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• Germany calls on Britain to make proposal to end Brexit deadlock

  21-01-2019 23:39
  BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany continues to advocate an orderly exit of Britain from the European Union and Berlin expects the British government to agree soon on proposals that are backed by a majority of parliament, a German government spokesman said on Monday.
  
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• Tuesday's national newspaper front pages - Sky News

  21-01-2019 23:33 via news.sky.com
  Tuesday's national newspaper front pages  Sky NewsSky News takes a look at the stories making a splash in Tuesday's national newspapers.
  
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• Sir David Attenborough calls for climate plan

  21-01-2019 23:20
  The veteran broadcaster was accepting award at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
  
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• Avon apologizes for anti-cellulite ad after being accused of 'shaming women'

  21-01-2019 23:18
  Avon responded to actor’s criticism: ‘We realize that we missed the mark with this messaging. We have removed this messaging’Cosmetics giant Avon USA has apologized for an anti-cellulite product after the ad campaign was accused of “shaming women”.Actor Jameela Jamil had criticized the ad, which features a seated woman in shorts and tank top with the caption “dimples are cute on your face (not on your thighs),” on Saturday afternoon on Twitter. Continue
  
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• Man on digger smashes up new Travelodge ‘on day of completion’

  21-01-2019 23:08
  'We'd put the last tile in, cleaned up and made sure everything was perfect,' said ceiling fixer Samuel White.
  
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• May toasts Scotland at Downing Street Burns Supper

  21-01-2019 23:06
  The Prime Minister said it was a chance to celebrate 'a great poet, a great nation and an enduring union'.
  
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• Northern Ireland police respond to three security alerts, days after car bomb

  21-01-2019 23:05
  Northern Ireland police carried out a controlled explosion on a vehicle that was hijacked by masked men in Londonderry on Monday and were examining two other abandoned vans, two days after a car bomb exploded in the city."Although there has been a reduction in the overall number of national security attacks in recent years, vigilance in the face of this continuing threat remains essential," she told Britain's parliament in London.
  
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• Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson to stake England claim with overdue first cap

  21-01-2019 23:00
  • Robson is one of only two scrum-halves in Six Nations squad
  • ‘Hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can cement my place’For a sense of just how long overdue Dan Robson’s first England cap is, Dai Young’s explanation for taking him off in the latter stages of Wasps’ defeat by Leinster on Sunday is revealing. “I wouldn’t live with myself if he got a bump in the last 12 minutes.”Granted Wasps’ European campaign was long since over
  
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• Gemma Collins and Jason Gardiner in bitter behind the scenes row after Dancing On Ice bust-up - The Sun

  21-01-2019 23:00 via thesun.co.uk
  Gemma Collins and Jason Gardiner in bitter behind the scenes row after Dancing On Ice bust-up  The SunGemma Collins heads to Dancing On Ice training as fans call for Jason Gardiner to be SACKED  Daily MailGemma Collins' partner Matt Evers confirms she's skipped most Dancing On Ice rehearsals  Mirror OnlineHolly Willoughby’s ‘sassy’ comment to Gemma Collins after her spat with Jason Gardiner has Dancing on Ice view  The SunLoose Women: Vie
  
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• Family of speedboat crash victim demands action to catch her killer

  21-01-2019 23:00
  Jack Shepherd is on the run after he was convicted of Charlotte Brown's manslaughter.
  
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• Warren Gatland may coach in Premiership again after Wales farewell

  21-01-2019 22:59
  • ‘I have had a couple of discussions,’ says Wales head coach
  • Gatland enjoyed success coaching Wasps in 2000sWarren Gatland, who ends his 12-year association with Wales at the end of the World Cup, has held discussions about his next full-time job and has not ruled out a return to the Premiership where he enjoyed a trophy-rich period with Wasps in the 2000s.Gatland is preparing for his final Six Nations as Wales head coach. He had intended to take a few months off after t
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn backs MPs' plan to force a second Brexit referendum - Telegraph.co.uk

