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• Tommy Robinson becomes adviser to UKIP leader Gerard Batten

  22-11-2018 23:47
  Tommy Robinson has been appointed as an adviser to UKIP leader Gerard Batten.The controversial far-right figure - real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - will advise Mr Batten on prison reform and rape gangs.Mr Batten hailed the English Defence League founder for having "great knowledge" about the subjects.
  
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• A Thanksgiving bonfire at dawn: celebrating Native American resistance on Alcatraz

  22-11-2018 23:42
  While most people are still asleep, thousands gather each year to remember the occupation that helped inspire the modern Native American protest movementAt 4.30am on Thanksgiving morning, the sun had yet to rise over Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. Yet more than 5,000 people were gathered in a hushed circle around a burning pyre, as Native American dancers moved and swayed in the flickering light.Welcome to the Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Day, formerly known as Unthanksgivin
  
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• Bedroom coffee shop helps Manu Tuilagi gear up for England return | Gerard Meagher

  22-11-2018 23:41
  The Leicester centre has been at the heart of England’s social scene during the buildup to his first Test outing since 2016As and when Manu Tuilagi comes off the England bench on Saturday you can be sure of two things: first, that his arrival is greeted by the loudest cheer of the match; second, that the first time he gets his hands on the ball there will be 80,000 people holding their collective breath. Related: 'I was buzzing when I heard' – George starts in England XV to face Aust
  
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• Australia set West Indies target of 143: Women's World Twenty20 semi-final – live!

  22-11-2018 23:32
  Latest updates from the match in AntiguaLanning hails ‘selfless’ Southern Stars before semi-finalFeel free to email Adam or to tweet: @collinsadam 10.32pm GMT Well spun by Gardner, too good for Fletcher who has a pop at dragging it to midwicket but can’t make contact. Stumps everywhere. Tears in the West Indies dug out. 10.30pm GMT Another ugly dismissal, catching practice to Wareham at mid-off. It gets Shutt in the book, who has bounced back well after a poor first over.
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• Consumers urged to beware of online marketplaces ahead of Black Friday

  22-11-2018 23:30
  Citizens Advice said it received 13,000 reports of problems about online marketplaces last year.
  
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• Fresh Salisbury CCTV released as 'petrified' detective poisoned with novichok tells of ordeal

  22-11-2018 23:21
  Police have released fresh CCTV of the two Russians suspected of poisoning Sergei and Yulia Skripal with novichok.The footage, which has not been seen before, shows the pair as they travelled around Salisbury on 4 March before the former Russian spy and his daughter were found slumped on a bench.Images of a specially made model of the counterfeit perfume Nina Ricci bottle which contained the nerve agent has also been released in the hope of hearing from people who may have seen it at the time.
  
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• Dinner party drug users ‘causing violence and exploitation’, warns Sajid Javid

  22-11-2018 23:14
  The Home Secretary says middle-class people taking cocaine need to think about the consequences of their actions.
  
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• Magnus Carlsen admits nerves after high-wire draw with Fabiano Caruana

  22-11-2018 23:13
  Carlsen and Caruana play to 54-move draw in Game 10 – live!Best-of-12-games title match knotted at 5-all after 10 drawsMagnus Carlsen confessed to nerves after holding on for a high-wire draw with Fabiano Caruana on Thursday in the marathon 10th game of their world championship showdown, which left the best-of-12-games match in a 5-all deadlock. Related: Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana play to thrilling Game 10 draw – live!Continue reading...
  
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• Matt Hancock takes HIV test and urges others to follow suit

  22-11-2018 23:09
  The Health Secretary was praised for showing leadership in efforts to normalise testing for the virus.
  
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• Steve Bell on Theresa May and post-Brexit fisheries – cartoon

  22-11-2018 23:01
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• Manu Tuilagi’s likely return for England comes laced with dread | Gerard Meagher

  22-11-2018 23:00
  There have been signs of robustness but Tuilagi’s groin problems mean Eddie Jones cannot be sure of what he will getAs and when Manu Tuilagi comes off the England bench on Saturday you can be sure of two things: first, that his arrival is greeted by the loudest cheer of the match; second, that the first time he gets his hands on the ball there will be 80,000 people holding their collective breath. Related: 'I was buzzing when I heard' – George starts in England XV to face AustraliaCo
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon discusses favourite books with author Maggie O’Farrell

  22-11-2018 22:57
  The politician and writer were taking part in a Book Week Scotland event.
  
