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• Man charged with murder of Jaden Moodie, 14, in east London

  19-01-2019 23:57
  A man has been charged with the murder of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie in east London.Jaden was stabbed after being knocked off a moped in what police have described as a targeted attack on 8 January.Detectives investigating the killing said Ayoub Majdouline, 18, of no fixed address but from the Wembley area, has been charged with murder.
  
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• Prince Philip given ‘words of advice’ after being pictured without seatbelt

  19-01-2019 23:56
  The Duke of Edinburgh was seen back behind the wheel two days after a dramatic collision which saw his car roll on to its side.
  
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• Theresa May to brief Cabinet on cross-party Brexit talks

  19-01-2019 23:30
  It comes as Liam Fox warned failing to deliver on the 2016 vote to leave the EU could result in a 'political tsunami'.
  
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• Police speak to Prince Philip after he is pictured driving without seatbelt two days after crash

  19-01-2019 23:16
  Police have spoken to the Duke of Edinburgh after he was pictured driving without a seatbelt just 48 hours after his car crash.Photos published on Saturday showed Prince Philip behind the wheel of a Land Rover Freelander on the Queen's Sandringham estate.A Norfolk Constabulary spokeswoman said the force was aware of the photographs and that "suitable words of advice have been given to the driver".
  
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• Diane Abbott condemns ‘unfair’ treatment on Question Time

  19-01-2019 23:11
  The shadow home secretary has claimed presenter Fiona Bruce had the wrong figures when the panel debated current party polling.
  
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• Suspected car bomb explodes outside Derry/Londonderry court house

  19-01-2019 22:43
  A suspected car bomb has exploded outside a court house in Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland.A photo, tweeted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), showed what appears to be a vehicle on fire in the city centre just after 8pm.The tweet also warns members of the public that Bishop Street is closed.
  
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• Suspected car bomb explodes in Londonderry

  19-01-2019 22:16
  The incident took place close to a courthouse on Bishop Street in the city.
  
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• Northern Irish police report suspected car bomb in Londonderry

  19-01-2019 22:06
  BELFAST (Reuters) - Police in Northern Ireland reported a suspect car bombing in Londonderry on Saturday and urged people to stay away from Bishop Street in the centre of the city.
  
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• Labour MP shares pictures of son after she delayed birth for Brexit vote

  19-01-2019 21:38
  The MP for Hampstead and Kilburn gave birth to her son, Raphael Mujib StJohn Percy, two days after the vote.
  
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• Ministers agree to consider Lib Dem plans for new referendum

  19-01-2019 21:28
  Cabinet ministers involved in cross-party talks on how to break the Brexit deadlock have given the first indication that they are prepared to examine plans for a potential second referendum on the UK’s departure from the EU, according to the Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Vince Cable.The offer to examine a possible timetable for a second vote drawn up by the Lib Dems was made during discussions between senior Liberal Democrats and two cabinet ministers involved in the talks, Michael Gove and
  
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• How to see the super wolf blood moon in UK skies on Monday morning

  19-01-2019 21:25
  Britons will need to rise early on Monday morning if they want to see one of the most spectacular astronomical events of the year - a super wolf blood moon.Depending on weather conditions, amateur astronomers in the UK will be able to witness a total eclipse of the moon for the last time until 2029.It will be visible in the western part of the sky as it begins to set, and will be visible to anyone who is able to see the full moon.
  
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• Ministers urged to halt right-to-buy scheme

  19-01-2019 21:12
  A council estate in south-east London is one of those affected by the government’s sell-off of social housing.Ministers are facing calls to shelve Margaret Thatcher’s totemic right-to-buy scheme after a devastating analysis revealed that more than 40% of council houses sold under its terms in London are now privately rented.There are several London boroughs where more than half the houses sold through the policy are now in the hands of private landlords.
  
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• Two dead after contracting pigeon droppings infection at Glasgow hospital

  19-01-2019 20:34
  Two patients have died after contracting a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings at a Glasgow hospital.Health officials are investigating the death of one patient at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, with the cause still to be determined.Officials immediately put in place control measures at the hospital after the two cases of cryptococcus were detected.
  