  21-01-2019 22:49 via telegraph.co.uk
  Jeremy Corbyn backs MPs' plan to force a second Brexit referendum  Telegraph.co.ukMay claims EU second referendum would threaten 'social cohesion'  The GuardianLabour opens door to a second vote: Corbyn shift makes new referendum more likely  Daily MailThe Guardian view on Theresa May’s challenge: no change, no Brexit  The GuardianNo David Lammy, Brexit is putting off a dramatic Labour party split, not provoking it  Telegraph.co.ukView full
  
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• 'Mindless' vandals throw white paint over WWII Bomber Command Memorial

  21-01-2019 22:34
  Britain's last surviving Dambuster has hit out at "mindless" vandals who threw white paint thrown over the Bomber Command Memorial in central London.The RAF Benevolent Fund said it was the fourth time in six years that the World War Two statue in Green Park had been sabotaged.Fellow Bomber Command veteran, Air Commodore Charles Clarke, was a bomb aimer who was captured and imprisoned by the Nazis after parachuting from his burning plane.
  
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• UK weather forecast: Snow to batter Britain - when will it hit YOUR area? - Mirror Online

  21-01-2019 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  UK weather forecast: Snow to batter Britain - when will it hit YOUR area?  Mirror OnlineUK weather forecast: THUNDERSNOW and ‘heavy snow downpours’ as Met Office issues ‘severe’ ice warnings for Bri  The SunScotland weather forecast – ‘BLIZZARD conditions’ as snow, freezing fog and ice strike today after -6C night,  The Scottish SunIce forecast to cause problems in Cheshire as weather warning issued  Chester Chroni
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Calls For MPs To Get The Right To Trigger Second Brexit Referendum

  21-01-2019 22:32
  Anti-Brexit campaigners have won a major boost after Jeremy Corbyn called for
  
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• Arsenal’s Héctor Bellerín to miss rest of season with ruptured cruciate ligament

  21-01-2019 22:15
  • Defender injured during win over Chelsea on Saturday• Player waiting to learn if there is further damageHéctor Bellerín’s season is over after he was diagnosed with a ruptured cruciate knee ligament and the Arsenal right-back faces a battle to be fit for the beginning of the next campaign.Bellerín collapsed in agony during his team’s 2-0 win against Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on Saturday and he now has the headline result in terms of the damage. But
  
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• Man smashes up new hotel with digger because 'he hadn't been paid' - Sky News

  21-01-2019 22:14 via news.sky.com
  Man smashes up new hotel with digger because 'he hadn't been paid'  Sky NewsDigger driver wrecks Liverpool hotel lobby  BBC NewsShocking moment digger driver destroys brand new Travelodge hotel ‘because he’s owed £600 wages’  The SunDigger driver SMASHES into hotel during building site rampage  Liverpool EchoPolice seek digger driver who trashed brand new Travelodge  The GuardianView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Your home can smell of KFC gravy thanks to this scented candle

  21-01-2019 22:07
  Here's how you can get your hands on one…
  
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• Kevin-Prince Boateng completes surprise loan move to Barcelona

  21-01-2019 22:06
  • Barça confirm forward’s arrival with €8m purchase option
  • Former Spurs and Portsmouth forward joins from SassuoloKevin-Prince Boateng has joined Barcelona in a shock move from the Italian side Sassuolo. The La Liga leaders have announced the arrival of Boateng on an initial loan deal with the option for an €8m (£7.05m) permanent move in the summer.Barcelona confirmed the forward’s arrival shortly after Boateng told reporters in Italy that the trans
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May scraps £65 fee for EU citizens to stay in UK

  21-01-2019 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM also rejects calls to delay Brexit and warns another referendum could harm "social cohesion".
  
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• Barcelona sign Kevin-Prince Boateng on loan for rest of season - ESPN.co.uk

  21-01-2019 21:56 via espn.co.uk
  Barcelona sign Kevin-Prince Boateng on loan for rest of season  ESPN.co.ukKevin-Prince Boateng completes surprise loan move to Barcelona  The GuardianBarcelona set to sign Kevin Prince Boateng on loan from Sassuolo  SkySports'Villas-Boas to Barcelona next!' - Kevin-Prince Boateng news has these Spurs fans stunned  Football.LondonKevin Prince-Boateng's unique response when asked 'Ronaldo or Messi' in 2016  GIVEMESPORTView full coverage on Google N
  
