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• Fianna Fail and SDLP close to announcing further ‘partnership’

  22-01-2019 23:43
  Its understood senior SDLP figures will be briefed in the coming days, ahead of a further announcement on Thursday.
  
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• Irish PM: bilateral deal needed with May if UK crashes out of EU

  22-01-2019 23:38
  Leo Varadkar says a no-deal Brexit would present a ‘real dilemma’ for Ireland.The Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, has said the UK and Ireland would have to negotiate a bilateral agreement on “full alignment” of customs to avoid a hard border with Northern Ireland in a no-deal scenario.It is the first time the taoiseach has mentioned the possibility of a separate deal with the UK to mitigate against a hard border.
  
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• Rachel Riley: I received hate-filled abuse for speaking out on anti-Semitism

  22-01-2019 23:16
  The Countdown presenter was speaking at a Holocaust Memorial Day reception at the House of Commons.
  
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• Special Recognition Award NTA: David Dimbleby Says Too Few Politicians Are Willing To 'Say What They Think'

  22-01-2019 23:14
  David Dimbleby has urged politicians to speak their mind more often as he was
  
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• U.S. will seek extradition of Huawei CFO from Canada

  22-01-2019 23:11
  WASHINGTON/DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it will pursue the extradition of the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's [HWT.UL], arrested in Canada in December.The United States has accused Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou of misrepresenting the company's links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite U.S. sanctions.
  
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• Father denies plotting acid attack on three-year-old son in custody row

  22-01-2019 22:40
  Jonathan Rees, prosecuting, told Worcester Crown Court: "This case concerns a cowardly attack on a defenceless three-year-old boy in which he was squirted with a solution of sulphuric acid."As a result of the attack, the little boy suffered acid burns to his left forearm and his forehead which were treated in hospital.Mr Rees said the attack was carried out by Cech.
  
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• MPs In Denial On Brexit Must 'Look Reality In The Eye', Says UK's Former EU Ambassador Sir Ivan Rogers

  22-01-2019 22:08
  Brexit has morphed into an "intense political crisis" with "denialism" from
  
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• Hundreds pay respects at funeral of Dambusters couple

  22-01-2019 22:04
  An appeal by the Royal Air Force saw 350 people attend the funeral
  
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• How Four Doctors Have Made A Second Brexit Vote Possible By Ditching Party Tribalism

  22-01-2019 22:00
  The idea of a second EU referendum was routinely laughed out of the room just
  
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• EU says hard Irish border 'obvious' under 'no-deal' Brexit as split emerges with Dublin

  22-01-2019 21:39
  The EU believes a hard border on the island of Ireland is an "obvious" result of a "no-deal" Brexit  - as signs of a split with Dublin emerged over the issue.Brussels, Dublin and London have all stated they do no want a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit.
  
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• Savid Javid makes 'personal commitment' to ensure speedboat killer is caught

  22-01-2019 21:37
  The father of a woman who died in a speedboat crash said the home secretary has made a "personal commitment" to ensure her fugitive killer is arrested.Graham Brown met with Sajid Javid on Tuesday as the hunt for Jack Shepherd continues six months after he was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence.Charlotte Brown, who was 24, was killed when Shepherd's speedboat overturned in the River Thames during a date in December 2015.
  
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• Phone hacking was widespread at the Sun, high court told

  22-01-2019 21:27
  Sir Elton John and David Furnish who are on the verge of settling a high court claim over phone-hacking, a judge has been told.The high court has been told that phone hacking was widespread at the Sun, despite strong denials from Rupert Murdoch’s News UK that the daily tabloid newspaper was involved in any illegal activity.A lawyer representing alleged phone-hacking victims also requested the historic expenses receipts of serving Sun reporter Nick Parker, in order to investigate whether hi
  
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• Paint attacks on five London memorials are linked, police say

  22-01-2019 21:21
  Police are linking the vandalism of the Bomber Command Memorial to similar paint attacks on four other memorials and statues around London.White paint was found splattered over the Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park, Piccadilly, on Sunday.A day later, similar damage was discovered at the Allies Statue of Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt in New Bond Street, the Canada Memorial in Green Park, The Royal Marine Memorial in The Mall and the memorial to murdered police officer Yvonne Flet
  
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• Private Pike tells all – and gets an early night

  22-01-2019 21:20
  “I’m afraid we’re going to have to make this session much shorter than we would have liked,” said Julian Lewis, the chair of the defence select committee.Gavin Williamson put on his serious face.As serious as a man who keeps toilet paper with Vladimir Putin’s face on it in his office can get.
  
