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• Man in court after 49 killed in New Zealand mosque shootings

  15-03-2019 23:49
  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called it one of the country's darkest days.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Urges Solidarity at London Vigil For Christchurch Shooting

  15-03-2019 23:38
  A vigil for the victims of the Christchurch mosque shooting was held in London outside of Finbury Park Station on the evening of March 15.This footage shows Jeremy Corbyn addressing the members of the crowd, urging solidarity in the wake of the shooting. British rabbi and founder of the Stamford Hill Muslim-Jewish Forum, Herschel Gluck, can also be seen speaking to those present. Credit: Tansy E Hoskins via Storyful
  
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• Sajid Javid left ‘sick to the stomach’ by New Zealand attack

  15-03-2019 23:30
  Home Secretary Sajid Javid was writing in the Express.
  
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• New Zealand Shooting: Man, 28, Appears In Court After Mosque Attacks

  15-03-2019 22:56
  A 28-year-old man has appeared in New Zealand charged with murder after massshootings at two Christchurch mosques claimed at least 49 lives
  
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• Man dies at business park in Angus

  15-03-2019 22:42
  Police Scotland would not comment on reports the incident involved an oil tanker.
  
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• Exhibition of criminal Charles Bronson's works opens at national Army Museum

  15-03-2019 21:49
  The artist formerly known as prisoner Charles Bronson is one of 100 contributors to an international art exhibition.Bronson, who has changed his name to Charles Salvador, was chosen by curator Lisa Gray whose Flux exhibition showcases "the most talented, dynamic painters, sculptors and performance artists"."Many people think they know the myth that is Charles Bronson.
  
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• New Zealand Shooting: Brits Hold Candlelit Vigils After Mosque Attacks

  15-03-2019 21:45
  Hundreds of mourners stood in silence to honour those killed in the NewZealand shootings
  
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• Candlelight vigil in London for New Zealand terror attack victims

  15-03-2019 21:36
  Organiser Zaharan Sofi, said she spent Friday her 30th brithday, feeling 'very emotional'.
  
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• No long Brexit delay without election of British MEPs, says leaked paper

  15-03-2019 21:34
  ‘No extension should be granted beyond 1 July unless the European parliament elections are held at the mandatory date,’ states the leaked legal document. Photograph: Frank Augstein/APBrussels will have to terminate the UK’s extended membership of the European Union on 1 July if elections for British MEPs have not been held, a leaked legal document reveals. A three-month delay to Brexit beyond 29 March will not carry any conditions, but anything longer than that requires Britain
  
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• Anger and solidarity at UK gathering for New Zealand attack

  15-03-2019 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Faith and community leaders held a gathering in London for victims of the New Zealand mosque shootings.
  
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• Christchurch terrorist was member of online ‘hotbed for radicalisation’

  15-03-2019 20:50
  Messaging site 8chan has been condemned as users continue to praise the massacre more than 12 hours after the event.
  
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• Interserve sold and given £110 million cash injection

  15-03-2019 20:39
  A Cabinet Office spokesman said the sale was "welcome".
  
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• Hillsborough case is 'breathtakingly unfair' on match commander, court hears

  15-03-2019 20:32
  The case against David Duckenfield, the match commander on the day of the Hillsborough disaster, is "breathtakingly unfair", a court has heard.Benjamin Myers is defending 74-year-old Mr Duckenfield at Preston Crown Court and called him an "excellent police officer" who is "taking the blame for others".Mr Duckenfield, a retired chief superintendent for South Yorkshire Police, is accused of gross negligence manslaughter of the 95 Liverpool fans that died at Hillsborough stadium at the FA Cup semi-
  
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• Man jailed for setting fire to his rental home

  15-03-2019 20:16
  Joshua Rosenberg, 43, also tried to extort nearly £100,000 from his landlord and attempted to obtain £53,780 from his insurer after the blaze.
  
