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• No-deal Brexit would be a betrayal, says Philip Hammond

  20-05-2019 23:49
  A no-deal Brexit was being touted by people “on the populist right”, Philip Hammond is due to say.Photograph: Éric Piermont/AFP/Getty ImagesThe expected demise of Theresa May’s Brexit plan has sparked open feuding over what comes next, with the chancellor, Philip Hammond, arguing that proponents of a no-deal Brexit are betraying the referendum result.The cabinet will discuss on Tuesday the final details of what Downing Street calls a “new and improved deal” t
  
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• External force to carry out review after SCDEA claims

  20-05-2019 23:31
  The details are contained in a paper going before the Scottish Police Authority board on Wednesday.
  
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• Tom Daley’s Husband Dustin Lance Black Slams Swimming Bosses In Row Over Buggy

  20-05-2019 23:30
  Tom Daley's husband has slammed swimming event organisers for creating a"toxic environment" for families after he claimed he was prevented fromwatching the Olympic diver with their son
  
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• NASA’s Juno just discovered that Jupiter and Earth have something important in common - BGR

  20-05-2019 23:10 via bgr.com
  NASA’s Juno just discovered that Jupiter and Earth have something important in common  BGRNASA's Juno spacecraft has delivered some of the most stunning glimpses of the gas giant that mankind has ever seen, but it's also taught scientists a lot about ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• 84-year-old man dies after road crash

  20-05-2019 22:27
  The single-vehicle incident on the A97 happened on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Hammond Warns A Boris Johnson-Led Tory Party Would ‘Hijack’ Britain With No-Deal Chaos

  20-05-2019 22:21
  Chancellor Philip Hammond is to warn that a Boris Johnson-led Tory party would"hijack" Britain with a damaging no-deal Brexit
  
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• 10 held after Greenpeace activists attempt anti-BP container protest

  20-05-2019 22:08
  Protesters targeted the company's offices in St James' Square, central London.
  
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• Kate and William give Queen guided tour of Chelsea Flower Show garden

  20-05-2019 21:54
  The Queen attends the event in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea every year.
  
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• Salmon farming company ‘part of probe over chemical use’

  20-05-2019 21:49
  BBC Panorama has been examining the salmon farming industry.
  
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• Efforts to plug oil leak in British WWII tanker torpedoed by U-boat off US coast

  20-05-2019 21:40
  A team has been working to stop oil leaking from a British tanker sunk off the US coast during World War Two.The Coimbra was carrying more than two million gallons of oil when she was torpedoed in January 1942 by a German U-boat.For many decades, the Coimbra lay 180ft (54m) below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
  
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• MP Jess Phillips clashes with protester over Birmingham school's LGBT lessons

  20-05-2019 21:39
  An MP and a protester have clashed in the street over a Birmingham primary school that teaches LGBT issues to children.Some parents stopped their children going from the Muslim-majority Anderton Park school today in protest, with claims that 600 stayed home.Protesters say the lessons are intolerant of Islamic beliefs and are "indoctrinating" children by teaching them about same-sex relationships and gender identity.
  
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• Bernie Taupin struggling to process Rocketman biopic

  20-05-2019 21:31
  The songwriter spoke at the film's London premiere.
  
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• Lord Heseltine has Tory whip suspended after saying he will vote Lib Dem

  20-05-2019 21:28
  The former deputy prime minister revealed his intention to 'experiment' in Thursday's European election.
  
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• Tory party suspends Michael Heseltine for backing Lib Dems

  20-05-2019 21:24
  Heseltine’s position would be ‘reviewed if he is willing to support Conservative candidates at future elections’. Photograph: Yui Mok/PALord Heseltine has had the Conservative whip suspended after saying he would vote Liberal Democrat in this week’s European elections, the party has said. The Tory grandee and former deputy prime minister, who sits in the upper chamber of parliament, was summoned to a meeting with the party’s chief whip in the Lords on Monday. &ldquo
  
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• In Pictures: Green-finger Kate welcomes Queen to wilderness garden

  20-05-2019 21:20
  The duchess designed the woodland space for the annual RHS Chelsea Flower show.
  
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• Bradley accused of emotional blackmail over compensation for abuse victims

  20-05-2019 21:20
  Payments recommended by a Stormont-commissioned inquiry have been on ice for two-and-a-half years due to the collapse of the devolved institutions.
  
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• Eiffel Tower closed down after intruder tries to climb up

  20-05-2019 21:16
  PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower closed down on Monday after a man began trying to scale the Paris monument.
  
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• Scientists predict ‘catastrophic’ consequences of sea level rise over two metres

  20-05-2019 21:00
  Such a rise could result in the potential displacement of up to 187 million people.
  
