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• Man charged after police officers sprayed with Ammonia

  17-04-2019 23:59
  A sergeant suffered serious injuries to his eyes, throat and respiratory system.
  
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• Police at scene of reported disturbance in Edinburgh

  17-04-2019 23:45
  Posts on social media suggest the surrounding area has been sealed off.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion: Police move into Parliament Square to confront climate activists

  17-04-2019 23:42
  The Environment Secretary told activists "we've got the message" as police officers moved into Parliament Square to remove protesters on the third day of climate action.Metropolitan Police extended their restrictions on the protests which have closed major areas on London including Waterloo Bridge and roads around Parliament Square.
  
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• CBBC star Mya-Lecia Naylor dies aged 16

  17-04-2019 23:18
  She appeared in programmes including Millie Inbetween and Almost Never.
  
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• Mya-Lecia: CBBC Star Dies Aged 16

  17-04-2019 23:14
  BBC children's TV star Mya-Lecia Naylor has died aged 16
  
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• Arrest made by police investigating football tunnel incident at Barnsley

  17-04-2019 22:45
  A Barnsley player had tweeted that Fleetwood manager Joey Barton had confronted home manager Daniel Stendel.
  
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• Irish premier hails centuries old friendship between Ireland and the US

  17-04-2019 22:34
  Leo Varadkar was speaking at an event at Dublin Castle, attended by the US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi.
  
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• Man stabbed to death in north-east London

  17-04-2019 22:14
  The victim was found in knife wounds in Matthias Road, Stoke Newington.
  
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• Key Jeremy Corbyn Ally Katy Clark 'Imposed' As Labour MEP Candidate

  17-04-2019 22:07
  A key ally to Jeremy Corbyn has been "imposed" as a top MEP candidate as abitter battle between Labour party factions came to a head
  
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• Key Jeremy Corbyn Ally Katy Clark 'Imposed' As Labour MEP Candidate

  17-04-2019 22:07
  A key ally to Jeremy Corbyn has been "imposed" as a top MEP candidate as abitter battle between Labour party factions came to a head
  
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• Key Jeremy Corbyn Aide Katy Clark 'Imposed' As Labour MEP Candidate

  17-04-2019 22:07
  A key aide to Jeremy Corbyn has been "imposed" as a top MEP candidate as abitter battle between Labour party factions came to a head
  
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• Disruption ‘can wake us up’: three generations of family join protest

  17-04-2019 21:55
  Jeremy Williams attended the Extinction Rebellion protest in London with his parents, wife and children.
  
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• Man stabbed to death in Stoke Newington, northeast London

  17-04-2019 21:46
  A man has been fatally stabbed in Stoke Newington, northeast London.
  
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• Man jailed for 13 years after biting hole in police officer's ear during arrest

  17-04-2019 21:44
  A man has been jailed after he bit a hole in a police officer's ear as he tried to resist arrest.Daniel Ward, 26, attacked the constable on Bridge Street in Runcorn near Liverpool as he was being arrested on suspicion of assault.Chester Crown Court heard how Ward, from Norton Hill, said he did not "want to go back to prison", and he told another officer: "I don't want to f***ing speak to you, you can f*** off".
  
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• Campaign seeks TD support to challenge Northern Ireland same-sex marriage ban

  17-04-2019 21:28
  Campaigners for Love Equality NI spoke to Irish parliamentarians about the inequality.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion: Scores Of Police Move To Clear Climate Change Protestors In Parliament Square

  17-04-2019 21:07
  Scores of police officers have arrived in Westminster's Parliament Square inan attempt to move climate change protesters causing disruption in thecapital
  
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• ‘Frankenstein’ scientists instil life into pig brains four hours after death

  17-04-2019 20:49
  A chemical technique led to restored cellular activity in the brains of dead animals being processed for food consumption.
  
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• Assassin’s Creed publisher pledges 500,000 euros to Notre Dame restoration

  17-04-2019 20:48
  The cathedral features in great detail in Assassin's Creed Unity, which Ubisoft is giving away free to PC users for one week.
  
