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• Motorcyclist dies after coastal road crash near caravan park

  20-04-2019 23:23
  The crash between the bike and a Volkswagen Golf happened by Seton Sands Holiday Village on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Tom Watson says Labour cannot ‘sit on the fence’ as he urges second Brexit vote

  20-04-2019 23:03
  The deputy Labour leader said his party could not be 'mealy-mouthed' in its response to the threat posed by Nigel Farage's Brexit Party.
  
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• 12,000 pieces of official govt advice added to Alexa and Google Home

  20-04-2019 22:47
  Information on public services - from renewing a passport to the state pension - can now be accessed through voice-activated smart speakers and virtual assistants such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home.The government says the public can now access more than 12,000 pieces of official information from the Gov.uk website without having to search online.Users can access details on subjects including how to apply for free childcare, and ask to find out what the basic rate of tax and the national minimu
  
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• National Childbirth Trust president quits in breastfeeding row

  20-04-2019 22:37
  A protest in London in support of breastfeeding in public. Photograph: Neil Hall/ReutersFor 60 years, it has been the UK’s go-to charity for expectant parents in need of antenatal advice and breastfeeding support. But last week the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) was plunged into crisis amid acrimonious rows about infant feeding and the type of postnatal support it offers, following the abrupt resignation of its president. Seána Talbot, a volunteer who has twice been elected preside
  
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• Tory grassroots revolt over May’s handling of Brexit

  20-04-2019 22:13
  The Prime Minister's grip on the Tory leadership has been dealt another blow as councillors call for her to go.
  
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• What the Notre Dame fire can tell us about the separation of church and state - The Independent

  20-04-2019 21:45
  What the Notre Dame fire can tell us about the separation of church and state  The IndependentFrench Yellow Vests tear Paris apart in fury at £1billion pledged to restore Notre Dame  The SunFire-damaged Royston church refit 'will take years'  BBC NewsNotre-Dame will rise again from the ashes, says JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL  ExpressWhy Did Nonbelievers Grieve for Notre-Dame?  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Hundreds of extra officers help Met tackle ‘unique’ climate change protests

  20-04-2019 21:42
  More than 750 people have been arrested in six days.
  
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• Second referendum is only way to beat Nigel Farage, warns Tom Watson

  20-04-2019 21:30
  Tom Watson on the Labour front bench. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PALabour will never defeat Nigel Farage if it continues to “sit on the fence” over Brexit and offers only “mealy-mouthed” support for a second referendum, the party’s deputy leader says today.In an extraordinary intervention that exposes the tensions at the top of the party over Brexit strategy, Tom Watson warns that Labour will lose to Farage’s new “far right” Brexit pa
  
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• Derbyshire Tories boycott EU elections over Brexit chaos

  20-04-2019 21:15
  Conservative councillors in Derbyshire have voted to go on "strike" and not help candidates campaign in the upcoming European elections, in an extraordinary show of local defiance to the national party.Every one of the 37 Tory councillors at Derbyshire County Council are in support of the boycott, meaning that hundreds of activists will not deliver leaflets or canvass for the party's candidates in the run up to the elections on 23 May.Council leader Barry Lewis: "I suppose it is described in one
  
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• Violence erupts at Paris yellow vest protests - ITV News

  20-04-2019 21:12
  Violence erupts at Paris yellow vest protests  ITV NewsFrench Yellow Vests tear Paris apart in fury at £1billion pledged to restore Notre Dame  The SunFire-damaged Royston church refit 'will take years'  BBC NewsNotre-Dame will rise again from the ashes, says JOHN LEWIS-STEMPEL  ExpressWhy Did Nonbelievers Grieve for Notre-Dame?  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Hundreds of extra officers step in to tackle 'unique' climate change protest - Metro.co.uk

  20-04-2019 20:54
  Hundreds of extra officers step in to tackle 'unique' climate change protest  Metro.co.ukHundreds of extra officers have been drafted in to help tackle the 'unique' climate change protest, London's most senior police officer said. More than 750 ...
  
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• Lyra McKee murder detectives warn of ‘new breed’ of terrorist

  20-04-2019 20:43
  The journalist was shot dead by dissident republicans during trouble in Londonderry on Thursday night.
  