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• Voters would back remaining in EU over May's Brexit deal

  19-01-2019 20:32
  The Channel Tunnel entrance in France. The poll found that in a referendum offering Theresa May’s deal and remaining in the EU, 45% would choose the latter. Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
  
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• Two patients die after contracting pigeon droppings infection at hospital

  19-01-2019 19:44
  An investigation has been launched by the health board after the cases emerged at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
  
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• Prince Philip 'pictured driving again' after crash

  19-01-2019 19:25
  The Duke of Edinburgh is reported to have been photographed driving a new Land Rover as it emerged that police and councillors had clashed over plans to install speed cameras before he was involved in a car crash on Thursday.The photographs, taken on Saturday afternoon, appeared to show Prince Philip, wearing dark glasses and no seatbelt, back behind the wheel of a new Freelander on the Queen’s Sandringham estate.Buckingham Palace did not immediately comment on the images.
  
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• Masked robber armed with shotgun targets shop

  19-01-2019 19:18
  The attacker targeted a Co-op branch in Yeovil, Somerset, and stole cash and tobacco products.
  
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• UK weather forecast: Cold snap to last 'well into February' with temperatures plunging to -10C

  19-01-2019 18:40
  The UK is set to shiver for weeks after forecasters warned the country is facing a prolonged spell of cold weather which will last "well into February".The Met Office says a "wintry mix of showers" will move across the country next week, bringing snow, sleet and hail - with temperatures expected to plunge as low as -10C (14F) in places.Met Office meteorologist Emma Smith said a ridge of high pressure is expected to move into the UK on Sunday night into Monday morning, with temperatures in Scotla
  
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• Duke of Edinburgh ‘pictured driving Land Rover’ two days after crash

  19-01-2019 18:36
  Photographs appear to show Philip wearing sunglasses at the wheel of a new Freelander but no seatbelt.
  
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• Two patients contract pigeon droppings infection at Glasgow hospital

  19-01-2019 18:17
  Two patients have contracted a fungal infection linked to pigeon droppings at a hospital in Glasgow.Officials immediately put in place control measures at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after two cases of cryptococcus were detected.The infection is caused by inhaling the fungus cryptococcus, primarily found in soil and pigeon droppings.
  
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• Police condemn ‘senseless and callous’ murder of father-of-two

  19-01-2019 18:17
  Detective Chief Inspector Geoff Boyce said there is currently no clear motive for the shooting.
  
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• Teens arrested and charged after pills make 10 pupils ill at Dunfermline High School

  19-01-2019 17:50
  Four of those who required treatment from paramedics were taken to hospital after the alarm was raised just after lunchtime on Friday at Dunfermline High School in Fife.The Scottish Ambulance Service said six of the pupils were treated at the scene after they took the unknown substance, which is believed to have been consumed outside the school grounds.Emergency services have released few details about what happened, with a Scottish Ambulance Service spokesman only confirming that it had been ca
  
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• Fresh plea over 1993 murder of policeman as detectives close in on killers

  19-01-2019 17:36
  Constable Michael Ferguson, 21, was shot dead by the IRA in Londonderry while attending a call-out about a shop theft.
  
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• Woman, 80, dies following Co Down road crash

  19-01-2019 17:35
  Police have named the pensioner as Jean Osborne and appealed for information about the incident.
  
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• Labour willing to have ‘intelligent’ Brexit conversation with PM – Watson

  19-01-2019 17:25
  Jeremy Corbyn is the only Westminster party leader to have refused to meet the Prime Minister so far.
  
