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• May says greater risk of no Brexit the longer it takes to find compromise

  06-04-2019 23:59
  British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that the longer it takes to find a comprise with the opposition Labour Party to secure a parliamentary majority for a Brexit deal, the less likely it is that Britain will leave the European Union.May has so far failed to secure backing for her negotiated agreement with Brussels as some Conservative lawmakers and Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, which props up her minority government, have voted it down.
  
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• Wilfried Zaha calls out racist abuse as three clubs report new incidents

  06-04-2019 23:57
  • Police arrest Brentford fan after incident at Griffin Park
  • Wigan report hate crime after Nathan Byrne abused onlineFootball authorities are facing more scrutiny over their handling of fans’ racist abuse after three clubs reported alleged incidents and Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha called out an online message branding him “a diving monkey”.The latest incidents came two days after the Tottenham defender Danny Rose said he “can’t wait to see the b
  
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• Brexit could ‘slip through our fingers’ unless deal agreed with Labour – May

  06-04-2019 23:51
  Talks between the two main parties have stalled, with Labour accusing Theresa May of failing to offer real change to her Brexit deal.
  
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• William completes ‘humbling’ work experience with spy agencies

  06-04-2019 23:42
  The Duke of Cambridge has spent three weeks working with MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.
  
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• Sally Challen enjoys first day of freedom after being granted bail

  06-04-2019 23:35
  A decade after being found guilty of murdering her ‘coercive’ husband, she is freedThe son of Georgina “Sally” Challen has shared a picture of his mother on her first day of freedom since she was convicted of murdering her husband in a hammer attack in 2010.Her sons James, 35, and David, 33, have campaigned for their mother’s release on the grounds that their father subjected her to decades of coercive and controlling behaviour and abuse in their 31-year marriage. C
  
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• Meghan ‘appoints her own delivery team for birth of first child’

  06-04-2019 23:32
  The Mail on Sunday has reported that Meghan has broken from royal tradition because she does not want 'the men in suits' to oversee the birth.
  
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• Kyle Walker’s VAR escape shows up football’s dunderheaded experiment | Barney Ronay

  06-04-2019 23:21
  No one really knows whether the Manchester City right-back should have been sent off – all we have are opinionsIt seemed fitting that this FA Cup semi-final should end with Manchester City’s players keeping the ball in a kind of ad hoc rondo deep in the Brighton half, 1-0 up and just doing enough, their opponents held at arm’s length like an outmatched little brother, fists windmilling uselessly.It seemed fitting the victory tune on the Wembley PA should be Wonderwall, with its
  
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• Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi take Barcelona to verge of La Liga title

  06-04-2019 23:19
  Barcelona head to Manchester United with La Liga virtually tied up, the Champions League now given their undivided attention. There were five minutes left when they finally found a way past Jan Oblak and four left when they found their way past him again, late goals from Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi carrying them 11 points clear of Atlético Madrid with seven games left. The chance of a treble remains, Old Trafford permitting, time now to turn to what Messi called that “lovely
  
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• Corbyn - I'm waiting for May to move Brexit 'red lines'

  06-04-2019 23:13
  LONDON/BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May has yet to move the "red lines" that have blocked a deal for Britain to leave the EU, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Saturday, after May launched talks with him in a last-ditch bid to save Brexit.With Britain due to leave the bloc on April 12 and no sign of her minority government being able to pass a deal through parliament on its own, May turned to Labour Party leader Corbyn in recent days in the hope of securing a bi-partisan ag
  
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• May has plan to offer Labour Brexit customs arrangement - Sunday Times

  06-04-2019 23:12
  British Prime Minister Theresa May's government has a plan to enshrine in law a customs arrangement with the European Union in a bid to win over the opposition Labour Party to back a Brexit deal, The Sunday Times newspaper reported."Under the new plan, the prime minister would offer to rewrite the government's withdrawal bill to enshrine a customs arrangement in law," the newspaper said.
  
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• 80 Labour MPs Tell Jeremy Corbyn To Secure A Second Brexit Referendum

  06-04-2019 23:00
  Dozens of Labour MPs have told Jeremy Corbyn to secure a guarantee of a secondreferendum in any Brexit deal he reaches with Theresa May
  
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• Second Brexit vote would be 'ultimate betrayal' - Andrea Leadsom

  06-04-2019 22:59
  A second public vote on Britain's membership of the European Union would be the "ultimate betrayal", Andrea Leadsom, the leader of the House of Commons or lower house of parliament, wrote in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper."The ultimate betrayal would be a second referendum," wrote Leadsom, a Brexiteer.
  
