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• Labour ROW: Jeremy Corbyn's leadership 'does not fit' with party values claims Labour MP

  05-03-2019 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  JEREMY Corbyn’s leadership “does not fit the values” that have been part of the Labour Party “for over 100 years” claimed Labour MP Margaret Hodge.
  
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• Brexit threat to Northern Ireland jobs revealed by civil service chief

  05-03-2019 23:56
  Farm workers mend fences near Derry, Northern Ireland. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/ReutersUnemployment could rise sharply in Northern Ireland if the UK crashes out of the EU, the head of the civil service in the region has said in a letter to local political parties.Security in the region could also be undermined, David Sterling said, adding: “The planning assumptions include the possibility that, in some scenarios, a no-deal exit could result in additional challenges for the police if th
  
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• What are police doing to tackle knife crime?

  05-03-2019 23:55
  Police in Birmingham used stop and search powers across the entire city after a spate of knife attacks.
  
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• Major London underground station briefly shut after false alarm

  05-03-2019 23:48
  A major London underground station shut down briefly on Tuesday because of a fire alert that proved to be a false alarm, hours after police said three parcel bombs had been sent through the mail to other transport hubs in the city.Kings Cross St Pancras underground station, an interchange that serves two long-distance rail stations, closed for about half an hour after reports a fire had broken out."We believe that it was a hoax call at one of the fire points," a Transport for London spokeswoman
  
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• EU-UK Brexit talks failed to reach deal on Tuesday - sources

  05-03-2019 23:47
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Talks between European Union and British Brexit negotiators ended after more than three hours in Brussels on Tuesday and will resume on Wednesday, sources from both sides said.
  
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• 'In your face' policing breeds more resentment among youths after knife crime crackdown

  05-03-2019 23:44
  "We're going to lock down Dale End", the police in Birmingham told us.In case you don't know, Dale End is one of the busiest shopping streets in the city, the idea of "locking it down" late afternoon as everyone was starting to head home seemed a bit far-fetched.Currently the officers here have special temporary powers, known as section 60, that allow them free reign to temporarily detain and search someone without the reasonable grounds that are normally required.
  
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• May's Brexit BLUNDER: How Theresa May gave away TRUE motive behind £1.6billion cash boost

  05-03-2019 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA May’s £1.6billion cash boost to pro-Brexit towns is a “blundering attempt” to gain support for the vote on her Withdrawal Agreement, claimed political strategist John McTernan.
  
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• Boost For May's Brexit Deal As Workers' Rights Plan Backed By Labour MP

  05-03-2019 23:31
  Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick has signalled he is ready to back Theresa May'sBrexit deal as the PM unveiled plans to protect workers' rights
  
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• Soft Brexit could be result if May deal rejected again, says chief whip

  05-03-2019 23:30
  The chief whip, Julian Smith. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesThe chief whip, Julian Smith, has warned cabinet ministers that, if MPs reject Theresa May’s deal a second time next week, parliament would take control and force a softer Brexit. As part of attempts to win over Brexit-supporting ministers, Smith struck a pessimistic note on Tuesday about the parliamentary arithmetic, the Guardian understands. He suggested the most likely outcome if the deal were rejected again would be that
  
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• May is ‘DELUSIONAL!’ Police chief hits out at PM for failure to tackle knife crime

  05-03-2019 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA May has been branded “delusional” for not acknowledging the link between a rise in violent crime and cuts to officer numbers in an extraordinary attack from the boss of the Police Federation.
  
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• Jodie Chesney murder: Man arrested over killing of 17-year-old girl

  05-03-2019 23:25
  A man has been arrested over the killing of Jodie Chesney who was stabbed to death in a park in Romford, east London.The Metropolitan Police has said arrangements are being made to transport the man to London.Jodie was playing music with five of her friends in Harold Hill when they were approached by two males, police said.
  
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• Yousef Makki killing: Teenagers charged over stabbing of schoolboy in Greater Manchester

  05-03-2019 23:24
  Two teenagers have been charged after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Greater Manchester.One of the boys has been charged with Yousef Makki's murder and possession of a bladed article.The teenagers are in custody and are due to appear before Manchester Youth Court on Wednesday 6 March.
  
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• Major London underground hub reopens after false alarm - city authorities

  05-03-2019 23:17
  London's Kings Cross St Pancras underground station has reopened after a fire alert proved to be a false alarm, a spokeswoman for the city's transport authorities said on Tuesday."We believe that it was a hoax call at one of the fire points," a Transport for London spokeswoman said.A spokesman for London's fire brigade said firefighters had established that there was no fire within 10 minutes of arriving at 2144 GMT, and that it had been a false alarm.
  
