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• Freezer murders: Police try to piece together final years of victim's life

  08-05-2019 23:51
  One of two murdered women whose bodies were found in the same freezer was a young Hungarian searching for a better life in the UK.Manageress Sonia Lynch said: "Despite the difficult circumstances of being a female and homeless in the UK, she was quite a warm, kind and caring person, always smiling, always drawing and to know she has come to this end is quite distressing.Last month Henriett's body and that of a missing local woman Mihrican Mustafa, 38, were found in a freezer at a flat described
  
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• Barnier caught making MASSIVE Brexit dig in behind scenes footage - 'Restore an old car'

  08-05-2019 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  MICHEL BARNIER was caught making a dig at Britain for their decision to leave the European Union in a new documentary showcasing behind the scenes footage.
  
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• Michel Barnier CAUGHT OUT in behind scenes footage - 'You're not filming are you?'

  08-05-2019 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  EU CHIEF Negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier is caught out in behind the scenes footage and asks if he is being filmed, in the newly released BBC documentary Brexit: Behind Closed Doors.
  
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• Mark Hamill jokes about ‘regrets’ after royal baby given Harrison as middle name

  08-05-2019 23:31
  The Star Wars actor shared an image of when he met Prince Harry and his brother William before the birth of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
  
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• Automation means future jobs will be more creative – Amber Rudd

  08-05-2019 23:30
  Amber Rudd, the work and pensions secretary, is to make the case for embracing workplace automation. Photograph: James Veysey/REX/ShutterstockPeople should not fear robots taking over their boring and repetitive work when future jobs will be much more creative, Amber Rudd, the work and pensions secretary, will claim on Thursday.Rudd, who has not ruled out joining the contest to replace Theresa May as prime minister, accused those who wanted to preserve all traditional jobs of seeking to “h
  
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• Amber Rudd to urge support for workers amid leadership speculation

  08-05-2019 23:30
  The Work and Pensions Secretary is seen as a potential successor to Theresa May.
  
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• Obesity-related hospital admissions in England rise by 15%

  08-05-2019 23:16
  NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens called on the food industry to act. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAThe NHS is under increasing pressure from the inexorable rise in obesity in England, where there were more than 700,000 obesity-related hospital admissions in 2017/18, up by 100,000 on the previous year, according to the latest figures. Almost a third (29%) of adults are now obese, the figures from NHS Digital show, an increase of 3% on the previous year. Just over 20% of children leaving
  
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• May to meet Tory leaders next week to address calls for resignation

  08-05-2019 23:08
  British Prime Minister Theresa May has offered to meet leaders of an influential group of Conservative Party lawmakers next week to address growing calls for her to resign, party representatives said on Wednesday.Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee which can make or break party leaders, said May told him she was determined to get her Brexit deal ratified as soon as possible which would pave the way for her departure."She has made clear not only her determination to secure the first stag
  
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• Royal blunder sees new baby Archie given different parents

  08-05-2019 23:03
  The Royal Family website has wrongly said the newest member of the monarchy was the "first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge".The error was made just minutes after it was revealed the baby was officially named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.The page announced the right day and time of his birth before describing him wrongly as the "first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge".
  
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• Mother’s baby joy after taking part in miscarriage trial

  08-05-2019 23:00
  Samantha Allen was worried she would miscarry but was given progesterone to help her have a healthy pregnancy.
  
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• Hormone can help women who have suffered miscarriage

  08-05-2019 23:00
  Progesterone is essential for a healthy pregnancy and could help women carry a baby to term, research suggests.
  
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• How do you decide on a baby name?

  08-05-2019 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  From using the Welsh rugby team or chocolate bars for suggestions, parents share their inspiration.
  
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• Two hurt as wall collapses inside Birmingham building

  08-05-2019 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  It is thought the wall collapsed inside a former factory in Birmingham where builders had been working.
  
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• Dissident republicans behind Lyra McKee’s death ‘no better than paedophiles’

  08-05-2019 22:25
  Sara Canning said the young people who had killed the woman she was going to marry had been groomed.
  
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• Brexit: Theresa May rejects calls to resign

  08-05-2019 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  The PM rejects calls for her to quit despite a growing clamour for her to name her departure date.
  
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• Scrap benefits and pay basic income to end poverty: charity

  08-05-2019 22:00
  A report by the RSA calls for every adult to be paid £2,400 a year, rising to £4,800.
  
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• Tribute to Philip with baby Archie’s surname

  08-05-2019 21:56
  Harry and Meghan have named their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
  
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• Rita Ora's former accountant jailed for five years over £3m fraud

  08-05-2019 21:47
  An accountant with high-profile clients such as singer Rita Ora and World Cup-winning rugby player Matt Dawson has been jailed for more than five years, after he committed a £3.35m fraud.Andrew Munday, 38, caused a loss of nearly £2.4m to Rita Ora's company, during a fraud campaign lasting seven years.Dawson's company suffered losses of around £1.08m after Munday took money from their accounts and placed it in his own.
  
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• PM refuses to set out terms of her departure from Downing Street

  08-05-2019 21:46
  Theresa May will meet the Tory backbench 1922 Committee's executive next week to discuss her future.
  
