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• PM May tells divided party: Don't play politics with my Brexit plan

  29-09-2018 23:52
  British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party began gathering for its annual conference on Saturday with bitter divisions over her Brexit plans rising to the fore, raising doubts about her own future.In an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper ahead of her party's conference, May took aim at those who have scorned her "Chequers" Brexit proposals accusing them of "playing politics" with Britain’s future and undermining the national interest."Unlike the prime minister I campaig
  
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• British PM May accuses critics of "playing politics" over Brexit - Sunday Times

  29-09-2018 23:11
  BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May accused critics of her plans to leave the European Union of "playing politics" with Britain's future and undermining the national interest in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper.
  
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• Trump calls Saudi King to discuss oil supplies

  29-09-2018 22:33
  Cairo (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump called Saudi Arabia's King Salman and they discussed efforts being made to maintain supplies for oil market stability and global economic growth, state news agency SPA reported late on Saturday.
  
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• Britain’s bill for Brexit hits £500m a week – and rising

  29-09-2018 22:18
  Brexit is already costing the public purse £500m a week, new research has found – a stark contrast to the £350m “dividend” promised by the Leave campaign.The Centre for European Reform’s analysis also suggests that the government’s austerity drive would be on the way to completion had Britain voted to stay in the European Union.The febrile conference coincides with explosive claims that the boss of one UK-based carmaker has been flown by private jet to m
  
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• Brexit costing Britain £500m a week and rising, says report

  29-09-2018 22:18
  Brexit is already costing the public purse £500m a week, new research has found – a stark contrast to the £350m “dividend” promised by the Leave campaign.The Centre for European Reform’s analysis also suggests that the government’s austerity drive would be on the way to completion had Britain voted to stay in the European Union.The febrile conference coincides with explosive claims that the boss of one UK-based carmaker has been flown by private jet to m
  
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• Don't expect Conservatives to be punished for data breach

  29-09-2018 21:50
  Less than 24 hours after Facebook admitted 50 million users had been exposed to hackers, the Conservative Party Conference discovered a flaw on its app, which allowed anyone to pick up the email addresses and phone numbers of attendees.The data leaked wasn't that intimate - like medical records, say, or home addresses - and these are public people whose details are often available.When Russian agents hacked the US Democratic Party in 2016, the breach came after Hillary Clinton's campaign chair c
  
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• Leeds Dog Attack Leaves Police Officer And Two Men Seriously Injured

  29-09-2018 21:37
  A police officer and two men were seriously injured after being attacked by
  
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• Health chiefs to set social media time limits for young people

  29-09-2018 20:30
  Matt Hancock says he is alarmed by reports that unlimited social media use causes mental health problems for the young.The government is to produce the first official guidelines on the maximum amount of time young people should spend on social media, health secretary Matt Hancock says today, amid growing concern about the links between its excessive use and mental health problems among children.In an interview with the Observer before the Conservatve party conference, which opens this weekend in
  
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• Lindsay Lohan Punched In The Face After Trying To Take Refugee Children From Parents

  29-09-2018 20:03
  Lindsay Lohan has posted a bizarre video on Instagram in which she tries to
  
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• Delays and disruption to trains as 'leaf fall' timetables launch

  29-09-2018 19:57
  Rail passengers are set for autumn angst as trains will bypass stations to deal with leaves on the line.Some commuters will have to get to stations early as trains will be leaving three minutes earlier than usual.Chiltern, Northern, South Western and Southeastern will all be running amended "leaf fall" timetables from the first or second week of October until mid-December.
  
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• 'Grounds for optimism' over potential Brexit deal, Business Secretary Greg Clark says

  29-09-2018 19:44
  Business Secretary Greg Clark has said there are "grounds for optimism" that the UK will strike a Brexit deal with the EU.It comes as leading Conservative Brexiteers urge the prime minister to ditch her Chequers plan in favour of a Canada-style agreement.Theresa May said her proposals, which were rejected by EU leaders at a summit in Salzburg, remain the only viable option for an exit agreement.
  
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• In Pictures: Ink aficionados gather for International Tattoo Convention

  29-09-2018 19:08
  The 14th International Tattoo Convention is being held in east London.
  
