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• Teacher at centre of LGBT lessons row in Birmingham received death threat

  08-04-2019 23:42
  The teacher at the centre of the row over LGBT lessons has told Sky News he received a death threat and has been given advice from police about how he travels to and from school.Andrew Moffat, the assistant head teacher at Parkfield Community School in Birmingham, wrote the No Outsiders programme that is used to teach diversity and equality in some schools.Protests by mainly Muslim parents who object to their children learning about same-sex relationships have now spread from Parkfield to other
  
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• UK never asked to interview Salisbury suspects, claims Russian ambassador

  08-04-2019 22:49
  Russia's ambassador to the UK claims the British government never asked to interview the Salisbury attack suspects - and that a request would have been considered.Alexander Yakovenko, who spoke to Sky News days after meeting novichok victim Charlie Rowley, also revealed he wants his country to do a trade deal with Britain when the UK leaves the EU.
  
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• May risks wrath of Tory Brexiters to plead with EU for more time

  08-04-2019 22:23
  Theresa May looks on as Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, far left, and German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron greet one another at an EU meeting in December. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesTheresa May will go to Paris and Berlin to plead with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron for a Brexit extension on Tuesday, promising to be a good member of the European Union until departure day and claiming talks with Labour have a serious chance of reaching a deal.Before an
  
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• May risks wrath of Conservative Brexiters to plead with EU for more time

  08-04-2019 22:23
  Theresa May looks on as Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, far left, and German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Emmanuel Macron greet one another at an EU meeting in December. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesTheresa May will go to Paris and Berlin to plead with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron for a Brexit extension on Tuesday, promising to be a good member of the European Union until departure day and claiming talks with Labour have a serious chance of reaching a deal.Before an
  
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• Daughter of Briton detained in Dubai over Facebook posts appeals for her return

  08-04-2019 22:21
  Laleh Shahravesh branded her ex-husband’s new wife a 'horse' in the posts.
  
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• PM May considering offering lawmakers a vote on second Brexit referendum - Telegraph

  08-04-2019 22:12
  British Prime Minister Theresa May is considering giving lawmakers a vote on whether to hold a second Brexit referendum in a bid to break the deadlock in talks with the opposition Labour Party, the Telegraph reported.It also reported that May's chief enforcer in parliament is confident the government has the numbers to defeat any attempt to hold a second referendum.
  
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• CCTV shows moment ATM is ripped from a wall

  08-04-2019 22:12
  The raid in Dungiven, Co Londonderry, is the eighth ATM theft in the region this year.
  
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• Calcium supplement warning from scientists - Manchester Evening News

  08-04-2019 22:00
  Calcium supplement warning from scientists  Manchester Evening NewsTaking calcium supplements could double risk of dying from cancer  The IndependentNutritional supplements 'don't work'  Daily MailTaking vitamin supplements does not help you live longer but may actually cause you harm, study suggests  The SunCalcium supplements linked to cancer in major study  Telegraph.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• MPs on brink of passing law forcing PM to delay Brexit to avoid no-deal

  08-04-2019 21:41
  MPs are on the brink of passing a law that would force Theresa May to delay Brexit to avoid a no-deal divorce.Peers made two changes to it, removing a significant sting for the prime minister, which now needs the lower house's sign off.Under the new terms, MPs will still be able to tell Mrs May how long she should ask the EU to delay Brexit for.
  
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• Laleh Shahravesh's Daughter Pleads For Her Release From Dubai

  08-04-2019 21:40
  The daughter of a British woman arrested in Dubai over Facebook posts whichbranded her ex-husband's new wife a "horse" has begged its ruler to let hercome home
  
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• Clutha Crash: families speak ahead of inquiry

  08-04-2019 21:20
  A police helicopter crashed into a Glasgow bar killing 10 people in 2013, today a fatal accident inquiry into the tragedy begins.
  
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• Lords approve Brexit law forcing May to consult parliament on delay

  08-04-2019 21:10
  Britain's House of Lords approved legislation on Monday that will give parliament the power to scrutinise and even change Prime Minister Theresa May's request that the European Union agree to delay Brexit until June 30.The legislation, which is being passed despite government opposition to it, will now return to the elected House of Commons for further consideration with a view to being finalised and turned into law later on Monday.May has already asked Brussels to extend Britain's EU membership
  
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• 'Like a stalled car': Witnesses describe deadly Clutha bar chopper crash

  08-04-2019 21:09
  Witnesses have told an inquiry of the moment they saw a police helicopter crash into a bar, killing 10 people.The first person to give evidence to the fatal accident inquiry (FAI) was witness Andrew Bergin, a 30-year-old solicitor from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire.
  
