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• Controversial James Bulger film will be able to compete at Oscars

  25-01-2019 23:58
  James' family had called for it to be pulled from contention.
  
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• US rapper Nelly asks for British woman's rape claim to be dismissed

  25-01-2019 23:38
  The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has accused the US artist of targeting her in a dressing room at the Cliffs Pavilion in Essex in December 2017.A federal lawsuit was filed in the 44-year-old rapper's hometown St Louis, Missouri, in November.Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes Jr, has not been criminally charged and denies the allegations.
  
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• Mother charged with murdering two daughters a year after their deaths

  25-01-2019 23:37
  A mother has been charged with murdering her two young daughters a year after they died.Louise Porton, 22, is accused of killing 16-month-old Scarlett Vaughan and three-year-old Lexi Draper, Warwickshire Police said.The Warwickshire Police major investigation unit passed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service and prosecutors have now approved two charges of murder.
  
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• Boeing wins $2.46 billion U.S. defence contract - Pentagon

  25-01-2019 23:36
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Boeing Co won a $2.46 billion (£1.86 billion) U.S. defence contract for the production and delivery of 19 P-8A Poseidon long-range anti-submarine warfare and surveillance aircraft and other equipment, the Pentagon said in a statement on Friday.
  
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• High Street crisis: Can 'click and collect' save shops?

  25-01-2019 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  High Street shops are rethinking their strategy to keep up with click-and-collect demand.
  
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• Ex-Labour MP suspended over comments on Jewish community reinstated to party

  25-01-2019 22:38
  Jim Sheridan was the subject of an investigation after a complaint was made last August.
  
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• Trump Just Caved Over The Border Wall And Even His Fans Are Slating Him

  25-01-2019 22:25
  In a speech in the White House Rose Garden on Friday afternoon, Donald Trump
  
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• Rare 'flat bodied' angel sharks spotted by fishermen off the coast of Wales - Fox News

  25-01-2019 21:30 via foxnews.com
  Rare 'flat bodied' angel sharks spotted by fishermen off the coast of Wales  Fox NewsOne of world's rarest sharks spotted off North Wales coast  Daily PostCritically endangered Angelshark spotted off Welsh coast  Evening StandardAncient ultra-rare angel sharks with strange ‘flat’ bodies found living off the coast of Wales  The SunRare angel sharks found living off Wales  BBC NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Bird winners and losers over 40 years

  25-01-2019 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch records the birds people spot and uses the data to track their numbers.
  
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• Labour Faces Members' Revolt Over Bosses Bid To Slash Party Staff's Pension Scheme

  25-01-2019 21:10
  Jeremy Corbyn faces a members' revolt over Labour chiefs' bid to cut the
  
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• Labour Faces Members' Revolt Over Bid To Slash Party Staff's Pension Scheme

  25-01-2019 21:10
  Jeremy Corbyn faces a members' revolt over Labour chiefs' bid to cut the
  
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• Job sharing might solve a problem, but teachers need help with workload

  25-01-2019 21:00
  Workload is reported to be the single biggest issue that drives experienced teachers from the profession.Damian Hinds may be right that cultural attitudes towards job sharing and flexible working are holding back their use within schools.While pay should not be overlooked – and teachers, like others in the public sector, have suffered from years of minimal increases thanks to austerity – workload is reported to be the single biggest issue that drives experienced teachers from the pro
  
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• Ex-Tesco boss cleared over accounting scandal claims unfair dismissal

  25-01-2019 20:52
  Chris Bush, the retailer's former UK managing director, was cleared of fraud and false accounting last month.
  
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• Argentine president joins calls for Emiliano Sala search to be resumed

  25-01-2019 20:52
  The footballer was travelling on a plane to Cardiff which disappeared over the English Channel on Monday.
  
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• Great Brick Safari created with 80 life-size model animals

  25-01-2019 20:15
  Two Lego building companies forged the sculptures for RHS Garden Wisley in Woking.
  
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• Italy's Carige issues €2 billion in state-backed bonds

  25-01-2019 20:03
  Italy's Carige said on Friday it had issued €2 billion (£1.7 billion) in state-guaranteed debt after the Rome government approved the emergency liquidity measure earlier this month to prop up the ailing bank.Italy rushed to set up a €1.3 billion fund to support Carige after the European Central Bank put the bank under temporary administration on Jan. 2 following a failed attempt to raise new capital from investors.Carige said it had issued two bonds worth 1 billion euros each.
  
