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• First glimpse of what Princess Eugenie wore to wedding dinner

  13-10-2018 23:37
  Princess Eugenie wore a rose-gold dress with a pleated skirt for the dinner that followed her wedding to Jack Brooksbank.Eugenie's outfit, like her wedding gown, was adorned with details to reflect the history of the Royal Family.Mr Posen was pictured arriving at the ceremony itself, in a group that included actress Demi Moore.
  
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• Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank release official wedding photos

  13-10-2018 23:34
  Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank have released four official photographs from their wedding day - including a full family portrait.The happy couple were pictured in the white drawing room in Windsor Castle, with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh alongside both the bride and groom's parents.Princess Beatrice was there with her parents Sarah, Duchess of York, and the Duke of York, while Mr Brooksbank's parents, Nicola and George Brooksbank, were also present.
  
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• DUP leader regards no-deal Brexit as 'likeliest outcome' -Observer

  13-10-2018 23:13
  The head of the Northern Irish party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative government regards a no-deal Brexit as the "likeliest outcome", according to a leaked email seen by The Observer newspaper.The newspaper said Arlene Foster told Ashley Fox, leader of Conservative Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), over a dinner last week of her disappointment at a meeting with Michel Barnier, the French official leading the European Union's negotiating team."She described
  
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• Racial bias in police stop and search getting worse, report reveals

  13-10-2018 21:12
  Black Britons are stopped and searched for any reason 8.4 times more than whites.Black Britons are increasingly likely to be stopped and searched by police compared with white people, according to shocking new figures that challenge Theresa May’s attempt to reform the controversial power.The most authoritative analysis of the data since the Stephen Lawrence inquiry nearly 20 years ago found that black Britons are now nine times more likely to be stopped and searched for drugs than white pe
  
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• Stop and search is inherently unfair, unjust and ineffectual

  13-10-2018 21:11
  Speaking to young black men in my constituency and looking at the statistics, it’s clear that nothing has changed.Grounded in the fictitious narrative that drug use is especially prevalent among black and minority ethnic groups, the current practice of stop and search entertains a racist fantasy.Stop and search is an integral cog in a racially disproportionate criminal justice system.
  
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• Shoppers flee as fire breaks out at B&M store in York

  13-10-2018 20:18
  Shoppers had to flee after a huge fire broke out at a B&M store in York.The store, in the Clifton Moor retail park, was evacuated after the blaze began in the storage yard of the variety retail outlet on Saturday afternoon.Police declared a major incident, closing the road between Wigginton and Clifton Moor as billows of smoke threatened visibility and created hazardous conditions for drivers.
  
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• Football fans accuse police of tapping into mobile phones

  13-10-2018 18:03
  Football fans have accused the police of using tactics more suitable for dealing with organised crime or terrorism at stadiums in Scotland.Since 2011, Police Scotland has had a special unit to provide a consistent approach to policing football matches.The Football Coordination Unit for Scotland says it takes an "intelligence-led" approach to policing at football.
  
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• £7,000 to bag a rare deer … how trophy hunting came to the home counties

  13-10-2018 16:59
  Many Britons probably think that trophy hunting is something that happens abroad.A ‘grade A’ red deer stag, highly prized by hunters because of its magnificent antlers, can be shot for a £9,000 trophy fee, according to an online price list dated 2018 and distributed by a Danish travel company called Limpopo & Diana Hunting Tours.
  
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• National Album Day: Sgt Pepper tops list of favourite records - but which would you choose?

  13-10-2018 16:58
  They provide the soundtrack to our formative years, the songs that accompany life's greatest moments and those which help you through the hardest ones.
  
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• Filmmaker Simon Frederick On His New Documentary, 'They've Gotta Have Us'

  13-10-2018 16:29
  Simon Frederick's debut documentary, Black is The New Black, aired in 2016 as
  
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• Filmmaker Simon Frederick On His New Documentary, 'Black Hollywood: They've Gotta Have Us'

  13-10-2018 16:29
  Simon Frederick's debut documentary, Black is The New Black, aired in 2016 as
  
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• UK weather: 'Danger to life' as Storm Callum triggers dozens of flood warnings

  13-10-2018 15:41
  Dozens of flood warnings and alerts are in place for much of western Britain as large parts of the country are battered by heavy rain from Storm Callum.Many of the warnings are for South Wales, with people being urged to stay alert as downpours mean river levels are continuing to rise.
  