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• Brexit 'crossover day': Survey which claims Remain would now win fuels controversy

  19-01-2019 17:18
  Britain has reached the tipping point where the nation moves from being pro to anti-Brexit, according to pollsters.Number crunchers have calculated that based on demographic trends alone, with no one changing their mind, enough Leave voters will have died and enough Remain supporters will have reached voting age to wipe out the majority of around 1.3 million recorded back in June 2016.This led to a swift rebuke from Caroline Flint, a Labour MP for a Brexit-backing Doncaster seat, who branded her
  
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• Starmer: Labour 'must keep open' option of second referendum

  19-01-2019 17:04
  Labour must keep open the option of a second EU referendum with remain on the ballot paper, Keir Starmer has said.After Theresa May’s Brexit deal was overwhelmingly voted down on Tuesday, leaving Labour as potential kingmakers in shaping the nature of Britain’s exit from the European Union, the shadow Brexit secretary said Labour must either instruct the government to negotiate a close economic relationship with the EU based on a customs union, or campaign for a further public vote.
  
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• Brexit: Labour 'must keep open' option of second referendum

  19-01-2019 17:04
  Labour must keep open the option of a second EU referendum with remain on the ballot paper, Keir Starmer has said.After Theresa May’s Brexit deal was overwhelmingly voted down on Tuesday, leaving Labour as potential kingmakers in shaping the nature of Britain’s exit from the European Union, the shadow Brexit secretary said Labour must either instruct the government to negotiate a close economic relationship with the EU based on a customs union, or campaign for a further public vote.
  
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• #FirefightingSexism: Four-year-old inspires global firewomen campaign

  19-01-2019 17:03
  West Midlands Fire Service took action for Esme, four, who thought only men could be firefighters.
  
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• Police warned that cameras were needed on road where Prince Philip crashed

  19-01-2019 17:00
  Prince Philip’s car crash in Norfolk last week has reignited the debate around road safety after it emerged police and councillors had clashed over plans to install speed cameras where the accident occurred.On Friday, the day after a Land Rover driven by the Queen’s 97-year-old husband was in collision with a Kia carrying two women, aged 28 and 45, and a baby, Norfolk County Council’s environment, development and transport committee approved the installation of cameras on the b
  
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• Belfast site named after women who campaigned against plastic bullets

  19-01-2019 16:54
  Groves Reilly Corner has been named in honour of the late Emma Groves and her friend Clara Reilly.
  
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• Thousands urge Home Office to halt removal of elderly Iranian couple

  19-01-2019 16:44
  The children, grandchildren and great-grandchild of Mozaffar Saberi and Rezvan Habibimarand all live in Scotland.
  
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• Black police paid less as ethnic pay gap widens, Met figures show

  19-01-2019 15:10
  The Met has 37,527 employees of which 6,349 are black, Asian and minority ethic (BAME).The pay gap in the Metropolitan police between white officers and their black and Asian counterparts has widened in the past year despite promises to close the divide, new figures have shown.A Met study of average wages found that black and Asian police officers working in London were paid £1.80 an hour less than their white colleagues last year, compared with £1.52 in 2017.
  
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• Concern grows over missing man with dementia

  19-01-2019 15:09
  Allan Burns, 71, has not been seen since Friday afternoon.
  
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• Is the ‘Croydon cat killer’ a fox – or a human still at large?

  19-01-2019 14:52
  Killings were not the work of foxes, say vets.Police officers, vets and an animal rescue organisation believe that the killing and mutilation of some cats, rabbits and other animals across parts of England are the result of human involvement, even though a major police investigation has found no evidence to support that claim.Just over 100 days after the Metropolitan police closed its investigation into the “Croydon cat killer”, declaring that the deaths and mutilation of scores of c
  
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• Watch Amur tigers experience snow for the first time at Knowsley Safari Park

  19-01-2019 14:42
  The park's more than 700 animals look like they've been enjoying the cold conditions.
  
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• Windsor Davies: It Ain't Half Hot Mum actor dies aged 88

  19-01-2019 14:32
  Actor Windsor Davies, who starred in the popular sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum and two Carry On films, has died at the age of 88."The actor Windsor Davies died peacefully on 17 January 2019," a statement said.The British star played the role of Battery Sergeant Major Williams in It Ain't Half Hot Mum, which was broadcast on the BBC for seven years between 1974 and 1981.
  
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• Teenager arrested over murder of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie

  19-01-2019 14:31
  An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering teenager Jaden Moodie who was stabbed after being knocked off a moped in east London.Detectives think there were five males in a black car that hit Jaden in Bickley Road on 8 January.Three of them then got out and stabbed Jaden before returning to the vehicle and driving off.
  
