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• Derry Girls: Fans are left in TEARS by finale as bosses confirm series three renewal - Daily Mail

  09-04-2019 23:53
  Derry Girls: Fans are left in TEARS by finale as bosses confirm series three renewal  Daily MailDerry Girls future confirmed by Channel 4 after series 2 finale  DigitalSpy.comDerry Girls season 3 release date, cast, trailer, plot: When is series 3 out?  ExpressSo '90s: Why Derry Girls is the best nostalgia trip in town  Belfast TelegraphDerry Girls writer 'thrilled' about returning to Channel 4 for third series  Mirror OnlineView full coverage on
  
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• LaunchPad: Falcon Heavy ready to go for commercial launch debut - Teslarati

  09-04-2019 23:51
  LaunchPad: Falcon Heavy ready to go for commercial launch debut  TeslaratiSpaceX to livestream Falcon Heavy Block 5 launch debut at 6:15pm ET today  TeslaratiSpaceX Falcon Heavy launch – how to watch first ‘real’ flight of the world’s most powerful rocket TOMORRO  The SunSpaceX’s Falcon Heavy will now fly on Wednesday, hopefully  BGRSpaceX Falcon Heavy launch – how to watch first ‘real’ flight of the world&rs
  
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• EU rejects Theresa May's bid for short delay to Brexit

  09-04-2019 23:32
  Donald Tusk said granting a short extension ‘would increase the risk of a rolling series of short extensions and emergency summits’ Photograph: Isopix/Rex/ShutterstockTheresa May’s request for a short Brexit delay has been torn up, putting the EU on track to instead extend Britain’s membership until 2020.Despite the prime minister’s desperate dash to Paris and Berlin, to convince leaders of her plan to break the Brexit impasse, the European council president, Donald
  
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• Brexit: May's hopes dashed as EU targets delay of up to a year

  09-04-2019 23:32
  Donald Tusk said granting a short extension ‘would increase the risk of a rolling series of short extensions and emergency summits’ Photograph: Isopix/Rex/ShutterstockTheresa May’s request for a short Brexit delay has been torn up, putting the EU on track to instead extend Britain’s membership until 2020. Despite the prime minister’s desperate dash to Paris and Berlin to convince leaders of her plan to break the Brexit impasse, the European council president, Donald
  
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• The DUP Are Mocking Theresa May's Latest Brexit Bid With Oliver Twist Memes

  09-04-2019 23:26
  The Democratic Unionists have branded Theresa May's bid for a Brexit extensionas humiliating and embarrassing, with one MEP even comparing her to OliverTwist
  
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• Parents cannot 'veto' sex education lessons, education secretary says

  09-04-2019 23:23
  The education secretary has said parents will not have a "veto" on relationships and sex education in schools.Writing to the general secretary of the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT), Damian Hinds said he has "found the reports of teachers feeling intimated very concerning" during the ongoing row over lessons about LGBT relationships that have prompted protests outside schools in Birmingham.Andrew Moffat, an assistant headteacher at Parkfield Community School in Birmingham, wrote the
  
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• Pensions watchdog faces MPs' scrutiny over Arcadia deficit

  09-04-2019 23:22
  The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is facing scrutiny from parliament over proposals from Sir Philip Green's retail empire to slash the payments it makes to its retirement scheme.Sky News has obtained a letter sent by Nicola Parish, the watchdog's executive director for frontline regulation, which discloses a series of interactions with Arcadia Group and its pension trustees.The letter, which is expected to be published on Wednesday by the work and pensions select committee, was sent on 2 April - just
  
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• Gorse fire ‘spread rapidly’ on Harris

  09-04-2019 23:14
  Firefighters were called out on Tuesday afternoon to tackle the blaze 'dangerously near homes' between Tarbert and Kendebig.
  
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• The hustings to be our next prime minister, in all but name

  09-04-2019 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Possible Tory leadership contenders discuss their party's future and set out their motivations.
  
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• May considering plan to let lawmakers work out Brexit deal if talks fail - report

  09-04-2019 22:43
  A plan has been discussed to bring forward the withdrawal agreement bill, which could be a way to attempt to bypass a further 'meaningful vote' on May's deal in parliament, the newspaper said, citing unnamed cabinet sources.Under the plan, the government would hope to persuade the Labour frontbench to allow the withdrawal agreement bill to be used to ratify the Brexit deal and give legal reassurances on workers' rights, environmental protections and a mechanism to prevent agreements being unpick
  
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• Second Brexit delay could last until end-March 2020 - EU official

