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• Kim Kardashian West says she is studying to become a lawyer

  10-04-2019 23:58
  Reality star plans to take bar exams in 2022, she tells US vogue‘Crim law I can do in my sleep … Super easy for me’Kim Kardashian West has said she is studying to become a criminal justice lawyer and is planning to take her exams in 2022.The reality star began a four-year apprenticeship with a law firm in San Francisco last summer, around the time she played a role in the release from prison of Alice Marie Johnson. Continue reading...
  
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• Jail for bomb plotter obsessed with youngest victim of Manchester Arena attack

  10-04-2019 23:53
  A man obsessed with the death of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena attack has been jailed for four years for plotting to bomb a south London mosque.Steven Bishop, 41, stockpiled fireworks, looked online for how to build explosives, and searched for a mosque to target in Morden.The eight-year-old girl was the youngest person killed when Salman Abedi targeted an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017.
  
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• Jack Shepherd: Speedboat killer lands in UK after extradition from Georgia

  10-04-2019 23:53
  Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has landed in the UK after being extradited from Georgia.The 31-year-old was escorted by Metropolitan Police officers after he landed at Gatwick airport.Shepherd vanished while on bail over the manslaughter of Charlotte Brown, who died while the pair were on a champagne-fuelled first date on the River Thames.
  
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• EU leaders look set to offer Brexit delay of up to a year

  10-04-2019 23:52
  Theresa May set out her proposal to postpone withdrawal until the end of June at an emergency EU summit.
  
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• Irish League football club expected to sack jailed player

  10-04-2019 23:40
  Jay Donnelly was imprisoned for sharing an indecent image of a child.
  
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• Ched Evans settles out of court over lawyers’ handling of rape case

  10-04-2019 23:27
  Welsh footballer to receive reported £800,000 after accusing firm of negligenceThe Welsh footballer Ched Evans has agreed an out-of-court settlement with lawyers over their handling of a rape case in which he was imprisoned. It is understood to be around £800,000.The former Manchester City and Sheffield United striker went through a five-year battle to clear his name having served two and a half years in prison. He was cleared after an appeal. Continue reading...
  
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• Clutha crash inquiry: Pilot may have been 'dangerously misled' by manual

  10-04-2019 23:22
  A pilot of a police helicopter that crashed into a pub, killing 10 people, may have been "dangerously misled" by an error in a maintenance manual, an inquiry has heard.Marcus Cook, a senior inspector at the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), was questioned by Donald Findlay QC, representing the family of victim Robert Jenkins, at the fatal accident inquiry on Wednesday.Mr Cook was asked if the pilot would have three to four minutes from one engine on the helicopter flaming out as a resul
  
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• UK man who fled to Georgia after speedboat death returns to Britain

  10-04-2019 23:21
  A British man who went on the run last year after killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the River Thames has returned to Britain after being extradited from the former Soviet state of Georgia, UK prosecutors said on Wednesday.Jack Shepherd, 31, was convicted in his absence last July of the manslaughter by gross negligence of Charlotte Brown, 24, and sentenced to six years in jail."Jack Shepherd has returned to the UK to face justice," Angela Deal, head of extradition at the Crown Prosecution S
  
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• Primark to open its biggest store in the world in Birmingham

  10-04-2019 23:19
  Birmingham is to be the venue for the world's biggest Primark store - featuring water fountains, charging points and recycling areas.The building, over five floors, will include three food venues - including a Disney-themed cafe and shopping area, a beauty studio, and a Hogwarts Wizarding World section.Primark's director of new business development, Tim Kelly, said: "Our customers can expect a great experience at Primark Birmingham High Street.
  
