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• Caravan of migrants in Mexico starts moving towards U.S.

  24-03-2019 23:50
  A caravan of some 1,200 migrants from Central America and Cuba began moving towards the U.S. border from southern Mexico this weekend, migration authorities said on Sunday.The National Migration Institute said the migrants were already inside Mexico when they opted to form a caravan in the southern city of Tapachula on the border with Guatemala.Caravans of migrants bound for the United States have sparked friction with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has accused Mexico of failing to contain ill
  
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• Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall touch down in Cuba for historic visit

  24-03-2019 23:29
  The royal couple have become the first members of the monarchy to visit the Caribbean island.
  
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• 'Time's up, Theresa' Sun newspaper says of British PM May

  24-03-2019 23:29
  LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's The Sun newspaper said in a front page editorial that Prime Minister Theresa May must on Monday announce she will stand down as soon as her Brexit deal is approved and the United Kingdom has left the European Union.
  
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• PM May to offer indicative votes on Brexit options - Telegraph reporter

  24-03-2019 23:07
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May is considering offering lawmakers so called indicative votes to find a way to break the Brexit deadlock, The Daily Telegraph's deputy political editor said.
  
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• RAF leads commemorations on 75th anniversary of Great Escape

  24-03-2019 22:48
  Only three of the men managed to escape to safety, while 50 of the 73 who were recaptured were killed.
  
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• Brexiters pile on pressure as May’s deal drifts away

  24-03-2019 22:19
  Theresa May is now at risk of losing control of the Brexit process. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/ReutersTheresa May’s prospects of getting her Brexit deal through parliament this week dramatically receded on Sunday night after a high-stakes summit with Boris Johnson and other leading hard-Brexiters at her country retreat broke up without agreement.Tory rebels present said that the prime minister repeated “all the same lines” about her deal and that nothing new emerged during the
  
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• Man arrested in connection with suspicious death in Greenock

  24-03-2019 22:15
  Police have arrested a 29-year-old man after the death of a man who was found fatally injured in a flat in Greenock on Sunday morning.
  
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• Brexit: What will happen in the British parliament on Monday?

  24-03-2019 22:11
  British lawmakers will seek to use a vote on the government's next steps on Brexit on Monday to wrest control of the process and try to find a majority for an alternative way forward that would break the parliamentary deadlock.Britain had been due to leave the European Union on March 29, but after Prime Minister Theresa May's exit deal with Brussels was rejected twice by parliament, she agreed a delay to Brexit in talks with the EU on Thursday.If she fails, Britain will have until April 12 to of
  
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• May Losing Labour MPs’ Brexit Backing After Workers’ Rights Plans Delayed

  24-03-2019 22:00
  Theresa May's hopes of getting Labour MPs to back her Brexit plans havesuffered a major blow after she was accused of delaying moves to boostworkers' rights
  
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• Murder charge after man dies following Limavady house assault

  24-03-2019 21:56
  Darren McGurk died in hospital on Sunday.
  
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• ‘Deliberate’ fires started at derelict Angus hospital

  24-03-2019 21:49
  Firefighters have put out a blaze at an abandoned hospital site near Dundee and police are treating it as a crime.
  
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• PM May was told - set out her exit date to get Brexit deal approved

  24-03-2019 21:30
  British Prime Minister Theresa May was told at a meeting on Sunday with Brexit-supporting rebel lawmakers that she must set out a timetable to leave office if she wants to get her Brexit deal ratified, a Buzzfeed reporter said."Theresa May was told by MPs, led by Jacob Rees-Mogg & Iain Duncan Smith at Chequers today that in order to get the deal through she must set out a timetable to leave No 10 to ensure the next stage of negotiations is under different leadership," Buzzfeed reporter Alex
  
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• Brexit up in the air as May pushes divorce deal for third time

  24-03-2019 21:30
  British Prime Minister Theresa May held crisis talks with senior colleagues and hardline Brexiteers on Sunday trying to breathe life into her twice-defeated European divorce deal after reports her cabinet was plotting to topple her.The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union was already slipping from May's weakened grasp as she struggled to increase support for her deal and parliament prepared to grab control of Brexit in the coming days.May called rebel lawmakers including Boris Johnson,
  
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• Missing schoolgirl Georgia Bonnett found ‘safe and well’

  24-03-2019 21:21
  Police say they have located 14-year-old Georgia Bonnett, who was last seen on Friday afternoon at a college in Fife.
  
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• Body of 17-year-old girl found near Belfast City Hospital

  24-03-2019 21:17
  Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death, which they believe is linked to a car accident.
  
