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• Half of men think it's more difficult to be male now than in past - Sky Data poll

  19-11-2018 23:45
  Half of men think it is more difficult to be a man today than in previous generations, a Sky Data poll reveals.The survey coincided with International Men's Day on 19 November, which aimed to focus on men's health, improve gender relations, promote gender equality and highlight male role models.Women are split - 39% think it is more difficult, 39% less difficult, with 22% saying it is just as difficult as for previous generations.
  
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• Firefighters tackle blaze at old primary school

  19-11-2018 23:42
  Local residents have been advised to keep their windows closed due to smoke.
  
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• May’s pact with the DUP under pressure amid Brexit tensions

  19-11-2018 23:32
  Eight DUP MPs vote against the Government over a Labour amendment to the Finance Bill.
  
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• Brexit v No Brexit: Economic forecasts to be revealed

  19-11-2018 23:28
  New analysis will be published by the government comparing the "costs and benefits" of Brexit with the UK remaining in the EU.Robert Jenrick, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, made the concession in a bid to avoid defeat in parliament on the Finance Bill.
  
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• Passengers voice fury over fines caused by Ryanair’s website crashing

  19-11-2018 23:22
  Jetsetters took to social media to vent their fury with the budget airline on Monday night when they could not access its website for hours.
  
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• DUP abstain from crucial vote in 'warning shot' to May as PM vows to deliver Brexit

  19-11-2018 23:22
  The DUP has fired a "warning shot" at Theresa May, hours after the prime minister said she was "determined" to deliver Brexit.The Northern Irish party flexed its muscles by refusing to support a crucial government finance law.It effectively breached the confidence and supply agreement that keeps Mrs May's government in power.
  
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• Baby boy fighting for life after dog attack in Cambridgeshire

  19-11-2018 23:21
  A baby boy has suffered life-threatening head injuries after being mauled by a dog.The baby was attacked in the early hours of Monday morning at a home in the Yaxley area of Cambridgeshire.Paramedics who went to the scene called in police officers at 1.45am.
  
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• British government relents to MPs pressure with pledge to publish Brexit forecasts

  19-11-2018 23:18
  The British government on Monday pledged to publish economic forecasts that compare Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal with remaining in the European Union, relenting to pressure from lawmakers who sought to force the government to do so.A junior minister said that the government would publish an economic impact assessment which will compare the impact of May's proposed deal with both the status quo of current EU membership and a "no-deal" scenario.With less than five months before leaving
  
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• Tories’ minority government allies support Labour Budget proposal

  19-11-2018 23:07
  This meant the Government only defeated the proposal by 292 votes to 287, majority five.
  
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• Theresa May’s Alliance With DUP In Jeopardy As Northern Irish Party Votes With Labour On Budget Bill

  19-11-2018 22:48
  Theresa May's crucial Parliamentary alliance with the DUP has suffered its
  
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• Brexit plan will stop EU migrants 'jumping the queue' - May

  19-11-2018 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM stresses immigration changes in a CBI speech - amid the threat of a leadership challenge.
  
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• Northern Irish DUP fail to back May in finance bill votes

  19-11-2018 22:06
  The small Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which supports British Prime Minister Theresa May's government failed to back her in several votes on a finance bill on Monday after being vocally critical of her draft Brexit deal.May agreed a draft arrangement to leave the European Union last week, but DUP leader Arlene Foster has said that May should demand a better deal, arguing the current proposal could undermine the integrity of the United Kingdom.
  
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• Jim Acosta: White House backs down in fight over CNN reporter's pass

  19-11-2018 22:05
  The White House has backed down in its fight with CNN over correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass, ending a legal fight over press freedom and the US constitution that has roiled the political and media landscape.In a letter to the network the White House laid out several new rules for journalists covering presidential press conferences, including limiting questions to one per journalist, with a follow-up at the discretion of the president or other White House officials.“We have made
  
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• Treasury to publish Brexit deal analysis after rebellion

  19-11-2018 21:56
  After a backbench rebellion, the Treasury will publish analysis comparing the impact of Theresa May’s Brexit deal with staying in the European Union before MPs vote on it next month, ministers have confirmed.The government was forced to promise the forecasts after a cross-party amendment to the finance bill, tabled by Labour’s Chuka Umunna and Conservative Anna Soubry, gained enough support to overturn May’s majority.
  