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• Snap! Jolly Merkel breaks Brexit summit ice with May

  10-04-2019 23:15
  Angela Merkel says she is determined that Brexit must not poison relations between Britain and the European Union and went out of her way at a crisis summit on Wednesday to show her lighter side to Theresa May.As the British prime minister braced herself to try to persuade the increasingly irritated 27 other EU national leaders to give her yet more time to end deadlock in London over a deal, the German chancellor wandered over, tablet computer in hand.The chancellor also shared the joke with oth
  
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• Macron speaks against long Brexit delay at EU summit - diplomats

  10-04-2019 23:14
  French President Emmanuel Macron told his European Union peers on Wednesday any Brexit delay beyond June 30 would undermine the bloc, diplomatic sources said.EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to grant Britain a second Brexit delay, under certain conditions.Most of the 27 national leaders had already spoken in the first three hours of their discussions, but the sources said they expected the talks to go on well into the night.
  
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• Man feared he would be next after pregnant wife killed by crossbow, jury told

  10-04-2019 23:13
  The defendant has denied murder and the attempted destruction of the unborn child.
  
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• Airbnb reverses decision to remove Israeli West Bank homes from website

  10-04-2019 23:08
  The company decided to list the Jewish settler homes to settle a lawsuit from Israeli lawyers on behalf of property hostsThe US home-sharing company Airbnb has announced it will continue to list Jewish settler homes in the occupied West Bank, in a reversal of a previous decision.The announcement came after Israeli lawyers filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of property hosts and others, following the decision last year by Airbnb that it would remove such listings. Continue reading...
  
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• Ronaldo ruthless for Juve but Neres leveller gives Ajax fighting chance

  10-04-2019 23:07
  Never mind the gaping difference in budgets; never mind the fairytale narrative that has captivated Europe. Ajax could not beat Juventus but, in one sense, they achieved that they set out to do. They made this a clash of equals, just like the European Cup finals the sides contested in 1973 and 1996, and will be far from cowed by going again in Turin next Tuesday. Related: Advantage Barcelona as Manchester United’s Luke Shaw scores own goalContinue reading...
  
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• Nottingham Trent wins inaugural Guardian university of the year award

  10-04-2019 23:00
  The new award recognises a university which combines academic excellence with inclusivity Nottingham Trent University has been crowned university of the year in the Guardian’s annual awards for its inclusive curriculum and focus on social mobility.The award, which was introduced this year, is calculated on the basis of several measures, including performance and improvement in the Guardian league tables. These focus on the university activities that matter most to young people: quality of
  
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• Limits on rent charges backed by 75% of Scots, survey finds

  10-04-2019 23:00
  The figure rises to 85% among SNP voters, according to Survation.
  
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• Advantage Barcelona as Manchester United’s Luke Shaw scores own goal

  10-04-2019 22:59
  After Paris in the last round Manchester United are going to take some convincing that this result need necessarily be conclusive, and they will travel to Catalonia next week with hope. In their hearts they must know that Barcelona are not Paris Saint-Germain, however, and unless they can find a way to assert themselves at Camp Nou by seeing more of the ball and using it to greater effect they could end up with what they handed out to Lionel Messi: a bloodied nose. Related: Manchester United def
  
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• Speedboat Killer Jack Shepherd Lands In UK After 10 Months On The Run

  10-04-2019 22:31
  Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has arrived back in the UK after 10 months onthe run from the law
  
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• First Picture Of Theresa May Enjoying Brexit Negotiations Emerges

  10-04-2019 22:22
  Regardless of your political leanings, everyone can agree negotiating Brexiton behalf of a government - and country - that can't seem to agree on anythingis a pretty thankless task
  
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• Theresa May stands by pledge to cling on until Brexit deal is done

  10-04-2019 22:18
  Theresa May with Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel and European Council president, Donald Tusk. Photograph: Pool/ReutersTheresa May will attempt to cling to power during the Brexit delay as Conservative sources said she was sticking by her pledge to see through the first phase of talks and pass a withdrawal deal.As EU leaders gathered to discuss an extension to article 50 of about nine months, May dropped her promise not to allow a delay to Brexit beyond 30 June while she was prime minis
  
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• Brexit: France and Germany split as EU leaders debate length of further article 50 extension - live news

  10-04-2019 22:03
  Follow all the latest as the prime minister awaits the EU’s decision on a delay to BrexitMay signals she would accept EU offer of longer Brexit delayTories resigned to long Brexit delay but warn against customs unionEU summit - Mid evening summary 9.03pm BST This is from Bloomberg’s Nikos Chrysoloras.May was repeatedly asked about her talks with Labour, and she was evasive, two EU diplomats tell us. Meanwhile, French official says no-deal better than a bad deal (top trolling). Follow
  
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• Ajax v Juventus: Champions League quarter-final, first leg – live!

