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• London's Heathrow Airport security alert has ended - official

  05-11-2018 23:58
  (Reuters) - A security alert at London's Heathrow Airport was resolved on Monday night after a section of check-in was temporarily closed down due to an unattended bag, a Heathrow spokesperson said.
  
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• Lawyers For Ryanair Flight Racism Victim Demand Compensation From Airline

  05-11-2018 23:48
  Lawyers representing the elderly woman racially abused on a flight have
  
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• Hyde Park bomb accused arrested on suspicion of murder of two soldiers in 1972

  05-11-2018 23:39
  The arrest was made under a European Arrest Warrant as part of a joint operation with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
  
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• Major political controversy over On the Run scheme

  05-11-2018 23:35
  Mr Downey, 66, has always denied involvement in the 1982 Hyde Park bomb attack by the IRA.
  
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• Headteacher acclaimed by Tories is banned from teaching

  05-11-2018 23:27
  The headteacher of a high profile multi-academy trust, which won plaudits from former prime minister David Cameron and his then education secretary Michael Gove, has been banned from teaching indefinitely.Liam Nolan, who was executive headteacher and chief executive of the now defunct Perry Beeches academy trust in Birmingham, was found guilty of “unacceptable professional conduct” after a hearing before the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA).Acknowledging Nolan’s contribution to
  
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• In Pictures: Burning Boris effigy and flaming tar barrels for November 5

  05-11-2018 23:07
  Lewes Borough Bonfire Society is well known for burning effigies of high-profile political figures such as Donald Trump and Sepp Blatter.
  
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• Channel 4 Brexit Debate: Nigel Farage Talking About Leaving The EU Prompted This World-Class Eye Roll Behind His Back

  05-11-2018 23:01
  An audience member at Channel 4′s big Brexit TV debate appears to have
  
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• Charles’ trip to Nigerian city cancelled after plans disrupted

  05-11-2018 23:00
  The Foreign Office indicated the cancellation on Thursday was not security related.
  
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• Brexit ‘chaos and despair’ could see Scots vote for independence, SNP claims

  05-11-2018 23:00
  The SNP said there could be a majority for leaving the UK after a poll found over a third of Scots more likely to back independence because of Brexit.
  
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• PM appoints new ministering after gambling rule reforms row

  05-11-2018 22:41
  Tracey Crouch replaced as junior Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Minister by Mims Davies.
  
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• Remain would carry a new referendum by eight points, poll says

  05-11-2018 22:15
  105 local authority areas have switched to staying in EU since 2016, according to survey of 20,000 voters.
  
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• Dundee's Michelin factory to close with 845 job losses

  05-11-2018 22:15
  The Scottish government has described as "devastating" a decision by Michelin to close its Dundee factory, which employs 845 workers.Michelin said the plant had been rendered unsuitable due to changes in demand and competition from cheap products from Asia.
  
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• Britons would back 'remain' in new Brexit vote - Channel 4 poll

  05-11-2018 21:58
  Britons would vote to stay in the European Union if there were another ballot as those in the biggest "leave"-voting areas change their minds, a survey for Channel 4 published on Monday showed.Britain would back "remain" by 54 percent to 46 percent, the study by Survation for the broadcaster showed."Leave" won the June 2016 vote by 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent.
  
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• Actor John McEnery 'pulled out fake gun to frighten barmaid'

  05-11-2018 21:46
  BAFTA-nominated actor John McEnery left a barmaid screaming for help after brandishing a realistic-looking water pistol, a court has heard.The 75-year-old - who made his name starring in films of Shakespeare plays - was arrested at a Wetherspoons in Kent last year after allegedly pulling out the fake weapon to frighten employee Melissa Green.Prosecutor Mary Jacobson told Maidstone Crown Court that McEnery also had what appeared to be a magazine of ammunition.
  
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• This guy’s huge coat helped him protest Ryanair’s latest change to luggage rules

  05-11-2018 21:43
  Could he BE wearing any more clothes?
  
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• Hammond says growth, not budget surplus, key to reduce debt

  05-11-2018 21:34
  Chancellor Philip Hammond raised the prospect of looser budget policy after Brexit and said faster growth was the best way to cut Britain's debt burden, but insisted he was still committed to ultimately running a budget surplus.Hammond's annual budget last week reinforced some analysts' doubts about his commitment to a budget surplus, after he used a tax windfall to fund public spending commitments rather than to make faster progress at reducing public debt.Prime Minister Theresa May said last m
  
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• Michelin to close Dundee tyre factory

  05-11-2018 21:33
  Its troubles have been blamed in part on cheaper tyres coming in from Asia.
  
