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• NHS To Receive £2-Billion-A-Year Cash Injection For Mental Health Services In Autumn Budget

  28-10-2018 23:53
  NHS mental health services will receive a £2-billion-a-year real terms funding
  
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• Leicester City owner and four others killed in helicopter crash

  28-10-2018 23:40
  Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a Thai tycoon, was killed along with four others when his helicopter crashed and then exploded after a Premier League match on Saturday, the soccer club and police said.Vichai bought the unfancied side from central England in 2010 and went on to stun the soccer world by beating odds of 5,000/1 to win the Premier League title in 2016 in what amounted to a sporting fairytale."It is with the deepest regret and a collective broken heart that
  
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• Billionaire Leicester City owner died with four others in helicopter crash

  28-10-2018 23:33
  Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died when his helicopter crashed on Saturday night.
  
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• Budget 2018: Mental health ambulances promised in drive for more dedicated treatment

  28-10-2018 23:31
  Mental health services will get a cash injection of £2bn a year, as Philip Hammond promises more dedicated support in Monday's budget.Special ambulances to treat people with conditions like depression, anxiety and PTSD are part of the new measures to ensure mental illnesses are treated as seriously as physical ones.Specialist mental health support will also be available 24/7 in every A&E department in the country, Mr Hammond will promise.
  
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• Multimillion-pound Budget boost for tree planting across England

  28-10-2018 23:30
  Philip Hammond is set to announce a £60 million pledge to plant more trees to preserve the country’s green spaces.
  
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• Hammond’s £2bn Budget boost for mental health crisis services

  28-10-2018 23:30
  Extra cash will provide for specialist support in major A&E departments in England.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton clinches fifth world championship - putting him second on the all-time list

  28-10-2018 23:28
  Lewis Hamilton has clinched his fifth Formula One world championship - putting him second on the all-time list.The British driver needed just seven points at the Mexican Grand Prix to put him out of reach of title rival Sebastian Vettel with two races to spare.Starting third, he immediately jumped past Daniel Ricciardo at the start but tyre issues saw both Mercedes cars struggle and Hamilton dropped back to finish fourth - enough to earn 12 points.
  
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• Leicester City crash was first accident of an AW169 helicopter

  28-10-2018 23:23
  LONDON (Reuters) - Italian aerospace company Leonardo SpA said on Sunday it was ready to help an investigation into the crash of one of its AW169 helicopters at Leicester City soccer club on Saturday, adding that it was the first accident involving the aircraft.
  
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• Seann Walsh and Katya Jones voted off Strictly after kiss controversy

  28-10-2018 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The comedian was pictured kissing his dance partner, Katya Jones, outside a pub three weeks ago.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton - the Heston Blumenthal of British sport

  28-10-2018 23:15
  A few weeks ago, in the back room of one of those north London pubs where beardy twenty-somethings at some time staged a coup and henceforth refused entry to any locals, four actors took to the stage to tell the story of Lewis Hamilton to an audience they could count on one hand each.A parody of the hit West End musical, Hamilton (Lewis) was surprisingly funny and sharp.An early twist: Hamilton was played by a woman.
  
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• Tributes To Leicester City Owner As Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Confirmed Dead In Helicopter Crash

  28-10-2018 23:06
  Leicester City and its players have paid emotional tributes to owner Vichai
  
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• Leicester City Owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Confirmed Dead In Helicopter Crash

  28-10-2018 23:06
  Leicester City have confirmed club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among
  
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• Murder probe police seek to identify man found injured in street

  28-10-2018 22:44
  An ambulance crew took the man to Wishaw General Hospital but he died a short time later.
  
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• Lewis Hamilton equals Juan Manuel Fangio with fifth F1 title

  28-10-2018 21:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Lewis Hamilton wins his fifth F1 world championship, making him the joint second most successful driver of all time.
  
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• Garvagh shooting: Girl offers gunmen piggy bank to save dad

  28-10-2018 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Gang shoot father and threaten to shoot his teenage daughter in a "sickeningly vicious" attack.
  
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• London Paddington Rail Chaos As Cable Damage Causes Delays And Overcrowding

  28-10-2018 21:41
  Rail passengers have faced travel chaos after services near one of London's
  
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• Strictly's Seann Walsh and Katya Jones voted off weeks after they were caught kissing

  28-10-2018 21:40
  Comedian Seann Walsh, who was pictured kissing his Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones in the street, has been voted off the show.
  
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• Meghan praises New Zealand for women's vote

  28-10-2018 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The Duchess of Sussex began her tribute to the women of New Zealand with a Maori greeting.
  
