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• Tommy Robinson: Punches thrown as milkshake thrown over far-right figure

  02-05-2019 23:59
  Video footage has captured the moment Tommy Robinson had a milkshake thrown over him as he campaigned for the European elections.The far-right figure - who is standing as an independent to become an MEP for the North West - had the drink thrown over his head and shoulders during a walkabout in Warrington, Cheshire.In the video, Mr Robinson can be seen talking to an Asian man, identified by the Asian Image website as Danyal Mahmud from Blackburn.
  
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• Seaman describes life onboard a British nuclear submarine

  02-05-2019 23:58
  Squeezed between mountains on one side and the Gareloch on the other, Faslane on the Scottish west coast has been home to the UK's nuclear deterrent for half a century.Royal Marines from 43 Commando Fleet Protection are on minutes notice to respond to attempted sabotage.Royal Military police patrol the waters around the base, keeping yachts and private boats at a distance.
  
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• Polls close in Northern Ireland’s local government election

  02-05-2019 23:54
  A total of 819 local government election candidates are standing across 11 council areas.
  
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• Tories Braced For Major Losses As Polls Close In Local Elections

  02-05-2019 23:27
  The Tories were braced for major losses as polls closed in local electionsacross the country
  
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• Local Elections 2019: How tonight will unfold as the results roll in

  02-05-2019 23:20
  Here is what to watch for on Sky News as the drama unfolds.Seven councils are racing to be first to declare with Conservative controlled Basildon and Broxbourne and Labour-run Halton and Harlow among the favourites.UKIP is contesting every ward here, but the omens are not good for Nigel Farage's former party.
  
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• Newmarket deaths: Mum and son named

  02-05-2019 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Abhay Roa, four, and Snehashree Sudarshan were found dead in a house in Newmarket.
  
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• Rory Stewart: I'd bring country together as PM

  02-05-2019 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The new international development secretary says he intends to run for the Conservative leadership.
  
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• Polls close in local election test for Government

  02-05-2019 23:00
  Contests across England and Northern Ireland fought amid political controversies.
  
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• Local elections: Tories expect heavy losses amid low voter turnout

  02-05-2019 23:00
  Theresa May after voting in her Maidenhead constituency on Thursday. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty ImagesTheresa May cast her vote in her Maidenhead constituency on Thursday as the Tories faced the prospect of sweeping losses in council and mayoral elections.Activists from all the main parties have warned of low turnout, citing voter fatigue and anger at the current state of Westminster politics, but it is the Conservatives in particular who were braced for the heaviest punishment from vot
  
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• Local elections 2019: live results for English councils

  02-05-2019 23:00
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  What to expect Counting has begun in elections for 248 English councils and for six mayors. Results are expected to start coming in from shortly after midnight and will continue for most of Friday. There are no elections in Scotland, Wales or London. Many of the areas that are electing are district councils in rural or suburban areas, second-tier councils with responsibilities including rubbish collection and housing. But in the north-west many metropolitan councils are up; they have res
  
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• Local Elections: UKIP And Swastika Graffiti Painted On Liberal Democrat Candidate's Car

  02-05-2019 22:11
  Police are investigating after a Liberal Democrat candidate's car wasvandalised in Sittingbourne, Kent
  
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• Talia Belaid abduction: 'No more courts can do'

  02-05-2019 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  A judge calls it a "truly heart-rending story" after a woman's child is abducted and taken to Libya.
  
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• Judge stops Twitter row between transgender lawyer and Catholic commentator

  02-05-2019 21:19
  Stephanie Hayden, a trans woman, was granted an injunction against Caroline Farrow after claiming she was subjected to a 'barrage' of abusive tweets.
  
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• Man, 22, killed in motorway crash was serving soldier

  02-05-2019 21:15
  Craig McLaren was driving a car involved in a collision on the A74(M) near Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway, on Wednesday evening.
  