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• Tommy Robinson appointed as Ukip's 'grooming gangs adviser'

  22-11-2018 22:56
  Leader Gerard Batten’s announcement of role for far-right campaigner shifts party yet further in populist direction
  The Ukip leader, Gerard Batten, has appointed the anti-lslam activist Tommy Robinson as an official adviser, further cementing the party’s move towards the far right.Batten said the founder of the far-right activist group the English Defence League, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, would advise him on grooming gangs and prisons. Continue reading...
  
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• Tommy Robinson appointed as Ukip's 'grooming gangs adviser'

  22-11-2018 22:56
  The Ukip leader, Gerard Batten, has appointed the anti-lslam activist Tommy Robinson as an official adviser, further cementing the party’s move towards the far right.Batten said the founder of the far-right activist group the English Defence League, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, would advise him on grooming gangs and prisons.The Ukip leader said Robinson, who faces a possible retrial after successfully appealing against a jail term for contempt of court after live-streaming vid
  
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• Probe under way after rare fungus removed from New Forest

  22-11-2018 22:47
  The Forestry Commission fears it may have been taken to be eaten.
  
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• Theresa May Sidesteps Question On What Benefits EU Migrants Can Claim After Brexit

  22-11-2018 22:38
  Theresa May has sidestepped a question on what benefits EU migrants will be
  
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• Theresa May faces fresh battles to save Brexit strategy

  22-11-2018 22:30
  Tory rebels demand rethink while EU states express concerns over fishing and GibraltarTheresa May is fighting on two fronts to save her Brexit negotiating strategy, with her own backbenchers lining up to describe it as unacceptable while European leaders warned that there could be no question of further concessions to the UK.The embattled prime minister heard repeated calls to renegotiate her Brexit deal from rebel Tories during a heated Commons debate, called after it emerged that the second ha
  
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• Sadio Mané signs new five-year contract to commit future to Liverpool

  22-11-2018 22:23
  • Senegal forward joins Salah and Firmino in signing new deals
  • ‘I have made the best decision in my career’Jürgen Klopp has claimed every club in Europe would covet Sadio Mané after the Senegal forward became the latest Liverpool player to commit his future to the club by signing a new long-term contract. Related: Sadio Mané taking long route to the top with Liverpool reaping rewardsContinue reading...
  
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• Princess Kylie? Charles suggests Australian names for next grandchild

  22-11-2018 22:20
  The Prince of Wales was helping to celebrate the centenary of London’s Australia House.
  
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• Thanksgiving in Paradise: Californians seek meaning after inferno

  22-11-2018 22:10
  Some are buoyed by faith, some by good fire insurance, some by both. On Thursday, they came together to eatWhat is there to be thankful for after you lose everything? Related: 'He's like Al Capone': turkey on the loose ruffles feathers in Rhode Island townContinue reading...
  
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• PFA independent review: a guide to the key questions | David Conn

  22-11-2018 22:03
  Gordon Taylor’s promise of ‘a full and open’ review should give disgruntled parties a clearer picture of how the union operatesThe union and its long-serving chief executive, Gordon Taylor, conceded to a review by a QC, following intense pressure and criticism. That came in particular from former players, more than 300 of whom endorsed an open letter calling for reform, for Taylor to step down and for an election. The families of some former players with dementia, who feel the
  
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• Theresa May’s Brexit deal not perfect, CBI chief says after email leak

  22-11-2018 21:55
  Internal emails showed the business organisation’s Brexit specialist said it was ‘not a good deal’.
  
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• Theresa May faces calls from key MPs to ditch Irish backstop in Brexit deal ahead of Sunday summit

  22-11-2018 21:54
  Theresa May faces the threat of key MPs derailing her Brexit deal, as they lined up to demand she remove a central part of it.The prime minister faced hostile criticism from prominent Conservative backbenchers and her partners the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in a dramatic Commons showdown.Fresh from a statement on the steps of Downing Street, she headed to parliament to sell a deal reached overnight by negotiators in Brussels.
  
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• Theresa May: 'This is the right deal for the UK'

  22-11-2018 21:50
  The prime minister says her draft future relationship agreement with the EU will give the UK a "brighter future".
  
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• Woman quizzed after man found murdered in Ballymena house

  22-11-2018 21:47
  The 40-year-old victim was reported dead on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Bungle the puppy returned to owners after biting police officer

  22-11-2018 21:46
  Northamptonshire Police said a specialist dog handler met with the family and a voluntary control order was agreed.
  
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• Bungle the chow-chow: Police-bite puppy released

  22-11-2018 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Four-month-old chow-chow Bungle was seized by police after escaping from home.
  
