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• MH370 latest: 'Crash site' surrounded by 'armed illegal loggers' - shock claim - Express.co.uk

  20-10-2018 23:48 via express.co.uk
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  MH370 latest: 'Crash site' surrounded by 'armed illegal loggers' - shock claim
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  Ian Wilson and his brother, Jack, will be trekking through the dangerous regions of the Cambodian Jungle in search for MH370, after claiming they spotted the plane on Google Maps. The Malaysia Airlines flight vanished on March 8, 2014 after departing ...and more »
  
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• Does the mass march make a 'People's Vote' more likely?

  20-10-2018 22:41
  Theresa May does not have anything like a safe majority, but what she does have is a legal process, in the form of Article 50, which means she can theoretically ignore the people's vote demands.If she can get a deal with the EU, and get that deal passed by a majority of MPs, the UK will leave the EU next year with no requirement for her to grant a second referendum on the terms - no amount of street protests can change that fact.The problem for Theresa May, however, is that it remains far from c
  
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• Return to Egypt revives memories of desert battle for British veterans

  20-10-2018 22:10
  For Bill Blackburn, the memories that returned were the flies, the thirst, and the power of the artillery barrage that opened the battle of El Alamein.Blackburn was one of six British World War Two veterans to visit the desert battlefield on the 76th anniversary of the decisive Allied victory that marked an important step towards the eventual defeat of German and Italian forces in Africa in May 1943.The battle began on the night of Oct. 23 1942 when Commonwealth forces from General Bernard Montg
  
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• Victim: 'History will just keep on repeating itself'

  20-10-2018 22:05
  A victim of the Huddersfield grooming gang has told Sky News she believes many victims are yet to come forward.
  
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• Huddersfield grooming gang: Victim says there are more girls being abused

  20-10-2018 22:00
  Speaking anonymously to Sky News, the woman - who was abused between the ages of 13 and 18 - shared her story and urged others to "get justice for themselves".Commenting on the case, Home Secretary Sajid Javid tweeted: "These sick Asian paedophiles are finally facing justice.
  
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• Almost 700,000 march to demand ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit deal

  20-10-2018 21:40
  Protesters march through London to demand a people’s vote on Brexit on 20 October.The centre of London ground to a halt as an estimated 700,000 people from all over the UK marched peacefully on parliament to demand a second referendum on Brexit.Addressing the crowds, which included dozens of MPs from all political parties, the TV personality and food writer Delia Smith said Brexit threatened to cause “unmitigated chaos”.
  
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• Ross Barkley's late strike gives Jose the blues - The Times

  20-10-2018 21:39 via thetimes.co.uk
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  It was sunny, they were in London on the lash and singing their Anthony Martial song. Thirty seconds of six minutes' stoppage time remained. For Manchester United fans, whose team led 2-1, the day out could not have been better. They didn't see it coming.
  Premier League quick stats: Man City, Chelsea, Lamela, Sessegnon, SouthamptonBBC Sportall 4,177 news articles »
  
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• 'No significant arrests' made after thousands attend People's Vote march - Evening Standard

  20-10-2018 21:36 via standard.co.uk
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  'No significant arrests' made after thousands attend People's Vote march
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  There were “no significant arrests” made after thousands took to central London for a People's Vote march, police said. A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police has confirmed there were no significant arrests made during the day of the large march.
  The People's Vote is a cause worth marching forThe Guardian
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• Farage 'happy to have another referendum in 20 years'

  20-10-2018 21:23
  Brexit supporters have reiterated their "Leave Means Leave" message at a counter-rally to the "People's Vote" march in central London.Supporters of leaving the EU were addressed by Nigel Farage, and MPs Kate Hoey and Nigel Owen Paterson in a rally that pledged to "rescue Brexit" and express "support for the Brexit Britain voted for".The event, run by Leave Means Leave and thought to be attended by around 1,200 people in Harrogate, has branded the campaign for a second referendum a "losers' vote"
  
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• Lewis Hamilton: Spoilt brat or national treasure?

  20-10-2018 21:22
  Almost a decade ago, I went to McLaren's swanky headquarters in Surrey to interview Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, newly joined together as Formula One teammates.Hamilton, who I had met, was not.Mo Farah and Andy Murray have been knighted.
  
