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• May to bring Brexit deal back to lawmakers in early June

  14-05-2019 23:58
  British Prime Minister Theresa May will bring her thrice defeated Brexit deal back to parliament for lawmakers to consider again in the week beginning June 3, a Downing Street spokesman said on Tuesday.Details of the legislative timetable were released after May met opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to discuss the impasse in seven week-long cross-party talks on leaving the European Union.At the meeting May made clear the government's "determination to bring the talks to a conclusion a
  
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• Soccer-Argentina's Aguero set to return for Copa America - sources

  14-05-2019 23:44
  Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will be part of Argentina's provisional squad for the Copa America, two sources from the country's soccer body told Reuters on Tuesday.Aguero, who scored 21 Premier League goals in 33 appearances for Manchester City this season, has been in international exile since after last year's World Cup in Russia, when Argentina crashed out in the last 16.The Argentine Football Association (AFA) will announce on Wednesday a squad of up to 40 players, before submitting
  
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• Guardsman Matthew Talbot: Soldier killed by elephant brought back to UK

  14-05-2019 23:40
  A serving British soldier who was killed by an elephant while on anti-poaching operations in Malawi has been brought back to the UK.Guardsman Matthew Talbot, who was serving with 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, died in Malawi's Liwonde National Park on 5 May.The 22-year-old was part of the British Army's counter poaching team.
  
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• Trump Sells 'America First Energy Policy' in Louisiana - TIME

  14-05-2019 23:29 via time.com
  Trump Sells 'America First Energy Policy' in Louisiana  TIMEShares up as Trump finds reverse gear for car tariff threat  Sky NewsOfficers accompanying Donald Trump's motorcade injured in Louisiana crash  Evening StandardTrump offers big bridge project to Louisiana – but only if he wins  Daily MailTrump's motorcade involved in road accident with 'at least two officers hurt'  The IndependentView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet their newborn nephew Archie

  14-05-2019 23:22
  Archie has already met his maternal grandmother Doria Ragland and his great grandparents, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.
  
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• May vows to put Brexit deal to MPs in early June

  14-05-2019 23:21
  Prime minister Theresa May leaves the Houses of Parliament after Tuesday’s talks.Photograph: Aaron Chown/PATheresa May has pledged to give MPs another opportunity to vote on Brexit early next month, with or without Labour’s backing, after Jeremy Corbyn raised concerns about her ability to deliver on a cross-party deal. The prime minister called a meeting with the Labour leader on Tuesday night to take stock of the Brexit negotiations, as the government sought to inject fresh urgency
  
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• Compensation scheme for abuse victims could be included in Stormont talks

  14-05-2019 23:08
  Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley has been under mounting pressure to introduce the scheme via Westminster.
  
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• U.S. warns on possible 'imminent threats' to U.S. forces in Iraq

  14-05-2019 22:50
  The U.S. military said on Tuesday that there were possible imminent threats to U.S. troops in Iraq, who were now at a high level of alert, and underscored concerns about Iranian-backed forces in the region."(The U.S. mission) is now at a high level of alert as we continue to closely monitor credible and possibly imminent threats to U.S. forces in Iraq," said Navy Captain Bill Urban, a spokesman at the U.S. military's Central Command, as he sought to clarify contradictory remarks by a British com
  
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• Key Brexit legislation to return to Commons in early June

  14-05-2019 22:46
  The Government will bring forward the Withdrawal Agreement Bill in the week beginning June 3.
  
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• Leah Heyes: Mum 'heartbroken' after daughter dies 'taking ecstasy'

  14-05-2019 22:39
  Leah Heyes died after collapsing in a car park in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, at about 9.30pm on Saturday.Detectives say there "may be mobile phone video footage" of what happened and are appealing for anyone with such images to come forward.Leah's mother, Kerry Roberts, said her daughter was a "thoughtful, beautiful girl, who was much loved" and was "fun, bubbly, and had a great sense of humour".
  
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• PM May to bring Brexit deal back to lawmakers in week beginning June 3

  14-05-2019 22:14
  British Prime Minister Theresa May will bring her thrice defeated Brexit deal back to parliament for lawmakers to consider again in the week beginning June 3, a Downing Street spokesman said on Tuesday.”This evening the prime minister met the leader of the opposition (Jeremy Corbyn) in the House of Commons to make clear our determination to bring the talks to a conclusion and deliver on the referendum result to leave the EU," the spokesman said.
  
