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• Officers sacked for lying about teenager left paralysed and brain damaged in nightclub incident

  22-10-2018 23:59
  Three police officers have been sacked after lying about the condition of a teenager who was left paralysed and brain damaged after a scuffle outside a nightclub.Julian Cole, who was 19 at the time, got into a confrontation with a bouncer and the officers after being ejected from Elements in Bedford in May 2013.PCs Hannah Ross, Sanjeev Kalyan and Nicholas Oates falsely claimed he had been able to walk to the police van.
  
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• Buoyant Kimi Räikkönen relieved finally to win again with perfect drive | Giles Richards

  22-10-2018 23:39 via theguardian.com
  Former world champion’s typically forthright reaction after US Grand Prix reveals frustration of five-year wait for victoryKimi Räikkönen is clearly a popular winner and there was a sense of relief that in his fifth year since rejoining Ferrari he returned his first win for the team in his second stint. It was a long time coming, 2,044 days since his last victory, for Lotus at the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. “Fucking finally” was the Finn’s typically forthright
  
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• My Dinner with Hervé review – a glorious and tragic romp in 90s Lalaland

  22-10-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Peter Dinklage is brilliant in this tale of Hervé Villechaize’s ‘suicide note’ interview – it’s just a shame the journalist ends up centre-stage‘My mother always used to say I was Hitler’s fault.” Thereby hangs a tale, and writer-director Sacha Gervasi sets out to tell it in My Dinner with Hervé (Sky Atlantic), an HBO biopic about the James Bond actor Hervé Villechaize.Villechaize’s mother went into labour with him as she
  
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• Museum of the Bible says five of its Dead Sea Scrolls fragments are forgeries

  22-10-2018 23:02 via theguardian.com
  Artefacts will no longer be on display after researchers said they show ‘characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin’The Museum of the Bible has announced that five of its most prized artefacts – valuable fragments in its collection of Dead Sea Scrolls – are forgeries that will no longer be displayed at the museum in Washington DC.Researchers in Germany tested five of the museum’s 16 fragments, bought by the billionaire businessman and museum founder Steve Gree
  
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• Black Earth Rising recap: episode seven – who is about to meet their doom?

  22-10-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  This week featured a break-in, a falling-in and a tornado of a twist – all ready for next week’s finale
  After weeks of oblique exchanges of dialogue between Alice, Eunice and Michael, we at last learn why they have been cagey and what they been keeping from Kate. It’s a tornado of a twist, one that shakes Kate to her marrow when she learns of it. It’s part of a long-term plan on Alice and co’s part, a delayed act of idealism – but it seems as if they might not
  
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• England’s domestic rugby union season to extend deep into summer | Robert Kitson

  22-10-2018 22:59 via theguardian.com
  • Premiership will include mid-season breaks
  • Apologies to Cardiff Blues and Glasgow for colour clashThe much-debated changes to England’s traditional domestic rugby calendar will be announced on Tuesday at Twickenham. Rather than lasting from early September to late May the Premiership season will extend deep into June with all summer tours earmarked for July.Despite months of compromise talks between the Rugby Football Union, Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Players’ Asso
  
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• Mesut Özil orchestrates Arsenal in full flow to quench Leicester’s fire

  22-10-2018 22:57 via theguardian.com
  For Unai Emery the theme of the evening was the perfect 10. It is now 10 victories on the spin in all competitions for his energetically developing Arsenal – seven of them in the Premier League – and the manager owed it all to the maestro in the No 10 shirt.Mesut Özil had one of those games in which everything comes off for him and he was a joy to watch. When he was withdrawn towards the end, after scoring one and playing a central role in Arsenal’s other two – tappe
  
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• After searing summer, UK pumpkin farm ready for Halloween

  22-10-2018 22:57
  A pick-your-own pumpkin patch boasting over 70 varieties in Kent, southeast England, is getting British families into the Halloween spirit.Pumpkin farmer Charlie Eckley planted his seeds in May ready for an October harvest and this year's hot, dry summer only had a small impact on the size of this year's crop."I love Halloween, I love encouraging people out into the farm, into the countryside, to get out of the house.
  
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• John Bolton says he told Russians 2016 election meddling had little impact

  22-10-2018 22:17 via theguardian.com
  National security adviser said the effort did not have ‘any real effect’ on the vote during visit to discuss INF treaty withdrawalUS national security adviser John Bolton has said he told senior Russian officials that the Kremlin’s efforts to influence the 2016 US presidential elections had little impact on the results of the vote. Related: EU warns Trump of nuclear arms race risk after INF withdrawal moveContinue reading...
  