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• Philip Hammond: Teachers Who Don’t Like My Cash For 'Little Extras' Could See Their Money Passed To Other Schools

  05-11-2018 21:22
  Philip Hammond has risked a fresh row with England's teachers after he warned
  
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• May to face cabinet after Varadkar stands firm on Brexit backstop

  05-11-2018 21:22
  Theresa May faces her cabinet at a critical point in the Brexit negotiations on Tuesday amid intense concern over whether it will be possible to agree a deal, after the Irish premier told her he could not allow the UK to dictate the terms of any backstop.The British prime minister will update colleagues a day after Leo Varadkar promptly rejected the idea that the UK could unilaterally could call time on the Irish border backstop shortly after a morning phone call between the two leaders.May need
  
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• Lawyers for Ryanair flight racism victim demand compensation

  05-11-2018 21:17
  Delsie Gayle was called an ‘ugly black bastard’ on a flight from Barcelona to London last month.
  
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• Screen time does not massively impact children’s sleep, study claims

  05-11-2018 21:10
  Research from the University of Oxford says screens could only be affecting sleep time by minutes each night.
  
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• Hammond accused of ‘running scared’ over Budget amendments

  05-11-2018 21:08
  The Chancellor denies trying to block proper scrutiny by MPs of the Budget measures.
  
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• With the boss annoyed and Labour confused, opportunity Nokes

  05-11-2018 21:06
  Caroline Nokes gave an object lesson in passive-aggressive mediocrity. Photograph: Mark Thomas/Rex/Shutterstock
  
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• In Pictures: Burning effigies and flaming tar barrels for November 5

  05-11-2018 20:37
  Lewes Borough Bonfire Society is well known for burning effigies of high-profile political figures such as Donald Trump and Sepp Blatter.
  
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• Ant McPartlin defends no-show at divorce court hearing

  05-11-2018 20:33
  Ant McPartlin says he had "absolutely no intent" to disrespect the High Court after he skipped a hearing into his divorce with estranged wife Lisa Armstrong.McPartlin, best known as one half of the TV duo Ant and Dec, was criticised by judge Mr Justice Mostyn for relying on a barrister to represent him at a preliminary hearing on Monday.Mr Mostyn told Jonathan Southgate QC: "There isn't one law for the famous and one for the rest of the community.
  
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• Stansted protesters believed deportees were at risk of death, court told

  05-11-2018 20:28
  The 15 were arrested the day after activists chained themselves together around a plane at Stansted.Fifteen people on trial for blocking the takeoff of an immigration removal charter flight from Stansted were acting to protect the human rights of passengers who were at risk of persecution, torture, serious injury or death if they were deported, a court has heard.At the opening of their defence at Chelmsford crown court on Monday, the defendants began making the case that they had acted out of co
  
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• ‘Risky’ freight to be sent to new inland sites if no Brexit deal, MPs hear

  05-11-2018 20:27
  Suspicious trade will be shipped to Heathrow and Milton Keynes to be inspected.
  
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• Prince Charles says Britain's role in slave trade was an atrocity

  05-11-2018 20:11
  Prince Charles is on the second leg of a tour of three African nations.Britain’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade was an appalling atrocity that has left an “indelible stain” on the world, Prince Charles has acknowledged.The heir to the UK’s throne made the comments in a speech in Ghana, from where many Africans were shipped away to a life of slavery, most across the Atlantic, on ships from Britain and other nations.
  
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• UK police say incident in London's Westminster has ended

  05-11-2018 19:55
  British police said that a security incident in central London which had closed some exits of Westminster tube station and roads near Britain's parliament on Monday had concluded."The police incident in Whitehall Westminster has now concluded and roads in the area are being reopened," police said on Twitter.
  
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• Celtic Boys Football Club founder Jim Torbett jailed for sexually abusing boys

  05-11-2018 19:55
  The founder of Celtic Boys Football Club has been jailed for six years for sexually abusing boys.Jim Torbett, 71, was found guilty of historical sex offences against three boys in the 1980s and 90s.It is the second time that Torbett, from Kelvindale in Glasgow, has been jailed for sex offences against youngsters.
  
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• Hancock: Individual responsibility at the heart of health policy

  05-11-2018 19:50
  Mr Hancock emphasised everyone’s responsibility to prevent ill health.
  
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• PM attacks 'utterly unacceptable' Grenfell bonfire effigy video

  05-11-2018 19:42
  Theresa May has criticised an "utterly unacceptable" video which shows a model of Grenfell Tower being burned on a bonfire.The "vile" footage shows a group of people holding a cardboard effigy of the west London apartment block, where dozens of people were killed in a blaze last June, before placing it onto a bonfire.Home Secretary Sajid Javid also condemned the video, calling it "disgusting, shameful, behaviour".
  