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• British war hero held in UAE jail has ‘no evidence’ against him - ‘must not be forgotten'

  05-03-2019 23:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  FORMER shadow defence minister Colonel Patrick Mercer has urged the British Government to intervene in the case of Iraq war veteran Andrew Neal, who is being held in the United Arab Emirates accused of selling drugs - claims he denies.
  
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• Police arrest man in Leicester in connection with Jodie Chesney murder

  05-03-2019 23:11
  The 17-year-old was with friends near a children's playground on Harold Hill when she was approached by two males and knifed in the back.
  
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• Stamps clue as Irish police join investigation into London explosives

  05-03-2019 23:04
  Irish police are assisting counter-terrorism officers investigating three explosive devices sent to London transport hubs.The devices were delivered to Waterloo rail station and administration buildings at Heathrow and London City airports on Tuesday.Photos obtained by Sky News of two of the packages - A4-sized white postal bags containing yellow Jiffy bags - showed what appeared to be Irish stamps.
  
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• London's King's Cross St Pancras underground station shut due to fire alert

  05-03-2019 23:00
  A major London transport hub has been shut due to a fire alert, the city's transport authorities said on Tuesday, following reports that passengers were being evacuated.Transport for London said King's Cross St Pancras underground station, which serves two major rail stations, had been shut "while we investigate a fire alert", but that underground trains were still able to pass through the station without stopping.A reporter for Irish broadcaster RTE, Tony Connelly, had earlier said on Twitter t
  
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• Kings Cross St Pancras CLOSED: Tube station evacuated over fire alert – travel latest

  05-03-2019 22:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  KINGS Cross St Pancras London Underground station has been evacuated and closed after to a fire alert.
  
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• Jodie Chesney Murder Investigation: Man Arrested In Leicester After 17-Year-Old Was Stabbed To Death In London Park

  05-03-2019 22:55
  A man has been arrested in Leicester in connection with the murder of JodieChesney, 17, who was stabbed in a park in Harold Hill, east London, on Friday,the Metropolitan Police said
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Hits Back At Margaret Hodge Criticism Of His Office's Role In Anti-Semitism Cases

  05-03-2019 22:42
  Jeremy Corbyn has defended Labour's handling of anti-Semitism cases, declaringhis aides have acted "in good faith" and insisting they never overruled partystaff on disciplinary matters
  
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• Royals celebrate Prince Charles' 'tireless work'

  05-03-2019 22:40
  The Queen and other members of the Royal Family have celebrated the Prince of Wales's "tireless work" and "sacred duty of service" at an event to mark the 50th anniversary of his investiture.The reception was held by Her Majesty at Buckingham Palace to celebrate 50 years since Prince Charles was invested as Prince of Wales.Leading tributes to the heir to the throne, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: "When you are second in the land, to serve is not automatic, human nature relishes
  
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• Police charge 17-year-old with murder of Yousef Makki after Hale Barns stabbing

  05-03-2019 22:40
  Yousef, who dreamed of becoming a heart surgeon, was attacked on Saturday in Hale Barns, south of Manchester.
  
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• Manchester police charge two teenagers over schoolboy's death

  05-03-2019 22:39
  Yousef Ghaleb Makki, who died on Saturday night. Photograph: Family Handout/PATwo teenage boys have been charged in connection with the fatal stabbing of Yousef Ghaleb Makki, 17, in Greater Manchester.A 17-year-old boy has been charged with murdering Yousef in Hale Barns in Trafford on Saturday night. He has also been charged with possession of a bladed article.Another boy, also 17, has been charged with assisting an offender and possession of a bladed article, Greater Manchester police (GMP) sa
  
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• Birmingham school ‘to resume LGBT equality lessons’

  05-03-2019 22:34
  Parkfield Community School had reportedly always planned on returning to its No Outsiders programme after a planned break.
  
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• 'Good luck with that Chuka - you NEED it!' Farage MOCKS Umunna's 'change politics project'

  05-03-2019 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL FARAGE took a brutal swipe at former Labour Party MP Chuka Umunna after the Independent Group made their first steps towards becoming a new political party.
  
