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• May's talks with Labour on breaking Brexit deadlock likely to fail, Times quotes source

  03-04-2019 23:41
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May's talks with the opposition Labour Party on breaking the deadlock over Brexit are likely to fail, The Times newspaper quoted an unidentified Whitehall source as saying.
  
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• British troops criticised for Corbyn "target practise" video

  03-04-2019 23:23
  Britain's defence ministry said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into a video circulating on social media apparently showing soldiers using a picture of opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn for target practise.The video, posted on Snapchat, shows four paratroopers firing shots at the picture with the caption "happy with that"."We are aware of a video circulating on social media," an Army spokesperson said.
  
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• Theresa May's Chief Spin Doctor Accused Of Wanting To 'Destroy' Brexit Compromise By Ex-Tory Minister Nick Boles

  03-04-2019 23:00
  It came after talks began between May and Jeremy Corbyn to find common groundfor an exit deal amid stalemate in parliament
  
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• DUP lawmaker hints at supporting a customs union post-Brexit - BBC correspondent

  03-04-2019 23:00
  A lawmaker from the Northern Irish party which props up Prime Minister Theresa May's government appeared to hold out the prospect of the party supporting Britain's membership of a post-Brexit customs union, a BBC correspondent said."We would have preferred a form of Brexit that enables the UK to negotiate new trade agreements with other countries," Jeffrey Donaldson, a Democratic Unionist Party lawmaker, was quoted as saying by BBC Northern Ireland Political Correspondent Enda McClafferty.
  
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• Man ‘armed with machete’ arrested on suspicion of murder after injured man dies

  03-04-2019 22:49
  Metropolitan Police were called on Wednesday after reports of an injured man on Northolt Road in Harrow, west London.
  
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• Severe weather warning for snow issued as wintry conditions continue

  03-04-2019 22:46
  Forecasters are warning that some roads and railways are likely to be affected.
  
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• Stocks up on hopes for U.S.-China trade, soft Brexit

  03-04-2019 22:43
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stocks climbed for a fifth session on Wednesday on optimism over U.S.-China trade talks and for a softer British exit from the European Union, while oil prices retreated after an unexpected rise in inventories.
  
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• Weatherwatch: when a warm March lulls us into a false sense of security

  03-04-2019 22:30
  Daffodils covered in snow in the village of Catton, Northumberland, after temperatures dipped below freezing overnight on Wednesday. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PAAs gardeners know to their cost, early April frosts can wipe out delicate plants and blooms in a single cold night, even when – according to the Met Office at least – we are more than a month into spring.When March is noticeably colder than usual, as we experienced last year after the “beast from the east”, then
  
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• No lead to go on: Search for owners of dog found riding alone on Dublin train

  03-04-2019 22:23
  The owners of Hamish are yet to be found.
  
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• Unknown Motorola phone with four cameras leaks - The Verge

  03-04-2019 22:04
  Unknown Motorola phone with four cameras leaks  The VergeMoto G7 and Moto G7 Power review: Still the best affordable Android phones money can buy  Android AuthorityAlleged render of Motorola’s first quad camera phone surfces  Gizchina.comCheck out these images of Motorola's first quad camera smartphone - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comIs this mysterious Motorola 4-camera phone a PureView rival?  SlashGearView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Labour's Corbyn says Theresa May has not moved enough on Brexit

  03-04-2019 22:01
  Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Theresa May had not moved far enough in a first round of crisis talks aimed at breaking the domestic deadlock over Britain's exit from the European Union.The United Kingdom was supposed to leave the EU last Friday but, nearly three years after it voted by 52 percent to 48 for Brexit in a referendum, it is still unclear how, when or even whether it will quit the bloc it joined in 1973.After her EU withdrawal deal was rej
  
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• Brexit deal talks continue after ‘inconclusive’ meeting between May and Corbyn

  03-04-2019 21:45
  The Prime Minister's decision to reach out to the Labour leader provoked fury among Conservatives and two ministerial resignations.
  
