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• Friday's national newspaper front pages

  01-11-2018 23:49
  Sky News takes a look at the stories making a splash on the front pages of Friday's national newspapers.
  
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• Tory MP stuck on train temporarily leaves Question Time a panellist short

  01-11-2018 23:48
  The show, airing on BBC One at 10.45 pm, was being filmed in Clacton-on-Sea.
  
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• Brazil president-elect Bolsonaro says he plans to move embassy to Jerusalem

  01-11-2018 23:41 via theguardian.com
  Brazil would become the third country to have an embassy in Jerusalem, after the US and GuatemalaPresident-elect Jair Bolsonaro has reiterated that he plans to move Brazil’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, joining the United States and Guatemala.The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, quickly welcomed the plan. Continue reading...
  
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• Labour MPs defy Jeremy Corbyn and rebel over budget tax cuts

  01-11-2018 23:30
  Twenty Labour MPs have defied their leader Jeremy Corbyn and voted against the government's changes to income tax.
  
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• Jamaal Lascelles tells Newcastle fans: drop the protests and get behind us

  01-11-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  • ‘52,000 Geordies behind us gives such an uplift’
  • Rafael Benítez’s side are winless and host WatfordnextJamaal Lascelles has advised Newcastle United fans to abandon plans to boycott matches in protest at Mike Ashley’s stewardship of the club.Rafael Benítez’s captain believes that a restoration of off-field harmony is essential to the team’s chances of Premier League survival and told supporters that Newcastle’s owner is a &ldq
  
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• Government to challenge federal court's ability to order sick refugees to Australia

  01-11-2018 23:19 via theguardian.com
  Department of Home Affairs will argue the court does not have the jurisdiction to hear cases involving transfersThe federal government is pushing ahead with its challenge to the federal court’s ability to order sick refugees and asylum seekers be brought to Australia, despite signalling its willingness to remove all children from Nauru within weeks.On Thursday it was revealed the government had given itself to the end of the year to bring the remaining 38 children and their families on Nau
  
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• Owen Farrell finally gets to run the show as England dig deep for options

  01-11-2018 23:15 via theguardian.com
  • Jones keen to see how co-captain plays with bigger centres
  • Coach forced to pick a callow pack to face South AfricaThe opening autumn fixture against South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday will, if nothing else, reveal the extent of English rugby’s strength in depth. Eddie Jones has picked thousands of sides in his time but with more than 400 high‑profile caps unavailable up front alone, he cannot recall ever digging deeper for victory at the top level.In addition to Eng
  
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• Apple sees revenue and profits rise but iPhone sales stall

  01-11-2018 23:11
  The technology giant has released its latest round of financial results.
  
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• The First review – Sean Penn's Mars drama fails to launch

  01-11-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Any hopes that the actor’s first regular TV role might lift off were dashed right from the start in this plodding space sagaAs Sean Penn runs sleeveless up and down his neighbourhood as astronaut Tom Haggerty in The First (the actor’s first – ha! – regular TV role) the thought arrives unbidden that you could add the body fat of him and his erstwhile love Madonna together and still not have enough to fry an egg. There is plenty of time to mull over such non-pressing issues
  
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• Kevin De Bruyne’s injury mars Manchester City’s stroll past Fulham

  01-11-2018 22:57 via theguardian.com
  Manchester City’s passage to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals via an easy win over Fulham left Pep Guardiola concerned regarding Kevin De Bruyne after the midfielder limped off with an injury to his left knee four minutes from time.De Bruyne was making only his second start after a three-month layoff because of ligament damage to his right knee. He was forced off after Fulham’s Timothy Fosu-Mensah fell on him. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump reveals plans for asylum crackdown at border and 'massive cities of tents' – live

  01-11-2018 22:55 via theguardian.com
  President says White House is finalizing plan to ‘end the rampant abuse’ of asylum systemSign up for Guardian US morning briefing 9.55pm GMT Trump discussed the possibility of both holding migrants in “tent cities” and of them being “directly deported” after capture. It is unclear in his administration’s forthcoming policy which action would apply to which individuals, but the direct deportation of asylum seekers would run afoul of international treaties
  
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• Archbishop praises ‘principled’ minister for resigning over gambling rules

  01-11-2018 22:42
  Tracey Crouch said a delay in reducing maximum stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals was ‘unjustifiable’.
  