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• Former US Marine held in Russia on suspicion of spying is denied bail

  22-01-2019 21:19
  Paul Whelan's family are 'disappointed' that he has been denied bail, his brother said.
  
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• UK cold snap brings warning of ice and calls to slow down on roads

  22-01-2019 21:16
  A warning of icy conditions has been put in place for almost the whole of the UK until Wednesday morning, prompting police to urge drivers to slow down.The yellow “be aware” warning covers Scotland, Northern Ireland and the bulk of England and Wales apart from some coastal areas.The weather front has brought snow on higher ground and occasional dustings at lower levels.
  
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• Two men sentenced for assault in paramilitary-style attack

  22-01-2019 21:10
  They were arrested by detectives from the PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit following searches in the West Belfast and Dunmurry areas.
  
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• The European Commission delivers a stark warning on the Irish border issue

  22-01-2019 21:10
  The EU has claimed that a no deal Brexit would automatically lead to a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
  
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• James Bulger's mother 'disgusted' after film about toddler's murder nominated for Oscar

  22-01-2019 21:10
  James Bulger's mother is "disgusted and upset" after a film about her son's death was nominated for an Oscar.Denise Fergus said she is appalled that Detainment has been nominated for best live action short film "even though over 90,000 people have signed a petition" calling for it to be taken off the Oscars list.Vincent Lambe, the film's director, confirmed Mrs Fergus was never contacted about the making of the documentary about her two-year-old son James, who was abducted, tortured and killed b
  
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• Tower block residents face uncertainty as new tests of materials launched

  22-01-2019 20:49
  New safety fears over high-rise blocks clad in materials different to those used on Grenfell Tower have forced the government to widen its fire testing regime, meaning potential uncertainty for thousands more residents.The housing minister, Kit Malthouse, has ordered combustibility tests on panels used on high-rise apartments, hotels and student accommodation that differ from the aluminium composite (ACM) panels used at Grenfell and 437 other buildings identified so far.Industry research suggest
  
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• Labour frontbenchers warn of opposition to second referendum

  22-01-2019 20:48
  More than a dozen Labour frontbenchers have been to see the chief whip, Nick Brown, to issue a warning about the scale of opposition to the idea of a second Brexit referendum.The shadow housing minister, Melanie Onn, and the shadow justice minister, Gloria De Piero, both of whom represent constituencies that voted leave in 2016, were among a delegation who went to urge Brown not to whip Labour MPs to back a “people’s vote”.
  
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• Emiliano Sala: Search for Premier League star's plane suspended

  22-01-2019 20:22
  Police searching for a light aircraft missing over the Channel since last night have suspended operations after finding "floating objects" but "no sign of those on board".Guernsey Police said if the occupants, including Cardiff City player Emiliano Sala, landed on the water, their chances of survival are slim.In a statement, the force said: "During the course of the 15-hour search, which used multiple air and sea assets from the Channel Islands, UK and France, a number of floating objects have b
  
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• Brexit backer Dyson moves head office from UK to Singapore

  22-01-2019 20:19
  Brexit-backing businessman Sir James Dyson is to relocate the head office of the design and technology firm he founded from the UK to Singapore.Moving Dyson's head office from the UK means the firm will no longer be a British-registered company and Singapore will become its main tax base.Dyson's decision to move its headquarters to the Asian city state from Malmesbury, Wiltshire, comes after last October's announcement that the company - best known for its vacuum cleaners and other domestic appl
  
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• Snow causes traffic disruption across Northern Ireland

  22-01-2019 20:13
  The Met Office issued a weather warning for ice and snow until 11am on Wednesday.
  