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• Corbyn and May agree to more talks after 'constructive' first day

  03-04-2019 21:44
  Jeremy Corbyn put his plan to Theresa May on Wednesday. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty ImagesJeremy Corbyn will resume Brexit talks with the prime minister on Thursday, after Labour tensions over a second referendum burst into the open, with the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, writing to colleagues to insist any pact must be put to a public vote. Both Labour and Downing Street described the discussions as “constructive” and said they would hold technical talks, facil
  
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• Corbyn and May agree to more talks after 'constructive' first day

  03-04-2019 21:44
  Jeremy Corbyn put his plan to Theresa May on Wednesday. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty ImagesJeremy Corbyn will resume Brexit talks with the prime minister on Thursday, after Labour tensions over a second referendum burst into the open, with the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, writing to colleagues to insist any pact must be put to a public vote.Both Labour and Downing Street described the discussions as “constructive” and said they would hold technical talks, facili
  
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• Furious Tory MPs Denied Symbolic Vote On Theresa May's Future

  03-04-2019 21:39
  Furious Brexiteers are to formally call for Theresa May to be ousted bywriting letters to an influential Tory committee after being denied a symbolicvote on her premiership
  
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• Furious Tory MPs Denied Symbolic Vote On Theresa May's Future

  03-04-2019 21:39
  Furious Brexiteers are to formally call for Theresa May to be ousted bywriting letters to an influential Tory committee after being denied a symbolicvote on her premiership
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn 'shocked' by video of troops using his face in target practice

  03-04-2019 21:37
  Jeremy Corbyn has said he is "shocked" by footage of soldiers shooting at a photograph of him during target practice.An investigation has been launched into the video, which was first posted on Snapchat before being widely shared.The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the video is legitimate.
  
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• MPs vote in favour of stopping No Deal and Brexit delays - Daily Mail

  03-04-2019 21:31
  
  
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• Arrested reporters slam ‘irony’ of Government championing press freedom

  03-04-2019 21:17
  Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested in connection with a documentary exposing police collusion.
  
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• Bill to prevent no-deal Brexit passes second vote in the Commons

  03-04-2019 21:05
  Labour MP Yvette Cooper speaking in the Commons today.Photograph: AFP/GettyA cross-party group of MPs has forced through the first steps for an emergency bill to instruct Theresa May to seek an extension to article 50 and avoid a no-deal Brexit in just a few hours, despite government opposition. The second reading of the bill, spearheaded by Labour’s Yvette Cooper and the Conservative Sir Oliver Letwin, passed by five votes, after an hour of debate. A final vote is expected at 10pm. Howeve
  
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• Corbyn ‘shocked’ after soldiers used picture of Labour leader as target

  03-04-2019 21:03
  The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation.
  
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• ‘Not entirely clear’ where May will compromise on Brexit, says Sturgeon

  03-04-2019 20:55
  The Scottish First Minister held talks in Westminster with the Prime Minister and the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Bank of England governor Mark Carney: Risk of no-deal Brexit now 'alarmingly high'

  03-04-2019 20:55
  Mark Carney has told Sky News the risk of a no-deal Brexit is now "alarmingly high",branding suggestions such a scenario could be managed as "absolute nonsense".In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the governor of the Bank of England defended its gloomy forecasts for what a cliff-edge Brexit would mean and denied they amounted to scaremongering.
  
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• Brexiters castigate PM for denying them what they voted against

  03-04-2019 20:48
  May’s authority, if you could ever have called it that, was completely shot. Photograph: George Cracknell Wright/REX/ShutterstockYou wait weeks for one prime minister to come along and then five turn up at the same time. On Tuesday night, Theresa May gave up the unequal battle. She’d already tried offering her resignation but her backbenchers had hated her so much they had kept her on life support by voting down her deal a third time. So the Leader in Name Only of the Party in Name O
  
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• Are Theresa May’s Brexit talks a big shift or a big ruse? - Financial Times

  03-04-2019 20:27
  Are Theresa May’s Brexit talks a big shift or a big ruse?  Financial TimesTheresa May's decision to turn to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to help her deliver Brexit was such a risky political act that some in the opposition party smelled ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Social media ‘more addictive than drugs and alcohol’, warns Harry

  03-04-2019 20:25
  Prince addresses dangers to mental health during discussions with charities
  
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• Ex-Hillsborough safety officer laid blame for crush on poor policing

  03-04-2019 20:13
  The former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell arrives at Preston crown court on Monday. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesThe conviction of Graham Mackrell, the Sheffield Wednesday club secretary and safety officer for its Hillsborough ground on 15 April 1989, is the first criminal or disciplinary finding against anybody in relation to the deaths of 96 people at the FA Cup semi-final that day between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Mackrell, a qualified accountant who
  
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• 'What do people want?': Hillsborough safety officer is first to be found guilty