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• Mueller Report Did Not Find Trump Campaign Conspired With Russia During 2016 Election

  24-03-2019 20:58
  In a verdict celebrated by Trump, Barr's summary said Mueller found noevidence that the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia, despite multipleoffers from individuals associated with Russia
  
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• PM holds ‘lengthy’ talks with Brexiteer backbenchers ahead of crunch week

  24-03-2019 20:35
  The Prime Minister invited Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and David Davis, among others, to her country residence.
  
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• Tory coup fails to materialise as Theresa May limps on

  24-03-2019 20:14
  Theresa May invited Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab and other senior MPs to Chequers on Sunday to try to persuade them to back her deal. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesIf it was a coup, it didn’t last long. Cameras arrived early on Sunday morning outside the houses of David Lidington, the prime minister’s de facto deputy, and Michael Gove, the environment secretary, after two Sunday newspapers reported that one or the other could take over as caretaker prime minister from Theresa Ma
  
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• Kenyan science teacher Peter Tabichi wins $1m global award

  24-03-2019 20:08
  Kenyan teacher Peter Tabichi with the Global Teacher Prize during a ceremony in Dubai presented by actor Hugh Jackman and attended by the Dubai Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed Al-Maktoum. Photograph: -/AFP/Getty ImagesA science teacher from rural Kenya who donates most of his salary to help poorer students has been crowned the world’s best teacher and awarded a $1m prize, beating 10,000 nominations from 179 countries. Peter Tabichi, 36, a maths and physics teacher at Keriko secondary scho
  
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• PM May met rebel lawmakers to discuss her Brexit deal

  24-03-2019 19:53
  British Prime Minister Theresa May met senior colleagues and Brexit-supporting rebel lawmakers on Sunday at her country residence to discuss her strategy and whether there is sufficient support to put her deal to another vote this week."The PM and a number of government ministers met today at Chequers for lengthy talks with senior colleagues about delivering Brexit," a Downing Street spokesman said.Downing Street said it would make no further comment on the talks on Sunday.
  
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• Erdogan says Turkey will take issue of Golan Heights to U.N.

  24-03-2019 19:40
  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey will take the issue of the Golan Heights to the United Nations.In an interview with broadcaster TGRT Haber, Erdogan said U.S. President Donald Trump's statement on Golan Heights was a "gift" to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of elections there.
  
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• Cruise ship arrives safely to port after evacuation off Norway’s coast

  24-03-2019 19:32
  Some 479 passengers were airlifted from the Viking Sky vessel.
  
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• How could Theresa May be deposed?

  24-03-2019 19:20
  ‘Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look’: The PM faces growing hostility within her own party. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PAA number of Conservative MPs have argued that Theresa May should be replaced as prime minister amid the Brexit chaos, and although denials were issued on Sunday, cabinet ministers are widely reported to be unhappy with her leadership. But how could she be removed? Is there a formal way for Conservative MPs to oust the PM?Not until 12 December there isn’t
  
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• Fairy wings and tiaras order of the day at Furbabies dog pageant

  24-03-2019 19:10
  The event in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, is believed to have been the first of its kind in the north of England.
  
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• Shell goes green as it rebrands UK household power supplier

  24-03-2019 19:05
  Just over a year after buying First Utility, Royal Dutch Shell has rebranded the British household energy supplierand is switching all its customers to renewable electricity as the oil and gas giant seeks to expand its low-carbon business.The move by the Anglo-Dutch company poses a challenge for Britain's long-standing retail power suppliers whose profit margins have come under growing pressure due to intense competition and the regulator's price cap.First Utility, which has around 710,000 energ
  
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• Driver Stranded At High Tide On Holy Island Causeway As Sea Swamps Horsebox

  24-03-2019 19:02
  A lifeboat crew have described their relief when they found that a horseboxswamped by the sea on the Holy Island causeway was empty
  
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• European media delight in covering anti-Brexit march

  24-03-2019 19:00
  Libération noted the ‘peaceful and good-natured’ mood of Saturday’s demonstration Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty ImagesEuropean media covered Saturday’s mammoth anti-Brexit demonstration in London with ill-concealed relish, before turning to reports of Theresa May’s imminent departure – and, in some cases, a first draft of her political obituary.“Historic demonstration in London for a second vote,” was Le Monde’s headline,
  
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• Government backs down over 'myth-busting' guide on child protection

  24-03-2019 18:35
  The minister for children, Nadhim Zahawi, initially refused to withdraw the guide. Photograph: David Jones/PAThe government has withdrawn a controversial document that claims some statutory protections for vulnerable children are “myths”, after a charity launched an application for judicial review, the Guardian has learned.The “myth-busting” guide, issued last July, advised local authorities that they are legally permitted to reduce or even remove support from children in
  
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• ‘I thought I was going to die’: why patients are no longer pooh-poohing faecal transplants - The Guardian

  24-03-2019 18:00
  ‘I thought I was going to die’: why patients are no longer pooh-poohing faecal transplants  The GuardianBonnie Wortmeyer has spent the past few years plagued by ill health. Among the major issues she has had to deal with are a double lung transplant and what ...
  