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• Commons Finance

  19-11-2018 21:47
  Labour accused the Government of overseeing an ‘economic failure’ that had left millions of working families destitute.
  
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• Three children arrested after double-decker bus joyride

  19-11-2018 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Three boys, aged between 13 and 14, are arrested after a double-decker was stolen from a car park.
  
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• Mairia Cahill has ‘no expectations’ in meeting with Sinn Fein leader

  19-11-2018 21:12
  Ms Cahill, a great-niece of prominent Belfast republican Joe Cahill, is meeting Mary Lou McDonald on Tuesday.
  
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• The Tulip: Plans unveiled for 1,000ft skyscraper in London with glass pods to view city

  19-11-2018 21:09
  After towers called the Gherkin, the Cheese Grater and the Walkie Talkie, plans have been unveiled for a new 1,000ft skyscraper in London dubbed the Tulip.If it gets the go-ahead, the building will be the tallest in the City of London and feature eight floors of attractions including a bar, restaurants and a "classroom in the sky".There will also be viewing galleries featuring sky bridges and internal glass slides.
  
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• Labour open to PM no-confidence vote if Brexit deal voted down

  19-11-2018 21:06
  Sir Keir Starmer was speaking to members of Labour’s parliamentary party on Monday night.Labour will consider calling for a vote of no confidence in Theresa May’s government if her Brexit deal is voted down and it appears the UK is at risk of crashing out of the EU without a deal, the party’s Brexit spokesman has said.Sir Keir Starmer told members of Labour’s parliamentary party on Monday night he was confident parliament would be able to prevent a no-deal scenario, and i
  
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• CBI gets applause in early for isolated May

  19-11-2018 21:02
  ‘A very warm CBI welcome’: Theresa May arrives on stage at the conference in London.The latest episode in the ongoing Brexit psychodrama, Who’s Afraid of the ERG?, featuring Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn as the self-harming, lack-of-power couple united in their inability to utter a coherent sentence, took place at the Confederation of British Industry’s annual conference in London.The prime minister did go into the day as the home-crowd favourite.
  
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• Trial date set for VIP sex abuse accuser 'Nick' on perverting the course of justice charges

  19-11-2018 21:01
  A man accused of lying to police about abuse and murder by a VIP Westminster paedophile ring is to go on trial in March.The man, aged 50, appeared by video link at Newcastle Crown Court under the pseudonym "Nick".In another he is said to have falsely claimed he had been sexually and physically abused by a paedophile ring with senior ranking officers within the military, military intelligence, a TV presenter and other unidentified men accused as members.
  
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• Meghan welcomed by Take That as she makes Royal Variety debut

  19-11-2018 20:59
  Meghan’s baby bump was barely noticeable as she graced the red carpet in a black-and-white sequinned Safiiya gown.
  
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• Spain demands Gibraltar veto in Brexit deal

  19-11-2018 20:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The country will not agree to the draft withdrawal deal unless there is clarity over Gibraltar.
  
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• Coveney praises ‘steely’ Theresa May for securing ‘good deal for Britain’

  19-11-2018 20:47
  The Tanaiste said the PM had followed through on her commitments to Ireland and the EU.
  
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• U.S. Federal Reserve governor Randal Quarles poised to become FSB chair

  19-11-2018 20:43
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve governor Randal Quarles is to become the new head of the Financial Stability Board, the international body that helps monitor and safeguard financial stability globally, two people familiar with the process said.
  
