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• Weinstein Company seeks to liquidate to end bankruptcy, court papers show

  15-05-2019 23:51
  Company had about 100 employees when it filed for bankruptcy last March, at the time listing $500m to $1bn in liabilitiesThe Weinstein Company said in court papers filed in bankruptcy court in Delaware on Tuesday that it aims to liquidate the remainder of it holdings in order to end the bankruptcy of the film studio co-founded by former Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein.Weinstein, 67, fell from grace after more than 70 women, mostly young actors and others in the movie business, accused h
  
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• Inquiry launched as Jeremy Kyle Show axed

  15-05-2019 23:40
  "Given the gravity of recent events we have decided to end production of The Jeremy Kyle Show," says ITV boss Carolyn McCall.
  
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• Labour to end energy consumer 'rip-off' and renationalise network

  15-05-2019 23:35
  Jeremy Corbyn and Rebecca Long-Bailey will say heat and electricity are a human rightLabour will announce plans on Thursday to seize back control of Britain’s energy network from private shareholders in an effort to fight climate change and end fuel poverty.Jeremy Corbyn and the shadow business secretary, Rebecca Long-Bailey, are expected to say that heat and electricity should be a human right for all and nationalisation of the network is key to decarbonising the economy. Continue reading
  
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• Nationalisation plans will bring more than howls of outrage | Nils Pratley

  15-05-2019 23:30
  Are Corbyn and McDonnell ready for the onslaught if they don’t get the compensation right?Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have heard the howls of outrage from boardrooms and are unmoved. If Labour comes to power, the promised vast nationalisation programme would proceed at prices “to be decided by parliament”. Translation: compensation would be set below market prices.How far below? The next rung down on the valuation ladder is the regulated asset base, as used by regulators w
  
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• Mum review – magnificent TV that will put sunshine in your heart

  15-05-2019 23:30
  Guaranteed to make you cry four times every episode, the final series of the Lesley Manville sitcom miraculously turns tiny gestures into epic romanceMum is a comedy that can be agony. When it first wiped its feet, hung up its anorak and shuffled politely on to BBC Two in 2016, at times it was perhaps too painfully funny. For a season and a half, Mum was very very good, and Lesley Manville was flawless as Cathy, a recent widow bedevilled in her nice Essex semi by her insensitive relatives. It wa
  
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• Labour nationalisation plans will delay move to green energy, says National Grid

  15-05-2019 23:30
  The Shadow Business Secretary will announce on Thursday that the utilities company should be taken out of the hands of private shareholders
  
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• Patience pays off for Manchester City’s ‘good guy’ Oleksandr Zinchenko | Jamie Jackson

  15-05-2019 23:29
  The Ukrainian almost left at the start of the season but stayed to make himself first choice at left-back and could now pick up a third winner’s medal at Wembley on Saturday“Come to me my lovely.” With these words Oleksandr Zinchenko embraced the Premier League trophy in Manchester City’s dressing room at the Amex Stadium following Sunday’s 4-1 victory over Brighton.Zinchenko had just become the first Ukrainian to claim two English championships, eclipsing Oleg Luzh
  
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• Derby complete stunning comeback against Leeds to book their place in the Championship play-off final - Evening Standard

  15-05-2019 23:28 via standard.co.uk
  Derby complete stunning comeback against Leeds to book their place in the Championship play-off final  Evening Standard‘You’re praying he’s right’ – How Leeds fans should feel about surprise Kemar Roofe claim: Opinion  Football League WorldLeeds United v Derby County: Championship play-off semi-final – live!  The GuardianLeeds 2-4 Derby (3-4 on aggregate): Substitute Jack Marriott nets twice to send Frank Lampard’s side thro
  
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• Donald Trump issues order to protect US communications from foreign adversaries after Huawei warning - ITV News

  15-05-2019 23:23 via itv.com
  Donald Trump issues order to protect US communications from foreign adversaries after Huawei warning  ITV NewsTrump declares national emergency over IT threats  BBC NewsDonald Trump expected to sign order banning Huawei from US networks  The TelegraphDonald Trump issues executive order laying ground for Huawei ban  Financial TimesDonald Trump declares 'national emergency' clearing way to ban Huawei from US 5G networks  The TelegraphView full cove
  
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• Two injured following light aircraft crash in Co Tyrone

  15-05-2019 23:14
  The light aircraft was involved in what police have described as a crash close to Coalisland on Wednesday evening
  
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• 'I had to break the law and grow cannabis'

  15-05-2019 23:05
  Carly Barton had a stroke in her twenties and cannabis is the only thing that has helped her manage the problems it left her with.
  