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• France, Spain and Belgium 'ready for no-deal Brexit next week'

  06-04-2019 21:58
  Emmanuel Macron’s ambassador said there was no justification, and only danger, in extending UK membership of the EU. Photograph: Lewis Joly/Sipa/Rex/ShutterstockFrance has won the support of Spain and Belgium after signalling its readiness for a no-deal Brexit on 12 April if there are no significant new British proposals, according to a note of an EU27 meeting seen by the Guardian.The diplomatic cable reveals that the French ambassador secured the support of Spanish and Belgian colleagues
  
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• Sir Billy Connolly leads New York’s Tartan Day Parade

  06-04-2019 21:30
  The Scottish comedian was Grand Marshall and led thousands of participants, including pipers and Highland dancers, along Manhattan's Sixth Avenue.
  
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• Merkel throws May a lifeline over UK’s Brexit departure date

  06-04-2019 21:30
  German chancellor Angela Merkel on a school visit to mark Europe-Project Day in Berlin. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/ReutersAngela Merkel is open to backing Theresa May’s request for a short Brexit extension as the German chancellor seeks to maintain the pressure on British MPs to support the withdrawal agreement, according to senior EU sources.In the face of moves from elsewhere in the EU to insist on a longer delay to Britain’s departure, Merkel is keeping all options on the table a
  
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• Grand National 2019: Up For Review Dies During Aintree Race

  06-04-2019 21:30
  A ten-year-old horse competing in Saturday's Grand National died after a fallat the first hurdle
  
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• Furious Tory MPs will bid to oust May if UK fights Euro poll

  06-04-2019 21:30
  Theresa May is facing growing pressure from Tory backbenchers over the prospect that the UK will have to take part in EU elections in May. Photograph: Hannah McKay/ReutersTheresa May is being warned by her mutinous MPs that they will move to oust her within weeks if the UK is forced to take part in European elections next month and extend its EU membership beyond the end of June. Tory MPs are increasingly angry at the prospect of voters being asked to go to the polls to elect MEPs three years af
  
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• The Independent Group looks to European elections for breakthrough

  06-04-2019 21:28
  Independent Group MPs Chuka Umunna, Anna Soubry, Mike Gapes, Chris Leslie and Gavin Shuker of at the Put It To The People March on 23 March 2019 in London. Photograph: Nicola Tree/Getty ImagesAt least 200 people have applied to stand as candidates for the new Independent Group if the UK takes part in European elections next month – amid growing signs that the contest could turn into a “proxy referendum” on whether to leave or remain in the EU. TheObserver has been told that one
  
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• Identifying separated migrant families may take two years, US government says

  06-04-2019 21:11
  Trump administration outlines plan in response to lawsuitThousands of children were taken from their parents at borderIt could take the US government up to two years to identify potentially thousands of children who were separated from their parents by the authorities at the southern border, the government said in a court filing.The filing late on Friday outlined for the first time the Trump administration’s plan for identifying which family members might have been separated by assessing t
  
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• ‘Brexit makes picking the Grand National winner look easy’

  06-04-2019 20:52
  Racegoers at Aintree yesterday for the Grand National.Photograph: Mike Egerton/PAIn the glorious spring sunshine at Aintree on Saturday, it was all but impossible not to feel optimistic about the future. The immediate future, at any rate, and the spectacular opportunity for short-term financial gain when 40 horses and riders set off to tackle the most famous and capricious race of them all. But finding the Grand National winner looked like child’s play when set against the other fiendish p
  
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• Tiger Roll makes repeat win look easy to join Grand National greats

  06-04-2019 20:35
  No sporting contest makes ‘what-might-have-been’ stories like the Grand National and there have been numerous horses who have tried to emulate Red Rum since 1974No sporting contest makes ‘what might have been’ stories like the Grand National and, for the 42 years since Red Rum last won it, there have been plenty such stories created by the horses who have tried to emulate him. Mighty animals whose names are remembered still, such as Corbiere, Earth Summit and Hedgehunter,
  
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• Body of missing man found in loch

  06-04-2019 20:23
  Robert Scoular left his home in Edinburgh on Wednesday evening, saying he was going to the local shop.
  
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• PlayStation Store Lists The Last of Us 2 Release Date as "Coming Soon" - Gaming INTEL

  06-04-2019 20:15
  PlayStation Store Lists The Last of Us 2 Release Date as "Coming Soon"  Gaming INTELXbox One news: NEW PS4 sales reveal as Microsoft 'Ultimate' Game Pass rumours surface  ExpressXbox One News: SHOCK PS4 exclusive game is coming to Microsoft's Xbox One consoles | PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch News, Reviews and Features - Daily Star  Daily StarPS5 and Xbox Two release date BOOST: PlayStation and Xbox fans may get news SOON  ExpressPS4 Price News: PlayStation's
  
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• Polish general who fought with Washington may have been a woman

  06-04-2019 20:13
  Researchers believe Casimir Pulaski’s skeleton indicates the 18th-century cavalry officer may have been female or intersexResearchers believe a famed Polish general who fought in the American Revolutionary war may have been a woman or possibly intersex. Related: Close calls: when American presidents diced with deathContinue reading...
  