  10-04-2019 22:03
  Minute-by-minute updates from the 8pm BST kick-offYou can email Nick here or tweet him hereManchester United v Barcelona – join Paul Doyle for the latestLive scoreboard: the latest from Wednesday’s games 9.03pm BST I haven’t even had time to tell you the half has started! 9.02pm BST The players are back in the tunnel. Before that goal you wondered whether Juve would make a change: they have plenty of options, after all, with Moise Kean, Douglas Costa and Paulo Dybala on the ben
  
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• Manchester United v Barcelona: Champions League quarter-final, first leg – live!

  10-04-2019 22:02
  Minute-by-minute updates from the 8pm BST kick-offYou can email Paul here or tweet him hereAjax v Juventus – join Nick Miller for live updatesLive scoreboard: the latest from Wednesday’s matches 9.02pm BST Here are some latest scores from a crucial round of games in the Championship. So far, it’s good news for Leeds, as Birmingham are holding Sheffield United to a draw. Aston Villa, meanwhile, are a man down but have come back from a goal behind to lead 2-1. And Reading are doi
  
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• Atomic 50 review – hammer away in a ghost factory for metalheads

  10-04-2019 22:02
  Leyton Sports Ground, London
  This craft-based installation celebrates a London borough’s history of metalwork – and the wonder of tin On a wall opposite Blackhorse Road underground station in Walthamstow, east London, a giant spangly heart declares: “Welcome to the home of people who make and create.” Up the road is the childhood home of one of the borough’s most famous makers, William Morris, now a hands-on museum. Aircraft engines were once built on the site of th
  
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• May and Merkel share a laugh over matching outfits

  10-04-2019 21:49
  The Prime Minister found she and the German chancellor shared a fashion sense.
  
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• Justine Damond shooting: jurors hear 911 calls reporting sexual assault

  10-04-2019 21:46
  Jurors at the trial of a Minneapolis police officer heard calls Damond made before she was shot deadJurors at the trial of a Minneapolis officer charged with the murder of Justine Ruszczyk Damond have heard the 911 calls she made to report a possible sexual assault before she was shot dead. The recordings drew an emotional response from Ruszczyk Damond’s family members in the Minnesota courtroom where Mohammed Noor is on trial. Continue reading...
  
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• Arlene Foster accuses Prime Minister of forcing people into backing Brexit deal

  10-04-2019 21:41
  She made the comments ahead of her meeting with the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
  
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• Tom Youngs given three-week ban for butt and misses Newcastle game

  10-04-2019 21:39
  • Youngs also out of Bristol and Harlequins games
  • Israel Folau investigated over social media postsThe Leicester captain, Tom Youngs, has been ruled out of the relegation showdown with Newcastle on Friday after receiving a three-week suspension for a dangerous challenge as decreed by a Rugby Football Union disciplinary hearing on Wednesday night. Related: Tom Youngs dismissal sums up Leicester Tigers’ torment in Exeter routContinue reading...
  