  09-04-2019 22:38
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's second Brexit delay could go on until March 30, 2020, an official with the bloc said, as 27 national envoys were preparing for a leaders' summit on Wednesday that is due to decide on the matter.
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May wins backing for delay from MPs and the EU

  09-04-2019 22:08
  The European Union and MPs in the House of Commons have backed Theresa May's plan to secure an extension to the UK's Brexit date.Having notched up a few defeats in the Commons, Mrs May won support for a motion to seek an extension to the date of Article 50 to allow more time for negotiations, which MPs agreed to by a majority of more than 300.Donald Tusk, the European Commission president, told the leaders of EU nations to support the UK's request - acknowledging that there would not be enough t
  
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• Theresa May’s talks with Germany and France ‘humiliating and embarrassing’

  09-04-2019 22:07
  The DUP's Westminster leader Nigel Dodds said the UK was holding out a begging bowl.
  
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• Grenfell Families Are Still Living In Hotels Nearly 2 Years After The Fire

  09-04-2019 22:00
  Families who lost their homes in the Grenfell Tower tragedy almost two yearsago are still living in hotels, a minister has admitted in the Commons
  
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• May considers plan to let MPs thrash out Brexit deal if talks with Labour fail

  09-04-2019 21:50
  Theresa May’s plan could be a way to try to bypass a meaningful vote on Brexit deal in Commons. Photograph: Hannah McKay/ReutersTheresa May is considering a new plan to bring legislation to the House of Commons to allow MPs to thrash out a compromise Brexit deal among themselves, if talks with Labour fail to reach a consensus. Numerous cabinet sources confirmed to the Guardian that a plan had been discussed to bring forward the withdrawal agreement bill, which could be a way to attempt to
  
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• Disciplinary action for police officers over Shana Grice murder

  09-04-2019 21:45
  Police ignored Shana Grice’s pleas for help when she was stalked by her ex-partner Michael Lane.Photograph: Sussex police/PAPolice officers are to face disciplinary charges over the case of a woman murdered after being stalked by her former partner, whose repeated pleas for help instead saw her fined for wasting police time. Shana Grice, 19, had her throat slit in 2016 by Michael Lane, who was convicted of her murder in 2017 and jailed for 25 years. After the murder, Sussex police’s
  
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• Officers face disciplinary action after fining victim for wasting police time

  09-04-2019 21:19
  Shana Grice was murdered by her stalker in 2016.
  
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• May faces growing Tory unrest as MPs approve Brexit delay

  09-04-2019 21:15
  Theresa May greets Emmanuel Macron before a meeting in Paris on Tuesday.Photograph: François Mori/APThe scale of Tory anger with Theresa May for seeking a delay to Brexit has been laid bare after most of her MPs, including four cabinet ministers, refused to back any request for an extension to article 50.Almost 100 Tory MPs voted against the prime minister’s decision to ask for a three-month extension to article 50 and another 80 abstained, underlining the loss of control over her p
  
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• EXCLUSIVE-Venezuela removes 8 tonnes of gold from central bank -sources

  09-04-2019 20:59
  Venezuela removed eight tonnes of gold from the central bank's vaults last week, and the cash-strapped socialist state is expected to sell the bullion abroad as it seeks to raise hard currency in the face of U.S. sanctions, a lawmaker and one government source said.With sanctions imposed by Washington choking off revenues from exports by state oil company PDVSA, President Nicolas Maduro's increasingly isolated administration has turned to sales of Venezuela's substantial gold reserves as one of
  
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• Families who lost homes in Grenfell ‘still living in temporary accommodation’

  09-04-2019 20:53
  Housing minister Kit Malthouse said 15 households remain in temporary accommodation, which includes hotels and serviced apartments.
  
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• LGBT classes ‘decision for school’ not parents, says Damian Hinds

  09-04-2019 20:51
  Parents and children demonstrate against lessons about gay relationships. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PAThe education secretary has weighed into the row about LGBT lessons in primary schools, warning that parents should not be given a veto on what schools teach. Damian Hinds said it was right that parents were consulted and involved in developing how schools deliver relationships education, but insisted “what is taught, and how, is ultimately a decision for the school.” His intervention
  
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• EU to agree Brexit delay but France pushes for conditions

  09-04-2019 20:47
  PARIS/BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit but they could demand she accepts a much longer extension as France pushed for conditions to limit Britain's ability to undermine the bloc.In a sign of just how far the three-year Brexit crisis has sapped British power, May dashed to Berlin and Paris to ask Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron to allow the world's fifth largest economy to put off its divorce from April 12.While it
  
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• EU to agree further Brexit delay but could kick UK out on June 1 - draft

  09-04-2019 20:20
  The European Union will grant Britain another delay to Brexit on certain conditions, including that it holds European Parliament elections, according to a draft statement by the bloc's national leaders, who are due to decide on the matter on Wednesday.The EU would cut Britain off on June 1 if it failed to honour that condition - but so far the draft conclusions have left the end-date of the postponement blank before national diplomats discuss them later in the evening in Brussels.According to th
  
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• Donald Tusk suggests EU leaders grant UK a longer Brexit extension

  09-04-2019 20:09
  The Prime Minister has been making the case for a delay until June 30.
  
