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• British Transport Secretary says Brexit will not be delayed

  04-02-2019 23:59
  "I've been in every Cabinet meeting and there's been no conversation about delaying post-March 29," Grayling said in the interview."We are not delaying Article 50".With less than two months until Britain is due to leave the European Union on March 29, many believe it is inevitable that the government will have to request an extension to Article 50.
  
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• Ireland peace broker George Mitchell warns hard border poses a threat

  04-02-2019 23:53
  The man who brokered peace in Northern Ireland says a hard border must be avoided or violence is possible.George Mitchell, a former US senator, told Sky News it would be complacent to dismiss the risks posed by Brexit as scaremongering."Reason, common sense and prudence tells us that in light of the history of Northern Ireland, no steps should be taken that might make a resumption of violence more possible.
  
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• Nissan £60m in doubt after investment U-turn - BBC News

  04-02-2019 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Nissan £60m in doubt after investment U-turn  BBC NewsNissan will be forced to reapply for nearly £60m of taxpayer support after backtracking on a promise to build its X-Trail SUV in Sunderland. A letter from the ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Would-Be Labour Brexit Rebels Want Meaningful Vote On UK-EU Trade Deal

  04-02-2019 23:37
  Labour rebels will only rescue Theresa May's Brexit deal if she agrees to give
  
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• 'GOOD progress!' Brexiteer Iain Duncan-Smith gives reaction to CRUCIAL Brexit meeting

  04-02-2019 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXITEER MP Iain Duncan-Smith has answered questions alongside leading Remainer MP Nicky Morgan, following a crucial meeting between Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay and a group of MP’s focused on trying to reach compromise on the Brexit deal.
  
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• Neighbour tells of hearing a terrified woman's scream at the time Libby went missing - Daily Mail

  04-02-2019 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  Neighbour tells of hearing a terrified woman's scream at the time Libby went missing  Daily MailLibby Squire was last seen near her home in Wellesley Avenue, Hull last Thursday night. A woman who lives nearby said she head an 'urgent, loud female ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• May promises Brexit deal that honours commitments to Northern Ireland

  04-02-2019 23:30
  Theresa May heads to Northern Ireland as efforts to find alternatives to the border backstop continue in Westminster.
  
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• Bus driver taken to hospital after crashing into garden

  04-02-2019 23:29
  The crash happened in the Knightswood area of Glasgow.
  
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• Behind the scenes of Sky News

  04-02-2019 23:20
  Sky News is 30 years old and on 5th February you can watch behind the scenes to see how it's all done.
  
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• Parliament HACK attack: Dozens of MPs hit by ‘malicious hack’

  04-02-2019 23:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  DOZENS of MPs have been stung by a “malicious hack” which is believed to have compromised at least one parliamentarian’s phone and email contacts on Monday.
  
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• Labour MPs say not enough being done over 'cancer of antisemitism'

  04-02-2019 23:15
  Labour MPs have condemned the party's general secretary in an angry showdown at Westminster over the "cancer" of antisemitism.In an ill-tempered meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Jennie Formby refused to reveal details about complaints or disciplinary action being taken.The latest antisemitism row in the Labour Party came as the PLP unanimously passed a motion accusing the party's national executive of treating cases leniently.
  
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• London BLOODBATH: Disturbing footage shows masked teenager robbing commuters at knifepoint

  04-02-2019 23:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  TERRIFYING CCTV footage shows a young man bearing a mask resembling that of a skull as he robs two commuters at knifepoint on board a train carriage in London.
  