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• May malfunctions on arrival in Brussels and lapses into old script | John Crace

  10-04-2019 21:33
  As British PM talks about a deal that has already been rejected, EU leaders look on with crushing pityAction and ... Smile. Many people had been bewildered when a shaky, hand-held video of an almost human Theresa May appeared on the Sunday news bulletins. Especially as she had had nothing to say. What they hadn’t realised was that it was a dress rehearsal. All part of a Downing Street plan to get the prime minister to appear if not chatty – her carers weren’t miracle workers &n
  
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• May malfunctions on arrival in Brussels and lapses into old script

  10-04-2019 21:33
  Her mouth opened in what she hoped would be mistaken for a fixed grin. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesAction and ... Smile. Many people had been bewildered when a shaky, hand-held video of an almost human Theresa May appeared on the Sunday news bulletins. Especially as she had had nothing to say. What they hadn’t realised was that it was a dress rehearsal. All part of a Downing Street plan to get the prime minister to appear if not chatty – her carers weren’t miracle wo
  
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• Emirates marks Glasgow milestone ahead of A380 service

  10-04-2019 21:28
  The airline first touched down at Glasgow Airport in 2004 with the anniversary coming just a week before the aircraft begins a six-month stint.
  
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• Raúl Castro pledges Cuba will never abandon Venezuela

  10-04-2019 21:24
  Communist leader denounces US ‘blackmail’US threatened new sanctions over Cuban support for MaduroRaúl Castro has promised that Cuba will never abandon its leftist ally Venezuela despite US “blackmail”, even as the Trump administration threatened more sanctions over its support.In a speech to the national assembly, the head of the Cuban Communist party said the island had been increasing defense preparedness in recent months in view of mounting US hostility. Contin
  
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• William Barr says 'spying did occur' on Trump campaign during Obama era

  10-04-2019 21:21
  The US attorney general said in testimony at congressional hearing that ‘I am concerned about it and looking into it’The US attorney general, William Barr, made an explosive declaration in Washington on Wednesday that he believed there was “spying” under Barack Obama’s administration on Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign.The president has frequently made such a claim and Barr indicated that he believed it was true in some fashion and that he wanted to deter
  
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• Trump says he spoke to Netanyahu to congratulate him on election win

  10-04-2019 21:18
  President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on his election victory.The United States is with him and the People of Israel all the way!" Trump said on Twitter.
  
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• Research student’s treatment hopes for rare bone cancer

  10-04-2019 21:15
  Scott Stinson, a talented chemistry master graduate from Northern Ireland, has launched a funding appeal for potential curative options.
  
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• Michael Crick makes surprise exit from Channel 4 News

  10-04-2019 21:12
  The political correspondent confirmed his departure from the broadcaster on TwitterMichael Crick, Channel 4 News’ political correspondent since 2011, has abruptly parted company with the broadcaster. He tweeted on Wednesday: “I have left Channel 4 News and ITN after seven and a half great years. Farewell to all my fabulous colleagues. I’m looking forward to an exciting new life writing books again, and all sorts of other activity in journalism and other fields.” Continue
  
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• EU steps up defences against British meddling during Brexit extension - draft

  10-04-2019 21:00
  European Union will have more meetings without Britain and will demand the country refrains from undermining the bloc "in particular when participating in the decision-making processes" during an extension, according to updated draft conclusions.EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to agree a second delay to Brexit and their summit's draft conclusions were updated on Wednesday evening with more safeguards aimed at preventing Britain from being a disruptive member during an extension.
  
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• Amen Corner answered prayers of innocent man jailed for murder | Andy Bull

  10-04-2019 20:59
  Valentino Dixon’s drawings of the Augusta National were published by Golf Digest while he was in prison, which highlighted his plight and led to his release after 27 yearsValentino Dixon saw Amen Corner for the very first time on Tuesday, and of course it looked just as pretty as he had pictured it in his mind. Dixon, a talented artist, fell in love with Augusta National while he was serving a 39-to-life sentence in Attica for a murder he did not commit. He has never played golf, or even s
  
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• Millennials being squeezed out of middle class, says OECD

  10-04-2019 20:56
  Thinktank says middle-income group has shrunk across 40 developed countries Millennials in advanced economies around the world are being squeezed out of the ranks of the middle class, including in Britain, as pay growth stalls and house prices skyrocket, according to the OECD.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said that for every every generation since the baby boom of the 1940s, across 40 major countries, the middle-income group had shrunk and its economic influen
  
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• Unloved Stagecoach may have a point on rail franchise pension risks