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• Brexit march: '700,000' protesters walk through London

  20-10-2018 21:22
  Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out for the People's Vote march in London, demanding a final say on any Brexit deal between the UK and the EU.Speakers included Tory MP Anna Soubry, Labour's Chuka Umunna and Lib Dem leader Sir Vince Cable.Mayor of London Sadiq Khan also addressed the crowds as several celebrities turned out for the event and posted photos online of the march.
  
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• John Bercow must resign if Westminster is to reform – Labour MP

  20-10-2018 19:55
  Labour MP Jess Phillips has called for the House of Commons Speaker John Bercow to stand down following a damning report into Westminster’s workplace culture.Writing in the Observer, Phillips praises Bercow for being “a reformer and a progressive”, but concludes that he should now go.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon quits BBC event over Steve Bannon invitation

  20-10-2018 19:50
  Nicola Sturgeon said inclusion of Steve Bannon risked ‘legitimising or normalising far-right, racist views’.Nicola Sturgeon has pulled out of a conference being jointly hosted by the BBC next month after learning that Donald Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon had been invited to take part.Scotland’s first minister said that allowing Bannon to freely express his opinions risked “legitimising or normalising far-right, racist views”.
  
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• Nigel Farage leads counter march

  20-10-2018 19:40
  Brexit supporters have reiterated their "Leave Means Leave" message at a counter-rally to the "People's Vote" march in central London.
  
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• Premier League RESULTS: Man City beat Burnley, Spurs squeeze past West Ham, Newcastle loss - Express.co.uk

  20-10-2018 18:00 via express.co.uk
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  Premier League RESULTS: Man City beat Burnley, Spurs squeeze past West Ham, Newcastle loss
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  Express Sport brought you all the latest Premier League scores and updates from around the grounds. LATEST PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS. Bournemouth 0-0 Southampton. Cardiff 4-2 Fulham | Schurrle (11), Murphy (16), Reid (20), Sessegnon (34), ...
  Pep Guardiola's decision to replace Joe Hart has helped Manchester CityThe Timesall 557 news articles »
  
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• Good grief! Artists reimagine Peanuts – in pictures

  20-10-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  From 1950 to 2000, Charles M Schulz’s daily comic strip Peanuts took the adventures of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus and Peppermint Patty around the globe. The cultural effect was profound: Snoopy was US astronauts’ official mascot, and in the 60s there was a campaign to elect him president. “Peanuts was more than just a charming comic strip,” says Claire Catterall, curator of a new exhibition celebrating Schulz’s creation. “It addressed some of life’s mo
  
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• Hundreds of thousands take to streets in London demanding second Brexit vote

  20-10-2018 17:47
  LONDON/BELFAST (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of supporters of the European Union marched through London on Saturday in the biggest demonstration so far to demand that the British government holds a public vote on the terms of Brexit.The protesters waved the blue and gold flag of the EU and held up "Bollocks to Brexit" banners under sunny skies to call for another referendum on the eventual deal on how Britain will leave the world's biggest trading bloc.With just over five months until Britai
  
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• Jose Mourinho in scuffle on return to Stamford Bridge

  20-10-2018 17:46
  Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was involved in ugly scenes at the end of his return to Stamford Bridge.The Portuguese manager reacted angrily to the celebrations of one of Chelsea's coaching staff after a last-gasp equaliser from Ross Barkley made it 2-2.Marco Ianni had pumped his fists in front of the United bench before there was a confrontation in the tunnel.
  
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• Sturgeon boycotts event in far-right row - BBC News

  20-10-2018 17:18 via bbc.com
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  Nicola Sturgeon has pulled out of a conference in Edinburgh next month because Donald Trump's ex-strategist Steve Bannon was also due to speak. The first minister had been scheduled to take part in the three-day News Xchange event, which is being ...and more »
  
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• Westminster paedophile accuser appears in court charged with lying to police

  20-10-2018 17:04
  A man whose allegations sparked an investigation into an alleged Westminster paedophile ring has appeared in court charged with lying to police and fraudulently receiving £22,000 in compensation.The 50-year-old, known only as "Nick" due to legal reasons, is accused of 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one count of fraud.Nick claimed he had been abused for nine years as a child by a VIP Westminster gang during the 1970s and 1980s in Dolphin Square, a development in west Lond
  
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• Steve Bannon Will Still Attend BBC-Hosted Debate Despite Backlash, Organisers Say

  20-10-2018 16:52
  Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon is still invited to attend a BBC-
  
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• Why the lies, Boris? The best banners at march for People's Vote

  20-10-2018 16:47 via theguardian.com
  From Brexshit to a placard inspired by Banksy, protesters get creative Continue reading...
  