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• ‘Truth comes first’ – Cristiano Ronaldo defiant on Old Trafford return

  22-10-2018 21:56 via theguardian.com
  • Juventus forward faces questions over allegation of rape
  • ‘We know it will be tough against United,’ Ronaldo saysCristiano Ronaldo said on Monday he is a “happy man” and claimed “the truth comes first” as he answered questions in Manchester about the allegation of rape against him.Ronaldo is expected to play for Juventus against his former club Manchester United in the Champions League match at Old Trafford on Tuesday. He is the subject of a crimi
  
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• May's four tests before she will sign off on Irish border backstop deal

  22-10-2018 21:53
  Theresa May told MPs that four tests must be passed before she will agree to an Irish border backstop.There appear to be four new mini-red lines in relation to the Irish border issue.Reassuring the House of Commons that there would be no “carving up” of the United Kingdom, Theresa May unveiled four tests that must be passed before the UK will sign off on a backstop, or insurance policy, that the Irish border will remain open in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• May Shelves Legislation On Acid Attacks And Knife Crime ‘To Avoid Upsetting Backbench Tory MPs’, Labour Claims

  22-10-2018 21:35
  Theresa May has been accused of putting her fear of being toppled by Tory
  
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• Newcastle student died after initiation bar crawl, inquest told

  22-10-2018 21:33 via theguardian.com
  Ed Farmer went on night out with society where rounds of 100 shots were orderedA university student died after an initiation ceremony bar crawl at which students ordered rounds of about 100 drinks at a time, an inquest has heard.Ed Farmer, 20, died in December 2016 after a Newcastle University agricultural society night out, a coroner was told on Monday. According to reports, medics said he had suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and the alcohol level in his system was found to have been many ti
  
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• Bus crashes directly into opticians in West Yorkshire

  22-10-2018 21:27
  A bus has crashed into an opticians, leaving the premises wrecked and half the vehicle embedded in the store.The front end of the orange, single-decker Yorkshire Tiger bus was left stuck in Shipley Eyewear Opticians in the centre of the West Yorkshire town on Monday lunchtime.A West Yorkshire force spokeswoman said: "We were called at 12.05pm to reports a bus had gone into a shop at Market Street.
  
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• May accentuates the positives and dazzles with confusion | John Crace

  22-10-2018 21:16 via theguardian.com
  She was going to up the ante by demanding a backstop to a backstop to a backstopNo one could say they hadn’t been warned. At the same time the previous week, Theresa May had come to the Commons to explain why there wasn’t going to be any progress in the Brexit negotiations at the forthcoming EU summit in Brussels. Now she was back to report that she had been as good as her word and that there had indeed been no progress. It had been a matter of trust. The prime minister who delivered
  
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• May accentuates the positives and dazzles with confusion

  22-10-2018 21:16
  Theresa May in the Commons: the plan is the same as it’s always been.At the same time the previous week, Theresa May had come to the Commons to explain why there wasn’t going to be any progress in the Brexit negotiations at the forthcoming EU summit in Brussels.The prime minister who delivered on her promises.
  
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• 'Hold our nerve' on Brexit, under-pressure Theresa May tells party

  22-10-2018 20:46
  Theresa May has said it may be preferable for Britain to extend the period it remains tied to EU rules and regulations, as she called on her party to "hold our nerve".The prime minister said such a move could allow more time to sort out Britain's future relationship with the EU, without needing to activate a controversial contingency plan for the Irish border known as the "backstop".While extending the transition was "undesirable", Mrs May said she was ready to "explore every possible option".
  
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• Erdoğan to reveal 'naked truth' about Khashoggi's death

  22-10-2018 20:40 via theguardian.com
  Turkish president looks set to claim Saudi government murdered journalist, while US tries to reduce fallout Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appears primed to assemble two weeks of leaks, insinuation and police evidence in an explosive speech in the Turkish parliament on Tuesday alleging that the Saudi Arabian government murdered the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Turkish soil.After weeks of leaks by Turkish police implying that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, must have know
  
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• Netflix plans to raise $2bn as it invests in new content

  22-10-2018 20:25 via theguardian.com
  Streaming service’s liabilities of more than $30bn now dwarf annual revenuesNetflix has announced plans to raise a further $2bn (£1.5bn) in debt, adding to mounting long-term liabilities which now total more than $30bn.The US streaming service said the money raised will be used for a range of “general corporate purposes”, from buying new programmes and films to acquisitions. Continue reading...
  
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• What Is The Migrant Caravan?

