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• Prince William urges Britons to 'work for the common good' a month before Brexit

  27-02-2019 23:45
  The Duke of Cambridge has urged Britons to come "together in times of trouble and work for the common good" during a visit to Northern Ireland.Prince William praised Olympian Dame Mary Peters' work for the "common good" and he hoped people would follow her example.In a speech at Belfast Empire Music Hall on Wednesday night, the Queen's grandson, who is second in line to the throne after Prince Charles, praised Dame Mary's work in breaking down taboos around mental health and working with those a
  
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• Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to back Brexit referendum after MPs reject his plan

  27-02-2019 23:44
  Jeremy Corbyn has declared Labour will back a referendum on Brexit, ending a years-long power struggle within the party.The Labour leader threw his support behind the campaign for a national poll after his own plan to renegotiate a Brexit deal was rejected by MPs.The announcement marks a significant shift in Labour's strategy.
  
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• Prince William and Kate visit Empire bar during NI trip

  27-02-2019 23:37
  The couple ended their first day of their visit at a party to celebrate young people who have made a difference to NI.
  
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• William and Kate pull pints to round off Belfast visit

  27-02-2019 23:21
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were greeted at the Empire Music Hall by cheering crowds.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Labour will support Brexit referendum

  27-02-2019 23:17
  But the Labour leader says he will continue to push for other options, after Commons Brexit votes.
  
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• Nigel Farage reveals how Emmanuel Macron is working with the EU to make UK his ‘HOSTAGE’

  27-02-2019 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL Farage revealed how Emmanuel Macron plans to use the EU to force the UK to have a second referendum in the next stage of Brexit on his regular radio show tonight.
  
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• Larry the llama shot dead by 'heartless' poachers at Northumberland animal sanctuary

  27-02-2019 22:51
  Poachers who "heartlessly" shot dead a llama at an animal sanctuary in Northumberland have cause public outrage, police say.An investigation has been launched after Larry the llama was gunned down at the Hilltop Farm Animal Sanctuary near Longhorsley, Northumberland, last week.Poachers are suspected of entering the farm overnight before shooting the animal, say Northumbria Police.
  
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• William and Kate get behind bar to pull pints at music venue

  27-02-2019 22:49
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge each had a go at pouring a pint at the Empire Music Hall in Belfast.
  
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• Tory revolt over May’s Brexit delay offer

  27-02-2019 22:45
  Twenty MPs rebel and scores more stayed away as the Commons voted on Theresa May's commitments.
  
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• Joy Morgan: Man charged with murdering missing Hertfordshire University student

  27-02-2019 22:39
  Police have charged a man with murdering missing Hertfordshire University student Joy Morgan, who has not been seen since Boxing Day.Ajibola Shogbamimu, 40, of Fordwych Road, London, will appear at Hatfield Remand Court on Thursday.The charge comes almost three weeks after Ms Morgan, who would have turned 21 earlier this month, was reported missing on 7 February.
  
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• Philip Hammond SMIRKS after Brexiteer Tories fail to vote down amendment on Brexit delay

  27-02-2019 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond appeared to have a smirk on his face after Theresa May's huge victory in Parliament as MPs approved her plan on Wednesday night, which was only opposed by the hardline Brexiteers in her Party.
  
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• I only built radio jammers for fun, Hatton Garden accused Michael Seed tells trial

  27-02-2019 22:28
  An electronics enthusiast accused of being the mystery Hatton Garden raider known as 'Basil' told a jury he built radio jammers "just for fun".Michael Seed, 58, said he had been interested in electronics since he was 14 and studied it at university.
  
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• Theresa May gains two weeks' Brexit reprieve from British MPs

  27-02-2019 22:27
  Prime Minister Theresa May won a two week reprieve on Wednesday from British MPs, who postponed a threatened rebellion aimed at blocking a no-deal Brexit after she agreed to a possible delay to Britain's departure from the EU.After months of saying that Britain must leave the EU on time on March 29, May opened up the possibility on Tuesday of a short limited extension to the exit date.
  
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• Corbyn continues push for his Brexit plan despite defeat and referendum calls

  27-02-2019 22:18
  Jeremy Corbyn said Labour would back a public vote to prevent a 'damaging Tory Brexit' but will also 'push for the other available options'.
  
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• Man charged with murder of missing student

  27-02-2019 22:14
  Joy was last seen in Ilford, east London, on Boxing Day.
  
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• The Cure drummer Andy Anderson dies after cancer battle

  27-02-2019 22:11
  The Cure drummer Andy Anderson has died aged 68 following a battle with cancer.Anderson was best known for a short spell in the British rock band, but over the course of his career he worked with Iggy Pop, Peter Gabriel, the Sex Pistols' Glen Mattlock and Mike Oldfield.
  