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• Meghan’s Indian charity visit featured in new video footage

  17-04-2019 20:35
  The duchess was a global ambassador for World Vision, the international children’s charity, from 2016 - 2017.
  
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• New York City congestion charge - what it can learn from London

  17-04-2019 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The largest city in the US will charge drivers coming into Manhattan, 18 years after London did the same.
  
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• Stoke Newington Knife Attack: Man Stabbed To Death In North London

  17-04-2019 20:25
  A man has been stabbed to death in north London, Scotland Yard has said
  
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• Past moves to police porn in the UK

  17-04-2019 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The upcoming UK age-based block on internet porn isn't the first move to restrict access to it in Britain.
  
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• Tom Watson calls for inquiry into Arron Banks and Leave.EU

  17-04-2019 20:03
  Tom Watson was speaking after a Channel 4 News investigation. Photograph: George Cracknell Wright/Rex/ShutterstockTom Watson has called for a judicial inquiry into the activities ahead of the Brexit referendum of the Leave.EU campaign and its main backer, Arron Banks, after claims the group faked a video and photos connected to migrants. Watson, the deputy Labour leader and shadow culture secretary, said the inquiry should have criminal powers. “We cannot allow those who cheat and lie to m
  
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• Theresa May could put off Queen's speech amid Brexit turmoil

  17-04-2019 19:50
  The most pressing reason why May might shy away from a Queen’s speech is that she may not have the votes to get it through parliament. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesTheresa May could put off the Queen’s speech until later this year, with government sources saying there were no immediate plans to bring one forward while parliament has not yet approved a Brexit deal. May had been widely expected to bring forward a Queen’s speech setting out the government’s legislat
  
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• How Extinction Rebellion Organised A Protest That Brought Parts Of London To A Standstill

  17-04-2019 19:50
  It's a rare occurrence for London's iconic - and usually very busy - WaterlooBridge to be devoid of traffic, but this week Extinction Rebellion has managedto achieve just that
  
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• Helium balloons blamed for hundreds of train delays

  17-04-2019 19:49
  A bunch of helium-filled balloons tangled around high-voltage overhead railway wires near Southend. Photograph: Network Rail/PARail passengers who have ridden out a year of disruption through timetable meltdowns, strikes and seasonal weather have been warned of another factor causing delays: balloons on the line. Network Rail said there was a growing problem from helium-filled balloons, which it blamed for causing hundreds of train delays annually at a cost to taxpayers of about £1m. Acros
  
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• 'Don’t let go': helium balloons blamed for hundreds of train delays

  17-04-2019 19:49
  A bunch of helium-filled balloons tangled around high-voltage overhead railway wires near Southend. Photograph: Network Rail/PARail passengers who have ridden out a year of disruption through timetable meltdowns, strikes and seasonal weather have been warned of another factor causing delay: balloons on the line. Network Rail said there was a growing problem from helium-filled balloons, which it blamed for causing hundreds of train delays annually at a cost to the taxpayer of about £1m. Acr
  
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• Royal Opera House loses appeal over damage caused to viola player's hearing

  17-04-2019 19:45
  The Royal Opera House has lost its appeal against a landmark ruling over the damage caused to a viola player's hearing due to loud music during a rehearsal.Christopher Goldscheider suffered "acoustic shock" - a life-changing injury - after sitting in front of an 18-strong brass section at the Covent Garden venue in September 2012, despite wearing earplugs.Mr Goldscheider argued he had to give up playing or even listening to music and his lawyer said the injury has "seriously diminished his life
  
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• 'Not what you expect in Doncaster': suspected piranhas found in UK lake

  17-04-2019 19:36
  One of the piranha fish discovered in a Yorkshire lake where duck sightings have dropped dramatically. Photograph: SWNSLate on Monday night, a reporter at the Doncaster Free Press received an unusual phone call. A piranha fish, one of the world’s fiercest predators normally found stalking the waters of the Amazon basin, had apparently been discovered in a lake in Doncaster. There were wild rumours of ducks being massacred and other wildlife being torn to shreds by the razor-toothed fish in
  