  22-10-2018 20:10
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• EU warns Trump of nuclear arms race risk after INF withdrawal move

  22-10-2018 20:09 via theguardian.com
  Some European leaders oppose US withdrawal as John Bolton visits Moscow to discuss treatyThe EU has warned Donald Trump about the risk of a new nuclear arms race after the US president announced that he was pulling out of a Reagan-era arms control treaty.John Bolton, Trump’s hawkish national security adviser who has lobbied for US withdrawal from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, is in Moscow to discuss the treaty, which the US accuses Russia of violating with the de
  
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• Ryanair's investors expect more than belligerence from O'Leary

  22-10-2018 20:06 via theguardian.com
  Budget airline’s boss plays prophet of doom but keeps to ground he feels safe on“We expect more failures this winter,” said Michael O’Leary. Ryanair’s chief executive, thankfully, wasn’t warning of more failures to remove passengers who racially abuse fellow travellers. Nor was he referring to Ryanair’s unacceptable corporate failure to apologise to Delsie Gayle, the customer subjected to the attack.Rather, he was predicting that some smaller rivals will
  
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• Britain Will 'Act Accordingly' If Stories Of Killing Of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Are True, Jeremy Hunt Warns

  22-10-2018 20:01
  Britain will "act accordingly" if "appalling" stories about the death of Saudi
  
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• UK's May tries to calm Brexit rebels, says deal almost done

  22-10-2018 19:50
  Prime Minister Theresa May urged restive lawmakers to back her in the final stages of Britain's exit from the European Union, saying talks were in their most difficult phase even if a deal was close.Financial markets seized on the possibility that May could be toppled as prime minister by rebels in her Conservative Party, driving sterling below $1.30 to its lowest since Oct. 4.With just over five months until Britain is scheduled to exit the EU, talks have stalled over a disagreement on the so-c
  
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• BBC drafts in new Top Gear hosts to keep money-spinning show on the road

  22-10-2018 19:49 via theguardian.com
  Despite falling UK ratings, the motoring programme remains valuable to the broadcasterAndrew “Freddie” Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness are not currently household names in Iran. But if the pair ever go there they should prepare to be mobbed after being announced as the new hosts of Top Gear. The Middle Eastern country is one of more than 200 territories around the world where the show is broadcast, attracting a loyal fanbase attracted by a mix of banter and fast cars.The former England
  
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• The Guardian view on the Tories and Brexit: rage against the facts | Editorial

  22-10-2018 19:43 via theguardian.com
  If Theresa May wants to deliver a Brexit deal, she must compromise with the EU and with the majority in the Commons. That’s why Tory rightwingers are so angryTo observe the Conservative party at Westminster on Monday was to watch a party that seems closer than ever to falling apart over Brexit. Paradoxically, however, nothing in the politics of Britain’s planned departure from the European Union had actually changed since last week. Theresa May still leads a minority government and a
  
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• Yandex shares fall on Russian plan to curb foreign ownership of news division

  22-10-2018 19:31
  Shares in Russian search engine Yandexfell on Monday after a report from the Interfax newsagency said the government was proposing to limit foreign ownership in online news aggregators to 20 percent.Shares in Yandex N.V. , the parent company of Yandex group which is registered in Netherlands, were down by almost 2 percent in Moscow following the report.Yandex is Russia's biggest internet search engine with around a 56 percent share in Russian search traffic and also the biggest news aggregator c
  
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• The story of Anna Burns shows how working-class talent is going to waste | Suzanne Moore

  22-10-2018 19:27 via theguardian.com
  When the creative industries belong to the wealthy and their offspring, and being poor and dependent is seen as a moral failure, the success of her book Milkman is truly a cause for celebrationHow much do I love Anna Burns, who won the Man Booker prize? More than a million, as my kids used to say to me. More than a million millions I would ask? Yes, they would say. To be honest, the Booker is not a big part of my life; I can take or leave a posh literary do – leave mostly – and I hav
  
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• Vinegar is the latest health drink phenomenon – but does it strike a sour note?

  22-10-2018 19:14 via theguardian.com
  It has been claimed that vinegar-based drinks can improve digestion, reduce cholesterol and aid weight loss. No wonder supermarkets are filling up with themSince Victoria Beckham revealed last autumn that she starts each day with a gulp of apple cider vinegar, fashionistas have been afizz. Now a visit to Sainsbury’s will attest to the public appetite for drinking vinegar. As opposed to the bracing neat shot that Beckham favours – “Be brave!” she said in an Instagram post;
  
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• Khashoggi case has put Saudi prince right where Erdoğan wants him

  22-10-2018 19:14 via theguardian.com
  Turkish president on losing end of regional power struggle with Bin Salman now finds himself in the ascendantAt about noon on Tuesday two regional leaders are due to make landmark addresses. In Riyadh, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, will open an investment showpiece declaring the kingdom open for business. In Ankara, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is expected to make a speech that may well shut down the beleaguered kingdom.Such are the stakes when Erd
  
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• Does Botox curb your sexual pleasure?

