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• What is Mike Ashley's plan for the High Street?

  02-11-2018 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The Sports Direct founder this week added Evans Cycles to his collection - has he a plan or can he just not resist a bargain?
  
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• Thieves steal £1,500 from war veteran Maurice Bastable's poppy collection

  02-11-2018 22:22
  Thieves have stolen more than £1,500 of an army veteran's takings as he sold Remembrance Day poppies outside a shopping centre.Maurice Bastable, 84, was wearing the uniform of his old regiment, the Coldstream Guards, when his three collection boxes were taken by two men and a woman.Mr Bastable, from Basingstoke, Hampshire, who has been selling poppies for 12 years, had been outside Marks & Spencer in the town's Festival Place shopping centre when the robbery took place.
  
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• Theresa May to face questions from children in Sky News show

  02-11-2018 21:26
  Theresa May is set to take questions from children in a new show to be aired on Sky News.FYI, which stands for "For Your Info", is aimed at seven to 12-year-olds and will be broadcast by Sky News every Saturday and Sunday from 10 November.One segment in the 15-minute show is Junior Prime Minister Questions, where children will get to ask Theresa May and other politicians about issues from current affairs and politics.
  
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• Clocks go back: Why do we do it?

  02-11-2018 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  It's part of our annual ritual at this time of year but let's explore the reasons.
  
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• National Union of Students faces bankruptcy over £3m deficit

  02-11-2018 21:01
  The NUS has told its members that it faces severe financial difficulty and is projected to post a significant deficit without enough resources to cover the loss.The National Union of Students – which represents the bulk of students in UK higher and further education – has revealed it is in severe financial difficulties and has been warning its members to prepare for spending cuts and structural reform.A letter from the national president, Shakira Martin, and the acting chief executiv
  
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• Bradley urges Northern Ireland’s political parties to ‘stop grandstanding’

  02-11-2018 20:56
  The Northern Ireland Secretary’s comments came following talks between senior Irish and UK government ministers in Dublin.
  
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• Boy stabbed at Tube station in London’s second teenage knife death in 24 hours

  02-11-2018 20:40
  One witness said he saw a man carrying a large knife
  
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• Boy, 17, stabbed to death outside Clapham Tube station in south London

  02-11-2018 20:39
  A 17-year-old boy has died after being stabbed outside Clapham South Tube station in south London.It comes less than 24 hours after a 15-year-old boy was also stabbed to death in southeast London.Police were called at approximately 4.35pm on 2 November to reports of a stabbing outside Clapham South Tube Station.
  
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• Jewellery worth £400,000 seized from Christie’s in family wealth case

  02-11-2018 20:31
  The 49 items of jewellery were bought in 2008 by a jailed Azerbaijani banking fraudster, the National Crime Agency said.
  
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• UK and Ireland signal Irish border Brexit deal could be agreed soon

  02-11-2018 20:30
  The British and Irish governments have signalled that a Brexit deal is very close after a flurry of official talks and visits on both sides of the Irish border, and a positive statement from the Democratic Unionist party after a separate meeting with the Brexit secretary.Simon Coveney, Ireland’s deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister, and David Lidington, the UK Cabinet Office minister, said on Friday evening that recent progress in negotiations could resolve the backstop imbro
  
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• Offshore workers vote for industrial action in pay dispute

  02-11-2018 20:22
  Unite said it was time employees reaped the rewards of an increase in the price of crude oil.
  
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• Brexit deal could be struck by end of November, says Ireland’s deputy premier

  02-11-2018 20:21
  Simon Coveney said ‘a lot of progress’ had been made by negotiating teams in recent weeks.
  
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• First shale gas flows from controversial Lancashire fracking site

  02-11-2018 20:02
  Energy firm Cuadrilla described the news as ‘significant’.
  
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• Sarah Wellgreen: Police search missing mother's home for second time

  02-11-2018 19:59
  Police are again searching the home of missing mother-of-five Sarah Wellgreen who they suspect may have been murdered.Ms Wellgreen, 46, was last seen in the Bazes Shaw area of New Ash Green, Kent, on the evening of 9 October but she was not reported missing until the morning of 11 October.Police have returned to the property in New Ash Green for a second search following "information received by the investigations team".
  
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• No sanctions for Labour rebels as party seeks to shut down tax row

  02-11-2018 19:55
  Lisa Nandy, one of the 20 Labour MPs who rebelled against party line on tax cuts for high earners.The 20 Labour MPs who rebelled to oppose Tory tax cuts for high earners will not face further sanctions, as the party tries to shut down the embarrassing row.The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, irked colleagues by announcing that Labour would not reverse the measures – a decision based on polling and focus group analysis described by one senior party figure as “eerily similar” t
  
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• No sanctions for Labour rebels as party seeks to shut down row

