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• Eight children in hospital as ride collapses before fireworks in Surrey

  03-11-2018 23:57
  Eight children are being treated for "potentially serious injuries" after a giant inflatable slide collapsed at a fairground where a fireworks display was due to take place, police say.Police have declared a "major incident" after the ride collapsed at Woking Park.South East Coast Ambulance Service said the eight children being treated for "potentially serious injuries" have been transported to major trauma centres in London.
  
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• Eight children injured after slide collapses at fireworks display, police say

  03-11-2018 23:56
  Secamb said it had ‘multiple crews’ at the scene of the ‘significant incident’.
  
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• Newspaper headlines: PM's 'secret Brexit deal' and funfair horror

  03-11-2018 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May and the EU have made a breakthrough on the Irish border issue, the Times claims.
  
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• All-UK customs Brexit deal report is 'speculation' - PM May's office

  03-11-2018 23:48
  A report suggesting an all-UK customs deal will be written into the legally binding agreement governing Britain's withdrawal from the EU to avoid the need for an Irish backstop is "speculation", Prime Minister Theresa May's office said.The Sunday Times said the plan would avoid the need to treat Northern Ireland differently, which has been the main stumbling bloc to securing an agreement on Britain's exit from the bloc, due in March 2019.Reuters reported on Friday that the EU has suggested that
  
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• Theresa May to lay Armistice wreath alongside German leader in historic act

  03-11-2018 23:39
  In an historic act of reconciliation, a German leader will lay a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday for the first time - as the passing of one hundred years since the end of the First World War is marked.Theresa May will be joined by German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in laying a wreath during the ceremony.It will come after the prime minister travels to Belgium and France during Armistice commemorations.
  
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• May to join Macron for Armistice centenary tribute to First World War dead

  03-11-2018 23:30
  The Prime Minister will join the French President for a special wreath-laying ceremony on the Somme on Friday, Downing Street said.
  
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• In Pictures: Torchlight parade kicks off annual Bonfire Society celebration

  03-11-2018 23:07
  The event raises money for charity.
  
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• Eight children injured on slide at Woking fireworks

  03-11-2018 23:01
  Eight children were seriously hurt after an accident on a giant fairground inflatable slide at a fireworks display on Saturday.Eyewitnesses said a number of children reportedly fell from the top of the slide on to concrete and people several metres below.The fireworks display at a park in Woking, Surrey, was cancelled and a crowd of 12,000 people were evacuated from the venue to allow air ambulance helicopters to land and treat the injured.
  
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• Seven children hurt in Woking Park inflatable slide collapse

  03-11-2018 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Seven children have suffered "potentially serious" injuries after a slide collapsed at a Surrey fireworks event.
  
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• Asia Bibi blasphemy case: Husband pleads for asylum

  03-11-2018 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Asia Bibi, a Christian acquitted of blasphemy, is in great danger in Pakistan, her husband says.
  
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• Seven children 'seriously hurt' as ride collapses before fireworks in Surrey

  03-11-2018 22:17
  Seven children are being treated for "potentially serious injuries" after a giant inflatable slide collapsed at a fairground where a fireworks display was due to take place, police say.
  
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• Children injured after slide collapses at fireworks display

  03-11-2018 22:08
  Surrey Police said Woking Park was evacuated as medics, including an air ambulance crew, treated the children on Saturday.
  
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• Business grandees warn of Brexit threat to jobs as they back second referendum

  03-11-2018 21:47
  A group of more than 70 current and former executives back a People’s Vote, saying Brexit would leave Britain worse off that staying
  
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• IVF success has not led to fall in adoption numbers, charity leader claims

  03-11-2018 21:38
  There were 4,350 children adopted in 2017, down from 5,360 in 2015.
  
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• Give asylum to persecuted Christian Pakistani, husband asks Theresa May

  03-11-2018 21:19
  Asia Bibi was arrested in 2009, accused of insulting Islam’s prophet during an argument with fellow farm workers and sentenced to death for blasphemy.
  
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• Leicester City players fly to owner's funeral in Thailand

  03-11-2018 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Players are flying to Bangkok for Mr Vichai's funeral after the their 1-0 win at Cardiff.
  
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• Brexit: Business leaders call for second EU vote

  03-11-2018 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Seventy leaders sign a letter to the Sunday Times backing a vote on the terms of the UK's EU exit.
  
