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• Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is latest Democrat to join 2020 US presidential race - Sky News

  10-02-2019 23:54 via news.sky.com
  Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is latest Democrat to join 2020 US presidential race  Sky NewsSenator Amy Klobuchar becomes the ninth Democrat candidate to put her hat into the ring to take on Donald Trump.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Libby Squire: Man Linked To Disappearance Charged With Offences Not Related To Hull Student

  10-02-2019 23:43
  A 24-year-old man arrested in connection to the disappearance of Hull studentLibby Squire has been charged with separate offences
  
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• May rejects pivot towards Brexit customs union compromise

  10-02-2019 23:33
  Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected the idea of targeting a customs union with the European Union, pouring cold water on hopes from some that she could shift her Brexit policy to win over the opposition Labour Party.Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29 but has yet to find a deal which is acceptable to both Brussels and lawmakers at home, raising the prospect of a disorderly exit that could damage the world's fifth largest economy.Brexit has divided Britain at every level from voters to
  
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• Man, 24, arrested over Libby Squire disappearance 'remains under investigation'

  10-02-2019 23:33
  A 24-year-old man arrested over the disappearance of Hull student Libby Squire remains under investigation, say police.Humberside Police had been given more time to question the man who they arrested on Wednesday evening on suspicion of abduction.Speaking after Sunday's deadline, Detective Superintendent Matt Hutchinson said: "We are continuing to investigate the disappearance of Libby Squire and a 24-year-old man remains under investigation.
  
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• Trump says he ‘works probably more hours than any past president’ after schedule leaks - The Independent

  10-02-2019 23:30 via independent.co.uk
  Trump says he ‘works probably more hours than any past president’ after schedule leaks  The IndependentDonald Trump has claimed he probably works “more hours than almost any past president” after leaks from the White House revealed he spends more than half ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Aliny Mendes: Man Charged With Murder Of Mother Stabbed To Death At Roadside

  10-02-2019 23:21
  Police have charged a man with murder following the fatal stabbing of amother
  
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• Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma: What you need to know about the Netflix film

  10-02-2019 23:18
  The Cuaron directed black and white film has won four Baftas.
  
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• Sir Philip Green staff 'told to wear revealing clothes' when he visited - Telegraph.co.uk

  10-02-2019 23:15 via telegraph.co.uk
  Sir Philip Green staff 'told to wear revealing clothes' when he visited  Telegraph.co.ukSir Philip Green's retail empire faced further allegations of inappropriate behaviour on Sunday night, after staff alleged that they were told to wear “revealing” ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Amber Rudd sets out new offence for ‘arrogant’ bosses who put pensions at risk

  10-02-2019 23:00
  Rogue directors could be jailed for up to seven years or hit with an unlimited fine under the Work and Pensions Secretary's plans.
  
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• Polly Hudson: Jennifer Aniston is turning 50 - but don't feel sorry for her - Mirror Online

  10-02-2019 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  Polly Hudson: Jennifer Aniston is turning 50 - but don't feel sorry for her  Mirror OnlineThe star is probably the personification of the woman who has everything - and don't be insulting to pity her because she doesn't have a bloke and kids.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Olivia Colman queen of Baftas as The Favourite wins seven gongs

  10-02-2019 22:59
  The period drama about Queen Anne missed out on best film to Roma.
  
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• Teenager dies after car hits tree

  10-02-2019 22:14
  Three other people were seriously injured in the crash.
  
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• Boris Johnson backs call for multibillion cut to UK aid budget

  10-02-2019 22:00
  The report suggests all UK peacekeeping should be funded through overseas aid.Calls for a multibillion-pound cut in the UK’s overseas aid budget and closure of the Department for International Development (DfID) as a separate Whitehall entity are set out in a new Conservative vision for a post-Brexit “global Britain” backed by the former foreign secretary Boris Johnson.
  
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• No more walking in the wrong direction with the upcoming AR experience on Google Maps - Android Authority

  10-02-2019 21:47 via androidauthority.com
  No more walking in the wrong direction with the upcoming AR experience on Google Maps  Android AuthorityAt the Google I/O 2018, the company teased how Google Maps can leverage the camera to overlay walking directions and business listings for an Augmented ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘The fighting was intense’: witness tells of two-day attempt to kill Isis leader

  10-02-2019 21:41
  Foreign fighters reportedly executed after launching attack against Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiFresh details have emerged of the coup attempt against Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, with witnesses claiming foreign members of the terror group lost a two-day battle with his bodyguards before being rounded up and executed.A witness who spoke to the Guardian after being smuggled from the last hamlet in eastern Syria held by Isis, said the clash took place in al Keshma, a village next to Baghouz in Septem
  
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• Emiliano Sala: Search for pilot’s body continues after football world raises £120,000

  10-02-2019 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  MORE than £120,000 has been raised to help find the body of Emiliano Sala's pilot David Ibbotson who is still unaccounted for after last month's plane crash.
  
