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• With divorce deal almost done, May repeats rejection of EU proposal on Northern Ireland

  21-10-2018 23:42
  Prime Minister Theresa May will tell parliament on Monday that 95 percent of Britain's divorce deal has now been settled but will repeat her opposition to the European Union's proposal for the land border with Northern Ireland.Facing some of the fiercest criticism to date over her Brexit plans after the two sides failed again to reach agreement at a summit last week, May will try to calm passions in parliament where her strategy has angered eurosceptics and EU supporters alike.With just over fiv
  
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• EU withdrawal deal is 95% settled, Theresa May to tell Commons

  21-10-2018 23:30
  Theresa May will highlight all the specific areas of agreement already reached.Theresa May will tell the Commons on Monday that 95% of the Brexit withdrawal agreement and its protocols are settled as she seeks to demonstrate to anxious MPs in her own party that she is making headway in the increasingly fraught divorce talks.The prime minister is expected to confirm she has resolved with the EU the future status of Gibraltar, developed a protocol around the UK’s military base in Cyprus and
  
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• Labour MPs to press May for Commons vote on Northern Ireland abortion ban

  21-10-2018 20:31
  Labour MPs will increase the pressure to end Northern Ireland’s highly restrictive Victorian-era abortion laws this week in a series of Commons votes designed to push the UK government into action.Diana Johnson, the Hull North MP, will introduce a backbench bill on Tuesday calling for a repeal of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, which criminalised any woman seeking an abortion with a theoretical maximum term of life imprisonment.In England and Wales the 1967 Abortion Act permits a
  
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• Modern slavery victims let down by government, says former commissioner

  21-10-2018 20:26
  The former independent slavery commissioner has criticised the Home Office for failing to implement proposals he says they agreed to a year ago.In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Kevin Hyland expressed frustration that slavery victims were being "held on a piece of string", waiting for overdue decisions on their status.The government says it is leading the world in tackling slavery, but Mr Hyland is among critics who say the victims are not being properly looked after once they have escape
  
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• Fears for old folk as Glasgow care workers go on strike

  21-10-2018 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE family of a vulnerable 90-year-old woman fears lives will be put at risk due to care services being withdrawn during a strike.
  
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• Sub-zero temperatures to bring end to warm UK autumn weather

  21-10-2018 18:40
  Parts of Britain enjoyed warm weather and blue skies during the weekend.Sub-zero temperatures will reach some parts of the UK by the end of this week, bringing to an end a stretch of mild autumn weather.Temperatures look likely to fall below zero in some parts of the country by Friday, with forecasters saying a cold blast will make parts of the UK feel like they have been plunged into an early winter.
  
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• People's Vote identifies 50 Tory MPs who could be swayed on Brexit

  21-10-2018 18:34
  Campaigners for a second Brexit referendum are hoping to harness the energy demonstrated by Saturday’s 700,000-strong march in London to lobby MPs in the run-up to a crucial Commons vote.The People’s Vote group will focus on 50 Conservative MPs – including five ministers – who they believe could be persuaded to vote for a second referendum should Theresa May’s final Brexit deal be voted down.About eight Tory MPs, including Anna Soubry and Dominic Grieve, have public
  
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• Clocks change 2018: When do the clocks change? What date do they go back?

  21-10-2018 18:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE clocks will be changing shortly as we revert back to Greenwich Mean Time from British Summer Time , but when are the clocks changing?
  
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• 72 hours to save your job: Theresa May 'drinking in last chance saloon'

  21-10-2018 18:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA May has been warned she is "drinking in the last chance saloon" amid reports she has just 72 hours to save her job. The Prime Minister is under serious pressure from angered Tory backbenchers following further unsuccessful Brexit negotiations at the EU summit in Brussels.
  
