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• Armando Iannucci joint top winner at Scottish Baftas

  04-11-2018 23:42
  The writer and director took home two awards from the ceremony in Glasgow.
  
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• Britain's Raab asked to scrap Irish backstop after three months - Telegraph

  04-11-2018 23:23
  It said Raab had made the pitch to Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney in a private meeting in London last Tuesday.The proposal was "apparently contradicted" by Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington on a visit to Dublin three days later, the newspaper said.The European Union and Ireland have demanded an arrangement that guarantees there will be no physical structures delimiting the land border between the Irish republic and the British province of Northern Ireland after Britain leaves the EU,
  
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• Third of drug rehab centres close in just five years

  04-11-2018 23:21
  Almost a third of publicly funded drugs rehab centres have closed in the last five years, Sky News has learned, amid warnings that a lack of support for addicts will lead to increased levels of crime.In April 2013 there were 195 publicly funded rehab centres in Britain, according to figures obtained by private drug rehab provider UK Addiction Treatment Centres.One such centre, Chandos House in Bristol, has helped thousands of people over the years, but in a matter of weeks it will close its door
  
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• Monday's national newspaper front pages

  04-11-2018 23:13
  Sky News takes a look at the stories making a splash in Monday's national newspapers.
  
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• Two arrested after man, 22, stabbed to death in London

  04-11-2018 23:06
  Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder following a fatal stabbing in southeast London.The men, aged 19 and 20, are being held in custody after a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in the London borough of Bromley.Officers were called to Samos Road in Anerley at 12.30pm on Sunday, along with an ambulance and London's air ambulance.
  
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• Nottingham Cattle Market: Huge Fire Rips Through Site As 8 Fire Engines Tackle Blaze

  04-11-2018 22:33
  Firefighters have been tackling a huge fire in Nottingham's former cattle
  
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• Tributes from across politics pour in for ex-Civil Service chief Lord Heywood

  04-11-2018 22:11
  The former cabinet secretary died on Sunday aged 56 after suffering from cancer
  
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• Departing Dacre lashes out for final time

  04-11-2018 22:04
  Paul Dacre said tech companies provided ‘succour to terrorists and paedophiles’.Paul Dacre has used his first major public appearance since stepping down as Daily Mail editor to defend his decision to describe high court judges as “enemies of the people”.Dacre, who left the job this summer, said the decision to run the front page after the judges ruled that parliament would have to vote on Brexit helped push the issue of judicial involvement in politics on to the national
  
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• Nurse who treated Pittsburgh shooter: 'I'm sure he had no idea I was Jewish'

  04-11-2018 21:17 via theguardian.com
  Ari Mahler cared for Robert Bowers who was shot by police after he killed 11 people and wounded six at a synagogueA week after a gunman shouted antisemitic remarks as he killed 11 people and wounded six at a Pittsburgh synagogue, a nurse who treated his wounds said: “I’m sure he had no idea I was Jewish.” Related: Republican race-baiting dominates debate as midterm elections loomContinue reading...
  
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• Passengers accuse British Airways of 'inhumane' treatment during 77-hour journey

  04-11-2018 21:02
  Stranded passengers have accused British Airways of treating them "inhumanely" during a "nightmare" 77-hour journey from Orlando to London.The eight-hour BA flight 2036 was due to take off from Orlando at 7.25pm local time (12.25am UK time) on Thursday - but passengers did not end up arriving back in the UK until Sunday.After being forced to disembark an earlier plane due to a technical fault, the aircraft that eventually departed Orlando was diverted due to what BA called "a minor technical iss
  
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• Campaigners criticise changed plan to widen road through battlefield

  04-11-2018 20:30
  The proposal for dualling the A9 as it passes through Killiecrankie battlefield are expected to go to a public local inquiry next year.
  
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• Major Brexit donor Arron Banks denies cash came from Russia - and changes mind about leaving EU

  04-11-2018 20:06
  A major Brexit donor has denied claims that funding came from Russia - and admitted the UK may have been better staying in the EU.Arron Banks is being investigated by the National Crime Agency (NCA) after the UK's elections watchdog found "reasonable grounds to suspect" he was "not the true source" of £8m loaned to an organisation that ran the Leave.EU group.Mr Banks's funding of the Brexit campaign is the biggest donation in British political history.
  
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• Cervical screening scandal victim attacks ex-HSE boss over media comments

  04-11-2018 19:58
  The Galway woman is one of the more than 220 women affected by failures in the CervicalCheck screening system.
  