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• Gavin Williamson hits back at ‘haphazard’ Huawei leak inquiry

  02-05-2019 21:08
  Former defence secretary Gavin Williamson, who argues the police should launch an investigation. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty ImagesGavin Williamson has hit back at the “haphazard way” the Huawei leak inquiry was carried out, complaining to friends he was only fired because of information he had personally volunteered to investigators working for Downing Street. The former defence secretary showed the inquiry call records on his phone, which revealed that he had spoken to a Da
  
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• Pc resigns ahead of misconduct hearing over woman murdered by stalker

  02-05-2019 21:07
  Shana Grice reported her ex-boyfriend Michael Lane to Sussex Police officers five times in six months before he killed her.
  
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• Someone Just Threw A Milkshake Over Tommy Robinson. No, A Second Milkshake

  02-05-2019 21:06
  For the second time in two days Tommy Robinson - real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon - has had a milkshake thrown over him
  
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• Government to miss 2020 housing target by five years, says watchdog

  02-05-2019 20:50
  A National Audit Office report found the Government had no supporting evidence behind its target in 2016 and had made 'limited improvement' since.
  
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• Joseph McCann: Police believe rape suspect is being 'hidden' by friends or family

  02-05-2019 20:49
  Detectives believe a fugitive, wanted for the abduction and "horrific" rapes of three women in London and Watford, is being hidden by friends or family.A police reward of up to £20,000 is being offered for information which leads to the arrest and prosecution of Joseph McCann.The Metropolitan Police says there is no evidence to suggest the 34-year-old has fled the country.
  
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• Burglar Henry Vincent's killing was lawful - ruling after court hears Richard Osborn-Brooks' words

  02-05-2019 20:46
  A burglar stabbed to death by a pensioner whose house he was raiding was lawfully killed, a coroner has ruled.Henry Vincent was stabbed as he burgled the home of Richard Osborn-Brooks in Hither Green, southeast London, on 4 April 2018.Vincent's cause of death was given as an incised wound to the chest.
  
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• Man hunted over three rapes being helped to evade police, detectives warn

  02-05-2019 20:40
  Joseph McCann, 34, is believed to have abducted and raped three women in London and Watford last week.
  
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• Ana Kriegel murder accused claimed schoolgirl stormed off, court told

  02-05-2019 20:09
  Two boys deny killing the 14-year-old, who was found dead in a derelict house in Co Dublin last May.
  
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• Anger as Grenfell boss is invited to speak at housing safety event

  02-05-2019 20:06
  Sacha Jevans role included handling tenant complaints at Grenfell Tower. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PAA housing boss in charge of Grenfell Tower before it went up in flames has been chosen to speak at a national housing conference on improving building safety, in a move that has provoked fury among survivors.Sacha Jevans, who was the executive director of Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO), which managed the building and oversaw the £10m recladding works that lef
  
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• Surf therapy for children in the UK

  02-05-2019 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Doctors in the UK can now prescribe surfing therapy for children with poor mental health.
  
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• Restored Mackintosh tea rooms win top built environment awards

  02-05-2019 20:00
  Mackintosh at the Willow in Glasgow was restored in a £10 million project.
  
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• Mark Sedwill: PM’s trusted adviser with key role in Gavin Williamson sacking

  02-05-2019 19:46
  Mark Sedwill leaves parliament in 2014 in London. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesGrammar-school educated, like Theresa May and a number of her closest confidantes, Mark Sedwill is a career civil servant, who has worked closely with the prime minister since she was home secretary.His appointment to the job of cabinet secretary began as a temporary one, after Lord Jeremy Heywood stepped down to receive treatment for cancer.After Heywood retired, shortly before his untimely death, Sedwill
  
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• Gavin Williamson sacking: Other times he made the headlines

  02-05-2019 19:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Following the sacking of Gavin Williamson as the defence secretary, we take a look at some of his memorable moments.
  