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• Tory leadership battle intensifies as McVey and Rudd tout visions

  20-05-2019 20:59
  Esther McVey said the Brexit delay had ‘broken the trust’ of working-class voters. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAThe battle to succeed Theresa May has escalated as almost half a dozen contenders from various wings of the Conservative party either touted their visions for the future or spent the day busily refusing to rule out a run for No 10. With the prime minister’s final attempt to pass a Brexit deal quickly running out of steam and her time in Downing Street being measured
  
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• Plastic bottle alternative gets spirited response from Charles

  20-05-2019 20:55
  Charles was visiting the Cool Planet Experience, a climate change-centred attraction in County Wicklow.
  
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• U.S. DHS warns of data threat from Chinese-made drones

  20-05-2019 20:51
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned U.S. firms of the risks to company data from Chinese-made drones, according to a notice reviewed by Reuters on Monday.
  
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• Tories scrabble for new Brexit vision in place of Theresa May's 'doomed' plan

  20-05-2019 20:43
  Theresa May is to discuss the details of her new Brexit deal with her cabinet on Tuesday. Photograph: Rob Pinney/LNP/Rex/ShutterstockThe expected demise of Theresa May’s Brexit plan has sparked open lobbying over an alternative Tory vision, with the chancellor, Philip Hammond, arguing that proponents of a no-deal Brexit are betraying the referendum result. The cabinet will on Tuesday discuss the final details of what Downing Street call a “new and improved deal” to be presented
  
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• Charles calls for Irish-Anglo links to remain strong ‘whatever happens’

  20-05-2019 20:43
  The Prince of Wales was speaking during a visit to Powerscourt House and Gardens in Co Wicklow.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth tours Chelsea Flower Show

  20-05-2019 20:38
  Britain's Queen Elizabeth visited the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday, touring gardens including one designed by the Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of her grandson Prince William.The show, which opens to the public on Tuesday, is the most prestigious event in Britain's gardening calendar and is organised by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), of which Elizabeth is patron.Elizabeth was greeted by RHS President Nicholas Bacon before being shown to the "Back to Nature Garden" designed by Kate, the
  
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• Michael Heseltine Has Tory Whip Suspended After Threat To Vote Lib Dem

  20-05-2019 20:33
  Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has had the Tory whip suspendedafter saying he would vote Liberal Democrat at the European elections, aConservative spokesman said
  
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• A working-class hero pitch from the Tories' chief food bank apologist

  20-05-2019 20:30
  The real purpose of McVey’s speech? Me, me, me. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAThe phoney war is over. Tory MPs have given up even pretending the prime minister is of any importance. Theresa May is now officially a non-person. Not even a disembodied, metallic Maybot gurgle. A woman without credibility. Her dreams of bringing back her withdrawal agreement bill not even treated as an indulgence. She is the joke that has long since stopped being funny. In Stalinist Russia, she would already ha
  
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• Trump ‘to meet Charles’ during controversial state visit to UK

  20-05-2019 20:29
  Charles and Camilla will reportedly join the president for afternoon tea.
  
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• Man charged with murder following death of 23-year-old

  20-05-2019 20:02
  A man was found dead in Motherwell in the early hours of Sunday.
  
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• Woman who drove van into house convicted over pensioner's death

  20-05-2019 20:01
  The van embedded in the wall of the house in Clevedon, Somerset. Photograph: PAA motorist who crashed a van into a house, killing a 90-year-old woman as she sat in her front room speaking on the phone, has been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.Tracy Bibby, 35, was banned from driving at the time she drove the Ford Transit into the home of Joan Woodier in Clevedon, Somerset. Estimated to have been travelling at up to 40mph, the van was left embedded in the front wall of the house,
  
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• Turkey seeks extradition of UK barrister over Twitter activity

  20-05-2019 19:56
  Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has cracked down on opponents since a 2016 coup attempt. Photograph: APA British barrister who has given evidence to parliament is facing possible extradition to Turkey on terrorism charges over his Twitter activity.Ozcan Keles, who is of Turkish descent and holds UK citizenship, appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Monday accused of spreading propaganda online.The attempt to remove him is the latest in a series of high-profile extradition act
  
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• Navy warship tests firepower during missile exercise

  20-05-2019 19:41
  HMS Defender put the system through its paces on Sunday.
  
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• Nurses vote to back decriminalisation of prostitution

  20-05-2019 19:39
  There are 72,800 sex workers in the UK, of whom 88% are women, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAThe union representing Britain’s nurses will start lobbying governments across the UK to decriminalise prostitution in order to safeguard sex workers and improve their health.The Royal College of Nursing voted by an overwhelming majority at its annual conference to ask ministers in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast to make the change.Lou Cah
  
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• Talks to restore Stormont powersharing to intensify, says Coveney

  20-05-2019 19:36
  The latest bid to revive Stormont has seen serving and retired senior civil servants chair working groups focusing on the main sticking points.
  
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• Boy tells court murder co-accused repeatedly asked him to call for schoolgirl

  20-05-2019 19:33
  Ana Kriegel was found dead in a derelict farmhouse in Lucan, Co Dublin in May last year.
  