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• Atoms can exist as both solid and liquid in ‘new state’ discovered by scientists

  08-04-2019 21:00
  Tests were carried out on potassium which showed an 'unusual but stable state' which could also be capable with half a dozen other elements.
  
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• Tories invite candidates to contest European elections

  08-04-2019 20:58
  An email to prospective Conservative candidates says the party will be contesting the European elections on 23 May. Photograph: Francisco Seco/APThe Conservative party has told potential local election candidates it is preparing to fight in the European elections in May, and asked potential MEPs to put themselves forward. An email to prospective Conservative candidates, seen by the Guardian, says the party “will be contesting the European elections on May 23” and formally opened appl
  
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• Three teenagers stabbed within minutes in Waltham Forest area of north London

  08-04-2019 20:19
  Three teenagers are in hospital after being stabbed within minutes of each other in the Waltham Forest area of northeast London.The first stabbing happened shortly after 3pm on Lukin Crescent.Police were called to Westminster Gardens, where two 19-year-olds were found with injuries.
  
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• Brexiter MPs pursue fresh bid to oust May by indicative votes

  08-04-2019 20:12
  According to party rules, Theresa May cannot face another formal no-confidence ballot until December 2019.Photograph: Isabel Infantes/AFP/Getty ImagesA fresh attempt to oust Theresa May is under way over her decision to enter into talks with Jeremy Corbyn, with leading Brexiter MPs plotting ways to force a vote showing that the majority of the party has lost confidence in her.Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922 Committee, has rebuffed calls from backbenchers for an indicative vote on May&rsq
  
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• Pleeze Sir Graham Brady Sir, can we have anuvver go to get rid of the prime minister?

  08-04-2019 20:09
  Me, Mark Frank, the aNGRiest member of parlyment. Photograph: Simon Dawson/ReutersDear Sir Graham Brady Sir,I am wrITing to you in a perSONal capacity as the aNGRiest member of parlyment. I am very very very AnGry with Theresa May. Or in her case, TheRESa Maybenot, if you Get my drift. It has come to my attenshun that when we had a no confidence vote last DeCember many of uz were not in possession of all the facts.So it was not a truly deMCRratic vote like the 2016 referendum wuz. Back Then we k
  
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• Government sets out plan to comply with Brexit delay law, if it passes

  08-04-2019 20:01
  The government's leader in parliament set out plans to hold a 90-minute debate on Tuesday on Prime Minister Theresa May's request for a delay to Brexit in order to comply with legislation expected to pass into law later on Monday.The legislation is currently under discussion in parliament's upper chamber.House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom said that if it is approved, the government would later on Monday set out the statement which will be debated.
  
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• Government sets date for European elections in UK

  08-04-2019 20:00
  But the Cabinet Office says the poll will not go ahead if Britain leaves the EU by May 22.
  
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• Composer Ramin Djawadi makes his 'Game of Thrones' swan song

  08-04-2019 20:00
  Global smash hit television series "Game of Thrones" is about to come to an end, and composer Ramin Djawadi is one of the fewpeople who knows how it all goes down."I watched it by myself and was just floored at what's happening," Djawadi told Reuters Television.
  
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• Leaders express condolences after life-long charity worker dies in Guatemala

  08-04-2019 19:44
  News broke on Monday that Tyrone woman Sally O’Neill Sanchez was killed in a car accident.
  
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• Cross-party Brexit talks resume ahead of crunch Brussels summit

  08-04-2019 19:43
  Theresa May is to meet Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron in a last-minute bid to persuade them to back a further delay to Britain's EU withdrawal.
  
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• Three teenagers in hospital after north London stabbings

  08-04-2019 19:42
  Four arrests have been made.
  