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• Spacewatch: Nasa retires planet hunter after it runs out of fuel

  01-11-2018 22:30 via theguardian.com
  Mechanical failures ended the most precise phase of Kepler’s observations about five years ago but the craft continued its searchNasa’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel and ended its mission to discover planets around other stars.Launched in 2009, Kepler observed 530,506 stars and discovered more than 2600 confirmed planets. Kepler has also identified thousands more possible planets that are pending further investigation. Continue reading...
  
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• Tory MP stuck on train leaves Question Time a panellist short

  01-11-2018 22:22
  Liz Truss failed to make it to filming in Clacton-on-Sea.
  
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• Apple sees record-breaking quarter with $62.9bn in revenues

  01-11-2018 22:14 via theguardian.com
  Fourth quarter sees revenues from services such as iCloud and Apple Music hit all-time high of $10bnApple, the world’s first company to be valued at $1 trillion, continues to grow at speed and has announced a double-digit increase in revenue.Slightly exceeding projected revenues, with $62.9bn, the tech giant is up roughly 20% over last year. Continue reading...
  
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• Digital Minister Admits She Wasn't Consulted About New Digital Tax On Tech Giants

  01-11-2018 21:50
  The government's digital minister has admitted she was not consulted about the
  
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• Harry and Meghan on tour: Five best moments of newlyweds' first overseas trip

  01-11-2018 21:49
  After four countries, 16 days and over 70 different engagements, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's marathon royal tour is over.Kensington Palace has posted a photo of Meghan holding her baby bump and surrounded by trees, along with a message of thanks from the royal couple.It read: "Thank you New Zealand for the most wonderful last week of our tour.
  
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• Leicester helicopter crash: Wreckage of aircraft moved from scene of tragedy

  01-11-2018 21:33
  The wreckage of the late Leicester City owner's helicopter has been moved from outside the team's stadium after the fatal crash.It is not clear if the remains, which were wrapped in tarpaulin, were being taken away or simply moved to another area outside the King Power Stadium.A team from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) recovered the digital flight data recorder from the wreckage on Sunday.
  
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• Gladiator 2 in the works from Ridley Scott

  01-11-2018 21:26 via theguardian.com
  British film-maker will reportedly follow up 2000 Oscar winner with sequel that follows the son of Connie Nielsen’s characterRidley Scott has begun to develop a sequel to Gladiator.According to Deadline, the director is set to take on the project for Paramount with a script to be written by Peter Craig, whose credits include The Town and the forthcoming sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Continue reading...
  
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• MPs ask for clarity on plans to crack down on rogue landlords

  01-11-2018 21:19 via theguardian.com
  Concerns raised after Guardian and ITV exposed unfit landlords still collecting rentThe chair of the Commons housing select committee has urged the government to give details of how it will crack down on rogue landlords, in the wake of an investigation by the Guardian and ITV.Clive Betts, the Labour MP who leads the housing, communities and local government committee, wrote that the investigation “highlighted significant issues around the effectiveness of current government policies”
  
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• Man arrested over paramilitary-style attack released unconditionally

  01-11-2018 21:14
  The incident happened in the Brandywell Road area of the city at around 8.30pm on Friday October 5.
  
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• Unionism ‘dragged into the gutter’ by DUP, says UUP leader

  01-11-2018 21:11
  Robin Swann made the comments during a speech at Queen’s University Belfast.
  
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• Investigators bound to scrutinise Arron Banks's Russian links

  01-11-2018 21:06
  Banks has consistently denied receiving money from Russia.The National Crime Agency investigation into Arron Banks will inevitably examine his contacts with Russian officials in the run-up to the EU referendum, and a series of apparent deals offered to him by Moscow.
  