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• London Bridge inquest: Attacker wiped knife on beard in 'chilling gesture'

  08-05-2019 21:46
  A terrorist washed his knife and wiped it on his beard in a "chilling gesture" after he and two other attackers killed eight people at London Bridge and Borough Market, an inquest has heard.Khuram Butt, 27, was caught on CCTV cleaning his 12in pink ceramic knife inside Black and Blue restaurant while Youssef Zaghba, 22, took a drink from the tap behind the bar.Jonathan Hough QC, counsel for the coroner, had warned the families of the victims in court that "distressing images" would be shown, and
  
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• May buys time with hints at new withdrawal bill vote and exit date

  08-05-2019 21:45
  May will continue cross-party Brexit talks with Labour before meeting the 1922 Committee next week.Photograph: James Veysey/REX/ShutterstockTheresa May has bought herself another week’s grace as prime minister, hinting she will bring the EU withdrawal bill to parliament before the European elections and promising to meet a powerful backbench committee who have demanded that she set out her timetable for stepping down.After a fortnight of furious demands by Tory MPs that she give a firm dat
  
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• 'One seriously injured' after wall collapses in Birmingham

  08-05-2019 21:45
  At least one person is understood to be seriously injured after a wall collapsed in Birmingham.West Midlands Police had earlier said a building collapsed but West Midlands Ambulance Hazardous Area Response Team later said that a wall had come down.The incident happened just before 6pm on Vittoria Street in the city's Jewellery Quarter.
  
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• Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor: Royal baby is introduced to the world

  08-05-2019 21:44
  After two days of waiting, the public have had their first glimpse of the newest royal addition -named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.The baby boy was introduced to the world by his parents the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at St George's Hall, Windsor Castle, on Wednesday, in front of a small group of waiting media.
  
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• Theresa May to address Conservative backbenchers amid concerns over her exit timetable

  08-05-2019 21:28
  The EU withdrawal bill could be back for another reading in the Commons before the European elections, as Theresa May faces questions about when she will leave Number 10.Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench Conservative MPs, told reporters it is his understanding that the government will table the bill for the second reading before 23 May, despite there still being no clear compromise between Tories and Labour on a deal.Mrs May has also agreed to speak to the committee s
  
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• Pair who set up handgun factory supplying London’s criminal underworld jailed

  08-05-2019 21:20
  Kyle Wood, Greg Akehurst and Mark Kinman were in the process of manufacturing around 120 weapons at the site in East Sussex when it was raided.
  
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• Uber drivers go on strike in London and New York ahead of IPO, early protests sparse

  08-05-2019 20:46
  LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Uber drivers in London and New York started a series of multi-city strikes on Wednesday to protest the disparity between gig-economy conditions and the sums that investors are likely to make in Friday's blockbuster stock market debut.Protests were sparsely attended in London and New York, and rides appeared easily available in some cities where strikes were called.Drivers and regulators around the world have long criticized the business tactics of Uber Technologies In
  
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• Red-haired Archie stars in US comic book

  08-05-2019 20:46
  The character is part of the Archie gang, who have been on American news stands for years.
  
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• Archie?! American comic book character, and now the latest British royal

  08-05-2019 20:43
  Archie, the red-headed comic book character?The choice of Archie as the name for Britain's newest royal baby sent social media into a tailspin on Wednesday and confused Americans who associate the name with two of the nation's biggest pop culture figures, and their pets.The #Archie hashtag became the top trending item on Twitter soon after Prince Harry and his American wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, announced they were naming their two-day-old son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor.
  
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• Meghan's Mother Doria Ragland's Appearance In Royal Baby Photo Celebrated As Watershed For 'Multicultural Britain'

  08-05-2019 20:36
  The appearance of Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, in the official royalphoto of her daughter's new-born son has been hailed as symbolic ofmulticultural Britain
  
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• Joseph McCann: Man charged with kidnapping and raping three women

  08-05-2019 20:33
  Joseph McCann, from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, was arrested near Congleton in Cheshire in the early hours of Monday - just over two weeks after he is alleged to have abducted a woman in her 20s in Watford in the early hours of Sunday 21 April.
  
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• No title for Archie ‘inspired by Harry’s struggles growing up’

  08-05-2019 20:25
  Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor is not an earl or a lord, but will be known simply as Archie, with Master as a prefix when required.
  