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• Hillsborough lawyer calls prosecution 'breathtakingly unfair'

  15-03-2019 20:15
  The Hillsborough football ground on the day of the incident. Benjamin Myers QC said other factors and people had contributed to the disaster. Photograph: Hillsborough Inquests/PAThe barrister defending the former South Yorkshire police match commander, who was on duty at Hillsborough in 1989, against a charge of manslaughter relating to the deaths of 96 people there has described his prosecution as “breathtakingly unfair”.Benjamin Myers QC, making his closing speech in David Duckenfi
  
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• UK decision to stay in EU would be respected, says Hungarian minister

  15-03-2019 19:52
  Szabolcs Takacs visited Edinburgh as he sought to provide clarity to his compatriots about their status in Britain post-Brexit.
  
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• Woman found guilty of drowning three-year-old daughter in bath

  15-03-2019 19:41
  Claire Colebourn woke her daughter Bethan in the early hours of 19 October 2017 at their home in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, and led her to the bath before holding her under the water until she drowned.Colebourn, 36, then made multiple suicide attempts and was later found in a diabetic coma by her mother.Winchester Crown Court heard Colebourn had hit "rock bottom" after her husband Michael ended their 16-year relationship and moved out of the family home.
  
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• Auction of George Michael’s art collection raises £11 million

  15-03-2019 19:32
  The proceeds will go toward philanthropic work.
  
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• Government challenged to meet 'massive' support for TV election debates

  15-03-2019 19:26
  The government has been challenged to respond to the "massive" level of public support for TV election debates and make them compulsory.Conservative MP Peter Bone, who hailed Sky News' campaign to establish an independent commission to oversee debates, urged ministers to bring forward legislation during the next parliamentary session.The Wellingborough MP made the call as he admitted his own bid to introduce such a law was unlikely to receive enough time to pass through parliament.
  
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• Brexit: ministers trying to win over DUP in talks on legal guarantees

  15-03-2019 19:21
  Theresa May with the DUP’s Arlene Foster, whose party is seen as key to unlocking Tory Brexiter support. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty ImagesThe Democratic Unionist party is to continue intensive talks to try to reach an agreement to allow it to back Theresa May’s Brexit deal, with discussions focusing on domestic legal guarantees that Northern Ireland will have no regulatory divergence with the rest of the UK. Downing Street is hopeful that the support of the DUP is key to unlocking
  
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• Chris Grayling's No-Deal Brexit Ferries Could Still Run On March 29 – Even If Britain Is Still In The EU

  15-03-2019 19:20
  No-deal Brexit ferries contracted by Chris Grayling will run on March 29 evenif Britain is still a member of the EU - unless MPs approve Theresa May'sdeal
  
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• Nicki Minaj cancels Dublin gig after weather conditions left equipment stranded

  15-03-2019 19:07
  The US rapper had been due to play the Irish capital's 3Arena.
  
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• Al Boum Photo wins Cheltenham Gold Cup for trainer Mullins

  15-03-2019 19:02
  Al Boum Photo - a 12/1 shot - has won the Cheltenham Gold Cup after a dramatic race,giving trainer Willie Mullins his first victory in the famous event.Leading at the second-last fence, the horse dug deep for jockey Paul Townend, who also won the Gold Cup for the first time.Anibale Fly (22/1) stayed on strongly to finish second, two and a half lengths behind, with Bristol De Mai (18/1) another three and three-quarter lengths back in third.
  
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• Christians hand out flowers at Birmingham mosque after New Zealand terror attack

  15-03-2019 19:01
  James Lynch and Marcus Kapers handed out flowers at Birmingham Central Mosque to show their support to the Muslim community.
  
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• Ethiopian air crash investigators begin black box analysis

  15-03-2019 18:59
  Black box arrives in France amid reports suggesting similarities with Lion Air crash Air crash investigators have begun analysing the black box data recorder from Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, amid reports that the plane wreckage suggested similarities with a previous disaster involving the Boeing 737 Max jet.Accounts have also emerged of communications between the plane and air traffic control, in which the pilot is said to have asked in panicked tones to turn back three minutes into the fligh
  
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• France repatriates five orphaned children of jihadists from Syria

  15-03-2019 18:58
  French intervention likely to add weight to criticism of UK’s reluctance to do likewiseFrance has repatriated five orphaned children of French jihadists from camps in north-east Syria, where a five-year offensive against Islamic State is drawing to a close.Among the children repatriated were the three sons of a French woman who died under Isis rule. Officials retrieved them from a camp in northern Syria where they were being held with as many as 3,000 other children of Isis families. Conti
  