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• Liverpool makes a stand and runs far-right marchers out of town

  03-11-2018 19:33
  Police separate the two groups of demonstrators during a march in Liverpool city centre on Saturday.A far-right group has abandoned plans to march through Liverpool after members were visibly outnumbered by counter-demonstrators, including the mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson.A handful of marchers from the so-called North West Frontline Patriots were met by hundreds of anti-fascist counter-protesters co-ordinated by groups such as Merseyside Together and Unite Against Fascism as they arrived in
  
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• Adoptions fall by 62% as IVF success rises

  03-11-2018 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Since the first "test-tube baby" was born in 1978, adoptions in England and Wales have fallen by 62%.
  
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• Brit Jamie McDonald running 6,000 miles across US 'doesn't know if he'll make it'

  03-11-2018 18:57
  Jamie McDonald from Gloucester is halfway through his huge solo run - the distance of 230 marathons - to raise money for children's hospitals.The 32-year-old has faced a number of ordeals on the route, including plantar fasciitis in his foot and an encounter with a mountain lion.Speaking from Austin, Texas, Mr McDonald revealed his motivation to carry on.
  
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• Leicester City's winning goal dedicated to late club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

  03-11-2018 18:52
  Leicester City's winning goal in the club's first match since their Thai owner was killed in a helicopter crash has been dedicated to the late tycoon.Finding his target in the 55th minute at the away game against Cardiff City, Demarai Gray revealed a message on his T-shirt, saying it was for Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel ran the length of the pitch to join in the celebrations.
  
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• How to save trees from extinction

  03-11-2018 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The world is losing plants at an unprecedented rate with around one in five thought to be at risk of extinction. The race is on to store back-up copies in seed banks.
  
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• Make or bake: familiar faces at the Cake International show

  03-11-2018 18:30 via theguardian.com
  A place where you could see anyone from Alice Cooper to Barry Chuckle in cake form, the event celebrates its 25th edition at the NEC in Birmingham Continue reading...
  
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• England 12-11 South Africa: Eddie Jones' side battle to victory at Twickenham

  03-11-2018 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  England make it successive wins over South Africa with a hard-fought 12-11 victory in their opening autumn international at Twickenham.
  
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• British army will no longer readmit troops caught taking illegal drugs

  03-11-2018 18:00
  The British defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, said the new approach is necessary to ensure high standards are maintained in the military.The army will no longer readmit troops sacked for taking illegal drugs as part of a zero-tolerance policy, Gavin Williamson, the UK defence secretary, has announced.The announcement follows reports this summer claiming that a shortage of troops had led to repeated drug offenders avoiding dismissal.
  
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• Devon man, 102, dies after being stuck on roof for three days

  03-11-2018 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Ron Easton - known as "Ton-Up Ron"- was thought to have got stuck while trying to fix his aerial.
  
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• Man fleeing 'aggressive' seals rescued from Scottish cliff face

  03-11-2018 17:43
  A man had to be rescued from a cliff face when he became trapped fleeing a herd of "aggressive" seals.About 50 of the mammals and their young pups turned on the angler as he walked along the beach near Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders on Friday.The man hurried up the cliff face in Green Stane in the Scottish Borders, but got trapped about three-quarters of the way up.
  
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• Leicester players in tears as stadium falls silent to remember Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

  03-11-2018 17:22
  An emotional minute's silence has been held at Leicester City's first game since their Thai owner was killed in a helicopter crash a week ago.Players shed tears and fans raised their club scarves aloft in tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.Two giant flags in memory of the popular tycoon were also unfurled, one of which was "surfed" from Cardiff supporters to the Leicester visitors, as the game got under way.
  
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• Attacks on firefighters soar by 25% in a year as government cuts bite, union warns

  03-11-2018 17:10
  Attacks on firefighters have soared by a quarter in the last year after the "demolition" of projects aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour, a union has warned.The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said there were 933 incidents involving an attack on firefighters in England in 2017-18, up by 194 on the previous 12 months.Matt Wrack, general secretary at the FBU, said it was "despicable" and "inexplicable" that anyone would attack firefighters.
  
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• M5 re-opens after pedestrian fatally struck by vehicle

  03-11-2018 17:02
  A pedestrian died after being hit by a vehicle on the M5 in Worcestershire, police have said.
  
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• Silence held for late Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

  03-11-2018 16:50
  Silence held for late Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
  
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• Emotional Leicester team observe silence

  03-11-2018 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Leicester City staff, players and fans are visibly emotional during a minute's silence before their first match since the death of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
  
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• Gavin and Stacey parkrun: It's occurrin' in Barry!

