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• Artist Charlotte Prodger wins Turner Prize with video shot on phone

  04-12-2018 23:47
  Glasgow-based artist Charlotte Prodger won the 2018 Turner Prize on Tuesday, Britain's prestigious contemporary art award, with an autobiographical film shot on a mobile phone.For the first time, all four works shortlisted for the annual prize were films, organisers said, tackling "some of today's most important issues, from queer identity, human-rights abuses and police brutality to post-colonial migration and the legacy of liberation movements"."I guess my work is quite personal and it's becom
  
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• 'What's His Big Idea?': Tory MPs Tear Into Boris Johnson During Brexit Speech

  04-12-2018 23:20
  Boris Johnson's leadership hopes look dashed as Tory MPs took turns laying
  
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• Queen and duchesses in gowns and tiaras for Diplomatic Corps reception

  04-12-2018 23:13
  The Queen was joined by the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
  
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• Ex-Tory MP Christopher Gill Sparks Security Scare With Commons Protest At May’s ‘Outrageous’ Brexit Deal

  04-12-2018 23:07
  A former Tory MP sparked a security alert in the Commons as he staged a one-
  
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• Charlotte Prodger wins Turner Prize for works on gender identity

  04-12-2018 22:54
  The Glasgow-based artist has claimed the £25,000 award in a year of politically charged nominations.
  
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• Top Tory hints MPs need Irish backstop ‘reassurance’ to back PM’s Brexit deal

  04-12-2018 22:42
  Sir Graham Brady, 1922 Committee chair, said Theresa May and the Brexit Secretary must ‘redouble their efforts’ in the seven days before the vote.
  
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• No room for complacency in climate change challenge – Sturgeon

  04-12-2018 22:41
  Scotland’s First Minister is in Poland for global talks aimed at reducing emissions.
  
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• Robbie's regrets at not rejoining Take That sooner

  04-12-2018 22:36
  The band united for a gala performance of musical The Band - which is based on 30 years of Take That hits - for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.Revealing that he will join Take That on their 30th anniversary greatest hits tour next year whenever he can, Williams said he regretted they didn't call each other sooner but he is glad they've "got there in the end".In their first interview together with Robbie in years (minus Jason Orange), Take That told Sky News they're glad to be a product of the 19
  
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• Corbyn accuses May of putting country ‘over a barrel’ with Brexit deal

  04-12-2018 22:30
  The Labour leader said the Government is ‘not taking back control, it is losing control’.
  
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• Man shot dead outside Belfast school in ‘disgraceful and reckless’ attack

  04-12-2018 22:22
  The victim had been sitting in his parked car when he was attacked as terrified schoolchildren looked on.
  
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• Mathematician’s online tool cooks up how to decorate the perfect Christmas tree

  04-12-2018 22:04
  The tool calculates how many baubles and how many metres of lights you need to have the best dressed tree in town.
  
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• Theresa May makes final Brexit plea as debate on deal begins

  04-12-2018 21:30
  Theresa May warned that if her deal were defeated, the choices would be no deal or no Brexit.Theresa May has made a final desperate plea to MPs to back what she called the “honourable compromise” of her Brexit deal, but faced having to open a five-day debate in the Commons with her authority further shredded by a series of defeats.The prime minister finally got to her feet just after 5.45pm, immediately after the Commons had backed an amendment giving MPs significantly more power to
  
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• Two-year-old girl ‘first child to be prescribed medical cannabis in UK’

  04-12-2018 21:28
  Jorja Emerson, who has epilepsy, was given the treatment at a private hospital in London on Tuesday.
  
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• Geoffrey Cox's dreams of an acting career are shattered

  04-12-2018 21:28
  Geoffrey Cox contemplates the end of his West End career.Photograph: AFP/Getty
  
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• Taron Egerton ‘scared everyone’s going to hate me’ in Elton John biopic

  04-12-2018 21:26
  Taron Egerton was at a charity performance of the musical The Band based on the music of Take That.
  
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• May suffers setbacks as Brexit debate starts in parliament

  04-12-2018 21:18
  Prime Minister Theresa May suffered embarrassing defeats on Tuesday at the start of five days of debate over her plans to leave the European Union that could determine the future of Brexit and the fate of her government.May wants to secure parliament's approval for her deal to keep close ties with the EU after leaving in March, but opposition is fierce, with Brexit supporters and opponents alike wanting to thwart or derail her plan.On the first day of debate, before the main vote on Dec. 11, her
  
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• Nigel Farage Has Quit Ukip And People Are Wishing Him Well. Sort Of

  04-12-2018 21:15
  If you can tear yourself away from the government's Brexit meltdown then we
  
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• Fund for bullied Syrian boy is closed after it raises £158,000

  04-12-2018 21:05
  The 15-year-old was attacked at Almondbury School in Huddersfield.
  