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• May's Brexit deal lives - Northern Irish kingmakers report 'good' talks with government

  15-03-2019 18:55
  The Northern Irish party that is crucial to Prime Minister Theresa May's hopes of getting her twice-defeated Brexit deal through parliament said it had good talks with British ministers on Friday but differences remained over the Irish border.The United Kingdom's divorce from the European Union has sown chaos throughout May's premiership and the Brexit finale is still uncertain.Options include a long delay, exiting with May's deal, leaving without a deal or even another referendum.
  
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• Hatton Garden Ringleader, 'Basil', Jailed For 10 Years Over £14m Heist

  15-03-2019 18:55
  The Hatton Garden ringleader known as "Basil" has been jailed for 10 years -four years after carrying out the £14 million heist
  
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• DUP says Brexit talks with Government ‘constructive’

  15-03-2019 18:55
  Nigel Dodds insists that cash issues were not discussed with Chancellor.
  
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• Thousands of students leave lessons for climate protests on global day of action

  15-03-2019 18:54
  Organisers claim 50,000 have taken part in events across the UK, as schoolchildren ditch classes for demonstrations from Australia to the US.
  
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• Tommy Robinson loses harassment case against police force

  15-03-2019 18:53
  Judge rejects EDL founder’s claim he was unfairly moved on by Cambridgeshire policeTommy Robinson has lost his court case against a police force he claimed had harassed him by moving him on from a pub.The English Defence League founder, appearing in court under his real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, claimed Cambridgeshire police targeted him because of his beliefs. Continue reading...
  
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• Theresa May leads UK condemnation of New Zealand mosque massacres

  15-03-2019 18:49
  The Prime Minister sends 'deepest condolences' after 'sickening act of violence'.
  
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• Why Manu Tuilagi’s Racing snub is a victory for Leicester and England | Ugo Monye

  15-03-2019 18:48
  Centre’s decision will only benefit the player in the long term as he looks to finish off an impressive Six Nations campaignIt is a badly-kept secret that some players have made a point of being spotted at French clubs in an attempt to boost their wages. Brian O’Driscoll is on record as saying he made sure he was seen at a Biarritz match with the club president when he had no intention of joining, but it had the desired effect when it came to his next Leinster deal. For Manu Tuilagi
  
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• Legal fund launched to fight UK egg freezing time limit

  15-03-2019 18:45
  Lawyers representing affected women argue the rules may be in breach of their human rights.
  
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• Patricia Routledge and Joanna Lumley receive honorary doctorates

  15-03-2019 18:35
  The two comedy stars were honoured by the University of Chester.
  
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• Wildlife campaigners take legal action against 'pest' bird killings

  15-03-2019 18:30
  Chris Packham among those challenging Natural England over licence to slaughter certain wild birdsThe killing of thousands of “pest” birds each year including crows, rooks, jackdaws, magpies and woodpigeons is to be challenged in court by wildlife campaigners including Chris Packham.Wild Justice, a group newly created by Packham and fellow conservationists Mark Avery and Ruth Tingay, is launching legal action against Natural England, the government’s conservation watchdog, for
  
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• Christchurch attack: suspect had white supremacist symbols on weapons

  15-03-2019 18:29
  Man to appear in court charged with murder after 49 people shot dead at two mosquesNew Zealand shooting – latest updatesThe suspected perpetrator of a massacre at two mosques in New Zealand displayed white supremacist symbols during the deadly assault that killed 49 people and triggered heightened security at mosques around the world.The attack in Christchurch, the worst mass shooting in the nation’s history, shattered the illusion that New Zealand was one of the few countries beyond
  
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• Hatton Garden raider ‘Basil’ jailed for 10 years

  15-03-2019 18:27
  Michael Seed was convicted for his part in the £14 million heist
  
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• Patisserie Valerie accounts black hole now £94m, says KPMG

  15-03-2019 18:23
  Administrators for the cafe chain revise deficit as investigations continue in case of ‘potential fraud’Forensic accountants now say the black hole in the accounts of fraud hit cafe chain Patisserie Valerie was as big as £94m – more than twice the size of previous estimates.Patisserie Valerie, a former stock market darling, plunged into administration in January after it was unable to secure new bank finance following the discovery of “potentially fraudulent”
  