  03-04-2019 20:13
  The former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell arriving at Preston crown court on Monday. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesThe conviction of Graham Mackrell, the Sheffield Wednesday club secretary and safety officer for its Hillsborough ground on 15 April 1989, is the first criminal or disciplinary finding against anybody in relation to the deaths of 96 people at the FA Cup semi-final that day between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Mackrell, a qualified accountant who
  
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• 'What do people want?': Hillsborough safety officer is first to be found guilty

  03-04-2019 20:13
  The former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell arriving at Preston crown court on Monday. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesThe conviction of Graham Mackrell, the Sheffield Wednesday club secretary and safety officer for its Hillsborough ground on 15 April 1989, is the first criminal or disciplinary finding against anybody in relation to the deaths of 96 people at the FA Cup semi-final that day between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.Mackrell, a qualified accountant who
  
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• Kent To Contest FA Charge – They Should Throw The Book At Him Now - CeltsAreHere

  03-04-2019 20:08
  Kent To Contest FA Charge – They Should Throw The Book At Him Now  CeltsAreHereRangers manager Steven Gerrard accepts one-game ban and Ryan Kent suspended for two matches  SkySportsCeltic's Scott Brown faces ban following Old Firm game as both clubs charged  bbc.co.ukHartson and Sutton slam SFA for charging Scott Brown after Glasgow Derby  Read CelticScott Brown should be rested for St Mirren-Celtic clash  67 Hail Hail - Celtic NewsView ful
  
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• Labour's Corbyn: no agreement with May on referendum

  03-04-2019 20:01
  UK opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said there had been no agreement with Prime Minister Theresa May on the option of a second referendum when they met to discuss possible ways out of the Brexit impasse."It was raised by me at the beginning of the meeting: I said this is a policy of my party that we would want to pursue the option of a public vote to prevent crashing out or prevent leaving on a bad deal," Corbyn said on Wednesday."There was no agreement reached on that.
  
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• Rising youth crime reflects wider societal problems

  03-04-2019 19:40
  ‘If tackling the root causes of knife crime remains the priority, it’s time to invest in community responses,’ writes Steve Phaure. Photograph (posed by model): Katie Collins/PAThe number of primary school children in pupil referral units (PRUs) in England has more than doubled since 2011, as part of a wider surge in the number of permanent exclusions in England and Wales over the past decade (Steep rise in under-11s excluded from school for being disruptive, 1 April). This is
  
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• Gay sex punishable by death: Sharia law in Brunei - Sky News

  03-04-2019 19:31
  Gay sex punishable by death: Sharia law in Brunei  Sky NewsBrunei should be suspended from Commonwealth over new law punishing gay sex with stoning to death, UK government told  The IndependentCommonwealth Secretary-General calls for Brunei to revoke death by stoning for gay sex and adultery  iNewsCelebrities boycott Brunei-owned hotels over country's new anti-LGBT laws  The GuardianBrunei 'should be suspended from Commonwealth over gay stoning laws' 
  
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• Harry and Meghan set world record after gaining one million Instagram followers in fastest time

  03-04-2019 19:23
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have entered the record books after gaining one million Instagram followers in the fastest time yet.Guinness World Records said the previous best was K-Pop star Kang Daniel, who took 11 hours 36 minutes after posting a selfie with the caption "HELLO".Harry and Meghan's account now has more than 2.7 million followers despite having just one post so far - a gallery of photos of the pair and people they have met on their engagements.
  
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• Oxford hospital trust faced defamation threat from NHS

  03-04-2019 19:19
  Cancer care centre at the Churchill hospital, Oxford.Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PANHS heads threatened to sue one of England’s most admired hospitals for libel, for raising concerns that privatising a key element of cancer treatment would endanger patients’ health. In an extraordinary move NHS England tried to stop Oxford University hospitals (OUH) NHS trust opposing its controversial decision to let a private firm take charge of cancer scanning. Lawyers for NHS England said the tr
  
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• Lawmakers vote to go ahead with debate on Brexit delay law

  03-04-2019 19:11
  LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers on Wednesday voted to begin debating legislation which would force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a delay to Brexit in order to prevent the risk of leaving without a deal on April 12.
  
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• Apple AirPods (2019) review - What Hi-Fi?