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• Mike Ashley withdraws his surprise bid for Patisserie Valerie - The Guardian

  10-02-2019 21:23 via theguardian.com
  Mike Ashley withdraws his surprise bid for Patisserie Valerie  The GuardianSports Direct pulls out of battle for beleaguered cake chain claiming to be at 'disadvantage'View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mitchell's 'clutch' defence key to English war machine - RugbyPass

  10-02-2019 21:16 via rugbypass.com
  Mitchell's 'clutch' defence key to English war machine  RugbyPassAs England headed from the Twickenham pitch on Sunday afternoon, their second bonus point win of the Guinness Six Nations secured, there was plenty to ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• BAFTAs 2019: Bradley Cooper gives speech as A Star Is Born wins gong - Daily Mail

  10-02-2019 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  BAFTAs 2019: Bradley Cooper gives speech as A Star Is Born wins gong  Daily MailThe actor, 44, thanked his two leading ladies, Lady Gaga and Irina Shayk as A Star Is Born picked up the gong for Best Original Music at the EE British Academy ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Cheers for William and Kate as they walk the red carpet at Bafta film awards

  10-02-2019 20:37
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived at the Royal Albert Hall where film editor Thelma Schoonmaker will be among those honoured.
  
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• The Sex Clinic shocks with male patients who refuse to wear condoms - Mirror Online

  10-02-2019 20:36 via mirror.co.uk
  The Sex Clinic shocks with male patients who refuse to wear condoms  Mirror OnlineFans of E4's sexual health show The Sex Clinic may be left raising their eyebrows on Monday night as a number of contestants reveal they never use condoms ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• 'Utterly brainless' councillors lavish millions on new deluxe town hall HQs

  10-02-2019 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  HUGE amounts of taxpayers' money are being spent by "utterly brainless" councils on new town halls.
  
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• Cabinet backs Chris Grayling after ferry fiasco, says minister

  10-02-2019 20:17
  Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has faced calls to resign after a controversial no-deal Brexit ferry contract was cancelled.A ministerial colleague of Chris Grayling has insisted the cabinet still supports the beleaguered transport secretary, amid pressure on him to step down over the cancellation of a Brexit-related ferry contract awarded to a company with no ships.The backing from James Brokenshire, the communities secretary, came as the Irish government dismissed the idea that it had influ
  
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• Fire crews tackle major blaze in university science building

  10-02-2019 20:12
  The alarm was raised in St Andrews shortly before 5pm on Sunday.
  
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• ‘Rude, smug and frequently sozzled’ - Brexiteer MEP TAKES DOWN EU's Jean-Claude Juncker

  10-02-2019 19:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXITEER MEP Daniel Hannan has published a scorching take-down of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
  
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• Scanning the horizon for Brexit risks and EU benefits

  10-02-2019 19:31
  ‘Surely Bordeaux’s wine shippers can find enough shipping and dock capacity within easy reach of Saint-Émilion to get any amount of claret to the English channel ports without trudging all the way to Calais?’ asks Eric Potts.It was so heartening to read Jonathan Freedland’s vigorous call for a proactive coordinated campaign to persuade the public that Brexit has to be stopped (We can’t wait for a people’s vote to make the case against Brexit, 9 February
  
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• Fairer ways to tax property

  10-02-2019 19:30
  ‘Again we see that only little people pay proper taxes,’ writes John Worrall.Sure, it would be nice if local councils got a slice of stamp duty on property purchases in their areas (Tycoon’s property spree prompts calls for taxes to stay local, 9 February) but the far more urgent need is for a revamp of council tax, as evidenced by Ken Griffin’s purchase of those two London bijous.Reportedly costing £195m, they will attract combined council tax of just £2,842,
  
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• Shock level of abuse on youngsters

  10-02-2019 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  MORE than half a million under-fives are suffering neglect, trauma or abuse, a key group of ministers will hear.
  
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• SDLP’s heads of youth, women and LGBT+ resign over Fianna Fail deal

  10-02-2019 19:27
  Leader Colum Eastwood hailed the partnership but Matthew Corr, Caoimhe McNeill and Matthew Carson have since stepped down.
  
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• All pupils have a right to LGBT education

  10-02-2019 19:27
  ‘All pupils should have the right to access education that will give them clear and accurate information on topics that are so important to their wellbeing,’ says Stephen Evans.Shraga Stern accuses the National Secular Society of “see[ing] fit to dismiss basic religious freedoms” (Letters, 7 February).Secularism seeks to defend the absolute freedom of belief, and protect the right to manifest religious belief insofar as it does not impinge on the rights and freedoms of ot
  
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• Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature' - The Guardian

  10-02-2019 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'  The GuardianThe world's insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a “catastrophic collapse of nature's ecosystems”, according to the first global scientific ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• A festival of red: Chinese new year in London

  10-02-2019 18:56
  Traditionally a colour of prosperity, happiness and good fortune in Chinese culture, red is abundant during Chinese new year celebrations. The Guardian’s Jonny Weeks went to the festivities in London to find every shade Continue reading...
  