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• Whitehall Re-Opens After Police Deal With 'Suspect Package'

  05-11-2018 19:37
  Whitehall has re-opened after being on lockdown when a "suspect package" was
  
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• Hammond defends decision on timing of gambling machine stake limit

  05-11-2018 19:22
  Sports minister Tracey Crouch resigned after the Budget delayed the introduction of a £2 maximum stake on FOBT machines until October 2019.
  
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• London police close square near British parliament in 'ongoing incident'

  05-11-2018 19:20
  LONDON (Reuters) - London police have closed Parliament Square near Britain's parliament due to an "ongoing incident," it said on Monday.
  
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• Let’s have perspective in tuition fees debate

  05-11-2018 19:20
  Danny Dorling is entitled to criticise the current university funding system, and I am by no means a fan of the marketisation agenda.If Dorling has evidence to back up his assertions, I hope he has shared it with the Office for Students and the Competition and Markets Authority.If Danny Dorling – the Halford Mackinder professor of human geography at Oxford University – does not need to base his conclusions on evidence, on what grounds can any of us in the university sector defend the
  
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• Ferrari results hit as sales mix favours 'entry-level' cars

  05-11-2018 19:20
  Ferrari'ssales mix leaned towards its "entry-level" Portofino supercar in the third quarter rather than its high-margin limited-edition models, weighing on the Italian company's earnings and pushing its shares lower on Monday.The supercar maker, spun off from parent Fiat Chrysler , has had a run of record earnings, helped by its higher-margin special edition models and a customisations programme.Investors are looking for reassurance that new chief executive Louis Camilleri can maintain Ferrari's
  
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• Ant McPartlin: No disrespect intended with divorce court hearing no-show

  05-11-2018 19:19
  The TV presenter was told off by a judge who said he should have been in court for the fight over money with his estranged wife.
  
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• Lloyds to create 2,000 jobs in drive to digitise banking giant

  05-11-2018 19:17
  Britain's biggest high street lender will this week announce plans to create 8,000 jobs as part of a £3bn transformation and technology investment programme.Sky News has learnt that Lloyds Banking Group will announce on Tuesday that it is cutting around 6,000 existing roles but establishing approximately 8,000 new posts, leading to a net jobs creation figure of around 2,000.Sources said on Monday that the 6000 existing jobs being cut would come from a broad range of areas across Lloyds, in
  
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• Makers of ‘vile video’ mocking Grenfell Tower may be prosecuted

  05-11-2018 19:15
  Footage has surfaced online which depicts a large flammable model marked “Grenfell Tower” being burnt.
  
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• Varadkar must stand firm over border backstop, says Sinn Fein leader

  05-11-2018 19:06
  Mary Lou McDonald urged the Irish premier to ‘show leadership’ and not ‘leave behind’ the people of Northern Ireland.
  
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• Charles will lay wreath at Cenotaph on behalf of Queen

  05-11-2018 19:04
  Germany’s president Frank-Walter Steinmeier will lay a wreath on behalf of his nation in an historic act of reconciliation.
  
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• Northern Irish woman to challenge abortion prosecution

  05-11-2018 19:00
  The woman’s challenge is a potential legal landmark for the criminalisation of abortion in the region.A woman who is facing prosecution for obtaining abortion pills for her pregnant underage daughter is due to challenge the move in a potential legal landmark for Northern Ireland’s criminalisation of abortion.The woman will appear in a Belfast court on Tuesday to seek to overturn a decision by the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland to subject her to a criminal trial and t
  
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• The end of Big Brother: How many winners do you remember?

  05-11-2018 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  As the long-running reality show draws to an end, look back at all 19 non-celebrity winners.
  
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• Former Celtic Boys Club coach jailed for historical child abuse

  05-11-2018 18:56
  James Torbett has been sentenced to six years in prison following his conviction.
  
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• Chancellor denies abandoning goal of eliminating UK deficit

  05-11-2018 18:48
  Following last week’s giveaway Budget, experts said Philip Hammond’s target is now ‘for the birds’.
  
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• McVey confirms extra £1bn support for Universal Credit claimants

  05-11-2018 18:42
  The Work and Pensions Secretary said the move shows her department is one ‘that listens’.
  
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• Boxer Mike Towell ‘did not spar’ in weeks before fatal fight

  05-11-2018 18:35
  The 25-year-old suffered severe headaches in the lead-up to the bout and died the day after his fifth-round loss to Dale Evans, FAI told.
  
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• Interests of Irish citizens in Northern Ireland a priority – Varadkar

  05-11-2018 18:34
  It highlights Democratic Unionist opposition to same sex marriage and an Irish Language Act as two key issues of concern.
  
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• Aide ‘considered quitting’ as Tory MP’s election agent, trial told

  05-11-2018 18:24
  Nathan Gray said the role as Craig Mackinlay’s campaign manager ‘ended up just pretty much falling into my lap’.
  
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