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• Bodum sues Starbucks for product disparagement over French press recall

  10-05-2019 23:57
  Bodum Holding AG sued Starbucks Corp on Friday for alleged product disparagement in connection with the coffee company's recent recall of 230,000 co-branded French presses made from recycled materials.In a complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan, Bodum said Starbucks had no basis to "unilaterally" conduct the May 1 recall because the Bodum + Starbucks presses were not defective and met required specifications.Bodum also accused Seattle-based Starbucks of creating the impression that Bodum
  
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• Allegation received by police about Danny Baker tweet

  10-05-2019 23:19
  Baker said he wanted to 'formally apologise for the outrage I caused' following 'one of the worst days of my life'.
  
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• Leicester: A city fighting fast-fashion sweatshops

  10-05-2019 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Fast-fashion has caused a resurgence in Leicester’s textiles industry – but it's come at the expense of some workers' rights.
  
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• Police to investigate Danny Baker over royal baby tweet

  10-05-2019 22:56
  Danny Baker was sacked by BBC 5 Live following accusations of racism regarding the tweet Photograph: Victoria Jones/PADanny Baker is being investigated by police after a complaint was made over a tweet he made about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s newborn son, Archie, which featured a picture of a chimpanzee. The 61-year-old DJ, who was sacked by BBC Radio 5 Live following accusations of racism, issued a statement on Friday to “formally apologise for the outrage I caused”. The
  
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• Police investigate Danny Baker's royal baby tweet

  10-05-2019 22:52
  Police are investigating Danny Baker's tweet about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's baby that resulted in the broadcaster being sacked by the BBC.A Metropolitan Police spokesman told Sky News: "An allegation has been received by the Metropolitan Police Service on Thursday, 9 May in relation to a tweet published on the 8 May.A day after being fired from his role on BBC Radio Five Live, Baker posted a series of messages on Twitter on Friday apologising for the "outrage" he had caused.
  
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• Two ex-police officers in Essex jailed after sabotaging child abuse investigations

  10-05-2019 22:39
  Two former detective constables, who showed "contempt" for child abuse victims, have been jailed after being found guilty of sabotaging investigations.Sharon Patterson, 49, and Lee Pollard, 47, who were working in a "crisis-hit" police unit, faked documents, hid evidence and lied about inquiries due to laziness and a "cynical disdain" for vulnerable people, the Old Bailey heard.The judge, Nigel Lickley QC, said the rogue pair chose to stop investigations, rather than put in the work, with the be
  
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• Sale of Harold Wilson’s personal items tops £200,000

  10-05-2019 22:38
  Seven hundred items were sold following the death of the former prime minister's wife Mary at the age of 102 last year.
  
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• Two men charged in connection with McKee murder investigation

  10-05-2019 22:21
  Lyra McKee was shot dead while watching disturbances in Londonderry last month.
  
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• Break time cuts could be harming children’s development

  10-05-2019 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  School break times are as much as an hour shorter than they were two decades ago.
  
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• Two men charged with rioting in Lyra McKee murder investigation

  10-05-2019 22:07
  A mural of Lyra McKee in Belfast city centre. The two men will appear at Derry magistrates court on Saturday. Photograph: David Young/PATwo men have been charged with rioting and petrol bomb offences as part of the investigation into the murder of journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot during disturbances in Northern Ireland last month. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said a 51-year-old man was also charged with arson of a hijacked vehicle and a 38-year-old with the arson and hijackin
  
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• Second Brexit referendum would be doing SNP's work, Boris Johnson claims

  10-05-2019 22:00
  Boris Johnson warned against ‘a flagrant breach of promise’ Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty ImagesBoris Johnson has accused supporters of a second Brexit referendum of “doing the work of the Scottish National party” by making a second Scottish independence vote more likely and threatening the union.In a speech in Aberdeen on Friday, the former foreign secretary and perennial Conservative leadership hopeful sought to turn the tables on remainers who argue that Brexit wou
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after road crash

  10-05-2019 22:00
  Police have appealed for witnesses.
  