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• Charlie Sloth leaves Radio 1 after invading stage at awards ceremony

  20-10-2018 16:19
  The Radio 1 DJ Charlie Sloth has left the station after jumping on stage and swearing at a fellow presenter during an awards ceremony.Sloth, 31, who also presents the Saturday night rap show on Radio 1 and 1Xtra, jumped on to the stage at the Arias ceremony after he was beaten by Edith Bowman’s Soundtracking podcast in the best specialist music show category.In front of a baffled audience in Leeds he grabbed the microphone and said: “Edith Bowman, fuck your life … I just wanna
  
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• Remain v Leave: Scale of Facebook ad war revealed

  20-10-2018 15:18
  Anti-Brexit groups are running at least twice as many adverts as major Leave campaigns on Facebook - and possibly up to 59 times more, Sky News can reveal.The two largest Remain campaigns, People's Vote and Best for Britain, are currently running 16 Facebook ads on their pages.A data set of Facebook ads over the last two-and-a-half months, seen exclusively by Sky News, presents an even starker contrast.
  
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• Hamleys reaches endgame under ownership of China's C.banner

  20-10-2018 14:13
  The Chinese owner of Hamleys, the world's most famous toy retailer,‎ has begun exploring a sale of the company just days after reporting multimillion-pound losses.Sky News has learnt that C.banner International, which is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, has launched a strategic review of Hamleys, which it bought three years ago.News of C.banner's‎ decision to explore options for Hamleys throws the future ownership of the toy retailing giant into doubt just before its crucial Chris
  
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• Britain Urged To Halt Saudi Arms Sales After Killing Of Journalist

  20-10-2018 13:47
  Theresa May is under mounting pressure to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia
  
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• Royal tour: Prince Harry and Meghan launch Invictus Games

  20-10-2018 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Prince Harry says he and Meghan are "so happy to celebrate the personal joy of our newest addition".
  
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• People's Vote march: Thousands gather at London protest

  20-10-2018 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Protesters calling for a referendum on the final deal are to march before a rally in London.
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: Tourists seal series with win in rain-hit fourth ODI

  20-10-2018 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  England clinch the series against Sri Lanka with victory in another rain-affected one-day international.
  
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• Fake news inquiry MPs' targeted by 'sophisticated' campaign

  20-10-2018 13:08
  Members of the parliamentary inquiry into fake news have been targeted by an anonymous group which may have spent £250,000 spreading pro-Brexit messages on Facebook.Damian Collins and Paul Farrelly were among the MPs whose constituents were targeted by the campaign to "chuck Chequers", which is estimated to have reached between 10 and 11 million people on Facebook.The campaign was run by a site calling itself "Mainstream Network", an apparently legitimate news website, running pro-Brexit a
  
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• 10 of the best small and affordable ski resorts in Europe: readers' travel tips

  20-10-2018 13:00 via theguardian.com
  Less-obvious locations in eastern Europe offer great-value, though our readers reveal bargains in quiet ski resorts in the Alps, tooJust 2½ hours from Milan Malpensa, passing Lake Como, Madesimo has varied and extensive skiing with 60km of uncrowded pistes between 1,550 and 2,880 metres. Highlights are the pisted and off-piste runs of the Val di Lei, and Canalone and Camosci expert off-piste itineraries. Lunches on-mountain cost €20 with wine. Apres ski is quintessentially Italian, w
  
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• Scottish success in Britain in Bloom awards

  20-10-2018 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Success for Aberdeen, East Haven, Falkirk, Linlithgow and Perth in Britain in Bloom competition.
  
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• Two men appear in court charged with Battersea murder

  20-10-2018 12:51
  Ian Tomlin’s body was found by police officers responding to a report of a fight.Michael Swan, 45, and Gary Beech, 48, appeared at Wimbledon magistrates court over the death of Ian Tomlin.Tomlin died from a head injury after an incident in a communal area of a block of flats in Charlotte Despard Avenue, Battersea, on Wednesday.
  
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• Royal tour: Prince Harry and Meghan to launch Invictus Games

  20-10-2018 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attend the opening ceremony at Sydney Opera House.
  
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• Ian Tomlin death: Battersea murder-accused pair in court

  20-10-2018 12:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael Swan and Gary Beech are charged with the murder of Ian Tomlin in Battersea.
  