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• NHS denies flu vaccine shortage amid complaints over delays

  21-10-2018 18:11
  One patient described the flu vaccine supply system as a ‘shambles’.The NHS and healthcare bodies have sought to offer assurances that there are adequate supplies of the flu vaccine amid mounting unease among older people who have been unable to get the jab at surgeries and pharmacies outside of London.Deliveries of this year’s adjuvanted trivalent vaccine (aTIV) – a new, more effective vaccine that has been recommended for patients aged over 65 – have been staggere
  
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• Michael Young and the perils of meritocracy

  21-10-2018 17:51
  While Kwame Anthony Appiah’s celebration of Michael Young’s life (The myth of meritocracy, The long read, 19 October) is long overdue, it fails to place the idea of meritocracy in the contexts either of neoliberalism or of recent British history.Michael Young’s The Rise of the Meritocracy was a warning against a system of political rule, not a plea for opportunities for all.Appiah also ignores the complexity of Young’s political and sociological interactions in the 1950s
  
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• Whether to like Nick Clegg’s move to Facebook

  21-10-2018 17:50
  If Nick was unable to force a better deal in coalition out of David Cameron and the Conservatives, how is he going to transform the inherent inevitability of the insensitivity of the vast Facebook machine?Nick has always been one of the best proponents of the case for a united Europe and, at precisely the time in our history when every such voice is needed to continue the momentum for rescuing Britain and the EU from a disastrous Brexit, he is abandoning the cause.• Reading Nick Clegg&rsquo
  
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• Nick Clegg urged to stand up for liberalism and democracy at Facebook

  21-10-2018 17:38
  Nick Clegg was spotted taking a first class flight to San Jose from London on Sunday afternoon.The former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown has urged Nick Clegg to stand up for the values of liberalism and democracy at Facebook, as tech companies continue to hire staff in preparation for a global battle against tough new internet regulation.The former deputy prime minister announced his decision to become Facebook’s global lobbying and communications executive on Friday, as the social
  
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• Elderly woman racially abused on Ryanair flight

  21-10-2018 17:23
  Ryanair has been criticised after footage emerged of a passenger racially abusing an elderly black woman sat next to him.The budget airline has reported the matter to Essex Police after a video of the row was shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook.The row took place on a flight from Barcelona to Stansted before take-off on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Driver who failed to stop for police killed in crash with lorry on North Circular Road

  21-10-2018 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE driver of a car who failed to stop for police has died after crashing into a lorry on the North Circular Road.
  
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• Prostate cancer: radiotherapy could extend thousands of lives, study finds

  21-10-2018 16:30
  An oncologist at the Royal Marsden hospital in Surrey analyses an image of man’s prostate gland.Radiotherapy could increase the chances of survival for thousands of men with prostate cancer that has already spread by the time they are diagnosed, new research suggests.Prostate cancer is the most common cancer to affect men in the UK.
  
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• Coastguard investigates Isle of Wight ferry crash

  21-10-2018 16:10
  The ferry was refloated with the help of tugs.An investigation has been launched after a ferry collided with several yachts off the Isle of Wight, the second such incident in a month.A search and rescue operation involving three lifeboats was launched but the coastguard later confirmed that no one was missing.
  
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• David Beckham says his marriage to Victoria is 'hard work'

  21-10-2018 16:06
  David Beckham has said being married to his wife Victoria is "hard work".
  
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• Netflix 'deceiving' black users with 'creepy' posters

  21-10-2018 15:54
  Netflix has been accused of "deceiving" black subscribers with "manipulative" promotional posters for films and TV shows that can change based on who is using the service.Among the films to have been highlighted are the comedy Like Father, which stars Kelsey Grammer and Kristen Bell, and the British favourite Love Actually.Rather than showcasing its two white leads, the poster for Like Father instead suggests to some subscribers that there are major roles for African-American actors Blaire Brook
  
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• Raab says open to extending Brexit transition as May's critics step up attacks

  21-10-2018 14:39
  Britain could accept extending the post-Brexit transition period by a few months if the European Union drops its proposals for a so-called Northern Irish backstop, Britain's Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday.Talks between Britain and the EU have stalled largely over a disagreement on the backstop - an insurance policy to ensure there will be no return to a hard border on the island of Ireland if a future trading relationship is not agreed in time.
  