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• UK's new Brexit date could be fixed by small group of EU leaders

  08-04-2019 19:41
  Belgium’s prime minister, Charles Michel, will host a number of leaders from EU member states most likely to be affected by the UK’s departure from the bloc. Photograph: Pier Marco Tacca/Getty ImagesBritain’s new exit date from the EU, and the conditions attached to a Brexit delay, will likely be fixed in the gilded rooms of the Belgian prime minister’s 16th century Egmont Palace hours before Theresa May addresses the leaders. Under emerging plans, a small group of EU lea
  
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• Merkel and Macron under pressure as May seeks new Brexit delay

  08-04-2019 19:30
  Angela Merkel and Theresa May in Berlin in December.Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images
  The view from Berlin Angela Merkel is due to receive May on the steps of her office at midday for what her spokesman Steffen Seibert described as an attempt to seek a further extension of article 50. The two leaders are expected to hold discussions over a working lunch in a dining room in Merkel’s office suite on the seventh floor of the chancellery building. May’s whistlestop visit, squeeze
  
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• Theresa May not dropping her red lines on Brexit compromise deal - Jeremy Corbyn

  08-04-2019 19:29
  Jeremy Corbyn has accused Theresa May of not moving from her "red lines" as deadlock over a Brexit compromise deal remains.Earlier, senior Tory MP Sir Graham Brady confirmed there was no breakthrough "yet".Meanwhile Mrs May has held phone calls with the Dutch and Maltese premiers, as well as EU presidents Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker.
  
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• UK takes legal steps needed for European Parliament elections

  08-04-2019 19:18
  The British government said on Monday it had taken the necessary steps required by law to participate in European Parliament elections in May, but that this did not mean it was inevitable Britain would take part.Britain is due to leave the EU on Friday, but Prime Minister Theresa May has asked the EU for a further delay to Britain's exit date while she seeks to reach a compromise with the opposition Labour Party in order to get her Brexit deal passed."As a responsible government today we have ta
  
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• Brady rejects call for Tory no-confidence vote in Theresa May

  08-04-2019 19:08
  Conservative Brexiteer Mark Francois says MPs have lost faith in the Prime Minister.
  
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• Gizmodo and the Onion among sites sold to private equity fund

  08-04-2019 19:03
  Media firm Univision to get roughly a third of what it paid in 2016 for the former assets of the Gawker business combined with spoof news outlets such as Clickhole. Photograph: Damian Dovarganes/APSatirical news site the Onion has been sold to a private equity fund in a cut-price deal alongside a number of other news outlets including Gizmodo, Jezebel and Deadspin, reflecting growing industry concerns that many digital media companies have been substantially overvalued.The sites, which were form
  
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• Tories Start Recruiting European Election Candidates As Brexit Delay Looms

  08-04-2019 18:53
  The Conservative party has started recruiting candidates for the Europeanelections in an apparent concession that Brexit will be delayed beyond May
  
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• Former Assembly deputy speaker to run for European election

  08-04-2019 18:40
  The Women's Coalition founder and peacemaking expert said it was her duty to speak out against the 'harmful' effects of UK withdrawal.
  
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• Teen Injured After Fairground Ride Comes Loose On Brighton Pier

  08-04-2019 18:32
  A teenage boy has been injured after a part of a fairground ride came looseand struck him on the leg at Brighton Pier
  
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• Tell us: how have you been affected by automation at work?

  08-04-2019 18:30
  We would like to hear your experiences as new stats say 1.5m people could find themselves out of work
  About 1.5 million workers in Britain are at high risk of losing their jobs to automation, according to government estimates, with women and those in part-time work most affected. Related: Robots will take our jobs. We’d better plan now, before it’s too late | Larry ElliottContinue reading...
  
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• Charity worker killed in Guatemala road accident

  08-04-2019 18:18
  Sally O'Neill was the heartbeat of Catholic aid organisation Trocaire for decades.
  
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• MeToo leader says level of harassment at universities is horrifying

  08-04-2019 18:16
  Celeste Kidd was visiting Dublin on Monday to give a talk on sexual harassment in academia.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to London mosque bomb plot

  08-04-2019 18:13
  Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, which it is believed Bishop was intending to target, in 2003.Photograph: Chris Young/PAA man has admitted to a terrorist plot to bomb a London mosque. Steven Bishop pleaded guilty just before his trial was due to begin at Kingston crown court. The 41-year-old admitted buying components, including fireworks and a firing device, to build an improvised incendiary device. He had also researched how to build a firebomb, as well as how to access the dark web. Bishop, fro
  
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• Lords set to pass Brexit law forcing May to consult parliament on delay

  08-04-2019 18:13
  The House of Lords is expected to pass a law later on Monday that will force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a delay to the country's exit from the European Union to prevent a disorderly Brexit on April 12.May has already requested an extension to Britain's EU membership until June 30 and is working with the opposition Labour Party to come up with a different exit plan, in a last-ditch attempt to keep control after her own Brexit deal was rejected three times by the lower House of parliament.
  