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• Man arrested over theft of ATM

  02-05-2019 19:24
  The incident occurred in Antrim on Tuesday.
  
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• Dame Judi Dench gives charity cyclist a lucky charm

  02-05-2019 19:18
  Patick McIntosh has survived three types of cancer and now wants to raise money to help others.
  
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• Boy with allergy died after cheese was flicked at him, inquest told

  02-05-2019 19:11
  Karanbir Singh Cheema went from ‘absolutely fine’ to unconscious in under 10 minutes, a court has heard. Photograph: Cheema family/SWNS.comA schoolboy with a dairy allergy was left gasping for breath and shouted “I’m going to die” minutes after a fellow pupil flicked cheese at him, an inquest has heard. Karanbir Singh Cheema, 13, known as Karan, went from “absolutely fine” to unconscious in under 10 minutes after the incident at William Perkin Church of
  
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• Majority of Brits unwilling to cut back to fight climate change, poll finds

  02-05-2019 19:08
  The majority of Britons are unwilling to significantly reduce the amount they drive, fly and eat meat in order to combat climate change, a Sky Data poll reveals.Four in ten say they would be willing to either reduce their meat consumption significantly (35%) or give it up entirely (five percent).
  
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• White House complained to Barr that Mueller should have decided on obstruction - CNN International

  02-05-2019 19:04
  White House complained to Barr that Mueller should have decided on obstruction  CNN InternationalSpeaker Nancy Pelosi accuses Attorney General Barr of lying to Congress  BBC NewsWhite House letter blasts Mueller report, says Trump...  Daily MailWilliam Barr proved himself to be Donald Trump's lawyer, not America's: Today's talker  USA TODAYOpinion | Bill Barr's Perverse Theory of Justice  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Labour calls on Theresa May to refer Huawei leak case to police

  02-05-2019 19:01
  After the sacking of Gavin Williamson as Defence Secretary, Tom Watson said the PM's inaction was putting the Met chief in an 'impossible' position.
  
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• UPDATE 2-Prosecutor orders Sudan's Bashir interrogated

  02-05-2019 18:56
  Sudan's public prosecutor on Thursday ordered ousted President Omar al-Bashir to be interrogated on charges of money laundering and financing terrorism, as hundreds of thousands of protesters joined a sit-in to demand the army give way to civilian rule.Bashir was removed by the military on April 11 after months of demonstrations against his 30 year rule.The huge crowd that gathered on Thursday outside the defense ministry was answering a call by an alliance of activists and opposition groups to
  
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• New law on health and care staffing approved by MSPs

  02-05-2019 18:54
  The Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill was proposed after concerns about workforce planning.
  
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• Puppy wrapped in bin bag is found buried alive after being dumped in field

  02-05-2019 18:43
  A puppy has been found buried alive in what has been described as a "hideous act of cruelty".The canine was discovered by a dog walker in a field after their animals sniffed out a mound of disturbed earth and then the person called the RSPCA.Inspector Alison Fletcher from the charity said: "When they looked closely they spotted a little cream-coloured head poking out of the ground.
  
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• Coroner calls on universities to destigmatise mental health issues

  02-05-2019 18:38
  Ben Murray, 19, took his own life after facing dismissal from his course and the prospect of losing his accommodation. Photograph: Murray Family/SWNS.COMA coroner has called for universities to destigmatise mental health issues after concluding that a student took his own life after facing dismissal from his course and the prospect of losing his accommodation. First-year Bristol University student Ben Murray, 19, fell from a bridge after receiving a note telling him he was going to be dismissed
  
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• BT puts up 4,800 red phone boxes up for adoption

  02-05-2019 18:38
  Communities are being invited to "adopt" BT's famous red telephone boxes - as long as they pay £1.Across England, 3,683 phone boxes are up for grabs as part of the Adopt A Kiosk scheme - and hundreds more are available in Wales and Scotland.More than 5,800 payphones have been adopted since communities by 2008, and old boxes have been given a new lease of life by being converted into mini-libraries, tiny art museums, information centres and even cake shops.
  