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• 'End is in sight for a good deal on Brexit', says Dominic Raab

  21-10-2018 14:31
  The UK is open to extending the Brexit transition period in a bid to break the impasse in the negotiations.Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said the government would consider such a step, provided it would "solve" the Irish backstop issue and there was "route out" so it did not go on indefinitely.The issue of how to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic in the event that a deal on Britain's future relationship takes longer than expected has been the source of much contention
  
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• Ministry of Defence to investigate suicide rates among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans

  21-10-2018 14:24
  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to investigate suicide rates among veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.All causes of death among troops are to be considered as part of the research, but cases where servicemen and women have taken their own lives will be the focus.Defence minister Tobias Ellwood announced the study amid an investigation by The Sunday Times, which has found that 42 current soldiers are believed to have killed themselves this year.
  
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• Ferry hits yachts in heavy fog off Isle of Wight

  21-10-2018 14:09
  A ferry collided with at least two yachts and then ran aground in heavy fog off the Isle of Wight in southern England on Sunday, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.The Coastguard said a member of the public had called emergency services after hearing cries of help from Cowes Harbour, but after an extensive search by rescue teams it said no one was in the water or missing.Red Funnel, the operator of the Red Falcon Ferry, which had 56 people on board, said it had been refloated.
  
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• EU's Barnier plays down 'backstop' checks on Northern Irish trade

  21-10-2018 14:03
  The EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier stood firm on the need for checks on goods shipped from mainland Britain to Northern Ireland after Brexit, while insisting this would not amount to a new border, in an interview published on Sunday.Negotiations on Britain's departure from the European Union are stalled on several issues, but primarily an Irish 'backstop' both sides agree is needed to avoid a hard border between the UK province of Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, an EU state
  
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• More than 50 years on, central London Jewish deli Gaby's is to close

  21-10-2018 14:02
  Gaby’s Deli, a landmark Jewish cafe serving salt beef and falafel in the heart of London’s theatreland for more than half a century, is to close at the end of this month, seven years after leading performers and writers campaigned to save the site from redevelopment.The deli’s proprietor, Gaby Elyahou, an 82-year-old Iraqi Jew, is to retire and his nephew, Menachem Kojman, 72, who helps to run the cafe, has concluded that he can no longer battle against the march of chain resta
  
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• 'EU can't CHERRY PICK!' Raab insists UK will NOT 'compromise ourselves' in crunch EU talks

  21-10-2018 13:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXIT Secretary Dominic Raab has sent a fierce warning to the European Union claiming they cannot “cherry pick” from the Prime Minister’s Chequers agreement, turning Brussels' favourite phrase back on the bloc.
  
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• Brexit sec: Deal needs to be done by November

  21-10-2018 13:35
  Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has put a time limit on a deal being struck with the European Union.
  
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• MPs press Hunt to take action against Saudis over Khashoggi affair

  21-10-2018 13:14
  The letter cited the death of Jamal Khashoggi alongside the humanitarian disaster in Yemen.The government is facing renewed pressure over its continued ties to Saudi Arabia following the death of Jamal Khashoggi and the humanitarian disaster in Yemen, after all five main Westminster opposition parties signed an unprecedented joint letter calling for a change of stance.The foreign affairs representatives for Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru and the Greens wrote to Jeremy Hunt saying it
  
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• Conservatives must hold nerve despite Brexit jitters, says Raab

  21-10-2018 13:14
  Dominic Raab has conceded that Conservative backbenchers have become jittery about the status of the Brexit negotiations but insisted “now is the time to play for the team” amid fresh speculation about Theresa May’s leadership.The Brexit secretary said the Tories needed to “hold [their] nerve” after weekend reports that hostile backbench MPs would try to force a leadership challenge.Forty-eight MPs are needed to force a vote of confidence in the prime minister.
  
