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• No charges in Grenfell criminal probe before 2021, police say

  06-03-2019 23:41
  The blaze in west London in June 2017 claimed the lives of 72 people.
  
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• Boy, 17, arrested after woman and young child die at home in Ipswich

  06-03-2019 23:37
  A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after a young child died and a woman's body was found at a home in Ipswich.Suffolk Police said they were investigating after officers were called to an address on Wednesday at 5pm.In a statement, the force said: "Police have launched an investigation after the sudden death of a woman and a child at an address in Ipswich.
  
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• Teenager arrested after deaths of woman and young child in Ipswich

  06-03-2019 23:28
  Police said they were called by East of England Ambulance Service after a woman's body was found at an address.
  
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• No prosecutions likely over London's Grenfell Tower fire until 2021 - police

  06-03-2019 23:26
  British police said on Wednesday that it was unlikely that prosecutors would consider whether anyone should face criminal charges over the deadly Grenfell Tower fire until the end of 2021.Grenfell Tower, a social housing block in west London, was engulfed by flames in the middle of the night of June 14, 2017, killing 71 people in the country's deadliest domestic fire since World War Two.Police have said they were considering possible criminal offences including gross negligence manslaughter, cor
  
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• Jewish Labour Movement demands action from Corbyn on anti-Semitism

  06-03-2019 23:23
  Members from the group agreed to retain their link to the Labour Party despite the anti-Semitism row.
  
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• MPs demand clarity on tariffs in case of no-deal Brexit

  06-03-2019 23:22
  Britain's government should urgently unveil its plans for tariffs in the case of a no-deal Brexit, MPs said on Wednesday after media reports that levies could be slashed forup to 90 percent of imports.Trade minister Liam Fox told MPs earlier in the day that senior ministers had reached a "basic agreement" on the extent to which it would impose reciprocal tariffs on European Union goods if it leaves the bloc without a deal on March 29."At present, members of parliament are expected to vote blindl
  
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• Brit nominee Chloe Howl: Masses of female musicians have been raped

  06-03-2019 23:08
  Brit Award nominee Chloe Howl says sexual abuse is widespread at every level of the music industry and there are "more systems in place to protect the abusers than the victims".The 24-year-old singer-songwriter added that she hopes the industry will have soon have its #MeToo moment.
  
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• Democrats bar Fox News from 2020 debates over 'inappropriate' Trump ties

  06-03-2019 23:07
  Fox News Channel anchors and debate moderators Chris Wallace, Megyn Kelly and Bret Baier in Des Moines, Iowa, on 26 January 2016. Photograph: Carlos Barria/ReutersThe Democratic party’s governing body has announced it will not ask Fox News to host any of its televised primary debates during the 2020 US presidential race, citing a recent report detailing the conservative network’s close rapport with Donald Trump.Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez said a New Yorker expos&
  
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• R Kelly abuse claims: I didn't do this stuff

  06-03-2019 23:05
  The R&B star insists he has done nothing wrong and emotionally tells CBS' Gayle King that he is 'fighting' for his life.
  
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• Fourth fatal stabbing in six days as Javid vows to fight knife crime 'disease'

  06-03-2019 23:01
  A fourth person has been stabbed to death in the space of six days - hours after the home secretary vowed to treat knife crime "like a disease".Sajid Javid, who met with police chiefs to discuss a wave of knife crime across the country, said ministers needed to listen to police forces as recent killings sparked warnings of a "national emergency".
  
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• BBC boss: We risk irrelevance unless we fit around viewers’ lives

  06-03-2019 23:00
  The director-general will say audiences 'need to get value for their £154.50' licence fee.
  
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• Glasgow University package linked to London explosives - police

  06-03-2019 22:56
  A suspicious package found at the University of Glasgow is believed to be linked to explosive devices sent to three London transport hubs on Tuesday, police have said.A controlled explosion was carried out on the suspicious package, which was found at the university's mail room on Wednesday morning.Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson, of Police Scotland, said the package had not been opened and there were no injuries to university staff or students.
  