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• New video sheds more light on students' confrontation with Native American - The Guardian

  21-01-2019 21:42 via theguardian.com
  New video sheds more light on students' confrontation with Native American  The GuardianStudent in MAGA cap filmed 'mocking' Native American denies being racist  Evening StandardMAGA hat-wearing student says he was trying to 'diffuse' protest at Lincoln Memorial  Daily MailCovington Catholic High School students smeared by mainstream media lies -- Don't expect an apology  Fox NewsKentucky teenager denies mocking Native American veteran  The Guard
  
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• New video sheds more light on students' confrontation with Native American

  21-01-2019 21:42
  Initial footage appeared to show students, some wearing pro-Trump Maga hats, from a Kentucky high school taunting Nathan Phillips, an Omaha tribe elderLonger video footage of a confrontation between a Native American activist and Kentucky high school students at a protest has surfaced, providing fresh insight into the controversial encounter and offering a broader view of deepening divisions in America. Related: Kentucky teenager denies mocking Native American veteranContinue reading...
  
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• Londonderry bombing: Granddaughter walked past Derry bomb

  21-01-2019 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  A man whose granddaughter was feet from the primed bomb speaks out, as Derry deals with more alerts.
  
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• ‘Why not?’ – Eden Hazard drops huge hint he will leave Chelsea for Real Madrid during the summer transfer wind - talkSPORT

  21-01-2019 21:33 via talksport.com
  ‘Why not?’ – Eden Hazard drops huge hint he will leave Chelsea for Real Madrid during the summer transfer wind  talkSPORTEden Hazard coy on Chelsea future as he refuses to rule out move to Real Madrid  Daily MailMidfielder to snub Chelsea for PSG - our live Premier League blog  Brighton & Hove IndependentAlvaro Morata transfer news: Chelsea agree loan-to-buy £48.5m deal with Atletico Madrid for Spain striker  Goal.comChelsea flo
  
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• Brexiters feel the heat as prospect grows of delay to EU departure - Financial Times

  21-01-2019 21:26 via ft.com
  Brexiters feel the heat as prospect grows of delay to EU departure  Financial TimesWhen Theresa May announced her new Brexit strategy on Monday, there was a sense of déjà vu in the House of Commons. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mark Sampson, former England Women coach, apologises to Aluko and Spence

  21-01-2019 21:24
  • ‘I’ve worked hard to educate myself’
  • Sampson was sacked by FA in September 2017The former England women’s coach Mark Sampson has apologised unreservedly to Eni Aluko and Drew Spence for remarks he made to the players while in charge of the national team.An inquiry, after the allegations had been published by the Guardian, by the independent barrister Katharine Newton found in October 2017 that Sampson had “on two separate occasions made ill-judged atte
  
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• Is it OK to take the pill every day without a break?

  21-01-2019 21:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Women can avoid monthly bleeding if they run oral contraceptive pill packets back to back - but is it safe?
  
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• May claims EU second referendum would threaten 'social cohesion' - The Guardian

  21-01-2019 21:20 via theguardian.com
  May claims EU second referendum would threaten 'social cohesion'  The GuardianBrexit: Theresa May scraps £65 fee for EU citizens to stay in UK  BBC NewsNo Deal Brexiteers will this week launch a campaign to calm voters’ fears over leaving the EU without an a  The SunWe can’t leave a no-deal decision in the hands of wiped-out Theresa May  The GuardianThe real problem with Brexit: Britain can’t decide what kind of country it is &
  
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• May claims EU second referendum would threaten 'social cohesion'

  21-01-2019 21:20
  PM faces a looming revolt over a no-deal Brexit as Corbyn criticises her talks as ‘PR sham’Theresa May doubled down on her opposition to a second Brexit referendum on Monday night, claiming it would threaten Britain’s “social cohesion” and insisting the centrepiece of her strategy remained negotiating changes to the Irish backstop.With just 67 days to go until Britain is due by law to leave the European Union, May exasperated MPs and business groups by offering scan
  
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• Moeen Ali makes peace with role as England’s sole spinner in West Indies

