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• Prime Minister backs ‘robust’ police action against moped criminals

  01-12-2018 23:30
  Theresa May said that the use of mopeds in robberies was a cause of growing concern
  
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• Pension dashboards to ‘revolutionise’ saving for retirement

  01-12-2018 23:30
  Prime Minister Theresa May is backing a scheme to bring information on pensions to savers’ mobile phones and tablet computers.
  
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• May backs Met’s get-tough tactics against thieves on mopeds

  01-12-2018 23:30
  Theresa May has defended the tough new tactics used by the Metropolitan police to stop thieves on mopeds, saying the officers are “absolutely right”.The police released footage last month showing officers “tipping” thieves on to the ground by driving their patrol cars into the mopeds.Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, tweeted: “Knocking people off bikes is potentially very dangerous.
  
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• May: There’s a lot more for me still to do

  01-12-2018 23:22
  The Prime Minister said world leaders at the G20 summit were hoping for ambitious post-Brexit trade deals.
  
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• Theresa May Insists She Isn't Quitting Even After Brexit During G20 Summit Speech

  01-12-2018 22:52
  Theresa May has said she will be the Prime Minister to take the UK out of the
  
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• The rocky, risky road to a people’s vote

  01-12-2018 22:00
  Not at the moment, but should Theresa May lose the Commons vote over her Brexit deal and the Labour party try and fail to secure an election, it has been said that a second referendum is one of the options on the table.The question on the ballot paper would be fiercely contested.Should it be Remain vs Theresa May’s deal, No Deal vs Remain, or No Deal vs May’s deal?
  
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• Theresa May insists she will be the leader to take UK out of the EU

  01-12-2018 21:58
  Theresa May addresses the media during the G20 Leaders Summit in Buenos Aires.Theresa May has insisted she will be the prime minister who takes the UK out of the EU, hinting that she has no intention of standing aside if she loses the crucial vote on her deal in parliament.Speaking at the G20 summit in Argentina ahead of a treacherous nine days leading up to the meaningful vote on her Brexit deal, when up to 100 of her party’s MPs could vote against her, May said she believed there was a l
  
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• I will be PM to take Britain out of EU, says May

  01-12-2018 21:58
  Theresa May said on Saturday she would be the prime minister to take Britain out of the European Union and that parliament should back her Brexit deal to ensure certainty for the future.May sealed a deal with EU leaders last Sunday that would see Britain leave the bloc on March 29 with continued close ties, but the odds look stacked against her getting it approved by a deeply divided British parliament.The deal has been criticized by many of May's Conservative MPs, both supporters of a cleaner b
  
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• Someone Has Been Attaching Razor Blades To A Slide In A Lancashire Play Park

  01-12-2018 21:44
  Police in Lancashire have issued an urgent warning after razor and scalpel
  
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• UK parliament must back my Brexit deal to ensure certainty, says May

  01-12-2018 21:12
  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that parliament approving her Brexit deal on Dec. 11 will ensure certainty for the country for the future."I will be talking with members of Parliament ... and explaining why passing this deal in the vote that will take place in the House of Commons will take us to certainty for the future, and that failure to do that would only lead to uncertainty," May said after the G20 summit closed in Buenos Aires.
  
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• In Pictures: The Queen with George HW Bush

  01-12-2018 20:46
  The US president visited Buckingham Palace in 1989 and the Queen went to America to see him in 1991.
  
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• Tributes paid to student who died after being hit by car

  01-12-2018 20:34
  Chloe Hufton, who was studying for a Masters in English at the University of Derby, died at the scene of the crash on Friday night.
  
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• French Protestors Have Stolen An Assault Rifle From A Police Van In Paris

  01-12-2018 20:32
  Protestors in central Paris have stolen an assault rifle from a police vehicle
  
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• Razor blades taped to children's slide in Lancashire

  01-12-2018 20:27
  Razor blades have been found taped to a children's slide in Lancashire.The slide is at Winifred Lane play area in the village of Aughton and police posted a video on Facebook showing the blade.Lancashire Police said on Friday that the blades were found on the slide that morning.
  
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• HS2 boss Sir Terry Morgan expects to be sacked within weeks

  01-12-2018 20:04
  The chairman of Britain's biggest infrastructure project has told Sky News he expects to be sacked within weeks.Sir Terry Morgan has been chairman of HS2 since August.Sir Terry confirmed to Sky News that he expects to be asked to leave.
  
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• HS2 chair expects to be sacked – less than five months into role

  01-12-2018 20:00
  Sir Terry Morgan, the chairman of HS2, who expects to be sacked shortly.The chairman of HS2 has said he expects to be sacked in the coming days, less than five months after he took over the role.Speaking on the early evening news programme on BBC Radio 4, Sir Terry Morgan said there was disappointment at Westminster about the delays affecting Crossrail, which he has chaired since 2009.
  