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• Care workers cut short visits to elderly as workload soars

  29-09-2018 18:59
  The MP Frank Field’s report paints a bleak picture of conditions for care workers.Social care workers are cutting short visits to frail elderly people, or working unpaid overtime to keep up with huge workloads, a new report finds.One in three earns less than the national minimum wage or national living wage because they are not paid for time spent travelling between clients.
  
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• Watch: ‘Would-be burglar’ gets shock of his life when he realises he’s on camera

  29-09-2018 18:47
  Police arrested the man, who was posing as an air conditioning technician, soon after.
  
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• Latest glitch for May - botched party app lets public log in as cabinet ministers

  29-09-2018 18:44
  British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party apologised on Saturday after releasing a phone app for the annual party conference that let members of the public log in as senior government ministers and view their personal details.Dawn Foster, a columnist with the Guardian newspaper, discovered that a flaw in the app allowed users to log in as anyone attending the party conference, simply by entering an email address.It meant the mobile phone numbers of all those attending the four-day
  
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• Man who lashed out at cyclist with a knife is jailed

  29-09-2018 18:15
  A man armed with a knife who lashed out at a cyclist in an "unprovoked attack" has been jailed for four years.Cecil Samba, 22, was captured on CCTV running up to the victim, who was riding on the pavement in Leicester.Samba was holding a knife and could be seen attacking the man at about 3.30pm on 22 March 2018.
  
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• At conference, PM May faces party divided by Brexit

  29-09-2018 18:15
  British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party began gathering for its annual conference on Saturday, bitterly divided over her plans to leave the European Union which threatens to derail any deal and put her own job in doubt.Just six months before Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, 2019, May has said talks to clinch a divorce deal are at an impasse.Japanese carmaker Toyota on Saturday warned that leaving without an agreement would hit its production and jobs would ultima
  
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• This record-breaking pumpkin tipped the scales at a staggering 2,528lb

  29-09-2018 17:45
  That’s more than a ton of pumpkin. Try carving a scary face in that…
  
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• Man held on suspicion of murder after women found dead in Kent

  29-09-2018 17:37
  Kent police said a 28-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of murder and was in custody.Police have arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of murder after two women were found dead at a property in Kent on Saturday morning.An air ambulance was called to the address in Hadlow just after 7.40am.
  
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• Tory conference app flaw reveals private data of senior MPs

  29-09-2018 17:08
  Security is tight at the conference but private data was made available to anyone logged in as an attendee.A major flaw in the Conservative’s official conference mobile phone application has made the private data of senior party members – including cabinet members – accessible to anyone that logged in as a conference attendee.The data of every person who registered to attend the Tory conference could be viewed, with Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and others among hundreds of diplo
  
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• 'Biodegradeable' plastic balloons are killing wildlife, campaigners warn

  29-09-2018 16:58
  Plastic advertising balloons that blow away to sea are killing seabirds, seals and other wildlife, campaigners have warned."Dolphins, whales, turtles, seabirds and other animals have been killed by balloons," a Marine Conservation Society spokesman told Sky News.A dead seal with a balloon and ribbon hanging from its mouth was recently found on a Cornish beach by wildlife campaigner Claire Wallerstein.
  
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• Senior Tory MPs' phone numbers exposed in Conservative Conference app flaw

  29-09-2018 16:43
  A major security flaw in the official Conservative Party Conference app has been uncovered, which allowed anyone to access and change the personal details of ministers, MPs and all other attendees.The app did not require a password to access attendees' accounts, making it possible to access the email addresses and mobile phone numbers of Chancellor Philip Hammond and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson.Sky News has found that it was also possible to change the photos and details of cabinet me
  
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• Man arrested after two women 'murdered' in Kent

  29-09-2018 16:40
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women died near Tonbridge, Kent police have said.Officers were called by paramedics to an address in Hadlow just after 7.40am on Saturday.Officers arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Man dies after car chased by police crashes into lamppost

  29-09-2018 16:39
  A 23-year-old man has died after a car that was being chased by police crashed into a lamppost.The man, from Burnley, Lancashire, was the front seat passenger in a vehicle that was carrying three men.Lancashire Police says officers had made a request for the car to stop and were following it before the collision.
  
