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• Lionel Richie named global ambassador for Prince’s Trust

  19-03-2019 23:52
  Richie and Charles met to announce their collaboration in Barbados.
  
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• Hotel owner arrested after fatal crush at St Patrick's Day disco

  19-03-2019 23:15
  Students from Holy Trinity College leave floral tributes outside Greenvale hotel in Cookstown, County Tyrone. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PAPolice in Northern Ireland have arrested two men in connection with the crush outside a St Patrick’s Day disco that killed three teenagers. Detectives detained the men, aged 40 and 52, on Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of manslaughter and brought them to a police station in Dungannon, County Tyrone, for questioning. “They are currently in custody,&
  
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• Schoolboy, 14, arrested after 'trying to slash fellow pupil with meat cleaver'

  19-03-2019 23:12
  A teenage boy has been arrested after police said he tried to slash another pupil's face with a meat cleaver.Knife crime is on the rise in the UK, with at least 40 people suspected to have been deliberately stabbed to death since the start of the year.Last week, after coming under intense pressure to boost police resources, the chancellor announced an extra £100m emergency funding package to allow police to mount more operations against violent crime.
  
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• Instagram failing to remove graphic self-harm images

  19-03-2019 23:01
  A month after Instagram promised to remove graphic images of self-harm from its platform, Sky News has found numerous disturbing videos and pictures on the social media website. 
  
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• Donald Trump Jr claims ‘elites’ are trying to stop Brexit

  19-03-2019 22:58
  The US President's son said that Theresa May should have taken his father's advice on negotiating EU withdrawal.
  
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• May's letter to EU on Brexit extension to be sent Wednesday - BBC

  19-03-2019 22:51
  "Number 10 indicates PM extension letter will definitely be sent tmrw," the tweet read, in a reference to Number 10 Downing Street, the prime minister's reference.Earlier Tuesday, May's spokesman had said the letter would be sent either on Tuesday or Wednesday.
  
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• £1.1m Nobel Prize becomes most valuable item to be sold online by Sotheby’s

  19-03-2019 22:45
  Friedrich August von Hayek is credited as being a major influence on Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.
  
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• Snapchat admits age verification failures to MPs

  19-03-2019 22:43
  Executives at Snapchat have been grilled by MPs over the company's system to verify the age of its users and ensure they're over 13.During a hearing before a parliamentary committee, the company's representatives accepted its age verification systems when users signed up for the platform weren't robust enough.Its senior director for public policy, Stephen Collins, and its director of creative strategy, Will Scougal, said that Snapchat did not want underage users on its platform.
  
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• Troubled Families programme could be renamed, says minister

  19-03-2019 22:37
  James Brokenshire said that people need to be given a second chance. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesMinisters could rebrand the Troubled Families programme because of concerns the name is isolating and accusatory, the communities secretary, James Brokenshire, has said in a speech defending its results.The scheme, launched by David Cameron in 2011 after the London riots, targets families with repeating generational patterns of youth crime, long-term unemployment, teenage pregnancy and substa
  
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• Disney and Fox have finally merged - Den of Geek UK

  19-03-2019 22:28
  Disney and Fox have finally merged  Den of Geek UKDisney seals $71bn deal for 21st Century Fox as it prepares to take on Netflix  The GuardianDeadpool's Ryan Reynolds mocks Disney-Fox merger as X-Men prepare to join the MCU  DigitalSpy.comDisney show off fresh Simpsons, Avatar and Deadpool assets hours after Fox merger  Metro.co.uk'A monopolistic blob': what the Disney/Fox merger means for cinema  The GuardianView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Theresa May asks EU for Brexit delay with cabinet in deadlock over 'crisis'

  19-03-2019 21:49
  Theresa May ‘will be writing to Donald Tusk in relation to an extension’, her spokesman said. Photograph: POOL New/ReutersTheresa May will be forced to write to EU leaders on Wednesday and beg them to delay Brexit, with her cabinet deadlocked over the best way out of what Downing Street now concedes is a “crisis”. The government had maintained until the last possible moment that Brexit could go ahead as planned on 29 March or after a brief “technical extension&rdquo
  
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• Man mocked for "drunkenly" spending over £600 on no-deal Brexit stockpile

  19-03-2019 21:45
  Juliet East shared a picture of husband Tony Smollett's supermarket haul, which includes 144 rolls of toilet paper, more than 50 tins of food and numerous bottles of wine.Mr Smollett put in an order with Tesco which totalled £658.29 after looking at lists suggesting items to stockpile in case the UK leaves the EU without a deal.Ms East, from Worcestershire, decided to stockpile certain items when her work began planning for a no-deal scenario.
  