  22-10-2018 19:09 via theguardian.com
  New research suggests women find it harder to orgasm after having botulinum treatment – but not everyone is convinced this means facial expressions are key to feeling pleasureMost people dread the idea of anyone seeing their sex face, but it may be saving their sex life.According to research by Cardiff University, women experience less satisfying orgasms and find it harder to orgasm after having botulinum toxin treatment (Botox). Because the muscles often targeted by botulinum are associat
  
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• Woman 'shocked and depressed' by racist attack on Ryanair flight

  22-10-2018 19:07 via theguardian.com
  Delsie Gayle, who received tirade of abuse from passenger, speaks out about incidentA woman who was subjected to a racist attack on a Ryanair flight has said the incident left her stunned and depressed.Delsie Gayle, who was the target of a tirade of abuse by a fellow passenger on flight FR015 from Barcelona to London Stansted, said: “I was shocked, nobody ever said those words to me.” Continue reading...
  
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• PM May not summoned to face lawmakers' committee - spokesman

  22-10-2018 19:07
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May has not been invited to attend a meeting of a powerful Conservative Party members of parliament committee this week, her spokesman said, amid reports she had been summoned to face angry members of parliament.
  
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• May says MPs must 'hold their nerve' to approve final Brexit deal

  22-10-2018 19:03 via theguardian.com
  PM tells Commons of four steps that must be taken before final 5% of EU deal is doneTheresa May faced down Conservative critics of her Brexit negotiating strategy in a critical Commons debate in which she pleaded to be given time to “deliver the Brexit that the British people voted for”.The prime minister told her jittery MPs it was time “we hold our nerve” as the Brexit talks approach their endgame during nearly two hours of exchanges, which were not attended by leadersh
  
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• May says MPs must 'hold their nerve' to approve final Brexit deal

  22-10-2018 19:03
  Theresa May addresses the Commons on Monday, when she outlined four steps to breaking the impasse with the EU.Theresa May has urged MPs to “hold our nerve” through the final stages of Brexit talks, while warning hardliners in her own party that compromise will be necessary to achieve a deal with the EU.In a crucial statement to the Commons after a weekend of lurid headlines about her potential political demise, the prime minister appealed directly to Tory Brexiters by reminding them
  
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• Time to put up or shut up over Munawar spot-fixing allegations | Vic Marks

  22-10-2018 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Every time the al-Jazeera documentary seems to be getting to the nitty-gritty the names of those claimed to be conniving with cricket’s spot-fixers are withheldThe most recent al-Jazeera documentary on spot-fixing in cricket is to be welcomed but it remains a source of frustration as well. The scope to manipulate a game of cricket for betting purposes has been with us for two centuries or more and any reminder of that is a useful deterrent. But we crave more hard facts than the “unsu
  
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• Mark Wood keen on pace-off with Olly Stone for England World Cup place

  22-10-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
  • Bowler knows time is running out to stake World Cup claim
  • Fifth ODI against Sri Lanka could be Wood’s big breakEngland have moved from the chirping rainforest sounds of Dambulla and Kandy to the hustle and bustle of Sri Lanka’s capital for the fifth one-day international on Tuesday.With the series secured, congestion in the bowling department will be deliberately eased. Mark Wood, Sam Curran and Liam Plunkett have all been onlookers so far – the latter arriving la
  
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• Is love best expressed with poetry?

  22-10-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
  A poet struggles for words during a marriage proposal, leading to the question: Is poetry really better at capturing our feelings than plain old prose? Tell us in the commentsWhat makes us reach for poetry? I have often heard the claim that it is extreme events — a birth or death or love, for example — that sends people in search of verse to calm or enlighten or explain the particulars lost in the tumult of such emotion. It’s a strange claim to me because to be born, to die and
  
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• Joachim Ronneberg: Norwegian who stopped Nazis' nuclear plans dies

  22-10-2018 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Joachim Ronneberg, who has died aged 99, led team who sabotaged a Nazi nuclear facility in 1943.
  
