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• A dark cloud on commercial crew's horizon - The Space Review

  29-04-2019 23:40
  A dark cloud on commercial crew's horizon  The Space ReviewIt wasn't clear at first what caused the dark cloud spotted that sunny Saturday afternoon on Florida's Space Coast, but it couldn't have been good. On that ...
  
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• Two arrested after Emiliano Sala 'post-mortem image' posted online

  29-04-2019 22:37
  A man and a woman have been arrested by detectives after an image purporting to show footballer Emiliano Sala's post-mortem examination was posted on Twitter.Police began an investigation on 13 February after becoming aware of the image, which was removed.It is understood to show Sala's torso, with a distinctive tattoo on his arm, mid-examination.
  
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• Pair arrested over photo of football star Emiliano Sala in mortuary

  29-04-2019 22:00
  The image claims to show the Argentinian striker's remains at the Holly Tree Lodge mortuary in Bournemouth.
  
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• EU hopes UK cross-party talks will break Brexit deadlock this week

  29-04-2019 21:59
  The European Union is hoping that Britain's ruling conservatives and the opposition Labour Party will reach a deal this week on the terms of the country's exit from the EU, possibly including membership in a customs union, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator said.Michel Barnier, speaking at Leuven university in Belgium, said it was up to Britain to break the deadlock.Prime Minister Theresa May agreed a withdrawal deal with the European Union last year but it was rejected three times by the deeply d
  
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• ‘Promising leads’ in hunt for suspected child abductor

  29-04-2019 21:23
  The attacker ran off after a 12-year-old girl fought back and a woman passing by called police.
  
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• Piers Morgan-Themed Rides? ITV Signs Deal With UK's Answer To Disneyland

  29-04-2019 21:11
  A theme park with attractions based on TV agony uncle Jeremy Kyle and GoodMorning Britain's Piers Morgan could be coming to Kent
  
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• Queen’s Speech could be delayed by Brexit impasse

  29-04-2019 20:57
  Cross-party talks on an EU withdrawal deal continued in Whitehall.
  
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• Two women found dead at a property in east London

  29-04-2019 20:52
  Metropolitan Police officers are trying to trace relatives after the discovery in Canning Town.
  
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• Brexit compromise talks to end deadlock move on to 'nuts and bolts'

  29-04-2019 20:52
  Cross-party talks to break the Brexit deadlock have moved on to the "nuts and bolts" after the latest "positive" set of meetings.Sue Hayman, Labour's shadow environment secretary, emerged from the Cabinet Office on Monday to declare the day's negotiations with senior government ministers as "very constructive".There is still "a lot more to discuss", she added, but suggested the government had shown willingness to drop some of its red lines.
  
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• Brexit: Labour braced for showdown over second referendum

  29-04-2019 20:51
  Peter Kyle speaks during the indicative votes debate in the Commons earlier this month. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK Parliament/PALabour is braced for a showdown over whether to back a referendum on any Brexit deal when the party’s governing body meets to agree its draft European elections manifesto on Tuesday.Party sources suggested the party was likely to agree a compromise option where it would support a referendum in order to prevent Theresa May’s Brexit deal or leaving without
  
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• Isis Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'Seen For First Time In 5 Years' – Here's Why It Matters

  29-04-2019 20:29
  So-called Islamic State has released a video purporting to come from its"leader" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has not been seen for five years
  
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• Isis Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'Seen For First Time In 5 Years' – Here's Why It Matters

  29-04-2019 20:29
  So-called Islamic State has released a video purporting to come from its"leader" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has not been seen for five years
  
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• Police face legal action over requests for rape complainants' data

  29-04-2019 20:23
  New consent forms formalise how police forces can ask for historical data including photos, texts and emails from phones, laptops and other digital devices. Photograph: Yui Mok/PARape complainants are preparing to take legal action against police chiefs over requests to disclose sensitive digital records in order to proceed with rape investigations. Victims and specialists say the practices are disproportionate and may deter victims from reporting sexual assaults. New consent forms formalise how
  
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• Police face legal action over requests for rape complainants' data

  29-04-2019 20:23
  New consent forms formalise how police forces can ask for historical data including photos, texts and emails from phones, laptops and other digital devices. Photograph: Yui Mok/PARape complainants are preparing to take legal action against police chiefs over requests to disclose sensitive digital records in order to proceed with rape investigations. Victims and specialists say the practices are disproportionate and may deter victims from reporting sexual assaults.New consent forms formalise how
  
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• Social media firms pledge cash for Samaritans in bid to tackle harmful content

  29-04-2019 20:22
  Health Secretary Matt Hancock met representatives from Facebook, Google, Snapchat and Instagram.
  