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• 'Dodgy' Brexit deal will annex Northern Ireland from UK, Arlene Foster warns PM

  13-10-2018 15:40
  Arlene Foster has warned Theresa May not to cut Northern Ireland adrift with a "dodgy" Brexit deal amid reports the prime minister is considering breaking the Tories' pact with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).The DUP leader said proposals for a "backstop" arrangement - effectively keeping Northern Ireland in the single market and custom union to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland - would lead to its "permanent annexation" from the UK.Writing in the Belfast Telegraph, Mrs Foster sai
  
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• Missing Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi 'Recorded His Own Murder On Apple Watch'

  13-10-2018 15:09
  Turkish officials have an audio recording of the alleged killing of journalist
  
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• 'Danger' warnings across South Wales with roads closed

  13-10-2018 14:25
  Lisa Dowd reports on the increase of flood warnings including 'danger to life' for residents across South Wales.
  
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• Robbie Williams entertains royal wedding guests with surprise performance

  13-10-2018 14:24
  Robbie Williams hopped on stage to entertain guests with a surprise performance at the royal wedding, it has been revealed.The Angels, Let Me Entertain You and She's The One singer is reported to have sung some of his greatest hits at the evening party that followed a star-studded ceremony at Windsor Castle.Williams had earlier been pictured arriving at the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank with his actress and TV presenter wife Ayda Field.
  
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• UK To Deport Sangarapillai Balachandran Who Is So Ill He Needs Four Medics On Flight

  13-10-2018 14:01
  A family facing removal from the UK say they have been "treated like
  
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• Dudley Stabbing: Three Men Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder

  13-10-2018 13:49
  Three men are being questioned on suspicion of murder after a man in his 20s
  
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• Eugenie marries her man in front of A-list actors, models and celebs

  13-10-2018 13:15
  Supermodels, actors and singers witnessed the second royal wedding of the year as people lined the streets of Windsor to watch.
  
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• Cuadrilla UK's shale gas fracking delayed by bad weather

  13-10-2018 12:46
  British energy company Cuadrilla said on Saturday the planned start of fracking a shale gas well at its Lancashire, north west England, site has been delayed by poor weather.The privately owned company had said on Friday it would commence fracking at the site on Saturday after a court removed the final hurdle to the first hydraulic fracturing in Britain in seven years."We won't actually be starting the hydraulic fracturing pumps today due to a brief delay with the weather conditions yesterday an
  
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• Katie Piper acid attacker Stefan Sylvestre released from prison after nine years

  13-10-2018 12:28
  The man who hurled acid on television presenter Katie Piper has been released from prison.Stefan Sylvestre, 30, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of six years in 2009 for the attack on the current Strictly Come Dancing contestant.Piper, 35, suffered horrific injuries and was left partially blind after her ex-boyfriend Daniel Lynch arranged for Sylvestre to throw sulphuric acid at her face in north London in March 2008.
  
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• UK weather: 'Danger to life' as Storm Callum triggers flood warnings

  13-10-2018 12:26
  Dozens of flood warnings and alerts are in place for much of western Britain as large parts of the country are battered by heavy rain from Storm Callum.Many of the warnings are for South Wales, with people being urged to stay alert as downpours could mean river levels continuing to rise.There are more than 20 flood warnings for Wales and three in Dorset and Hereford.
  
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• Revealed: secret Brexit plans to appease DUP with transition extension

  13-10-2018 11:07
  Arlene Foster (R) has told Theresa May (L) the DUP will not accept any Brexit deal which treats Northern Ireland differently to the rest of the UK.Secret plans to allow an extension of the transition period in the Brexit withdrawal agreement could result in the UK living under all EU rules well beyond the 21 months so far negotiated, the Guardian can reveal.The expected offer of an extension is designed to convince Arlene Foster, the leader of the Democratic Unionist party, that the “backs
  
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• Double stabbing in London leaves one man dead and another critical

  13-10-2018 10:57
  A man has died and another is in a critical condition after a stabbing incident in north-east London.The Metropolitan police were called to the scene on Manford Way in Hainault at about 10.20pm on Friday.One man, believed to be 23, was pronounced dead at the scene, while a second, thought to be aged 22, was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
  
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• Double stabbing in London leaves one dead and another critical

  13-10-2018 10:57
  A man has died and another is in a critical condition after a stabbing incident in north-east London.The Metropolitan police were called to the scene on Manford Way in Hainault at about 10.20pm on Friday.A crime scene remains in place, and next of kin were being informed on Saturday.
  
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• Boris Johnson calls for PM May to ditch Brexit border backstop

  13-10-2018 10:38
  Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson, a former foreign minister, called on Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday to rebuff the European Union's demand for a special "backstop" deal to avoid a hard border in Ireland after Brexit."The only way to put things back on the right track is to ditch the backstop and then to chuck Chequers," Johnson wrote in an article for the Belfast News Letter, referring to a set of proposals formulated in July at May's Chequers country retreat.
  