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• Bournemouth nightclub evacuated after pepper spray released

  29-09-2018 16:32
  A nightclub in Bournemouth was evacuated after a canister of pepper spray was released on the dancefloor, causing panic and adverse reactions among revellers.As many as 40 people with sickness, coughing fits and itchy eyes were treated at the scene by paramedics after the canister was set off at the Cameo club in the early hours of Saturday morning.Later Cameo posted a statement on Facebook which read: “Last night there was an incident in the main room at the club where a small canister of
  
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• 'It's worrying': Labour MP Chris Leslie speaks out after losing no-confidence vote called by local party

  29-09-2018 16:32
  Chris Leslie has spoken out after becoming the latest Labour MP to lose a no-confidence vote called by party members in his constituency.The Nottingham East MP, who has been critical of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, said he has no intention of stepping down after the vote by "a few dozen of Momentum activists".Mr Leslie added there is a "danger" that the public will "draw their own conclusions" if centre-left Labour MPs are pushed out of the party.
  
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• Labour Dossier Suggests Tory Divisions Are Enough To Spark Leadership Contest

  29-09-2018 15:47
  More than a third of Theresa May's MPs have publicly criticised their
  
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• Cost of lifesaving heroin withdrawal drug soars by 700%

  29-09-2018 15:27
  More than 30,000 people in England use the generic drug buprenorphine.A 700% spike in the price of a drug used to wean addicts off heroin has caused alarm among treatment agencies, which warn of a rise in drug-related deaths unless urgent action is taken to make it more affordable.Buprenorphine is an alternative to methadone that reduces the symptoms of withdrawal and lessens the desire to use heroin.
  
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• Sky sources: Former Manchester United and Chelsea chief Peter Kenyon plots Newcastle takeover

  29-09-2018 15:25
  Former Manchester United and Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon is plotting a takeover bid for Newcastle United that could end Mike Ashley's decade-long ownership of the Premier League club.Sky News can reveal that Mr Kenyon has approached a number of potential financial backers in recent weeks about the idea of collaborating on a deal.City sources said this weekend that he was working on a bid with Rockefeller Capital Management, a New York-based firm run by Greg Fleming, one of the most prom
  
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• Edinburgh Police Twitter Blunder 'Mistakenly' Expresses Support For Anti-SNP Campaign

  29-09-2018 14:45
  A blunder by Police Scotland saw one of their verified social media channels
  
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• UK regulator certifies use of some out-of-date EpiPens over shortages

  29-09-2018 14:00
  EpiPens make up three-quarters of the 340,000 adrenaline auto-injectors prescribed annually.Children with severe allergies who need to carry life-saving medication are being forced to rely on out-of-date EpiPens due to a global shortage of the adrenaline shots.EpiPen and EpiPen Junior devices, which are supplied by Mylan and produced by Pfizer, have faced shortages in the UK and other countries for months.
  
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• Schools braced for head lice invasion

  29-09-2018 14:00
  A mother goes through her daughter’s hair with a nit comb.Head lice outbreaks are most common when children return to school in the autumn.Schools are facing a big rise in the number of head lice outbreaks this winter as a result of a “shortsighted” government policy that will hit children from low-income families hardest, teachers and head lice experts have warned.
  
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• Labour MP and Corbyn critic Chris Leslie loses local confidence vote

  29-09-2018 13:37
  Chris Leslie could be forced to compete for selection as a general election candidate by a ‘trigger ballot’.The Labour MP Chris Leslie has lost a vote of confidence from his Nottingham East constituency party.Activists voted to pass the no-confidence motion on Friday night, citing his involvement in a plot to oust Jeremy Corbyn as leader and criticising what they said were his “repeated attempts … to undermine the leadership”.
  
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• At conference, British PM May faces party divided by Brexit

  29-09-2018 12:40
  British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party began gathering for its annual conference on Saturday, bitterly divided over her plans to leave the European Union which threatens to derail any deal and put her own job in doubt.Just six months before Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, 2019, May has said talks to clinch a divorce deal are at an impasse.The uncertainty has led to business concerns that there will be no deal, potentially leading to tariffs and border delays.
  