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• Spain threatens to reject May's Brexit deal over Gibraltar

  19-11-2018 20:39
  Michel Barnier (left) shakes hands with Spain’s foreign minister, Josep Borrell.Theresa May is facing a fresh threat to her Brexit deal after Spain warned it would reject it unless Madrid were granted a special veto to prevent any future EU trade agreement with Britain that covers Gibraltar.As the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, sought to sell the withdrawal agreement to both its critics in the UK and member states who have expressed concerns, the Spanish foreign minister, Jos
  
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• 'These walls have seen many things': Annabel’s artefacts go under hammer

  19-11-2018 20:25
  Liz Hurley has her sights on the private members club’s red velvet sofa (guide price £2,000-£4,000), on which she, Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss have all been famously photographed.The pop star Rita Ora has said she is planning to bid for the 130cm tall carved wooden Buddha (£10,000-£20,000) that has gazed upon many famous faces in the club, including Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Leonardo DiCaprio, Princess Diana and even the Queen.The BBC Radi
  
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• Education experts call for a 'take your son into university day'

  19-11-2018 20:23
  Young women in England are 36% more likely to apply to degree courses than young men.Experts seeking to address male academic underachievement among boys and young men are calling for the introduction of a “take your son into university day” in an effort to increase male participation in higher education.The proposal is based on “take your daughter to work day”, which began in 1993 as a way of exposing girls to as wide a range of careers as possible, and aims to address t
  
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• VIP 'paedophile ring' accuser to face trial in March

  19-11-2018 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Man accused of fraud and perverting the course of justice made claims that sparked a police inquiry.
  
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• Bristol rugby players fight to prevent gay teammate's deportation

  19-11-2018 20:20
  Kenneth Macharia is being held at Colnbrook immigration removal centre.Rugby players in Bristol are fighting to prevent a clubmate whose claim for asylum has been rejected from being deported to Kenya because they fear he will face persecution there for being gay.Kenneth Macharia, a member of Bristol Bisons, a gay and inclusive rugby club, is being detained at Colnbrook immigration centre near Heathrow airport.
  
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• Tory ‘voodoo economics’ tearing society apart, MPs told

  19-11-2018 20:19
  Labour accused the Government of overseeing an ‘economic failure’ that had left millions of working families destitute.
  
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• Police to carry out stop and searches in wake of linked attacks

  19-11-2018 20:15
  Police to use stop and search powers to track attackers in linked shooting and stabbing
  
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• Saddam Hussein memorial plaque appears on London bench

  19-11-2018 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  "In loving memory of Saddam Hussein" read the bench plaque in Wanstead, London, but who was behind it?
  
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• Gambling giants slash odds on TV advertising crackdown

  19-11-2018 20:01
  Britain's biggest gambling groups will hold talks on Tuesday about an unprecedented series of voluntary curbs on their advertising amid mounting political pressure for a crackdown on their industry.Sky News has learnt that the board of the Remote Gambling Association (RGA), which counts Bet365, Betfred, Ladbrokes, Paddy Power and William Hill among its members, will meet to discuss the advertising code to which they are supposed to adhere.Reviewed on an annual basis, Tuesday's agenda is understo
  
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• Starmer sets out plans to block no-deal Brexit

  19-11-2018 20:00
  The shadow Brexit secretary says he is prepared to work with MPs across the Commons to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal.
  
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• Man fighting for his life after being dragged by stolen van in Coventry

  19-11-2018 19:53
  A man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was dragged by a stolen white van in Coventry.The man was seen hanging from the white Transit van's windscreen just before 1pm on Monday at the junction of Caludon Road and Swan Lane.Officers have urged anyone who witnessed what happened or saw the van being driven off to contact West Midlands Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
  
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• Amber Rudd condemns UN poverty report in combative return to frontline politics

  19-11-2018 19:42
  The work and pensions secretary, Amber Rudd, has admitted in the Commons there are ‘problems’ with universal credit.Amber Rudd has used her first appearance in the House of Commons as work and pensions secretary to condemn a UN inquiry into poverty in the UK over what she said was the “extraordinary political nature” of its language.In a sometimes combative appearance at departmental questions, three days after she was appointed in place of Esther McVey, who resigned in p
  
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• Foster: Border backstop is an unnecessary EU ‘negotiating tactic’

  19-11-2018 19:39
  The DUP leader said remarks by Leo Varadkar suggested the legal backstop in the draft Brexit deal gave a ‘false choice’.
  
