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• ‘OUT with Brexiteers!’ Ken Clarke ADMITS he wants MORE Remainers in Government

  28-03-2019 23:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  KEN CLARKE has admitted he wants to see more Brexiteers resign so more Remainers could be in Government.
  
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• 'They're FIGHTING for Brexit!' Leaver SNAPS during heated Brexit blame spat

  28-03-2019 23:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXIT supporter Carole Malone snapped at Sky panellist Afua Hirsch as the pair clashed over who was to blame for the stalemate in the House of Commons.
  
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• REVEALED: Juncker told May he does not want THIS Tory to replace her in private meeting

  28-03-2019 23:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  EUROPEAN Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker sought reassurances from Theresa May she would not be replaced by someone who does not respect the structures of the Brexit process as much as she does in a private meeting last month, claimed BBC's Adam Fleming.
  
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• WATCH: Moment furious Nigel Farage throws tomorrow's Brexit motion in air in frustration

  28-03-2019 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL FARAGE expressed his frustration with tomorrow's Brexit vote after reading aloud the Article 50 motion and throwing the document in the air.
  
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• 'Don't be RIDICULOUS and don't be RUDE!' Tory MP in fiery clash with Remainer radio host

  28-03-2019 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXITEER MP Marcus Fysh clashed with Remainer radio host James Whale as he claimed the Tory MP's constituency was made up of "a lot of old retired people".
  
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• Police seal off London Central Mosque after fatal stabbing

  28-03-2019 22:51
  Police are searching the area around London Central Mosque after a man was stabbed to death nearby.Suspects fled the scene after the man was attacked in Elmton Court on Cunningham Place, close to Regent's Park.Scotland Yard told Sky News at 9.20pm that the suspects had still not been located.
  
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• Three million children in poverty despite record employment

  28-03-2019 22:50
  Nearly three million children are living in poverty despite growing numbers of people in work.Figures taken from the Department for Work and Pensions and analysed by the National Housing Federation show there are 847,000 children in working households who are living in poverty because of the cost of housing.There are more than 2.9m children living in poverty in total.
  
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• Brexit SHOCK: How May's resignation gamble WILL backfire - 'MPs won't back a Boris Brexit'

  28-03-2019 22:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA MAY’S pledge to walk away before the next stage of Brexit negotiations will backfire as she loses any chance of being able to convince Labour MPs to support her deal, an expert has claimed.
  
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• No deal BOOST: MP outlines how CRUNCH Brexit vote could pave way for April 12 exit

  28-03-2019 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  LEADING Brexit supporter John Redwood has claimed the UK could still leave the European Union without an agreement if MPs do not back Theresa May's withdrawal agreement on Friday’s crunch vote.
  
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• Grenfell Tower fraudster jailed after racking up £47k bill at four-star hotel

  28-03-2019 21:29
  A fraudster who claimed he was displaced by the Grenfell Tower fire has been jailed for five years.Moses Ettiene, 49, racked up food and hotel bills worth more than £47,000 after he spent 325 nights at a four-star Park Plaza in west London.Kensington and Chelsea Council footed the bill after Ettienne claimed he had been living in the Grenfell Tower when the fire broke out on 14 June 2017.
  
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• Mother 'disgusted' at council after her son's body was padlocked inside his flat

  28-03-2019 21:05
  Jane Grant reported Michael Stewart missing on 7 January after her other son David said he had not seen him for several weeks.The 32-year-old's lifeless body was not found until police broke into his flat in Torry, Aberdeen, on 8 March.The officers were carrying out a welfare check on Mr Stewart at his mother's request.
  
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• Salmond complaint committee to raise ‘preservation of evidence’ concerns with FM

  28-03-2019 21:00
  Scotland's most senior civil servant Leslie Evans said government computer systems 'automatically delete' some material after a period.
  
