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• Man charged with murder of ex-partner found dead in West Bromwich

  06-01-2019 23:58
  Police had launched a manhunt for Michael Foran.
  
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• Police charge ex-boyfriend of June Jones with her murder

  06-01-2019 23:47 via theguardian.com
  Michael Foran accused of killing Jones, who was found dead on New Year’s EveA man has been charged with murder after his ex-girlfriend was found dead on New Year’s Eve. Continue reading...
  
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• Ex-Boyfriend Of June Jones Charged With Her Murder After Police Manhunt

  06-01-2019 23:37
  A man who was hunted by police after his ex-girlfriend was found dead has been
  
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• Tottenham Ladies player says opponent made monkey noises at her

  06-01-2019 23:27 via theguardian.com
  FA launches inquiry after Renée Hector says she was racially abusedThe Football Association has launched an investigation after a Tottenham Hotspur Ladies footballer alleged monkey noises were directed at her by an opposition player during a game on Sunday.The Spurs centre-back Renée Hector said on Twitter that the noises had been made by a Sheffield United player during Tottenham’s 2-1 victory in the FA Women’s Championship. Continue reading...
  
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• Manhunt review – a sober, responsible drama about the murder of three young females by Levi Bellfield

  06-01-2019 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Martin Clunes plays an ordinary detective who heads up an extraordinary investigation into the killing of Amélie Delagrange, Milly Dowler and Marsha McDonnellI understand the calls for fewer dramas that use as their jumping-off place the murders of young women. Dramas in which the lineaments of a luminescent, semi-naked-to-a-carefully-contracted-degree, smooth-fleshed, blood-spattered female corpse are traced by a slow-moving camera to galvanise the tortured protagonist to push himself ev
  
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• Les Misérables episode two recap – simply electric

  06-01-2019 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Andrew Davies’ drama hits its stride majestically with Olivia Colman’s evil twin, superhuman cart-carrying and a jaw-dropping hair and teeth dealerSpoiler alert: this recap is for people watching Les Misérables on the BBC. Please do not read on if you are not up to date.Well that was emotional. Ride like the wind, Jean Valjean and save the (probably-actually-not-all-that) innocent man in Arras. Feel the searing pain of the hot coin of shame in your palm. Behold the memory of y
  
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• Two charged after stabbing on crowded Surrey train

  06-01-2019 22:40
  Two people have been charged after a 52-year-old man was stabbed to death in front of his son on a crowded train in Surrey.Darren Pencille, 35, from Farnham, has been charged with the murder of Lee Pomeroy following the stabbing on Friday, British Transport Police said.Chelsea Mitchell, 27, of Willbury Road, Farnham, has been charged with assisting an offender.
  
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• Family’s relief as girl snatched in car by ‘Gumtree buyer’ found safe

  06-01-2019 22:39
  Maria Tudorica was abducted by the man who made a getaway in the Audi A5 from a street in Manor Park, east London.
  
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• Girl, 1, found after being taken during car theft

  06-01-2019 22:38
  Maria Tudorica's uncle confirmed to Sky News that she was safe and said she was "perfect, perfect, perfect".During the hours Maria was missing hundreds of people had tweeted appeals to find her, using the hashtag #findmaria.Within an hour of the appeal being made, local search parties had been organised, with some people wearing hi-vis jackets as they helped to look for Maria.
  
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• Wayne Rooney’s intoxication arrest ‘due to sleeping tablet disorientation’

  06-01-2019 22:37
  The 33-year-old was arrested on December 16 at Washington's Dulles airport, near the stadium for his current team, DC United.
  
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• Man charged with murder over father’s train death

  06-01-2019 22:22
  Lee Pomeroy was travelling with his 14-year-old son on Friday afternoon when he was attacked.
  
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• Wayne Rooney blames arrest for intoxication on sleeping tablets

  06-01-2019 22:21
  Wayne Rooney was arrested on public intoxication and swearing charges in the US before Christmas - but the footballer has blamed sleeping pills.The former Manchester United player, who now plays for US team DC United, was charged on 16 December.According to Virginia court records, Rooney was fined £25 and had to pay £91 costs.
  
