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• Brexit boost for PM as Sir Graham Brady signals he will back her deal

  02-03-2019 23:47
  Theresa May has received a major Brexit boost ahead of key Commons votes with an endorsement of her deal from the Tories' backbench leader.Sir Graham Brady, the powerful chairman of the 1922 Committee, has said he is ready to drop his opposition to the prime minister's contentious deal.In a hard-hitting article in the Mail on Sunday, Sir Graham denounces the government's handling of the Brexit negotiations as "lions led by donkeys".
  
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• Family of 17-year-old girl fatally stabbed in park appeal for witnesses

  02-03-2019 23:44
  Jodie Chesney was pronounced dead at the scene in an east London park.
  
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• Bad weather sees cruise ship naming ceremony evacuated

  02-03-2019 23:25
  The 'christening' event featuring a host of celebrities was moved on to the ship.
  
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• NHTSA probing two fatal Tesla crashes in Florida since Sunday - agency

  02-03-2019 23:20
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Saturday is investigating a fatal Tesla Inc Model S crash in Davie, Florida that killed the driver and suffered a major fire, the second fatal crash this week the agency is probing.The agency and the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday they are sending teams to investigate a fatal crash Friday in Delray Beach, Florida of a 2018 Model 3 that crashed into a semi-trailer.A NHTSA spokesman said Saturday the agency "will tak
  
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• Jodie Chesney: Grandmother of girl, 17, stabbed to death in park pleads for end to 'needless violence'

  02-03-2019 23:14
  The grandmother of a 17-year-old girl stabbed to death in an east London park says "too many young people are having their lives cut short by needless violence".Debbie Chesney said youngest granddaughter Jodie Chesney was killed in an "unprovoked attack" at a children's play area in Harold Hill, Romford, on Friday night.Writing on Facebook, she said: "How have we come to this point where kids can't have a walk in a park without suffering an unprovoked attack?
  
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• My gaming addiction turned me into a living zombie

  02-03-2019 23:00
  If this gaming addiction centre were up and running when I had my problem, I would be at a real university now.
  
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• Jodie Chesney Named As Teen Stabbed To Death In London Park

  02-03-2019 22:34
  The 17-year-old stabbed to death in a London park on Friday night has beennamed locally as Jodie Chesney
  
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• Johnstone and Harvie to share Green leadership duties at Holyrood

  02-03-2019 22:30
  The pair are now co-leaders of the party's parliamentary group.
  
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• Labour’s Tom Watson calls on YouTube to ban Tommy Robinson

  02-03-2019 22:16
  The move comes after Facebook decided to permanently ban the activist across its social network.
  
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• Labour faces new row over efforts to curb antisemitism

  02-03-2019 22:00
  Jennie Formby, with Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, overhauled the complaints process last year when she became general secretary of the Labour party.Members of Labour’s high command opposed recommendations to suspend several party activists accused of antisemitism, according to internal emails seen by the Observer.The correspondence, dating from March to May last year, covers a period immediately after leader Jeremy Corbyn vowed to be a “militant opponent of antisemitism” an
  
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• How Labour has fought to gain control of the antisemitism issue

  02-03-2019 22:00
  Jeremy Corbyn and Shami Chakrabarti present the findings of the party’s antisemitism inquiry on 30 June 2016.Within hours of Ian Austin announcing that he was resigning as a Labour MP because of what he called a “culture of extremism, antisemitism and intolerance”, news broke of Labour’s latest initiative to eradicate a problem that has bedevilled Jeremy Corbyn throughout his leadership.Austin, the adopted son of Jewish parents, made his announcement on 22 February, only
  
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• London BLOODBATH: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman stabbed in Hendon

  02-03-2019 21:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  A 54-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed to death in Hendon, Barnet.
  
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• Paraglider taken to hospital after hill fort crash

  02-03-2019 21:34
  The 26-year-old man suffered a suspected broken leg in the accident.
  
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• Donald Trump Just Claimed He Is A Victim Of 'Bullshit'

  02-03-2019 20:19
  Donald Trump has claimed his opponents are "trying to take me out withbullshit"
  
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• Independent rebel MPs prepare way to take on main parties at election

  02-03-2019 20:00
  Anna Soubry and Chuka Umunna leave the group’s first meeting in London.The Labour defector is likely to take over as leader, with Soubry a possible Tory candidate as deputy.The new Independent Group of 11 former Labour and Tory MPs will take the first steps towards becoming a fully fledged political party that can take on the Tories and Labour at the next general election, amid growing rumours that more defectors could soon join their ranks.
  
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• Kevin McCloud apologises for delays in housing project

  02-03-2019 19:32
  The Grand Designs star set up property firm Happiness Architecture Beauty (HAB) in 2007, according to its website.
  