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• 'Not what you expect in Doncaster': suspected piranhas found in lake

  17-04-2019 19:36
  One of the suspected fish discovered in a Yorkshire lake. Photograph: SWNSLate on Monday night, a reporter at the Doncaster Free Press received an unusual phone call. A piranha, one of the world’s fiercest predators normally found stalking the waters of the Amazon basin, had apparently been discovered in a lake in Doncaster. There were dramatic rumours of ducks being massacred and other wildlife being torn to shreds by the razor-toothed fish in the freezing waters of Martinwells Lake. Too
  
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• Windrush scandal: Trauma continues one year on

  17-04-2019 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Paulette was threatened with deportation to Jamaica despite living in the UK for 50 years.
  
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• UK should 'cool down', drop Brexit - Socialist candidate to head EU Commission

  17-04-2019 19:34
  Britain should use the next few months to "cool down and rethink" its decision to leave the European Union, the socialist candidate to head the next European Commission, Frans Timmermans, said on Wednesday.Last week EU leaders gave Britain an extension of its departure date until Oct. 31, with the possibility of leaving sooner if parliament ratifies a divorce deal Prime Minister Theresa May has negotiated with the EU."I absolutely hope that the UK might stay in the EU,"Timmermans, now the Commis
  
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• Technological solution to Irish border issue could be a decade away, says Home Office document

  17-04-2019 19:17
  The possibility of a technological solution to the Brexit Northern Ireland border issue could be more than a decade away, according to a Home Office document seen by Sky News.A presentation drawn up by the Home Secretary's Policy Unit and sent to HMRC and the Treasury implies that they think a technological solution - which would aim to keep the Irish border entirely open and without physical checkpoints - is a distant (and likely very expensive) prospect.The authors state that the technology wo
  
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• Teachers have no option but to quit

  17-04-2019 18:53
  ‘The only way to make workloads manageable is to refocus inspections on school development,’ says Chris PrattPhotograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesAt long last the government has recognised that an excessive workload is the cause of teachers exiting in their droves (Survey finds 40% of teachers want to quit in next five years, April 16). But ministers have refused to face up to the central problem – that this overbearing workload has been caused by the pressures of an unneces
  
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• Election opportunity for Labour – and disregard for SNP’s steadfast Brexit stance

  17-04-2019 18:52
  Scottish National party MP Joanna Cherry speaks to an anti-Brexit rally in Edinburgh. ‘It was the Scottish Six, led by Joanna Cherry, who verified the unilateral right to revoke article 50 with the European court of justice,’ writes Fabia Gray. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/ReutersDenis MacShane clearly envisages the European elections as an opportunity to rerun the referendum, offering no additional guidance other than for anti-Brexit parties to “stop name-calling each other&rdqu
  
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• UK weather: Easter weekend heatwave could bring 'deadly pollen bomb'

  17-04-2019 18:46
  Britons might be looking forward to a hot and sunny Easter weekend, but they could also have to contend with a so-called "deadly pollen bomb".It represents bad news for the millions of hay fever and asthma sufferers around the UK, the latter of whom have been warned they could be in danger of a potentially fatal attack.The Met Office is forecasting a high chance of pollen stretching from the South West up into Scotland on Saturday, which will arrive amid top temperatures of around 24C (75.2F).
  
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• Teaching union calls zero-tolerance school policies 'inhumane'

  17-04-2019 18:46
  The National Education Union says zero-tolerance school behaviour codes are harmful to children.Photograph: Photofusion/UIG/Getty ImagesA leading teaching union has branded increasingly draconian zero-tolerance behaviour policies in schools in England as “inhumane” and “damaging to pupil mental health”. The National Education Union (NEU), which is holding its annual conference in Liverpool this week, said zero-tolerance approaches to discipline were resulting in schoolchi
  
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• Prince Philip crash victim who criticised royal after collision faces driving charges

  17-04-2019 18:44
  A woman who criticised the Duke of Edinburgh after she suffered a broken wrist following his Sandringham car crash is facing several motoring offences over unrelated incidents.Prince Philip, 97, said he was dazzled by low sunlight as he pulled out onto a busy road in Norfolk on 17 January.Emma Fairweather was a passenger in a Kia car which collided with the duke's Land Rover Freelander.
  