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• Nigel and Annunziata’s Brexit show basks in the sun, but winter is coming

  20-04-2019 20:41
  Nigel Farage and Annunziata Rees-Mogg at a Brexit party rally at the Albert Hall Conference Centre in Nottingham yesterday.Photograph: Aaron Chown/PAOn Saturday Nigel Farage made a triumphant return to Nottingham, where, five years ago, when leader of UKIP, he was hit with an egg by a protester. Much has changed since, and now Farage is leader of the Brexit party, which was holding a rally at the city’s Albert Hall. Beforehand Farage went on a walkabout in the town centre with a small band
  
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• Queen offers condolences after Madeira tourist bus crash

  20-04-2019 20:37
  A total of 28 Germans were killed in the accident on the island on Wednesday evening.
  
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• New lifeboat named in honour of helicopter tragedy victims

  20-04-2019 20:06
  Stuart 'Woody' Wood was one of 16 men who lost their lives on flight 85N, which plunged into the sea off Peterhead 10 years ago.
  
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• Children in hospital after ‘chemical leak’ at swimming pool

  20-04-2019 19:54
  Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny, Co Donegal, was evacuated.
  
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• Crossbow attack on pensioner: Gerald Corrigan's family baffled over motive

  20-04-2019 19:45
  The family of a pensioner shot with a crossbow and now fighting for his life say they cannot think of anybody who would want to harm him.Gerald Corrigan, 74, was adjusting a satellite dish outside his secluded home on the outskirts of Holyhead, North Wales, when he was struck just before 12.35am on Friday.Mr Corrigan staggered inside the house before an ambulance was called and was taken to hospital in Bangor, where his condition was described as critical.
  
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• UK police say total of climate activists arrested passes 750

  20-04-2019 19:41
  More than 750 climate change activists blocking roads at some of London's most famous landmarks have been arrested over the last six days, police said on Saturday, up from a Friday total of 682.The protests, organised by climate group Extinction Rebellion, have for several days disrupted travel through parts of central London, including at Marble Arch and Waterloo Bridge.The activists had also blocked the Oxford Circus shopping district, but by 1700 GMT the roads had been cleared by police and t
  
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• Footballers backing #Enough anti-racism campaign suffer more racist abuse

  20-04-2019 19:40
  Footballers who boycotted social media for 24 hours in a protest against racism have received further abuse online for taking part in the campaign.The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) launched the #Enough campaign in a bid to display solidarity with football stars who had been previously targeted.It is also calling for social media giants and sport organisations to do more to combat racism in football.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion: Met chief condemns 'miserable disruption' caused by protests

  20-04-2019 19:38
  Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has condemned the "miserable disruption" inflicted on Londoners by Extinction Rebellion- telling demonstrators to protest lawfully or go home.Ms Dick said she had never known a single police operation where so many arrests have been made - with more than 750 people detained since the climate change protests began last week.In a message to the protesters, the Met's most senior officer said: "Please go to Marble Arch where you can protest lawfully.
  
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• Temperatures top 25C on warmest day of the year so far

  20-04-2019 19:18
  The mercury could climb as high as 27C during Easter weekend, according to forecasters.
  
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• UK weather: Hottest day of the year so far as UK enjoys eggcellent Easter sunshine

  20-04-2019 18:37
  The Met Office has confirmed that today is the warmest day of the year so far - with temperatures reaching 25.5C (78F) in Hampshire.There has barely been a cloud in the sky across large parts of the UK, with Britons making the most of the Easter bank holiday weekend.Temperatures could peak at 26C (78.8F) on Sunday and may reach 27C (80.6F) on Monday.
  
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• Journalist’s death ‘should end use of guns in Londonderry’

  20-04-2019 18:32
  A friend of Lyra McKee said the murdered writer's legacy should be to open people's eyes to the result of the Good Friday Agreement.
  