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• EU floats new Irish border compromise in tentative Brexit plan - FT

  01-11-2018 21:01
  European Union negotiators have floated a tentative Brexit plan to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland and to give Britain stronger guarantees that a customs border would not be needed along the Irish Sea, the Financial Times said on Thursday.The biggest obstacle to a Brexit deal has been Britain's wish to keep the border of its province of Northern Ireland with Ireland open - preserving frictionless trade and a 1998 peace deal that ended sectarian violence - while leaving the EU's sing
  
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• Man arrested over paramilitary-style attack

  01-11-2018 20:54
  A man in his fifties was shot in both legs in Londonderry after answering the door to a group of masked men in dark clothing, police said.
  
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• Steve Bell on the Tory government and FOBTs – cartoon

  01-11-2018 20:42 via theguardian.com
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• Majority of Britons want police to focus on current violent crime - Sky Data poll

  01-11-2018 20:42
  The majority of Britons back calls for police to redirect resources to investigate current violent crime over historical allegations and misogyny, according to a new Sky Data poll.National Police Chiefs' Council chairwoman Sara Thornton made headlines after questioning the value of investigating allegations against those who have died and treating misogyny as a hate crime, arguing "they just cannot be priorities for a service that is over-stretched".Some 70% of Britons would support taking polic
  
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• Breeders’ Cup: Brian Ellison eyes winning end to Mackem Bullet dream

  01-11-2018 20:37 via theguardian.com
  A million-dollar race in the Breeders’ Cup signifies the end of a remarkable journey for the filly and trainerRacehorses can take their owners and trainers on some unlikely expeditions but there are few in recent memory to match the journey with The Mackem Bullet that has carried Brian Ellison all the way to the Breeders’ Cup in Kentucky. “This is the dream,” he said as he watched her exercise on the track. “You stand here and watch all these beautiful horses, they&
  
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• Clod Ensemble: Placebo review – medical science as hypnotic dance

  01-11-2018 20:30 via theguardian.com
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  Boundaries between fake and real are blurred and broken in a smart, funny show that fuses science and artFake operations that cure knee pain, empty pills that work as well as genuine drugs: there’s growing medical evidence that the placebo effect is something very real, and it’s the theme for Clod Ensemble and director Suzy Wilson’s latest work. Many dance/science partnerships feel like lip service but Wilson goes in deep, so much so that the company is hostin
  
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• The City should calm down – it could end up becoming a rule taker | Nils Pratley

  01-11-2018 20:26 via theguardian.com
  Whatever Brexit deal on financial services has been mooted, it’s unlikely to have reached the nitty-gritty stageThe City should not celebrate too soon. If an EU-UK deal on financial services is in prospect, it won’t be the one that was originally hoped for. The UK’s old ambition for a “mutual recognition” pact was ditched in the summer because the EU wouldn’t tolerate anything that looked like cherry-picking. Thus Thursday’s excitement, which provoked a
  
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• US justice department charges former Goldman bankers in 1MDB scandal

  01-11-2018 20:21 via theguardian.com
  Charges of conspiring to launder billions embezzled by Malaysia’s state development fund are first to be brought by US authorities1MDB scandal explainedThe US justice department has charged two former Goldman Sachs bankers and the Malaysian financier Jho Low with conspiring to launder billions of dollars embezzled from Malaysia’s state development fund.The criminal charges are the first to be brought by US authorities over the vast, long-running scandal at 1Malaysia Developme
  
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• Meghan and Harry: Lots of flowers, cheering and baby gifts

  01-11-2018 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A look back at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's first royal tour of Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand.
  
