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• Heathrow: police investigate after drone sighting disrupts flights

  08-01-2019 23:45
  The military were called in to protect the UK’s busiest airport as Scotland Yard said its officers were among those who had seen the device in the air.Police have opened an investigation after Heathrow airport was forced to ground departures because of a drone sighting – less than three weeks after a series of similar reports at Gatwick affected about 1,000 flights.The armed forces were called in to protect the UK’s busiest airport as Scotland Yard said on Tuesday evening its o
  
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• Labour And Tory Rebels Plot To Force May To Publish Updated Legal Advice On New Brexit 'Assurances'

  08-01-2019 23:43
  Labour is set to team up with rebel Tory MPs to force Theresa May to prove any
  
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• Tottenham 1-0 Chelsea, Carabao Cup - Harry Kane's penalty gives Spurs advantage

  08-01-2019 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Harry Kane's first-half penalty gives Tottenham a slender advantage after the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Wembley.
  
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• 'Military assistance' at Heathrow after drone sightings halt departures

  08-01-2019 23:28
  "Military assistance" will be provided at Heathrow Airport to help prevent any more drones from entering its airspace after flights were suspended.The Met Police said it is deploying "significant resources", including help from the military, to monitor the London hub airport after a drone was seen within the vicinity just after 5pm on Tuesday.Met Police Commander Stuart Cundy said police officers were among a number of people who saw the drone, and "extensive searches" are being carried out arou
  
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• Brexit: 20 Tory rebels inflict no-deal defeat on government

  08-01-2019 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Labour says a no-deal exit must be ruled out after 20 Tory rebels defy government in Commons vote.
  
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• Two killed, four injured, after car and bus collide

  08-01-2019 23:14
  The crash happened at about lunchtime in Bathgate, West Lothian.
  
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• Emergency services called after car reverses into cafe window

  08-01-2019 22:53
  No-one was injured.
  
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• Anna Soubry abuse and MP intimidation put to Parliament and police

  08-01-2019 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Police officers are expected to intervene and - if necessary - make arrests, Scotland Yard says.
  
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• Boy, 14, dies after stabbing in Waltham Forest, London

  08-01-2019 22:10
  A 14-year-old boy has died after a stabbing in northeast London, police have said.
  
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• World Bank warns of wider no-deal Brexit fallout

  08-01-2019 22:00
  A no-deal Brexit woudl sent shockwaves throughout Europe and further east into Belarus and Ukraine and south to North Africa and Turkey.A no-deal Brexit will have a negative economic impact from Moldova to Morocco, as the shockwaves sweep eastwards across Europe and through trade links to North Africa, the World Bank has warned.Unlike previous reports which focused on the UK and the 27 members of the European Union, the Washington-based organisation said nations from Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova
  
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• Cross-party alliance of MPs tells May: we will stop no-deal Brexit

  08-01-2019 21:59
  May has conceded to senior ministers she is on course to lose next week’s historic Brexit vote on leaving the EU.Theresa May faces a concerted campaign of parliamentary warfare from a powerful cross-party alliance of MPs determined to use every lever at their disposal to prevent Britain leaving the EU without a deal in March.Former staunch loyalist Sir Oliver Letwin signalled that he and other senior Conservatives would defy party whips, repeatedly if necessary, to avoid a no-deal Brexit,
  
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• Boy, 14, stabbed to death in north-east London street

  08-01-2019 21:43
  Police were called to reports of a collision, but found a teenager with knife wounds instead.
  
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• Moped crash boy stabbed to death in Waltham Forest

  08-01-2019 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are looking for three males who were in a car which crashed with the boy's moped.
  
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• Waltham Forest Stabbing: Boy, 14, Knifed To Death In North London

  08-01-2019 21:33
  A 14-year-old boy has died after he was found with stab injuries in north
  
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• Waltham Forest Stabbing: Boy, 14, Knifed To Death By Attackers Who Rammed His Moped

  08-01-2019 21:33
  A 14-year-old boy has died after he was stabbed by attackers who are believed
  
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• Tory rebels inflict Commons Brexit defeat on May

  08-01-2019 21:21
  MPs back amendment intended to limit the Government's tax-raising powers in the event of a no-deal break with the EU.
  
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• Boy, 14, and woman die in M58 crash

  08-01-2019 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  A 31-year-old HGV driver is arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
  
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• Disruption at Heathrow Airport after drone sightings

  08-01-2019 20:52
  Flights have resumed at Heathrow Airport after reports of drones forced departures to be temporarily suspended.It is understood that the airport's northern runway was closed following the sightings on Tuesday evening, while its other runway remained open.Scotland Yard said it "received reports of a sighting of a drone in the vicinity of Heathrow airport" at about 5.05pm.
  
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• Tory MPs rebel as Government suffers defeat over no-deal Brexit tax powers

  08-01-2019 20:48
  Sir Michael Fallon and Anna Soubry were among the 20 Tories to vote for Labour MP Yvette Cooper's amendment.
  