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• UK temperature hits 70-year high for Easter bank holiday

  20-04-2019 18:30
  Visitors to Weymouth pack out the beach in the sunshine. Photograph: Tom Corban/Rex/ShutterstockBritons experienced the hottest day of the year so far on Saturday, and the hottest Easter bank holiday weekend for 70 years, as the temperature hit 25.5C (77.9F) in Gosport in Hampshire. The temperature is expected to rise even further on Monday to 27C, making the sunniest spots in the UK warmer than most of Europe, Algeria and Morocco. The record for Easter weather was set on Easter Sunday in 1949,
  
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• Tony Blair: migrants should be forced to integrate more to combat far right

  20-04-2019 18:30
  Former prime minister Tony Blair. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PAMigrant communities must be compelled to do more to integrate to help combat the rise of “far-right bigotry”, Tony Blair has warned. The former prime minister said that successive governments had “failed to find the right balance between diversity and integration”, while the concept of multiculturalism has been misused as a way to justify a “refusal to integrate”. Blair makes the pointed interventi
  
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• In pictures: Extinction Rebellion climate protests continue

  20-04-2019 18:27
  Protesters have descended on Waterloo Bridge in London as they demand urgent action to tackle climate change.
  
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• Teenage boy permanently scarred after Kelvingrove Park attack

  20-04-2019 18:17
  The incident came hours after a mass disturbance in the same area of Glasgow's west end.
  
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• Homeowner 'duped' as 200 attend 'out of hand' party in Manchester

  20-04-2019 17:39
  Police officers were attacked by revellers after a house party "got out of hand" in Manchester.Up to 200 people had gathered at the rented "holiday property" in Levenshulme after the home's owner was "duped" into thinking that far fewer would be there.Some of the revellers turned violent when police arrived on Delamere Road shortly before 10.30pm on Friday.
  
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• Eating too much red meat and 5 other ways to tell if you’re at risk of bowel cancer - The Sun

  20-04-2019 17:19
  Eating too much red meat and 5 other ways to tell if you’re at risk of bowel cancer  The SunWhy is red meat bad for you, what is it and how is it linked to bowel cancer?  The SunView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Man taken to hospital after coastal road crash near caravan park

  20-04-2019 17:14
  The crash happened on the B13458 at Seton Dean, close to Seton Sands caravan park around around 2.20pm on Saturday.
  
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• Teachers risk dying in classrooms if illnesses ignored, union told

  20-04-2019 17:13
  Neil Jeffrey was the head of modern languages at an Oxford secondary school when he had a heart attack. Photograph: Simon Boothe/NASUWT/PATeachers in the UK run the risk of “dying in their classrooms” if they are forced to work through serious illnesses, a teaching union conference has been told after a member revealed dramatic evidence.Neil Jeffrey, a secondary school teacher, opened his shirt to show the scars left by a triple heart bypass operation he underwent 10 weeks ago, durin
  
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• New breed of terrorist emerging after Lyra McKee killing, PSNI warns

  20-04-2019 17:13
  Detective superintendent Jason Murphy described it as a 'worrying' situation.
  
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• Lyra McKee murder: Police concern over 'new breed of terrorists'

  20-04-2019 16:56
  A senior police officer has expressed his concern at "a new breed of terrorists coming through the ranks" following the murder of journalist Lyra McKee.The comments come after two teenagers were arrested under the Terrorism Act in connection with the killing as the reporter, 29, covered disturbances on the Creggan estate in Londonderry on Thursday night.The men, aged 18 and 19, were held by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland's (PSNI) major investigation team and were taken to
  
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• Police attacked as house party 'gets out of hand' in Manchester

  20-04-2019 16:46
  Police officers were attacked by revellers after a house party "got out of hand" in Manchester.Up to 200 people had gathered at the rented "holiday property" in Levenshulme after the home's owner was "duped" into thinking that far fewer would be there.Some of the revellers turned violent when police arrived on Delamere Road shortly before 10.30pm on Friday.
  
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• Annunziata Rees-Mogg hits out at ‘broken’ political system

  20-04-2019 16:40
  The sister of Tory Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg is standing for the Brexit Party in the European elections.
  
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• In Pictures: Life on the beach as Britain basks in Easter weekend sunshine

  20-04-2019 16:17
  Britons have flocked to the coast to make the most of the warm weather.
  