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• At least 10 cabinet ministers considering prime ministerial bids

  28-03-2019 20:59
  Michael Gove is one of the ministers thought to be in the running to replace Theresa May Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty ImagesAt least 10 cabinet ministers are considering putting themselves forward to take over from Theresa May as prime minister after she promised to step down if her Brexit deal passes. Sources said Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, Amber Rudd, Michael Gove and Matt Hancock are all considering their options, having been urged to run by fellow MPs. Liz Truss, Gavin Williamson, Andrea
  
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• 'The Magician' guilty of murdering drug dealer and hiding his body in loft for eight months

  28-03-2019 20:56
  A window cleaner has been found guilty of murdering a teenage drug dealer and hiding his body in his loft for eight months.Gary Hopkins hacked 17-year-old Abdi Ali to death at the home he shared with his partner Stacy Docherty, 28, and their three children in Enfield, north London, in December 2017.Hopkins, nicknamed The Magician, was eventually caught after threatening to kill another drug dealer, telling friends: "I've done it before.
  
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• London stabbing: Armed police surround London Central Mosque after man knifed to death

  28-03-2019 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  A MAN has been stabbed to death in the Regent’s Park area of London, with police surrounding a suspect at London Central Mosque.
  
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• London bloodbath: Man stabbed in Regent's Park - police surround suspect at Central Mosque

  28-03-2019 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  A MAN has been stabbed in the Regent’s Park area of London, with police surrounding a suspect at London Central Mosque.
  
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• We are staunchly British, says Cayman Islands premier as Charles visits

  28-03-2019 20:53
  The Prince of Wales began his first full day in the British Overseas Territory.
  
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• MPs backing soft Brexit hope to unite around a compromise option

  28-03-2019 20:48
  Jeremy Corbyn, right, has held multiple meetings with the plan’s key supporters and is understood to be sympathetic to the proposal. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAMPs backing a soft Brexit are hoping to forge compromise options to be put to parliament when the next round of indicative votes take place in the House of Commons. Supporters of a Norway-style approach, dubbed “common market 2.0”, as well those MPs backing a customs union, hope they can come together and attract a ma
  
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• Regent's Park Knife Attack: Man Stabbed To Death As Police Search Mosque For Suspects

  28-03-2019 20:38
  A man stabbed at a housing block near Regent's Park in London has died inhospital as police surround London Central Mosque in the search for suspects,the Metropolitan Police said
  
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• Burglar who tried to wash away crime scene blood with Pepsi sent to jail

  28-03-2019 20:35
  William Trotter cut himself while breaking into a Pizza Hut restaurant in Sunderland.
  
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• Remain campaigner with ‘B******s to Brexit’ badge DETAINED at Gatwick Airport

  28-03-2019 20:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  A PASSENGER at Gatwick Airport was put in a holding area by a border official and warned he faced “physical assault” because he was wearing an anti-Brexit badge - triggering an investigation by the Home Office.
  
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• Boy cautioned over Huddersfield school refugee attack video

  28-03-2019 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  A video of the assault on a 15-year-old Syrian refugee was widely circulated on social media.
  
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• Business chief calls on MPs to 'stop chasing Brexit rainbows'

  28-03-2019 20:13
  Adam Marshall said business was counting the cost of the uncertainty in Westminster. Photograph: Mark Thomas/Rex/ShutterstockParliament must stop “chasing rainbows” and break the deadlock over Brexit to avoid inflicting further damage on the UK economy, business leaders have warned.In a further sign of the growing frustration over the government’s handling of Brexit, the head of the British Chambers of Commerce, Adam Marshall, called on MPs to end three years of going round in
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: The EASY plan Theresa May IGNORED that would have SOLVED Brexit

  28-03-2019 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  THERESA May ignored an easy solution to the Brexit crisis, which has spiralled into division and deadlock nearly three years after Britain voted to leave the EU: the creation of a cross-party wartime cabinet.
  