  21-01-2019 21:17
  • ‘I can’t hide behind saying I’m second spinner. I need to face it’
  • Moeen: 2015 Barbados Test was worst I’ve bowled for EnglandMoeen Ali has made peace with his role in this England Test team, insisting it is time to stop hiding behind the tag of second spinner and accept he is No 1.The 31-year-old all-rounder has long held ambitions to play as a batsman first, while England have also tried to ease the pressure on his bowling by selecting a another spin
  
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• Labour seeks to force May to rule out no-deal Brexit

  21-01-2019 21:03
  Britain's opposition Labour Party is seeking to force Prime Minister Theresa May to rule out leaving the European Union without a deal and to give parliament a vote on the options to break a deadlock over the way forward.Lawmakers will debate and vote on the next steps on Jan. 29, and ahead of that they can put forward amendments to the government's plan, seeking to shape Britain's exit from the bloc.Labour's amendment seeks to force the government to give parliament time to consider and vote on
  
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• Simon Mayo joins new classical radio station after BBC exit

  21-01-2019 21:00
  Ex-Radio 2 presenter becomes latest to move to commercial rival with launch of Scala Radio
  Simon Mayo is to launch a national classical music radio station, becoming the latest BBC presenter to depart for a commercial rival as the corporation struggles to keep hold of its top talent.The broadcaster quit Radio 2 at the end of last year after more than three decades with the BBC, following a troubled year sharing his afternoon slot with Jo Whiley in a format that flopped with listeners. Continue r
  
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• Paul Pogba’s ‘pace and power’ stresses need for rethink over BAME coverage | Sachin Nakrani

  21-01-2019 21:00
  Language used to describe Frenchman’s revival highlights importance of the debate sparked by Raheem SterlingIt is just over six weeks since Raheem Sterling caused a stir on an otherwise sleepy Sunday morning. Dogs were being walked and churches were being prepared for service when the winger grabbed people’s attention with that Instagram post. Suddenly, and unexpectedly, we were talking about race.Specifically, we were talking about how we talk about race. Sterling had homed in on th
  
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• 'Like finding a sneeze': fossil identified as 100m-year-old hagfish - The Guardian

  21-01-2019 21:00 via theguardian.com
  'Like finding a sneeze': fossil identified as 100m-year-old hagfish  The GuardianDiscovery of slimy sea creature could help settle row over early evolution of vertebrates.
  
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• 'Like finding a sneeze': fossil identified as 100m-year-old hagfish

  21-01-2019 21:00
  Discovery of slimy sea creature could help settle row over early evolution of vertebratesThe fossilised remains of a foot-long slimy sea creature dating from 100m years ago suggest that the last common ancestor of all vertebrates looked less like a squishy eel and more typically “fish-like”, researchers claim.They say the fossil, unearthed around eight years ago in Lebanon, is an early hagfish, a peculiar creature that has no jaws, eyes or true vertebrae but that boasts the ability,
  
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• Greenland's ice melting faster than scientists previously thought – study - The Guardian

  21-01-2019 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Greenland's ice melting faster than scientists previously thought – study  The GuardianGreenland’s ice is melting four times faster than thought—what it means  National GeographicThe Greenland Ice Sheet Is Melting at Astonishing Rate  Live ScienceGreenland ice is melting four times faster than in 2003, study finds  Daily MailGreenland ice melting four times faster than in 2003, study finds  Phys.orgView full coverage on Google N
  
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• Greenland's ice melting faster than scientists previously thought – study

  21-01-2019 21:00
  The pace of ice loss has increased four-fold since 2003 as enormous glaciers are depositing ever larger chunks of ice into the Atlantic ocean, where it melts, causing sea levels to riseGreenland is melting faster than scientists previously thought, with the pace of ice loss increasing four-fold since 2003, new research has found.Enormous glaciers in Greenland are depositing ever larger chunks of ice into the Atlantic ocean, where it melts. But scientists have found that the largest ice loss in t
  
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• Michel Barnier rebuffs UK attempt to renegotiate backstop plan - Financial Times

  21-01-2019 20:58 via ft.com
  Michel Barnier rebuffs UK attempt to renegotiate backstop plan  Financial TimesTheresa May told parliament that her Brexit 'plan B' would centre on renegotiating measures to prevent a hard border with Ireland, an initiative that was ...
  
