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• Prince Louis: Catherine's pictures mark first birthday

  22-04-2019 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  The Duchess of Cambridge took the photographs in the grounds of the family's home in Norfolk.
  
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• Kate shares snaps of Louis to mark prince’s first birthday

  22-04-2019 23:30
  The third child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is pictured playing in the garden of the family's Norfolk home.
  
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• Ex-firefighter and partner named among British victims in Sri Lanka

  22-04-2019 23:19
  A retired firefighter and his partner have been named among the British victims killed in the Sri Lanka terror attacks.Bill Harrop and Sally Bradley were on holiday in the country when a series of deadly blasts erupted at eight locations, including hotels and churches, on Easter Sunday.Dave Keelan, assistant county fire officer at Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, paid tribute to his former colleague in a moving statement.
  
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• Sri Lanka attacks: British dad's tribute to 'amazing' family

  22-04-2019 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Ben Nicholson's "wonderful" wife and two "amazing" children were among eight Britons killed in Sunday's bombings.
  
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• Weatherwatch: climate change brings misery for hay fever sufferers

  22-04-2019 22:30
  About 30% of Americans have hay fever compared with 10% in 1970. Photograph: Suzanne and Nick Geary/GettyHay fever season is under way in Britain and, thanks to record-breaking warm weather in February, many trees started producing pollen up to three weeks earlier than average.But if you think it is bad in the UK, try living in Tennessee. With a long growing season and geography that causes air to sit over the region for long periods, the southern state is the hay fever capital of the US.Now the
  
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• Flotilla helps Sir Robin Knox-Johnson celebrate 50th anniversary of sailing feat

  22-04-2019 22:26
  The assembled boats also sounded their horn at the exact time he crossed over the finishing line 50 years ago in a salute to Sir Robin.
  
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• Sri Lanka Explosions: Retired Firefighter And His Partner Killed In Bomb Attacks

  22-04-2019 22:17
  Former firefighter Bill Harrop and his partner Sally Bradley, from Manchester,have been named as among the eight British people killed in the Easter Sundayterror attacks in Sri Lanka
  
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• More than 140 people contact police over Lyra McKee murder

  22-04-2019 21:43
  The dissident republican New IRA is being blamed for shooting Miss McKee.
  
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• Peter Kay pictured in public for first time in a year

  22-04-2019 21:37
  Comedian Peter Kay has been photographed in public for the first time in almost a year after cancelling his highly anticipated live tour.The star of Car Share and Phoenix Nights was pictured on a Blackpool tram operated by Heritage Tram Tours.Kay cancelled his live tour in December 2017 due to "unforeseen family circumstances".
  
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• Samsung delays Galaxy Fold smartphone

  22-04-2019 20:50
  The foldable phone had been due to launch on May 3.
  
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• Chevron tells Petrobras to prove Texas refinery operational -sources

  22-04-2019 20:47
  Chevron Corp has told Petrobras it wants proof a Pasadena, Texas, refinery will function as promised before it will take possession of the facility, said Gulf Coast market sources.Chevron announced in January it would buy the 112,229 barrel-per-day (bpd) Pasadena Refining System Inc (PRSI) refinery owned by Petrobras for $350 million.The transfer of ownership to Chevron was put on hold on April 2, one day after planned overhauls began on the refinery, the sources said.
  
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• Theresa May Could Face Unprecedented Grassroots 'No Confidence' Vote

  22-04-2019 20:44
  Theresa May could face an unprecedented 'no confidence' vote in her leadershipafter 70 local association chiefs signed a petition backing a challenge to herauthority
  
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• All-time Easter heat records broken as storms head in from France

  22-04-2019 20:39
  All four UK nations have recorded their warmest Easter Monday of all-time, but the sunshine will soon give way to hail and thunder.The Met Office reported some glorious highs of 25C (77F) in England, 23.6C (74.5F) in Scotland, 23.5C (74.3F) in Wales and 21.4C (70.5F) in Northern Ireland.It follows Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland enjoying their warmest Easter Sunday on record.
  
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• Fire crews dealing with large wildfire in Moray

  22-04-2019 20:38
  The blaze broke out shortly before 3pm on Monday and is stretching for several miles.
  
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• Body found in water near BBC headquarters at Media City, Salford

  22-04-2019 20:19
  Police have recovered the body of a man from a dock near the headquarters of the BBC in Greater Manchester.The corpse was found in water close to the Media City Metrolink stop at Salford Quays at midday on Easter Monday, and officers remain at the scene to investigate.Thousands of people use the tram stop every day as it directly serves Media City.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion: Climate change protesters at Natural History Museum

  22-04-2019 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Extinction Rebellion protesters lay down underneath the blue whale skeleton in the Natural History Museum.
  