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• Fifth of 17 to 19-year-old girls self-harm or attempt suicide

  22-11-2018 21:35
  Biggest research into young people’s mental health for 13 years shows one in 10 boys also affectedA fifth of girls aged 17-19 and one in 10 boys the same age have self-harmed or tried to kill themselves, the biggest research into young people’s mental health for 13 years has found.Experts said the figures were “deeply worrying” and raised serious questions about the damage that social media, pressures to look good, and sexual violence were doing to the mental welfare of y
  
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• West Indies v Australia: Women's World Twenty20 semi-final – live!

  22-11-2018 21:32
  Latest updates from the match in AntiguaLanning hails ‘selfless’ Southern Stars before semi-finalFeel free to email Adam or to tweet: @collinsadam 8.30pm GMT 7th over: Australia 41-1 (Healy 26, Lanning 9) Selman is bowling out her fourth and final over. After exchanging singles through the posh side, Lanning plays the best shot of the day so far, timing a length ball to the long-on boundary through the air with a flick of her rubbery wrists. The aerial route looks the correct one, as
  
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• Tommy Robinson appointed as adviser to Ukip leader

  22-11-2018 21:30
  Gerard Batten said the controversial activist would advise him on rape gangs and prison reform.
  
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• Brexit: Draft agreement on future relationship right for UK, says May

  22-11-2018 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  A draft agreement on future EU-UK relations paves the way for a deal this weekend, the PM says.
  
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• Murder probe launched after man’s death in Glasgow

  22-11-2018 21:10
  Billyjoe Bates 28, died in hospital after being found seriously injured in Ashgill Road, Milton.
  
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• Mike Bartlett: Does Brexit Britain need a new Christmas Carol?

  22-11-2018 21:00
  We must open our shut-up hearts and embrace Dickens’ classic tale of festive spirit overcoming social and generational divide
  Most writers I know aspire to be – and to be perceived as – masters of their craft. We like to imagine ourselves following a precise vision, expertly choosing the ideal words, subjects and themes. But the real writing “process” for most of us is more unplanned, instinctive and, at times, random: often you intend to create one piece of work on
  
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• Duke of Cambridge helps to demolish wall symbolising hate and division

  22-11-2018 20:53
  William laughed and clapped as blocks featuring the words hate, violence, division and conflict were knocked down.
  
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• Why do more young people have mental health problems?

  22-11-2018 20:49
  Statistics point to associations with family adversity, mentally ill parents, social media, school exclusion and drugsThe evidence that more children and young people are suffering from mental health problems leads to one obvious question: why? While the research was a primarily statistical exercise, it still yielded significant clues about associations, which may also be causes. Related: What is happening with children’s mental health?Continue reading...
  
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• Woods v Mickelson: The Match is merely a vulgar $9m marketing exercise | Ewan Murray

  22-11-2018 20:43
  The notion that glory for Mickelson at Shallow Creek would offset trailing at Augusta National is faintly ludicrousRemoving the whiff of vulgarity will be no mean feat as “The Match” tees off on Friday in Las Vegas. Those already offended by Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson playing off in an exhibition match that cannot even be deemed glorified will not have been placated by promotional images of them surrounded by bundles of banknotes as emerged in recent days. Harry Enfield’s L
  
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• Trump insists daughter Ivanka's private email use for work was 'very innocent'

  22-11-2018 20:32
  President also employed his routine response to criticism, calling the controversy ‘fake news’Donald Trump has doubled down on his claim that his daughter Ivanka’s use of private email in her government role was “very innocent”. Speaking to reporters in Florida on Thursday, the president also employed his routine response to criticism, calling the controversy “fake news”. Related: Ivanka's emails: sins of the daughter threaten to hit Trump where it hurts
  
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• Costa book awards shortlist memoir of homeless couple's coast walk

  22-11-2018 20:30
  The Salt Path by Raynor Winn is acclaimed by judges as ‘an absolutely brilliant story about the human capacity to endure’A British woman’s account of how she and her terminally ill husband embarked on a 630-mile walk along the South West Coast Path after being made homeless has been shortlisted for the Costa book awards.Bailiffs were banging on the windows of their Welsh farmhouse when Raynor Winn, then 50, came up with the idea to pack a few belongings into rucksacks and set o
  
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• BBC offers Fiona Bruce job of Question Time host