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• Hale Barns Fatal Stabbing: Teenager Charged With Murder Of 17-Year-Old Yousef Makki

  05-03-2019 22:26
  A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a teenage grammar schoolboy who was stabbed to death in a Cheshire village, Greater Manchester Policesaid
  
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• Knife crime: Sajid Javid clashes with Theresa May over police cuts

  05-03-2019 22:19
  Two ministerial sources told the Guardian that Sajid Javid clashed with the PM over knife crime at cabinet. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAThe home secretary, Sajid Javid, has demanded cabinet colleagues sanction an emergency payment to police to help quell rising violence and is believed to have clashed with Theresa May over the issue in cabinet on Tuesday. As the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, blamed youth knife crime deaths on Tory funding cuts, two ministerial sources told the Guardian that J
  
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• Dua Lipa criticises social media hypocrites

  05-03-2019 22:07
  The 23-year-old criticised those who say they support gender equality but then behave poorly online.
  
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• LONDON BLOODBATH: Man, 20, stabbed in Marylebone as knife crime epidemic grips capital

  05-03-2019 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  A MAN has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed on a residential street in Marylebone, north west London, the latest violent attack to take place in the capital.
  
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• Crufts Best in Show 2019: How THIS breed could win Crufts BIGGEST competition this year

  05-03-2019 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  CRUFTS 2019 will see thousands of dogs and their owners descend on Birmingham for the largest dog show of its kind in the world this week. And as the event nears, one specific breed is tipped to win the event’s biggest competition this year.
  
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• Builder jailed for wrecking new retirement homes in digger rampage

  05-03-2019 21:05
  Daniel Neagu destroyed five bungalows worth up to £475,000 each in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, over unpaid wages, St Albans Crown Court heard.
  
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• POLE POSITION: Brexit will NOT damage F1 says racing chief - ‘We are preparing’

  05-03-2019 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  FORMULA One won’t be affected by Brexit, F1 chief executive Chase Carey insists.
  
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• Call for US expert to operate on mesh implant victims resisted

  05-03-2019 20:53
  Campaigners have urged the Health Secretary to bring a US specialist to Scotland to train doctors how to fully remove mesh implants.
  
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• Green lights for the new Amber: power-hungry Rudd shrugs off low survey rating

  05-03-2019 20:48
  ‘For this latest iteration, the old home secretary Rudd has been erased.’ Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/ShutterstockThe numbers don’t look good. In the latest ConservativeHome survey of the cabinet, Amber Rudd lies third from bottom with a net satisfaction rating of -48.3. Only Philip Hammond and Chris Grayling score worse. Let that sink in for a minute. Tory party members believe the work and pensions secretary is doing an even worse job than Theresa May, Liam Fox and Gavin Wil
  
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• Police Federation chief: Theresa May showed 'contempt for policing' over knife crime claims

  05-03-2019 20:28
  Theresa May has been accused of having "contempt for policing" after she denied a fall in officer numbers was linked to rising knife crime.The chairman of the Police Federation, John Apter, told Sky News the prime minister "can't ignore" that the "government's policies of austerity were all always going to have a consequence".Mr Apter, who represents rank-and-file officers, spoke on Wednesday after Mrs May claimed there was no "correlation between certain crimes and police numbers".
  
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• Holyrood and Cardiff both vote against no-deal Brexit

  05-03-2019 20:21
  Scottish MSPs and Welsh MAs backed motions opposing the Prime Minister's Brexit deal.
  
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• People with bladder cancer waiting up to five months for treatment

  05-03-2019 20:20
  A flaw in the current guidance means a patient who has only had a biopsy, which is a diagnostic procedure, is counted as having been treated. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty ImagesPatients with bladder cancer are having to wait almost five months for treatment, far beyond the 62 days that NHS rules say is the longest delay anyone should face.People with the disease have been forced to endure long waits because of a “loophole” in NHS cancer waiting time guidance, which charities say shou
  
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• Brexit: Government to slash up to 90% of trade tariffs if UK leaves EU with no deal

  05-03-2019 20:17
  The Government will slash Britain's trade tariffs to more than at any point in history if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal, Sky News has learnt.The cuts, which will be outlined in documents published if the prime minister fails to get parliamentary backing for her EU withdrawal bill next week, represent a bombshell for many manufacturers and farmers in the UK.Since tariffs are a charge on thousands of types of goods entering the country, they protect domestic producers from overse
  
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• Brexiteer MP hits out at politicians for making 'MESS' of Brexit - ‘Will NOT be silenced!'

  05-03-2019 20:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  POLITICIANS are “trying to stop” what British people voted for in the 2016 referendum, turning what ”should have been seen as an opportunity” into a “hindrance”, claimed Brexiteer MP Andrea Jenkyns.
  
