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• Jeremy Corbyn Offers Theresa May His Support If PM Meets Five Brexit Demands

  06-02-2019 23:49
  Jeremy Corbyn has written to the Prime Minister offering his support for her
  
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• Donald Tusk: Special place in hell for Brexiteers without a plan

  06-02-2019 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The European Council president sparks a backlash from Brexit-backing MPs after his comments.
  
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• At least four taken to hospital after Batley gas explosion

  06-02-2019 23:33
  Local residents have been evacuated.
  
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• Stansted 15 activist: 'Relieved we're not going to prison'

  06-02-2019 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Protesters who delayed flights and closed a runway at Stansted airport have avoided immediate jail sentences
  
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• What Is The Malthouse Compromise? The Latest Attempt To End Brexit Deadlock Explained

  06-02-2019 23:30
  The deadlock over Brexit is reaching crisis point and with little more than 50
  
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• Batley 'gas explosion' leaves five people hurt

  06-02-2019 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Residents living nearby spoke of hearing the "loudest bang" from a flat in the West Yorkshire town.
  
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• Child killer 'screamed for help' while being stabbed to death in revenge attack

  06-02-2019 23:03
  Three men have been charged with the murder of David Gaut, 54, and are due to appear in court on Thursday.Gaut was allegedly stabbed 150 times in August at a block of flats in New Tredegar, Caerphilly.On Wednesday, David Osborne, 51, told Newport Crown Court he was in his kitchen when he heard Mr Gaut screaming for help after Ieuan Harley, 23, attacked him with a knife.
  
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• Corbyn sets out five Brexit demands ‘to bring country together’

  06-02-2019 23:00
  The Labour leader has written to the Prime Minister calling for a change in her stance on EU withdrawal.
  
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• Corbyn lays out Labour’s terms for backing May on Brexit

  06-02-2019 23:00
  Jeremy Corbyn signs his letter.Jeremy Corbyn has written to the prime minister, offering to throw Labour’s support behind her Brexit deal if she makes five legally binding commitments – including joining a customs union.The Labour leader held private talks with Theresa May last week for the first time since her deal was rejected by a historic margin of 230 votes in January.
  
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• Bafta: Queen director Singer suspended from nomination

  06-02-2019 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  The academy suspends the Bohemian Rhapsody director over sexual abuse allegations, which he denies.
  
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• Teenager left with ‘life-changing’ injuries after being run over and stabbed repeatedly

  06-02-2019 22:48
  An 18-year-old has been left in hospital after the attack in Camden, London.
  
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• Avengers: Endgame - Russos on runtime and test screenings - Den of Geek UK

  06-02-2019 22:27 via denofgeek.com
  Avengers: Endgame - Russos on runtime and test screenings  Den of Geek UKAvengers: Endgame directors admit Captain Marvel's superpowers were a "concern"  DigitalSpy.com'Avengers: Endgame' Is So Long It Might Have An Interval  Esquire.comAvengers Endgame theories and spoilers - time travel to Iron Man's rescue  Metro.co.ukAvengers: Endgame's official synopsis promises a battle to "restore order to the universe"  DigitalSpy.comView full coverage on
  
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• Police name victim, 19, of stabbing in Battersea, south-west London

  06-02-2019 22:04
  Lejean Richards, 19, of Battersea was killed on Tuesday.Police are appealing for witnesses.Police have named the 19-year-old victim of a fatal stabbing in south London as they renewed their appeal for witnesses to come forward after the arrests of three men on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Pro-second vote MPs hold their fire on referendum amendment

  06-02-2019 21:51
  Lib Dem leader Vince Cable wants to remove danger of a no-deal Brexit before pushing for a People’s Vote.Exasperated supporters of a second referendum plan to hold their fire again when Theresa May comes back to parliament next week to set out the next stage of her Brexit strategy.The Lib Dem leader, Sir Vince Cable, has sent a message to activists, explaining “there is still everything to play for”, and “the People’s Vote is alive and well” – but his pa
  
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• After 'Unforgivable' £8m Budget Cut, Police Chief Asks: 'What Should We Stop Doing?'

  06-02-2019 21:43
  A police boss has hit out over ministers cutting back on crime-fighting
  
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• Deer hunt on Exmoor branded 'sickening' by campaigners

  06-02-2019 21:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Protesters claim a hunt group is using a loophole in the law to carry on hunting deer in Somerset.
  
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• Cardiff City 'Surprised' After Nantes Demand Payment Over £15m Emiliano Sala Transfer

  06-02-2019 21:24
  Cardiff City have been left surprised after French club Nantes demanded
  
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• Disability-themed emoji among latest designs approved for use

  06-02-2019 21:13
  The update also includes a 'drop of blood' emoji campaigners say could provide women with a new way to talk about menstruation.
  