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• Stormont talks on restoring power-sharing constructive, Karen Bradley says

  14-05-2019 21:23
  The region's five main political parties met with church leaders on Tuesday afternoon as the talks continued.
  
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• Kate says it is ‘really cool’ her grandmother worked at Bletchley Park

  14-05-2019 21:03
  The Duchess of Cambridge helped children to break German code during the visit.
  
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• Lego fans predict Stranger Things at mystery midnight set launch

  14-05-2019 20:46
  Queuing fans believe Lego is about to release a set linked to the hit Netflix fantasy series.
  
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• Virgin Mobile dials up apology over UK signal outage

  14-05-2019 20:43
  Virgin Mobile has apologised as it seeks to repair a technical glitch that has affected thousands of customers.The operator is understood to have first experienced some disruption early on Tuesday morning - with service outages later spreading across large parts of the UK.A spokesperson said: "We're working quickly to resolve an issue that's affecting some of our customers making calls, sending text messages and using mobile data.
  
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• PM May to bring Brexit vote to parliament in June - Sky News

  14-05-2019 20:39
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May will tell Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn at a meeting on Tuesday evening that she plans to hold another parliamentary vote on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement in the first week of June, Sky News reported.
  
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• Theresa May Sets ‘Summer’ Deadline For Brexit In Bid To Defuse New Tory Leadership Plot

  14-05-2019 20:36
  Theresa May has tried to defuse a fresh Tory leadership plot against her bypledging a new 'summer' deadline to get Brexit delivered
  
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• Golf-Confident Koepka calls majors the 'easiest to win'

  14-05-2019 20:29
  Koepka will chase a fourth major title in three years at this week's PGA Championship and the American world number three has already written off half of the players who will be competing at the Bethpage Black Course."There's 156 in the field, so you figure at least 80 of them I'm just going to beat," Koepka told a news conference.Having triumphed in three of the last seven majors he has played in, it is not surprising that Koepka, who finished second at last month's Masters, is oozing confidenc
  
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• How drug gangs use vulnerable children to traffic drugs across the UK

  14-05-2019 20:25
  Sky News has obtained exclusive access to people involved in the ruthless county lines trade, from wholesalers to drugs mules.
  
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• Police drop investigation into Danny Baker over royal baby tweet

  14-05-2019 20:24
  The DJ was accused of racism after sharing a picture of a chimpanzee with the caption 'Royal baby leaves hospital'.
  
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• 'That show has ruined my life': Jeremy Kyle guest speaks out

  14-05-2019 20:18
  Exclusive: Dwayne Davison, labelled ‘most hated guest ever’, says he has faced sustained abuseITV axes Jeremy Kyle Show after death of participantMillions of Britons have watched Dwayne Davison’s appearance on the Jeremy Kyle Show. He was labelled the most hated Jeremy Kyle guest ever. He wants them to know he struggled for work and was mocked in the street as a result, and tried to kill himself after sustained public shaming.“It’s the worst thing that has ever happ
  
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• County Lines drug dealers jailed under Modern Slavery Act

  14-05-2019 20:16
  Three men who got vulnerable teenagers to take crack cocaine and heroin to coastal communities have been jailed for a total of 12-and-a-half-years.Glodi Wabelua, Dean Alford and Michael Karemera, all 25, were charged under the Modern Slavery Act and are thought to be the first to face such a charge for drugs offences.It was an example of "county lines" - when gangs exploit youngsters to sell drugs, often travelling across counties.
  
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• May, ministers agree Brexit deal must be ratified by summer break

  14-05-2019 20:06
  The British government agreed on Tuesday it was "imperative" to ratify Britain's exit from the European Union before the summer break, setting out the clearest deadline so far for the embattled plan and the prime minister's possible departure.Prime Minister Theresa May was due to meet Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, later on Tuesday to discuss the impasse in their cross-party Brexit talks, a Labour Party spokesman said.Britain had been due to leave the EU on March 29, but M
  
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• I ‘absolutely’ suffer from imposter syndrome – Nicola Sturgeon

  14-05-2019 19:59
  The Scottish First Minister gave an interview to community radio station Sunny Govan Radio.
  