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• DUP says it will not back PM May's watered-down Brexit deal on Friday

  28-03-2019 20:11
  LONDON (Reuters) - The Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party will not back Prime Minister Theresa May's withdrawal agreement from the European Union when she brings it for a vote on Friday, the party's deputy leader said.
  
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• Andrew Neil BELITTLES Umunna in hilarious dig - 'I shouldn't have let you make THAT point'

  28-03-2019 20:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  ARCH-REMAINER Chuka Umunna was hilariously shut down by BBC host Andrew Neil as he claimed Parliament taking control of the Brexit process is what Leavers voted for in the first place.
  
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• Angelo Jurado-Marmolejo: Tearful mother pleads for 'abducted' son to be returned

  28-03-2019 20:05
  Angelo Jurado-Marmolejo has not been seen since his father Rafael Jurado-Cabello failed to return him to his mother's home in Bristol following a pre-arranged visit on 2 March.Mr Jurado-Cabello, a Spanish national, was supposed to return him after football practice but is "now in breach of a court order and is wanted on suspicion of child abduction", Avon and Somerset Police said.Speaking after a hearing at Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre on Tuesday, Karol Marmolejo wept as she pleaded w
  
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• NHS prescriptions: What illnesses should you NOT be asking for NHS prescriptions for

  28-03-2019 19:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  NHS ENGLAND has rolled out advice on unnecessary prescription medications set to free up millions of pounds. So what are they?
  
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• Irexit party launches billboard campaign across Ireland

  28-03-2019 19:50
  The group maintains it is the only party that believes in Irish freedom and national sovereignty.
  
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• Scots cite Brexit as ‘single most important issue’ when considering independence

  28-03-2019 19:40
  The finding was revealed in the first poll for Progress Scotland, a new organisation set up by former SNP MP Angus Robertson.
  
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• Family of four among migrants found in boats off Kent coast

  28-03-2019 19:33
  It comes a day after 14 migrants, including two children, who said they were from Iran and Iraq, were also found off the south coast.
  
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• Dossier reveals 'petty tortures' of NHS trainee doctors denied leave

  28-03-2019 19:28
  The dossier suggests a lack of support for junior doctors is fuelling an increase in the number who drop out of training. Photograph: Getty ImagesTrainee doctors have been denied leave despite experiencing stillbirth or having a child or partner in intensive care, a dossier of young medics’ “brutal” treatment by the NHS reveals.Hospitals have refused to let trainees take time off for their weddings and told them to use holiday entitlement rather than compassionate leave to atte
  
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• College lecturers to escalate industrial action in pay row

  28-03-2019 19:25
  The Educational Institute of Scotland - Further Education Lecturers' Association is demanding a cost of living increase.
  
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• Bereft of information, Leadsom is a perfect leader for a confused House - The Guardian

  28-03-2019 19:24
  Bereft of information, Leadsom is a perfect leader for a confused House  The GuardianShe had been hung out to dry by a prime minister unable even to fall on her own sword properly.
  
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• Bereft of information, Leadsom is a perfect leader for a confused House

  28-03-2019 19:23
  Just when you thought it was safe to come out … It’s back. And this time it may not be meaningful. But there again, it might be. At business questions, Andrea Leadsom wasn’t at all clear what the government was planning to bring back to the Commons on Friday. Brexit is now a fast-replicating virus that is entirely resistant to everyone’s best efforts to control it and is claiming dozens of victims, the latest being the prime minister herself.Leadsom started by keeping th
  
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• How to fix a broken parliamentary system

  28-03-2019 19:22
  ‘Based on Rees-Mogg’s observation, it might be time to recognise the Etonian fallacy, namely the mistaken belief that the British public are interested in old school rivalries or consider them of relevance to political life,’ writes Prof David Humphreys. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PARafael Behr argues compellingly that MPs must smash the party system (Journal, 27 March). The Brexit chaos has vividly displayed the multiple faults of our first-past-the-post system, unresolved b
  
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• Abdi Ali murder: Body-in-loft killer Gary Hopkins found guilty

  28-03-2019 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Gary Hopkins killed Abdi Ali at his north London home and hid the body inside a duvet in the attic.
  