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• Fallout from Gavin Williamson sacking

  02-05-2019 18:37
  Is this the same Gavin Williamson who told us last year that Jeremy Corbyn ‘can’t be trusted’? Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesWhile I am delighted that Gavin Williamson (May tells defence secretary: ‘You leaked, you are fired’, 2 May) has been removed from the government – remember he said that all British jihadists should be hunted down and killed in the Middle East rather than returned for trial here – I am sorry that as a result Rory Stewart no l
  
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• Children’s author ‘mortified’ after hat falls off during investiture

  02-05-2019 18:35
  Former children's laureate Julia Donaldson is the author of The Gruffalo.
  
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• Aspiring musician, 15, stabbed to death in Hackney 'worked with big artists', say friends

  02-05-2019 18:34
  A 15-year-old boy killed after a double stabbing in east London has been described by friends as an aspiring musician who worked with "some big artists".The teenager was found with stab wounds after police were called to Somerford Grove in Hackney shortly before 9pm on Wednesday.Friends described the victim as an aspiring musician.
  
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• Guerrilla tours to protest climate change and ‘looted’ British Museum treasures

  02-05-2019 18:33
  Campaigners also said the London museum should not accept money from oil giant BP.
  
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• France and Germany commit to European electric battery industry

  02-05-2019 18:31
  France and Germany agreed on Thursday to jointly invest in the European production of electric vehicle batteries, taking on the United States and China in what is emerging as one of the world's most competitive industries.French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the goal was to establish two production plants over the next four years, one in France and one in Germany, with around 1,500 employees in each.Initially the plants would produce enhanced liquid batteries before moving to solid-state
  
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• Snow and frost forecast for early May bank holiday weekend

  02-05-2019 18:30
  The mercury is expected to drop to as low as minus 5C (23F) in some parts, with overnight frosts.
  
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• Council paints double yellow lines between parked cars

  02-05-2019 18:27
  Residents in Aberystwyth described the move as 'absolutely incredible'.
  
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• UPDATE 1-France and Germany commit to European electric battery industry

  02-05-2019 18:26
  France and Germany agreed on Thursday to jointly invest in the European production of electric vehicle batteries, taking on the United States and China in what is emerging as one of the world's most competitive industries.French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the goal was to establish two production plants over the next four years, one in France and one in Germany, with around 1,500 employees in each.Initially the plants would produce enhanced liquid batteries before moving to solid-state
  
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• U.S. first quarter productivity strongest since 2014, labour costs subdued

  02-05-2019 18:20
  U.S. worker productivity increased at its fastest pace in more than four years in the first quarter, depressing labour costs and suggesting inflation could remain benign for a while.The report from the Labour Department on Thursday came on the heels of data this week showing moderate wage growth in the first quarter and a key inflation measure posting its smallest annual gain in 14 months in March.The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates steady and signalled little desire to adjust m
  
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• Theresa May 'Must Pressure Donald Trump On Climate Change' During State Visit, Top Ex-Diplomat Says

  02-05-2019 18:19
  Theresa May must pile pressure on Donald Trump to take action on climatechange when he visits Britain next month, a top ex-diplomat has said
  
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• Police hunting man who cruelly threw dog into the sea in HORRIFIC social media video

  02-05-2019 18:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  POLICE in Falmouth have opened an investigation after a horrific social media video showed a dog being cruelly thrown off a cliff.
  
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• Church Warden And Magician 'Hatched Gaslighting Plot To Seduce Pensioners Before Killing Them'

  02-05-2019 18:04
  A church warden and a magician spiked a university lecturer's food and drinkwith neat alcohol and hallucinogenic drugs as part of a sustained campaign of"gaslighting", a court has heard
  
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