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• May and Corbyn to take stock of Brexit talks at crunch meeting

  14-05-2019 19:58
  Theresa May in Downing Street on Tuesday. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/ReutersTheresa May demanded a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday night as the government claimed it was keen to inject more urgency into the deadlocked Brexit talks. May’s divided cabinet has agreed that the talks with Labour should continue but it has set a fresh deadline of the summer recess for parliament to pass the necessary legislation to take Britain out of the EU. With the prime minister under intense pressure
  
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• Journalists targeted by Tommy Robinson supporters outside Old Bailey

  14-05-2019 19:48
  Supporters of the former EDL leader singled out reporters - particularly those believed to be working for the BBC.
  
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• Boris Johnson could be challenged in court on Brexit vote claim

  14-05-2019 19:45
  Marcus Ball’s crowdfunded case against Boris Johnson had raised well over £200,000 by Tuesday. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PAA judge will next week decide whether to summon Boris Johnson to court after the first hearing of a crowd-funded private prosecution over claims made by the MP during the 2016 EU referendum.Marcus Ball, who has accused Johnson of misconduct in public office, was applauded outside Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday by supporters who have helped him to raise
  
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• British Politics Has A Normal One As It Becomes Obsessed With This Minister's Ovens

  14-05-2019 19:32
  When the European Union agreed a second extension to Brexit, the EuropeanCouncil's president, Donald Tusk, offered some advice: "Please, don't wastethis time
  
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• Man illegally enters Tower of London - home of the crown jewels

  14-05-2019 19:30
  The Metropolitan Police have launched an appeal after a man illegally entered the Tower of London last month.The man can be seen on grainy CCTV walking through the famous landmark that houses the world famous crown jewels, which are worth up to £5bn.The world famous landmark has been around since 1100 as a prison and was in use until 1952, when the Kray Twins became the last people to be held there.
  
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• Aldi offside with Scottish consumers over square ‘Sausedge’

  14-05-2019 19:30
  The discounter has invoked the wrath of customers over its new square patty, known for generations north of the border as the breakfast staple Lorne.
  
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• Woman on moon will inspire young girls – Nasa chief

  14-05-2019 19:09
  The last manned moon landing happened in 1972, as part of the Apollo 17 mission.
  
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• The absurdity of charges hitting NHS doctors from overseas

  14-05-2019 19:05
  Overseas doctors have to pay to access healthcare on the NHS. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PAAs your article points out, the NHS is in the grip of a crisis, with more than 100,000 vacancies unfilled (NHS at risk of losing ‘hundreds of foreign staff over crippling fees’, 13 May). The absurdity then, that doctors choosing to come here from abroad are faced with crippling bills, is plain as day, and it is no surprise that these talented professionals caring for patients in the NHS are reco
  
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• Exposing the tinpot emperors like Nigel Farage

  14-05-2019 19:03
  Nigel Farage (right) on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. Photograph: Handout/ReutersJohn Crace’s outstanding article about Nigel Farage (13 May) is rightly titled online as “a terrifying glimpse of our possible future”. It is quite conceivable that a collapsed Tory party could lead to Farage’s Brexit party gaining a 35%-40% vote share at the next general election, with its ultra-clear message of “Brexit betrayal”. Our voting system means that widely distribut
  
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• Huawei willing to sign 'no-spy' pacts with governments - chairman

  14-05-2019 18:58
  Huaweiis willing to sign no-spy agreements with governments, including Britain, the Chinese telco company's chairman said on Tuesday, amid U.S. pressure on European countries to shun the firm over espionage concerns.Washington has told allies not to use Huawei's technology to build new 5G networks because of worries it could be a vehicle for Chinese spying, an accusation the company has denied."We are willing to sign no-spy agreements with governments, including the UK government, to commit ours
  
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• Britain downplays Huawei threat to U.S. intelligence sharing

  14-05-2019 18:55
  Britain would never take a decision on Huawei and 5G that would threaten its intelligence sharing alliance with the United States but it also does not want a new Cold War with China, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Tuesday.Huawei, the world’s biggest producer of telecoms equipment, is under intense scrutiny after the United States told allies not to use its technology because of fears it could be a vehicle for Chinese spying.Huawei has categorically denied this.
  