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• UK government loses House of Lords vote calling for EU customs union

  06-03-2019 22:42
  The House of Lords passed an amendment on Wednesday calling for the government to negotiate a customs union with the European Union, giving Prime Minister Theresa May a potential new headache in her Brexit plans.The upper parliamentary chamber backed a cross-party amendment to a trade bill, calling for the government to take all steps to enable the United Kingdom to participate in a new EU customs union after it leaves the bloc.May has ruled out any such union which would be an anathema to euros
  
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• Spain is blocking attempts to reach a compromise over Brexit backstop as part of 'land grab' for Gibraltar - Telegraph.co.uk

  06-03-2019 22:30 via telegraph.co.uk
  Spain is blocking attempts to reach a compromise over Brexit backstop as part of 'land grab' for Gibraltar  Telegraph.co.ukThe British ideas for breaking the Brexit logjam which were rejected by Brussels  iNewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Suspicious package at Glasgow University ‘linked with those sent to London’

  06-03-2019 22:09
  It comes after packages arrived at London's Waterloo railway station and offices at Heathrow and London City airports on Tuesday.
  
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• No-Deal Brexit Will Fuel Food Bank Crisis, Theresa May Warned

  06-03-2019 21:57
  Food banks, lunch clubs and homeless hostels are among the services that mayrun out of food after a no-deal Brexit, 15 charities have warned in a letterto the Prime Minister
  
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• Scottish university package linked to London parcel bombs

  06-03-2019 21:52
  Police blew up a parcel sent to a Scottish university on Wednesday and said they were linking it to three devices sent to major transport hubs in London the day before.Scottish police said they had carried out a controlled explosion on a package sent to the University of Glasgow.White postal bags containing small parcel bombs were sent to London's Heathrow and City Airport, and Waterloo - the capital's busiest train station - on Tuesday.
  
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• Theresa May Could Be Forced Into A Soft Brexit After Peers Back Customs Union Membership

  06-03-2019 21:43
  MPs will have a chance to force Theresa May into a softer Brexit after peerspassed an amendment calling on the government to "take all necessary steps" toform a customs union with the EU
  
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• Hack on British charity countering Russian disinformation probed by NCA

  06-03-2019 21:41
  The Institute For Statecraft has received £2 million in UK Government funding this financial year.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg outlines Facebook shift towards private services

  06-03-2019 21:40
  The Facebook chief executive spoke about plans to bring together messaging on Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp.
  
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• Search for climbers on ‘Killer Mountain’ in Pakistan could resume on Thursday

  06-03-2019 21:12
  Italian ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo insisted the search for Briton Tom Ballard and Italian Daniele Nardi had not been called off.
  
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• Jewish Labour Movement meets as anti-Semitism storm rumbles on

  06-03-2019 21:02
  The group is considering whether to end an affiliation with Labour which dates back to 1920.
  
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• Farmer fighting High Court battle to stop stud Alpaca Geronimo being killed

  06-03-2019 20:57
  Helen MacDonald is bringing legal action over the fate of her alpaca earmarked for slaughter after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis.
  
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• Oxford Stabbing: Murder Investigation Launched As Man, 22, Knifed To Death

  06-03-2019 20:50
  Police have launched a murder investigation after the death of a man who washit by a vehicle and then stabbed several times in Oxford
  
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• Michael Jackson statue removed from National Football Museum amid sex abuse claims

  06-03-2019 20:45
  A statue of Michael Jackson has been removed from the National Football Museum amid fresh sexual abuse allegations against the late singer.At the time, Fulham's then-owner Mohamed Al Fayed claimed that Jackson was a supporter of the club and said anyone who did not like it could "go to hell".Following its decision to remove the statue, a National Football Museum spokeswoman told Sky News it had made "a number of changes to its exhibitions and objects on display over the last few months".
  
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• One in three community orders miss start target, Tories claim

  06-03-2019 20:38
  Convicted criminals are frequently waiting months before starting court-ordered community payback orders, the Scottish Conservatives said.
  
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• Lawyer racially abused Air India staff after being refused booze

  06-03-2019 20:31
  A lawyer spat at a flight attendant during a racist rant after being refused alcohol on an Air India flight, a court has heard.Simone Burns, known as Simone O'Broin, was initially served three bottles of wine with breakfast "immediately" after taking off from Mumbai on a flight to London on 11 November last year.
  