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• Teen injured after fairground ride comes loose on Brighton Palace Pier

  08-04-2019 18:12
  A teenager has been injured after part of a fairground ride on Brighton Palace Pier came loose.Anne Ackord, chief executive officer of The Brighton Pier Group, told The Argus that the ride's manufacturer would be travelling from Italy to investigate what had happened.
  
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• Summitry Night Fever - Decoding the Brexit showdown

  08-04-2019 18:12
  For the journalists covering them, it is like commentating live on a match played behind closed doors: only partial information leaks out from self-promoting rival players, and even when it’s over, the final score is often far from clear.Another high-stakes summit coming up on Wednesday is likely to be a replay of the same fixture 10 days ago, when British Prime Minister Theresa May sat in late-night talks with fellow EU leaders trying to delay Brexit until June.Hundreds of journalists wer
  
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• Technical Brexit talks will resume between UK government and Labour - PM's spokesman

  08-04-2019 18:11
  Technical talks between officials from the government and Labour Party on finding a compromise on a Brexit deal will resume later on Monday, a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said.A Labour spokesman confirmed the talks would take place.
  
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• EU's Barnier hopes UK talks can produce positive Brexit outcome

  08-04-2019 18:11
  The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator said he hoped cross-party crisis talks in London would yield a positive outcome to allow his team to move swiftly in agreeing more ambitions terms on a future British-EU relationship.Britain's exit from the EU hangs in the balance with Prime Minister Theresa May trying to coax the Labour Party into agreeing a divorce deal with a better chance of being ratified by the British parliament, two days before an emergency summit where she will try to delay t
  
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• EU chief negotiator says goal is to protect peace and single market

  08-04-2019 18:11
  Speaking during a visit to Dublin on Monday, Michel Barnier said the EU will stand fully behind Ireland
  
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• Debenhams rejects Mike Ashley's £150m offer

  08-04-2019 18:07
  Debenhams has rejected a £150m proposal made by Sports Direct as Mike Ashley attempts to prevent the department store from falling into the hands of its lenders.The latest plan from Sports Direct International - first revealed by Sky News - offered to underwrite a £150m rights issuance for the department store chain in exchange for lenders agreeing to write off £148m of debt.Sports Direct, which owns 30% of the struggling chain, wants to install Mr Ashley as chief executive as
  
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• Bereaved father blasts ‘mockery of justice’ block on jail term increase bid

  08-04-2019 18:04
  An application had been made to have the sentencing of Antonio Boparan referred to the Court of Appeal
  
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• Families bereaved by Shoreham Airshow crash call for ‘fearless’ inquest

  08-04-2019 17:54
  There were 11 deaths after a Hawker Hunter exploded into a fireball after attempting a loop.
  
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• Two Women Hit In The Face With 'Noxious Substance' In Croydon

  08-04-2019 17:48
  A teenage girl and a woman in her 60s have been hospitalised after a "noxioussubstance" was thrown in their faces in Croydon
  
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• 40,000 'Trapped' Living In Towers With Grenfell-Style Cladding

  08-04-2019 17:41
  Thousands of people living in private tower blocks with dangerous Grenfell-style cladding feel "trapped" and like their lives are on hold, the Commonshas heard
  
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• Man arrested over alleged assault at hotel

  08-04-2019 17:34
  Emergency services were called to the Marriott in Dyce on Saturday night, with a 48-year-old man taken to hospital.
  
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• Hope for UK mum facing jail in UAE for calling ex's new wife a 'horse' three years ago

  08-04-2019 17:34
  A mother on bail in Dubai after calling her ex-husband's new wife a horse three years ago could be freed, as the complaint against her may be withdrawn.Laleh Shahravesh and her daughter Paris, 14, were both arrested at the airport when they arrived in the United Arab Emirates last month to pay their respects to her former husband, who died unexpectedly.The 55-year-old has been accused of breaking a cyber crime law back in 2016, human rights group Detained In Dubai said in a statement.
  
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