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• Here Are Some Of The Big Names Calling For UK Laws On Cannabis To Be Relaxed

  22-10-2018 18:56
  Over the last few months, a number of well-known names - from government
  
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• We have been fined for asking Lorde to boycott Israel – but we won’t be silenced | Nadia Abu-Shanab and Justine Sachs

  22-10-2018 18:54 via theguardian.com
  We have been punished because the singer cancelled a Tel Aviv concert. This attempt to distract from the broader picture won’t workAn Israeli court this month ordered us to pay NZ$18,000 (£9,000) in damages for harming the “artistic welfare” of three Israeli teenagers. This ruling came after New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde heeded the call of activists, including a letter from the two of us, and cancelled her show in Tel Aviv. The teenagers claimed they suffered &ldquo
  
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• Biya wins again in Cameroon as crackdown disrupts anglophone vote

  22-10-2018 18:54 via theguardian.com
  Longtime leader credited with 71% of vote but many people were too scared to take partCameroon’s octogenarian president, Paul Biya, who has held power for 36 years, has won another term after an election marred by allegations of fraud and in which many people were too scared to vote.Biya was declared the winner on Monday with 71.28% of the votes cast in the election on 7 October. Maurice Kamto, the opposition leader who had declared himself the winner a few hours after the polls closed, re
  
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• Hurricane Willa strengthens to category 5 off Mexico's Pacific coast

  22-10-2018 18:53 via theguardian.com
  Storm to pass over or near the Islas Marías early Tuesday‘Potentially catastrophic’ storm may bring six to 12 inches of rainHurricane Willa has grown into a potentially catastrophic category 5 storm as it sweeps toward Mexico’s Pacific coast with winds of 160mph (260km/h), threatening a stretch of high-rise resort hotels, surfing beaches and fishing villages. Related: This is the way world ends: will we soon see category 6 hurricanes?Continue reading...
  
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• Meet the 99-year-old transgender WW2 veteran

  22-10-2018 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Louise Jennings was 26 years old when she fought in World War Two as Robert Jennings.
  
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• Premier Inn unveils no frills £19-a-night pod rooms

  22-10-2018 18:46
  Premier Inn is to launch a hotel chain for the "highly price-sensitive customer" with pod-style rooms less than half the normal size.Zip by Premier Inn will offer rooms from £19 a night on the outskirts of towns, with a £5 cleaning charge for customers staying more than one night.Premier Inn owner Whitbread said it decided to develop its new concept after discovering that guests were "willing to forego traditional expectations" for a cheaper price.
  
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• Oxford Islamic scholar Ramadan admits to 'sex games', denies rape

  22-10-2018 18:39
  Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan, a professor of Islamic studies, said on Monday he had engaged in "sex games" with two women in France who accuse him of rape, but said the "submissive-dominant" relationships were consensual.It is the first time in the near one-year long case that the Oxford University professor, who has taken a leave of absence from the British institution, admits to having had sexual relations with the plaintiffs."He can finally speak freely, and he's relieved," his lawyer, Emmanu
  
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• Outrage over school's ban on talking between lessons

  22-10-2018 18:38
  Parents and students have criticised a school for banning talking between lessons.Ninestiles Secondary School in Acocks Green, Birmingham, will introduce so-called silent corridors from 5 November.In a letter to parents, acting co-heads Alex Hughes and Andrea Stephens said they wanted to ensure students "arrive calmly and ready to learn", according to a letter published on the Birmingham Live news site.
  
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• Why Harry’s new ring has an Oura of desperation about it

  22-10-2018 18:37 via theguardian.com
  The Duke of Sussex has started wearing a sleep tracker on his finger, presumably to make the most of his 40 winks. Good luck with that when the baby arrivesName: Harry’s new ring.Age: First spotted last week. Continue reading...
  
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• Where to get your salt beef in the West End after Gaby’s Deli closes

  22-10-2018 18:35
  In the beginning it was Carrolls, The Nosh Bar and others centred on Great Newport Street in Soho serving piping hot lokshen soup, steaming salt beef on rye, tasty latkes and piquant new green cucumbers.Now, after a successful rescue campaign a few years ago, Gaby’s is disappearing for good (Deli loved by the stars to close after 50 years in London’s West End, 22 October).An era ends, but you can still get a good salt beef sandwich, an Irish one, at the Coach & Horses in Wellingt
  
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• The ‘war on drugs’ that failed our son

  22-10-2018 18:35
  Thanks to Simon Jenkins for attacking political intransigence over the reform of drug policy in the UK (Make mine a cannabis wine, thank you, 19 October).The failure of the “war on drugs” is now acknowledged by health and welfare agencies globally and by councils, police forces, medical practitioners and political groups across the country.If Lord Falconer can apologise publicly, it should be possible for others to follow.
  
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