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• Why might rape victims refuse to give their phones to police?

  29-04-2019 20:14
  The ubiquity of mobiles in people’s lives means criminal investigations can potentially involve vast quantities of data.Photograph: LDProd/Getty Images/iStockphotoWill people be deterred from reporting rapes in future? What was intended as a public discussion to reassure victims about how evidence on their mobile phones might be used in investigations has inadvertently triggered suspicions about police access to personal digital records. National consent forms, brought in to develop a comm
  
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• Bombardier halts redundancies at Northern Ireland plants

  29-04-2019 20:14
  Union leaders said the firm would also offer to reinstate 32 workers who had lost their jobs.
  
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• Kate made a Dame Grand Cross by the Queen on wedding anniversary

  29-04-2019 20:07
  The honour is thought to recognise the duchess's work over the past eight years as a member of the monarchy.
  
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• Two women found dead at home in east London

  29-04-2019 19:54
  Police have began a murder investigation after two women were found dead at a home in east London.Detective Chief Superintendent Richard Tucker said: "The launch of any murder investigation is naturally of concern to the local community and we have borough officers in the area supporting colleagues from the Homicide and Major Crime Command as they investigate the full circumstances.
  
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• Tone of Brexit talks between UK government and Labour has improved - report

  29-04-2019 19:44
  LONDON (Reuters) - Talks between Britain's government and the opposition Labour Party to break an impasse over Brexit are going better than before, a politics editor at HuffPost UK said on Monday, adding that negotiations were set to continue.
  
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• Next PM should continue to refuse new independence referendum, says Davidson

  29-04-2019 19:39
  The Scottish Conservative leader returns to work from maternity leave this week.
  
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• MPs could vote again on Brexit options if talks break down

  29-04-2019 19:36
  Labour’s Keir Starmer and John McDonnell leave the Cabinet Office after a day of talks with their Conservative counterparts. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ImagesThe government is unlikely to try to force through the Brexit deal using the withdrawal agreement bill and will instead try to devise a way to forge a compromise through new indicative votes if talks with Labour break down.Theresa May’s spokesman said cross-party talks would continue as long as there was “still a p
  
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• Brexit talks take positive turn towards possible compromise

  29-04-2019 19:36
  Labour’s Keir Starmer and John McDonnell leave the Cabinet Office after a day of talks with their Conservative counterparts. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ImagesCross-party talks on Brexit between the government and Labour have moved on to the “nuts and bolts” of a possible compromise, Labour’s Sue Hayman has said, with sources on both sides suggesting discussions were taking a more positive tone.Talks with senior shadow ministers and officials are likely to continue
  
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• N Ireland farmers going back to burning fossil fuels after RHI scandal, MPs told

  29-04-2019 19:33
  Farm owners and other businesses who signed up to the botched scheme gave evidence to a Westminster committee.
  
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• Why are rape prosecutions falling?

  29-04-2019 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Rape victims in England and Wales are being asked to hand their phones to police as evidence.
  
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• Abu Bakr al Baghdadi: Video emerges of 'Islamic State leader alive'

  29-04-2019 19:19
  Footage has emerged appearing to show Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi alive and talking about the Sri Lanka attacks.A bearded man with Baghdadi's appearance sits cross-legged on the floor next to a machine gun and gives an 18-minute speech in the footage, which is in the process of being verified by Sky News.If the man is Baghdadi, this is his first appearance in a IS video in five years.
  
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• Anas Sarwar disappointed as case against councillor over ‘racist slur’ dismissed

  29-04-2019 19:16
  An investigation was launched after the Scottish Labour MSP said a party colleague had made a derogatory comment about him.
  