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• Crisis? What crisis? Senior Tories shrug off Islamophobia warning

  06-03-2019 20:25
  Lady Warsi was accused by the Tory party chairman of ‘missing out on key facts’. Photograph: David Levenson/Getty ImagesConservative MPs did not seem too concerned as Lady Warsi sounded the alarm that their party was institutionally riven with Islamophobia. “I don’t really believe we have that big a problem,” said one former minister, who seemed surprised to be asked about the issue. When 14 members of the party were suspended for allegedly Islamophobic comments on
  
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• Labour HQ Staff Threaten Strike Action After Rejecting Below-Inflation Pay Offer

  06-03-2019 20:16
  Labour party staff are considering strike action after rejecting a below-inflation pay offer made by general secretary Jennie Formby
  
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• William and Kate visit Blackpool housing project on road with grisly past

  06-03-2019 20:15
  William and Kate visited Kirby Road, where a local authority-owned housing company has bought several dilapidated properties and transformed them.
  
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• Brexit meaningful vote will go ahead, says No 10, despite talks stalling

  06-03-2019 20:12
  Theresa May is expected to try to sell her plans to MPs and the public later this week, possibly with a speech. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesDowning Street has insisted the meaningful vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal will go ahead as promised on Tuesday, despite negotiations in Brussels stumbling. The prime minister’s spokesman repeated the line on Wednesday that the government is determined to secure “legally binding changes” to the Irish backstop, despite the at
  
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• SF to sit on panel to select next NI chief constable

  06-03-2019 20:11
  The PSNI's oversight body the Policing Board said the process would be based on principles of merit, fairness, openness and transparency.
  
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• Hillsborough match commander 'assessed as being competent'

  06-03-2019 19:54
  David Duckenfield was seen as an ‘ideal candidate’ to take over the division that included Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough ground, the court heard. Photograph: AFP/GettyThe match commander of the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough at which 96 people were killed was “assessed as being competent” when promoted to the position by South Yorkshire police and “expected to deal with everything from day one”, his manslaughter trial has been told. The deci
  
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• Man dials 999 – to reflect on career of David Beckham

  06-03-2019 19:40
  Cambridgeshire Police released a recording of the call as it urged people to only dial 999 in an emergency.
  
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• Northern Ireland Secretary clarifies remarks on security force killings

  06-03-2019 19:39
  A man who lost his brother during the Bloody Sunday killings has called for Karen Bradley to resign.
  
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• Two UK universities evacuated due to suspicious packages

  06-03-2019 19:38
  Police secure an area outside the University of Glasgow after reports of a suspicious package. Photograph: Lilli Schlossbach/APBuildings at two British universities had to be evacuated after reports of suspicious packages less than 24 hours after parcel bombs were discovered at two airports and a train station in London. Police cordoned off parts of the University of Essex and evacuated some buildings after being alerted to a suspect package on Wednesday. The same happened at the University of G
  
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• Glasgow package believed linked to London letter bombs

  06-03-2019 19:38
  Police secure an area outside the University of Glasgow after reports of a suspicious package. Photograph: Lilli Schlossbach/APOfficers investigating a suspicious package sent to the University of Glasgow on Wednesday believed it is linked to the three explosive devices sent to London transport hubs on Tuesday, Police Scotland have said.The force said officers investigating the Glasgow parcel “have now linked the incident with a similar investigation being carried out by the Metropolitan p
  
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• Father guilty of helping plan acid attack on his three-year-old son jailed for 16 years

  06-03-2019 19:31
  A father convicted of planning an acid attack on his three-year-old son has been jailed for 16 years.The man and five others were found guilty of conspiring to throw sulphuric acid with intent to "burn, maim or disfigure" in the attack in July 2018.Judge Robert Juckes QC, sentencing, told them they had carried out a "monstrous" crime with "obviously strong acid" that was probably from a car battery.
  
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• Father jailed for plotting ‘monstrous’ acid attack on three-year-old son

  06-03-2019 19:29
  The 40-year-old had denied enlisting others to attack his son but was unanimously convicted after trial.
  