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• Crispest image yet of Ultima Thule arrives on Earth, but grab a coffee while the rest downloads - The Register

  25-01-2019 20:01 via theregister.co.uk
  Crispest image yet of Ultima Thule arrives on Earth, but grab a coffee while the rest downloads  The RegisterThe New Horizons spacecraft has continued its dribble of data back to Earth with a fresh image of Ultima Thule. The image was taken during New Horizon's 1 ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• London Marathon fundraising to cross £1 billion mark

  25-01-2019 19:47
  Thousands of charities sign up runners to collect donations at the race.Last year they raised £63.70 million, taking the cumulative total to £955 million since the first event in 1981."This is a phenomenal achievement and part of what makes the London Marathon unique.
  
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• Engineer reunited with ‘old friend’ as rocket returns to UK after 50 years

  25-01-2019 19:43
  The Black Arrow programme from 1969-71 saw the first and only successful UK-led orbital launch.
  
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• London Marathon fundraising will top £1bn after 2019 race

  25-01-2019 19:40
  The 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon raised £63.7 million.
  
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• Bishop George Bell statue to go ahead as latest abuse claims judged ‘unfounded’

  25-01-2019 19:32
  The cleric was renowned for his opposition to the Nazis and his efforts to rescue Jewish children from Germany.
  
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• Newseum: journalism museum sells Washington home to balance losses

  25-01-2019 19:31
  The Newseum is one of the few museums in the US dedicated exclusively to journalism and the first amendment.The Newseum, one of the preeminent institutions dedicated to journalism in America, is relocating from its home in Washington after suffering significant losses in recent years.The Freedom Forum, the private foundation that established the Newseum and finances it, announced on Friday the sale of the glass-and-steel building to the Johns Hopkins Foundation for $372.5m.
  
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• Brexit could be delayed in short-term to ensure deal: Andrea Leadsom

  25-01-2019 19:15
  The Commons Leader said the move would not necessarily mean extending Article 50.
  
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• Cabinet Office compares no-deal Brexit to Iceland ash cloud chaos

  25-01-2019 19:07
  The repercussions for the UK of a no-deal Brexit could be similar to the national emergency faced by Iceland during the volcanic eruptions in 2010 that brought parts of the country to a standstill, according to advice being given to civil servants.The warning comes from the Cabinet Office, which is coordinating training for thousands of staff across Whitehall to help prepare departments for a disorderly departure from the European Union on 29 March.
  
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• Life sentence for teenager who went on run after fatal petrol station shooting

  25-01-2019 19:06
  The victim's mother described killer Bradley Blundell as 'evil and calculated'.
  
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• Andrea Leadsom Admits Brexit Could Be Delayed Beyond March 29

  25-01-2019 18:51
  Brexit may be delayed beyond the planned March 29 withdrawal date to ensure
  
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• Derry Girls immortalised in paint for giant city centre mural

  25-01-2019 18:43
  Channel 4 said the artwork is being installed as a tribute to the 'incredible' support Derry has given to the comedy show.
  
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• This Is Why The Arrest Of Roger Stone Is Bad News For Trump – Explained For Brits

  25-01-2019 18:42
  Last August, an old friend and confidante of Donald Trump who describes
  
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• Visa's European arm pays 13.2 million euros to settle Italy tax dispute

  25-01-2019 18:40
  MILAN (Reuters) - The European arm of U.S. credit card group VISA has paid 13.2 million euros (11.4 million pounds) to settle a dispute in Italy over alleged tax evasion, a judicial document filed by Milan prosecutors showed.
  
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• It will be emotional when Tornado is retired – last RAF pilot trained to fly jet

  25-01-2019 18:37
  The famous aircraft will leave RAF service before the end of March.
  
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• Travel warning as yellow alert for snow and ice issued

  25-01-2019 18:30
  Police Scotland has urged anyone travelling in the north of the country to be prepared for the conditions.
  
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• Teachers will be told by union to reject new pay offer

  25-01-2019 18:30
  EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan says it will now be for members to decide whether to accept or reject the latest deal.
  
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• Britons back the Queen over 'come together' message amid Brexit crisis - Sky Data poll

  25-01-2019 18:20
  The vast majority of people back the Queen for urging people to "come together" amid bitter division over Brexit.Some 68% of people said she was right to do so, in a Sky Data poll conducted on Friday.
  
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• Calls to resume search for footballer’s missing plane grow as family head to UK

  25-01-2019 18:12
  Emiliano Sala was due to start training at his new club on Tuesday.
  
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• Victoria Wood memorial to be unveiled in Spring

  25-01-2019 18:10
  A statue for the massively-popular performer has been given planning approval in the town where she grew up.
  
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• Fire crews extinguish ‘small building fire’ on Ed Sheeran’s Suffolk estate

  25-01-2019 18:07
  Three engines were called to the Castle On The Hill singer's home.
  
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• UK could reopen Brexit deal if parliament ready to accept agreement with backstop changes - BuzzFeed

  25-01-2019 18:05
  LONDON (Reuters) - The British government's enforcer Julian Smith has told lawmakers that the Brexit agreement could be reopened if parliament shows it would back an agreement with legally-binding changes to the Irish backstop, BuzzFeed reported on Friday.
  