  03-04-2019 19:10
  Apple AirPods (2019) review  What Hi-Fi?Powerbeats Pro: Beats takes on AirPods 2 with new earphones using latest Apple technology  The IndependentPowerbeats Pro: better sound, fit, battery but there's 1 AirPods feature missing from these Beats By Dre buds  T3Apple launches Powerbeats Pro as Dr. Dre takes on the AirPods 2  Metro.co.ukPowerbeats Pro release as Beats reveals its latest wireless headphones  ExpressView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Brexit: MPs reject further round of indicative votes - The Scotsman

  03-04-2019 18:58
  Brexit: MPs reject further round of indicative votes  The ScotsmanBrexit vote tied in Commons  BBC NewsBrexit news latest: MPs reject another round of indicative votes after dramatic Commons tie  Evening StandardBrexit chaos: MPs cast tied vote for first time in 25 years  The TimesSpeaker John Bercow Blocks Third Round Of Votes On Brexit Alternatives After Historic Tie  HuffPost UKView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Inside the caliphate's last stand

  03-04-2019 18:50
  US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces say they have "totally eliminated" Islamic State in Syria.
  
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• Tour de France boss ‘feels sad’ for tourism chief in expenses row

  03-04-2019 18:48
  Christian Prudhomme (left) and Gary Verity in 2014, when the Tour de France Grand Départ took place in Yorkshire.Photograph: Simon Wilkinson/RexThe Tour de France director has paid tribute to Sir Gary Verity, the tourism boss who brought the race to Yorkshire but who resigned last month in an expenses scandal, repaying a reported £40,000. Christian Prudhomme, who became friends with Verity after the 2014 Yorkshire Grand Départ, told a gathering in Leeds: “I cannot help
  
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• Speaker John Bercow Blocks Third Round Of Votes On Brexit Alternatives After Historic Tie

  03-04-2019 18:43
  Speaker John Bercow has blocked MPs from holding a third round of votes onBrexit alternatives after the first tied Commons vote in more than 25 years
  
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• UK faces 'alarmingly high' risk of no-deal Brexit - BoE's Carney

  03-04-2019 18:41
  Britain still faces an "alarmingly high" risk of a no-deal Brexit, which could happen suddenly and by accident without politicians fully intending it, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney warned on Wednesday.The idea, promoted by some Brexit supporters, that Britain could effectively trade on World Trade Organization terms with zero tariffs after a no-deal Brexit was "absolute nonsense", Carney added in the interview with broadcaster Sky News.Carney said that as long ago as August last year, he
  
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• Briton Aidan James had 'amazing time' fighting IS soldiers, court hears

  03-04-2019 18:38
  A British man wrote in a diary that he had an "amazing time" fighting against the Islamic State in Syria, a court has heard.Aidan James, from Merseyside, allegedly described the terror group as "the biggest threat the world has seen since Hitler" and said he fought on the "front line numerous times", killing IS soldiers.The Old Bailey has heard that his four months of combat amounted to "terrorism, even if his eventual fighting was against other terrorists".
  
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• Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney says the Epic Store will keep snagging exclusives - VG247

  03-04-2019 18:24
  Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney says the Epic Store will keep snagging exclusives  VG247Epic Games Store will continue to sign and fund exclusivity deals with developers devs and publishers "regardless" of any previous commitments to Steam.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Doddie Weir portrait to raise funds for motor neurone disease charity

  03-04-2019 18:00
  Sir Billy Connolly and rugby legends Gavin and Scott Hastings will be among those in attendance at the auction in Hong Kong later on Wednesday.
  
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• Promote healthy lifestyles to children, Scottish Government urged

  03-04-2019 17:59
  Conservative MSP Brian Whittle said there must be an change in approach to tackle unhealthy eating.
  
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• Drug use ‘widespread’ in prisons, official report says

  03-04-2019 17:57
  The strategy paper warned the scale of the problem is 'significant' and has become more challenging in recent years.
  
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• Windrush Compensation Will Cost Government £200m, Sajid Javid Says

  03-04-2019 17:55
  Compensation for victims of the Windrush scandal, which saw UK residentswrongly classed as illegal immigrants, is set to cost the government £200million
  
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• Protesters hail legal victory over fracking firm's injunction

  03-04-2019 17:54
  Anti-fracking demonstrators outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Photograph: Yui Mok/PACampaigners have hailed a legal victory against a multinational company that took out a “draconian and anti-democratic” injunction against protesters. On Wednesday, three court of appeal judges ruled in favour of activists who wanted to overturn the wide-ranging injunction that had been granted to the petrochemicals business Ineos, which is owned by Britain’s richest man, Jim Ratcli
  
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• Driver who died after Highlands car crash named

  03-04-2019 17:53
  Paul Peacock was heading towards Beauly when he was involved in the single-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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