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• May defeated in parliament, MPs create new obstacle to no-deal Brexit

  08-01-2019 20:28
  British Prime Minister Theresa May's government suffered a defeat in parliament on Tuesday when MPs who oppose leaving the European Union without an accord won a vote on creating a new obstacle to a no-deal Brexit.The 303 to 296 defeat means that the government needs explicit parliamentary approval to leave the EU without a deal before it can use certain powers relating to taxation law.The defeat highlights May's weak position as leader of a minority government, a divided party, and a critical p
  
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• Heathrow proposes extra 25,000 flights per year ahead of new runway opening

  08-01-2019 20:23
  Heathrow wants to accommodate an extra 25,000 flights per year ahead of the planned opening of a new runway at the airport.The bid to build a third runway moved a step closer last summer when the government easily won a vote on the proposal.Heathrow wants thousands more flights to be in operation before the runway opens, which would require an easing of the current cap of 480,000 annual journeys - imposed as a condition of Terminal 5 opening.
  
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• Drone sightings temporarily halt Heathrow departures

  08-01-2019 20:23
  Police are working with airport bosses to find out what happened.
  
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• No-deal Brexit: Can Parliament stop it?

  08-01-2019 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Cross-party MPs have tabled an amendment to make a no-deal Brexit more difficult.
  
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• Failing Grayling is a method loser worthy of an Oscar

  08-01-2019 20:11
  Chris Grayling is a cabinet minister who serves a purpose in making others look less mediocre.If Chris Grayling didn’t exist, would you be able to create him?When Theresa May appointed Grayling as transport secretary, she did so in the belief she was sidelining him into a job in which he could do little damage.
  
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• Brexit deal voting to begin at 1900 GMT on January 15 - Labour Party

  08-01-2019 20:10
  LONDON (Reuters) - British MPs will begin voting on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal at 1900 GMT on Jan. 15, the opposition Labour Party said on Tuesday, citing a copy of the provisional schedule for the debate.
  
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• Union will recommend rejection of revised local authority pay offer

  08-01-2019 20:00
  Unite highlighted concerns that the deal does not include a ‘trigger clause’ to re-open talks if Brexit leads to a rise in inflation.
  
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• Government Defeated As Senior Tories Rebel In Bid To Block No-Deal Brexit

  08-01-2019 20:00
  Parliament once again took back control of Brexit on Tuesday night as senior
  
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• Drone reports temporarily halt flights from London's Heathrow

  08-01-2019 19:58
  Flights from London's Heathrow airport were halted for about an hour on Tuesday after reports of a drone sighting near Europe's busiest air hub, raising fears that the chaos that affected rival Gatwick last month could be repeated on an even larger scale."We are responding to a drone sighting at Heathrow," the airport said.London's Metropolitan Police said they had received reports of a drone near the airport at about 1705 GMT on Tuesday, which they were investigating with airport authorities.
  
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• Delays at Heathrow after drone causes runway closure

  08-01-2019 19:53
  Flights have resumed at Heathrow Airport after departures were cancelled when a drone sighting was reported.It is understood that the northern runway was closed, while the other one remained open.Scotland Yard said it "received reports of a sighting of a drone in the vicinity of Heathrow airport" at about 5.05pm.
  
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• NHS cash is welcome but is it all an illusion?

  08-01-2019 19:47
  ‘The only way to judge NHS funding is to compare it with other western countries,’ writes Prof Colin Pritchard from Bournemouth University.The logjam in the political debate on how to finance our welfare state, and particularly the NHS, is described clearly by Rafael Behr (At the heart of the NHS cash boost lies a dishonesty: tax, 8 January).The way to break this logjam and reach a satisfactory funding settlement for the welfare state is to initiate a regular “strategic welfare
  
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• Exercise didn’t disappear with the Greeks and Romans

  08-01-2019 19:46
  Fencing has been around a long time, writes Dr Tessa Storey.Vybarr Cregan-Reid’s discussion of exercise cheerfully, but erroneously, claims that “After the Greeks and Romans, exercise all but disappeared from western culture.It didn’t resurface properly until the 18th century” (The long read, 3 January).
  
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• Anna Soubry abuse reflects the deplorable state of politics today

  08-01-2019 19:46
  It is also reprehensible that Stephen Barclay, the Brexit secretary, should suggest that this incident underlines the case for accepting Theresa May’s deal, as if this were a panacea for healing the rift brought about by the policies of his own government.Today, in that same square police allow the hounding of people and the shouting of abuse, including openly racist abuse, even at the police.
  