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• Rescue operation after ferry hits 'several yachts' near Isle of Wight

  21-10-2018 12:50
  A rescue operation was carried out after a ferry hit "several small yachts" before running aground on the Isle of Wight.A RNLI spokesman said three lifeboats were looking for people in the water off the coast of Cowes.The Red Funnel service from Southampton was travelling through dense fog as it approached the Isle of Wight at 8:00am on Sunday.
  
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• Lifeboats search waters off Isle of Wight after ferry collides with yachts

  21-10-2018 12:43
  A search and rescue operation was under way on Sunday morning after a ferry collided with yachts off the Isle of Wight, the second such incident in a month.The incident happened as the Red Falcon ferry was attempting to berth at the entrance to the harbour, according to the coastguard, which received a 999 call from a man reporting that he had heard cries for help from the scene.All 56 people on board the ferry, which is operated by Red Funnel on the company’s route from Southampton to Eas
  
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• UK Brexit minister Raab says open-minded on extending post-Brexit transition

  21-10-2018 12:33
  Britain is open-minded about extending the post-Brexit transition period if it means the European Union drops its proposals for the so-called Irish backstop, Brexit minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday."If we need a bridge from the end of the implementation period to the future relationship ... I am open minded about using a short extension of the implementation period," Raab told BBC TV.Raab also said he thought a deal needed to be done by the end of November in order to get the legislation thr
  
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• Rescue operation under way after ferry runs aground on Isle of Wight

  21-10-2018 11:59
  A rescue operation is under way after a ferry ran aground on the Isle of Wight this morning.A RNLI spokesman said three lifeboats are looking for people in the water off the coast of Cowes.A HM Coastguard spokesman said: "We are currently carrying out an extensive search of the area with Cowes RNLI lifeboat, Calshot RNLI lifeboats and Coastguard Rescue Teams from Bembridge, Needles and Ventnor.
  
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• 60 Years Of Women In The House Of Lords

  21-10-2018 11:00
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• 'It's MASSIVELY stacked against you!' Remainer Soubry ATTACKED over People’s Vote

  21-10-2018 10:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  REMAIN supporter Anna Soubry clashed with a radio host who clearly pointed out to the Conservative MP that a second referendum is “stacked” against anti-Brexit campaigners.
  
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• UK could accept longer Brexit transition if EU drops backstop plan - UK minister

  21-10-2018 10:28
  Britain would accept a possible extension to its post-Brexit transition period with the European Union if the bloc drops its demand for an Irish backstop, Britain's junior Brexit minister Suella Braverman said on Sunday.Talks between Britain and the EU have stalled over a disagreement over the backstop - an insurance policy to ensure there will be no return to a hard border on the island of Ireland if a future trading relationship is not in place in time.
  
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• Daughter Of Elderly Woman Racially Abused On A Ryanair Flight Says Her Mother Is A Member Of The Windrush Generation

  21-10-2018 10:18
  An elderly black woman who was racially abused by a fellow passenger on a
  
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• Your pictures: share your photos on the theme of 'hidden'

  21-10-2018 10:00 via theguardian.com
  Wherever you are in the world, this week we’d like to see your pictures on the theme ‘hidden’The next theme for our weekly photography assignment in the Observer New Review is ‘hidden’. Share your photos of what hidden means to you – and tell us about your image in the description box.The closing date is Wednesday 24 October at 10am. We’ll publish our favourites in the New Review on Sunday 28 October. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour MPs plot ‘ambush’ to reform Northern Ireland abortion laws

  21-10-2018 10:00
  Stella Creasy, together with fellow Labour MP Conor McGinn, are amending a Northern Ireland bill in an attempt to change abortion law.An attempt to legalise same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland and loosen its strict abortion laws is to be launched by MPs this week, the Observer has learned.The parliamentary ambush, which could be backed by senior Conservative MPs, is set to cause a major headache for the government.
  
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• Ten NHS trusts ‘wasted £235m to hire private ambulances’

  21-10-2018 09:00
  Up to 15% of emergency calls were dealt with by private ambulances last year.England’s NHS trusts have spent almost a quarter of a billion pounds on private ambulance services in the last three years as emergency 999 calls and sickness rates among health service paramedics rise.The GMB union estimates the same trusts spent about £146m on private ambulances between 2011 and 2013.
  