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• Stolen decapitated head of 800-year-old mummy recovered by police

  05-03-2019 20:01
  The head of The Crusader was taken from a crypt in St Michan’s Church, Dublin, last month.
  
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• Journalist 'Harassed’ At Home At 5am By Tommy Robinson Says: ‘He’s Trying To Shut Me Up’

  05-03-2019 20:01
  A journalist who was says he was "intimidated" at home by the far-rightactivist Tommy Robinson has said the 5am visit to his home was an attempt to"shut him up"
  
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• Hillsborough officer criticism 'not based on hindsight', court told

  05-03-2019 20:00
  David Duckenfield was accused of a lack of leadership by a former police match commander.Photograph: Peter Byrne/PASevere criticisms of David Duckenfield’s policing of the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough are not based on hindsight, a former match commander has told his trial for manslaughter. Douglas Hopkins, a Metropolitan police officer at Arsenal’s Highbury stadium in the late 1980s, gave evidence for the prosecution on Monday that Duckenfield failed to prepare thoroughly a
  
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• Hillsborough officer criticism 'not based on hindsight', court told

  05-03-2019 20:00
  David Duckenfield was accused of a lack of leadership by a former police match commander.Photograph: Peter Byrne/PASevere criticisms of David Duckenfield’s policing of the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough are not based on hindsight, a former match commander has told his trial for manslaughter.Douglas Hopkins, a Metropolitan police officer at Arsenal’s Highbury stadium in the late 1980s, gave evidence for the prosecution on Monday that Duckenfield failed to prepare thoroughly an
  
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• Irish police join probe into parcel bombs at London transport hubs

  05-03-2019 19:57
  Ireland's police service said on Tuesday it was helping British colleagues investigate who mailed three small bombs to two of London's airports and a major rail station on Tuesday.No one was injured by the devices, one of which caused a small fire in an office building at Heathrow airport, Europe's busiest international air hub.Broadcaster Sky News said at least two of the packages had Irish stamps, and Ireland's police service subsequently confirmed it was helping British police to investigate.
  
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• Northern Ireland warned of grave consequences if no-deal

  05-03-2019 19:51
  Northern Ireland would face grave consequences should Britain crash out of the European Union without a deal, the head of the British-ruled province's civil service wrote on Tuesday in a letter to political parties there.The introduction of EU tariffs and changes to the regulatory environment for exporters could cause a sharp increase in unemployment, David Stirling wrote.Northern Ireland is heavily dependent on cross-border trade with Ireland.
  
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• Explosive devices at London station and airports ‘linked’ say terror police

  05-03-2019 19:50
  Police responded to reports of suspicious packages at Waterloo train station and office buildings at Heathrow and London City airports on Tuesday.
  
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• Knife crime rise is the result of a sick society

  05-03-2019 19:43
  ‘The increase in the loss of lives through knife crime is truly shocking, as indeed is the government’s lack of any meaningful attempts to tackle it and the prime minister’s persistent ostrich impression regarding the shortage of police officers,’ says Susan Buckley. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/AFP/Getty ImagesWe can skirt around the causes of knife crime in the UK (Outrage at May’s denial of austerity link to stabbings, 5 March) but we need to look more deeply and
  
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• Hopes rise for Aids cure after bone-marrow transplant rids man of HIV

  05-03-2019 19:33
  A cure for Aids is a step closer, scientists believe, after a bone marrow transplant that has left a London patient HIV-free for 18 months.The success in London, 12 years after Timothy Brown, the so-called Berlin patient, underwent a similar transplant, was hailed as a key moment in the long hunt for a cure.“Although it is not a viable large-scale strategy for a cure, it does represent a critical moment in the search for an HIV cure,” said Anton Pozniak, the president of the Internat
  
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• Scottish parliament, Welsh assembly join forces to oppose Brexit

  05-03-2019 19:32
  Scotland's parliament and the Welsh national assembly voted on Tuesday to oppose the Brexit deal agreed by the UK government, the first time they have done so simultaneously in a sign of the United Kingdom's internal fracture over Brexit.Britain's 52-48 percent 2016 vote to leave the EU has stretched relations between the four-nation United Kingdom because England and Wales voted to leave but a majority in Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay.Since then, both the Scottish and the Welsh de
  
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• Terror probe after three explosive devices found at London station and airports

  05-03-2019 19:25
  All the packages were capable of igniting a small fire when opened, police said
  
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