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• 'Go SLING your hook!' Nigel Farage blasts top civil servant's no-deal Brexit bill demands

  04-02-2019 23:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL Farage hit out at European Commission Secretary General Martin Selmayr over the possibility of Britain still having to pay a £39 billion withdrawal bill to the EU, even in the case of a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Gut bacteria does cause depression - Daily Mail

  04-02-2019 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  Gut bacteria does cause depression  Daily MailThe experiment, the Flemish Gut Flora Project, examined depression data and stool samples from 1000 people and found two types of bacteria were ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘A ZILLION hate messages’ Academic’s Twitter backlash after blasting ‘RACIST’ Mary Poppins

  04-02-2019 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE academic who branded beloved children’s Disney film Mary Poppins “racist” has hit out after receiving “a zillion hate messages” on social media.
  
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• Jamie Carragher has a stark warning for Maurizio Sarri about Gonzalo Higuain - Football.London

  04-02-2019 22:40 via football.london
  Jamie Carragher has a stark warning for Maurizio Sarri about Gonzalo Higuain  Football.LondonFormer Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher believes Gonzalo Higuain's arrival at Chelsea could make or break Maurizio Sarri's tenure at the club.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Suspect who attacked RAF memorial in London 'walks with distinctive gait'

  04-02-2019 22:39
  Detectives investigating a series of paint attacks on several war memorials and statues in London have said the suspect "walks with a distinctive gait".Scotland Yard has released two CCTV clips of a man they want to trace in connection with the acts of vandalism, which included white paint being splattered over the Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park.Also targeted with white paint were the Allies Statue of Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt in New Bond Street, the memorial to murdered
  
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• Hatton Garden: Last suspect 'known as Basil' goes on trial over £14m heist

  04-02-2019 22:37
  The last suspect in the £14m Hatton Garden safe deposit box heist has gone on trial nearly four years after the raid.Michael Seed, 58, was the gang member known to the others as "Basil", the jury at Woolwich Crown Court was told.Prosecutor Philip Evans said nine people had already been convicted over the plot in which a gang stole "a very substantial quantity of gold, jewellery, precious stones, cash and other items" in what was thought to be the biggest burglary in English legal history.
  
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• Sky News Raw: Media 'must work hard to gain public trust'

  04-02-2019 22:32
  Traditional media has been "amplifying messages about fake news", Twitter board member Martha Lane Fox has said.Baroness Lane Fox of Soho, who also runs "responsible tech" think tank Doteveryone, said she believes that traditional media outlets have to take some responsibility for the explosion of fake news, as do social media platforms."A lot of what I perceive around the challenges and the misinformation and particularly what people would call fake news on social media is often the traditional
  
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• In Pictures: Bullish line-up wins fans at livestock sale

  04-02-2019 22:04
  The Stirling Bull Sales attract thousands to the show ring.
  
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• Sturgeon: Real and growing risk of no-deal Brexit

  04-02-2019 21:52
  Nicola Sturgeon has renewed her call for a fresh Brexit referendum.
  
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• Labour Anti-Semitism Row Reignites After Party Chief Refuses MPs' Demands For Detailed Data On Abuse

  04-02-2019 21:50
  Labour's anti-semitism row has reignited dramatically after MPs accused their
  
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• Oceans will turn bluer due to effects of global warming, study says - Sky News

  04-02-2019 21:43 via news.sky.com
  Oceans will turn bluer due to effects of global warming, study says  Sky NewsChanging ocean temperatures are expected to alter the populations of microscopic algae which will affect the colour of the sea.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Firefox 66 will finally mute one of the web’s biggest annoyances - TrustedReviews

  04-02-2019 21:37 via trustedreviews.com
  Firefox 66 will finally mute one of the web’s biggest annoyances  TrustedReviewsNext version of the Firefox web browser will mute autoplaying video and audio by default. Mozilla is taking the step to ensure web users aren't distracted.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• "The world thinks we're making Titanfall 3 and we're not - this is what we're making." - Eurogamer.net

  04-02-2019 21:24 via eurogamer.net
  "The world thinks we're making Titanfall 3 and we're not - this is what we're making."  Eurogamer.netSurprise! It's now official: Respawn's been quietly working on a free-to-play, first person shooter battle royale called Apex Legends - and it's already ava…View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Nissan leaves Tories to explain why they can't even manage a bribe

  04-02-2019 21:24
  Business secretary Greg Clark had to front up to explain away the bad news.It’s one thing for a government to offer a £61m off-the-books sweetener to reassure Nissan that Brexit wasn’t going to be such a big deal and it was fine for the Japanese carmaker to manufacture its new X-Trail model at its Sunderland plant.Greg Clark may be one of the more decent members of the cabinet but he’s also one of the dullest.
  