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• Lib Dems And Brexit Party Outspending Labour On Euro Election Facebook Adverts, New Data Shows

  15-05-2019 23:04
  New data from the 'People's Vote' campaign shows that from May 5 to May 11,Labour spent just £7,331 on Facebook advertising for the elections - less thana third of the Lib Dems outlay of £23,191
  
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• UK drinkers get drunk more times a year than anywhere else in world – survey

  15-05-2019 23:00
  Drinkers reported getting drunk an average of almost once a week, the annual Global Drug Survey found.
  
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• Third of women in survey ‘taken advantage of sexually’ while drunk or high

  15-05-2019 23:00
  Almost all respondents who said this happened within the previous year did not report the incident to police, a 2019 global drug survey found.
  
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• The Virtues review – a harrowing triumph by Shane Meadows

  15-05-2019 23:00
  Stephen Graham stars as a man who loses his son then unravels completely in Meadows’ bruising and brilliant new drama, his first since dealing with his own sexual abuseSometimes you just believe it, don’t you? The distance between you and the screen, you and the characters, you and the story just collapses. You see no artifice. You don’t suspend your disbelief, willingly or otherwise, because it never comes into being.So it was with Shane Meadows’ latest offering, The Vir
  
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• Britons get drunk more often than 35 other nations, survey finds - The Guardian

  15-05-2019 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Britons get drunk more often than 35 other nations, survey finds  The GuardianUK drinkers get drunk more often than anywhere else in the world  Wales OnlineView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Britons get drunk more often than 35 other nations, survey finds

  15-05-2019 23:00
  Meanwhile, cocaine use among people in England tops the same global listDrinkers in the UK get drunk more than any other nation in the world, findings from a global survey suggest.Britons reported getting drunk an average of 51.1 times in a 12-month period – almost once a week – the report featuring 36 countries found. Continue reading...
  
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• Derby book Wembley final after Jack Marriott stuns Leeds in thriller

  15-05-2019 22:57
  After as rambunctious a play-off second leg as can possibly be imagined Derby County claimed the right to face Aston Villa in next week’s final to try for promotion to the Premier League. It was end-to-end entertainment all night, a feast of incident, goals and excitement, and neither side deserved to lose despite Scott Malone’s late dismissal for a second yellow depleting both by the end.It never ceases to astonish how full-blooded and thrilling these play-off encounters can be, whe
  
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• Steve Bell on post-Brexit food safety – cartoon

  15-05-2019 22:51
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• China's rover finds ancient rocks in Moon's biggest crater - Astronomy Magazine

  15-05-2019 22:51 via astronomy.com
  China's rover finds ancient rocks in Moon's biggest crater  Astronomy MagazineChang'e-4: Chinese rover 'confirms' Moon crater theory  BBC NewsWhat Lies Below the Moon's Crust? China's Yutu-2 Rover May Be the First to Find Out.  Space.comChina's Moon Lander Just Revealed a Secret on the Far Side of the Moon  Live ScienceChina's Chang'E 4 mission discovers new 'secrets' from the far side of the moon  Phys.orgView full coverage on Google News
  
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• 'Time running out' for epileptic boy denied cannabis prescription

  15-05-2019 22:44
  A mother says her son with life-threatening epilepsy is "running out of time" after doctors refused to give him a prescription for medicinal cannabis.Billy Caldwell's case helped persuade the home secretary to change the law on the drug last year - but he now has just nine days' supply left.The cannabis oil dramatically reduces Billy's seizures and gives him a much better quality of life, says his mother.
  
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• Alexandre Lacazette: Arsenal striker in Barcelona link after website glitch - BBC Sport

  15-05-2019 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Alexandre Lacazette: Arsenal striker in Barcelona link after website glitch  BBC SportAntoine Griezmann being sold to Barcelona by Atletico Madrid? Fine: but how are they going to pay for him?  The TelegraphBarcelona news: Antoine Griezmann transfer SLAMMED as 'too expensive' by former president - Daily Star  Daily StarOpinion: Liverpool should make a move for Antoine Griezmann this summer  HITCBarcelona to make move for French World Cup winner – rep
  
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• Stoke striker Saido Berahino guilty of drink-driving after 'fleeing armed robbers'

  15-05-2019 22:31
  Stoke City striker Saido Berahino has been convicted of drink-driving after admitting he drove for 30 seconds after having two mojito cocktails.The Burundi-born player told Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court: "I just felt like I was targeted because I was a professional footballer and the guys knew who I was.Berahino denied one count of drink-driving on the basis he was acting "under duress of circumstances" but on Wednesday magistrates found him guilty of the offence.
  