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• Newport County goalkeeper didn't know wife had given birth

  06-02-2019 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Joe Day's daughters were born at about 20:20 GMT on Tuesday night.
  
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• Baby born with heart outside body is home in Bulwell

  06-02-2019 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Vanellope Hope Wilkins is fully discharged from hospital 14 months after she was born with no breastbone.
  
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• Scottish Labour votes against Alex Salmond inquiry led by SNP

  06-02-2019 21:02
  SNP, led by first minister Nicola Sturgeon, chose not relinquish convenorship of Holyrood inquiry.Scottish Labour has voted against plans for a Holyrood investigation into the botched handling of an internal inquiry into sexual assault claims against Alex Salmond after the Scottish National party insisted on chairing it.Labour and the Conservatives had urged the SNP to allow another party to chair the special committee, which had all-party support until it emerged a former SNP minister would be
  
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• Six People Given Last-Minute Reprieve As Deportation Charter Flight Leaves For Jamaica, Campaigners Say

  06-02-2019 20:49
  At least six Jamaican detainees have been granted a last-minute reprieve from
  
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• Not opposing Brexit could lose Labour 45 seats, says leaked report

  06-02-2019 20:49
  The document appears to be an attempt to pile pressure on Corbyn over Brexit.A trade union affiliated with the Labour party has claimed that Jeremy Corbyn’s party could lose an additional 45 seats in a snap election if it fails to take an anti-Brexit position, in a leaked report.It appears to be an attempt to pile pressure on the Labour leader over Brexit.
  
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• Northern rail: Strikes halted by 'breakthrough'

  06-02-2019 20:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The RMT union said Northern rail had offered a guarantee of a conductor on all trains.
  
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• Teenager left with ‘life-changing’ injuries after stabbing

  06-02-2019 20:37
  An 18-year-old has been left in hospital after the attack in Camden, London.
  
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• Nantes demand Emiliano Sala transfer money from Cardiff

  06-02-2019 20:34
  French football club Nantes have started legal action against Cardiff City, asking for the first payment in the £15m deal to buy Emiliano Sala, Sky sources say.Sky Sports News understands that Cardiff City feel they should wait for the salvage operation and the investigation into the plane crash in the Channel to end before any payments are made.Cardiff have not yet paid any of the fee, a record for the club, for the Argentinian striker.
  
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• May to woo Labour with law giving UK workers same rights as in EU

  06-02-2019 20:33
  Labour MPs are insisting Theresa May’s undertaking over workers’ rights is backed by legislation.Theresa May is expected to propose a draft bill guaranteeing that UK workers’ rights will keep pace with those in Europe in an attempt to get Labour MPs to back her Brexit deal.Backbench Labour sources said the bill would probably be proposed before the next meaningful vote and could include strengthened protections for agency workers and a “regression lock” that would e
  
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• Donald Tusk's special place in hell looks like where we are right now

  06-02-2019 20:20
  After a Brussels press conference punctuated with knowing sighs, in which he again made clear the withdrawal agreement was not up for renegotiation but that – as a gesture of goodwill – he was willing to entertain sensible alternative suggestions from the UK government, the EU council’s president concluded with a simple thought.This was Donald Tusk unplugged.A politician tired of diplomacy that kept going nowhere – ‘What bit of backstop doesn’t the UK get?&rsq
  
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• Son's 200-mile London-Devon journey beats ambulance

  06-02-2019 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Mark Clements reached his mother's Exmouth home before paramedics arrived to treat her broken hip.
  
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• Police to get extra powers to tackle illegal traveller sites

  06-02-2019 19:51
  Police forces will be given increased powers to tackle illegal traveller sites, the home secretary has announced.
  
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• UK to trial driverless cars without safety drivers

  06-02-2019 19:43
  Completely driverless cars without safety drivers could be on British roads by the end of the year.The government has announced new advanced trial guidelines for the technology which could see autonomous vehicles on public roads within a matter of months.The Department for Transport said that self-driving cars without steering wheels would be allowed on any public road in the country if they pass the "rigorous safety assessments" needed before the trial.
  
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• Linda Fabiani to be appointed as convener of Alex Salmond committee

  06-02-2019 19:43
  The Holyrood committee will investigate how complaints against former first minister Alex Salmond were handled.
  
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• Body found in lake confirmed as missing student

  06-02-2019 19:42
  Daniel Williams was reported missing after he failed to return to his accommodation following a night out in a student union bar.
  
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• Teacher Neil Jessop banned after 70mph 'Bird Box challenge' drive

  06-02-2019 19:37
  A teacher has been banned from driving and fined after a 40 mile-long journey with his car windscreen covered in snow which police likened to a "Bird Box challenge".Father-of-two Neil Jessop, 39, was stopped on Queensferry Bridge in Edinburgh in February 2018, after nearly colliding with a police car.Sergeant Nicola Young told Dunfermline Sheriff Court the art teacher was travelling at speeds of up to 70mph with a windscreen almost completely blanketed in ice and snow.
  