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• Melania Trump Gives Bizarre Response When Asked About President's Alleged Affairs

  13-10-2018 10:18
  Melania Trump has finally spoken about her husband's alleged infidelity,
  
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• London Stabbing: Man Dies After Attack In Hainault

  13-10-2018 09:45
  A man has died and another is seriously injured after a stabbing in north-east
  
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• Japan, as next year's G20 chair, wants to put global imbalances on the map

  13-10-2018 08:41
  Japan wants to highlight global imbalances as key topics of debate, and take steps to fix them, when it chairs next year's gatherings of the Group of 20 major economies, government officials said this week.Tokyo hopes other countries would join Japan to counter U.S. President Donald Trump's focus on narrowing U.S. trade deficits through purely bilateral trade deals, the officials say, rather than the big international agreements now in place.The annual International Monetary Fund and World Bank
  
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• UK Weather Forecast: Storm Callum Causes Train And Road Chaos But Sunrise Was Spectacular

  13-10-2018 08:35
  Storm Callum is expected to cause further disruption on Saturday as the UK
  
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• Hainault double stabbing: Man killed and another fighting for his life

  13-10-2018 08:21
  A man has died and another is fighting for his life after a double stabbing in northeast London.Emergency crews were called to reports that two men had been stabbed in Hainault at around 10.20pm on Friday.A 23-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, Met Police said, and a murder investigation is now under way.
  
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• Poorest families to lose out on £210 a year owing to benefits cap

  13-10-2018 08:00
  George Osborne cut the link between inflation and benefit rises when he was chancellor.Low-income families are to lose out on an extra £210 a year from next April because of the cap on benefits imposed by George Osborne in 2015, despite Theresa May’s claim that austerity is over.Working-age benefits, including child benefit and tax credits, would usually be uprated in line with inflation, which is expected to be confirmed next week at about 2.7% in the benchmark month of September.
  
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• Oyster reefs returning to the Scottish coast after 100 years

  13-10-2018 06:53
  Scientists are recreating a natural European oyster habitat off the Scottish coast in a project that's the first of its kind in Europe.Some 20,000 native European oysters will be placed on a reef made from waste shells in the Dornoch Firth.It's hoped their presence will, in turn, enable other species to thrive and enhance marine biodiversity.
  
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• Chinese kit 'putting all of us at risk' if used in 5G

  13-10-2018 06:36
  Security threats from Chinese companies building 5G networks could end up "putting all of us at risk" if they are not tackled quickly, according to a former security minister.Speaking to Sky News, Admiral Lord West, a former First Sea Lord who served under Gordon Brown as a security minister, urged the government to set up a unit reporting to directly the prime minister to monitor the risk posed by Chinese equipment in 5G.
  
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• China views yuan depreciation not in its interest - Mnuchin

  13-10-2018 06:36
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday said Chinese officials told him this week that a further depreciation of China's yuan currency was not in the country's interest.Mnuchin also told a news conference he was "not losing any sleep" over the prospect that China could sell U.S. Treasury debt amid rising trade tension between the world's two largest economies."We had productive conversations, and they emphasised to me that it is not in their interest to see the RMB to continue to depr
  
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• Thousands of breast cancer patients 'abandoned' amid nurse shortage

  13-10-2018 06:30
  Thousands of incurable breast cancer patients are left "abandoned" as they are denied a dedicated specialist nurse, new figures have revealed.A Freedom of Information request by charity Breast Cancer Care showed that almost three quarters - 72% - of NHS trusts and health boards in England, Scotland and Wales do not provide a dedicated nurse to patients.The charity said there had only been a 7% increase in health bodies providing the crucial nursing care in the two years since it last looked into
  
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• Amy Winehouse fans divided as hologram tour is announced

  13-10-2018 06:29
  Music fans are divided after it was announced that a hologram of Amy Winehouse will go on tour next year.Mitch Winehouse, the late singer's father, said the recreation of his daughter was set to embark on a world tour accompanied by a live band and backing singers."I didn't know her personally but I saw her documentary (it really impacted me) and I'm pretty sure she'd find this kind of ridiculous," said one Twitter user replying to Mr Winehouse's announcement.
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: second ODI – live!

  13-10-2018 06:03 via theguardian.com
  Live updates from the Rangiri Dambulla International StadiumEngland’s recent record against spin is one of the best, says RootEmail or tweet your thoughts 4.58am BST Here’s photographic evidence of the toss-time sunshine. 4.56am BST This is Morgan’s 50th lost toss as England ODI captain. He has won 38 tosses. Since the start of 2017 he has lost 28 tosses and won just 11. This cannot be coincidence: the chap is cursed. Continue reading...
  