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• Northern Irish DUP says wants Brexit consensus, sees ways forward

  25-01-2019 18:05
  The Northern Irish party that props up Prime Minister Theresa May's government said on Friday it wanted to reach consensus on a deal that worked for the European Union and United Kingdom and that it saw paths to avoid the border backstop."We want to reach a consensus which respects the constitutional and economic integrity of the United Kingdom and which also works for our neighbours in the Republic of Ireland," Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) deputy leader Nigel Dodds said."The trap of the back
  
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• Earth's oldest discovered... on the Moon - Telegraph.co.uk

  25-01-2019 18:05 via telegraph.co.uk
  Earth's oldest discovered... on the Moon  Telegraph.co.ukNASA asteroid strike warning as Earth impacts TRIPLE | Daily Star  Daily StarEarth’s oldest known rock found on Moon  The NationEarth’s Oldest Known Rock Found on Moon - Scientists Explain How It Got There  Sputnik InternationalEarth’s oldest rock found on the Moon  Tech ExploristView full coverage on Google News
  
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• DUP likely to back amendment supporting Brexit deal with backstop alternative - Telegraph

  25-01-2019 18:05
  LONDON (Reuters) - The DUP, which props up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government, is likely to back an amendment which says MPs will support May's Brexit deal if the Irish backstop is swapped for "alternative arrangements", The Telegraph newspaper said.
  
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• UK to step up pressure to return migrants to France, Immigration Minister says

  25-01-2019 18:00
  The comments were criticised by a Calais charity worker who said it could look like a 'political gesture' linked to Brexit.
  
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• Missing man’s family plead for him to get in touch

  25-01-2019 17:57
  Alan Morrison, 47, from Buckie, Aberdeenshire, was last seen on Christmas Eve.
  
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• EU state school in UK could lose year of pupils in no-deal Brexit

  25-01-2019 17:55
  The European baccalaureate is an EU-backed qualification.An entire year group at a European state school in Oxfordshire could be forced to abandon their education in the event of a no-deal Brexit, school leaders have said.Year 11 students at Europa school in Culham, Oxfordshire, are studying for a European baccalaureate (EB), but are currently in limbo, with many believing they will not be able to complete their education if the UK crashes out of the EU.
  
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• Emiliano Sala pilot's friends 'surprised' he took night flight

  25-01-2019 17:55
  The pilot who flew the plane carrying Emiliano Sala used a loophole to allow him to take paying passengers, it has emerged, as friends expressed shock that he decided to fly across the Channel at night.Sala’s relatives were on Friday investigating the possibility of launching a privately funded search after the authorities in Guernsey halted their hunt for the missing footballer, the pilot Dave Ibbotson and his plane.Family members were understood to be flying to the UK to join Sala’
  
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• Gymnast Beth Tweddle sues makers of The Jump over injuries on Channel 4 show

  25-01-2019 17:54
  Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle is suing the makers of The Jump after she fractured her vertebrae on the Channel 4 show.The Jump - which saw celebrities trying several winters sports including bobsleigh and ski jumping - wasaxed after four seriesfollowing a string of injuries to contestants.
  
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• Sex assault victim, 12, forced to travel to England for abortion, MPs told

  25-01-2019 17:50
  The ex-director of the Marie Stopes centre in Belfast said she saw many rape victims she could not help due to Northern Ireland's strict laws.
  
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• One of world's rarest sharks spotted off North Wales coast - Daily Post

  25-01-2019 17:45 via dailypost.co.uk
  One of world's rarest sharks spotted off North Wales coast  Daily PostRecent sightings of Angelsharks suggest that a small population is living off the Welsh coast.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• On-The-Run Playboy Drug Dealer Who Faked Novichok Poisoning Sentenced

  25-01-2019 17:39
  A "playboy" who sparked fears of a fresh Novichok attack when he collapsed in
  
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• NI doctors not referring women for abortions in GB due to legal uncertainty

  25-01-2019 17:32
  Northern Ireland has the strictest laws surrounding terminations in the UK.
  
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• Drug dealer Alex King who faked novichok poisoning in Salisbury jailed for 11 years

  25-01-2019 17:26
  A dealer who claimed he was poisoned with novichok in Salisbury has been jailed for 11 years for his role in supplying £60,000 of drugs.Alex King, 42, was absent for the sentencing at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, having gone on the run in November.On 16 September, he and Russian-born wife Anna Shapiro travelled to Salisbury to have dinner at Prezzo, not far from the Zizzi restaurant where Sergei and Yulia Skripal had dined before they were found slumped on a bench after being poisoned
  
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