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• Plans submitted for sculpture in Northumberland honouring Queen

  04-02-2019 21:18
  The Elizabeth Landmark: Ascendant is proposed to stand on Cold Law, a hill near Kirkwhelpington on the Ray Estate owned by Viscount Devonport.
  
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• Liam Neeson faces backlash over racially charged rape revenge comments

  04-02-2019 21:15
  The actor said he walked the streets armed with a weapon after his friend was attacked.
  
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• May urges business leaders to ask EU to avoid no-deal Brexit - FT

  04-02-2019 20:51
  (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May has urged business leaders to ask European Union policymakers to avoid a no-deal or a hard Brexit, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
  
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• Warp factor: Milky Way turns out to have a twist

  04-02-2019 20:34
  The spinning spiral galaxy that is the sun's home is bent towards its edges, astronomers have discovered.
  
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• Home Secretary approves extradition of businessman Vijay Mallya to India

  04-02-2019 20:23
  Secretary of State Sajid Javid has signed an order for the drinks tycoon to face accusations in India following a lengthy court battle.
  
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• Experts warned of fire-spread risks two years before Grenfell

  04-02-2019 20:10
  Grenfell Tower: studies by fire experts were blunt in their assessment that fire barriers installed in the wall cavities of some buildings were not performing effectively.Experts warned the government two years before the Grenfell Tower disaster that not enough was being done to tackle the risk of fire spreading through such buildings and that lives were in danger as a result.Experts believe that the same process in the cladding at Grenfell helped spread the June 2017 fire, which claimed 72 live
  
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• Britain should not view March 28 as deadline to reach Brexit deal - business minister

  04-02-2019 20:08
  Britain does not have until the day before its March 29 exit from the European Union to reach a Brexit deal as businesses have to make decisions now, business minister Greg Clark said on Monday.Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal was rejected in parliament last month and the government is trying to make changes to win the support of lawmakers.
  
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• Emiliano Sala: plane found in search for missing footballer – video report

  04-02-2019 20:07
  The plane carrying Cardiff City's new signing Emiliano Sala and his pilot David Ibbotson has been found on the seabed north of Guernsey.David Mearns, who led a private search for the plane backed by Sala’s family and a crowdfunding campaign, has said it is 'imperative' that the plane is now recovered.The news that the plane had been discovered came on Sunday, a day after Cardiff's first home game since Sala's disappearance, where fans paid tribute to the Argentinian forward.The light
  
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• Builder Daniel Neagu admits wrecking new homes worth £4m with digger

  04-02-2019 20:04
  A builder has admitted using a digger to wreck five newly-built retirement homes worth a total of about £4m.Daniel Neagu had originally denied a charge of criminal damage at St Albans Crown Court after the houses were ruined in Buntingford, Hertfordshire last August.The bungalows were worth about £800,000 each and were due to be occupied by their new owners within weeks when the incident happened.
  
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• Nissan Bosses 'Want Labour To Work With Theresa May For Brexit Deal'

  04-02-2019 19:59
  Nissan wants Labour to work towards agreeing a Brexit deal with Theresa May,
  
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• 'Single-shaming’: why it never pays to ridicule those alone on Valentine's

  04-02-2019 19:54
  The financial technology company Revolut is facing a backlash over its ‘patronising’ posters, which have been deemed intrusive and tone deafName: Single-shaming.Appearance: Snarky and patronising. Continue reading...
  