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• Three defeats as May’s authority takes a battering in the Commons

  04-12-2018 21:03
  With a showdown on her Brexit deal looming, Theresa May has already been given a bloody nose by Tory rebels.
  
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• Former foreign secretary Johnson says hopes that parliament votes down government's Brexit deal

  04-12-2018 21:01
  LONDON (Reuters) - Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he hoped parliament would vote against the government's Brexit deal, calling it a national humiliation that made a mockery of the decision to leave the European Union.
  
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• Collie On A Jelly wins coveted Turnip Prize

  04-12-2018 20:46
  The award coincides with the more prestigious Turner Prize.
  
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• Man shot dead in front of children in west Belfast

  04-12-2018 20:43
  Panicked parents nearby heard gunfire and rushed to the scene on Tuesday afternoon, elected representatives added.
  
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• Corbyn - Brexit deal is a leap in the dark

  04-12-2018 20:39
  LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said on Tuesday that the government's proposed Brexit deal was a leap in the dark, and that Prime Minister Theresa May should seek a better one or step aside.
  
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• Government found in contempt of Parliament in historic vote

  04-12-2018 20:38
  Prime Minister Theresa May says she believes in her Brexit deal ‘with my whole heart’ as she battles to win over MPs.
  
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• Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage quits party

  04-12-2018 20:35
  Mr Farage said he is uncomfortable with the direction Ukip has taken in recent months.
  
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• Nigel Farage announces he is quitting UKIP

  04-12-2018 20:30
  Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has announced he is quitting the party.Mr Farage has called for the party's current leader, Gerard Batten, to be ousted after he appointed political activist Tommy Robinson as an adviser.Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Mr Farage said: "And so, with a heavy heart, and after all my years of devotion to the party, I am leaving UKIP today.
  
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• Man accused of killing pregnant girlfriend 'threatened to eat flesh'

  04-12-2018 20:20
  A man accused of stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death with scissors had threatened to eat her flesh, a court has heard.Ioan Campeanu denies the murder Andra Hilitanu and the destruction of their unborn child.The 28-year-old woman's body was found by police in the couple's flat in Neasden, northwest London, on 1 June after he called the emergency services.
  
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• Don't let search for perfect Brexit stop deal - May

  04-12-2018 20:05
  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday the Brexit deal she needs parliament to approve was not perfect but was the best one possible without risking a no-deal Brexit or no exit from the European Union at all."I don't say that this deal is perfect.
  
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• Family appeal for missing Jade, 19

  04-12-2018 19:58
  Jade McGrath from Aviemore has not been seen since November 28.
  
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• Tech giants in spotlight as EU lawmakers consider strong action

  04-12-2018 19:55
  Google , Amazon , Appleand other tech giants face one of their biggest challenges this week as a key EU lawmaking committee prepares to take a tough stance on legislation designed to curb their power and boost the rights of businesses.In a bid to ensure a level playing field between the tech companies and bricks-and-mortar businesses, the European Commission in April drafted rules to prevent unfair business practices by app stores, search engines, e-commerce sites and hotel booking websites.The
  
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• Charles hails courage of Christians persecuted in Middle East

  04-12-2018 19:47
  The Prince of Wales was speaking at a service in Westminster Abbey.
  
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• Boy, five, praised for calling 999 after finding his grandad unconscious

  04-12-2018 19:45
  Lucas Carter Wright had been staying with his grandfather Gary at his home in Catterick Village, North Yorkshire, on Friday.Communications officer Gabby Rudge-Cox was able to retrieve enough information from Lucas to determine they needed to send a "blue light response" to the address, police said.Ms Rudge-Cox said Lucas "was brilliant on the phone".
  
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• Prison officer convicted over two-year sexual relationship with inmate

  04-12-2018 19:41
  A prison officer has been convicted of having a sexual relationship with an inmate at a women's jail.Iain Cocks was in the relationship with the prisoner at HMP New Hall near Wakefield in West Yorkshire for two years, where his wife was also working at the time.Prosecutors said the 51-year-old had consensual sex with the inmate, who cannot be named for legal reasons - and she told the court that she knew what she was doing.
  
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• Brexit backstop is no trap for UK - May

  04-12-2018 19:38
  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday that a key backstop clause of her Brexit deal with the European Union, which is opposed by many MPs in her Conservative Party, was not a trap for Britain."The backstop is not a trick to trap us in the EU," May said at the start of a debate in parliament on Brexit ahead of a key vote on her plan scheduled for Dec. 11.
  
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• Government suffers three Commons defeats before Brexit deal debate begins

  04-12-2018 19:31
  Theresa May appeared before MPs shortly after the latest defeat.
  
