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• Family granted right to apply for fresh inquest into death of teenager in 1965

  20-12-2018 23:51
  Relatives of 14-year-old Elsie Frost may finally get answers after her suspected killer died earlier this year before he could be tried.
  
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• US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis to quit - BBC News

  20-12-2018 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis to quit  BBC NewsJim Mattis says he is quitting so President Trump can appoint someone "whose views are more aligned with yours".View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Gatwick to stay closed on Thursday as drone spotted in the last hour

  20-12-2018 23:13
  Officials said said 120,000 passengers’ flights had been disrupted.
  
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• They are stupid people - Corbyn

  20-12-2018 23:10
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused "the Tories and much of the media" of creating "a phoney row about something I didn't say", following claims he branded Theresa May a "stupid woman".
  
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• Gatwick chaos: Police 'could shoot down drone' - BBC News

  20-12-2018 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Gatwick chaos: Police 'could shoot down drone'  BBC NewsPolice say they are considering trying to shoot down a drone that has shut Gatwick Airport for more than 24 hours. Sussex Police has received about 50 reports ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Boris Johnson cleared by disciplinary panel over burka comments

  20-12-2018 23:00
  The former foreign secretary compared Muslim women in face-covering veils to bank robbers.
  
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• Gatwick airport to remain shut after drone reported 'within the last hour' - PA

  20-12-2018 22:54
  (Reuters) - Britain's Gatwick Airport will remain shut for the rest of the evening on Thursday after drone activity was reported "within the last hour", the airport's chief operating officer, Chris Woodroofe, was quoted as saying by the Press Association.
  
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• Radio host Iain Lee keeps suicidal caller on the line for half an hour until ambulance arrives - The Independent

  20-12-2018 22:26 via independent.co.uk
  Radio host Iain Lee keeps suicidal caller on the line for half an hour until ambulance arrives  The IndependentRadio host Iain Lee has been credited with helping save a suicidal man's life by keeping him on the phone for 30 minutes until an ambulance arrived. The man ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Man arrested over murder of missing mum Sarah Wellgreen

  20-12-2018 22:23
  Sarah Wellgreen, 46, went missing from New Ash Green in Kent on 16 October.Police say there have been no new transactions on Ms Wellgreen's bank cards since she went missing.Last month Ms Wellgreen's son, Lewis Burdett, thanked the public for their support.
  
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• U.S. grants more time for divestment from sanctioned Russian firm GAZ

  20-12-2018 22:22
  The United States on Thursday gave investors more time to divest from Russian vehicle-maker GAZ Group, one day after announcing plans to drop sanctions against two other Russian firms tied to sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.The U.S. Treasury said it would allow investors until March 7 to divest from GAZ, and it granted businesses a matching reprieve in terms of how much time they would have to wind down operations and contracts involving the Deripaska-tied firm.On Wednesday, the U.S.
  
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• Apple pulls older iPhone models from stores in Germany amid patent row - Sky News

  20-12-2018 22:18 via news.sky.com
  Apple pulls older iPhone models from stores in Germany amid patent row  Sky NewsApple is to stop selling older iPhone models at its stores in Germany after losing two patent cases brought by a chip manufacturer, the company has announced.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Jose Mourinho: Where next for ex-Man Utd & Real Madrid boss? - BBC Sport

  20-12-2018 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Jose Mourinho: Where next for ex-Man Utd & Real Madrid boss?  BBC SportBBC Radio 5 live's Euro Leagues panel discuss where Jose Mourinho might go next after his Manchester United sacking.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Man Charged With Murder Of Missing Mum-Of-Five Sarah Wellgreen

  20-12-2018 22:02
  A man has been charged with the murder of a missing mother-of-five, who
  
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• Stunning images reveal gigantic ice filled crater 50 miles wide on the surface of Mars - Daily Mail

  20-12-2018 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  Stunning images reveal gigantic ice filled crater 50 miles wide on the surface of Mars  Daily MailThe European Space Agency's Mars Express has returned an incredible new series of images showing the Korolev crater, a 50 mile (82 km) wide feature in in ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn attacks media over 'stupid woman' row as he highlights homeless man's death

  20-12-2018 21:47
  Jeremy Corbyn has attacked the media over a "phoney row" following claims he branded the prime minister a "stupid woman".During heated exchanges in parliament on Wednesday, the Labour leader appeared to make the remark about Theresa May.The dispute featured on many newspaper front pages on Thursday, while the Labour leader doubled down on his stance.
  