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• Protesters throw milkshake at Ukip MEP hopeful Carl Benjamin

  10-05-2019 21:53
  The Ukip MEP candidate is under investigation over comments suggesting he would rape Labour MP Jess Phillips. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/AFP/Getty ImagesA Ukip MEP candidate being investigated by police for speculating about whether he would rape the MP Jess Phillips has become the latest rightwing activist to be targeted with a milkshake.A fight broke out in Truro, Cornwall, on Friday after two protesters tried to throw the drink over Carl Benjamin, known online as Sargon of Akkad, while he wa
  
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• William joins England manager and footballers for mental health chat

  10-05-2019 20:55
  The conversation was filmed for a BBC documentary.
  
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• Fracas after bid to hurl milkshake at Ukip candidate Carl Benjamin

  10-05-2019 20:50
  A male protester was pulled to the ground by Carl Benjamin's supporters after missing his target.
  
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• Comedian Freddie Starr dies of heart disease aged 76

  10-05-2019 20:47
  Post mortem results showed the comedian died of natural causes.
  
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• Freezer murders: Investigation 'one of most complex and challenging'

  10-05-2019 20:42
  Detectives investigating a double murder where the victims' bodies were found in a freezer say it is one of the most "complex and challenging" crimes they have ever investigated.The remains of 38-year-old Mihrican Mustafa and 34-year-old Henriett Szucs were discovered inside a freezer at a house in Canning Town, east London, last month."It's complicated and difficult to give a substantive cause of death," Detective Chief Inspector Simon Harding, who is leading the investigation, told Sky News.
  
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• DfE in fresh effort to get academy chains to cut executive pay

  10-05-2019 20:22
  Concern over excessive executive pay at academies comes amid pressure on the government to improve school funding. Photograph: David Davies/PAThe Department for Education has embarked on a new effort to persuade school academy chains to tackle their executives’ high pay after trust managers proved largely resistant to previous attempts.The DfE said the head of its education and skills funding agency had written to 94 academy trusts asking them to justify high pay for executives and headtea
  
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• Police appeal to find body of Emma Faulds

  10-05-2019 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Detectives said Emma Faulds' family face a "harrowing time" after a man was charged with her murder.
  
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• Man, 89, abseils 160ft down side of London hospital for charity

  10-05-2019 20:01
  Frank Clark joined a number of younger participants in the fundraiser at St Thomas' Hospital.
  
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• Javid tells Tories to back May’s deal or risk losing Brexit altogether

  10-05-2019 20:00
  The Home Secretary says it would be an 'absolute disaster' if pro-Remain MPs succeed in preventing Britain leaving the EU.
  
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• Shana Grice: Officer's failure to investigate stalking 'may have contributed to woman's death'

  10-05-2019 19:53
  A police officer's failure to investigate repeated claims by a 19-year-old that her ex-boyfriend was stalking her may have contributed to her death, a disciplinary hearing has found.Shana Grice reported her ex-boyfriend Michael Lane to Sussex Police officers five times in six months but was fined for wasting police time and the case was dropped.The panel found two allegations of gross misconduct as proven after PC Mills - who resigned from the force last week - failed to "adequately investigate
  
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• George Mitchell recalls how three-month mission to NI led to five-year stint

  10-05-2019 19:47
  He recalled promising his new wife in 1994 that he had finished with politics before being plunged into the peace talks in Belfast.
  
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• Murder victim among eight people police failed to warn about serious threats

  10-05-2019 19:30
  Father-of-two Conor McKee was shot dead in North Belfast in 2016.
  
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• Windrush death: coroner undecided over role of hostile environment

  10-05-2019 19:04
  Sentina Bristol, the mother of Dexter Bristol, holds a portrait of her son. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAA coroner is reconsidering her ruling that the role of the hostile environment policy in the death of a Windrush citizen should be examined at his inquest after the Home Office challenged her decision. Mary Hassell, the senior coroner for inner north London, was sitting at a pre-inquest review hearing into the death aged 58 of Dexter Bristol, who had spent the last year of his life trying and failin
  
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• Change UK sets out European election manifesto

  10-05-2019 19:00
  The new political party has outlined its vision for what remaining in the EU would look like for health, climate change, defence and the economy.
  