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• Tesla showroom in southern UK damaged by 'accidental' fire

  02-03-2019 19:19
  British firefighters said they had brought a serious fire at a Tesla showroom in southern England under control hours after it broke out on Saturday morning.The showroom was "well alight" when firefighters were called to the dealership in Crawley but the blaze was brought under control after two hours, said the West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service which sent eight fire engines to the incident."The cause of the fire is under investigation but was not caused by Tesla cars, chargers or batteries," t
  
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• Tom Ballard: 'Killer Mountain' search for missing Briton delayed by bad weather

  02-03-2019 19:14
  A helicopter and drone search for a British climber missing on so-called "Killer Mountain" has been delayed by bad weather - with rescuers saying they are hoping for a miracle.It is almost a week since Tom Ballard lost contact on Nanga Parbat, a 8,126-metre (26,660ft) peak in Pakistan's Himalayas.The Italian ambassador to Pakistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, tweeted: "Weather conditions today do not allow the planned search and rescue op for @NardiDaniele Tom Ballard.
  
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• Jewish group may split from Labour amid growing row over antisemitism

  02-03-2019 19:00
  The war of words within Labour over antisemitism is continuing as a left-wing Jewish group has confirmed it may split from the party.Peter Mason, national secretary of the Jewish Labour Movement, told Sky News the group is looking at ending its 99-year affiliation with the party over a lack of action.It follows the latest development in the row over the party's alleged failure to address antisemitism, with Labour's general secretary writing to MPs to criticise deputy leader Tom Watson.
  
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• Bournemouth 0-1 Manchester City: Riyad Mahrez sends City back to top of table

  02-03-2019 18:56
  Riyad Mahrez scores the only goal as Manchester City overcome injuries to Kevin de Bruyne and John Stones to beat Bournemouth and go top of the Premier League.
  
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• Honest cleaner finds eye-watering £300k CASH on London bus and hands it in to police

  02-03-2019 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  A CLEANER handed in a brown envelope containing £300,000 in cash after an absent-minded passenger left it on a London bus.
  
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• Four arrested after suspected stolen car crashes into Leicester canal

  02-03-2019 18:44
  Four people have been arrested after a suspected stolen car plunged into a canal in Leicester.The vehicle smashed through fencing and crashed into the Grand Union Canal on Friday night after it allegedly failed to stop for police.Leicestershire police said: "Officers attempted to stop a car in Vaughan Way, Leicester, around 9.15pm yesterday following concerns about the manner in which the vehicle was being driven.
  
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• Mundell and Carlaw urge backing for PM’s deal to leave EU

  02-03-2019 18:43
  The Conservatives said the deal hands back control of money, laws and borders to the UK.
  
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• Harold Hill stabbing: Girl, 17, dies in park attack

  02-03-2019 18:05
  Police were called to Harold Hill in Romford, London, on Friday night and found the youngster.
  
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• MPs call for legal smoking age to be raised to 21

  02-03-2019 18:00
  The government wants to reduce the number of smokers in the UK to less than 12% of the population.Smokers will be banned from buying cigarettes until they are 21 as part of measures to improve public health being considered by the government.The parliamentary group on smoking and health, backed by 17 health charities and medical organisations, also wants to tighten the rules on showing smoking on TV and in films.
  
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• The EU's Top Negotiator Thinks The UK Will Run Out Of Time To Approve A Deal

  02-03-2019 17:42
  EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has indicated he does not believethe UK will have enough time to approve Theresa May's withdrawal deal by thescheduled exit date of March 29
  
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• Police appeal over woman missing for two weeks

  02-03-2019 17:34
  Pin Yun Lin was last seen in Glasgow on Sunday February 17.
  
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• Children who saw fatal London stabbing have had no support, claims mother

  02-03-2019 17:10
  Glendon Spence, who was fatally stabbed at the Marcus Lipton youth centre in Brixton.Children as young as three who witnessed a young man dying after he was stabbed at a youth centre in south London have had no support or counselling, a mother has claimed.The children were at the Marcus Lipton youth centre in Brixton, where a football training session was being held on 21 February, when Glendon Spence, 23, from Lewisham, was chased in to the centre and stabbed.
  
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• The Kray twins: A murderous regime

  02-03-2019 16:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  WHEN gangster George Cornell went to the Blind Beggar pub in London's Whitechapel with his friend Albie Woods, he was in need of a strong drink. They had just been at the London Hospital to visit a friend hurt in a south London shoot-out in which a man had died, and their frazzled nerves needed calming.
  