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• Boeing seeks UK decision on Wedgetail jet buy this year - executive

  27-02-2019 22:04
  Boeing hopes Britain will decide this year on plans to buy E-7 Wedgetail early warning jets, an executive said, after talks last year sparked a row over competition in arms procurement.Britain said in October it was in exclusive discussions with Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) about buying jets to replace its fleet of six ageing E-3D Sentry planes without holding a tender."We hope to have a decision this year," Scott Carpendale, Boeing Defence Australia's director of commercial
  
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• May avoids fresh Brexit defeat after climbdown on citizens' rights

  27-02-2019 22:02
  The set of Brexit votes on Wednesday was the first without a defeat for the government.The government has bowed to MPs’ pressure over the post-Brexit rights of EU citizens and reaffirmed pledges to give the Commons a veto on a no-deal departure, after the latest parliamentary wrangling over Theresa May’s deadlocked plans.The concessions meant that the set of votes on the government’s latest Brexit motion, tabled in lieu of a still-elusive revised departure plan, was the first w
  
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• Momo challenge song REVEALED: Parents should ACT FAST if they hear THIS

  27-02-2019 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Momo challenge suicide game has hit the UK by appearing in children's Youtube videos and now the initiating song parents should look out for has been revealed.
  
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• IT systems to run UK borders 'may not be ready for no-deal Brexit'

  27-02-2019 21:57
  Meg Hillier said serious questions remained about whether the UK would be prepared at the border.Six out of eight critical IT systems required to allow the UK’s borders to function under a no-deal Brexit are in danger of not being ready, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found.The National Audit Office has also concluded that with 31 days to go before the UK is due to leave the EU, the readiness of UK’s businesses are a “red-rated” risk if the government crashes out
  
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• William hails ‘fitting’ appointment of Dame Mary Peters to Order of the Garter

  27-02-2019 21:55
  The Duke of Cambridge met the former Olympian at a reception in Northern Ireland on Wednesday.
  
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• Cyclist badly injured in car collision

  27-02-2019 21:50
  Police are appealing for information about the incident in West Lothian.
  
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• Labour splits exposed as MP is suspended over antisemitism remarks

  27-02-2019 21:49
  Labour’s deep divisions over antisemitism were exposed afresh on Wednesday, after the party’s top official, Jennie Formby, succumbed to intense pressure and suspended the MP Chris Williamson.The announcement reversed a decision hours earlier to allow Williamson to continue to remain a Labour MP, while a “pattern of behaviour” was investigated – which had sparked a furious backlash from senior MPs, including the deputy leader, Tom Watson.In the week when Jewish MP Lu
  
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• Jo Swinson makes ‘genuine mistake’ by voting for Corbyn’s Brexit vision

  27-02-2019 21:47
  She was the only Lib Dem MP to support the policy.
  
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• Blow For Theresa May As 20 Tory MPs Vote Against Plan To Block No-Deal Brexit

  27-02-2019 21:47
  Theresa May has suffered another big rebellion from backbench Tory Brexiteersover plans designed to allow MPs to block a no-deal Brexit on March 29
  
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• Shamima Begum: ISIS bride snap used at Wirral shooting range - ‘RECORD NUMBER of requests'

  27-02-2019 21:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  A PHOTO of exiled ISIS bride Shamima Begum is being used at a shooting range in the Wirral following a “record number of requests” from customers.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit vision rejected by MPs

  27-02-2019 21:25
  Pressure will now be on for Labour to throw its full weight behind calls for a second EU referendum.
  
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• Armed police man all public entrances to Parliament after Westminster attack

  27-02-2019 21:08
  The chief coroner at the inquests into the deaths of those killed made a series of recommendations for police and intelligence services.
  
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• Joy Morgan: Man Charged With Murder Of Missing Hertfordshire Student

  27-02-2019 21:00
  A man has been charged in connection with the disappearance of 21-year-oldUniversity of Hertfordshire student Joy Morgan
  
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• Santander CEO Nathan Bostock banks £6.4m pay amid branch closure plan

  27-02-2019 20:58
  Santander has revealed its UK boss was awarded a £6.4m pay package for 2018, amid a profits slump and plans for mass branch closures.The high street lender's annual report shows that chief executive Nathan Bostock's annual salary last year was £1.68m.Mr Bostock quit as RBS group finance director to join Santander after just 10 weeks in the job.
  
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• May to offer workers' rights pledges to gain Labour Brexit support

  27-02-2019 20:54
  Theresa May is to formally announce a series of new pledges on workers’ rights and the easing of trade union restrictions, in the latest attempt to get Labour MPs to support her Brexit deal.Labour sources said they were expecting the prime minister to table a ministerial statement next week setting out greater guarantees for workers post-Brexit, including a “non-regression lock” and giving MPs a vote on whether to adopt future EU rules on workers’ rights.
  