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• Bros star Luke Goss has turned down spot on Strictly Come Dancing because he thinks he is too famous - The Sun

  15-05-2019 22:31 via thesun.co.uk
  Bros star Luke Goss has turned down spot on Strictly Come Dancing because he thinks he is too famous  The SunBros star Luke Goss 'turns down Strictly Come Dancing because he's too famous'  Mirror OnlineThis Memphis 10-year-old is the CEO of B Chill Lemonade in Memphis | USA TODAY  USA TODAYHighest-Paid YouTube Stars' Salaries Revealed! | E! News  E! NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Sturgeon: Independence plans would be accelerated in event of hard Brexit

  15-05-2019 22:17
  Speaking on ITV's Peston, the Scottish First Minister also said if the UK voted leave again the struggle to remain would be 'stepping up a few gears'.
  
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• White House refuses to back New Zealand call to block extremist content online - Sky News

  15-05-2019 22:04 via news.sky.com
  White House refuses to back New Zealand call to block extremist content online  Sky News‘I don’t understand’: Jacinda Ardern mystified by lack of US gun control  The GuardianChristchurch attacks: Facebook curbs Live feature  BBC NewsChristchurch Call: Facebook, Google and Twitter pledge to tackle online extremism - but US refuses to back it  The IndependentLeaders and tech firms pledge to tackle extremist violence online  The Gu
  
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• What does cancelling Jeremy Kyle mean for ITV's reality shows?

  15-05-2019 22:01
  Questions over broadcasters’ responsibilities towards those who appear on showsThe cancellation of The Jeremy Kyle Show has left ITV in the middle of one of the biggest British broadcasting scandals in recent years, with the company facing a parliamentary inquiry into the treatment of reality TV guests and the risk of the issue damaging next month’s return of the highly-profitable Love Island franchise.It also raises questions about the extent to which a broadcaster can be held respo
  
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• Labour will not abstain in Brexit vote - senior lawmaker

  15-05-2019 21:57
  Britain's opposition Labour Party will vote against Prime Minister Theresa May's European Union withdrawal bill next month, and will not abstain, if the deal does not meet Labour's conditions, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday."We are not going to vote for the withdrawal bill if we don't agree it, which we don't," Labour's foreign affairs spokeswoman Emily Thornberry told broadcaster ITV, adding that she also ruled out Labour abstaining on the vote.British media had speculated that Labour coul
  
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• The Met museum to reject donations from Sackler family over opioid crisis

  15-05-2019 21:49
  Move follows similar recent decisions about Sackler philanthropy, including by the Guggenheim museum and the Tate in BritainThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced on Wednesday that it will stop accepting gifts from members of the Sackler family who own the company making the OxyContin prescription painkillers implicated in the US opioids crisis.The museum on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious, had been subject to direct action protests
  
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• Working on The Jeremy Kyle Show 'scarred me for life'

  15-05-2019 21:42
  A former researcher on The Jeremy Kyle Show has told Sky News that working on the programme "completely scarred me for life".Guest Steve Dymond reportedly took his own life after appearing on the programme.Student Babette Lucas-Marriott was in the audience when Mr Dymond appeared on the programme.
  
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• Police officer guarded London Bridge terror victim armed with only a baton as members of public gave first aid - The Telegraph

  15-05-2019 21:33 via telegraph.co.uk
  Police officer guarded London Bridge terror victim armed with only a baton as members of public gave first aid  The TelegraphLondon Bridge attack inquests: Medics 'did not know where victims were'  BBC NewsLondon Bridge attack officer guarded dying man armed only with baton  Sky NewsOnly Brit killed in London Bridge terror attack 'tried to save woman before they were both stabbed'  Evening StandardLast moments of London Bridge hero stabbed to death while h
  
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• First-class flyer Dame Emma Thompson should stop preaching, says Blunkett

  15-05-2019 21:28
  The actress has been accused of hypocrisy for flying from Los Angeles to London to join climate change protests.
  