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• UK police say total of environment activists arrested passes 700

  20-04-2019 16:12
  More than 700 climate change activists blocking roads at some of London's most famous landmarks have been arrested over the last six days, police said on Saturday, up from a total given on Friday of more than 682.The protests, organised by climate group Extinction Rebellion, have for several days disrupted travel through parts of central London, including at Oxford Circus, Marble Arch and Waterloo Bridge.Extinction Rebellion has called for non-violent civil disobedience to force the British gove
  
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• Alex Johnson: Search around River Tyne under way for missing man

  20-04-2019 15:46
  A search is taking place for a man thought to have gone missing in the River Tyne in Newcastle.Alex Johnson, 24, from Chester-le-Street, is believed to have fallen from the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle in the early hours of Tuesday morning.Before the search began at 11am on Saturday, his sister Ashleigh Marr said there had been a potential sighting but urged people to join the hunt in a post on social media.
  
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• Extra officers drafted in as police urges climate protesters to clear key sites

  20-04-2019 15:39
  The Metropolitan Police Service has requested help from other forces to deal with the on-going disruption as the arrest total topped 700.
  
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• Pensioner driving car which stopped on motorway dies day after crash

  20-04-2019 15:23
  The 78-year-old's Seat Ibiza was hit from behind by a Mercedes van.
  
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• Children taken to hospital after falling ill at swimming pool

  20-04-2019 15:16
  Letterkenny hospital has put emergency plans into place following the Co Donegal incident.
  
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• Teenager chased through park and assaulted by men wearing balaclavas

  20-04-2019 15:13
  Police Scotland have launched an attempted murder investigation into the incident, which took place in the Castlemilk area of Glasgow on Friday.
  
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• Teenagers arrested over disturbance at Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow

  20-04-2019 14:31
  Four teenagers have been arrested and charged with public order offences. One of the boys was also charged with assault.
  
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• UK weather: Easter weekend set for record temperatures

  20-04-2019 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Supermarkets stock up on sun cream and barbecue meats as Britons bask in the sunny weather.
  
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• 'Pointless' rare knee bone makes evolutionary comeback in humans

  20-04-2019 14:13
  A small knee bone with "no apparent function", which evolution appeared to have discarded, has made a surprising comeback.The fabella, described as the "appendix of the skeleton", is buried in a tendon behind the knee and acted as a kneecap in Old World monkeys.Scientists from Imperial College London (ICL) examined 21,000 knee studies from 27 countries spanning 150 years.
  
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• UK weather: UK sunnier than Majorca - and it's going to get hotter!

  20-04-2019 13:59
  New temperature records could be set this Easter weekend as Britain basks in sunshine."With Easter falling late this year, it could be record-breaking," said Sky News forecaster Kirsty McCabe.Although the chance of beating the Easter Saturday record of 29.4C (85F), set in London in 1949 is slim, "there is a good chance we'll beat the Easter Sunday and Easter Monday records", she added.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion: Met Police asks for 200 extra officers

  20-04-2019 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The Met Police requests 200 extra officers to deal with Extinction Rebellion in central London.
  
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• UK-born baby of parents with right to remain given six-month tourist stamp

  20-04-2019 13:40
  The Home Office is accused of continuing to treat vulnerable people in an unacceptable way. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAA baby born in the UK to two parents who have indefinite leave to remain in Britain has been denied the right to live in the country in what a human rights lawyer has described as a potentially unlawful move. Dr Charles Kriel, a US national and special adviser to a parliamentary select committee, said he was returning to the UK from a holiday in Florida with his fiancee, Katharina Vi
  
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• Londonderry ‘revolted’ by journalist killing

  20-04-2019 13:19
  A bunch of flowers left outside the city's Guildhall landmark civic building said "never in my name".
  
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• Northern Ireland leaders urge calm as police arrest two over journalist's killing

  20-04-2019 13:13
  Two men have been arrested in Northern Ireland over the killing of a journalist during a riot, police said, with politicians calling for calm after the shooting added to concerns about the stability of the region's 21-year-old peace deal.Lyra McKee, 29, an award-winning journalist who was writing a book on the disappearance of young people during decades of violence in Northern Ireland, was shot dead on Thursday as she watched Irish nationalist youths attack police following a raid.Northern Irel
  
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