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• Police appeal to HGV drivers after man found dead on city bypass

  19-01-2019 14:17
  The body of Craig Bruce, 37, was found on the central reservation of the Edinburgh city bypass.
  
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• 5 Massive Donald Trump Stories You Missed This Week Because Of The Brexit Shambles

  19-01-2019 14:12
  Believe it or not, there is more to life than Brexit.
  
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• Starmer shifts Labour towards second EU referendum

  19-01-2019 14:10
  Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer has ramped up the pressure for Labour to move towards backing a second referendum.The frontbencher argued the point had been reached where Labour had agreed that if a general election could not be secured then the party "must" consider all options on the table, including a further public vote.Having secured the crushing defeat of Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal, Labour had moved to trigger a general election through a vote of no confidence but the prime
  
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• Teenager arrested over Jaden Moodie murder

  19-01-2019 14:09
  Jaden was stabbed to death on Tuesday January 8 after he was rammed off a moped by five men in a black Mercedes B class, police believe.
  
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• Two 13-year-olds charged after pupils 'took pills' and fell ill

  19-01-2019 14:08
  The two 13-year-olds have been charged in relation to the incident on Friday that took place at Dunfermline high school in Fife.The two 13-year-olds have been charged in relation to the incident at Dunfermline high school in Fife, police said on Saturday.Phil Black, the head of Fife’s education and children’s services, said on Friday: “We called emergency services immediately and have worked with them to identify and support pupils who may have been affected.
  
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• Two 13-year-olds charged after 10 pupils fall ill after swallowing pills

  19-01-2019 14:08
  The two 13-year-olds have been charged in relation to the incident on Friday that took place at Dunfermline high school in Fife.The two 13-year-olds have been charged in relation to the incident at Dunfermline high school in Fife, police said on Saturday.Phil Black, the head of Fife’s education and children’s services, said on Friday: “We called emergency services immediately and have worked with them to identify and support pupils who may have been affected.
  
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• Man arrested over Jaden Moodie murder

  19-01-2019 13:57
  Jaden Moodie was stabbed to death in Leyton, east London.Police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of the murder of Jaden Moodie, who was knocked off a moped and stabbed to death in a targeted attack in east London.Detectives believe five men were in the black Mercedes that rammed Jaden in Leyton on 8 January, and that three of them stabbed the schoolboy before driving off.
  
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• Crystal Palace football club offers rough sleepers a refuge

  19-01-2019 13:36
  People using the shelter will be offered a hot dinner, camp bed, breakfast and washing facilities.Crystal Palace has offered rough sleepers a room inside their stadium to spend the night, prompting a local councillor to call on other Premier League football clubs to follow their lead.Up to 10 homeless people in Croydon, south London, will be able to sleep at Selhurst Park, the club said, adding that it wants to be “a force for good in the community”.
  
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• Two 13-year-olds charged after 10 school pupils fall ill

  19-01-2019 13:26
  Emergency services were called to Dunfermline Academy in Fife following the incident on Friday.
  
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• It Ain’t Half Hot Mum actor Windsor Davies dies aged 88

  19-01-2019 13:23
  The TV star also had a chart-topping hit in 1975.
  
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• Windsor Davies, It Ain't Half Hot Mum actor, dies aged 88

  19-01-2019 13:07
  Windsor Davies worked as a teacher and a miner before becoming an actor.The actor Windsor Davies, best known for his role as the sergeant major in TV series It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, has died at the age of 88.Born in Canning Town, east London, Davies grew up in Nant-y-Moel, Bridgend, and worked as a miner and a teacher before becoming an actor.
  
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• Unfit DWP should be axed, says thinktank

  19-01-2019 13:00
  Amber Rudd, the work and pensions secretary, has been attempting to repair the reputation of DWP.Most of the work of Amber Rudd’s department could be carried out more effectively by other Whitehall ministries, according to a report by Demos.Tom Pollard, the report’s author, spent 18 months at the DWP on secondment from mental health charity Mind.
  
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