  02-11-2018 19:55
  Lisa Nandy, one of the 20 Labour MPs who rebelled against party line on tax cuts for high earners.The 20 Labour MPs who rebelled to oppose Tory tax cuts for high earners will not face further sanctions, as the party tries to shut down the embarrassing row.The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, irked colleagues by announcing that Labour would not reverse the measures – a decision based on polling and focus group analysis described by one senior party figure as “eerily similar” t
  
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• Britain's Barclays, Lloyds shock in EU bank stress test

  02-11-2018 19:54
  Britain's Barclaysand Lloydswere the surprise laggards in a European Union bank health check on Friday, alongside Banco BPM , one of the Italian banks which had been expected to struggle.Friday in its toughest "stress test" since 2009, when it began the exercise to identify capital holes and avoid any repeat of the government bailouts triggered by the 2008 financial crisis.While there is no pass or fail, banks unable to complete the "adverse" or toughest part of the European Banking Authority (E
  
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• Murder detectives arrest man over vehicle theft

  02-11-2018 19:53
  Security guard Mohammed Abu Sammour was found fatally injured at a building site.
  
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• Council fined for safety failures after teenager killed by school minibus

  02-11-2018 19:53
  Ashley Talbot was run over on school grounds after a council failed to act on safety concerns for pupils
  
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• Boy, 17, stabbed to death outside Clapham South tube station

  02-11-2018 19:47
  A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed to death outside a busy south-west London tube station, police have said.Police officers were called to reports of a stabbing near Clapham South station shortly after 4.30pm on Friday.Robin Pritchard said he moved through a crowd and saw the victim lying in a pool of blood while someone provided CPR.
  
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• Ellie-May Minshull Coyle: Mother and ex-boyfriend guilty over death of toddler tied to 'cage' bed

  02-11-2018 19:43
  A teenager and her ex-boyfriend have been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a toddler who was tied to a "cage" bed.Lauren Coyle, 19, and Reece Hitchcott, 20, were also found guilty of one count of child cruelty for trapping the toddler in the Frozen-themed bed, and a second count of cruelty for restraining her.The pair were cleared of manslaughter at Liverpool Crown Court on Friday.
  
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• Norway ‘will need help from Nato in event of an attack’

  02-11-2018 19:42
  Exercise Trident Juncture involves more than 50,000 troops, 65 ships, 10,000 vehicles and 250 aircraft from all 29 member states of the alliance.
  
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• Search for IRA victim’s remains suspended

  02-11-2018 19:33
  Columba McVeigh, 19, was abducted, shot and secretly buried in November 1975.
  
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• 17-year-old boy stabbed to death outside Tube station in latest London homicide

  02-11-2018 19:22
  He was taken to a south London hospital, where he died less than an hour later.
  
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• Boy, 17, stabbed to death outside Clapham Tube station in London

  02-11-2018 19:02
  A 17-year-old boy has died after being stabbed outside Clapham South Tube station in south London.It comes less than 24 hours after a 15-year-old boy was also stabbed to death in southeast London.Police were called at approximately 4.35pm on Friday November 2 to reports of a stabbing outside Clapham South Tube Station.
  
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• British banks Barclays, Lloyds shock in EU health check

  02-11-2018 18:59
  Britain's Barclaysand Lloydswere the surprise laggards in a European Union "stress test", alongside Italian lender Banco BPM , which was more widely expected to struggle in the health check.While there is no pass or fail, banks failing to complete the "adverse" or toughest part of the European Banking Authority (EBA) test without preserving a capital ratio of well above 5.5 percent, when all new and planned capital rules are applied, risk having to raise more capital or sell risky assets.None of
  
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• Brexit Secretary pledges deal will protect constitutional integrity of UK

  02-11-2018 18:57
  Dominic Raab, however, insisted that he is confident he can secure a good deal before the UK leaves the European Union.
  
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• Khashoggi Death: J.K Rowling Among 100 Writers And Activists Calling For UN Investigation

  02-11-2018 18:52
  Authors J.K Rowling and Zadie Smith are among more than 100 leading creatives,
  
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• David Cameron does not want a political comeback, say sources

  02-11-2018 18:52
  Friends of David Cameron have insisted he harbours no immediate ambition to return to frontline politics and has been displeased by speculation he would love to be foreign secretary in a future Tory government.One said the former prime minister intended to “purposefully stay out of politics” for the foreseeable future – well beyond Brexit next spring – and that he was pursuing a portfolio career after “pretty much” completing his delayed memoir.The book is due
  
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• Bus roof ripped off under Bristol railway bridge

  02-11-2018 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  No-one was injured in the crash which took place near Bristol Parkway railway station.
  
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• Brexit: The Movie producer charged with £500,000 fraud

  02-11-2018 18:40
  More than 2 million people watched Brexit: The Movie.A hedge fund executive who produced a feature-length Brexit film encouraging Britons to vote leave in the 2016 EU referendum has appeared in court charged with committing a fraud of more than £500,000.David Shipley, 36, is alleged to have committed fraud by false representation by Photoshopping his wage slips to make it appear he was paid much more than he really was in order to secure a loan approval.
  