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• In pictures: Diwali comes to Trafalgar Square

  28-10-2018 20:21
  Hindus, Sikhs and Jains have staged a colourful celebration in central London.
  
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• Walking Dead: Police find weapon like Negan's 'Lucille' in car

  28-10-2018 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Police found the barbed wire covered baseball bat in a car that had earlier failed to stop for officers.
  
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• New Zealander Nigel Richards wins fourth World Scrabble Championship title

  28-10-2018 19:04
  ‘Groutier’, meaning cross, sulky or sullen, helped propel the wordsmith to victory.
  
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• Interest-free loans: Hammond's plan to solve problem debt

  28-10-2018 18:58
  The Treasury believes the scheme could help the 3 million or so people in Britain who borrow from high-cost providers.The government is to explore the idea of zero-interest loans to help the millions of people trapped in a cycle of problem debt caused by borrowing from high-cost providers such as payday lenders.Campaigners welcomed the development, which will be unveiled by the chancellor, Philip Hammond, in the budget on Monday, but they called on the government to go further to protect low-inc
  
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• In pictures: Thousands take part in Whitby Goth Weekend

  28-10-2018 18:47
  Colourful costumes abounded as revellers enjoyed the twice-yearly event on the weekend before Halloween.
  
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• University grade inflation under the spotlight

  28-10-2018 18:36
  ‘The latest cohort of university students are the product of 13 years of relentless assessment at primary and secondary school,’ writes Simon Ditchfield.Your front-page headline, “Crackdown on grade inflation at universities” (22 October), made my blood boil.The latest cohort of university students are the product of 13 years of relentless assessment at primary and secondary school, driven by the ever-greater pressure of league tables which, owing to financial incentives,
  
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• I don’t want to go blind due to Brexit

  28-10-2018 18:36
  In the event of a no-deal Brexit there could be a shortage of medication not manufactured in the UK.The medicine, Ganfort, is made in Ireland (Patients might have to hoard drugs if UK crashes out of EU, 24 October).After the statutory 28 days they referred me to the Department for Exiting the European Union, to which I put the same question.
  
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• Class, critics and how to load cutlery

  28-10-2018 18:36
  Bill Hawkes thinks ‘handles up’ is best when it comes to loading the dishwasher. Photograph: Getty/iStockphoto
  
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• The Budget: What to watch out for

  28-10-2018 18:31
  Chancellor Philip Hammond sets out his Budget plans in the House of Commons on Monday.
  
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• Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade 2018 – in pictures

  28-10-2018 18:26 via theguardian.com
  The Mexican capital holds a parade and vigil in memory of the migrants who lost their lives in transit across Mexico en route to the US Continue reading...
  
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• Bradley Wiggins Hails Lance Armstrong As 'Perfect Winner' Of Tour De France

  28-10-2018 18:10
  Sir Bradley Wiggins has risked the condemnation of the cycling world after
  
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• Sturgeon warns of ‘horrific consequences’ of anti-Semitism after US shooting

  28-10-2018 18:07
  Nicola Sturgeon is due to visit Auschwitz with a group of Scottish schoolchildren this week.
  
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• Three teens arrested after 17-year-old stabbed to death in West Yorkshire

  28-10-2018 17:56
  Three 17-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after another teenager was stabbed to death in West Yorkshire.Police, who were called to East Park Road in Halifax at about 9.30pm on Saturday, said there were a "significant number of witnesses".After arriving at the scene, officers found two males with stab wounds and a third with a head injury.
  
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• Stormzy claims he didn't realise stabbing was shocking

  28-10-2018 17:52
  Grime star Stormzy claims he didn't realise how shocking being stabbed was until a trip out of his community in south London.The rapper, 25, was brought up in Thornton Heath, south London, where gang violence has taken a number of his friends.Of course it's shocking I've been stabbed.
  
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• Teenage girl threatened as father shot in all four limbs

  28-10-2018 17:29
  The 45-year-old man was also beaten with a bat or metal bar in the paramilitary-style attack in Co Londonderry.
  
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• UK weather forecast: Cold snap to continue into Halloween

  28-10-2018 17:16
  Wrapping yourself in toilet paper will not be enough to keep you warm if you are heading out trick or treating for Halloween, with the cold bite in the air this weekend set to continue.Saturday and Sunday have seen some of the coldest temperatures in months - and it has been so chilly in parts of the country that snow has fallen, with the white stuff making an appearance in Scotland and the North East.While it should warm up ever so slightly by the time the witching hour comes into view, trick o
  
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• Bullet-ridden Bible 'saved First World War soldier's life'

  28-10-2018 17:14
  Private Leslie Friston, who served as a nurse with the Royal Army Medical Corps, was blinded and had respiratory problems after a gas attack in 1917.As the 23-year-old was recovering in a makeshift hospital bed, a German plane passed overhead and machine-gunned the building's tin roof."He said the Bible saved his life as it took the brunt of the attack," his daughter, Ena Thompson, said.
  