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• Summit backs WTO reform ahead of Trump, Xi trade talks

  01-12-2018 19:39
  The leaders of the world's largest economic powers on Saturday backed an overhaul of the global body that regulates international trade disputes, ahead of high-stakes talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at defusing a trade war.The United States is unhappy with what it says is the WTO's failure to hold Beijing to account for not opening up its economy as envisioned when China joined the body in 2001.
  
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• HS2 rail chief expects sack within days

  01-12-2018 19:28
  Sir Terry Morgan told the BBC there was disappointment at Westminster about delays affecting London’s £15 billion Crossrail project.
  
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• Corbyn ally quits in row over her son’s drug conviction

  01-12-2018 18:52
  Kate Osamor is reported to have told a journalist she should have brought a bat and ‘smashed your face in’.
  
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• Labour MP Kate Osamor resigns amid row over son's drug conviction

  01-12-2018 18:44
  Labour's shadow international development secretary Kate Osamor has resigned amid a row over her son's drug conviction.In October, her son resigned as a London councillor after admitting possessing class A drugs with intent to supply.Labour officials had previously claimed Ms Osamor was unaware of her son's case until after he was given a community sentence of 200 hours' unpaid work.
  
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• Corbyn calls on May to go head to head against him in TV Brexit debate

  01-12-2018 18:29
  Jeremy Corbyn has said that he wants Theresa May to debate with him in a one-on-one format, following a continuing dispute over which broadcaster would host the event and in what format it would be held.The main broadcasters have proposed their own respective formats after Labour accepted a challenge from the prime minister to debate with Corbyn about her Brexit deal on live television.Labour has claimed the BBC format would be “messy and confusing”, and presents May with the opportu
  
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• Ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson admits he was WRONG over Syrian 'waterboarding' incident - Express.co.uk

  01-12-2018 18:18 via express.co.uk
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  Ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson admits he was WRONG over Syrian 'waterboarding' incident
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  Mr Robinson admitted he falsely accused the 15-year-old Syrian refugee, Jamal, for being the main bully after the boy was subjected to a mock drowning known as waterboarding in Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield. The former EDL leader ...
  Syrian Huddersfield boy asks people not to attack his alleged bullyThe Guardian
  Brother of Syrian refugee 'bully' says teen assault
  
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• In Video: Mayor gets muddy helping tree-planting campaign

  01-12-2018 18:10
  The plant-a-thon will see 80,000 trees added to green spaces across the capital.
  
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• May puts on brave face at G20 as Brexit deal flounders back home

  01-12-2018 18:05
  When Theresa May addressed reporters on her RAF Voyager plane en route to the G20, she wore an eye-catching bracelet that appeared to depict the Great Wave off Kanagawa, the famous Japanese painting of a tsunami.
  
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• Police officer stabbed on duty thought: ‘I’m not going home tonight’

  01-12-2018 17:54
  Constable Kenneth MacKenzie has spoken of the fear and panic when he and a colleague were attacked with knife.
  
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• War veteran, 98, dies weeks after violent robbery

  01-12-2018 17:46
  Peter Gouldstone was a telephone engineer for the Post Office.Peter Gouldstone, 98, suffered serious brain bleeding and extensive bruising on his body at his property in north London.Scotland Yard said no arrests had been made but “a number of active inquiries are in hand”.
  
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• Trump Spoke With Putin At G20 Summit Despite Cancelling Meeting, Says Kremlin Aide

  01-12-2018 17:44
  Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump had a brief meeting on the sidelines of the
  
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• Merkel, Macron press Putin to free Ukrainian sailors

  01-12-2018 17:41
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Russian Vladimir Putin to release Ukrainian sailors who were seized along with their ships by Russia last month, Putin's spokesman said.
  
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• Kate Osamor quits as shadow international development secretary

  01-12-2018 17:18
  Labour frontbencher says she is stepping down to concentrate on supporting her family
  
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• Brexit: Sam Gyimah says second referendum may be only option

  01-12-2018 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Ex-minister Sam Gyimah, who quit over Mrs May's Brexit plan, urges her not to rule out another poll.
  
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• Labour's Kate Osamor resigns as shadow minister

  01-12-2018 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The Labour MP quits to "support family" after events surrounding her son's drugs conviction.
  
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• HS2 chairman expects to be sacked

  01-12-2018 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  HS2 rail chairman Sir Terry Morgan tells BBC he expects to be sacked within days, months after getting job
  
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• War veteran Peter Gouldstone, 98, dies a month after violent robbery

  01-12-2018 17:01
  Second World War veteran Peter Gouldstone was attacked in Enfield, north London, in the home he had lived in for more than 60 years.Mr Gouldstone, a former telephone engineer, was found inside with a head injury and extensive bruising to his body.Police said a number of Mr Gouldstone's possessions had been stolen, including a 26-inch Panasonic TV.
  