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• Bakery chain Patisserie Valerie collapses into administration

  22-01-2019 20:04
  Patisserie Valerie has collapsed into administration, putting up to 3,000 jobs at risk, after it was unable to extend its bank facilities amid allegations of fraud.The bakery chain said discussions with its lenders HSBC and Barclays to extend a standstill agreement had come to nothing, leaving it with no option but to appoint KPMG as administrator.The company added that Patisserie Valerie chairman Luke Johnson had extended £3m unsecured, interest-free loan to help ensure that January wages
  
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• Flights cancelled and ice warnings as snow falls across UK

  22-01-2019 19:51
  Hundreds of passengers face delays after flights were cancelled at Manchester Airport following snowfall.Belfast and Stornoway airports also faced delays and cancellations as snow fell across the UK.The wintry weather brings a high risk of ice, and the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for ice for swathes of the UK including most of England and Wales, and large parts of Northern Ireland.
  
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• Emiliano Sala: 'Floating objects' seen in water but 'no sign' of people after plane goes missing

  22-01-2019 19:47
  Police searching for a light aircraft missing over the Channel since last night have suspended operations after finding "floating objects" but "no sign of those on board".Guernsey Police said if the occupants, including Cardiff City player Emiliano Sala, landed on the water, their chances of survival are slim.In a statement, the force said: "During the course of the 15-hour search, which used multiple air and sea assets from the Channel Islands, UK and France, a number of floating objects have b
  
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• Two Met officers under criminal investigation over shooting

  22-01-2019 19:40
  The two officers were taking part in a planned operation by Scotland Yard’s flying squad.Two police officers have been placed under criminal investigation over the shooting of a robbery suspect in south-west London, the Guardian has learned.The firearms officers each fired a single shot as Scotland Yard’s flying squad staged a planned operation to thwart a heist in Wimbledon in December last year.
  
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• Theresa May Set To Force Ministers To Keep No-Deal Brexit On The Table

  22-01-2019 19:37
  Theresa May is set to force her cabinet to keep open the option of a no-deal
  
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• Father plotted acid attack on son, three, to discredit estranged wife, court told

  22-01-2019 19:33
  The attack took place outside the Home Bargains store at Shrub Hill retail park in Worcester.A husband plotted a “cowardly” acid attack on his three-year-old son in an attempt to manufacture evidence that his estranged wife was a bad mother, a court has heard.The 40-year-old taxi driver, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of conspiring with six others to carry out the attack on his own child.
  
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• Father accused of plotting acid attack on three-year-old son

  22-01-2019 19:33
  The attack took place outside the Home Bargains store at Shrub Hill retail park in Worcester.A husband plotted a “cowardly” acid attack on his three-year-old son in an attempt to manufacture evidence that his estranged wife was a bad mother, a court has heard.The 40-year-old taxi driver, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of conspiring with six others to carry out the attack on his own child.
  
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• Patisserie Valerie collapse puts thousands of jobs in jeopardy

  22-01-2019 19:32
  The group trades from about 200 cafes.
  
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• Glasgow hospital design to be reviewed after pigeon infections

  22-01-2019 19:32
  An infection linked to pigeon droppings was a “contributing factor” in the death of a child at Glasgow’s flagship Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, the Scottish government’s health secretary, Jeane Freeman, confirmed.Freeman made the announcement as she ordered a review of the design of the hospital following the deaths of two patients last month who had both been infected.
  
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• Teenager killed herself after changes at mental care home, inquest told

  22-01-2019 19:31
  Sophie Bennett took her own life at the Lancaster Lodge mental health care home in Richmond, west London.A teenager took her own life at a mental health care home after the charity in charge laid off external therapists, employed unqualified staff and turned it into a “boot camp”, an inquest has heard.In May 2016 Sophie Bennett, 19, from Tooting, south-west London, killed herself in a bathroom at Lancaster Lodge in Richmond, west London, a facility that helps people with mental illne
  
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• Refugee Asks Davos Elite To Do More To Help

  22-01-2019 19:26
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• Pensioner murdered wife after she left him for old flame on Facebook

  22-01-2019 19:25
  David Thomas, 74, 'lost control', bludgeoning and knifing Sheila Thomas, 65, at family home in south London.
  