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• Oprah campaigns for Stacey Abrams as Mike Pence goes after 'Hollywood liberals' – midterms live

  01-11-2018 20:05 via theguardian.com
  Trump tweets video that falsely accuses Democrats of allowing a man who killed two police officers in California into the USSign up for Guardian US morning briefing 7.05pm GMT Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is running to be the House Republican Conference chair, CNN reported. She’s been fundraising heavily for Republican colleagues ahead of the midterms.7.00pm GMT While Congressional candidates have made national healthcare policy - especially c
  
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• Number of people treated for addiction falls 4%

  01-11-2018 20:03 via theguardian.com
  Labour says PHE figures reveal ‘desperate crisis in substance misuse services’The number of people in England hooked on drink or drugs who are being treated for their addiction is falling, prompting claims of a crisis in substance misuse services.The latest annual statistics show that the number of adults in England undergoing treatment for addiction dropped last year from 279,793 to 268,390 – a fall of 11,403, or 4%. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Desperate crisis' as addiction services reach fewer people

  01-11-2018 20:03 via theguardian.com
  Labour blames budget cuts as numbers treated for substance misuse falls by 4% in England The number of people in England hooked on drink or drugs who are being treated for their addiction is falling, prompting claims of a crisis in substance misuse services.The latest annual statistics show that the number of adults in England undergoing treatment for addiction dropped last year from 279,793 to 268,390 – a fall of 11,403, or 4%. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Desperate crisis' as addiction services reach fewer people

  01-11-2018 20:03
  PHE said only one in eight of the 589,101 people believed to have a serious drink problem were treated.The number of people in England hooked on drink or drugs who are being treated for their addiction is falling, prompting claims of a crisis in substance misuse services.The latest annual statistics show that the number of adults in England undergoing treatment for addiction dropped last year from 279,793 to 268,390 – a fall of 11,403, or 4%.
  
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• Tory MP Craig Mackinlay claims he was 'clueless' about election expenditure

  01-11-2018 20:02
  A Tory MP accused of overspending in his election campaign has told a jury he was "clueless" when it came to his expenditure.Craig Mackinlay, who is an accountant by profession, told Southwark Crown Court he did not know anything at all about what was being spent.Mr Mackinlay is on trial with two others accused of exceeding the expenses limits during his 2015 election campaign.
  
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• Hats off to Arsenal’s manager – not just Emery but Montemurro too | Eni Aluko

  01-11-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Unai Emery’s mix of grit and total football has rejuvenated Arsenal but his start to the season does not match that overseen by Joe Montemurro with the women’s teamHaving lived in London for a long time I have a lot of friends who are Arsenal fans and, like many of them, I was critical of the club during the final years of Arsène Wenger’s reign as manager. Everything seemed to have gone stale and there was a desperate need for change, which finally arrived in the shape o
  
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• What are the odds? Minister puts principles first and resigns over FOBTs | John Crace

  01-11-2018 19:51 via theguardian.com
  Tracy Crouch’s resignation displays a sense of morality at odds with Tory excuses over FOBT reform delays Where’s Tracey? That was what was uppermost in the minds of every MP at departmental questions for digital, culture, media and sport. It was also the one question to which the culture secretary, Jeremy Wright, was unable to give a satisfactory answer. He did know she had been away in the US and wondered if maybe her red-eye flight back had been delayed or diverted to Paris.A few
  
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• What are the odds? Minister puts principles first and resigns over FOBTs

  01-11-2018 19:51
  Tracey Crouch had chosen to put her principles before her career.It was also the one question to which the culture secretary, Jeremy Wright, was unable to give a satisfactory answer.“Oh,” said Wright.
  