  22-11-2018 20:30
  Exclusive: presenter in talks to become programme’s first female host in its 40-year history, sources sayFiona Bruce has been offered the job of host of BBC One’s Question Time, according to sources at the corporation, in a move that would make her the first female host in the programme’s history.The Antiques Roadshow presenter was an outside bet to host the flagship current affairs debate programme when it was announced that David Dimbleby would be leaving the position at the
  
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• William Hill in goodwill gesture after punter’s SP complaint

  22-11-2018 20:27
  • Bookmaker paid 16-1 on Untold Secret offered at 28-1 elsewhere
  • William Hill to make additional payment to winning puntersWilliam Hill has decided to offer an additional payment to those who took the firm’s own starting price of 16-1 about Untold Secret, a winner at Meydan on 8 November who paid 28-1 elsewhere.After questions were raised by the Guardian, the bookmaker said it was “uncomfortable” with the difference between the two sets of odds on this one occasion
  
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• MPs from all sides pile on to trash May's Brexit non-deal deal | John Crace

  22-11-2018 20:26
  PM promises some things will happen if other unspecified things also happen, and no one agreesIt was hard to see what all the fuss had been about. The intellectual legend that is David Davis had always said securing a future trade arrangement with the EU would be the easiest deal in the history of David Davis Land. And in the end he was proved right. It was so easy that the government chose not to do anything about it for the best part of two and a half years and then cobbled something together
  
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• Virgin Atlantic in surprise bid to take off with Flybe

  22-11-2018 20:19
  Virgin Atlantic, the carrier part-owned by Sir Richard Branson, is in talks about a surprise takeover bid for Flybe, the regional airline that last week bowed to growing financial pressure and put itself up for sale.Sky News has learnt that Virgin Atlantic has opened discussions with Flybe's advisers about making an offer for the London-listed company, four years after announcing the closure of Little Red, an earlier attempt to crack the domestic UK market.Sources said the transatlantic airline
  
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• British Gas masks customers' intense rush for the exit | Nils Pratley

  22-11-2018 20:17
  Owner Centrica’s shrunken share price shows its investors are losing faithCentrica is making progress, apparently. Look, British Gas customers are fleeing at a rate of only 93,000 a month this year, as opposed to the 100,000-plus that were deserting on average every month during 2017. Related: Centrica shares sink to near 15-year low as customers numbers fallContinue reading...
  
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• Jadon Sancho should play for under-21s not England seniors next summer | Eni Aluko

  22-11-2018 20:13
  When you consider playing time and impact, the 18-year-old would gain more from the European Under-21 Championship in Italy than the Nations League finals in PortugalThe Nations League groups came to a close this week and it was fantastic to see England continue where they left off against Spain. Now, with the finals taking place next summer shortly before the European Under-21 Championship, Gareth Southgate faces an interesting dilemma about how to use some of his emerging stars such as Jadon S
  
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• Fourth man convicted after wrecking spree at brewery

  22-11-2018 20:11
  Patrick Ward, 32, is the fourth defendant to be found guilty after a group of Travellers caused an estimated £300,000 of damage in Blackburn.
  
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• Leicester helicopter crash: William and Kate to pay tribute to victims

  22-11-2018 20:06
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to visit Leicester where they will pay tribute to those killed in the helicopter crash at the Premier League club.William and Kate knew one of the five victims, Foxes' Thai owner and chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabh, and they wanted to go to the city to recognise the warmth and compassion shown by its people, Kensington Palace said.The couple will next Wednesday visit the tribute site near the stadium, before meeting players and members of the football club'
  
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• Bodies found in search for Derbyshire mum and son, 5

  22-11-2018 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Police believe they have found the bodies of Emma Sillett and Jenson Spellman at Valehouse reservoir.
  
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• Still Game final series to air on new channel in February

  22-11-2018 20:00
  The ninth series featuring the exploits of pensioners Jack and Victor will debut on the new BBC Scotland channel before hitting BBC One later in 2019.
  
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• Final Still Game to launch new BBC Scotland TV channel

  22-11-2018 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The comedy's ninth and last series will debut on 24 February 2019 - the first night of the new BBC Scotland channel.
  
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• Spain accuses UK of treachery over Gibraltar Brexit deal

  22-11-2018 19:48
  Madrid threatens to ‘stop the clock’ on Theresa May’s withdrawal agreementFollow all the latest news on Brexit in our live blog
  The UK has been accused by Spain of “treachery” and acting “under the cover of darkness” in an escalation of a war of words over the future of Gibraltar that risks derailing Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Related: May defends under-fire Brexit plan: 'a deal is within our grasp'Continue reading...
  
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