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• Javid ‘underlines personal commitment’ to finding speedboat killer

  22-01-2019 19:23
  Jack Shepherd has been on the run since he vanished before his Old Bailey trial last summer.
  
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• Why you shouldn’t post photos of friends without permission

  22-01-2019 19:22
  Everything sounds dodgier prefixed “shadow”, but the “shadow Facebook account” is unsettling in a whole new way.A study has found that even people with no Facebook account – which is one in five British internet users – still have such a presence on the accounts of their families and friends that it was possible to predict their behaviours with 95% accuracy.Clearly, if you are a digital native, who has taken an anti-Facebook stance, whether because you have re
  
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• Ireland failing to fulfil human rights obligations on climate change, court told

  22-01-2019 19:17
  Campaigners are following a judicial review of the Government's approval of its National Mitigation Plan.
  
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• 'Degradation of border security' under 'no-deal' Brexit, warns UK Border Force

  22-01-2019 19:11
  Border Force planning for a possible "no-deal" Brexit warns the government of "significant outbound queues" at the Eurostar and a "degradation of border security".The no-deal plan - which would come in if the UK leaves the EU with no agreements on a future relationship - also assumes that UK citizens will no longer have access to "e-gates" when travelling to the EU, but EU citizens coming to the UK will be allowed access.It also details proposals to introduce customs controls and abolish blue ch
  
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• Richard E Grant ‘levitating’ after first Oscar nomination

  22-01-2019 19:09
  They all received nods in the acting categories.
  
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• Brexit-Backing Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski Slammed After Asking For Poland To Veto Article 50 Extension

  22-01-2019 19:06
  A Brexit-backing Tory MP has drawn an extraordinary response after revealing
  
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• Letter: Nicholas Crichton obituary

  22-01-2019 19:05
  Nicholas Crichton in 2014. Photograph: Goldberg/Rex/Shutterstock
  
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• Brexit goes glossy in Wetherspoon’s pubs

  22-01-2019 19:05
  Regarding John Harris’s article (England’s rebel spirit is rising – and it wants a no-deal Brexit, 21 January), in Wetherspoon’s outlets across the country, pamphleteering against a deal has become an industry.Called Propel Newsletter, it promises readers falling food prices and cheaper booze in the event of a no-deal Brexit and condemns the “Oxbridge toffs” who would have us think otherwise.Jacob Rees-Mogg is not described as an Oxbridge toff.
  
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• Prevent strategy on radicalisation faces independent review

  22-01-2019 19:02
  Ben Wallace, the security minister, said statistics showed Prevent was not about singling out any particular group or ideology.The government’s anti-radicalisation Prevent strategy is to be independently reviewed after ministers gave into longstanding pressure to address concerns over its impact on communities.The security minister, Ben Wallace, announced the review in the House of Commons but threw down the gauntlet to critics of the strategy to produce “solid evidence of their alle
  
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• Like Brexit and Iraq, Suez divided Britain bitterly

  22-01-2019 19:00
  A protest against Anthony Eden during the Suez crisis. Photograph: Mark Kauffman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image
  
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• Disruption Is a 'Positive Development,' Pompeo Says

  22-01-2019 18:47
  Jan.22 -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discusses the U.S. economy and foreign policy in a speech at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
  
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• Farage ally said black men are violent due to high testosterone

  22-01-2019 18:45
  Nigel Farage is launching the new party with Catherine Blaiklock, a former Ukip activist.A former Ukip activist who is partnering with Nigel Farage in launching a new pro-Brexit political party has argued crime and fatherlessness among black men are due to high testosterone levels, and suggested their lower academic achievement could have a biological basis.Catherine Blaiklock has also expressed concern about “Muslim enclaves” and said food banks should be abolished as they create a
  
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• Sir James Dyson's Post-Brexit Vision Is Under Fire (Again) As Entrepreneur Quits UK

  22-01-2019 18:43
  Sir James Dyson has once again raised eyebrows after the pro-Brexit
  
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• In Pictures: Snowy scenes as temperatures plunge

  22-01-2019 18:39
  Temperatures struggled to get much above freezing.
  
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