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• Allergy sufferers told to rely on out-of-date EpiPens amid global shortage

  29-09-2018 12:29
  Allergy sufferers are relying on out-of-date EpiPens amid a global shortage of the life-saving adrenaline injectors.The medicines regulator has taken the measure of certifying batches of expired EpiPens as safe, with it feared those going into anaphylactic shock might otherwise be left with nothing.The body said it has agreed to extend the use-by date of some EpiPens by four months, with pharmacies now rationing them and GPs being forced to switch people to alternative brands.
  
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• Ryder Cup 2018: Europe lead USA 5-3 and on top in day two fourballs – live!

  29-09-2018 11:36 via theguardian.com
  Le Golf National: hole-by-hole guide to the course
  Fleetwood hails ‘unreal’ day as Europe roar back to lead 5-3And feel free to email [email protected] 10.36am BST Yes, it suddenly doesn’t look so bad for the USA! Tiger wedges to a couple of feet at 10. Molinari has a putt for birdie himself, from 12 feet, but it stays high on the right. Woods tidies up and the USA are back level, having been a couple of holes behind not so long ago. And Finau has gone close at 13, w
  
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• Dozens treated after 'tear gas' dispersed in Bournemouth nightclub

  29-09-2018 11:24
  Paramedics have treated 40 people after an irritant, suspected to be tear gas, was released during a hip-hop gig at a nightclub.Cameo nightclub in Bournemouth was evacuated at 2am after a number of revellers complained of shortness of breath and itchy eyes.One person was taken to hospital as a precaution, while South West Ambulance Service initially said 20 patients were treated for "minor throat irritation".
  
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• Bournemouth nightclub evacuated after 'teargas' released

  29-09-2018 11:07 via theguardian.com
  Up to 40 people treated by paramedics after spray was apparently released at Cameo club A nightclub in Bournemouth was evacuated in the early hours of Saturday morning after a canister of suspected teargas was released.As many as 40 people suffering from sickness, coughing fits and itchy eyes were treated at the scene by paramedics after the CS spray was apparently released at the Cameo club. One person was taken to hospital as a precaution. Continue reading...
  
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• Bournemouth nightclub evacuated after 'teargas' released

  29-09-2018 11:07
  A nightclub in Bournemouth was evacuated in the early hours of Saturday morning after a canister of suspected teargas was released.As many as 40 people suffering from sickness, coughing fits and itchy eyes were treated at the scene by paramedics after the CS spray was apparently released at the Cameo club.Josh Wilde, 20, posted a video on Twitter of the scenes outside the club and said witnesses had told him that something, believed to be a canister, was dropped on the floor inside before everyo
  
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• Keir Starmer visits Taiwan to lobby against death penalty

  29-09-2018 11:05 via theguardian.com
  Labour frontbencher, a long-time campaigner against capital punishment, will meet senior judiciary and politiciansSir Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, flies out to Taiwan this weekend to lobby against the death penalty in an initiative also aimed at demonstrating the UK’s continued commitment to international legal standards following the EU referendum.His four-day trip, which is supported by the Foreign Office, will include meetings with the country’s vice-president, minis
  
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• 'I miss him so much': why did a devoted wife kill the man she loved?

  29-09-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  Eight years after Sally Challen took a hammer to her husband’s head, a groundbreaking appeal hopes to reveal the truth about their relationshipOn a rainy Saturday morning in August 2010, Sally Challen left her house in Claygate, Surrey. She had bought the house less than a year earlier, her first step away from a 31-year marriage. That morning, she returned to 1 Ruxley Ridge, just around the corner, her former marital home.Though she had told few people, Sally, 56, and her husband Richard,
  
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• Hello World by Hannah Fry – AI and why we over-trust what we don’t understand

  29-09-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  A mathematician and advocate for technology challenges the influence of algorithms and calls for a better understanding of what we’re giving awayAre you a concerned citizen of the modern world? Do you ever worry that algorithms are stealing your data? Do you secretly have little idea what algorithms and data actually are? Then Hello World is for you.With refreshing simplicity, Fry explains what AI, machine learning and complicated algorithms really mean, providing some succinct explanation
  