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• Five teenagers jailed for murder of youth in east London

  04-02-2019 19:46
  Lord Promise Nkenda, 17, hoped to be a musician.Five youths have been jailed for the murder of a teenager who was run down by a car before his attackers – including one wearing an electronic monitoring tag – chased him down and stabbed him to death on a London street.Lord Promise Nkenda was stabbed 15 times on 14 February 2018 in Newham, east London, by a gang aged 14 to 17, in a suspected case of mistaken identity.
  
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• Teenagers get life for fatal Valentine’s Day car and knife attack on 17-year-old

  04-02-2019 19:41
  Lord Promise Nkenda was killed in Newham, east London.
  
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• CCTV released of suspected memorial paint vandal

  04-02-2019 19:39
  Damage to the Bomber Command Memorial in London’s Green Park caused widespread public anger.
  
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• Third of Britons believe ‘fundamental clash’ between Islam and ‘British values’ - poll

  04-02-2019 19:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  MORE than one third of UK people believe there is a “fundamental clash” between Islam and “British values”, a poll has found.
  
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• Bus crashes into garden in Glasgow

  04-02-2019 19:35
  There were no reports of any serious injuries following the incident in Glasgow.
  
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• Chris Pratt agrees with Star-Lord Avengers: Infinity War criticisms - DigitalSpy.com

  04-02-2019 19:34 via digitalspy.com
  Chris Pratt agrees with Star-Lord Avengers: Infinity War criticisms  DigitalSpy.comOne of the most surprising things about Avengers: Infinity War when it arrived in April 2018 was the way that the public turned on everyone's favourite loveable ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Government faces legal action on Northern Ireland backstop - as May visits to address border fears

  04-02-2019 19:31
  The architect of the Good Friday Agreement is to take the British government to court over the proposed Brexit backstop arrangement, claiming it breaches the peace deal.Lord Trimble announced he planned to initiate judicial proceedings as Theresa May confirmed she will visit Northern Ireland on Tuesday in a bid to calm fears about a hard border reforming after Brexit.Lord Trimble's announcement will come as a blow to those efforts.
  
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• Chinese New Year 2019 in London and UK: How to celebrate the Year of the Pig

  04-02-2019 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  CHINESE New Year begins on February 5 and this year it’s the Year of the Pig. So how can you celebrate in the UK, including in London, Manchester, Bristol and Birmingham?
  
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• Coveney: Alternatives to border backstop represent wishful thinking

  04-02-2019 19:30
  Ireland's deputy premier said many hours were involved in coming up with a 'legally credible and pragmatic' solution.
  
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• Forget the Brexit blame game for now, and fight back

  04-02-2019 19:29
  Pro- and anti-Brexit activists outside Parliament on the night MPs called on Theresa May to renegotiate the Irish backstop. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images
  
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• Sean Rigg death: police lied as part of cover-up, tribunal hears

  04-02-2019 19:13
  Sean Rigg, 40, was having a mental health crisis when officers arrested him in 2008.Police officers involved in the detention of Sean Rigg lied about their actions as part of a cover-up after he died in custody, a police misconduct hearing has head.Five Metropolitan police officers face charges of gross misconduct over the death of Rigg, a 40-year-old musician, who died after being restrained in 2008.
  
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• Brussels stands firm as senior Tories seek Brexit backstop alternatives

  04-02-2019 19:04
  Senior MPs on both sides of the Tory Brexit divide met in Whitehall to consider alternatives to the Irish backstop.
  
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• Louella Fletcher-Michie death: Man to stand trial accused of killing Holby City star's daughter

  04-02-2019 19:02
  A man is to stand trial accused of killing Holby City star John Michie's daughter, who died after taking party drug 2CP at a music festival.Ceon Broughton, 29, of Enfield, north London, denies the manslaughter of Louella Fletcher-Michie and another charge of supplying the class A drug to her.Before being chosen, jurors at Winchester Crown Court were asked if they were a "regular watcher of Holby City on the television".
  
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