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• Donald Trump Will Meet Prince Charles During UK Visit – Report

  20-05-2019 19:17
  Donald Trump will have a face-to-face meeting with Prince Charles during hisstate visit to Britain next month, according to a report
  
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• What is facial recognition technology and why is it controversial?

  20-05-2019 19:09
  The first legal challenge against its use by police in the UK begins on Tuesday.
  
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• 'Milkshaking': How The Divisive Protest Against Politicians Escalated Very Quickly

  20-05-2019 19:07
  Danyaal Mahmud had no idea far-right activist Tommy Robinson, real nameStephen Yaxley-Lennon, was due to be campaigning in Warrington last month
  
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• European elections: tactical voting and strategic thinking for remainers

  20-05-2019 19:06
  Nigel Farage in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he was hit by a milkshake during a campaign visit on Monday 20 May. David Hardman fears that Farage’s Brexit party will win two European parliament seats in north-east England unless Labour supporters vote tactically for the Liberal Democrats. Photograph: Scott Heppell/ReutersJonathan Freedland does the country and the pro-EU cause a great disservice by advocating an anti-Labour protest vote (Remainers have no option but to ignore Labour next week
  
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• 'I can't watch them die': Doctor begged to be let out of restaurant to help London Bridge victims

  20-05-2019 18:57
  A junior doctor begged to be let out of a restaurant during the London Bridge terror attack, telling staff: "I can't watch them die."
  
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• Charles and Camilla learn of Brexit fears on visit to Ireland

  20-05-2019 18:54
  The royal couple heard of concerns over the freedom of movement.
  
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• Tommy Whitmore: Drink-driver jailed after killing three people in wrong-way crash

  20-05-2019 18:46
  A "grossly intoxicated" driver has been jailed for eight years and four months for killing three people while driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway slip road.Tommy Whitmore, 26, had smoked two cannabis spliffs in the 24 hours before his pick-up truck crashed head-on into an oncoming car and had more than twice the legal alcohol limit in his blood when he was arrested at the scene.Marko Makula, 22, his fiancee Jana Kockova, 21, and her 19-year-old brother Tomas Kocko died when Whitmore's
  
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• Mordaunt pledges to review internal MoD torture guidance

  20-05-2019 18:37
  Penny Mordaunt was fielding her first defence questions in parliament. Photograph: James Veysey/Rex/ShutterstockThe defence secretary, Penny Mordaunt, has vowed to review Ministry of Defence internal guidance on the sharing with allies of intelligence derived from torture. An MoD policy document, published following freedom of information requests by the Rendition Project and reported in the Times, stated that UK ministers could share information obtained from third parties where there was a ser
  
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• Ex-JLS star Oritse Williams denies behaving like ‘sexual predator’

  20-05-2019 18:34
  Williams claims a consensual sexual encounter took place before he fell asleep.
  
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• Race to succeed Theresa May kicks off with split over no-deal Brexit

  20-05-2019 18:32
  A Conservative leadership hopeful has declared she would take Britain out of the EU with no deal - despite up to 60 Tory MPs being ready to block any candidate planning to do so.Esther McVey, the former work and pensions secretary, said it was "essential" that Brexit happens by the next deadline of 31 October.Speaking at the launch of her "Blue Collar Conservatism" campaign in the House of Commons, Ms McVey - who has already stated her intent to replace Mrs May - said delivering Brexit on time w
  
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• Decriminalise prostitution, urges Royal College of Nursing

  20-05-2019 18:29
  The medical union is to start actively lobbying the Government to change the law.
  
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• Lancashire driver escapes with minor injuries after lorry tyre smashes through windscreen

  20-05-2019 18:27
  A driver has been described as the "luckiest man in the world" after he escaped serious injury when a lorry's wheel came off on the motorway and smashed through his windscreen.The tyre detached from a HGV lorry on the M6 near Leyland in Lancashire and bounced over the central reservation before striking the man's Peugeot, which was travelling in the opposite direction.Lancashire Police shared pictures of the Peugeot's shattered windscreen and collapsed roof and said it was "beyond" them as to ho
  
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• Brexit could make UK a ‘gangsters’ paradise’

  20-05-2019 18:26
  Lib Dem MP Ed Davey said ending freedom of movement will rob the UK of the European Arrest Warrant and create a 'honeypot for criminals'.
  
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• Ecuador confirms search of Julian Assange’s belongings in embassy

  20-05-2019 18:24
  The move comes following a request from US authorities who are seeking the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder.
  
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• Exclusive: Candidate Prepares To Challenge Counting Of A Ballot With 'Brexit' Written On It As A Tory Vote

  20-05-2019 18:22
  A council election candidate who lost by one vote after a ballot paper with'Brexit' written on it was counted as a vote for the Tories is preparing alegal challenge to the result
  
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• Bradley accused of delaying tactics over compensation payments for abuse victims

  20-05-2019 18:18
  Payments recommended by a Stormont-commissioned inquiry have been on ice for two-and-a-half years due to the collapse of the devolved institutions.
  
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