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• Home Office may struggle to register EU settlers in time, say campaigners

  21-01-2019 20:55
  The government will struggle to register all of the EU citizens who want to stay in Britain post-Brexit within the next two years, even after scrapping a £65 fee for the application process, campaigners have said.On Monday, Theresa May said she had listened to concerns about the fee and decided to remove the “financial barrier” facing an estimated 3.8 million EU nationals living in the UK.Rights groups had earlier said the Home Office risked creating a new Windrush scandal if i
  
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• Blue Monday for MPs as May strategy proves futile once more | John Crace

  21-01-2019 20:55
  The prime minister seems to have no understanding about the imminence of Brexit
  Tell me why I don’t like Mondays. The sense of futility is getting to everyone. Though many MPs usually welcome the chance to do next to nothing other than repeat themselves, even they have their limits of despair. And a Theresa May statement in which she reiterates her determination to pursue a Brexit strategy that has already been voted down by parliament is a step too far for everyone.We’ve now reached
  
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• Blue Monday for MPs as May strategy proves futile once more

  21-01-2019 20:55
  Britain’s prime minister, Theresa May, who has said she can’t rule out a no-deal. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
  
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• Fee for EU nationals scrapped as May promises Brexit backstop talks

  21-01-2019 20:42
  Theresa May has scrapped a fee for EU nationals seeking settled status in Britain after Brexit, as she pledged more talks around the controversial Irish border backstop.EU nationals living in the UK have been required to pay £65 when applying for settled status with the Home Office to process their application, but Mrs May announced she was waiving that fee as she outlined her next steps on Brexit in the Commons.
  
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• Howard Schultz, former Starbucks CEO, exploring 2020 run as an independent – reports

  21-01-2019 20:41
  CNN and Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, say Schultz’s advisers are looking at possibility of a presidential bidHoward Schultz, the founder and former CEO of Starbucks, is exploring an independent bid for the presidency, according to US media reports.Citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, CNN and the Washington Post said Schultz’s advisers are looking at the possibility of a presidential bid, but that all options remained on the table. Continue reading...
  
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• Cross-Channel freight trade 'could drop by 87%' under 'no-deal' Brexit

  21-01-2019 20:39
  Cross-Channel freight trade could drop by between 75% and 87% for six months in the event of a "no-deal" Brexit, according to a Border Force document obtained by Sky News.A slide from an internal Government presentation marked "Official-Sensitive" and titled "Freight Traffic Contingency Assumptions" is a recent internal assessment much of which was omitted from public No Deal documentation.This is a reference to traffic from Dover-Calais and in the Channel Tunnel.
  
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• Londonderry car bombing nothing to do with Brexit, NI Secretary insists

  21-01-2019 20:38
  Ms Bradley's statement to the Commons came hours after detectives investigating the bombing detained a fifth suspect.
  
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• Millionaire pal of TOWIE stars is shot dead outside luxury Marbella villa - Mirror Online

  21-01-2019 20:31 via mirror.co.uk
  Millionaire pal of TOWIE stars is shot dead outside luxury Marbella villa  Mirror OnlineMillionaire businessman 'linked to TOWIE stars' is shot dead in hail of 20 bullets  Daily MailView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Seize Brexit opportunity to end Irish partition, urges Sinn Fein

  21-01-2019 20:30
  Michelle O'Neill said the EU referendum had created a 'new dynamic' in the campaign for a border poll.
  
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• Royal Navy nuclear submarine's near miss with ferry

  21-01-2019 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A Stena ferry and the Navy submarine were in the Irish Sea when the "close quarters incident" happened.
  
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• Patisserie Valerie shareholders frustrated by lack of information

  21-01-2019 20:21
  Struggling cafe chain says update will be given when talks with banks concludeShareholders in Patisserie Valerie have expressed frustration at a lack of information from the cake and cafe business, which is struggling for survival as it tries to secure support from its banks.The company, which operates 200 cafes and employs nearly 3,000 staff, has been seeking to extend a standstill agreement on its bank facilities. The agreement protects the business from action to recover debts and it official
  
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