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• Queen's meeting with king of Bahrain prompts protests

  10-05-2019 18:52
  Queen Elizabeth II with the King of Bahrain at the Royal Windsor horse show. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PACampaigners have condemned Buckingham Palace’s invitation to the king of Bahrain to attend the Windsor horse show this weekend, arguing that the UK should not provide a public relations opportunity to what they say is an increasingly repressive regime. King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa met the Queen at the event on Friday, demonstrating a warmth of official ties despite the Middle Eastern
  
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• George Mitchell: NI political leaders should be capable of reaching deal

  10-05-2019 18:51
  The ex-US senator was speaking ahead of returning to Northern Ireland next week to accept an award for his contribution to peace building.
  
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• Rogue police officers jailed for sabotaging child abuse investigations

  10-05-2019 18:38
  Sharon Patterson and Lee Pollard forged documents, concealed evidence and lied about investigations, the Old Bailey heard.
  
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• Lecturers to strike next week after pay talks break down

  10-05-2019 18:37
  The college staff are demanding what they say is a fair cost of living increase.
  
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• Centre to explore radical ways to tackle climate change

  10-05-2019 18:34
  Refreezing the Earth’s polar regions and 'greening' the oceans are among the ideas up for research.
  
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• Rare Irish Proclamation sells for almost 15,000 euro at auction

  10-05-2019 18:24
  Victor Mee Auctions in Co Cavan sold the Proclamation to a private client in Northern Ireland on Wednesday.
  
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• Detectives jailed for sabotaging child abuse investigations

  10-05-2019 18:24
  Lee Pollard and Sharon Patterson were sentenced to two years and 18 months in prison respectively at the Old Bailey. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PATwo former detective constables have been jailed for sabotaging child abuse investigations out of laziness and “cynical disdain” for vulnerable victims.Sharon Patterson, 49, and Lee Pollard, 47, forged documents, concealed evidence and lied about investigations. The pair were sentenced to 18 months and two years in prison respectively.The O
  
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• How ex-soldier who turned to crime turned his life around

  10-05-2019 18:01
  A former soldier who fell into a life of crime after leaving the army has praised the efforts of a Lancashire recycling plant and charity for effectively saving his life and helping him turn things around.Ian Green spent seven years in and out of prison before being given a chance to work for Recycling Lives in Preston, which has helped hundreds of other ex-prisoners in recent years.Sky News was given exclusive access to see the work undertaken the Preston company, which recycles scrap metals, c
  
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• Murdered wife depressed husband did not want children with her, jury told

  10-05-2019 17:57
  Building boss Gurpreet Singh is accused of murdering his second wife, and soliciting the killing of a previous spouse.
  
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• Man hunted over racist threats on train

  10-05-2019 17:50
  He was travelling on a Glasgow to Carluke service on March 31 at the time.
  
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• Sea turtles, whales … and thorny devils: Australia’s natural wonders – in pictures

  10-05-2019 17:49
  Bizarre and beguiling animals, dream-like tropical swimming pools, and monoliths as tall as the Shard – you have to see the natural beauty of Australia’s Queensland and the Northern Territory to believe it Continue reading...
  
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• Businessman who ‘robbed community of investment’ jailed for £4.7m fraud

  10-05-2019 17:49
  Anthony Smith, 72, defrauded the European Union and the Welsh Government after promising to create up to 120 jobs.
  
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• Hamza Choudhury: Leicester City star fined over historical social media comments

  10-05-2019 17:34
  Leicester City player Hamza Choudhury has been fined £5,000 and ordered to attend an education course due to historical comments on social media.An FA statement said: "Comments posted by the Leicester City player on social media between 20 June 2013 and 10 May 2014, which included reference to ethnic origin and/or race and/or sexual orientation, were found to be abusive and/or insulting and/or improper and/or brought the game into disrepute.
  