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• Football fan faces 'constant abuse' on Twitter over @sussexroyal handle

  06-04-2019 19:47
  A football fan has said he is being forced to quit Twitter because of "constant abuse" after he claimed his Instagram handle was given to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.Kevin Keiley, from Worthing, West Sussex, chose the @sussexroyal handle when he joined the photo-sharing website because he lives in the county and supports Reading FC, whose nickname is the Royals.Prince Harry and Meghan were given the handle on their Instagram debut this week - and Mr Keiley said nobody asked his permission bef
  
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• Man who fled to UK as child has deportation to DRC halted

  06-04-2019 19:42
  A member of the DRC armed forces walks past a burnt building in the city of Yumbi. Photograph: Alexis Huguet/AFP/GettyA man who has lived in the UK since childhood and was due to be deported on Saturday on a 6.55pm flight to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country with one of the worst human rights records in the world, has been given an eleventh-hour stay of execution. Habib Bazaboko, a stonemason, fled to the UK at the age of 11 after his father was murdered in his home country. He has
  
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• Firefighters free trapped motorist after car plunges down embankment

  06-04-2019 19:41
  The crash happened on the A82 at Letterfinlay in Inverness-shire on Saturday evening.
  
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• Tiger Roll: Horse becomes first to claim back-to-back Grand National wins since Red Rum

  06-04-2019 19:40
  Tiger Roll has won this year's Grand National at Aintree, becoming the first horse since Red Rum to win back-to-back titles.The hot favourite, ridden by jockey Davy Russell, kept out of trouble in the 40-horse field to emulate the feat of National great Red Rum 45 years ago.Tiger Roll, the smallest horse in the race, won by three lengths from Magic of Light in second and Rathvinden in third.
  
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• Javid defends pre-Brexit shift to passports without EU on cover

  06-04-2019 19:33
  Home Secretary Sajid Javid said it was 'sensible and efficient' to move to the new design.
  
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• Campaigners head to court to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia

  06-04-2019 19:28
  Lawyers for Campaign Against Arms Trade will argue in the court of appeal that UK exports breach international lawThe sale of billions of pounds worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia hangs in the balance this weekend ahead of a landmark court case that could force the UK to halt exports of missiles, bombs and jets to the kingdom.Human rights groups say the sale of arms to Saudi breaches UK export policy, which states that the government must deny such licences if there is a “clear risk” t
  
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• Three men charged after disorder mars Edinburgh derby

  06-04-2019 19:14
  Police said three men have been arrested and charged in connection with alleged disorder offences, including involving a pyrotechnic device.
  
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• Annie Ernaux: ‘I was so ashamed for Catherine Deneuve…’

  06-04-2019 19:00
  The French writer on her singular memoir being longlisted for the Man Booker international prize and why #MeToo has her backingAnnie Ernaux, 78, is one of France’s most respected writers, and has won multiple awards for her books, including the 2017 Marguerite Yourcenar prize for her entire body of work. She was largely unknown in the UK until her memoir, Les Années, was published in English (The Years, translated by Alison L Strayer) and made it on to the longlist for this year&rsq
  
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• UK opposition leader - I'm waiting for May to move Brexit 'red lines'

  06-04-2019 18:57
  LONDON/BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May has yet to move the "red lines" that have blocked a deal for Britain to leave the EU, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Saturday, after May launched talks with him in a last-ditch bid to save Brexit.With Britain due to leave the bloc on April 12 and no sign of her minority government being able to pass a deal through parliament on its own, May turned to Labour Party leader Corbyn in recent days in the hope of securing a bi-partisan ag
  
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• RAF and Royal Navy urged to cut ties to sultan of Brunei over anti-gay law

  06-04-2019 18:57
  Protests outside Dorchester hotel in London after Brunei regime passes ‘death by stoning’ law for gay sex‘It’s dangerous to go out now’: young gay and scared in BruneiThe RAF and Royal Navy are under pressure to cut links with the sultan of Brunei amid a global backlash against his country’s decision to introduce death by stoning as punishment for homosexuality.The calls came after crowds protesting against the country’s new draconian penal code surged t
  
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• Observer archive: Jayne Mansfield, 7 April 1967

  06-04-2019 18:30
  Just two months before the American film star’s untimely death, photographer Jane Bown joined her on a troubled tour of the nightclubs of northern EnglandWhile Miss Jayne Mansfield rested yesterday at a Darlington hotel, after an unscheduled 1 a.m. appearance at York Press Ball, allegations were being made in London by a solicitor about her conduct at northern night clubs.Mr David Jacobs, speaking on behalf of the American Contemporary Record Company, issued a statement at a Carnaby Street
  
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• Barack Obama warns progressives to avoid 'circular firing squad'

  06-04-2019 18:20
  Remarks come as Democrats battle for 2020 nominationFormer president was addressing young Europeans in GermanyBarack Obama warned on Saturday that US progressives risk creating a “circular firing squad” at a time when prospective presidential candidates are competing fiercely against each other to run against Donald Trump. Related: 'Our mantra is chaos': Republican researchers target 2020 DemocratsContinue reading...
  