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• Theresa May told she has 72 hours to save her job

  21-10-2018 08:28
  Prime Minister Theresa May has been told that she has just 72 hours to save her job.The warning comes from MPs frustrated by Mrs May's handling of Brexit negotiations after an unsuccessful summit last week.For a no confidence vote to be triggered, 48 letters from Conservative MPs must be submitted to the party's chairman and some have claimed that that threshold could soon be reached.
  
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• Prince Harry inspires athletes as pregnant Meghan trims Australia schedule

  21-10-2018 07:41
  The pregnant wife of Britain's Prince Harry, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, will cut back her busy schedule as the royal couple enter the last week-and-a-half of their tour to Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.Meghan curtailed her activities after attending the opening ceremony for the Invictus Games on Saturday night at Sydney's Opera House.
  
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• PM 'drinking in last chance saloon', MPs say

  21-10-2018 07:26
  Prime Minister Theresa May has been told that she has just 72 hours to save her job.The warning comes from MPs frustrated by Mrs May's handling of Brexit negotiations after an unsuccessful summit last week.For a no confidence vote to be triggered, 48 letters from Conservative MPs must be submitted to the party's chairman and some have claimed that that threshold could soon be reached.
  
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• Harry urges Meghan to 'pace herself' during royal tour

  21-10-2018 07:24
  The Duchess of Sussex has decided to cut back on some parts of her first major royal tour after announcing earlier in the week that she's expecting her first child.Meghan pulled out of an arranged meeting with Invictus Games competitors to rest after Saturday's ceremony overran by nearly two hours, leaving the duke to present the medals alone on Sunday morning.
  
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• 60 Years Ago Stella Isaacs Became The First Woman In The House Of Lords – So Who Was She?

  21-10-2018 07:00
  It's been a century since women were first given the vote in the UK and almost
  
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• Gas explosion suspected in Harrow house fire

  21-10-2018 05:19
  One person is missing after a house fire thought to have been caused by a gas explosion.
  
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• Trump doubts Saudi account of journalist's death: 'There's been deception and there's been lies' - Washington Post

  21-10-2018 04:03 via washingtonpost.com
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  Trump doubts Saudi account of journalist's death: 'There's been deception and there's been lies'
  Washington Post
  President Trump strongly criticized Saudi Arabia's explanation for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi late Saturday, saying that “obviously there's been deception and there's been lies.” At the same time, Trump defended the oil-rich monarchy as an ...
  Jamal Khashoggi death: Trump 'not satisfied' with Saudi accountBBC News
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• Firms to launch Brexit contingency plans before Christmas

  21-10-2018 03:11
  The majority of British businesses are preparing to launch contingency plans before Christmas as hopes of a Brexit deal fade.A survey of 236 firms for the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) found that many will make "damaging" moves which will include cutting jobs and relocating work overseas.The survey focused on companies employing fewer than 500 people and it found that 82% of firms will start to implement their contingency plans by December if the Brexit process does not get any clearer
  
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• Wean babies on to allergens sooner to prevent epidemic, says expert

  21-10-2018 02:20
  Public Health England's advice urges the introduction of peanuts and other allergens from around six months but Gideon Lack, professor of paediatric allergy at Kings College London, says that could be two months too late.Each year, 64,000 new cases emerge of children with food allergies.Two per cent of babies born in the UK will have a serious peanut allergy by the age of three, and nearly one in 10 will be vulnerable to an anaphylactic food allergy.
  
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• Private schools told to open their swimming pools to state pupils - The Guardian

  21-10-2018 01:29 via theguardian.com
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  Private schools told to open their swimming pools to state pupils
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  A new drive to encourage private schools to share their swimming pools is being launched by the government amid concerns about the number of children who emerge from primary school unable to swim. This weekend the education secretary, Damian ...and more »
  
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