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• Man dies after being struck by car

  28-10-2018 17:13
  Police Scotland are appealing for anyone who saw either the man or the vehicle to contact them.
  
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• Woman Charged With Murder In Connection With North London Stabbing

  28-10-2018 17:11
  A woman has been charged with murder after a man was found with a fatal stab
  
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• Ryanair shareholders call for chairman to be replaced

  28-10-2018 17:07
  The Local Authority Pension Fund Forum also wants the budget carrier to start developing a succession plan for chief executive Michael O’Leary.
  
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• Cable damage causes more disruption at London Paddington

  28-10-2018 17:06
  Rail passengers have been faced with travel chaos after services in and out of Paddington station in London were disrupted when nearby overhead power cables were damaged.Heathrow Express services were among those cancelled shortly before midday on Sunday and were expected to be out for the rest of the day after the collapse of wires between Paddington and Hayes and Harlington.British Transport Police warned passengers who found themselves trapped onboard stranded trains to wait to be safely evac
  
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• Leicester crash: 'Hero' pilot may have saved many lives

  28-10-2018 16:57
  A Sky cameraman who watched the Leicester City owner's helicopter crash outside the stadium says the pilot guided the aircraft away from people on the ground.Having just recorded post-match interviews inside the stadium, Sky Sports News cameraman Dan Cox was walking across the car park as the helicopter came overhead.Neither Leicester City FC nor the police have yet officially confirmed who was on the aircraft but Sky News understands the club's owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was on board.
  
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• Leicester City owner and four others were on helicopter that crashed - source

  28-10-2018 16:57
  Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a Thai tycoon, was among five people on board a helicopter that crashed and then exploded after a Premier League match on Saturday, a source close to the club said.Leicester police said enquiries into the crash would continue.Vichai, a father of four and founder of duty-free giant King Power International, is a huge favourite with the club's fans after he bought the unfancied side from central England in 2010 and they went on to stun the
  
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• Race Relations Campaigner Says There's Been 'Very Little' Progress In Last Fifty Years

  28-10-2018 16:55
  Judah Adunabi is tired. The race relations advisor has twice been mistaken by
  
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• No-deal Brexit 'may mean cancelled NHS operations and staff shortages'

  28-10-2018 16:46
  A no-deal Brexit could mean cancelled operations, delays in diagnoses and long-term pressure on staffing numbers, private letters and briefing notes seen by the Guardian have revealed.The set of 30 documents released under freedom of information requests provide a detailed portrait of contingency planning for Brexit in NHS Scotland and Wales.The warning on staffing shortages comes from a Welsh government document entitled “high-level summary” for Welsh health and social care services
  
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• Leicester fans pay tribute after helicopter crash

  28-10-2018 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Flowers, shirts and tributes have been left outside the King Power Stadium.
  
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• Man sexually assaulted by taxi driver after night out

  28-10-2018 16:38
  Police Scotland are urging a couple who came to the 22-year-old’s assistance to get in contact with them.
  
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• Stormzy: Of course it's shocking I've been stabbed

  28-10-2018 16:32
  Grime star Stormzy has admitted he didn't realise how "shocking" stabbing was until a trip out of his home in south London.The rapper, 25, was brought up in Thornton Heath, south London, where gang violence has taken a number of his friends.Of course it's shocking I've been stabbed.
  
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• Cool response from Fianna Fail over Peter Casey’s general election ambitions

  28-10-2018 16:23
  The controversial presidential candidate finished in second place behind Michael D Higgins following a late surge.
  
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• Coastguard rescues fossil collector from landslide in sea

  28-10-2018 16:07
  Fishermen teamed up with HM Coastguard to rescue a fossil collector trapped up to his waist by a landslide in the sea.Crews from Staithes and Whitby were called out when the man found himself stuck at Port Mulgrave in North Yorkshire at around 8.10pm on Saturday.In a Facebook post, the Staithes Coastguard said: "The casualty was kept warm and as comfortable as possible prior to the arrival of the helicopter.
  
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• 15-year-old arrested over attempted murder in Glasgow

  28-10-2018 15:58
  A 24-year-old man was taken to hospital after the incident near the entrance of Cadogan Square car park.
  
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• Gig economy workers to hold protest ahead of Uber case hearing

  28-10-2018 15:22
  The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain said it is expected to be the biggest-ever ‘precarious workers’ march.
  
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