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• Oklahoma window cleaners rescued from swinging lift - BBC News

  15-05-2019 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Oklahoma window cleaners rescued from swinging lift  BBC NewsWindow cleaners rescued from skyscraper after ordeal in out-of-control lift  AOL UKVideo shows two window washers stranded in swinging lift at top of Oklahoma tower  Daily Mail2 rescued from malfunctioning crane at Devon Tower  KOKH FOX25Terrifying moment platform carrying window cleaners swings violently out of control at top of skyscraper in Oklahoma City  Evening StandardView full co
  
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• The Firm review – pub drama overflows with banter and rage

  15-05-2019 21:00
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  Zingy repartee and energetic performances fail to enliven Roy Williams’ tale about a criminal gang’s unresolved grievancesThe Firm opens in high mood as four middle-aged men, formerly in a criminal gang, meet up at a London pub. They are celebrating the imminent release of a fifth member, Shaun, from prison that day.Like Godot, Shaun never appears and the waiting gives rise to unresolved memories and tensions. A pecking order emerges as alcohol is drunk, and
  
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• Manchester City’s defence of ‘battered’ song is seriously misguided

  15-05-2019 20:59
  Club’s reaction to footage showing staff taking delight in lyrics that cause distress among Liverpool fans is a reminder we all can – and should – do betterIt did not take long for the most dazzling of Premier League title races to be plunged into a row between Liverpool and Manchester City supporters, over a City supporters’ song being taken up on a plane carrying players and staff on their gleeful flight back from Brighton with the trophy.It was then startling to learn
  
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• Leaders and tech firms pledge to tackle extremist violence online

  15-05-2019 20:52
  Jacinda Ardern and Emmanuel Macron host Christchurch Call summit in ParisWorld leaders and heads of global technology companies have pledged at a Paris summit to tackle terrorist and extremist violence online in what they described as an “unprecedented agreement”.Wednesday’s event, two months to the day since the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand, drew up a “plan of action” to be adopted by countries and companies to prevent extreme material from going viral on t
  
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• Trump's interior secretary: I haven't 'lost sleep' over record CO2 levels

  15-05-2019 20:49
  Last week the Mauna Loa Observatory observed the highest levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ever documented Donald Trump’s interior secretary hasn’t “lost sleep over”, the record-breaking levels of pollution heating the planet, he told US lawmakers in an oversight hearing.The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii observed carbon dioxide levels of 415 parts per million in the atmosphere on Friday – the highest ever documented. Continue reading...
  
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• Why Theresa May faces defeat on her flagship Brexit bill - Financial Times

  15-05-2019 20:46 via ft.com
  Why Theresa May faces defeat on her flagship Brexit bill  Financial TimesBrexit: MPs to vote on withdrawal bill in early June  BBC NewsBrexit: Stephen Barclay says PM's deal is 'dead' if bill fails  BBC NewsBREXIT LIVE: May's fate 'ALREADY VOTED ON' by chief Tories - Lame duck PM 'has to GO!'  Express.co.ukIf Theresa May resigns, we can still deliver the Brexit people voted for  The GuardianView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tory accuses fellow MPs of ‘not taking violence seriously’ as few attend debate

  15-05-2019 20:40
  Conservative Huw Merriman said it 'was not a very good look' for the Commons to have so few in the chamber to discuss the rise in serious crime
  
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• Morrisons boss hands back £600,000 in bonuses

  15-05-2019 20:36
  Chief executive says business could have done better, but still pockets £4.6mMorrisons boss David Potts has handed back nearly £600,000 in bonuses after saying the business could have done better.The supermarket’s chief executive took home £4.6m, the same amount as the boss of Tesco, a business which is more than three times the size of Morrisons. Continue reading...
  
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• How the Premier League table looks since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took Manchester United job - Manchester Evening News

  15-05-2019 20:30 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  How the Premier League table looks since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took Manchester United job  Manchester Evening NewsSolskjaer replaced Jose Mourinho in the Man Utd manager's job in December and won his first game against Cardiff in the Premier League.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• 'No do-over': White House says House Democrats trying to overturn Mueller report

  15-05-2019 20:27
  White House counsel Pat Cipollone rebuffs document requestsLetter to Jerry Nadler promises to ‘resist overbroad demands’Congress has no right to conduct a “do-over” of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 US election, the White House has said, in a letter blasting House Democrats’ “sweeping” requests for documents as an effort to harass political opponents.The letter dated 15 May from the White House c
  
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• Leeds United v Derby County: Championship play-off semi-final – live!