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• Travellers who plunged to deaths in Vietnam waterfall 'not warned of dangers'

  19-03-2019 21:44
  A coroner has ruled that three British tourists who plunged to their deaths in a Vietnam waterfall were not properly warned of the dangers they faced.Sisters Izzy Squire, 19, and Beth Anderson, 24, died with friend Christian Sloan, 24, during a guided day trip in the Dalanla waterfalls area of the south-east Asian country in February 2016.Miss Squire and Miss Anderson, both from Sheffield, and Mr Sloan, from Deal, Kent, wore life jackets and helmets as they slid head-first down a natural water s
  
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• Premier League renews approach to ITV exec in CEO hunt

  19-03-2019 21:41
  The Premier League has made a fresh attempt to court ITV's strategy chief as it seeks to conclude an unexpectedly convoluted search for a successor to Richard Scudamore.Sky News has learnt that headhunters acting for the world's richest domestic football competition contacted Tom Betts earlier this month to gauge his interest in becoming the Premier League's new chief executive.The renewed overture to Mr Betts comes four months after he missed out on the job when Susanna Dinnage, an executive at
  
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• Donald Trump Jr: May should have taken my father's Brexit advice

  19-03-2019 21:36
  Donald Trump Jnr wrote that a ‘process that should have taken only a few short months has become a years-long stalemate, leaving the British people in limbo’. Photograph: ddp USA/Rex/ShutterstockDonald Trump Jr and the US national security adviser, John Bolton, spoke out over Brexit on Tuesday in what appeared to be a coordinated intervention by the White House into British domestic politics. Both the US president’s son and Bolton attacked British political leadership after The
  
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• Donald Trump Jr and John Bolton berate UK leaders over Brexit

  19-03-2019 21:36
  Donald Trump Jnr wrote that a ‘process that should have taken only a few short months has become a years-long stalemate, leaving the British people in limbo’. Photograph: ddp USA/Rex/ShutterstockDonald Trump Jr and the US national security adviser, John Bolton, spoke out over Brexit on Tuesday in what appeared to be a coordinated intervention by the White House into British domestic politics.Both the US president’s son and Bolton attacked British political leadership after Ther
  
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• Hotel owner arrested after three killed in St Patrick’s Day crush

  19-03-2019 21:35
  The suspects, aged 52 and 40, are in police custody.
  
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• Delay to Brexit must be ‘useful’ to get EU approval, says negotiator

  19-03-2019 21:10
  Theresa May is due to ask for an extension to talks beyond March 29 at Thursday's summit of EU leaders in Brussels.
  
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• 80 NHS Patients Have Been Prescribed CBD Oil Since Medical Cannabis Was Legalised, Government Reveals

  19-03-2019 20:58
  More than 80 patients have been prescribed CBD oil on the NHS since medicalcannabis was legalised last year, it has been revealed
  
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• Paparazzi photos of Charles and Camilla published online

  19-03-2019 20:57
  A letter from the prince's solicitor has been sent to press organisations highlighting his reasonable expectation to privacy.
  
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• Home Office apologises for failings that led to detention centre death

  19-03-2019 20:51
  Tarek Chowdhury was killed while at Colnbrook immigration removal centre. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/APA senior Home Office official has repeatedly apologised for shortcomings that led to the killing of a “gentle and polite” man in immigration detention at an inquest into his death.West London coroner’s court is exploring the role of the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice, health professionals and detention centre subcontractors in the death of Tarek Chowdhury, from Banglad
  
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• Corbyn Accused Of Favouring A Soft Brexit Over A 'People's Vote'

  19-03-2019 20:45
  Jeremy Corbyn has been accused by opposition parties of favouring analternative Brexit over a second referendum which could end with Britainstaying in the EU
  
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• Dozens of firefighters tackle Bradford mill fire

  19-03-2019 20:44
  The blaze was visible from large parts of the district.
  