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• Barclays bosses 'celebrated a services deal made with Qatar'

  27-02-2019 20:45
  Glenn Leighton, who reported to Barclays’ ex-European financial institutions head, Richard Boath (above), was the first witness to be cross-examined by the defence.Barclays bosses openly celebrated a services deal struck with Qatar in 2008 that was “entirely separate” to its multibillion-pound rescue package and did not disadvantage other investors, a court heard on Wednesday.Glenn Leighton, a former director at Barclays’ financial institutions group, was the second witne
  
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• Chris Williamson: from Blairite to isolated Labour outsider

  27-02-2019 20:41
  Chris Williamson is a politician whose career has taken him from Blairite council leader who once briefly formed a coalition with the Tories, to Labour’s most controversial MP – too outspoken even to serve under Jeremy Corbyn.In between, during his first spell as MP for Derby North, he was briefly a low-profile Ed Miliband loyalist.
  
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• Cast of grotesques grind out another day in Westminster’s Truman Show

  27-02-2019 20:32
  Theresa May during PMQs: both she and Jeremy Corbyn appeared quite satisfied with their efforts.Think of Westminster as a replicant variant of The Truman Show.In schools and universities around the world, the programme is hailed as an object lesson in how not to run a country.
  
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• Britain reaches WTO deal on govt contracts post-Brexit

  27-02-2019 20:25
  GENEVA (AP) — Britain struck a trade deal Wednesday for a post-Brexit world, obtaining approval from other World Trade Organization members to stay part of a competitive market for lucrative government contracts after the country leaves the European Union.
  
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• William and Kate go head-to-head in canoe race during youth centre visit

  27-02-2019 20:18
  The Cambridges also played archery and attempted an obstacle course at Roscor Youth Village.
  
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• BBC host fires back at SNP MP’s plot to SCUPPER Brexit - 'You serve the public!'

  27-02-2019 20:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  BBC radio host Emma Barnett hit out at the Scottish National Party’s “cynical” plot to thwart Brexit during a heated live debate with SNP MP Deidre Brock.
  
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• Irish government encourages businesses to prepare for no-deal Brexit

  27-02-2019 20:13
  The Irish parliament is debating the government's no-deal Brexit emergency plans.
  
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• UK government accepts proposal on citizens' rights in Brexit debate

  27-02-2019 20:08
  Britain will write to the European Union to try to secure guarantees on citizens' rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said on Wednesday, part of government efforts to take the sting out of a series of votes."I'm happy to confirm ... that we will write to the EU institutions and that this will be done in the coming days," Barclay told parliament, after a lawmaker in his party gathered widespread support for a proposal calling on the government to do more on ci
  
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• Hillsborough chief officer told inquests he 'wasn't best man for the job'

  27-02-2019 20:02
  Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield is accused of the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 Liverpool supporters.The evidence given to the 2014-16 inquests into the deaths of 96 people at Hillsborough by the police officer in command that day has been read to his trial for manslaughter, including his admission that he “wasn’t the best man for the job”.David Duckenfield had been promoted to chief superintendent and match commander on 27 March 1989, 19 days before the
  
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• Glastonbury to stop selling single-use plastic bottles

  27-02-2019 19:55
  More than one million plastic bottles were sold at Glastonbury in 2017, the festival said.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn 'Did All He Could' To Stop Chris Williamson Suspension, Claims Labour MP

  27-02-2019 19:52
  Jeremy Corbyn "did all he could" to defend Chris Williamson and stop the MPfrom being suspended from Labour, it has been claimed
  
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• Artist appeals for help after losing ‘irreplaceable’ Donald Trump wig

  27-02-2019 19:51
  Alison Jackson, who photographs lookalikes of famous people in compromising situations, left the hairpiece in a black cab on Tuesday.
  
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• Lewinsky calls for public to ‘click with compassion’ and tackle cyber bullying

  27-02-2019 19:46
  Monica Lewinsky spoke in Dublin about being one of the world’s first victims of cyber bullying.
  
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• UK needs to do more to understand gaming addiction, experts warn

  27-02-2019 19:41
  A psychiatrist told MPs that some parents don't know where to go to seek help for children who are presenting signs of gaming addiction.
  
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• Political parties and human rights groups call for Finucane inquiry

  27-02-2019 19:35
  The Supreme Court in London has ruled there has been no 'effective investigation' into Pat Finucane's murder.
  
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• Scene set for three days of Brexit drama

  27-02-2019 19:31
  Theresa May has promised another 'meaningful vote' on her Withdrawal Agreement by March 12.
  
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• In Pictures: Kate on target during Northern Ireland visit

  27-02-2019 19:27
  The Cambridges played football and paddled in a boat race during the first day of their tour.
  
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• Chris Williamson vows to work to clear his name after suspension from Labour

  27-02-2019 19:24
  Labour’s general secretary Jennie Formby decided to suspend him pending an investigation.
  
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• Corbyn ally Chris Williamson suspended from Labour over anti-Semitism remarks

  27-02-2019 19:11
  Labour’s general secretary Jennie Formby took the decision pending an investigation into the MP.
  
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