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• Drones paralyse Gatwick Airport, grounding Christmas travellers

  20-12-2018 21:39
  Britain sent troops to its second-biggest airport after an unprecedented attempt to cripple Christmas travel with large drones forced all flights to be cancelled on Thursday.As thousands of passengers waited at Gatwick Airport, south of London, police hunted unsuccessfully for the operators of the large drones which reappeared near the airfield every time the airport tried to reopen the runway.Europe's air traffic control agency Eurocontrol said the airport would remain closed until 0600 GMT on
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn attacks media over 'stupid woman' row as he highlights homeless man's death - Sky News

  20-12-2018 21:35 via news.sky.com
  Jeremy Corbyn attacks media over 'stupid woman' row as he highlights homeless man's death  Sky NewsBy Greg Heffer, political reporter. Jeremy Corbyn has attacked the media over a "phoney row" following claims he branded the prime minister a "stupid woman".View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Missing Sarah Wellgreen's ex-boyfriend charged with her murder - Mirror.co.uk

  20-12-2018 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  Missing Sarah Wellgreen's ex-boyfriend charged with her murder  Mirror.co.ukBen Lacomba, 38, was first arrested on October 16 in connection with the investigation and this morning it emerged he was re-arrested on suspicion of murder.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Trump's top general was blindsided by decision to pull out of Syria - Daily Mail

  20-12-2018 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  Trump's top general was blindsided by decision to pull out of Syria  Daily MailPresident Donald Trump's sudden decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria didn't only take the nation by surprise – senior officials including the chairman of ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Virgin Atlantic wins injunction against pilots' Christmas strike

  20-12-2018 21:06
  Britain’s Virgin Atlantic said it won a court injunction on Thursday against a union representing some of its pilots going on strike over the Christmas period.Members of the Professional Pilots Union (PPU), which says it represents around a third of the airline's pilots, were due to stage a series of walkouts in a row over union recognition beginning on Saturday and continuing into the New Year.The PPU called the strikes against the airline, which is owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Man Utd caretaker boss will 'get players enjoying football' again - BBC Sport

  20-12-2018 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Man Utd caretaker boss will 'get players enjoying football' again  BBC SportManchester United caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he will "get the players enjoying football" again.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Gatwick cancels all flights on Thursday after drones ground planes - BBC

  20-12-2018 21:02
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Gatwick Airport cancelled all flights on Thursday after drones flying near the airport grounded flights and will not reopen before Friday morning at the earliest, the BBC reported.
  
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• Tens of thousands of passengers stranded by Gatwick airport drones

  20-12-2018 20:59
  An unknown drone operator has stranded tens of thousands of passengers and created chaos at Gatwick on Thursday as the airport endured a 24-hour shutdown that brought demands for new aviation regulations to tackle the threat.Amid disbelief that the drone incident could be enough to bring one of the UK’s key airports to a standstill, the military was called in to aid in the hunt for the perpetrator or perpetrators – who eluded a search conducted by 20 units from two police forces in t
  
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• Man arrested in connection with Owen Hassan death

  20-12-2018 20:39
  A 29-year-old man will appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Friday.
  
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• Westminster attack inquest: Armed police could have saved PC Keith Palmer, says coroner

  20-12-2018 20:26
  The coroner in the Westminster inquest has called on Scotland Yard to station armed officers at all of the gates of parliament on a permanent basis to prevent another attack and told MI5 it should be keeping better records.In a report quietly issued to a government judicial website, without notice, Mark Lucraft QC, the chief coroner said he had heard "matters giving rise to concern" and that there was a "risk that future deaths could occur unless action is taken".
  
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• Corbyn hits out at ‘unbelievable stupidity’ of Tories over Commons behaviour

  20-12-2018 20:23
  The Labour leader has denied calling Theresa May a ‘stupid woman’ during Prime Minister’s Questions.
  