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• In Pictures: Sun sets on record-breaking Easter weekend

  22-04-2019 19:51
  The UK enjoyed soaring temperatures.
  
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• Scotland sees temperature of 24.2C on hottest Easter Monday

  22-04-2019 19:50
  The temperature was recorded in Wester Ross shortly after 4pm on Monday.
  
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• Dozens rescued while attempting to cross the Channel

  22-04-2019 19:45
  An RNLI vessel found one boat carrying 15 people off the coast of Kent during operations. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesDozens of people have been rescued by Home Office and Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) vessels while trying to cross the Channel in small boats, officials have said.Three boats, carrying 36 men, women and children, were intercepted in separate operations on Monday, according to the Home Office. The people rescued gave their nationalities as Iranian and Iraqi and
  
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• British mother and children confirmed among Sri Lanka terror victims

  22-04-2019 19:43
  Anita Nicholson and her children Alex and Annabel were having breakfast at the Shangri La hotel in Colombo when a suicide bomber struck.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion reveals new protest plans for this week

  22-04-2019 19:34
  Environmental protesters from Extinction Rebellion are planning to march to London's financial district on Thursday, Sky News has been told.
  
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• British dad confirms wife and children died in Sri Lanka attacks

  22-04-2019 19:34
  A British dad has confirmed the deaths of his "perfect wife" and "amazing" children in a heartbreaking statement following the Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka.Lawyer Ben Nicholson was waiting for breakfast with wife Anita, 42, son Alex, 14, and daughter Annabel, 11, when the Shangri-La Hotel in the capital city of Colombo was targeted - one of eight locations hit in a series of blasts that killed at least 290 people, including eight Britons.
  
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• UK weather: Hottest Easter Monday on record

  22-04-2019 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  It has been the hottest Easter Monday on record in all four nations of the UK, the Met Office says.
  
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• British mother and her two children killed in Sri Lanka terror blasts

  22-04-2019 19:25
  Anita Nicholson's family had been visiting the island for a holiday from their home in Singapore.
  
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• Eight Britons killed in Sri Lanka attacks, including woman, son and daughter

  22-04-2019 19:13
  Eight British citizens were among the 290 people killed in bomb attacks on hotels and churches in Sri Lanka, the UK's High Commission in Colombo said on Monday.The victims included Anita Nicholson, her 14-year-old son Alex and her 11-year-old daughter Annabel, her husband Ben Nicholson said in a statement.The three were killed in the bombing of the Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo, on Sunday morning, he said.
  
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• Army brought in to tackle large gorse fire in Donegal

  22-04-2019 19:11
  A number of homes are at risk in the Annagry and Loughanure areas after the blaze broke out at around 6am on Monday and spread rapidly.
  
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• 'We will never stop fighting for this planet'

  22-04-2019 19:00
  Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg got a rousing reception as she spoke to Extinction Rebellion climate change demonstrators in London.
  
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• Hottest Easter Monday on record across UK, Met Office says

  22-04-2019 18:54
  It comes after Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each enjoyed their warmest Easter Sunday on record.
  
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• Explosions heard in Derby city centre after blaze

  22-04-2019 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say the fire at a commercial building in Derby is not thought to be suspicious.
  
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• Marsden Moor fire 'started by barbecue'

  22-04-2019 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The fire on Marsden Moor is one of several moorland blazes over the bank holiday weekend.
  
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• Cross-party unity could be the key to Brexit deal

  22-04-2019 18:31
  ‘Any failed, partial or zero Brexit will bring the Brexit party to power in some way,’ notes Nigel Pollitt. Photograph: GettyAs you report (Beckett warns of Farage win if Labour hedges its bets, 18 April), the latest YouGov poll gives the hardline leave parties (Brexit and Ukip) 34%. The remain parties (Lib Dem, Green, Change UK, SNP/Plaid) have 29%, while sit-on-the-fence Labour has 22%. On these numbers, the anti-Brexit parties in England and Wales will find it hard to win more tha
  
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• Tough lessons from academy schools

  22-04-2019 18:29
  ‘The number of young people excluded from academies has risen disproportionately,’ writes Dr Simon Gibbs. Photograph: Steve Lyne/Rex FeaturesDamian Hinds claims “the overwhelming majority of academies tell a positive story … we’ve come a long way in the past eight years” (53,000 pupils trapped in ‘zombie’ academy schools, Labour says, 15 April). Try telling that to the increasing proportion of children and young people (and their families) permane
  
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• McMindfulness and a side of meritocracy