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• Neglect contributed to death after restraint by police, inquest finds

  09-04-2019 20:03
  Duncan Tomlin died after his arrest in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, in 2014. Photograph: PAThe family of a man who died after being restrained face down by officers has accused police of being “arrogant and evasive”, after an inquest jury found that Sussex police’s neglect contributed to his death. The family of Duncan Tomlin, 32, have fought a five-year battle over his death in 2014. After their partial victory at the inquest they are facing a legal bill of up to £7,000,
  
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• Mike Ashley releases furious statement after Debenhams collapses

  09-04-2019 20:00
  Mike Ashley has described the administration of Debenhams as a "national scandal", with the Sports Direct owner urging the process to be reversed.The embattled department store was immediately taken over by its lenders on Tuesday after a revised last-ditch offer by Mr Ashley was rejected.Debenhams stores are continuing to trade normally for now, but dozens of branches are already facing closure - and shareholders including Sports Direct, which owned a stake of almost 30%, have been wiped out.
  
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• Hull City loses fight with taxman over Geovanni payments

  09-04-2019 20:00
  Football club bosses and tax officials did not see eye to eye over the Brazilian midfielder's image rights agreement.
  
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• BHA and trainers pleased with talks called after months of tension

  09-04-2019 19:56
  • British Horseracing Authority pleased with discussions
  • Palmer: ‘Relations were in danger of breaking down’Peace is in danger of breaking out in horse racing, following a two-hour meeting in London between trainers and the ruling body that helped to clear the air after months of tension. Those present pledged to communicate better in future and even those with the greatest doubts about the British Horseracing Authority described the meeting as “constructive”.
  
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• Brexit ‘already causing medicine shortages’ at pharmacies in England

  09-04-2019 19:53
  The concession list is considered a good measure for increases in medicine shortages. Photograph: Julien Behal/PABrexit has contributed to a shortage of certain medicines at pharmacies in England, according to a body that represents the sector.It comes as a medical charity says anxiety over drugs shortages has risen among epilepsy patients because of Brexit, potentially causing them further health issues.Supply issues partly blamed on Brexit contingency planning have caused an official list of &
  
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• Prince Piers? Punters back unusual names for Harry and Meghan’s baby

  09-04-2019 19:49
  Money has been staked on baby Sussex being called Brexit, Boris, Ginger or Chardonnay.
  
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• Labour-Tory Brexit Talks Break Up Without Agreement After May Fails To Make 'Fundamental Shift' In Position

  09-04-2019 19:42
  Theresa May will head to a crunch EU summit without a cross-party deal onBrexit after talks with Labour failed to secure a breakthrough
  
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• Kilburn stabbings: Two separate knife attacks could be linked, police say

  09-04-2019 19:40
  Two separate knife attacks in the northwest London area of Kilburn could be linked, police have said.Emergency services were called to reports of an assault on Kilburn High Road in the early hours of Tuesday and found a 63-year-old man suffering a stab wound to the back.A short time later, police were called to reports of a second knife attack at a different location on Kilburn High Road.
  
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• Diane Abbott: Social networks shirking responsibilities to remove racist abuse

  09-04-2019 19:38
  The statement comes after racist tweets dating back as far as 2014 were discovered on Twitter.
  
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• No-deal Brexit will tip UK and EU into recession, IMF warns

  09-04-2019 19:36
  A no-deal Brexit will tip both the UK and the EU into recession, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.An abrupt exit from the European Union will see the UK's gross domestic product shrink by 3.5% within three years, the IMF said in its twice-yearly World Economic Outlook.
  
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• Estranged wife of German tycoon says she cannot find a hairdresser in England

  09-04-2019 19:34
  Clarissa Pierburg told a divorce court judge how she still sometimes visits a hairdresser nearly 300 miles away in Dusseldorf, Germany.
  
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• Woman sexually assaulted in ‘terrifying attack’

  09-04-2019 19:26
  The 27-year-old was making her way home in Hamilton on Sunday night when she was attacked by a man waiting at a bus stop.
  