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• Child sex abuse victim raises fears of paedophile ring at orphanage

  02-11-2018 18:38
  David Whelan waived his right to anonymity to give evidence at the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
  
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• Luxury Goods Firm 'Spied' On Black Worker After She Made A Racism Complaint

  02-11-2018 18:37
  A luxury goods firm which owns upscale brands including jeweller Cartier
  
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• Glasgow School of Art director steps down

  02-11-2018 18:33
  Professor Tom Inns has held the role for five years.
  
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• Lib Dem leader says party is having to ‘live within our means’ as jobs cut

  02-11-2018 18:32
  Sir Vince Cable disputed claims a quarter of the party’s staff at its headquarters are to go.
  
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• GP says low-carb approach is ‘shaking up’ healthcare profession

  02-11-2018 18:32
  Dr David Unwin said he has seen an eight-fold increase in the number of people with type 2 diabetes.
  
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• Which scientists might feature on the new £50 note?

  02-11-2018 18:18
  Here is a guide to some of the possible candidates.
  
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• Jewellery worth £400k seized in UK's first McMafia-style investigation

  02-11-2018 18:16
  On one trip to Harrods, Zamira Hajiyeva spent £150,000 on products from the luxury jeweller Boucheron.More than £400,000 worth of jewellery has been seized from the wife of a fraudulent banker as part of the UK’s first McMafia-style “dirty money” investigation.A judge ordered the detention of 49 items of high-end jewellery connected to Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of an Azerbaijani banker jailed for defrauding his state-owned bank out of hundreds of millions of euros.
  
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• Donald Trump Tweets Game Of Thrones Meme And Sorry, What?

  02-11-2018 18:14
  Donald Trump's approach to social media is often - how shall we put this?
  
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• Met police chief says violent crime in London has levelled off

  02-11-2018 18:09
  The head of the Metropolitan Police has claimed the capital's recent surge in violent crime had "plateaued".Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick said the rate of knife killings and violent incidents has slowed down but conceded there was more to do.Ms Dick said her force have to focus on violent crime and gang warfare, over issues such as investigating deceased suspects and non-criminal misogyny incidents.
  
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• The big fat debate on cholesterol and statins

  02-11-2018 17:53
  ‘It has been proven beyond reasonable doubt that lowering blood lipid levels, by statins, significantly reduces a person’s risk of heart disease,’ writes the consultant cardiologist Maurice Buchalter.The results of the PURE study based on 18 countries across five continents were clear: “High total carbohydrate intake was associated with higher total mortality whereas total fat and individual types of fat were related to lower total mortality.Total fat and types of fat wer
  
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• Ireland, UK hopeful of Brexit deal in coming weeks - ministers

  02-11-2018 17:50
  DUBLIN (Reuters) - Britain's Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington said he "hoped and expected" that Brexit negotiators will secure a final agreement in the coming weeks, a view shared on Friday by Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney.
  
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• Fresh information prompts second police search of missing mother-of-five’s home

  02-11-2018 17:42
  Sarah Wellgreen was last seen on October 9.
  
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• Questions raised over '30-year-old' secondary school pupil in Ipswich

  02-11-2018 17:33
  The age of a secondary school pupil in Ipswich is being investigated amid claims he is as old as 30.It is thought the Year 11 pupil is an asylum seeker who joined Stoke High School in September this year.A spokesperson for the school said: "This is a matter for the Home Office and we have referred it to them.
  
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• Arron Banks inquiry: why is £8m Leave.EU funding under review?

  02-11-2018 17:29
  Arron Banks is under investigation in relation to Brexit campaign funding.The National Crime Agency is to investigate claims of criminal offences during the EU referendum by Arron Banks and his unofficial leave campaign.Following a referral by the Election Commission, the NCA is to look into allegations that Banks was not, as he said, the source of £8m in funding given to the Leave.EU campaign.
  
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• This baker made a life-sized Harry and Meghan cake

  02-11-2018 17:18
  An enormous cake of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is set to go on display at the NEC in Birmingham.
  
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• Man Who Sent Anthrax Hoax Letter To Theresa May Jailed

  02-11-2018 17:14
  A 60-year-old who sent an anthrax hoax to the prime minister has been jailed.
  
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• Vietnam releases cybersecurity draft decree

  02-11-2018 17:07
  Vietnam on Friday released a long-waited draft decree on guidelines to implement a cybersecurity law that global technology companies and rights groups have said could undermine development and stifle innovation.The draft required firms providing a range of services, including email or social media, to set up offices in Vietnam if they collect or analyse data, let their users conduct anti-state actions or cyber attack, and if they fail to remove content deemed anti-state, fake, slandering or inc
  
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• Cheesemaker voices delight over court ruling

  02-11-2018 17:04
  Errington Cheese Ltd sought a judicial review at the Court of Session to recover four batches of its product.
  
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• Disabled man drags himself through airport using his hands

  02-11-2018 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Justin Levene says London Luton airport couldn't provide an adequate wheelchair.
  
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