  03-11-2018 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  Barry Island and Billericay runners unite for a well lush parkrun in honour of the TV comedy.
  
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• Bathing ritual for Leicester City owner as funeral begins

  03-11-2018 15:40
  The funeral of the owner of Leicester City who died in a helicopter crash outside the club's stadium has begun in his native Thailand.Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was one of five people killed when the aircraft crashed leaving the ground after the club's 1-1 draw with West Ham last Saturday.Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's funeral is taking place at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, with members of Thailand's elite expected to pay tribute to the well-connected billionaire.
  
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• Army to introduce zero-tolerance drugs policy - Gavin Williamson

  03-11-2018 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Previous rules had allowed troops sacked for taking drugs to be readmitted if they passed a new test.
  
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• Angler gets stuck up cliff after fleeing angry seals

  03-11-2018 15:34
  Emergency services used ropes to rescue the man near Eyemouth.
  
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• Medics who fail to disclose information should face sanctions, says campaigner

  03-11-2018 15:29
  Vicky Phelan said she would keep fighting for accountability and more answers.
  
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• Man escaping 'aggressive' seals rescued from cliff near Eyemouth

  03-11-2018 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The angler scrambled up a cliff face and got stuck as he tried to avoid a colony of seals near Eyemouth.
  
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• Nato war games praised for giving younger British soldiers a taste of action

  03-11-2018 15:19
  More than 2,330 UK personnel are taking part in Trident Juncture in Norway.
  
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• Two teenage boys hurt in Birmingham city shooting

  03-11-2018 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  A 15-year-old is in a serious condition after being shot in the back, police say.
  
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• UK fish rotting on docks if EU decides to choke British fishermen with paperwork – warning

  03-11-2018 14:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE EU will still have massive control of Britain’s fishing industry even AFTER Brexit and could even punish the UK’s fishermen – finally free from the hated Common Fisheries Policy – with tariffs and red-tape which will cripple businesses, an expert warned today.
  
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• In Pictures: Charles is lord of the dance during Ghanaian welcome

  03-11-2018 14:33
  The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall are on the fourth day of their west African tour.
  
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• Brexit process is undermining peace in Northern Ireland, warns Varadkar

  03-11-2018 14:30
  The Taoiseach said that the row over Britain’s EU withdrawal was “fraying” relations between Ireland and the UK
  
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• Benefit cap leaves poor families with mounting debt, study shows

  03-11-2018 14:04
  The benefit cap initially designed to get people back into work, was lowered in 2016 limiting the total amount of benefits a household can receive.A key government welfare reform designed to motivate people into work is leaving families with mounting debt and pushing poor children into deeper poverty, according to analysis seen by the Observer.Two-thirds of the households stuck in the government’s benefit cap for more than six months were found to be facing a shortfall between their monthl
  
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• Brexit fraying UK-Irish relations, Varadkar warns

  03-11-2018 14:02
  Brexit is fraying Britain's relationship with Ireland, the country's prime ministerLeo Varadkar has warned.The Taoiseach also said the UK's withdrawal from the bloc had undermined the historic Good Friday Agreement that ended three decades of violence in Northern Ireland and called for a guarantee that there would be no return of a hard border with the Republic.
  
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• Bugle ‘looted’ by Wilfred Owen to sound on centenary of war poet’s death

  03-11-2018 13:15
  Owen was killed on November 4 1918, just seven days before peace was declared.
  
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• South Wales Police car catches fire out on patrol

  03-11-2018 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  A South Wales Police BMW estate car burst into flames in the Swansea Valley on Friday night.
  
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• Irish PM says Brexit has undermined Good Friday Agreement

  03-11-2018 12:57
  Brexit has undermined the Good Friday Agreement which ended thirty years of violence in Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Saturday."Brexit has undermined the Good Friday Agreement and is fraying the relationship between Britain and Ireland," he told Irish state broadcaster RTE.The border between Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit has been one of the major sticking points in Britain's negotiations to leave the European Union in March next year.
  
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• Paul Gambaccini secures CPS payout over unfounded abuse claims

  03-11-2018 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The radio DJ has received a payout from prosecutors after historical sex allegations against him were dropped.
  
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• Voting Open For The Scientist On The New £50 Note

  03-11-2018 12:53
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