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• UPDATE 1-Huawei willing to sign "no-spy" pacts with governments -chairman

  14-05-2019 18:54
  Huawei is willing to sign no-spy agreements with governments, including Britain, the Chinese telco company's chairman said on Tuesday, amid U.S. pressure on European countries to shun the firm over espionage concerns.Washington has told allies not to use Huawei's technology to build new 5G networks because of worries it could be a vehicle for Chinese spying, an accusation the company has denied."We are willing to sign no-spy agreements with governments, including the UK government, to commit our
  
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• The pinstripe suit used to be all about power. It’s time to reclaim it

  14-05-2019 18:54
  Notorious devotees include Nigel Farage and Gordon Gekko-style bankers, but the fabric is finding a new life as part of the fashionable man’s wardrobeNigel Farage, who is now threatening to make an eighth bid to become an MP, was pictured this week in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, in his usual pinstripe suit. And he’s not the only one – the stripe is making a fashion comeback, but with a twist this time. Traditionally a sartorial by-word for power, the pinstripe has its origins i
  
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• Kate views Bletchley Park codebreaker exhibit for D-Day

  14-05-2019 18:40
  LONDON (Reuters) - Kate, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, travelled on Tuesday to the old home of Britain's World War Two codebreakers - and where her own grandmother worked, visiting an exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
  
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• Westminster ‘paedophile ring’ accuser’s account totally unfounded, court told

  14-05-2019 18:38
  Carl Beech denies 12 counts of perverting the course of justice and one count of fraud at Newcastle Crown Court.
  
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• Prince Harry in good spirits despite sleepless nights and missing his baby son

  14-05-2019 18:38
  The Duke of Sussex has spent the day in Oxford on his return to royal duties in the UK after the birth of Archie.
  
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• Jeremy Kyle Show death 'deeply concerning', Downing Street says

  14-05-2019 18:38
  The death of a Jeremy Kyle Show guest is a "deeply concerning case", Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman has said."Broadcasters and production companies have a responsibility for the mental health and well-being of participants and viewers of their programmes," they said.The guest who died following filming was named as 63-year-old Steve Dymond, who reportedly took his own life.
  
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• Dublin Airport land ‘allocated for spillover freight traffic’ after Brexit

  14-05-2019 18:38
  Lord Malcolm Bruce said there is potential for 'serious congestion' in the Irish capital if a Brexit deal is not reached.
  
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• Fraud warning for football fans booking trips to European finals

  14-05-2019 18:34
  Arsenal play Chelsea at the Europa League final in Baku while Liverpool face Tottenham in the Champions League final in Madrid.
  
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• Tommy Robinson faces new contempt case

  14-05-2019 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  High Court judges order a fresh case be brought against the former English Defence League leader.
  
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• Councils back plans for forced auctions of empty homes

  14-05-2019 18:32
  Several local authorities support proposals for Compulsory Sales Orders.
  
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• Anti-Brexit feeling expected to help SNP in European elections

  14-05-2019 18:30
  Nicola Sturgeon poses with the SNP’s six candidates in the EU elections.Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty ImagesThe element of “scunner” – Scottish slang for disgust or dislike – will be powerful among Scottish voters in next week’s EU elections, according to the MEP Alyn Smith, who has represented the Scottish National party in Brussels for the last 15 years. “There are people who are tired of the whole Westminster mess and just won’t vote, but there&rsq
  
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• Tommy Robinson to face retrial over contempt of court charge

  14-05-2019 18:25
  Former EDL leader Tommy Robinson is to face a retrial over a charge he committed a contempt of court offence.Two High Court judges have given permission for fresh legal proceedings to go ahead after an application by attorney general Geoffrey Cox.Robinson, from Luton, was jailed for 13 months in May last year after he allegedly filmed people involved in a criminal trial at Leeds Crown Court and broadcast the footage on social media.
  
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• William Wallace statue returns to Stirling after restoration… in England

  14-05-2019 18:21
  The 132-year-old structure was welcomed back at the National Monument after spending 10 weeks being repaired by Wigan-based Lost Art.
  
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• Body of British soldier killed by elephant returned to UK

  14-05-2019 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  A ceremony takes place for Mathew Talbot of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards at RAF Brize Norton.
  
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• Tommy Robinson faces committal to prison over alleged contempt of court

  14-05-2019 18:13
  The former EDL leader will face a fresh court hearing over an allegation he committed contempt by filming defendants in a trial.
  
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