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• Two runners die at Cardiff Half Marathon finishing line

  07-10-2018 23:13
  Two runners have died after collapsing at the finishing line of the Cardiff Half Marathon.The pair are believed to have suffered cardiac arrests and were taken to the University Hospital Wales in Cardiff, where they were later pronounced dead.The deaths are the first fatalities in the 15-year history of the race, according to organisers Run 4 Wales.
  
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• Former England and Chelsea captain John Terry announces retirement

  07-10-2018 22:41
  Former Chelsea and England captain John Terry has announced his retirement.Terry, who joined Chelsea aged 14, led the Blues to five Premier League titles, four FA Cups, the Champions League, Europa League and three League Cups.
  
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• Bank of England’s Andy Haldane to chair UK industrial strategy council

  07-10-2018 22:20
  Andy Haldane is an advocate of corporate governance reforms aimed at reducing the power of shareholders.The Bank of England’s chief economist, Andy Haldane, is being appointed to chair the government’s new industrial strategy council, and help improve Britain’s low productivity.The Industrial Strategy Council is being created to advise the government on industrial policy, and assess and evaluate its industrial strategy.
  
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• Bank of England’s Andy Haldane to chair industry body

  07-10-2018 22:20
  Andy Haldane is an advocate of corporate governance reforms aimed at reducing the power of shareholders.The Bank of England’s chief economist, Andy Haldane, is to be appointed to chair the government’s new industrial strategy council, and help improve Britain’s low productivity.The Industrial Strategy Council is being created to advise the government on industrial policy, and assess and evaluate its industrial strategy.
  
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• Two men die after taking part in Cardiff half marathon

  07-10-2018 22:17
  Two men have died after collapsing at the finish line of the Cardiff half marathon.The runners, aged 25 and 32, are believed to have had cardiac arrests after taking part in the annual race alongside 25,000 competitors.Local media reported that the 32-year-old collapsed in front of his wife and one-year-old child, and the 25-year-old had been running the half marathon with his girlfriend.
  
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• Cardiff Half Marathon: Two Runners Die After Collapsing At Finish Line

  07-10-2018 22:03
  Two runners competing in the Cardiff Half Marathon have died from suspected
  
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• Man, 22, fights for life after being stabbed in attempted carjacking in Birmingham

  07-10-2018 20:36
  A 22-year-old man is fighting for his life after being stabbed in the stomach and chest in an attempted carjacking in Birmingham, police say.The victim was found collapsed by a friend in an alleyway off Heeley Road, Selly Oak, on Sunday.West Midlands Inspector Jonathan Kiteley described the incident as "shocking".
  
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• John McDonnell urges scrapping 'iniquitous' universal credit

  07-10-2018 20:04
  John McDonnell has argued that, contrary to Theresa May’s claims, austerity is actually deepening.John McDonnell has called for universal credit to be scrapped and accused Theresa May of falsely declaring an end to austerity amid reports that millions of families could lose up £200 a month when the new benefit is rolled out nationally.The shadow chancellor hit back at the prime minister, who had claimed in a newspaper article that “the end is in sight” for the squeeze on
  
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• The Guardian view on the SNP: Nicola Sturgeon’s balancing act

  07-10-2018 19:42
  Nicola Sturgeon at the annual conference in Glasgow with depute leader Keith Brown, right, and finance secretary Derek Mackay.When Theresa May talks about “our precious union” – as she did once again in her Birmingham party conference speech on 3 October – she is talking primarily about the union with Northern Ireland.Keeping Northern Ireland’s land border with the Irish Republic seamless is the uppermost issue in the Brexit endgame on which the UK government is now
  
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• Man Named Brett Kavanagh Sparks Support Group For Fellow Unfortunately Named Twitter Users

  07-10-2018 19:41
  Life on social media is hard enough, but imagine if you also very-nearly share
  
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• Dorset Kayaker: Body Of Man Believed To Be Missing Alistair Collier Found Off Coast

  07-10-2018 19:29
  Police hunting for a kayaker who has gone missing off the coast of the south
  
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• Japan's Abe says would welcome Britain to TPP - FT

  07-10-2018 19:28
  LONDON (Reuters) - Japan would welcome Britain "with open arms" into a Trans Pacific trade pact, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Financial Times on Sunday.
  
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• Body found in search for missing kayaker Alistair Collier

  07-10-2018 19:24
  The body of a man believed to be missing kayaker Alistair Collier has been recovered 22 nautical miles off the Dorset coast, police say.
  