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• Stars to feature on new Prince’s Trust YouTube channel

  04-12-2018 19:30
  The site will showcase performances from four decades of concerts in aid of the Prince of Wales’s charity
  
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• As Brexit debate starts, May suffers damaging setbacks

  04-12-2018 19:30
  Prime Minister Theresa May suffered embarrassing blows on Tuesday at the start of five days of debate over her plans to leave the European Union that could determine the future of Brexit and the fate of her government.May wants to secure parliament's approval for her deal to keep close ties with the EU after leaving in March, but opposition is fierce, with Brexit supporters and opponents alike wanting if not to derail, then to thwart her plan.The debates and final vote on Dec. 11 are crucial in
  
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• Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage quits UK Independence Party

  04-12-2018 19:28
  Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage said on Tuesday he was leaving the United Kingdom Independence Party which he used to pressure the ruling Conservative Party into gambling on a Brexit referendum.Farage, as UKIP leader, put pressure on former Prime Minister David Cameron to promise an EU referendum and then helped lead the successful campaign to leave the bloc."I am leaving UKIP today," Farage said.
  
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• Brexit debate is corrosive, new referendum would make it worse - May

  04-12-2018 19:26
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday the debate about Brexit was corrosive and divisions would be worsened if the government held a new referendum on the country's membership of the European Union.
  
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• Brussels ‘melancholy’ over draft EU Withdrawal agreement, says Irish negotiator

  04-12-2018 19:24
  Rory Montgomery, Second Secretary General of the European Union Division, recalls ‘sense of loss’ after the deal was accepted last week.
  
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• A global hunt is under way to find rare blood that could save a toddler’s life

  04-12-2018 19:21
  A Florida charity is hunting ‘some of the rarest blood in the world’ for two-year-old Zainab Mughal.
  
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• Full Brexit legal advice to be published after government loses vote

  04-12-2018 19:16
  The vote was an unprecedented move in recent political history.Theresa May’s parliamentary authority has been thrown into further doubt after MPs passed a historic motion to hold the government in contempt over its failure to release the cabinet legal advice on the Brexit deal.The Commons leader, Andrea Leadsom, said the government would comply and publish the advice in full on Wednesday.
  
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• Gay pharmacist murdered wife to start new life with his boyfriend

  04-12-2018 19:07
  A gay pharmacist has been convicted of murdering his wife so he could start a new life in Australia with his boyfriend and a £2m life insurance payout.Mitesh Patel, 37, injected his wife Jessica with insulin before strangling her with a shopping bag at their Middlesbrough home - an attack he had plotted for years.Teesside Crown Court heard that the couple had been running a successful pharmacy together but their marriage had been unhappy.
  
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• MPs find Government in contempt of Parliament in historic vote

  04-12-2018 19:06
  Leader of the Commons Andrea Leadsom bowed to pressure and agreed to release the Cabinet’s legal advice on the Brexit deal.
  
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• Sterling skids to lowest since June 2017 after PM PM May loses Brexit contempt vote

  04-12-2018 19:00
  LONDON (Reuters) - Sterlingskidded on Tuesday to its weakest since June 2017 after Prime Minister Theresa May's government was found in contempt of parliament for refusing to release its full legal advice on Brexit.
  
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• May and Corbyn in blame game as prospect of Brexit TV debate recedes

  04-12-2018 18:55
  The BBC has scrapped its plans for a Brexit debate after failing to reach agreement with the two political leaders.
  
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• UK government loses vote giving parliament more power over Brexit process

  04-12-2018 18:54
  LONDON (Reuters) - The British government lost a vote in parliament on Tuesday that could force it to give parliament an increased say over the Brexit process if Prime Minister Theresa May's current exit deal is rejected by MPs.
  
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• Sterling rally hurts FTSE as Brexit and growth anxieties dominate

  04-12-2018 18:49
  Concerns about growth, doubts about a U.S.-China trade truce, and a rising pound drove Britain's top stock index down on Tuesday, while precious metal miners regained their lustre as gold prices rallied.The FTSE 100closed down 0.6 percent with the stronger sterling dragging on its exporter-heavy constituents.
  
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• Michael Gove urged to make changes to Fisheries Bill by Scottish Minister

  04-12-2018 18:42
  Fergus Ewing MSP is urging the UK Environment Secretary amend to the Bill over seafood levies and fishing quotas.
  
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• Passengers asked to push packed Metrolink tram stuck at platform

  04-12-2018 18:40
  Several people were filmed pushing the side of the tram at Brooklands station in Sale, Greater Manchester on Tuesday morning.One passenger, who witnessed the incident, described it as "kind of sad" and said the Metrolink line was a "pretty badly run service".Danny Vaughan, Transport for Greater Manchester's head of Metrolink, thanked passengers for "rolling up their sleeves to help".
  
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