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• Mike Thalassitis' friends launch £25,000 fundraiser - Daily Mail

  24-03-2019 17:55
  Mike Thalassitis' friends launch £25,000 fundraiser  Daily MailMike Thalassitis' grieving partner confirms fate of his new restaurant The Skillet  Irish Mirror38 people have ‘died by suicide’ after finding reality TV fame  Metro.co.ukMike Thalassitis’ friends set up £25k GoFundMe appeal for his funeral – as secret girlfriend Ellie O’Donnell d  The SunOur hearts ache for the post-show reality of the Love Islanders&n
  
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• Police search for missing schoolgirl Georgia Bonnett

  24-03-2019 17:54
  A search has been launched for the 14-year-old who was last seen at a college in Fife.
  
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• Welsh woman reveals she was addicted to cocaine at 12 and had an abortion at 13 - Daily Mail

  24-03-2019 17:45
  Welsh woman reveals she was addicted to cocaine at 12 and had an abortion at 13  Daily MailGirl aged TWELVE hooked on cocaine and vodka and had abortion at 13  Mirror OnlineGirl was cocaine addict at 12 and had abortion at 13 by abuser twice her age  Metro.co.ukGirl who was hooked on cocaine and vodka age TWELVE reveals she also had abortion while still a child  The SunView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Kenyan maths and physics teacher wins global prize

  24-03-2019 17:44
  The award ceremony in Dubai was hosted by Hollywood star Hugh Jackman, who performed songs from his film The Greatest Showman.
  
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• Shop worker dies during Pinner newsagent robbery amid fresh spate of UK stabbings

  24-03-2019 17:40
  A shop worker has died during a "violent robbery" at a newsagent's - one of six people to be stabbed in London in less than 12 hours.A murder investigation has been launched after police were called to the store in Pinner, northwest London, at about 6am on Sunday.A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "At this early stage it appears the victim was attacked by a man who carried out a robbery at the shop.
  
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• Brexit: What's happening in the House of Commons this week? - Sky News

  24-03-2019 17:38
  Brexit: What's happening in the House of Commons this week?  Sky NewsBrexit: Ministers tipped to replace Theresa May rally round  BBC NewsPeople's Vote march ‘too big to ignore’, organisers warn MPs  The GuardianA no-deal Brexit remains highly likely  Financial TimesMPs must seize control of the Brexit calamity. Mrs May has already lost it  The GuardianView full coverage on Google News
  
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• May in fight to retain grip on Brexit as parliament seeks control

  24-03-2019 17:33
  British Prime Minister Theresa May was holding crisis talks with colleagues on Sunday in an effort to breathe life into her twice-defeated Brexit deal after reports that her cabinet was plotting to topple her.The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union was already slipping from May's weakened grasp as she struggled to increase support for her deal and parliament prepared to grab control of Brexit in the coming days.With May humiliated and weakened, ministers publicly downplayed any immedia
  
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• Charles and Camilla attend church in Barbados as visit draws to close

  24-03-2019 17:32
  The royal couple are heading to Cuba in a first official trip to the island by members of the monarchy.
  
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• Uri Geller urges mass-telepathy against Brexit

  24-03-2019 17:18
  Spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller wants to bend British Prime Minister Theresa May's will against Brexit using mass-telepathy.From his home in Israel, Geller - who is also a British citizen and a former resident of May's Maidenhead constituency - wrote an open letter to the prime minister urging her to block Britain's exit from the European Union.Now he wants Britons to join him in twice-daily bursts of telepathy directed at the Conservative leader, in the hope of inspiring her to call a second B
  
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• Petition to revoke Article 50 passes five million signatures

  24-03-2019 17:14
  The petition is already the most popular ever submitted on the Parliament website.
  
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• Frank Field demands action on 'rampant injustice' in the gig economy - The Guardian

  24-03-2019 17:14
  Frank Field demands action on 'rampant injustice' in the gig economy  The GuardianThe government should take action to end the “rampant injustice” facing some workers in the gig economy, according to a report by the independent MP Frank ...
  