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• G20 expected to back trade body reform ahead of Trump, Xi talks

  01-12-2018 16:57
  Global leaders were expected to back an overhaul of the world body that regulates international trade disputes at a summit on Saturday, delegates said, ahead of high-stakes talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping aimed at defusing a trade war.A consensus appeared to be emerging at the two-day gathering of the Group of 20 industrialized economies for a joint statement that would back reforms to the crisis-stricken World Trade Organization amid growing global tra
  
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• Razor blades found taped to children's slide in Ormskirk

  01-12-2018 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Police urge parents to check play equipment, adding it could have caused "serious injury".
  
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• Kate Osamor Resigns From Shadow Cabinet After 'Throwing Bucket Of Water At Reporter'

  01-12-2018 16:37
  Kate Osamor has resigned as shadow international development secretary
  
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• Christmas is coming: Tips to make it stress-free

  01-12-2018 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Do less, change the routines, and share the jobs out - some tips for a stress-free festive season.
  
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• Watchdog slams IEA over pro-Brexit report backed by Jacob Rees-Mogg

  01-12-2018 16:29
  Jacob Rees-Mogg hailed the report as the alternative to Theresa May’s proposals.A rightwing thinktank has been ordered by the charities watchdog to take down a pro-Brexit report on Britain’s economic prospects after it leaves the EU.The report was hailed by Jacob Rees-Mogg as the alternative to Theresa May’s proposals.
  
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• Police warn parents to be alert after razors found taped to slides in children's playground - The Independent

  01-12-2018 16:24 via independent.co.uk
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  Police warn parents to be alert after razors found taped to slides in children's playground
  The Independent
  Police have warned parents to be vigilant after razor blades were found attached to a slide at a children's playground. The alarm was raised in the village of Aughton, near Ormskirk, Lancashire, on Saturday morning. In a video police uploaded to ...and more »
  
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• Theresa May promises UK help to end HIV stigma on World Aids Day

  01-12-2018 16:13
  Medical progress over the last 30 years means that people with the virus can live a long and healthy life.
  
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• Third of MP trade envoys will not back Brexit plan, Sky News learns

  01-12-2018 15:53
  At least a third of MPs personally appointed as Theresa May's global trade envoys will not back her EU withdrawal agreement, Sky News has learned.Some of the MPs are privately warning the deal means the global trade agreements they are trying to help with are now "on hold".Sky News was contacted by one trade envoy accusing the prime minister of being "very disingenuous" after Mrs May was asked directly how such deals could work if there was a legal possibility of being in an effective customs un
  
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• War veteran, 98, dies after violent robbery

  01-12-2018 15:51
  Second World War veteran Peter Gouldstone was attacked in Enfield, north London, in the home he had lived in for more than 60 years.Mr Gouldstone, a former telephone engineer, was found inside with a head injury and extensive bruising to his body.Police said a number of Mr Gouldstone's possessions had been stolen, including a 26-inch Panasonic TV.
  
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• Peter Gouldstone, 98, dies weeks after north London home robbery

  01-12-2018 15:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Peter Gouldstone suffered a "brutal" attack in his north London home on 6 November, police say.
  
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• JK Rowling Expertly Trolls Arron Banks Over Brexit (And She Did It In Russian)

  01-12-2018 15:49
  JK Rowling has hardly made a secret of her feelings about Brexit - she's not a
  
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• Second World War veteran, 98, dies after violent robbery at home

  01-12-2018 15:44
  No arrests have been made, but Scotland Yard said ‘a number of active enquiries are in hand’.
  
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• Japanese PM urges Theresa May to prevent a no-deal Brexit

  01-12-2018 15:35
  Shinzo Abe’s appeal follows warnings from Japanese car manufacturers of the impact on their UK plants of a switch to World Trade Organisation rules.
  
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• Paddock Wood fire: Blaze breaks out after 'huge explosion'

  01-12-2018 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Roads are closed but firefighters say the "industrial diesel tank" blaze is largely under control.
  
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• Dark web dealers voluntarily ban deadly fentanyl

  01-12-2018 15:27
  Major dark web drug suppliers have started to voluntarily ban the synthetic opioid fentanyl because it is too dangerous, the National Crime Agency has said.Fentanyl can be up to 100 times stronger than heroin and can easily cause accidental overdoses, particularly when mixed with heroin.Vince O’Brien, one of the NCA’s leads on drugs, told the Observer that dark web marketplace operators appeared to have made a commercial decision, because selling a drug that could lead to fatalities
  
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• WW2 Veteran Peter Gouldstone, 98, Dies After Being Injured During Violent Robbery

  01-12-2018 15:21
  Second World War veteran Peter Gouldstone, 98, who was injured during a
  
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• Gordon Brown in pre-Budget call over NHS ‘underfunding’

  01-12-2018 15:17
  Mr Brown claimed the Scottish Government is more concerned with independence than the NHS.
  
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