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• Theresa May pleads for EU to give ground and rescue Brexit deal

  06-01-2019 22:20
  Theresa May has promised to hold the meaningful vote in the week beginning 14 January.Theresa May is preparing to make another desperate plea to EU leaders to offer a concession on the Irish backstop as she attempts to win over Brexiters who have vowed to vote down the government’s deal.The prime minister on Sunday promised to hold the meaningful vote in parliament in the week beginning 14 January despite growing opposition from Conservative backbenchers and the Democratic Unionist party,
  
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• Surrey Train Stabbing: Man, 35, Charged With Murder Of Lee Pomeroy

  06-01-2019 22:16
  A man has been charged with the murder of Lee Pomeroy who died after he was
  
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• Man charged with murder over Surrey train stabbing

  06-01-2019 22:14
  Lee Pomeroy was stabbed to death on board a train on Friday.A man has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 51-year-old father on a London-bound train on Friday.Darren Shane Pencille, 35, from Farnham in Surrey, has been charged with murder and possession of an offensive weapon in connection with the death of Lee Pomeroy on board a train from Guildford.
  
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• £210m child tax credits unclaimed, Labour say

  06-01-2019 21:59
  Scottish Labour said unclaimed child tax credits worth £210 million was 'simply scandalous'.
  
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• How I fell in love with romance novels | Calla Wahlquist

  06-01-2019 21:37 via theguardian.com
  I know I match an unkind stereotype and that to say I like romance is to invite people to dismiss me as frivolous and silly
  Journalism is a good career for the perpetually anxious. It doesn’t allow time to dwell on failures and expands to fill all available space, meaning you can ignore everything that isn’t work. This is quite relaxing until suddenly it isn’t.I have a number of techniques for dealing with the frittering restlessness that follows. Watching four seasons of a tel
  
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• Girl snatched by stranger who stole car found ‘safe and well’

  06-01-2019 21:15
  Police were searching for Maria Tudorica after a prospective buyer for the Audi A5 drove off with the vehicle while she was inside.
  
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• FA Cup third round serves up shocks as Barnet, Oldham and Newport strike

  06-01-2019 21:07 via theguardian.com
  • Barnet will be lowest-ranked team in fourth-round draw
  • Oldham and Newport beat Premier League oppositionDarren Currie, the Barnet caretaker manager, praised the fearlessness of his side after they provided the biggest shock of the day in the FA Cup to reach the fourth round by beating Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. Related: Shaquile Coulthirst fires Barnet to shock FA Cup win over Sheffield UnitedContinue reading...
  
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• Haggis cupcake is judges’ favourite

  06-01-2019 21:00
  The creation of butcher Alistair Bruce has won an industry award.
  
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• 'Sonic attack' on US embassy in Havana could have been crickets, say scientists

  06-01-2019 20:58 via theguardian.com
  Noise which saw diplomats complaining of headaches and nausea could be song of Indies short-tailed cricketThe US embassy in Havana more than halved its staff in 2017 when diplomats complained of headaches, nausea and other ailments after hearing penetrating noises in their homes and nearby hotels.The mysterious wave of illness fuelled speculation that the staff had been targeted by an acoustic weapon. It was an explanation that appeared to gain weight when an audio recording of a persistent, hig
  
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• Urgent appeal as car stolen with girl, one, inside

  06-01-2019 20:35
  Police are urgently appealing for help tracing a one-year-old girl who was in a car when it was stolen in Newham, east London.
  
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• The NHS 10-year plan: what we already know

  06-01-2019 20:27 via theguardian.com
  Changes will include a mental health overhaul and advances in diabetes careAs the government prepares to unveil its 10-year-plan for the NHS on Monday, here are some of the details we already know about. Continue reading...
  
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• Wayne Rooney arrested for being drunk and swearing in public in US

  06-01-2019 20:21
  Wayne Rooney was arrested on public intoxication and swearing charges in the US before Christmas.The former Manchester United player, who now plays for US team DC United, was charged on 16 December.According to Virginia court records, Rooney was fined £25 and had to pay £91 costs.
  
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• Girl snatched by stranger who stole father’s car, police say

  06-01-2019 20:17
  The black Audi was found abandoned without the child.
  