  15-05-2019 20:27
  Play-off semi-final, second-leg updates (first leg: 1-0)Steer the hero as Aston Villa reach play-off final
  And you can email Jacob here or tweet him here 7.27pm BST Frank Lampard speaks! “It was an even match of the weekend. We’re one goal dow. The players have to give everything on the pitch. The players have to fight. We want to start well. Because we’re one down we don’t want to concede any more. But it’s 90 minutes and maybe more, as last night showed.” 6.
  
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• Yemen: ceasefire broken as fresh fighting breaks out in Hodeidah

  15-05-2019 20:25
  UN envoy issues warning as renewed clashes reported following Houthis’ withdrawalRenewed clashes broke out between Houthi rebel fighters and Saudi-backed pro-government forces in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday, breaching a ceasefire and potentially threatening a withdrawal agreement intended to pave the way for wider peace talks.The fighting prompted the UN’s special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, to warn that peace could yet be a way off, despite earlier signs the
  
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• 'We're in the fight of our lives': Alabama abortion bill spurs lawsuits and protests

  15-05-2019 20:25
  Women’s health advocates and Democratic politicians promise to fight the bill and the conservative-led effort to challenge abortion rights nationwideThe fight to prevent Alabama from implementing a near-total ban on abortion is set to rage for months after the state senate made it a crime to perform the procedure at any stage of pregnancy on Tuesday night.The abortion legislation, the strictest of its kind in the country, is one of several recent abortion restrictions enacted at the state
  
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• British Steel's owners charging firm £20m a year in fees and interest - The Guardian

  15-05-2019 20:21 via theguardian.com
  British Steel's owners charging firm £20m a year in fees and interest  The GuardianHow British Steel in Scunthorpe ended up facing a catastrophic closure - as hope grows help is on the way  Grimsby LivePressure builds on Government to help British Steel and save jobs on Teesside  Gazette LiveBritish Steel asks for state help to avert 'Brexit related' crisis  The GuardianPrime Minister 'realises this is a worrying time' for British Steel employees&nbs
  
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• British Steel's owners charging firm £20m a year in fees and interest

  15-05-2019 20:21
  Greybull Capital, which owns the Scunthorpe steelworks, is seeking government aidThe multi-millionaires who bought British Steel for £1 in 2016 and are now seeking financial aid from the government are charging £20m a year in fees and interest from the company.Marc Meyohas and Richard Perlhagen are in talks with British Steel’s lenders over a £75m rescue package that is understood to be at risk of falling apart unless the government contributes. Continue reading...
  
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• 'A wall will not fix this' -U.S. Senator Graham offers more steps to limit migrants

  15-05-2019 20:17
  Declaring that the United States needs more than a border wall to stem a surge of Central American migrants, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham on Wednesday proposed additional steps such as holding migrant families for longer periods and hiring more immigration judges.The senior Republican senator's latest plan to tackle America's problem with undocumented immigrants also would result in unaccompanied minors from Central America being sent back to their countries of origin.Also,
  
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• Les Misérables review – savvy cop procedural swerves into molotov mayhem

  15-05-2019 20:13
  Ladj Ly’s debut feature is a police drama set in a tough Paris suburb that loses subtlety and heft as it erupts into violenceThis movie from first-time feature director Ladj Ly has one of the most striking and even glorious pre-credit sequences I can remember. It shows the cheering, screaming crowds on the streets of Paris last summer, when France had just beaten Croatia 4-2 in the World Cup. This is a seething mass of humanity with tricolours waving everywhere, boiling with joy. Finally,
  
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• Golf-Bethpage is 'long, very long and extremely long' - Molinari

  15-05-2019 20:09
  Francesco Molinari would be one of the favorites at the PGA Championship on a dry Bethpage Black, but heavy rains have left the Italian wondering whether he will be at a disadvantage.Asked to assess the course on Wednesday, Molinari provoked laughter when he said: "Long, very long and extremely long.Molinari, who averages 289 yards with his driver this year, is not exactly short off the tee.
  
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