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• Boris Johnson earned £51,000 for one speech, MPs' register reveals

  06-02-2019 19:32
  Whatever the speculation about Boris Johnson’s political role since stepping down as foreign secretary, no one can doubt his ability to make money since returning to the backbenches, including, it has emerged, being paid more than £51,000 for a single speech.The latest register of MPs’ financial interests shows Johnson, who is paid nearly £23,000 a month for his weekly Daily Telegraph column, received £51,250 from the Irish firm Pendulum Events for a speech in Dubli
  
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• Rail passengers will not be ‘turfed out’ at Irish border, says transport minister

  06-02-2019 19:25
  Shane Ross said if the UK crashes out of the European Union, he is confident there will be a seamless transition.
  
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• Bodies of two walkers recovered from mountain

  06-02-2019 19:24
  The men's bodies were found on Wednesday after concerns were raised about them on Tuesday.
  
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• Babcock eyes expansion but sees no quick fix for 'nightmare' year

  06-02-2019 19:16
  Britain's Babcock aims to expand its foreign business but will not chase risky growth to resolve a "nightmare" period in which the engineering group's management and stock price came under fire, Chief Executive Archie Bethel said on Wednesday.Babcock, a key supplier of engineering and defence services to Britain's Ministry of Defence with around £5 billion in annual revenue, has lost 25 percent of its stock market value in the past six months.Providing services ranging from the maintenance
  
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• Juncker stands by Ireland and ‘vital’ backstop

  06-02-2019 19:14
  Jean-Claude Juncker and Irish premier Leo Varadkar held talks at the European Commission in Brussels.
  
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• Woman who died after car hit tree named by police

  06-02-2019 19:13
  The 62-year-old was a passenger in a vehicle which crashed near Kyle of Lochalsh.
  
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• National Museum of Scotland unveils final phase of £80 million transformation

  06-02-2019 19:12
  Three new galleries open to the public on February 8.
  
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• Len McCluskey and Brexit negotiations

  06-02-2019 19:11
  Len McCluskey of Unite outside 10 Downing Street on 24 January 2019 after talks with the government over Brexit. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
  
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• Margaret Thatcher deserves further elevation

  06-02-2019 19:10
  Plans for the statue of Margaret Thatcher to be erected in her home town of Grantham have been unanimously approved by South Kesteven district council despite vandalism concerns. Photograph: Douglas Jennings/PA
  
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• Jury shown video of TV actor's daughter before drugs death at festival

  06-02-2019 19:07
  Louella Fletcher-Michie’s boyfriend is alleged to have given her the class A drug 2C-P at Bestival in Dorset last year.Louella Fletcher-Michie, the daughter of the Holby City actor John Michie, was seen shouting for her mother and father and apparently so confused she was trying to eat thorns and slap herself.Broughton, of Enfield, north London, denies manslaughter and supplying the drug to Fletcher-Michie.
  
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• Tusk urged to apologise to Brexiteers over ‘place in hell’ comment

  06-02-2019 19:04
  European Council president Donald Tusk has inflamed the Brexit debate ahead of Theresa May's visit to Brussels on Thursday.
  
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• Old technique used to make new advances with treatment of undetected TB

  06-02-2019 19:00
  Scientists turn up the heat to achieve quicker results and safer working conditions for clinics treating tuberculosis.
  
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• Top civil servant urged to probe spending on Brexit alternative arrangements

  06-02-2019 18:57
  Liberal Democrat MPs have questioned whether it is 'correct' for civil servants to be providing support to backers of the Malthouse Compromise.
  
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• Donald Tusk's 'hell' jibe risks turning Britain towards a no-deal Brexit - Sky News

  06-02-2019 18:54 via news.sky.com
  Donald Tusk's 'hell' jibe risks turning Britain towards a no-deal Brexit  Sky NewsTusk: 'Special place in Hell' for Brexit promoters 'without a plan'  CNNI voted Remain, but Tusk's devilish condemnation of Brexiteers won't help us reach a compromise  Telegraph.co.ukDear Theresa May, your Brexit plan is doomed. Here’s a deal that will work  The GuardianNo Mr Tusk, 'hell' is being trapped in the wretched European Union  Telegraph.co.ukView fu
  
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• Earth forecast to have warmest run of years on record

  06-02-2019 18:53
  Temperatures are likely to be 1C or more above pre-industrial levels in the next few years, making the 10 years to 2023 the hottest recorded.
  
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• Three held as teenager stabbed to death near Prince George’s school is named

  06-02-2019 18:51
  Lejean Richards died at the scene after he was found with injuries.
  
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