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• Pity poor Barnier, a man in search of the UK's plan

  19-03-2019 20:34
  Michel Barnier, ‘an adult politician delivering an adult message.’ Photograph: Yves Herman/ReutersMichel Barnier looked troubled. He’d always worked on the assumption it was the EU that took negotiations down to the wire, but now it was the UK that was taking the piss. We weren’t into injury time so much as injury time to injury time. A liberty even Alex Ferguson wouldn’t have demanded of a referee. At a press conference to mark the end of a general affairs meeting
  
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• Four party leaders urge Corbyn to back second Brexit referendum

  19-03-2019 20:22
  Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home on Tuesday 19 March. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesThe SNP, Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru and Greens have urged Jeremy Corbyn to throw his weight behind a second Brexit referendum as the Labour leader met opposition parties amid efforts to find a way out of the current deadlock.Corbyn, who told the other party leaders he hoped to see cross-party support for a compromise softer Brexit plan, also held a separate meeting with Conservative and Labour backbenchers who are pu
  
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• Man and two women jailed for life over Glasgow flat murder

  19-03-2019 20:11
  Haider Hayat suffered a "sustained" attack in Castlemilk last April.
  
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• E-scooters, hoverboards - the tech transforming travel

  19-03-2019 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  A review will look at whether innovative modes of transport should be allowed on UK streets.
  
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• ‘Lying’ policewoman led to murderers’ convictions being quashed

  19-03-2019 20:09
  A High Court judge ruled three men jailed for murder had not faced a 'fair and proper trial' because of the actions of the officer.
  
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• Donald Trump Jr Thinks ‘Elites’ Are Trying To Stop Brexit And 'Subvert The Will Of The People'

  19-03-2019 20:08
  With uncertainty surrounding Britain's scheduled departure from the EU nextweek, the son of the US president has entered the fray: claiming that "elites"are conspiring to stop Brexit
  
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• May Urged By Ministers To Work With Labour MPs To Secure Soft Brexit

  19-03-2019 19:57
  Theresa May is being urged to salvage her Brexit deal by bowing to Labour MPs'demands to give parliament a final say on any future UK-EU trade deal,HuffPost UK has learned
  
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• Two men arrested after St Patrick's Day disco crush that killed three

  19-03-2019 19:55
  Students from Holy Trinity College leave floral tributes outside Greenvale hotel in Cookstown, County Tyrone. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PAPolice in Northern Ireland have arrested two men in connection with the crush outside a St Patrick’s Day disco that killed three teenagers.Detectives detained the men, aged 40 and 52, on Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of manslaughter and brought them to a police station in Dungannon, County Tyrone, for questioning.“They are currently in custody,&rd
  
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• Prince Harry, Meghan pay respects for New Zealand shooting victims

  19-03-2019 19:47
  Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan paid their respects on Tuesday for the victims of last week's mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in which 50 people were killed.The couple visited the High Commission of New Zealand in London, where they signed a book of condolence on behalf of the British royal family.Harry and Meghan, who married last May and are expecting their first child this spring, visited New Zealand late last year as part of their Pacific tour.
  
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• Charles honours war dead during Commonwealth tour

  19-03-2019 19:46
  The prince left the floral tribute at the country’s Cenotaph in the capital Bridgetown.
  
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• Rise in number of children in early learning and childcare

  19-03-2019 19:44
  A Care Inspectorate report indicates that children and families are experiencing a high quality of care and support across Scotland.
  
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• Price of Brexit delay could be referendum or election, says Barnier

  19-03-2019 19:39
  Michel Barnier has suggested that the price of a long Brexit delay in the event of Theresa May’s deal being defeated again would be a soft Brexit or a “new event” such as a second referendum or general election. Speaking two days before Thursday’s crunch leaders’ summit, the EU’s chief negotiator said the bloc’s heads of state and government would want to be convinced of the usefulness of extra time, given the costs involved. The EU is seeking a detailed
  
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• May seeks Brexit delay after third vote on her deal is derailed

  19-03-2019 19:38
  Prime Minister Theresa May will ask the European Union to delay Brexit by at least three months after her plan to hold a third vote on her fraught divorce deal was thrown into disarray by a surprise intervention from the speaker of parliament.Nearly three years after Britain voted narrowly to leave the EU, its departure is uncertain and increasingly impatient European capitals are pressing May to spell out how she plans to resolve the crisis before they can agree to an extension.Ten days before
  
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• HS2 would widen UK north-south divide and should be axed, says report

  19-03-2019 19:38
  An artist’s impression of a train on the Birmingham and Fazeley viaduct, part of the proposed route for the HS2 high-speed rail scheme.Photograph: HS2/PAThe government’s planned HS2 high-speed rail project will make the UK even more divided and should be scrapped in favour of boosting services in the less well-off parts of the country, a left-leaning thinktank has said. A report from the New Economics Foundation found that 40% of the benefits of the controversial project would go to
  