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• New £150m Caledonian Sleeper reaches London more than three hours late

  29-04-2019 19:14
  The train arrived in London at 10.27am instead of 7.07am as scheduled.
  
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• Remaining In EU Should Not Be An Option In Any New Brexit Referendum, Young Labour Rep On Ruling Body Warns

  29-04-2019 19:13
  Staying in the EU should not be on the ballot paper of any fresh Brexitreferendum, Labour's representative for young people has declared
  
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• Murder inquiry after two people found dead in east London

  29-04-2019 19:00
  Police at a property on Vandome Close in east London where two women have been found dead. Photograph: Tom Pilgrim/PAA murder investigation has been launched after two people were found dead at a property in east London. The Metropolitan police were called at 11.45am on Friday to an address in Newham after concerns for the welfare of an occupant. Officers discovered two bodies, believed to be female, at the residence in Vandome Close, Canning Town. DCS Richard Tucker said: “We have borough
  
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• Labour’s NEC must commit to a public vote on any Brexit deal

  29-04-2019 18:58
  ‘The prospect of Labour going into the European elections with a manifesto that fudges or denies the promise of a confirmatory referendum … risks a mass party exodus on a scale not seen since the invasion of Iraq,’ writes Paul Dolan.Photograph: Danny Lawson/PAAs pressure builds on Labour’s NEC to endorse a confirmatory referendum in its European election manifesto (Explainer: What’s happening on Thursday, 29 April) too little thought is being given to what the refe
  
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• Ready for the Corrie-coaster? ITV signs up to 'UK’s Disneyland'

  29-04-2019 18:45
  ITV said the project offered fans ‘a whole new way to experience our brand’. Photograph: Peter Price/Rex/ShutterstockKen Barlow’s bumper cars, I’m a Celeb river rapids, the Jeremy Kyle Experience – these are just a few of the attractions visitors could get to try at a new ITV-inspired theme park, after developers of a multibillion-pound project signed a deal with ITV Studios. Billed as the UK’s answer to Disneyland, the London Resort was originally meant to be
  
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• Education key when it comes to reporting abuse, says ex-footballer Paul Stewart

  29-04-2019 18:34
  The former England star spoke at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) in London.
  
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• Canning Town Murder Inquiry: Bodies Of Two Women 'Found In Freezer' In East London

  29-04-2019 18:34
  The bodies of two women have been found in a freezer at a flat in east London,according to reports
  
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• Canning Town Murder Inquiry: Bodies Of Two Women 'Found In Freezer' In East London

  29-04-2019 18:34
  The bodies of two women have been found in a freezer at a flat in east London,according to reports
  
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• Ex-football coach: massaging of young players was not sexual

  29-04-2019 18:26
  Bob Higgins, a former Southampton schoolboy coach, denies 51 counts of indecent assault against 24 boys. Illustration: Elizabeth Cook/PAA former Southampton FC schoolboy football coach has told a jury that he gave young players soapy water massages and may have touched their testicles.But Bob Higgins, who also coached at Peterborough United, insisted that any contact would have been purely accidental and denied that he sexually abused junior players.Higgins, 66, confirmed that he had played roma
  
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• Headteacher defends plan to slaughter pigs raised at school's farm

  29-04-2019 18:18
  The school said its pigs would live twice as long as most commercially reared breeds. Photograph: Joe Pepler/Rex FeaturesA primary school headteacher has defended plans to slaughter pigs raised on its farm to teach pupils about the food chain, after a petition against the project said it would teach children to exploit and kill animals.Children as young as four at Farsley Farfield primary in Leeds have been helping to feed the Gloucester Old Spot pigs at the mini-farm, which also has vegetable p
  
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• Anger over primary school rearing pigs for slaughter

  29-04-2019 18:09
  Thousands of people have signed a petition against a primary school project that involves pupils rearing pigs for eventual slaughter.The project at Farsley Farfield Primary school in West Yorkshire was launched last year to help teach its pupils where their food comes from.More than 2,000 people have since signed the petition, which was launched in October.
  