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• UK allowing policy to be dictated by Pakistani mob, minister told

  19-11-2018 19:38
  A senior Conservative backbencher expressed his ‘deep concern’ at the failure to offer Christian woman asylum after she was cleared of blasphemy
  
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• Trapped hamster freed from pipe on tiny ladder in Bridgwater

  19-11-2018 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The RSPCA said it devised the ladder plan after several attempts to rescue the hamster failed.
  
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• L'Oreal names new CFO and head of luxury cosmetics division

  19-11-2018 19:31
  PARIS (Reuters) - French cosmetics firm L'Orealon Monday said Chief Financial Officer Christian Mulliez was set to leave the firm next year for personal reasons and would be replaced by Christophe Babule, another company veteran.
  
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• Warning of more train delays after thousands of passengers face 'Monday mayhem'

  19-11-2018 19:24
  Rail passengers have been warned to expect more delays after hundreds of thousands of rail passengers faced travel chaos on Monday.Network Rail apologised for the disruption caused by over-running engineering works which forced some stations to close and the cancellation of several services.South Western Railway (SWR) told passengers not to travel as none of its trains were running between London Waterloo - the UK's busiest railway station - and Surbiton in the southwest of the capital.
  
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• Angry note left on police car as officers dealt with 'life or death' emergency

  19-11-2018 19:18
  An angry note left on a police car complained it was parked in a private space while officers dealt with a"potentially life or death situation".When officers from the force's Reigate and Banstead team confronted the resident and explained the gravity of the situation, they were told: "I don't care, it's not my emergency".
  
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• Staff 'switched between Brexit campaign and Arron Banks insurance firm'

  19-11-2018 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The Brexit campaign founder had told MPs no staff worked for both Leave.EU and his insurance firm.
  
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• Rise in prison suicides prompts calls to tackle overcrowding

  19-11-2018 19:09
  The government has said that it is investing tens of millions of pounds in prison safety and decency.The latest suicide, that of a man in his 40s who was waiting to be sentenced, happened at Winchester prison, bringing the number of self-inflicted deaths in England and Wales so far this year to 71.Frances Crook, the chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said she feared for the weeks ahead as Christmas approached.
  
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• Sex attacker John Worboys to stay in jail after Parole Board reverses decision

  19-11-2018 19:08
  An earlier ruling that he was safe to be freed triggered a major outcry.
  
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• May’s plans for post-Brexit immigration system attacked by employers

  19-11-2018 19:07
  Prime Minister Theresa May faced a backlash from business and political leaders.
  
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• Labour MP accused of misleading police tells court of chaotic life

  19-11-2018 18:57
  Labour MP Fiona Onasanya leaves the Old Bailey.A Labour MP accused of deliberately misleading the police over a speeding ticket has claimed that her chaotic life as a new parliamentarian meant that she struggled to answer correspondence such as letters and phone calls from the police.Fiona Onasanya, the MP for Peterborough, is accused at the Old Bailey of colluding with her brother to pervert the course of justice after her Nissan Micra was recorded driving over the speed limit in July 2017.
  
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• Harry to carry out solo trip to Zambia

  19-11-2018 18:53
  The duke will pay a visit to the Commonwealth country in southern Africa on November 26.
  
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• School students protest against PM’s Brexit deal

  19-11-2018 18:52
  Pupils from schools including Lagan College, Wellington College, Methody College and Our Lady and St Patrick’s College Knock took part
  
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