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• Too late for May to reach out on Europe

  07-10-2018 19:13
  Theresa May speaks outside No 10 Downing Street, July 2016. ‘Desperation now drives her Brexit policy,’ writes Eddie Dougall.The date for Theresa May to have sought support from Labour in dealing with the complexities of Brexit was well over two years ago on 11 July 2016, from the steps of No 10 Downing Street (Revealed: Theresa May’s secret bid to get Labour to back Brexit deal, 5 October).Desperation now drives her Brexit policy.
  
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• Man shot dead in Liverpool by man riding a bicycle

  07-10-2018 19:11
  Police have launched a murder investigation into the shooting.A murder investigation has been launched after a 27-year-old man was shot dead in a Liverpool street on Sunday morning.Armed officers were called to the Belle Vale area of the city at about 11.30am to reports that a man had been shot.
  
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• Republicans say bitter Kavanaugh fight energizing base as Collins defends vote

  07-10-2018 19:01
  Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, voted to confirm supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday.Susan Collins, the moderate US senator from Maine whose vote to put Brett Kavanaugh on the supreme court was decisive, despite sexual assault allegations, defended herself on Sunday against charges of betraying women and the #MeToo movement – as the Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, boasted that the bitter fight on Capitol Hill has given his party a late advantage in the forthco
  
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• Russian cyber warfare: How do we protect against it?

  07-10-2018 18:30
  Sky's technology correspondent looks into Russia’s use of cyber warfare and how we can protect against it.
  
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• Jeremy Wright says attempts to hack OPCW 'show Russia responsible for Salisbury poisonings'

  07-10-2018 18:21
  Attempts to hack into the chemical weapons watchdog allegedly made by Russia show Moscow was responsible for the Salisbury novichok attack, a government minister has said.On Thursday, Dutch authorities said they had disrupted a cyber operation conducted by Russia's military spy service, targeting the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).Jeremy Wright, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, says the allegations reveal the world is "waking up" to Russian a
  
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• Brexit is barking, say dog lovers marching for a 'people’s vote'

  07-10-2018 17:50
  Labour’s former head of communications, Alastair Campbell, was among the 5,000 or so dog owners who marched on Westminster on Sunday.Hundreds of dogs and their owners marched in Westminster on Sunday afternoon ahead of the upcoming People’s Vote rally to call for a “Wooferendum” on Brexit.Organisers of the mass dog walk, which culminated in a rally in Parliament Square, said they were “howling on behalf of the millions of people in the UK who believe Brexit is a hug
  
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• Dogs owners march on UK parliament demanding new Brexit 'Wooferendum'

  07-10-2018 17:02
  Bulldogs, both English and French breeds, were among those walked through central London to Parliament Square.One grey Schnauzer wore a homemade banner declaring "Brexit's Barking Mad".The march backed a wider campaign for a 'People's Vote' on Brexit, at which Britons would have the chance to vote on whatever Brexit deal Prime Minister Theresa May is able to bring back from Brussels.
  
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• Man, 27, shot dead by cyclist in Liverpool

  07-10-2018 16:38
  A 27-year-old man has been shot dead by a cyclist in the Belle Vale area of Liverpool, Merseyside Police says.Armed officers were called to Cornwood Close at 11.30am on Sunday after receiving reports that the victim had been shot in the street close to a parked car.The North West Ambulance Service treated the victim at the scene for critical injuries to his head and torso, but he later died in hospital.
  
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• Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan warned by police over 'transphobia' Twitter row

  07-10-2018 16:19
  Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been given a verbal harassment warning after a transgender activist claimed he "trolled" her.Police asked the Irish comedy writer to cease all contact with Stephanie Hayden, who he became embroiled in a Twitter row with.Ms Hayden reported Linehan for "transphobia" after he referred to her as "he" and for "deadnaming" her by calling her by her former names.
  
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• Sajid Javid 'taking UK down dangerous road' by expanding citizenship stripping

  07-10-2018 15:57
  Sajid Javid told the Conservative conference the policy was ‘for extreme and exceptional cases’.The home secretary, Sajid Javid, is taking the UK down a “very dangerous road” with plans to expand powers to strip dual citizens of their British citizenship, a leading human rights group has warned.Suspected terrorists have previously had their UK citizenship taken away – most often while they are abroad – and the move does not require prior approval from a judge
  
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• Going, going, gone... How Banksy did it

  07-10-2018 15:50
  A video has appeared in which Banksy seems to explain some of its stunt at Sotheby's.
  
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• Pret A Manger claims over second suspected allergy death 'unfounded'

  07-10-2018 15:16
  The company that Pret A Manger has accused of supplying a contaminated yoghurt suspected to have caused a second allergy death has refuted the claims as "unfounded".Pret said the customer with a dairy allergy - who has not been named - died after having an allergic reaction to a sandwich bought from a branch in Bath in December 2017.An investigation is under way after she collapsed after eating a vegan wrap which had been contaminated with dairy protein.
  