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• Sajid Javid lambasted for 'Asian paedophiles' tweet

  20-10-2018 12:11
  Home secretary Sajid Javid, whose tweet has been branded ‘irresponsible and divisive’.The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has been rebuked by MPs and human rights campaigners for tweeting about “Asian paedophiles”.Javid highlighted the case of a grooming gang in Huddersfield that raped and abused girls as young as 11.
  
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• Macedonian vote opens way for historic deal, Greek PM says

  20-10-2018 11:37
  Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Saturday the approval by Macedonia's parliament of a proposal to change the country's name paves the way for an historic deal between the two countries."Today is a symbolic and historic day after the decision at the Skopje's parliament which opens the way for the implementation of the accord," Tsipras said at a ceremony taking over the foreign affairs portfolio.Macedonia's parliament on Friday approved a proposal to change the country's name, bringing
  
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• Wimbledon gas explosion: Two hurt as front of house blown off

  20-10-2018 11:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Two people are hurt and 18 evacuated from their homes after the blast in south-west London.
  
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• Feline daft? Big cat on the loose 'is not a panther'

  20-10-2018 10:44
  A black panther on the loose in Scotland may just be a pet cat on the prowl.
  
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• People's Vote march: Thousands expected for London protest

  20-10-2018 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Protesters calling for a referendum on the final deal will march before a rally in London.
  
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• The UK And US Are About To Work More Closely To Combat Cyber Threats

  20-10-2018 10:23
  Britain and the US will sign an accord to ensure the two nations dominate and
  
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• Lift off! Spacecraft's five billion mile journey to Mercury

  20-10-2018 10:16
  European and Japanese space agencies have launched their first mission to Mercury from a launchpad in Kourou, French Guiana.The British-built BepiColombo took off aboard an Ariane 5 rocket at about 2.45am UK time on Saturday to begin its seven-year, 5 billion mile (8.5 billion km) journey to the closest planet to the sun.Stephane Israel, chief executive of rocket-maker Arianespace, confirmed the launch had been a success.
  
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• As royals visit Australia, calls for a republic return

  20-10-2018 10:14
  Australia's prime minister has said he has no plans to hold a referendum on the country becoming a republic, and that he still supports the country's links with the British monarchy.Scott Morrison was asked about the issue as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the opening of an enhanced Anzac Memorial in Sydney's Hyde Park, honouring Australia's servicemen and women.As the Duke and Duchess of Sussex continue their tour of Australia, the republican movement says the demand to cut the apron s
  
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• Generations Of One Family Talk Black History Month

  20-10-2018 10:00
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• How Possible Changes To The Gender Recognition Act Prompted A Toxic Debate

  20-10-2018 09:00
  It's been a vitriolic few months since the government launched a consultation
  
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• Men Charged With Murder After Street Brawl Death In London

  20-10-2018 08:45
  Two men have been charged with murder after a 46-year-old father died
  
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• Fake news inquiry targeted by 'sophisticated' campaign

  20-10-2018 08:16
  Members of the parliamentary inquiry into fake news have been targeted by an anonymous group which may have spent £250,000 spreading pro-Brexit messages on Facebook.Damian Collins and Paul Farrelly were among the MPs whose constituents were targeted by the campaign to "chuck Chequers", which is estimated to have reached between 10 and 11 million people on Facebook.The campaign was run by a site calling itself "Mainstream Network", an apparently legitimate news website, running pro-Brexit a
  
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• Anjem Choudary: How dangerous is he?

  20-10-2018 07:56 via bbc.co.uk
  How a student became the radical preacher, just released from prison, pictured on the right.
  
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• March in London calling for people's vote on Brexit

  20-10-2018 06:28
  Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to march on the streets of London later demanding a people's vote on Brexit.It is expected to be the biggest protest to date, as pressure builds on the prime minister over her negotiating strategy.Many believe the UK is heading for a "no deal" or a bad deal Brexit and want to have their say.
  
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• Fifth of councils see recycling cost rise after China ban

  20-10-2018 06:21
  Councils are being hit hard by the rising cost of recycling, with some saying they paid around £500,000 more over the past year.The main reason is a decision by China to restrict imports of mixed paper and certain types of plastic.Much of the UK's recycling was previously sent to China and since the restrictions came in at the beginning of the year, councils have been forced to find other options.
  
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