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• 'Highly likely' GRU hacked UK institute countering Russian fake news

  06-03-2019 19:27
  The National Crime Agency is leading an investigation into a suspected cyber attack on a British institute that seeks to counter Russian disinformation, Sky News can reveal.Whitehall sources said it is highly likely that Russia's military intelligence service carried out the hack-and-leak of files from the little-known Institute for Statecraft.The move may have been in response to Britain implicating the GRU in the Salisbury spy poisoning last year and pledging to "shine a light" on the agency's
  
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• Man In His 20s Stabbed To Death In Leyton, East London

  06-03-2019 19:20
  Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a man in his mid-twenties was fatally stabbed in east London
  
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• Rail depot closure confirmed, with almost 200 jobs at risk

  06-03-2019 19:16
  Gemini Rail Services took over the Springburn site in August last year and a gradual closure will see operations cease at the site by March 2020.
  
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• Man held over Libby Squire disappearance charged with seven unrelated offences

  06-03-2019 19:15
  A man arrested in connection with the disappearance of student Libby Squire has been charged with seven further unrelated offences.Pawel Relowicz, 24, was remanded in custody last month after he appeared in court accused of voyeurism, outraging public decency and burglary.Relowicz, from Raglan Street in Hull, has not been charged over the case of the missing student.
  
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• Our zombie ministers are chosen for their inability to get things done

  06-03-2019 19:06
  ‘Pike was never quite that stupid.’ … Defence secretary Gavin Williamson promised to call in the army to combat knife crime.Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesAt the start of prime minister’s questions, Theresa May boldly declared that MPs could do themselves and her a favour by giving up membership of the EU for Lent. Just try to forget that Michel Barnier might rise from the dead on Easter Sunday. No wonder the rest of Europe is under the impression the UK has yet to
  
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• Labour’s Chris Bryant reveals skin cancer treatment

  06-03-2019 19:04
  Chris Bryant said his husband only discovered the melanoma on the back of his head because of an unusually short haircut. Photograph: Alex B Huckle/Getty ImagesThe Labour MP Chris Bryant has revealed he was recently treated for stage three skin cancer.Speaking of his experience in a tearful interview with Kay Burley on Sky News, the member for Rhondda showed the camera a heart-shaped, blackened scar on the back of his head where he had undergone a skin graft after the removal of a melanoma.&ldqu
  
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• UK police blow up suspect parcel sent to Scottish university

  06-03-2019 19:02
  Police blew up a parcel sent to a Scottish university on another day of bomb scares in Britain after three devices were sent to major transport hubs in London on Tuesday.Scottish police said they had carried out a controlled explosion on a package sent to the University of Glasgow and were now working with police in London as they try to find out who sent small parcel bombs to two airports and London's busiest train station on Tuesday.White postal bags containing small improvised explosive devic
  
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• Police say item found near UK parliament deemed non-suspicious

  06-03-2019 19:02
  LONDON (Reuters) - A suspect package found near an entrance to Britain's parliament on Wednesday has been deemed non-suspicious, police said.
  
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• Father jailed over acid attack plot against three-year-old son

  06-03-2019 18:57
  An artist’s sketch of the man, who cannot be named, and his co-defendants at Worcester crown court. Photograph: Elizabeth Cook/PAA man has been jailed for 16 years for plotting a “monstrous” acid attack on his three-year-old son in an attempt to win custody by manufacturing evidence that his ex-wife had failed to care for their child. The boy sustained serious burns to his face and arm after sulphuric acid was sprayed at him in a shop as he and his mother looked for a birthday
  
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• Knife crime must be 'treated like a disease', says Home Secretary Sajid Javid

  06-03-2019 18:55
  Knife crime must be "treated like a disease", according to Home Secretary Sajid Javid, who met with police chiefs following a string of fatal stabbings across the country.Mr Javid said ministers needed to listen to police forces as recent killings sparked warnings of a "national emergency".Mr Javid said: "Police resources are very important to deal with this, we've got to do everything we can.
  
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• Suspicious package detonated at University of Glasgow

  06-03-2019 18:54
  Police Scotland is liaising with the Metropolitan Police in relation to their investigation into explosives received in London.
  
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