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• The Climate Change Protest Outside Jeremy Corbyn's House Ends In The Most British Way Imaginable

  17-04-2019 18:28
  Climate change activists who glued themselves to the garden fence of JeremyCorbyn's home in north London have ended their demonstration peacefully and inclassic British fashion - with an apology
  
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• Sturgeon asked to clarify SNP stance on transgender rights

  17-04-2019 18:20
  Nicola Sturgeon had described concerns about her government’s proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act as ‘misplaced’. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesNicola Sturgeon has been called on to clarify the Scottish National party’s stance on transgender rights following the leak of private messages between three prominent female MSPs that claim the first minister is “out of step” with her party. The conversation, which was tweeted as a screenshot on T
  
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• Berkshire see-saw pair complete world record attempt

  17-04-2019 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The men spent 80 consecutive hours eating and sleeping on the giant bounce in order to break the record.
  
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• Man charged over armed robberies in bookmakers

  17-04-2019 17:49
  The incidents took place two weeks apart in West Lothian.
  
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• Government age verification tools announcement hit by email gaffe

  17-04-2019 17:41
  The contact details of nearly 300 recipients were exposed in the email announcing the new measures.
  
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• UK says to become first country to check porn viewers' age

  17-04-2019 17:39
  The United Kingdom will become the first country in the world to demand age verification for people viewing pornography online when new checks come into force in three months' time, the government said on Wednesday.From July 15, commercial providers of online pornography will have to carry out age checks on users to ensure they are 18 or over, the government said."Adult content is currently far too easy for children to access online," Britain's minister for digital and creative industries, Margo
  
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• Tory MP launches attempt to oust John Bercow as Speaker

  17-04-2019 17:34
  John Bercow has enraged some in government by refusing to let MPs vote repeatedly on Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Photograph: Reuters/Parliament TVJohn Bercow is facing another attempt to oust him as Speaker after a leading Conservative MP began collecting signatures for a no-confidence motion. Crispin Blunt, a former chair of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee, wrote to fellow MPs saying he wanted to table an early day motion saying Bercow was no longer impartial. In the letter,
  
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• Homes evacuated in fourth security alert in 24 hours in Northern Ireland

  17-04-2019 17:27
  In the latest incident a number of homes of Lisburn were evacuated following a report of a suspicious object.
  
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• WikiLeaks hits back at ‘grotesque lies’ about Assange by Ecuador’s president

  17-04-2019 17:19
  The WikiLeaks founder is in custody after being forcibly ejected from Ecuador's London embassy.
  
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• 'Why I write fake online reviews'

  17-04-2019 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Two people explain why they post made-up reviews, while psychologists deconstruct the power of the review.
  
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• Ukip leader endorses 'factually incorrect' book on Islam

  17-04-2019 17:09
  Gerard Batten has previously called Islam a ‘death cult’. Photograph: George Cracknell Wright/Rex/ShutterstockThe Ukip leader, Gerard Batten, has endorsed a “factually incorrect and fundamentally offensive” book that claims Islam is fighting for “the destruction of western civilisation”. The book, Understand Islam in Under an Hour, is being sold by a close ally of the anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson and was distributed at Ukip’s party conference in Se
  
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• Ukip leader endorses 'factually incorrect' book on Islam

  17-04-2019 17:09
  Gerard Batten has previously called Islam a ‘death cult’. Photograph: George Cracknell Wright/Rex/ShutterstockThe Ukip leader, Gerard Batten, has endorsed a “factually incorrect and fundamentally offensive” book that claims Islam is fighting for “the destruction of western civilisation”.The book, Understand Islam in Under an Hour, is being sold by a close ally of the anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson and was distributed at Ukip’s party conference in Sep
  
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