19:08
  Your discovery that prosecutors in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) may have been encouraged to ditch “weak” rape cases is extremely alarming, and may constitute discrimination against women and girls and a breach of the human rights duty incumbent on our independent prosecution service.Your report revealing that young men are much less likely to be found guilty when tried for rape in court should concern everyone within the justice system.The publication of the CPS’s annual
  
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• Boris Johnson Says Chequers Would Be A ‘Political Triumph’ For Brussels

  28-09-2018 19:07
  In his first television interviews since resigning as foreign secretary, Boris
  
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• Police searching for missing Worcester student find body

  28-09-2018 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Officers seeking Thomas Jones, 18, say a body has been recovered from River SevernOfficers searching for the University of Worcester student Thomas Jones, who went missing nine days ago during freshers’ week, have recovered a body from the River Severn.West Mercia police said in a statement on Friday: “Sadly, officers searching for missing 18-year-old Thomas Jones have recovered a body from the River Severn in Worcester today. Continue reading...
  
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• Melting Arctic ice opens new route from Europe to east Asia

  28-09-2018 19:02 via theguardian.com
  A Danish ship has successfully completed a trial voyage through the Russian ArcticA Danish-flagged cargo ship has successfully passed through the Russian Arctic, in a trial voyage showing that melting sea ice could potentially open a new trade route from Europe to east Asia.The Venta Maersk made the journey as a one-off trial, said Palle Laursen, the chief technical officer of A.P. Moller-Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping group. Continue reading...
  
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• New Plaid Cymru leader: no-deal Brexit could hasten Welsh independence

  28-09-2018 19:00
  Adam Price speaks in Cardiff after winning the Plaid Cymru leadership contest and replacing Leanne Wood.The newly elected leader of the Welsh nationalist party Plaid Cymru has said that a no-deal Brexit would lead to economic disaster for Wales and could strengthen the case for independence.
  
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• Brexit: Boris Johnson refuses to rule out Theresa May challenge

  28-09-2018 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  But the ex-foreign secretary tells the BBC his focus is on averting economic "disaster" after Brexit.
  
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• Facebook Reveals 50 Million Accounts Compromised In 'Security Breach'

  28-09-2018 18:58
  Facebook has revealed a security breach which potentially allowed hackers to
  
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• Saudi foreign minister demands Canada stop treating it like a 'banana republic'

  28-09-2018 18:35 via theguardian.com
  Adel Al-Juebir escalates row, asking for apology from Trudeau’s government over tweet calling for release of jailed activistsSaudi Arabia’s foreign minister has demanded Canada stop treating it like a “banana republic” and called upon the government of Justin Trudeau to apologize for calling for the release of jailed human rights activists, further escalating a simmering diplomatic row that began over the summer.“You can criticize us about human rights, women’
  
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• Hundreds of academics at top UK universities accused of bullying

  28-09-2018 18:30 via theguardian.com
  Senior professors among 300 people alleged to have bullied students and colleaguesHundreds of academics have been accused of bullying students and colleagues in the past five years, prompting concerns that a culture of harassment and intimidation is thriving in Britain’s leading universities.A Guardian investigation found nearly 300 academics, including senior professors and laboratory directors, were accused of bullying students and colleagues. Continue reading...
  
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• FGM has no place in the 21st century

  28-09-2018 18:30
  A man shows the logo of a T-shirt that reads ‘Stop the Cut’, referring to female genital mutilation.Your report (Burkina Faso botched FGM leaves 50 girls in hospital, 18 September) underscores the terrible toll this harmful practice continues to exert around the world.Female genital mutilation inflicts lasting emotional and physical harm on the most vulnerable members of society.
  
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• Asking for the moon – and much more

  28-09-2018 18:30
  Sunrise over Ely Cathedral in the Cambridgeshire. ‘Its a miracle to see the sun, moon and tide charts back,’ says John M Barrett.As John Fisher writes (Letters, 25 September), it is a miracle to see the sun, moon and tide charts back, much missed after a nine-month absence.Living in the heart of Kent, the nearest places quoted were Herstmonceux and Crawley, a mere 40-odd miles apart, yet the differences in their weather was quite marked, probably because Herstmonceux is much nearer t
  
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• Martin Rowson on the US supreme court nomination – cartoon

  28-09-2018 18:28 via theguardian.com
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• Indian supreme court upholds women's right to enter Kerala temple

  28-09-2018 17:54 via theguardian.com
  Court continues its series of landmark decisions, ruling that ban at Sabarimala is illegal India’s supreme court has ruled against a ban on girls and women of menstruating age from entering a prominent Hindu temple in southern Kerala state, upholding rights to equality of worship.The authorities at the Sabarimala temple, which attracts tens of millions of pilgrims every year, have said the ban on women and girls aged from 10 to 50 was essential to the rites related to the temple’s ch
  
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• Mexican mob burns detective to death in child abduction scare

  28-09-2018 17:48 via theguardian.com
  Three other men taken captive in incident in state of HidalgoVideo posted online shows mob beating man in town squareA mob of about 100 people in the central Mexican state of Hidalgo doused a detective with gasoline and burned him to death, according to local officials.The Hidalgo state prosecutors’ office said the crowd attacked local police in the town of Metepec on Thursday and took the detective and three other men captive. Continue reading...
  