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• Commons update: that which cannot be mentioned is not mentioned

  08-05-2019 20:24
  The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, right, sizes up Britain’s foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, at the Foreign Office on Wednesday. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesThe phoney war continues. With Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn having signed a non-aggression pact – any mention of Brexit in effect has been banned while the Tories and Labour go through the motions of pointless cross-party talks – prime minister’s questions has become an echo chamber. A place where th
  
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• It feels like a new dawn after the storm, say Liverpool supporters

  08-05-2019 20:17
  Jurgen Klopp, centre, celebrates victory against Barcelona with star players Mohamed Salah, second from left, and Virgil van Dijk, second from right.Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty ImagesAsked for his immediate thoughts on Liverpool’s astonishing Champions League semi-final victory over Barcelona at an ecstatic Anfield, the club’s German manager, Jürgen Klopp, beamed his gleaming smile and said breathlessly: “It’s the best face of football, eh?” Liverpool achi
  
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• Stagecoach takes legal action over franchise bid ban

  08-05-2019 20:16
  Transport operator Stagecoach has launched legal action against the government after it was barred from bidding for a series of rail franchises.The train and bus operator is preparing a claim for a judicial review, saying the Department for Transport "breached its statutory duties" when blocking its bid to run the East Midlands network.Stagecoach has also been barred from bidding for the West Coast mainline - which it currently operates under the Virgin Trains banner in a joint venture with Sir
  
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• Parliament refit: First images released of temporary Commons chamber

  08-05-2019 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The proposed new venue, complete with green benches, will be used while Parliament is refurbished.
  
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• Corbyn Set To Pull Plug On Tory-Labour Brexit Talks Unless May Offers Real Changes To Her Deal

  08-05-2019 20:04
  Jeremy Corbyn is set to pull the plug on cross-party Brexit talks unlessTheresa May offers real changes to her 'divorce' deal plans this week, hissenior allies have warned
  
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• Duke of Sussex likely to find leaving baby son ‘agonising’ so soon after birth

  08-05-2019 20:01
  Harry will visit The Hague to promote next year's Invictus Games just days after the arrival of his son.
  
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• Archie one of the biggest surprises in royal betting history, say bookmakers

  08-05-2019 19:54
  Just £100 was staked from 60 bets on Archie, according to Ladbrokes, while Coral drew just a handful of punters.
  
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• Rape accused Joseph McCann refuses to appear in court

  08-05-2019 19:52
  Joseph McCann, 34, was arrested on Sunday night in Cheshire after a two-week police manhunt. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PACaptured fugitive Joseph McCann has refused to appear in court to face 12 charges, including five counts of rape.McCann, from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, was arrested near Congleton in Cheshire in the early hours of Monday morning – more than two weeks after his first alleged attack.The 34-year-old had already been charged with the kidnap and rape of a woman at k
  
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• Midwives’ concerns to be urgently investigated after Holyrood vote

  08-05-2019 19:51
  The Royal College of Midwives said proposed reforms to the Best Start programme would require more staff being employed by health boards.
  
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• May dodges backbench demands for departure timetable

  08-05-2019 19:50
  Backbenchers on the 1922 Committee had demanded she set out a timetable, but instead Mrs May will try to get her Brexit deal through Parliament again.
  
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• Scotland's plastic bottle scheme is game-changer for recycling

  08-05-2019 19:42
  Scotland's decision to bring in a deposit on drinks bottles and cans is a game-changer for recycling.The environment secretary Roseanna Cunningham announced in Holyrood that cans, plastic bottles and glass will be included in a deposit return scheme which could be up and running in Scotland by 2021.
  
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• Coroner held minute silence for 'high and terrible drama'

  08-05-2019 19:40
  The inquest into the victims of the London Bridge terror attacks has begun, with heartbreaking words from their families.
  
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• No time to go 'wobbly': Pompeo scolds Britain over China and Huawei

  08-05-2019 19:38
  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Britain on Wednesday it needed to change its attitude towards China and telecoms company Huawei, casting the world's second largest economy as a threat to the West similar to that once posed by the Soviet Union.Pompeo questioned the attitude of Prime Minister Theresa May's government towards Beijing and goaded London by saying that the late former British leader Margaret Thatcher, who was known as the Iron Lady, would have taken a much firmer line with Ch
  
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• William and Kate remember newly-wed days as they return to former haunts

  08-05-2019 19:34
  The Duke of Cambridge met up with former colleagues from his time as a search and rescue helicopter pilot on Anglesey.
  
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• Royal baby: Duke and Duchess of Sussex name son Archie

  08-05-2019 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Introducing her baby boy earlier, the Duchess of Sussex described him as "really calm" and "the dream".
  
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• Theresa May Buys Time After Indicating Make Or Break Brexit Vote In The Next Two Weeks

  08-05-2019 19:15
  Theresa May has bought herself more time as prime minister by indicating thatshe will offer MPs a crunch Brexit vote in the next two weeks which couldbring down her government if she is defeated
  
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• Sir David McNee obituary

  08-05-2019 19:10
  Sir David McNee, front right, and William Whitelaw, the home secretary, centre, are taken on a tour of riot-torn Brixton, south London. Photograph: PASir David McNee, who has died aged 94, was Britain’s most senior police officer at a time of racial, political and industrial turmoil in London – and one of the last of the old-style, non-graduate officers to lead the Metropolitan force. It was on his watch, as commissioner from 1977 until 1982, that the Brixton and Southall riots in Lo
  
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• Tiny dinosaurs had bat-like wings, research shows

  08-05-2019 19:00
  The scansoriopterygids were a group of tiny dinosaurs that weighed about 200 grams.
  
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• Phage therapy: 'Viral cocktail saved my daughter's life'

  08-05-2019 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Isabelle was told she had less than a 1% chance of survival before the experimental therapy.
  
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