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• Violence continues in Brazilian state despite security force presence

  06-01-2019 20:12 via theguardian.com
  Deployment yet to yield results as vehicles and petrol stations are attacked across CearáAttacks including fire-bombings that has swept across Brazil’s north-east state of Ceará have continued despite the deployment of at least 300 members of the elite National Public Security Force to help bring an end to days of violence in the region.Ceará’s public security department said buses and cars were set alight and petrol stations were attacked on Sunday in state capi
  
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• Seaborne Freight: Ramsgate Port 'Will Not Be Ready In Time For No-Deal Brexit', Says Councillor

  06-01-2019 20:03
  Ramsgate Port will not be ready in time to welcome extra ferry services in the
  
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• Amond’s late penalty gives Newport County shock FA Cup win over Leicester

  06-01-2019 19:33 via theguardian.com
  The magic of the FA Cup is alive and well in this corner of south Wales. Newport County, 74 places below Leicester City on the league ladder, served up a giantkilling that will be talked about for years to come in these parts as Jamille Matt and Pádraig Amond scored the goals that inflicted a humiliating defeat on Claude Puel’s side.There were wild scenes at the final whistle as Newport celebrated their first victory over top-flight opposition in the FA Cup since 1964. Michael Flynn
  
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• The Guardian view on privacy: a fundamental human right | Editorial

  06-01-2019 19:30 via theguardian.com
  Hundreds of German politicians have had their personal details leaked online. They are entitled to their privacyThe discovery of a comprehensive hack of private documents from German politicians, artists and journalists might once have been the subject of considerable outrage. Indeed, Angela Merkel’s spokesman described the attack as “very very serious” and it was not just the newspaper that first published the story which got excited. But if this was an attack on democracy, it
  
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• Toddler Taken As Car Was Stolen In Newham, East London, Is Found Safe And Well

  06-01-2019 19:26
  A toddler who went missing after a thief stole the car she was sitting inside
  
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• Girl, 2, Taken As Car Stolen In Newham, East London

  06-01-2019 19:26
  Police are searching for a two-year-old girl who was inside her father's black
  
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• The Guardian view on the Orthodox schism: theology and low politics | Editorial

  06-01-2019 19:25 via theguardian.com
  Splitting the Ukrainian church from Moscow is an attempt to build an independent nationThe Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who reigns in Constantinople, has a magnificent title which corresponds to almost nothing on earth. Although he represents an unbroken tradition of almost 2,000 years of Christianity, Constantinople has been the Muslim city of Istanbul since 1453 and there are now fewer than 3,000 Orthodox Christians living there. Although his title is a claim to universal authority in the
  
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• Will it be a black woman who turfs Trump out of the White House? | Richard Wolffe

  06-01-2019 19:23 via theguardian.com
  Democrat Kamala Harris embodies the driving force behind the party’s electoral surge. She may be their best bet for 2020
  Life, as Donald Trump has known it for the last two years, has just changed forever. Quagmired in a government shutdown of his own making, Trump’s ability to manipulate his world is already severely constrained in this very new year. The more he struggles against his new surroundings, the more he sinks.Last week the president could only watch his beloved cable news
  
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• Wayne Rooney arrested in US for public intoxication, police say

  06-01-2019 19:19
  He was taken into custody on December 16.
  
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• Our uncivil war over Brexit was fuelled by deceit, not one oddball | Anne Perkins

  06-01-2019 19:19 via theguardian.com
  James Graham’s Brexit drama foregrounds the crucial role of Dominic Cummings. But there was more to it than thatRight on cue, as the witching hour of Brexit closes in, we are offered an opportunity to reflect on the forces that brought us to this state of national disarray and division. One of the most eye-catching things about James Graham’s drama Brexit: The Uncivil War (screened on Channel 4 tomorrow evening), is that David Cameron proved too dull to make the final draft. The auth
  
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• Two British special forces soldiers injured by Isis in Syria

  06-01-2019 19:17 via theguardian.com
  Attack comes after Trump said he would withdraw US troops as ‘we have defeated Isis’Two British special forces soldiers have been seriously injured in a missile attack by Islamic State in eastern Syria while fighting alongside Kurdish forces, according to reports.The casualties are the first known injuries to coalition soldiers from the west in Syria since the US president, Donald Trump, said Isis had been defeated in the country and that American troops would be withdrawn. Continue
  
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• US and China to resume trade talks with both eager for compromise

  06-01-2019 19:14 via theguardian.com
  Fresh round of negotiations comes as Chinese economy shows signs of a slowdown US and Chinese officials will meet in the first face-to-face negotiations since a 90-day truce was declared in a trade war between Washington and Beijing, in the hope of ending a bruising confrontation between the world’s two largest economies.After failing to reach an agreement in December when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met, both sides agreed to suspend tariff increases while holding talks on technology trans
  