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• 'Stupid woman' row: media ignoring serious news, says Corbyn

  20-12-2018 20:21
  Jeremy Corbyn has complained that the media have been “obsessed” with whether or not he called Theresa May a stupid woman, at the expense of focusing on more serious issues such as the plight of homeless people.During a visit to Northampton, where he was visiting a homeless shelter, Corbyn told a BBC reporter who asked him about the alleged incident, that he had in fact called Conservative MPs “stupid people” for “turning the very serious issue of the failure to neg
  
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• Armed forces deployed to Gatwick as hunt for drone operators goes on

  20-12-2018 20:20
  The runway has been closed almost constantly since two drones were spotted being flown inside Gatwick’s perimeter at 9pm on Wednesday.
  
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• Strictly’s Anton Du Beke partners Peppa Pig for charity telethon

  20-12-2018 20:19
  The show will raise money for five animal charities.
  
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• British Gas owner sparks legal battle over energy price cap

  20-12-2018 20:17
  The owner of British Gas will on Friday spark a legal battle with Ofgem over Britain's impending energy price cap by trying to force it to change the way it calculates wholesale energy costs.Sky News can reveal that Centrica will lodge an application for a judicial review of Ofgem's decision to alter the period within which wholesale prices were used to set the cap.Britain's biggest energy supplier, which has more than 12 million customers, is facing growing pressure from investors after seeing
  
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• Virgin Atlantic Wins High Court Bid To Halt Christmas Strikes By Pilots

  20-12-2018 20:11
  Virgin Atlantic has won a High Court injunction to halt a series of planned
  
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• Manchester United interim boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer not thinking past end of season - SkySports

  20-12-2018 20:11 via skysports.com
  Manchester United interim boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer not thinking past end of season  SkySportsOle Gunnar Solskjaer: Man Utd's interim boss has shot at full-time role  BBC SportManchester United news and transfers LIVE Ole Gunnar Solskjaer takes training plus Man Utd U23s vs Derby U23s  Manchester Evening NewsOnly 3% of Real Madrid fans want Jose Mourinho back  Daily MailJose Mourinho to make Premier League RETURN? Chelsea legend Frank Lampard drops hint |
  
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• Labour and Tory MPs strengthen efforts to prevent no-deal Brexit

  20-12-2018 20:09
  Theresa May with members of her cabinet during the UK-Poland Inter-Governmental Consultations at Lancaster House.Senior Labour and Conservative MPs are to ramp up efforts to block any possibility of a no-deal Brexit ahead of the vote on Theresa May’s deal, with a plan to mandate the prime minister to extend or cancel article 50 if the prospect of crashing out looms.Efforts were kickstarted on Thursday by a cross-party group of prominent MPs led by Yvette Cooper, who tabled a new amendment
  
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• Man charged after alleged serious sexual assault

  20-12-2018 20:03
  Police said a 39-year-old man would appear in court in connection with the attack in Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
  
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• The Liverpool change Jordan Henderson and his fellow midfielders have to accept - Liverpool Echo

  20-12-2018 20:00 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  The Liverpool change Jordan Henderson and his fellow midfielders have to accept  Liverpool Echo'It’s unbelievable what they did' - Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp on why Wolves have impressed him  Birmingham LiveJurgen Klopp’s best Liverpool signings to date ranked  Rush The KopLiverpool ruling over Europe's most elite teams - and here's the proof  Liverpool EchoWolves v Liverpool: Team news  Liverpool FCView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Risks of 'domino effect' of tipping points greater than thought, study says - The Guardian

  20-12-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Risks of 'domino effect' of tipping points greater than thought, study says  The GuardianPolicymakers have severely underestimated the risks of ecological tipping points, according to a study that shows 45% of all potential environmental collapses ...
  
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• Arsenal investigate anti-Semitism during Tottenham Hotspur game - BBC Sport

  20-12-2018 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Arsenal investigate anti-Semitism during Tottenham Hotspur game  BBC SportArsenal 'embarrassed' by fan who threw bottle at Dele Alli  SkySports'They got what they deserved' - Spurs defender takes aim at Arsenal after Carabao Cup win  Football.LondonDele Alli: Arsenal identify image of bottle-thrower during loss to Tottenham  BBC SportWatch: Dele Alli angers Granit Xhaka by embarrassing Petr Cech  PlanetFootballView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Troubling questions on Brexit troop plans