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• UK's children denied basic human right to clean air, says Unicef

  28-09-2018 17:46 via theguardian.com
  Young people face a long term ‘health crisis’ unless the government acts to clean up pollution, says children’s charityChildren in the UK are being denied their basic human right to breathe clean air and facing a long term “health crisis” because of the toxic fumes they breathe on their way to and from school, according to leading children’s charity Unicef.The organisation, which campaigns on children’s rights and wellbeing around the world, described th
  
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• Beluga fever is tinged with sorrow for whale-watchers on Thames

  28-09-2018 17:37 via theguardian.com
  The thrill of a once-in-a-lifetime sighting mingles with a fear that this story may not end wellGrant Hazlehurst, a civil servant from Bromley, Kent has seen many whales. “Fin, sperm, Cuvier’s beaked, True’s beaked, sei, long-fin pilot …” most of them from his regular jaunts on a car ferry in the Bay of Biscay. “But I never thought I would see a beluga, not in the Thames,” he said. “So, I’m hoping.”So were the two dozen or so others wh
  
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• Headteachers March Over Cuts: 'Enough Is Enough'

  28-09-2018 17:35
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• Birmingham pupils sent home early to save school money

  28-09-2018 17:28 via bbc.co.uk
  A Birmingham head teacher says he hopes to save £18,500 by cutting the school day.
  
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• Renewed bid to find Aberdeen cheese wire killer 35 years on

  28-09-2018 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Taxi driver George Murdoch was brutally murdered in Aberdeen in 1983 and his killer has not been caught.
  
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• US groups raise millions to support rightwing UK thinktanks

  28-09-2018 17:24 via theguardian.com
  Anonymous donors have given $5.6m since 2008 to groups linked to four thinktanksMillions of dollars has been raised from anonymous US donors to support British rightwing thinktanks that are among the most prominent in the Brexit debate.American donors are giving money to US fundraising bodies that pass the donations to four thinktanks in Britain. A Guardian analysis has established that $5.6m (£4.3m) has been donated to these US entities since 2008. Continue reading...
  
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• 14 life lessons for millennials from people aged over 50

  28-09-2018 17:20
  Don’t end up with regrets.
  
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• Why are people still not wearing seat belts?

  28-09-2018 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  What could be behind new figures showing a rise in the proportion of car crash fatalities not wearing seat belts?
  
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• Perfectionism puts pressure on freshers – here's how to beat it

  28-09-2018 17:03
  ‘Don’t confuse being a perfectionist with being ambitious,’ says psychologist Niels Eek.If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.Perfectionism isn’t classed as a mental disorder in itself – but it has been linked to various mental health problems such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.
  
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• Are we searching hard enough for aliens?

  28-09-2018 17:03
  It has been called the Fermi paradox, after the physicist Enrico Fermi, and it asks why - if it is so probable that life exists elsewhere in the universe - haven't we found any?The common suggestion in response to this paradox is to explain that the universe is very, very big - and there are a lot of places we could potentially find some life.Now, a trio of astrophysicists have taken another look at the "needle in a haystack" analogy and have created a model to assess how much work has actually
  
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• Prisoners locked up in squalid cells for 23 hours a day, says report

  28-09-2018 16:58
  Inmates at a Hampshire jail are being locked up in squalid cells for up to 23 hours a day with little time for basic tasks like showering and exercising, according to a watchdog.The independent monitoring board (IMB) said prisoners at HMP Winchester are merely being "warehoused" under a restricted regime.The board said staff shortages have led to limited searches, sparking a rise in drugs and contraband, with "urgent concerns" about the frequency of substances including spice in jail.
  
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• Sneezing fallow buck photo 'one-in-a-million shot'

  28-09-2018 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  University student Oban van Schie, 19, took the photograph at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire.
  
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• The Guardian women’s cricketer of the year 2018: Sarah Taylor

  28-09-2018 16:35 via theguardian.com
  The England wicketkeeper is the inaugural winner of the award after a year impressing behind the stumps, coping with anxiety and raising mental health awarenessThe Guardian Women’s Cricketer of the Year is an award given to a player who has done something truly remarkable, whether by overcoming adversity, helping others or setting a sporting example by acting with exceptional honesty. Sarah Taylor is the inaugural winnerOn 19 November last year the two things Sarah Taylor knew were that sh
  
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• Kremlin: Photos don't prove novichok suspect is Russian intelligence officer

  28-09-2018 16:24
  The Kremlin has dismissed the photos being used to support claims that one of the Russians accused of the Salisbury poisoning is a decorated military officer.This week investigative website Bellingcat published pictures of a Russian military intelligence colonel it named as Anatoliy Chepiga who looks like one of the accused.Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, said the likeness between the man and the photos does not prove they are the same person.
  
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