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• Luvvies are not enough: the north needs more than Channel 4 | Simon Jenkins

  01-11-2018 19:51 via theguardian.com
  The broadcaster’s relocation to Leeds will go only a little way towards easing a London-centric biasAnd the winning destination of the year is … Leeds! Well done to its boss, council leader Judith Blake. Well done, Yorkshire. The fairy godmothers of Whitehall have sent Channel 4 kicking and screaming north of Potters Bar. Its executives must now wander the steps of the Headrow and the banks of the Aire, like Ovid in exile. No one can begrudge Yorkshire a PR victory over the titans o
  
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• Ramaphosa says corruption inquiry shedding light on dark period in South Africa

  01-11-2018 19:49 via theguardian.com
  President says he will account for his actions as a senior official under ZumaCyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, has said he will appear before a judicial anti-corruption inquiry to account for his actions as a senior official during what he described as a “very dark period of our recent history”.Ramaphosa took power in February, three months after winning a close-run internal party election, but has struggled to overcome the legacy of his predecessor, Jacob Zuma. Contin
  
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• US charges Chinese companies with stealing trade secrets

  01-11-2018 19:46 via theguardian.com
  Justice department says they targeted Idaho-based Micron over a technology it produces that stores memory in electronicsThe United States has charged companies in China and Taiwan and three individuals with stealing trade secrets from a US semi-conductor company, the justice department announced on Thursday. Related: China reveals trade war strain as yuan slides and manufacturing stallsContinue reading...
  
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• Bolton praises Bolsonaro while declaring ‘troika of tyranny’ in Latin America

  01-11-2018 19:41 via theguardian.com
  Bolton hailed Brazilian president-elect a ‘positive sign’ as he announced new sanctions against Venezuela and CubaJohn Bolton has welcomed Brazil’s far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro as a “positive sign” for Latin America as he hailed a new ally against what Bolton called a “troika of tyranny”: Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.In a speech in Miami on Thursday, the US national security adviser announced new sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba, includi
  
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• UK sports minister resigns in protest at gambling reform 'delay'

  01-11-2018 19:39
  The government is to cut the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) from 100 pounds ($130) to just two pounds, but announced this week the reduction would not take effect until next October.The move came after ministers opted to try to tackle problem gambling on the machines and rejected claims that such a big reduction could cost thousands of jobs.The reduction had been announced by Crouch, 43.
  
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• Excluded tenants gain access to gym and pool in London complex

  01-11-2018 19:37 via theguardian.com
  Luxury block Royal Wharf reverses decision that kept L&Q tenants from its facilities Affordable housing tenants who had been told they could not access a gym and swimming pool built as part of an east London luxury apartment complex have welcomed an apparent reversal of the decision.Ballymore, the private developer behind the 3,400-home Royal Wharf complex, has said renters in 243 apartments owned by the housing charity L&Q will now have access to the facilities. Continue reading...
  
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• Tracey Crouch quits as sports minister after betting machine cut 'delay'

  01-11-2018 19:31
  Sports minister Tracey Crouch has resigned amid claims the government has "delayed" slashing the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs).FOBTs, on which users can gamble away up to £100 every 20 seconds, have been dubbed the "crack cocaine" of betting machines by campaigners, who say they are dangerously addictive.In her resignation letter, Ms Crouch claimed "implementation of these changes are now being delayed until October 2019 due to commitments made by others to those wi
  
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• Inside Black Mirror with Charlie Brooker – watch live!

  01-11-2018 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Join us for an evening with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, co-creators of the internationally acclaimed anthology series Black MirrorCharlie Brooker and Annabel Jones created Black Mirror in 2011 as a sci-fi exploration of the convergence between humanity and technology. Each episode of this highly addictive anthology series explores a twisted, hi-tech near future where humanity’s greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.The show became an international hit, and a move to Net
  
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• Sports Minister quits amid row over gambling machine stakes

  01-11-2018 19:26
  Tracey Crouch resigned after the Government failed to signal it would back down on the issue.
  
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• The Guardian view on police priorities: they can’t do more with less | Editorial

  01-11-2018 19:24 via theguardian.com
  When a senior police chief warns that police cannot give priority to recording all allegations of misogyny, she is stating an awkward truth about the austerity eraPolicing has been hit hard by government spending cuts. Since 2010, funding has been cut by 19%. More than 21,000 officers’ jobs have been lost in the UK. In England and Wales, police numbers are now at their lowest since 1981, the year of the Brixton riots. At the same time, the long fall in crime has ended. The latest governmen
  
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