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• France ready to veto any meaningless Brexit delay: Elysee official

  19-03-2019 19:38
  France is ready to veto any British request for a Brexit delay that either kicks the can down the road without offering a way out of its deadlock or imperils European Union institutions, an official in President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Tuesday.The warning came as Britain planned to ask the EU to extend the negotiating period by at least three months after Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for another vote on her twice-defeated divorce deal were thrown into turmoil.The Elysee official's
  
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• EU's Barnier warns costs of long Brexit delay must be worth it

  19-03-2019 19:38
  Any long Brexit delay would pile on economic and political costs for the European Union, the bloc's chief negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday, stressing that these would need to be weighed up carefully against potential benefits.Barnier spoke ahead of an EU leaders' summit on Thursday and Friday where they could decide on postponing Brexit beyond the current date of March 29, should British Prime Minister Theresa May request that.It would extend uncertainty and uncertainty costs.
  
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• Two men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over NI disco deaths

  19-03-2019 19:32
  Two men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, after the deaths of three teenagers in a crush outside a hotel.Lauren Bullock and Morgan Barnard, both 17, and Connor Currie, 16, were killed as hundreds of people tried to get into a hotel in Cookstown, County Tyrone on St Patrick's Day.Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have taken in the two men, aged 52 and 40, for questioning.
  
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• Labour's Corbyn holds talks with MPs who support softer Brexit

  19-03-2019 19:26
  Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, held cross-party talks with four MPs who support a close economic relationship with the European Union and they pledged to work together to break the Brexit impasse, a Labour spokesman said on Tuesday.Corbyn held discussions with Conservative MPs Nick Boles and Oliver Letwin and Labour politicians Lucy Powell and Stephen Kinnock, all supporters of a plan known as Common Market 2.0, which would keep Britain in the European Union's single market.
  
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• 'Yellow vest' protester James Goddard denies harassing MP Anna Soubry

  19-03-2019 19:24
  A court hearing into allegations that self-styled "yellow vest" protester James Goddard harassed an MP had to be suspended after it descended into chaos.The Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has confirmed it is "urgently investigating" what happened when Goddard, 29, pleaded not guilty to harassing Anna Soubry between December 18 last year and January 8 in Westminster.
  
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• Woman found dead in Yorkshire Dales identified as Thai mother

  19-03-2019 19:23
  Lamduan Armitage née Seekanya’s family said in January they had not heard from her since 2004 after seeing an e-fit issued by North Yorkshire police.Photograph: North Yorkshire police/PAA woman whose body was found in a stream in the Yorkshire Dales 14 years ago has been identified as a mother of three from Thailand. North Yorkshire police said DNA tests led them to believe the woman was Lamduan Armitage nee Seekanya, originally from Udon Thani province in north-east Thailand. The b
  
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• Firefighters travel more than 100 miles to cover shifts

  19-03-2019 19:22
  A Freedom of Information request by the Lib Dems revealed the distance some staff have travelled in the north-east of Scotland.
  
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• Queen and Duchess of Cambridge meet robots on first joint engagement

  19-03-2019 19:13
  The Queen and the Duchess of Cambridge met a robot and visited a roof terrace overlooking London on their first joint engagement outside Buckingham Palace.The pair toured the facilities and met supporters of the development, as well as admiring city views on a rooftop boasting panoramic views of the UK capital, with Kate describing the sight as "impressive".Kate, who was wearing a bespoke grey Catherine Walker coat for the engagement, shook a robotic hand and joked: "Very nice to meet you".
  
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• Man dies after suffering head injuries in crash

  19-03-2019 19:04
  The 70-year-old man was hit by a car in Livingston, West Lothian, on Saturday.
  
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• Emiliano Sala plane crash: The story behind the transfer flights

  19-03-2019 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Several flights before the fatal crash which killed Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala are under the spotlight.
  
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• Drink-driver caught in act by own dash cam footage after traffic lights crash

  19-03-2019 18:57
  Footage captured from inside Caroline Jeffery's car clearly showed the accident and her climbing out of the driver's seat afterwards.
  
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• Thousands get UK citizenship after furore over treatment of Windrush generation

  19-03-2019 18:55
  A public outcry ensued after revelations that long-term UK residents had been denied access to services.
  
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• ‘Yellow vest’ protesters hold sit-in at Attorney General’s office

  19-03-2019 18:53
  People were shown sitting in stairwells or shouting on loudspeakers in footage live-streamed on social media.
  
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