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• Dreams of a modern parliament are as crumbled as the palace

  10-05-2019 17:33
  ‘An outdated adversarial seating arrangement’: artist impression of the temporary House of Commons chamber. Photograph: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris/PAIf there is any singular image of the state of British politics in 2019 it is surely that of the Houses of Parliament: crumbling, unfit for purpose, leaking, and ultimately another London-centric money pit (Green and pleasantly familiar, 9 May).Isn’t it a sad state of affairs when we attach the words “icon of democracy&rdqu
  
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• The case for rural public transport

  10-05-2019 17:32
  ‘Everywhere outside London is blighted by woefully inadequate and expensive public transport,’ writes Jenny Gray. Photograph: Nick Ansell/PAIn total sympathy with Lynsey Hanley’s sentiments (By rail or bus, the north is going nowhere, Journal, 8 May). Not only the north but everywhere outside London is blighted by heavy use of polluting motor vehicles and woefully inadequate and expensive public transport.If the government was serious about limiting climate damage and improving
  
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• GPs can afford to work part-time

  10-05-2019 17:32
  ‘GPs are sensible enough to trade wealth for quality of life,’ says Gerry Miller. Photograph: Dan Dalton/GettyYour leader (The falling number of GPs is a symptom of the pressure the NHS is under, 10 May) fails to mention one important factor in the lack of GPs, which is that the very high salaries that they earn (roughly twice what a French GP earns) enable many of them to live very comfortably while working three, two or even one day a week. These GPs are sensible enough to trade we
  
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• Why are English football clubs doing so well this season?

  10-05-2019 17:30
  English clubs have created European football history by taking all four final spots in the continent's two major competitions. Fans are asked why they think English teams are doing so well this season in Europe.
  
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• Morocco claims success in reducing illegal migration to Spain

  10-05-2019 17:13
  Moroccan authorities have succeeded in slowing the rate of illegal migration into Spain in recent months after a crackdown on smuggling networks, Morocco's migration and border control chief said on Friday, unveiling new figures to Reuters.
  
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• Case Of Schoolboy Killed By Cheese Allergy Is ‘Unprecedented’, Inquest Told

  10-05-2019 17:13
  Karanbir Cheema, 13, who also had allergies to wheat, gluten, egg, milk andtree nuts, suffered from severe reaction at his school in west London on June28 2017
  
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• Murder accused ‘didn’t want to be seen’ with schoolgirl who was later found dead

  10-05-2019 17:09
  Two boys are standing trial in Dublin following the death of schoolgirl Ana Kriegel last year.
  
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• London Bridge attack inquests: Victim's fiance 'told man to stop filming'

  10-05-2019 16:53
  The fiance of a woman killed in the London Bridge attack told a man to stop filming after she had been dragged under the attackers' van, an inquest has heard.Christine Archibald, a 30-year-old social worker from Canada, died almost instantly when the vehicle mounted the pavement at the start of the terror rampage.Eight people were murdered when three men launched the van and knife attack on 3 June 2017.
  
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• 'She never let go of my hand': Woman, 81, meets mother, 103, for the first time

  10-05-2019 16:52
  Eileen Macken had dedicated most of her life to searching for her unknown birth mother, having spent all of her childhood at the Bethany Home residence in Dublin.Ms Macken was joined by her family for the trip, during which she also found out that she has two half-brothers - one of whom answered the door.Ms Macken spent three days with her mother, who was born in Ireland during the First World War in 1915.
  
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• Man on murder charge over disappearance of Emma Faulds

  10-05-2019 16:46
  Ross Wilcox, 39, made no plea as he appeared at Ayr Sheriff Court on Friday.
  
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• Henrikh Mkhitaryan: Arsenal demand UEFA guarantee player's safety ahead of final

  10-05-2019 16:43
  Arsenal are demanding UEFA guarantees the safety of Henrikh Mkhitaryan ahead of the Europa Cup final in Baku.The North London club admit they are "hugely concerned" about the midfielder potentially missing the final against Chelsea because of the continuing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan.The Armenia captain missed the Gunners' earlier fixture in the competition against Qarabag in Baku because of the issue, which has flared once again with the Azerbaijani capital city set to host the fin
  
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