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• Wales up and running after Daniel James’ early strike sinks Slovakia - The Guardian

  24-03-2019 17:12
  Wales up and running after Daniel James’ early strike sinks Slovakia  The GuardianWales 1-0 Slovakia: Ryan Giggs' side begin qualifying campaign with win  BBC SportWales vs Slovakia: Live stream, TV channel, kick-off time, and team news for Euro 2020 qualifier  The SunArsenal suffer international break injury blow as boss confirms star is now back in London  ExpressRyan Giggs & scorer Dan James admit Wales needed Slovakia win  BBC Sport
  
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• Horsebox swamped on Holy Island causeway

  24-03-2019 17:12
  The Seahouses RNLI inshore lifeboat was called to the incident.
  
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• Murder inquiries launched after London and Somerset stabbings

  24-03-2019 17:08
  Police officers in Marsh Road, Pinner. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PAMurder investigations have been launched after two stabbings over the weekend in London and Somerset. A shop worker was stabbed to death in Pinner, north-west London, on Sunday morning during a robbery at a newsagent. The man, who has yet to be identified is believed to have been opening up the newsagent on Marsh Road when he was attacked. Police were called at about 6am and the man was pronounced dead at 6.46am. DCI Simon Stanc
  
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• Who are the runners and riders to replace the Prime Minister?

  24-03-2019 17:07
  Could Michael Gove, Boris Johnson or Dominic Raab become the next occupant of Number 10?
  
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• Pro-military party edging ahead in Thai election, partial results show - Sky News

  24-03-2019 16:56
  Pro-military party edging ahead in Thai election, partial results show  Sky NewsThailand votes in first post-coup election  BBC NewsThailand election: everything you need to know about Sunday's vote  The GuardianCould Thailand’s military lose the election it rigged?  The Washington PostThais cast their ballots in closely watched poll  Financial TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• What Liverpool FC legend Jamie Carragher wants to happen to Man City - Manchester Evening News

  24-03-2019 16:53
  What Liverpool FC legend Jamie Carragher wants to happen to Man City  Manchester Evening NewsLiverpool: Steven Gerrard 'has one eye' on Reds' Premier League title bid  BBC SportMatch report: Gerrard wins it for LFC Legends against Milan Glorie  Liverpool FCWhy don’t neutrals want Liverpool to win the Premier League?  FourFourTwoAC Milan legend Andrea Pirlo recreates iconic Abbey Road album cover - in Liverpool  Liverpool EchoView full cover
  
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• Tottenham new stadium: J’Neil Bennett scores first ever goal at Spurs’ £1billion ground – and it’s a stunner - talkSPORT

  24-03-2019 16:47
  Tottenham new stadium: J’Neil Bennett scores first ever goal at Spurs’ £1billion ground – and it’s a stunner  talkSPORTNew Tottenham stadium LIVE - First Test Event TODAY: Spurs U18s christen new home  Daily MailNew Tottenham stadium test event LIVE: Spurs U18s vs Southampton U18s as £1bn ground stages first match  Evening StandardTottenham new stadium latest: Spurs’ £1billion ground hailed as ‘best I have seen a
  
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• Norway cruise ship arrives at port after passenger airlifts - BBC News

  24-03-2019 16:46
  Norway cruise ship arrives at port after passenger airlifts  BBC NewsViking Sky: Why things went wrong, what happened and what's next?  The IndependentPassengers relive 'scary' ordeal after tornado-like winds hit Norway cruise ship  Sky NewsNorway cruise ship evacuated after engine problems  BBC NewsNorway Viking Sky battered by giant waves as alarms blast and OAPS are winched to safety after cruise ship  The SunView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Dame Barbara Windsor 'struggles to remember her friends' names' - Daily Mail

  24-03-2019 16:41
  Dame Barbara Windsor 'struggles to remember her friends' names'  Daily MailBarbara Windsor no longer remembers friend's name, says EastEnders' Kellie Shirley  Mirror OnlineView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Erdogan says those who buy FX expecting lira to fall will pay 'heavy price'

  24-03-2019 16:22
  Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday those in the finance sector who buy foreign currencies on the expectation that the lira will fall will pay "a very heavy price", adding the Finance Ministry is carrying out work on this.The lira tumbled more than 4 percent against the U.S. dollar on Friday, its biggest one-day fall since a currency crisis took hold in August, raising concerns that Turks are buying more foreign cash as ties with Washington deteriorate.Central bank data showed on Thu
  
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