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• Man shot dead by cyclist in Liverpool

  07-10-2018 15:07
  Police have launched a murder investigation into the shooting.A murder investigation has been launched after a 27-year-old man was shot dead in a Liverpool street on Sunday morning.Armed officers were called to the Belle Vale area of the city at about 11.30am to reports that a man had been shot.
  
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• Labour to ditch Universal Credit, McDonnell says

  07-10-2018 15:00
  Labour will no longer support keeping the Universal Credit system of benefits, and says it will "have to go".Shadow chancellor John McDonnell told Sky News he has been listening to the experiences of people on the system and now believes it cannot be reformed.Universal Credit aimed to replace six previously available means-tested benefits with one single payment but has run into a series of problems with critics saying it leaves claimants worse off.
  
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• PM May seeks support as others draw Brexit battle lines

  07-10-2018 14:33
  Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to wavering British voters on Sunday ahead of a defining few months in which she hopes to secure a Brexit deal and face down opponents who say her EU exit plan is too hard, too soft, or just plain wrong.May, tasked with delivering Britain's exit from the European Union after a 2016 referendum which continues to divide the country, must find a way through deadlocked talks in Brussels and then convince a sceptical parliament to back the outcome.On Sunday she lau
  
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• Scotland's Sturgeon promises independence plan once UK Brexit deal known

  07-10-2018 14:13
  Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she would set out her plans for a fresh independence drive as soon as she sees what kind of Brexit deal Prime Minister Theresa May brings back from Brussels.With her party meeting for its annual conference in Glasgow, Sturgeon is under increasing pressure to explain how Scotland might win independence from the United Kingdom as the clock ticks down on Brexit and her term as first minister.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon: SNP would undoubtedly back second Brexit vote

  07-10-2018 13:59
  Nicola Sturgeon, whose 35 MPs could play a crucial role in any Commons vote on the Brexit deal or a second referendum.Nicola Sturgeon has said Scottish National party MPs would undoubtedly support a second EU referendum in a Commons vote, but suggested her party would seek a guarantee that if Scotland voted again to remain in the EU in contrast to the rest of the UK, it would not be forced to accept the result.Speaking at the start of her party’s autumn conference in Glasgow, the SNP leade
  
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• John McDonnell says universal credit needs to be scrapped

  07-10-2018 13:07
  John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, also argued that contrary to Theresa May’s claims, austerity is actually deepening.John McDonnell, the Labour shadow chancellor, has said that universal credit needs to get scrapped amid warnings that millions of families could be as much as £200 a month worse off under the reformed system of benefits.McDonnell hardened the party’s position on universal credit in a television interview on Sky News, and argued that contrary to claims made b
  
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• GCSE Text Book 'Stereotypes' Caribbean Families By Claiming That Dads Are 'Largely' Absent

  07-10-2018 12:57
  A GCSE sociology text book, officially approved by the AQA exam board, has
  
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• Police officers slashed in north London fight

  07-10-2018 11:31
  Two police officers have been slashed after responding to reports of a fight in a house in north London.Officers were called to Liverpool Road in Islington at 10.43pm on Saturday to reports of a disturbance.A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and received hospital treatment for minor injuries, before he was taken into custody at a north London police station.
  
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• Ex-newspaper editor sentenced to 15 years for killing wife in Dubai

  07-10-2018 11:11
  A former newspaper editor who was convicted of bludgeoning his wife to death with a hammer has had his sentence extended to 15 years.Francis Matthew, who is in his early sixties, killed his wife Jane at their home in Dubai on 4 July last year.The ex-editor of the English-language paper Gulf News was found guilty of the killing in March and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
  
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• Club 18-30: Thomas Cook to close holiday brand this month

  07-10-2018 11:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Owner Thomas Cook is to close the holiday brand at the end of the month after failing to find a buyer.
  
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• SNP's autumn conference to open in Glasgow

  07-10-2018 11:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Nicola Sturgeon will speak on Tuesday but is not expected to set a date for another independence referendum.
  
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• Bluebird back from the dead after 51 years

  07-10-2018 10:50
  To those old enough to remember the haunting images of Bluebird's crash in 1967, the rebirth is almost beyond imagination.
  