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• 'A mess': Irish border issue continues to hamper Brexit progress

  04-11-2018 19:53
  Theresa May hopes Donald Tusk can call a Brexit summit later this month.There had never been any real doubt in Brussels that the EU’s proposal in February to, in effect, keep Northern Ireland in the single market and customs union after Brexit would “have a crash landing”.In the days ahead of the publication of the legal text, the EU’s deputy chief negotiator, Sabine Weyand, had given indications to Olly Robbins, Downing Street’s senior Brexit adviser, of the bloc&r
  
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• Theresa May's chances of striking Irish border deal '50-50', say EU officials

  04-11-2018 19:49
  Time is running out for Theresa May to make progress on the Irish border issue.The chances of Theresa May striking a deal with Brussels on the Irish border that she can sell to the cabinet and parliament are said by EU officials to be “50-50” as the fraught talks enter their final stretch.The British negotiating team and the European commission’s taskforce, led by Michel Barnier, are to enter a secretive phase known as the “tunnel” this week, but senior EU figures i
  
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• Keys to prosperity in the north’s great cities

  04-11-2018 19:36
  Channel 4’s move to Leeds must be just the beginning (Channel 4 chooses Leeds as its new UK headquarters, 1 November).This strategy undoubtedly played a role in Preston being named as Britain’s most improved city.Channel 4’s remit tasks it with “innovation, experiment and creativity”.
  
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• No-deal fears over drug supplies

  04-11-2018 19:33
  There are fears that supplies of some drugs could be restricted in the event of a no-deal Brexit.Regarding Patrick Cosgrove’s letter (I don’t want to go blind due to Brexit, 29 October), I would like to make a similar case about type 1 diabetes.Like Theresa May, I have type 1 diabetes and am insulin-dependent.
  
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• A flu jab may save your life – if you can get one

  04-11-2018 19:33
  The side-effects of the flu jab might be unpleasant, but as one reader writes, this is nothing compared with the effects of the virus itself. Photograph: Michael Heim/Getty Images/EyeEm Premium
  
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• Alderley Edge Crash: 2 Dead In Collision Between Car And Minibus

  04-11-2018 19:32
  A child and a man have died after a minibus collided with a car in Cheshire in
  
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• Thousands of flames used to mark end of First World War centenary

  04-11-2018 19:27
  The Tower of London was illuminated by the light from the torches.
  
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• Missing reverend found safe

  04-11-2018 19:09
  Police had been searching for Reverend John Paul Hoskins after he was reported missing at around 11pm on Saturday.
  
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• Man in early 20s stabbed to death in London

  04-11-2018 18:46
  Detectives have begun a murder investigation after a man in his early 20s was stabbed to death in southeast London.Officers were called to Samos Road in Anerley at 12.30pm on Sunday, along with an ambulance and London's air ambulance.A post mortem is due to take place.
  
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• Child and man die in collision between minibus and car in Cheshire

  04-11-2018 18:42
  A child and a man died when a minibus collided with a car in Cheshire in the early hours of Sunday morning.Nine people were taken to hospital to be treated after the crash on the A34 Melrose Way in Alderley Edge at 12.04am.A man was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary and a child was taken to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
  
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• Inquiry opens into Surrey slide collapse that injured eight children

  04-11-2018 18:19
  The deflated slide remains cordoned off at Woking Park, Surrey.Safety investigators are trying to establish what caused a giant fairground inflatable slide to collapse at a fireworks display in Surrey, injuring eight children.Seven of the children, all under 16, were released from hospital within hours of the incident, which happened at about 7.30pm on Saturday at Woking Park.
  
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• Anerley Stabbing: Man, 22, Stabbed To Death In South London's Fourth Knife Death In Five Days

  04-11-2018 18:12
  The Metropolitan Police has launched a murder investigation after a 22-year-
  
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• Penny farthings and veteran cars: Sunday's best photos

  04-11-2018 18:10 via theguardian.com
  The Guardian’s picture editors bring you photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Police search for missing reverend

  04-11-2018 18:08
  The 43-year-old is described as a white man, five foot six inches tall and of stocky build.
  
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• Wayne Rooney 'humbled' to return to England squad for USA friendly at Wembley

  04-11-2018 18:04
  Wayne Rooney says he is "humbled and excited" at being recalled to the England squad, two years after his last appearance for the national side.The 33-year-old striker will be named in Gareth Southgate's squad for a charity fundraising friendly against the USA at Wembley on 15 November.Rooney said on Twitter: "I am truly humbled and hugely excited to play for England at Wembley again.
  
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• Stranded cancer patient ‘speechless’ at air ambulance donations

  04-11-2018 18:01
  A fundraising campaign to bring Jon Paul McAllister home to Scotland has raised more than £13,000 in two days.
  
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• Ireland’s Labour Party mulls running candidates in NI local elections

  04-11-2018 17:37
  The party’s leader has written to Colum Eastwood seeking clarification about a possible merger between Fianna Fail and the SDLP.
  
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• Theresa May Hatches 'Secret' Brexit Customs Deal With Brussels - Report

  04-11-2018 17:34
  Brexit negotiations are continuing, Communities Secretary James Brokenshire
  
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• Marr founders on the Rocks of Arron Banks's muddy waters

  04-11-2018 17:30
  ‘All very complicated’: Arron Banks on The Andrew Marr Show.Last week Arron Banks said he was pleased to have been referred to the National Crime Agency by the Electoral Commission.There was rather less mutual enjoyment when it was announced that Banks had offered himself up for interview on the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show.
  
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• Top sailor calls on Government to provide extra funding for sport

  04-11-2018 17:19
  The 44-year-old told the Press Association he believed more money should be put into sailing as it teaches children valuable life skills.
  