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• Michael Seed: Hatton Garden burglar 'Basil' jailed for 10 years over £14m heist

  15-03-2019 18:23
  The mystery Hatton Garden ringleader known as "Basil" has been jailed for 10 years after he was found guilty for his part in the £14m heist.Alarm specialist Michael Seed, 58, was convicted of conspiracy to burgle over his role disabling the security system, as well as a charge of conspiracy to hide the proceeds.In the heist over the Easter bank holiday weekend in April 2015, Seed is believed to have let himself in to the building in London's diamond district using a set of keys before gett
  
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• 'I couldn’t save my friend': carnage leaves Christchurch stunned

  15-03-2019 18:23
  People in the New Zealand city describe scenes of terror after a gunman left 49 people deadNew Zealand attack – latest updates“It was very peaceful, calm and quiet, as it is when the sermon starts,” said Farid Ahmed, who was observing Friday prayers at Al Noor mosque in Christchurch’s leafy district of Deans Avenue. “Then, suddenly, the shooting started.”Within a few, short, brutal minutes, 41 people would lie dead or dying inside and outside the mosque. Seven
  
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• "Basil," the alarm specialist, jailed over huge UK diamond heist

  15-03-2019 18:20
  A 58-year-old man nicknamed "Basil" was jailed for 10 years on Friday after being found guilty of being the final member of a gang of ageing criminals who carried out one the most audacious robberies in the annals of British crime.The gang ransacked 73 deposit boxes at the Hatton Garden Safety Deposit building in London's jewellery district over the Easter weekend of 2015, stealing gold, silver, diamonds and jewellery worth 13.5 million pounds.Disguised as workmen, they abseiled down a lift shaf
  
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• Could Theresa May's Brexit Deal Pass In Third Commons Vote?

  15-03-2019 18:16
  Theresa May is hoping it will be third time lucky for her beleaguered Brexitdeal when she brings it back to the Commons for yet another meaningful votenext week
  
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• ‘Greedy and reckless’ pilot jailed over crash when birdwatchers escaped death

  15-03-2019 18:15
  Police said Robert Murgatroyd had flouted the law because he wanted to 'make a quick buck'.
  
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• Donald Trump urged to condemn white supremacists after New Zealand attack

  15-03-2019 18:13
  Far-right terrorist Brenton Tarrant described himself as a supporter of the US president.
  
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• Arsenal could miss out on Monchi after Sevilla seek technical director’s return

  15-03-2019 18:10
  • Sevilla hope to bring Spaniard back after spell at Roma
  • Arsenal want Monchi as replacement for Sven MislintatArsenal’s hopes of hiring Monchi as their technical director have suffered a setback after Sevilla made a move to bring the Spaniard back to the club where he made his name. Related: Monchi considers Arsenal technical director role after leaving RomaContinue reading...
  
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• Brexit – the niche production that truly brought the house down | Marina Hyde

  15-03-2019 18:05
  From Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay to the Territorial Army’s Mark Francois, bad actors are destroying the UK franchiseWe focus so much on what divides parliament’s warring Brexit factions, when almost all of them are united by the guiding principle of brinkmanship: “Eventually someone will stop acting like a shit, but it certainly won’t be me.” The past few days have been like watching the Cuban missile crisis re-enacted by the Teletubbies. Related: MPs back Brex
  
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• New Zealand attacks: Finsbury Park imam condemns far-right extremism

  15-03-2019 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Mohammed Mahmoud, who was hailed for his response to a London attack, condemns the Christchurch shootings.
  
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• Pony left with horrific neck wound looking for new home after transformation

  15-03-2019 18:01
  Paddy was discovered neglected and alone in Sprotbrough, Doncaster, when rescued by the RSPCA.
  
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• DUP's Dodds to return to London for talks on Monday

  15-03-2019 17:58
  BELFAST (Reuters) - The deputy leader of the Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May's government is expected to return to the province on Friday and go back to London for more talks on Monday, a spokesman for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) said.
  
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