  22-04-2019 18:29
  Meditation class.Photograph: Dougal Waters/Getty ImagesDavid Forbes’s description of McMindfulness is insightful (How capitalism captured the mindfulness industry, 16 April), but I suggest there is an even more insidious method “for subduing employee unrest, promoting a tacit acceptance of the status quo and … keeping attention focused on institutional goals” that both predates it, has far greater reach and may even have been its midwife: the use of a single word, challe
  
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• Sri Lanka Explosions: Mother And Her Two Children Among Eight Brits Killed In Bomb Attacks

  22-04-2019 18:13
  A British woman and her two children are among the eight UK nationals killedin a series of Easter Sunday explosion in Sri Lanka which left 300 dead and500 injured
  
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• Rhubarb lovers rejoice as season arrives

  22-04-2019 18:09
  Rhubarb has experienced a surge in demand from nostalgic shoppers because of its vintage flavour.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Iran and Pakistan to form rapid reaction force at border - Rouhani

  22-04-2019 18:05
  Iran and Pakistan will form a joint quick reaction force to combat militant activity on their shared border, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday during a televised news conference with Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan.Khan arrived in Iran on Sunday to discuss security and regional issues, Iranian state TV reported, a day after Islamabad urged Tehran to act against militants behind killings in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province.
  
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• Ukip MEP candidate blamed feminists for rise in misogyny

  22-04-2019 17:52
  Carl Benjamin is second on Ukip’s regional list for MEP candidates in the south-west of England. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAA leading Ukip candidate for the European elections argued that feminism was responsible for a rise in the number of men carrying out mass murders, because the killers felt disenfranchised and “out of options”, it has emerged.Carl Benjamin, a social media activist who previously tweeted “I wouldn’t even rape you” to the Labour MP Jess
  
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• UK Weather: All Four UK Nations Enjoy Hottest Easter Monday On Record

  22-04-2019 17:47
  The Met Office says all four of the UK nations have recorded their hottestEaster Monday on record
  
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• Britain breaks coal-free power record over Easter weekend

  22-04-2019 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  UK sees longest continuous period without generating electricity from coal as temperatures soar.
  
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• Lyra McKee's friends stage protest at dissident republican office

  22-04-2019 17:34
  Friends of murdered journalist Lyra McKee have painted red hand prints across the office of a dissident republican group in Derry.Ms McKee, 29, was murdered on Thursday night while covering disturbances in Creggan.A group of about six men, understood to be members of the republican group, stood outside during the protest.
  
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• Lyra McKee: friends stage protest outside offices of Saoradh

  22-04-2019 17:19
  A friend of the journalist Lyra McKee defaces the walls of Saoradh’s offices in Derry with red paint as men look on on Monday. Photograph: Cate McCurry/PAFriends of the journalist Lyra McKee have staged a protest outside the Derry offices of Saoradh, a republican party that reflects New IRA thinking, underlining continuing revulsion towards the group after her killing.McKee, an investigative journalist and author, was standing beside a police Land Rover observing a riot in the Creggan area
  
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• Two men found dead in Glasgow

  22-04-2019 17:15
  The deaths in Argyle Street and London Road are not thought to be suspicious.
  
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• Dozens of migrants picked up crossing Channel in boats

  22-04-2019 16:58
  Dozens of migrants trying to cross the English Channel in small boats have been picked up by Border Force and RNLI vessels.The first boat was intercepted In the early hours of the morning by a Border Force cutter after an alert was raised.A group of 11 adult males, who presented themselves as Iranian and Iraqi were taken to Dover before being transferred to immigration officials for interview.
  
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• Border Force intercepts three boats with 36 on board in English Channel

  22-04-2019 16:46
  Occupants of small boats handed over to immigration officials
  
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• Theresa May to face grassroots no-confidence challenge

  22-04-2019 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Conservative local associations are calling for Theresa May to resign over her handling of Brexit.
  
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• Three boats with 36 migrants found off Kent coast

  22-04-2019 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The Home Office says it has not yet confirmed the migrants' claims that they are Iraqi or Iranian.
  
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• Canoeist dies during annual Devizes to Westminster race

  22-04-2019 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The race from Wiltshire to London is considered to be one of the world's toughest endurance challenges.
  
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• 'Dark kitchens': Are they the future of takeaways?

  22-04-2019 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  We take a look inside a hidden-away kitchen making takeaways customers can only access via an app.
  
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• Killed journalist’s friends protest outside dissident republican group’s office

  22-04-2019 16:05
  They left red handprints on the walls of Junior McDaid House in Londonderry.
  
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• Asos tycoon and Highland landowner loses three children in Sri Lanka attacks

  22-04-2019 16:04
  Anders Holch Povlsen is Denmark's wealthiest man.
  
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