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• ‘The police are after all of us’: pro-Brexit protesters ditch yellow vests

  08-01-2019 19:43
  Such was the official fuss after “yellow vest” protesters harassed and verbally abused Anna Soubry outside parliament, that a day later the few activists who had turned up again were being so low key they had not even donned their trademark garments.With police having promised to respond to any future incidents, six police vans were parked opposite parliament and officers greatly outnumbered the men, some of whom identified themselves instead with union flag bobble hats.The outcry ha
  
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• 'The police are after all of us': pro-Brexit protesters ditch yellow vests

  08-01-2019 19:43
  Such was the official fuss after “yellow vest” protesters harassed and verbally abused Anna Soubry outside parliament, that a day later the few activists who had turned up again were being so low key they had not even donned their trademark garments.With police having promised to respond to any future incidents, six police vans were parked opposite parliament and officers greatly outnumbered the men, some of whom identified themselves instead with union flag bobble hats.The outcry ha
  
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• Council to consider action over new plaque on Omagh bomb memorial

  08-01-2019 19:39
  Kevin Skelton, who lost his wife Philomena in the 1998 blast, said he added it because he wanted what happened at Omagh to be remembered.
  
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• MP Anna Soubry responds to "Nazi" chant abuse

  08-01-2019 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The MP Anna Soubry warns of a "threat to democracy" from protesters who chanted "Nazi" at her.
  
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• Limit prosecutions of army veterans, says top human rights lawyer

  08-01-2019 19:36
  A statute of limitations could be used to prevent prosecution of military veterans for less serious historical offences, a leading human rights lawyer has suggested.Appearing before the Commons defence select committee, Martyn Day called for independent investigators – rather than the Royal Military Police (RMP) – to look into serious allegations of abuse.
  
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• 'Impossible' That Seaborne Freight's Brexit Ferries Will Be Ready In Time For Exit Day

  08-01-2019 19:35
  Chris Grayling's plan to run ferries between Kent and Belgium to bring in
  
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• Heathrow airport 'drone sighting' leads to brief runway closure

  08-01-2019 19:34
  The UK’s busiest airport, Heathrow, has been forced to ground departures for more than an hour because of a reported drone sighting – less than three weeks after a series of similar reports at Gatwick grounded about 1,000 flights.A Heathrow spokeswoman said the runway closure was undertaken as a precautionary measure shortly after 5pm, as staff at the airport worked with the Metropolitan police to investigate the report.While the disruption at the west of London airport on Tuesday ev
  
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• Sinn Fein councillor being subjected to abuse at meetings, vice president claims

  08-01-2019 19:25
  Patrice Hardy sits on the unionist-dominated Mid and East Antrim Council.
  
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• Heathrow flights grounded after drone sighting

  08-01-2019 19:22
  The airport announced it was taking the precautionary measure.
  
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• Venezuela launches WTO challenge to U.S. sanctions

  08-01-2019 19:16
  Venezuela has launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization to challenge U.S. sanctions, saying that a ban on travel by blacklisted individuals and trade restrictions break WTO rules, a WTO filing showed on Tuesday.In its second-ever WTO complaint, filed on Dec. 28, Venezuela also cited U.S. rules on sales of gold and discriminatory treatment of Venezuela's debt and transactions in digital currency as breaches of the international rules.
  
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• Eleven pet French bulldogs stolen from home

  08-01-2019 19:12
  The pets' owners are said to be 'devastated' following the burglary in which a Mercedes car was also stolen.
  
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• Stormont ‘veto’ on post-Brexit trade rules unacceptable, says Sinn Fein

  08-01-2019 19:04
  Michelle O'Neill said the DUP and Brexiteers were living in 'fantasy land' if they thought the EU would drop the backstop.
  
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• Share a tip on affordable winter sun for the chance to win a £200 hotel voucher

  08-01-2019 19:02 via theguardian.com
  Tell us about budget ways to dodge the rain and cold – destinations, things to do and places to eat and stayWith Christmas and New Year over, the months ahead can seem a grind of grey skies and cold winds. So we’d love to hear about ways you’ve escaped the British winter – without spending a fortune.You may have basked in January heat in the Canaries or southern Med, soaked up souks in north Africa, or snagged a bargain flight to a balmy destination in Asia. We’re l
  
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• Sturgeon urged to publish details of talks with Salmond during complaints probe

  08-01-2019 19:01
  Opposition parties questioned the First Minister's contact with her predecessor during an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations.
  
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• ‘Staggering’ rise in A&E patients waiting more than four hours

  08-01-2019 18:56
  A total of 143,038 patients waited in Accident and Emergency departments longer than the four-hour target, the latest figures reveal.
  
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• Heathrow Flights Resume After Drone Sightings

  08-01-2019 18:55
  Flights have resumed at Heathrow following reports of a drone sighting on
  
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• Excess winter deaths tally in Northern Ireland has more than doubled since 2015

  08-01-2019 18:53
  NI has the highest level of fuel poverty in the UK, lobbyists have said.
  
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• Man fatally shot by police died from single gunshot wound to chest

  08-01-2019 18:52
  Sean Fitzgerald was killed after West Midlands stormed a property in Coventry on January 4.
  
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