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• More than £120,000 donated to campaign to restart search for Sala’s pilot

  10-02-2019 18:36
  More than 7,000 people have donated on the fundraising page.
  
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• Factbox - Brexit: What will happen in the British parliament on Feb. 14?

  10-02-2019 18:07
  The British parliament is set to hold a debate on Brexit on Feb. 14 but this is not a re-run of a vote last month on whether to approve the exit deal Prime Minister Theresa May's negotiated with the European Union.May will make a statement to parliament on Feb. 13 updating lawmakers on her progress so far in seeking changes to her deal.The debate on Feb. 14 will be on a motion -- a proposal put forward for debate -- about Brexit more generally.
  
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• More than 40,000 Spanish nationalists protest against government talks with Catalan leaders - The Independent

  10-02-2019 18:05 via independent.co.uk
  More than 40,000 Spanish nationalists protest against government talks with Catalan leaders  The IndependentTens of thousands of right-wing Spanish nationalists demonstrated in Madrid on Sunday to call for early elections and oppose proposed talks between the ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Project Fear revived: IMF and CBI issue fresh Brexit warnings - ‘no deal would be BRUTAL!’

  10-02-2019 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  MAJOR business and economic organisations have issued fresh warnings over Brexit in a move ardent Leave supporters will view as a revival of Project Fear.
  
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• Prayer vigil for Libby Squire as search for missing student continues

  10-02-2019 17:55
  The parents of Libby Squire and members of the Hull community have been holding a prayer vigil for the missing student.Humberside Police had applied for extra time on Friday until just after 9pm on Saturday but they were granted another 24 hours to hold him until 9pm on Sunday.Members of the Hull community joined Libby's parents Russ and Lisa Squire for a vigil at Hull Community Church on Sunday.
  
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• Harry gets pep-talk on fatherhood as he watches rugby at Twickenham

  10-02-2019 17:52
  The Duke of Sussex was watching England's Six Nations match with France.
  
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• East Dulwich Stabbing: Man Knifed To Death In South East London

  10-02-2019 17:52
  A man has been stabbed to death in a street in south east London in the latestwave of violence in the capital
  
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• Londoners join colourful parade to mark Chinese New Year

  10-02-2019 17:18
  Crowds were entertained by dancers, musicians and performers in traditional dress.
  
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• MI6 use migrant crisis to smuggle Iran nuclear scientist into Britain

  10-02-2019 17:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITISH spies used the Channel migrant crisis as cover to smuggle a defecting Iranian nuclear scientist to safety, sources claim.
  
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• Dad would be proud of our fight for justice, says Pat Finucane’s daughter

  10-02-2019 16:42
  Katherine Finucane said losing her father in such a brutal fashion added another dimension to the family's grief.
  
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• Libby Squire Updates: Parents Of Missing Student Attend Prayer Vigil

  10-02-2019 16:26
  The parents of missing university student Libby Squire have attended a prayervigil, as the search for their daughter continues
  
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• Pat Finucane ‘murdered to silence other human rights lawyers’

  10-02-2019 16:24
  His son John has spoken out in the week marking 30 years since the solicitor was shot 14 times by loyalists in collusion with British security forces.
  
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• Jitters mount as second US shutdown looms after talks stall over border wall - The Guardian

  10-02-2019 16:03 via theguardian.com
  Jitters mount as second US shutdown looms after talks stall over border wall  The GuardianBipartisan negotiators are running out of time to reach a deal over Trump's demand for a border wall.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Labour Party sees Brexit plan dismantled as Andrew Marr points out two MAJOR FLAWS

  10-02-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Labour Party witnessed their latest Brexit proposal to secure a deal with the European Union dismantled as BBC host Andrew Marr outlined two major flaws in Jeremy Corbyn's strategy.
  
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• I’m an interviewer – the rise of celebrity teetotalism could spell disaster

  10-02-2019 16:00
  Anne Hathaway is going sober for 18 years.Legendary boozer (and Rolling Stones guitarist) Keith Richards has given up drink because he “just got fed up with it”.Calvin Harris told the world he’d given up on the Jack Daniel’s (to be fair, he was downing two bottles a night and risking his life).
  
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• Parents of Libby Squire attend prayer vigil as search for student continues

  10-02-2019 15:55
  Police have until 9pm to question a suspect.
  
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• Outstanding NHS payments to clinical waste firm ‘should go to unpaid staff’

  10-02-2019 15:07
  Healthcare Environmental Services Limited was caught up in a row over stockpiling medical waste with the NHS.
  
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• In Pictures: London parade celebrates Chinese New Year

  10-02-2019 15:04
  The event marks the Year of the Pig.
  
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