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• A Brief Guide To Mark Francois, The Brexit Hero Nobody Knew They Needed

  09-04-2019 19:23
  In a country riven by the seemingly never-ending Brexit debacle, it wasperhaps inevitable a hero would eventually appear, not in a cape but aslightly dour suit and tie combo
  
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• Charles jokes about ‘slight worry’ when unveiling a portrait

  09-04-2019 19:19
  Northern Ireland artist Gareth Reid chuckled as the heir to the throne teased him before unveiling a new painting at Hillsborough Castle.
  
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• Dreamy matinee idol Matt tries to get a jump on Tory pretenders

  09-04-2019 19:18
  Matt Hancock’s lingering gaze into the middle distance didn’t impress Penny Mordaunt. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty ImagesAs Theresa May dropped into Berlin and Paris on the off chance she might accidentally stumble upon something useful to say to Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron, several of her potential successors lined up to take her job. No one – not even the prime minister – now believes she is anything but Leader in Name Only, so the time has long passed when a
  
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• Body found near Inverness in search for missing man

  09-04-2019 19:15
  The man's body has not yet been identified but the family of William McDougall has been informed.
  
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• MPs approve May's plan to seek Brexit delay to June 30

  09-04-2019 19:13
  LONDON (Reuters) - MPs on Tuesday approved Prime Minister Theresa May's plan to seek to delay Britain's exit from the European Union to June 30 while she tries to reach a compromise with the opposition Labour Party to get her deal through parliament.
  
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• MPs back Theresa May’s bid to extend Brexit process until June 30

  09-04-2019 19:11
  The Commons approved a Government motion on the extension request by 420 votes to 110, majority 310.
  
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• Theresa May in Paris for Brexit talks with Emmanuel Macron

  09-04-2019 19:10
  The Prime Minister travelled from Berlin where she met German Chancellor Angela Merkel for a 'working lunch'.
  
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• Cornwall tourist chiefs throw shade on BBC weather broadcasts

  09-04-2019 19:09
  VisitCornwall wants the BBC and MeteoGroup to give warnings about the accuracy of five-day forecasts.
  
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• 'Two-tier system' stops NHS patients accessing medical cannabis

  09-04-2019 18:58
  Emma Appleby travelled to Holland to buy cannabis oil for her daughter Teagan, who has severe epilepsy, but customs officials confiscated the drugs. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PANHS patients are being refused access to medical cannabis that is being prescribed by private doctors in an emerging “two-tier system”, experts and campaigners have warned. While private patients have enjoyed much greater access to medical cannabis following its legalisation last year, paying hundreds of pou
  
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• 'Two-tier system' as NHS patients miss out on medical cannabis

  09-04-2019 18:58
  Emma Appleby travelled to Holland to buy cannabis oil for her daughter Teagan, who has severe epilepsy, but customs officials confiscated the drugs. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PANHS patients are being refused access to medical cannabis while private doctors prescribe it, in an emerging “two-tier system”, experts and campaigners have said. While private patients have enjoyed much greater access to medical cannabis following its legalisation last year, paying hundreds of pounds a mont
  
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• Parliament endorses May's Brexit delay request

  09-04-2019 18:56
  MPs endorsed Prime Minister Theresa May's request to the European Union to delay Brexit until June 30 at a vote in parliament on Tuesday, adding weight to the pitch she will make to EU leaders in Brussels.The majority of May's Conservative Party voted alongside the opposition Labour Party to back the prime minister's approach by 420 votes to 110.The main rebellion came from pro-Brexit Conservatives who want Brexit to happen sooner.
  
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• Family say verdict in epileptic man’s death is ‘damning assessment of police’

  09-04-2019 18:56
  Duncan Tomlin, 32, died in hospital two days after falling unconscious while being restrained by police in 2014.
  
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• Sorry for Theresa May? You must be joking

  09-04-2019 18:51
  ‘The PM had choices’. Photograph: Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty ImagesAnushka Asthana (Weekend, 6 April) suggests we should feel sorry for the prime minister because the EU was tough on “no negotiation without notification”, thus precipitating the premature triggering of article 50. But the PM had choices. She did not have to trigger it at all, since the referendum was advisory rather than binding, and as she has subsequently shown such indicative votes might easily be ignor
  
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• Leaving Europe: power to the people, or an impossible dream?

  09-04-2019 18:51
  Leave supporters celebrate the result of the EU referendum in June 2016. Photograph: Matt Dunham/APMatthew d’Ancona asks: “All you Brexiteers. That business about ‘taking back control’. How’s that working out for you so far?” (Journal, 8 April). He gets a whole page to flesh out his question. On behalf of Brexiteers, of which I am one, I can easily supply the answer. No, it’s not working out for us at all. Absolutely not. Parliament has seen to that. Bot
  
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