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• Michelle Guthrie reportedly told ABC board it would be 'retribution' if she was sacked

  29-09-2018 10:59 via theguardian.com
  Report says Guthrie had told the board months before being fired that any such move would not be based on valid reasonsA partly leaked dossier has revealed that Michelle Guthrie told the board months ago she believed it would be an act of “retribution” if she was sacked. A Fairfax report on Saturday claimed Guthrie wrote to the board months before she was fired, claiming that any decision to terminate her appointment “would not be based on a valid reason”, and would appea
  
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• How Tracy Beaker turned out: Jacqueline Wilson on the return of her most famous creation

  29-09-2018 10:59 via theguardian.com
  Tracy Beaker is back, as a single Mum living on a council estate. The bestselling author talks about ‘grit-fic’, selfie-culture – and what she won’t write about
  “Have you heard of my mum Tracy Beaker?… Everyone knows her,” announces narrator Jess. So begins Jacqueline Wilson’s latest book, her 108th – possibly, “I lost count around 100,” she says. A generation of (mostly) girls grew up reading the novels and watching the hit TV s
  
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• No-deal Brexit 'could halt production at UK Toyota plants'

  29-09-2018 10:47 via theguardian.com
  Boss of carmaker’s Derbyshire plant says production could be disrupted for ‘hours, days, weeks – even months’Toyota has said that production at its UK factories would be disrupted for weeks or maybe months if Theresa May failed to strike a Brexit deal.The Japanese car manufacturer is the latest in a list of foreign car companies to say there could be temporary stoppages and maybe even job losses if there are checks at Dover and Calais as a result of no deal. Continue read
  
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• No-deal Brexit 'could halt production at UK Toyota plants'

  29-09-2018 10:47
  The Burnaston plant in south Derbyshire is one of nine Toyota in the country and is the home of the Auris and the Avensis.Toyota has said that production at its UK factories would be disrupted for weeks or maybe months if Theresa May failed to strike a Brexit deal.The Japanese car manufacturer is the latest in a list of foreign car companies to say there could be temporary stoppages and maybe even job losses if there are checks at Dover and Calais as a result of no deal.
  
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• Rented properties face clampdown – but tiny flats escape ban

  29-09-2018 10:42 via theguardian.com
  New rules launch next week, just as thousands of students move in to shared homesA tougher licensing regime for private rented homes comes into force on Monday, along with a new minimum size for bedrooms – just days after it emerged that 35 people had been found living in one London semi.The government measures are designed to crack down on bad practices and generally make life better for renters. They come as thousands of second-year university students begin renting their first place wit
  
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• Can you get a refund if you're unhappy with a university course?

  29-09-2018 10:42 via theguardian.com
  It’s one of the biggest decisions of your life – here’s what you can do when courses fail to deliverWhen Chris Moore headed to University College London to start a history degree, the last thing on his mind was the fear that the course might turn out to be a huge disappointment.After all, UCL’s “elite” history department promised students that they would be taught by “leading historians” with an “outstanding commitment to teaching”. Con
  
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• UK business minister optimistic of Brexit deal after Toyota warning

  29-09-2018 10:34
  British Business Secretary Greg Clark said on Saturday there were grounds for optimism that Britain would strike a Brexit deal with the European Union, after Japanese carmaker Toyota warned that leaving without an agreement would hit its output.Just six months before Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, 2019, Prime Minister Theresa May has said talks to clinch a divorce deal are at an impasse.The uncertainty has led to concerns that Britain will leave without a deal which businesses, part
  
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• Italian recipes | Yotam Ottolenghi

  29-09-2018 10:30 via theguardian.com
  A Italian feast featuring clams with chilli, pork and fennel meatballs with lentils and a grape and strawberry tartI was given the nickname “goloso” (meaning “greedy one”) at a young age. My Italian father was (and still is) a great cook, and I was an adventurous, enthusiastic eater and keen whisk-licker. Every trip to his native Florence would start with a visit to the bakery down the street, where carpets of flatbreads and tarts with savoury and sweet toppings are as vi
  
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