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• Same-sex marriage and Northern Ireland

  28-03-2019 19:20
  Campaigners calling for the introduction of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland during a parade in Belfast on 1 July 2017.Photograph: Niall Carson/PAFriday 29 March marks five years since the first same-sex weddings in the UK. A cause for genuine celebration, it also serves as reminder of the continuing exclusion of the LGBT community in Northern Ireland. With Northern Ireland left out of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act, and with Scotland and the Republic of Ireland having both since legal
  
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• Hardline Brexiteers 'Must Back May's Deal To Become Tory Leader'

  28-03-2019 19:10
  Tory leadership hopefuls who do not back Theresa May's Brexit deal will failin their bids to become prime minister, a former cabinet minister has said
  
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• Nine-year jail term for van driver who killed couple after drink and drug binge

  28-03-2019 19:05
  Robert and Shirley Wigzell, both 71, were killed by dangerous driver Ben Ord who was being pursued by police.
  
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• MPs cleared to vote on Brexit on Friday

  28-03-2019 19:05
  John Bercow ruled that the Government's motion was acceptable but would not count as a 'meaningful vote' under Brexit legislation.
  
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• Independent inquiry into Marine Scotland bullying claims urged by MSP

  28-03-2019 19:04
  Rhoda Grant described DeeAnn Fitzpatrick, who was pictured taped to a chair at the Scottish Government agency's Scrabster base, as 'courageous'.
  
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• Scientists find way to grow plants with less water

  28-03-2019 19:00
  The technique could be used to improve crop yield.
  
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• National Grid shares fall on report of Labour party's renationalisation plan

  28-03-2019 18:59
  National Grid shares fell more than 3 percent on Thursday after the BBC reported that Britain's main opposition Labour party is preparing to announce plans to renationalise the utility.Traders attributed the drop to the report, which they said detailed that the left-wing Labour party would release a policy paper on Thursday outlining the plan to transfer the utility back to public ownership.The policy rekindled lingering worries among investors about potential radical changes to public policy if
  
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• Man convicted of murdering teenager and hiding body in attic for eight months

  28-03-2019 18:55
  Gary Hopkins, 37, hacked 17-year-old Abdi Ali to death in north London.
  
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• Jump in antidepressant prescriptions in England

  28-03-2019 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The number of prescriptions were dispensed last year exceeded 70 million for the first time.
  
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• Factbox: When is a Brexit vote not a Brexit vote? March 29

  28-03-2019 18:53
  Britain's parliament will hold a special sitting on Friday to discuss and vote on Brexit, potentially unlocking a delay to May 22 to the country's exit from the European Union but falling short of the criteria needed to formally ratify the deal.The government hopes to avoid another heavy defeat on the deal by separating the two elements which make up the exit package: a legal Withdrawal Agreement covering the terms of the split and a Political Declaration on a long-term relationship.On Friday, t
  
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• Adoption and fostering services performing well despite lengthy waits – report

  28-03-2019 18:52
  The Care Inspectorate found 25% of children had to wait more than a year to be placed with families as of December 31 2017.
  
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• Why are MPs going to vote on just the Brexit withdrawal agreement?

  28-03-2019 18:50
  MPs will be voting again on Friday. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesWhat is the withdrawal agreement? This is the agreement that covers the £39bn payment from the UK to the EU, citizens’ rights of non-Brits in the UK and British citizens in other EU countries and the backstop on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This is a legally-binding document and has to be passed by the British and the European parliaments before the UK can leave the European Un
  
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• Northern Ireland manager O’Neill condemns ‘mindless idiots’ over sectarian song

  28-03-2019 18:39
  The video was taken in a Belfast bar on Sunday - the day Northern Ireland beat Belarus in a European Championship qualifying match in the city.
  
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