  20-12-2018 19:29
  One of the most alarming aspects of the government’s plans for a no-deal Brexit is the casual way in which ministers have declared that 3,500 troops are on standby to deal with “contingencies” (Business ‘watching in horror’ as PM plans for no-deal Brexit, 19 December).This was revealed by the defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, in a two-sentence statement lacking in detail or any attempt at a justification.Some assume that Gavin Williamson is thinking in terms of u
  
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• Pantomime politics and the real world

  20-12-2018 19:28
  Theresa May animated at the dispatch box.The “did he or didn’t he” over what Jeremy Corbyn actually mouthed at the PM in PMQs (‘Oh no he didn’t…’ Corbyn denies calling PM a ‘stupid woman’, 20 December) reminds me of the “fuddle duddle” that Pierre Trudeau claimed he mouthed at his opponents in the Canadian House of Commons on 16 February 1971 instead of what many observed to be far more Anglo-Saxon language.Two pop songs emerged
  
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• Mosquito devices treat young people like rodents, MSPs told

  20-12-2018 19:25
  The Scottish Youth Parliament wants a ban on the devices, which emit a sound only young people can hear and are used to deter anti-social behaviour.
  
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• 'Kinder politics': Jeremy Corbyn attacks 'stupid' Tory MPs - Telegraph.co.uk

  20-12-2018 19:24 via telegraph.co.uk
  'Kinder politics': Jeremy Corbyn attacks 'stupid' Tory MPs  Telegraph.co.uk'Stupid woman' row: media ignoring serious news, says Corbyn  The GuardianSky Data poll: Most think Jeremy Corbyn's alleged 'stupid woman' comment is not sexist  Sky NewsWhat the papers say – December 20 - ITV News  ITV NewsJeremy Corbyn attacks media over 'stupid woman' row as he highlights homeless man's death  Sky NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ministers urged to press Burma to ‘stop all abuses’ against Rohingya

  20-12-2018 19:20
  MPs raised their concerns in the final major Commons debate before the Christmas break.
  
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• Major security alert after man allegedly produces suspect device at hearing

  20-12-2018 19:13
  Security is under review after the incident at the Phoenix House complex in Dublin.
  
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• Britain accuses China of massive programme of industrial espionage

  20-12-2018 19:12
  Jeremy Hunt warned that the activities must stop.
  
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• US stock markets drop amid interest rates hike and looming shutdown - The Guardian

  20-12-2018 19:07 via theguardian.com
  US stock markets drop amid interest rates hike and looming shutdown  The GuardianDisappointing results spooked investors as US stock markets dropped more than 2%, with the S&P 500 languishing at 15-month lows.
  
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• Ivan Lewis: Suspended ex-Labour minister quits party over antisemitism concerns

  20-12-2018 19:05
  Ex-Labour minister Ivan Lewis has quit the party as he expressed doubts about Jeremy Corbyn's willingness to fight antisemitism.Mr Lewis, 51, has been suspended by Labour since November last year amid an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment.Among the allegations, it was reported last year that Mr Lewis touched a woman's leg and invited her to his house at a Labour Party event in 2010, when she was 19.
  
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• Medical colleges criticise charging migrants upfront for NHS care

  20-12-2018 19:04
  The groups want an independent review of how the policy affects migrants’ access to healthcare.Representatives of more than 70,000 doctors have urged ministers to suspend regulations that force hospitals to charge overseas visitors upfront for NHS care.Three royal medical colleges and one faculty say the charging regime is harming people’s health by deterring them from seeking NHS help when they fall ill.
  
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• UK's Transport Secretary lifts night-flying restriction at other airports - Sky News

  20-12-2018 19:01
  (Reuters) - UK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said he would temporarily lift night-flying restrictions at other airports in Britain, Sky News reported on Thursday.
  
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• 'Santa rout' as Fed fails to cheer markets - Sky News

  20-12-2018 19:01 via news.sky.com
  'Santa rout' as Fed fails to cheer markets  Sky NewsBy John-Paul Ford Rojas, business reporter. World stock markets are facing a "Santa rout" after the latest US interest rate rise sparked a renewed bout of ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Armed police officers ‘imperative to keep our cities safe’

  20-12-2018 19:00
  Patrick Maguire, lawyer for Westminster Bridge victim PC Brian Palmer’s widow Michelle, has welcomed recommendations by Chief Coroner Mark Lucraft.
  
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