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• Senior Conservative official accused of racism over Sicily jibe

  29-04-2019 18:07
  Leo Ciccarone said the email confirmed his suspicion he has been shunned by some in the Tory party because of his Italian background. Photograph: Chris Ison/PAA senior Conservative party official has been accused of racism after writing that an Italian-born constituency chairman was untrustworthy because “his political culture is more in keeping with Sicily than Southsea”. Comments made by Julian Walden, the deputy treasurer of the party, about Leo Ciccarone, who was then the chair o
  
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• Mariam Moustafa: Six girls admit attack on teen who later died

  29-04-2019 18:07
  Six teenage girls have admitted attacking an 18-year-old who was left in a coma, suffered a stroke and later died.Mariam Moustafa was punched several times in Parliament Street, Nottingham, on 20 February last year, by a group who were allegedly threatening and abusive towards her.The Egyptian engineering student suffered a stroke after being taken to the Queen's Medical Centre and died at Nottingham City Hospital on 14 March.
  
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• Two teenage boys deny murder of schoolgirl

  29-04-2019 18:05
  The body of 14-year-old Anastasia Kriegel was found at a derelict farmhouse in Lucan almost a year ago.
  
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• Kezia Dugdale quits Holyrood for thinktank tackling populist politics

  29-04-2019 18:05
  Kezia Dugdale, who is joining the John Smith Centre for Public Policy. Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty ImagesKezia Dugdale, the former Scottish Labour leader, has confirmed she is to quit Holyrood to run a thinktank challenging the surge in populist and nativist politics around the world. Dugdale said she would remain a Labour party member despite her long-standing and often public disputes with Jeremy Corbyn over Brexit and other areas of policy. A law graduate with an MSc in policy studies, she is
  
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• Two women found dead at a home in Canning Town, east London

  29-04-2019 18:03
  Police have launched a murder investigation after two women were found dead at a home in east London.Detective Chief Superintendent Richard Tucker said: "The launch of any murder investigation is naturally of concern to the local community and we have borough officers in the area supporting colleagues from the Homicide and Major Crime Command as they investigate the full circumstances.
  
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• More than 2,500 prison staff disciplined in five years, MoJ figures show

  29-04-2019 18:00
  A lack of experienced prison officers has been blamed in part for the difficulties faced by the service Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesMore than 2,500 prison staff have been subject to disciplinary action in the last five years, including for relationships with inmates, assaulting prisoners and racism, the Guardian can reveal, as the government prepares to launch a unit to tackle corruption in jails. A total of 2,666 prison staff in England and Wales were subject to disciplinary action betw
  
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• Autistic Boy, 15, 'Barred From Ryanair Flight' After Row Over Comfort Doll

  29-04-2019 18:00
  A mother has alleged her autistic son was stopped from boarding a Ryanairflight after officials called police as he suffered an attack
  
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• Autistic Boy, 15, 'Barred From Ryanair Flight' After Row Over Comfort Doll

  29-04-2019 18:00
  A mother has alleged her autistic son was stopped from boarding a Ryanairflight after officials called police as he suffered an attack
  
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• Sinn Fein ready to do business on powersharing deal, leader says

  29-04-2019 17:59
  A new talks initiative will start on May 7.
  
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• Suspect's fingertips chopped off in police custody

  29-04-2019 17:57
  Five police officers, including an inspector, are facing disciplinary hearings after a man in custody had his fingertips chopped off after they were trapped under a toilet rim.The incident happened in the early hours of 1 May 2015 when the 33-year-old suspect was being held at Colchester Police Station in Essex.On Monday, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) watchdog said five Essex Police officers - an inspector, three police constables and a temporary police sergeant - will face gr
  
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• Fibre broadband investment expected to boost Scots economy by almost £3 billion

  29-04-2019 17:53
  Analysis was carried out to establish the economic benefit of rolling out the technology across the country.
  
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• Harry and Meghan still waiting for patter of tiny feet

  29-04-2019 17:52
  If it was born on Tuesday the baby would share its birthday with actress Kirsten Dunst and former Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard.
  
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