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• Second Pret A Manger customer died after suspected allergic reaction

  07-10-2018 10:48
  A second Pret A Manger customer has died after having a suspected allergic reaction to sandwich bought from the chain.An investigation is under way after a customer with a dairy allergy collapsed and died in December 2017 after eating a vegan wrap bought in a branch in Bath, which had been contaminated with milk protein.The Sunday Times reports the customer's sandwich choice was a super veg rainbow wrap, made with CoYo yoghurt, a dairy free brand, and the death triggered a national recall of the
  
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• Bluebird is coming home: Legendary hydroplane to return to Lake District

  07-10-2018 10:43
  Bluebird K7, the legendary hydroplane relaunched earlier this year, is returning to her "spiritual home" in the Lake District next year.Sky News understands that, following years of being unable to reach agreement, "obstacles" preventing the historic craft from a fanfare homecoming in Coniston are being swept away.Bluebird set seven world water speed records before crashing on Coniston Water in 1967 killing her pilot Donald Campbell.
  
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• Theresa May attempts to woo Labour voters

  07-10-2018 10:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM says voters are not "bound by ideology", but Labour say she is "resorting to desperate pleas".
  
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• Irish foreign minister says good chance of getting Brexit deal - Sky

  07-10-2018 10:30
  Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney said on Sunday he thought the chances of agreeing a withdrawal treaty between Britain and the European Union were good."I think the chances are good, because I think the consequences of not getting a withdrawal treaty agreed are very very negative indeed for the UK, also for Ireland and indeed for many countries in the EU," Coveney told Sky News.
  
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• Tens of thousands of children in England rejected for mental health treatment

  07-10-2018 09:34
  In some cases children were not accepted if they only demonstrated difficulties at school or if they showed ‘normal’ responses to traumatic events.More children than ever are seeking specialist mental health treatment in England but tens of thousands are being turned away despite evidence of self-harm or abuse, according to a report.An investigation by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) found that referrals to children’s mental health services in England had increased by 26%
  
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• Lewis Hamilton wins Japanese GP & closes on fifth world title

  07-10-2018 08:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Lewis Hamilton moves to the brink of a fifth world championship with a dominant victory at the Japanese Grand Prix.
  
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• Who's the mystery man who films at Banksy prank auction?

  07-10-2018 07:42
  The art world has been stunned by the latest prank by elusive artist Banksy.The auction house Sotheby's denied any knowledge of the fate of the artwork and said it had "been Banksy'd".The artist's identity is a closely guarded secret but footage from inside the auction house has got reporters talking about the role played by a mystery man in the crowd.
  
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• Musicians warn industry 'could lose voice' after Brexit

  07-10-2018 07:20
  Sting, Rita Ora and Ed Sheeran have joined forces to warn Theresa May a "no-deal" Brexit will put Britain in a "cultural jail".Bob Geldof is spearheading a campaign to warn of the impact of Brexit on the music industry, and has drawn support from artists across the country.Geldof said: "It's two-fold.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: May's centre ground bid and Brett Kavanaugh fall-out

  07-10-2018 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM's appeal to Labour voters and the appointment of the US Supreme Court judge feature.
  
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• Tory pick for London mayor under fire for remarks on benefits

  07-10-2018 07:00
  Shaun Bailey has already been attacked for suggesting that Britain was being robbed of its community by accommodating other religions.The Conservative London mayoral candidate is facing renewed criticism after it emerged he once claimed there was a “cottage industry” of women becoming pregnant in order to secure a council house.Shaun Bailey, who was selected as the party’s candidate last month, told an event at the Tory conference in 2008 that the practice of “getting kno
  
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• This Mum Was Forced To Hold Three Funerals For Her Baby Daughter After Police Retained Her Body Parts

  07-10-2018 07:00
  Janine Aldridge was just 16 when she awoke to the nightmarish scene of her
  
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• Macron makes overtures to UK car firms as Brexit talks enter critical week

  07-10-2018 07:00
  President Emmanuel Macron sits inside an Alpine car during a visit to the Paris motor show on 3 October.President Macron has stepped up attempts to attract UK-based carmakers to France with a private dinner at the Elysée Palace, following their growing concerns about a botched Brexit deal.The heads of Renault Nissan, Vauxhall and Jaguar Land Rover are understood to have been among executives invited to a dinner last week, where the president warned against growing nationalism around the w
  
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• Labour queries US pressure over torture and rendition inquiry

  07-10-2018 07:00
  Labour has raised fears that pressure from the Trump administration is delaying an announcement on whether a judge-led inquiry will investigate the UK’s involvement in torture and rendition overseas.The shadow attorney general, Shami Chakrabarti, and shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, have written to the prime minister expressing concerns that the government has missed its deadline for announcing whether it will hold an inquiry.“We seek urgent clarification as to whether you
  
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