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• Saudi isolation grows over Khashoggi disappearance

  13-10-2018 05:22 via theguardian.com
  Business elites withdraw from summit as Turkish officials claim to have consulate tapes
  Saudi Arabia has found itself further isolated over the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi after the business world turned its back on a high-profile investment conference in the kingdom and US officials claimed audio and video recordings had captured the moment the journalist was murdered in Istanbul.The Future Investment Initiative conference, to be held in Riyadh later this month, was rapidly turning into a
  
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• 'We will fly again': Nasa to keep using Russia's Soyuz despite failure

  13-10-2018 05:07 via theguardian.com
  After Russian-American crew made emergency landing, chief of US space agency predicts return to flight by DecemberNasa’s chief has praised the Russian space programme and said that he expected a new crew to go to the International Space Station in December, despite a rocket failure.Jim Bridenstine spoke to reporters at the US embassy in Moscow a day after a Soyuz rocket failure forced Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague to make an emergency landing shortly after
  
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• Grenfell Tower soil tests reveal 'huge concentrations' of toxins

  13-10-2018 04:27
  Soil tests around Grenfell Tower have reportedly revealed "huge concentrations" of potential carcinogens that could have health implications for the people who live and work close by.
  
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• Fracking due to go ahead in Lancashire after High Court appeal fails

  13-10-2018 04:26
  Energy firm Cuadrilla is set to start fracking on Saturday after a judge ruled there was "no evidence" to show fracking posed more than a "medium risk".Cuadrilla is now free to begin work on the UK's first horizontal shale gas well in Lancashire after an attempt to temporarily block the firm failed at the High Court on Friday.Anti-fracking campaigner Bob Dennett, who applied for the interim injunction, claimed emergency response planning and procedures at the Preston New Road site were inadequat
  
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• How would 5G 'smart cities' work?

  13-10-2018 03:55
  From driverless cars to smart bins, the next generation of fibre-optic technology could help to automate many daily tasks.
  
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• Grenfell survivors tell inquest their account of the night it all changed

  13-10-2018 03:55
  Sky's Charlotte Lomas reports on the start of Grenfell survivors tell inquest their account of the night it all changed.
  
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• Hurricane Michael: death toll rises to 17 as rescuers search for survivors

  13-10-2018 03:54 via theguardian.com
  Fema officials say they expect fatality count to climb as rescuers focus efforts in cities along the Florida PanhandleThe death toll from Hurricane Michael’s rampage across the south-eastern United States rose to at least 17 on Friday as rescue crews spread out across the devastated Florida Panhandle in search of more victims. Related: Hurricane Michael: scenes of destruction reveal scope of storm's forceContinue reading...
  
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• Exclusive: Key EU lawmaker's plan to rein in online marketplaces a threat to Amazon

  13-10-2018 01:09
  Amazon could face a threat other than just EU antitrust scrutiny after a key EU lawmaker announced proposals aimed at curbing online marketplaces' use of merchants' data to boost sales of own brand products.Seeking to ensure a level playing field between tech giants such as Google, Amazon and Apple and traditional businesses, the European Commission in April outlined draft rules to prevent unfair business practices.European Parliament lawmakers, whose approval is needed to ensure the proposal be
  
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• Talking Horses: Limini’s draw may make her a force in Cesarewitch

  13-10-2018 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Limini can spring a surprise in the Cesarewitch – with only a 4lb penalty for her latest win and a decent draw in stall nine, she looks sure to get involvedThe betting market clearly expects Irish success in the Cesarewitch for the first time in 11 years but it may come through a raider other than the three at the top of bookmakers’ lists. Limini (3.40, Newmarket) looks overpriced at 14-1, in light of her recent success in a valuable contest at Leopardstown, which showed she can be a
  
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• Do you have any tips for loading a dishwasher?

  13-10-2018 01:00 via theguardian.com
  My partner and I disagree about how to put cutlery in the tray and which tablets to useEvery week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This is an entirely “first world problem”, but I’d appreciate the views of readers on our domestic dishwasher dispute. My partner insists all cutlery in the tray should point upwards, to ensure it cleans prope
  
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• Mohamed Salah limps off after scoring goal direct from corner for Egypt

  13-10-2018 00:09 via theguardian.com
  • Liverpool forward suffers muscle strain but ‘not a big injury’
  • Northern Ireland beaten by Austria in Nations LeagueMohamed Salah limped off towards the end of Egypt’s 4-1 win over Swaziland with a “muscle strain”. The Liverpool forward scored direct from a corner in the Africa Nations Cup qualifier in Cairo before appearing to suffer a hamstring injury. The Egypt assistant coach, Hany Ramzy, eased fears over the 26-year-old’s fitness by insisting
  
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