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• Wayne Rooney arrested in US for public intoxication and swearing

  06-01-2019 19:12 via theguardian.com
  England player blames ‘disorientation’ due to sleeping tablets for airport arrest and is fined $25 England’s all-time-leading scorer Wayne Rooney was arrested in the US accused of public intoxication and swearing at a Washington DC airport, it has emerged.The former Manchester United star, who currently plays for the Major League Soccer team DC United in America, was taken into custody on 16 December in Virginia, according to court records. He was released on his own recognisan
  
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• Charles Darwin's ailments are 'typical of Lyme disease' in UK

  06-01-2019 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Naturalist’s symptoms of diarrhoea, rashes, palpitations and flatulence could have been tick infection, say researchersHe travelled the world studying exotic creatures in dangerous lands, but the disease that marred Charles Darwin’s life may have been caught closer to home as he trudged around Britain collecting insects, shooting birds, and picking up stones, researchers say.The Victorian naturalist who gave the world the theory of evolution is a strong contender for the most famousl
  
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• Wayne Rooney Arrested For Being Drunk And Swearing In Public In America

  06-01-2019 18:58
  Wayne Rooney was arrested in the US accused of public intoxication, police
  
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• Wayne Rooney Arrested For 'Public Intoxication' In America

  06-01-2019 18:58
  Wayne Rooney was arrested in the US accused of public intoxication, police
  
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• Chris Grayling’s record of catastrophic failures

  06-01-2019 18:46
  Grayling was no more knowledgeable about criminal justice matters than he is a ‘specialist in rail matters’, says one reader.In any other government it would have been truly amazing that he was put in charge of transport, particularly given his spectacular failures as minister of justice.Owen Jones alludes to his record of “blunders” and “disaster” but I think his virtual destruction of a gold star probation service in 2013/14 needs to be spelt out.
  
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• Government delays approval of full Universal Credit roll-out

  06-01-2019 18:45
  The prime minister stressed ministers are "learning through this process" but insisted Universal Credit would be implemented in full by December 2023 as planned.It comes after new Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd steered away from seeking MPs' consent to move the total three million existing welfare claimants to Universal Credit.Ms Rudd will no longer seek the House of Commons' approval, in a vote due soon, to move all welfare claimants to Universal Credit until the pilot scheme is deemed
  
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• Sixty-one-year-old woman fights off attempted handbag snatchers

  06-01-2019 18:40
  Two men attempted to snatch a 61-year-old woman's handbag as she walked home from Asda in Livingston.
  
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• UK Weather: Yellow Weather Warning Of Up To 75mph Gale Force Winds

  06-01-2019 18:30
  Gale force winds are set to bring misery to parts of Britain.
  
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• Disney spent £100m making the new Mary Poppins in the UK

  06-01-2019 18:30 via theguardian.com
  Sequel has already grossed £30m, bring some Christmas cheer to Britain’s box officesDisney has revealed it spent nearly £100m making Mary Poppins Returns, the sequel to the 1964 classic starring Julie Andrews, in Britain.The film, with Emily Blunt playing the eponymous nanny, brought some Christmas cheer to the British box office grossing £30m since it was released two weeks ago. London is also a star in the film, with some of the capital’s most famous landmarks use
  
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• Trump aides may be in legal jeopardy as Democrats give evidence to Mueller

  06-01-2019 18:27 via theguardian.com
  Adam Schiff says he will hand over transcripts of interviews withheld by Republicans when they controlled committeeDonald Trump Jr and long-term Trump aide Roger Stone face a heightened threat of criminal charges as Democrats on Capitol Hill prepare to hand evidence to Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Related: Trump threatens national emergency in 'next few days' over wall and shutdownContinue reading...
  
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• Live in Hope, die in Caergwrle

  06-01-2019 18:25
  Peter Leach says the world’s hottest destinations will get even hotter thanks to air travel. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
  
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• Police spy misleads inquiry about sexual relations with women

  06-01-2019 18:07 via theguardian.com
  Undercover officer with fake name denied two relationships but then changed storyA police spy appears to have misled a public inquiry about sexual relationships he had with two women while he was undercover.The undercover officer initially told the inquiry he had not had sexual relationships with the two women while using the fake name of James Straven. Continue reading...
  
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• Yellow weather warning of up to 75mph gale force winds

  06-01-2019 17:56
  The Met Office says very strong winds are expected to hit on Monday and Tuesday.
  
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