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• BTS to put on second date at Wembley Stadium after first show sold out in 90 minutes

  02-03-2019 16:57
  K-pop sensation BTS have added a second date to their shows at Wembley Stadium, after their first show sold out in 90 minutes.Tickets for the new Love Yourself: Speak Yourself tour date go on sale on Friday 8 March, according to Wembley's Guest Support Portal website.Prices will be from £45 to £160 and Wembley advised fans to monitor the stadium's social media for more information.
  
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• Villagers stage protest against plans for 1,400-inmate prison

  02-03-2019 16:50
  The Ministry of Justice has lodged a planning application with East Riding of Yorkshire Council to build a new facility at Full Sutton
  
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• Audience BOOS at Labour MP Rachel Reeve's second referendum pleas - ‘We ALREADY voted!’

  02-03-2019 16:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  LABOUR MP Rachel Reeves was booed by an audience after calling for a second Brexit referendum and arguing Labour would have handled the Brexit negotiations “differently”.
  
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• Post-Brexit warnings over US farming methods misleading, says ambassador

  02-03-2019 16:31
  Woody Johnson said a transatlantic trade deal would provide a 'great opportunity' for both countries.
  
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• Brexit delay would only deliver more chaos: Sinn Fein

  02-03-2019 16:28
  The party's vice president Michelle O'Neill questioned the point of extending Article 50.
  
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• Diane Abbott says Corbyn spent ‘LIFETIME’ fighting anti-semitism as scandal engulfs Labour

  02-03-2019 16:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  LABOUR Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott rejected claims the Labour Party is “institutionally racist”, arguing Jeremy Corbyn and herself have “spent a lifetime” fighting racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
  
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• Barnier casts doubt on whether UK will leave EU on schedule

  02-03-2019 16:26
  The EU chief Brexit negotiator suggests a two-month 'technical extension' may be needed.
  
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• Robber wearing medical boot threatens shop staff with weapon

  02-03-2019 16:07
  The man made off with more than £1,000 from the store in Ayr.
  
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• Tom Ballard: Search For Missing Brit Climber Delayed Again By Bad Weather

  02-03-2019 15:48
  Rescuers searching for a British climber missing on the world's ninth highestmountain have been hit by further delays
  
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• Emiliano Sala pilot 'dropped out' of training before getting commercial licence

  02-03-2019 15:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  EMILIANO Sala’s pilot on the night their plane crashed quit training before getting his commercial pilot licence.
  
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• Bad weather again delays search for missing British mountaineer

  02-03-2019 15:40
  Tom Ballard and his climbing partner Daniele Nardi have been missing on Nanga Parbat in Pakistan since last Sunday.
  
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• War of words at top of Labour over how to handle anti-Semitism

  02-03-2019 15:31
  Tom Watson expresses concern about 'loss of trust' in the party after being accused of 'unacceptable' behaviour.
  
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• Scores of firefighters tackle blaze at Tesla showroom in Sussex

  02-03-2019 15:27
  On Friday Tesla announced that it would be closing most showrooms and sell its electric vehicles online instead. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
  
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• 'Are We Doing The Right Thing?' - Not All Hull And East Yorkshire Voters Are Sure About Brexit

  02-03-2019 15:24
  The East Riding of Yorkshire is undoubtedly a Brexit heartland, with adecisive vote to Leave of more than 60% in the 2016 referendum
  
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• Alliance leader accuses NI Secretary over powersharing crisis

  02-03-2019 15:18
  It is over two years since the last DUP/Sinn Fein-led coalition imploded amid a row over a botched green energy scheme.
  
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• Crawley Tesla fire: Half of site damaged in fire

  02-03-2019 15:14
  The blaze started in the workshop area at the premises in Crawley shortly before 10:30 GMT.
  
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• Mr Greedy 'almost as hard to read' as Steinbeck classics

  02-03-2019 15:03
  Roger Hargreaves' cult Mr Men book rivals Of Mice and Men in complexity, research finds.
  
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• Fire at Tesla vehicle service centre ‘now under control’

  02-03-2019 14:40
  An eyewitness had described hearing 'many small explosions' coming from the building.
  
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• World Cup stars pay tribute to Gordon Banks' dementia mission

  02-03-2019 14:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  WORLD CUP hat-trick hero Sir Geoff Hurst yesterday paid a moving tribute to former teammate Gordon Banks' tireless work to help dementia sufferers.
  
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• Elderly women suffers head injury in bus incident

  02-03-2019 14:20
  The 78-year-old was thrown from her seat when a bus had to brake sharply to avoid a car pulling out in front of it.
  
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• John Lennon and Yoko Ono's first gig in 1969 celebrated

  02-03-2019 14:11
  The couple played their first public set at an experimental jazz gig at Cambridge University in 1969.
  
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