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• French 'yellow vest' protests largely peacefully as Macron wraps up debate

  06-04-2019 18:12
  Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris and other French cities on Saturday for a 21st straight weekend of anti-government "yellow vest" protests, but the marches were largely peaceful.The quieter nature of the demonstrations should be a relief to President Emmanuel Macron, who this week wrapped up two months of nationwide town hall meetings as part of his "grand debat" initiative.Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is due on Monday to outline the initial findings that emerged from h
  
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• Brunei LGBT: Protesters at Dorchester hotel call for Royal boycott

  06-04-2019 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Protesters outside the Dorchester in London say the UK should cut ties with Brunei over its harsh new punishments for homosexuality.
  
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• Watch the birdie: Swedish birds pose for the camera – in pictures

  06-04-2019 18:00
  British photographer Stephen Gill would often gaze out of a window of his home in Skåne, Sweden, to find a vast yet empty sky. A bird enthusiast from a young age – his first teenage photographic project focused on bird tables – he determined to capture Skåne’s native species and placed a pillar at the end of a field and a camera with a motion sensor opposite. The experiment worked: dozens of birds unwittingly posed for the camera. “Viewing what had taken place
  
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• Mum weeps after medical cannabis for daughter's epilepsy is seized at airport

  06-04-2019 17:54
  A mother who returned to the UK with illegal medical cannabis for her severely epileptic daughter wept after it was confiscated at the airport.Emma Appleby flew back to Britain from the Netherlands on Saturday morning with her partner Lee after buying a supply of medical cannabis oils for nine-year-old Teagan.Teagan, from Aylesham near Dover, has a rare chromosomal disorder called Isodicentric 15 as well as Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, which means she has up to 300 seizures a day.
  
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• Pair bailed in Lisa Dorrian murder probe

  06-04-2019 17:50
  The 25-year-old was last seen alive at Ballyhalbert Caravan Park, Co Down, in 2005.
  
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• Lengthy Brexit delay would be ‘suicide note’ for Tories, says minister

  06-04-2019 17:48
  Nadhim Zahawi's warning to Theresa May came after talks between the Government and Labour broke down.
  
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• Ecuador denies it will imminently expel Assange from embassy

  06-04-2019 17:45
  Ecuador's government said late on Friday that it rejected reports that it would imminently expel Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from its London embassy, where he has lived in asylum for nearly seven years.Assange was "prepared" for expulsion from the building, a British friend of his said on Tuesday, after Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno said he had "repeatedly violated" the terms of his asylum.Moreno accused Assange of harming Ecuador's relations with other countries by intervening in their
  
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• Crowds Protest Brunei Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Outside London's Dorchester Hotel

  06-04-2019 17:37
  Crowds surged through barriers outside London's posh Dorchester Hotel and tooktheir protest against Brunei's anti-LGBTQ+ laws to its front doors
  
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• Newcastle Puppetry Festival gets under way

  06-04-2019 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The week-long Newcastle festival has been organised by Moving Parts Arts.
  
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• Brexit: Ireland’s Leo Varadkar says EU27 ‘unlikely’ to veto delay

  06-04-2019 17:22
  Taoiseach suggests if an EU state decides to veto extension, ‘they wouldn’t be forgiven’It is “extremely unlikely” that an EU27 country will veto a UK request for a delay to Brexit at next week’s European council meeting, the Irish taoiseach has said.Any state that voted down a further Brexit extension would not be forgiven by other member states, Leo Varadkar declared, going on to suggest that his own preference was for a longer extension than the 30 June dat
  
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• Army chief in unprecedented warning on soldiers amid claims of 'illegal' conduct

  06-04-2019 17:22
  The British army has released an unprecedented video following allegations of sexual assault and soldiers using a picture of Jeremy Corbyn for target practice.Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith, appears in a virtual background in the short clip which has been placed on the army's YouTube channel.Six British army troops have been arrested over an alleged attack on a teenage female soldier.
  
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• Crowds surge past Dorchester Hotel barriers in protest at Brunei LGBT laws

  06-04-2019 17:21
  The University of Oxford earlier said it would reconsider its decision to award an honorary degree to the Sultan.
  
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• Former user of Harry and Meghan Instagram handle condemns ‘constant abuse’

  06-04-2019 17:13
  Kevin Keiley had been using the @sussexroyal handle until it was reassigned to the couple.
  
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