  10-04-2019 20:53
  DfT says company knew the rules and has only itself to blame for three disqualificationsGood riddance to Stagecoach and Virgin Trains? Well, the train operating combo is certainly unloved after last year’s debacle on the East Coast mainline. But Stagecoach’s disqualification from three franchise competitions has nothing to do with that episode.This time the company may have a fair point: how can it bid for a rail franchise if it doesn’t know what long-term pension liabilities i
  
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• PM May open to longer Brexit delay if it can be cut short - EU officials

  10-04-2019 20:48
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May signalled to other EU leaders on Wednesday she was open to accepting a longer Brexit delay if she could cut it short, EU officials said, describing her performance at a summit as "more solid than usual".
  
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• Derby favourite Too Darn Hot to miss opening race of Flat season

  10-04-2019 20:47
  • Three-year-old colt injured on Wednesday• Too Darn Hot will target 2,000 Guineas at NewmarketThe most exciting young racehorse in Britain is to miss his first planned run of the new Flat season as it has emerged that Too Darn Hot has sustained what is hopefully only a mild leg injury.The three-year-old colt, who carries the colours of Andrew Lloyd Webber, was found to have heat in a splint bone on Wednesday evening, hours after a piece of exercise. Continue reading...
  
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• Who's up and who's down among Tories hoping to replace May?

  10-04-2019 20:37
  Clockwise from top left: Dominic Raab, Matt Hancock, Boris Johnson, Tom Tugendhat, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Sajid Javid, Jeremy Hunt, Amber Rudd and Andrea Leadsom. Composite: PA/EPA/Reuters/GettyWho’s Up? Dominic Raab The former Brexit secretary has a loyal fanbase and a professional team, including support from Vote Leave’s ex-comms director Paul Stephenson. MPs are forming the view that the next party leader should be a younger face from a new generation of politicians – w
  
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• Who's up and who's down among Tories hoping to replace May?

  10-04-2019 20:37
  Clockwise from top left: Dominic Raab, Matt Hancock, Boris Johnson, Tom Tugendhat, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Sajid Javid, Jeremy Hunt, Amber Rudd and Andrea Leadsom. Composite: PA/EPA/Reuters/Getty Who’s Up? Dominic RaabThe former Brexit secretary has a loyal fanbase and a professional team, including support from Vote Leave’s ex-comms director Paul Stephenson. MPs are forming the view that the next party leader should be a younger face from a new generation of politicians – w
  
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• Leo Varadkar open to long or short Brexit extension

  10-04-2019 20:37
  Mr Varadkar is meeting other EU leaders for a crunch summit with Theresa May.
  
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• Steve Bell on Benjamin Netanyahu’s election victory – cartoon

  10-04-2019 20:33
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• May set to be offered long delay to Brexit

  10-04-2019 20:31
  Arriving at a crunch EU summit, the PM said she wanted the UK to leave as soon as possible so it could start building a 'better and brighter future'.
  
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• Brexit delays frustrate locals in Mark Francois' Essex constituency

  10-04-2019 20:29
  People in Rayleigh, where about two-thirds voted to leave, say they are ‘fed up’ with the delays“Just get us out now, no deal, out, then we can sort it out after, I think,” says Dave Hill, a bus driver. “They keep dragging it on, and on, and on. Two years, isn’t it? Three?! Let’s just get it over and done with.“I’m pissed off. I saw the French president last night saying it could be extended till December. It’s a joke … Nige, Nig
  
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• Jurors see dramatic footage of alleged knife attack on four police officers

  10-04-2019 20:27
  Alex Traykov denies intending to kill or seriously injure the officers.
  
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• Govt stung as bee advice website links users to escort service

  10-04-2019 20:27
  Online government advice about bees has been mistakenly linking users to a website offering escort services.The Bees' Needs campaign from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) includes tips for the public on how to help pollinating insects, such as planting "bee-friendly flowers".DEFRA has said that the link on its website was correct at the time of publication in July 2014, but the domain name's owner may have since changed.
  
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