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• 'Sexting' MP Andrew Griffiths reveals he was 'on verge of suicide'

  04-11-2018 17:13
  A former Tory minister has revealed he was on the "verge of suicide" after it was revealed he had sent 2,000 "sexting" messages to two women in just 21 days.Andrew Griffiths resigned from the government and referred himself for disciplinary action in July.Speaking publicly for the first time since the scandal, the married father of one has outlined decades of mental health battles that led to his "breakdown" and saw him spend a month in hospital.
  
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• Wayne Rooney returns to England squad for USA friendly at Wembley

  04-11-2018 17:12
  Wayne Rooney is being recalled to the England squad for a one-off farewell performance, two years after his last appearance for the national side.The 33-year-old striker will be named in Gareth Southgate's squad for a charity fund-raising friendly against the USA at Wembley on 15 November.Rooney, England's record goalscorer with 53 goals in 14 years with the Three Lions, moved to America in the summer when he joined Washington club DC United.
  
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• Two teens shot outside children's party in drive-by in Handsworth, Birmingham

  04-11-2018 17:12
  Two teenagers who were shot in Birmingham on Friday night had just arrived at a children's Halloween party, it has emerged.The boys, aged 14 and 15, had been at a community centre before making their way to the children's party at a family home in Victoria Road, Handsworth."We're really appealing for any help", Detective Superintendent Maria Fox told Sky News.
  
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• Scotland’s first air raid: Zeppelins bomb Edinburgh

  04-11-2018 16:35
  Two airships flew over the capital one night in 1916, dropping 24 bombs and killing 13.
  
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• Brexit talks ongoing, says Brokenshire amid reports of Brussels concessions

  04-11-2018 16:20
  There is work still to do on ‘insurance arrangements for Northern Ireland and Ireland’, the Communities Secretary has said.
  
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• Channel 4's move to Leeds could turn the tide

  04-11-2018 16:00
  The Leeds Corn Exchange, as the city has been chosen as the location for the channel’s new national headquarters.It is in the DNA of most journalists to feel a profound sense of scepticism about new schemes, especially if they started as dodgy ill-thought through political initiatives.Leaving aside that the organisation is only committed to moving one quarter of its 840 staff to Yorkshire, the decision could be a proper attempt to withstand the economic tide destroying news outside London.
  
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• Elderly woman dies after being hit by vehicle

  04-11-2018 15:54
  The incident happened during the early hours of Sunday.
  
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• Vandals Trash Edinburgh Remembrance Garden In 'Malicious Act'

  04-11-2018 15:51
  A remembrance garden has been vandalised in an "act of malicious violence".
  
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• Remembrance garden vandalised in act of ‘malicious violence’

  04-11-2018 15:27
  It came in the run up to Armistice Day.
  
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• Firefighter describes fear of violence on Bonfire Night

  04-11-2018 15:18
  Watch manager Glynn McAffer said crews treat every incident like they are going to be attacked.
  
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• Review ordered into 'barbaric' treatment of patients with autism and learning disabilities

  04-11-2018 15:16
  Health secretary Matt Hancock has ordered a review of the long-term treatment of people with learning disabilities or autism.Mr Hancock has asked hospital inspectorate the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to open an urgent investigation into practices including the use of seclusion and segregation of patients within secure hospitals.The health secretary's intervention comes after coverage of the treatment of more than 2,300 people with autism or a learning disability currently detained in secure ho
  
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• Concerns grow for vulnerable missing woman

  04-11-2018 15:08
  Police Scotland have appealed to the public to help trace her.
  
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• New book tells story of Iolaire disaster 100 years on

  04-11-2018 15:07
  The sinking of the naval yacht carrying First World War sailors home to Lewis saw 201 people drown.
  
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• Our leaders must stop killers of journalists acting with impunity

  04-11-2018 14:59
  Michelle Stanistreet, the General Secretary of the NUJ, at a silent vigil to remember Jamal Khashoggi outside the Saudi embassy in Mayfair, London.Toto Mangudadatu hoped that inviting more than 30 journalists to watch him file his candidacy against one of the most powerful families in the Philippines would protect him.Instead, on their way to see him, they were all killed, along with his wife and other family members, in the single deadliest attack against journalists in recent history, nine yea
  
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• Swimmer becomes first to ever circumnavigate Great Britain

  04-11-2018 14:55
  The epic feat undertaken by Ross Edgley took 157 days and involved swimming 1,791 miles.
  
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• Battlefield bugle honours war poet Wilfred Owen

  04-11-2018 14:53
  Owen was killed on November 4 1918, just seven days before peace was declared.
  
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• Ex-civil service chief Sir Jeremy Heywood dies from cancer aged 56

  04-11-2018 14:43
  Tributes have been paid to ex-civil service chief Sir Jeremy Heywood following his death from cancer - as it was revealed he was instrumental in securing an extra £20bn for the NHS.Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt - who previously served as health secretary - praised the "tireless" work of Sir Jeremy in getting the additional funding for the health service.The revelation of the critical role played by former cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy, who served four prime ministers, underlines the influen
  
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