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• Jansin Turgut: Rugby league player on life support in Ibiza after three-storey car park fall

  21-05-2019 23:54
  A rugby league player is on life support in an Ibiza hospital after suffering horrific injuries in a three-storey fall from the island's airport car park.Jansin Turgut had "severe fractures in every bone in his face.The former Salford Reds and Hull player is in a critical condition at the private Nuestra Senora del Rosario Clinic.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn breaks fast with Muslims on Finsbury Park attack anniversary

  21-05-2019 23:53
  The Labour leader attended an event on the second anniversary of the attack, according to Islam's lunar calendar.
  
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• Mosque attack survivor says Government blindsided by rise of far right

  21-05-2019 23:42
  Abdirahman Ibrahim was clipped by a van driven by extremist Darren Osborne.
  
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• England’s Fabian Delph reports early to prove fitness for Nations League

  21-05-2019 23:30
  • Manchester City midfielder has given up rest time
  • Nations League finals are in Portugal in early JuneFabian Delph is to report early for the England squad following the completion of Manchester City’s record-breaking season in an attempt to prove form and fitness before next month’s Nations League finals.Gareth Southgate welcomed 12 players from Everton, Leicester, Burnley, Stoke, West Ham, Southampton, Manchester United and Bournemouth to St George’s Park on Tues
  
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• Christian Pulisic: ‘There’s a champion mentality at Chelsea’ | Dominic Fifield

  21-05-2019 23:30
  The young American may well be the only new recruit at Stamford Bridge next season and he is planning to make an impactEarly afternoon at Stamford Bridge and the man who could yet prove to be the only new face in Chelsea ranks next season was still pinching himself to be here at all. Christian Pulisic has had six months to contemplate life in the Premier League, having pushed to see out the season in fruitless pursuit of the Bundesliga title with Borussia Dortmund. “I’m still trying
  
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• Thousands rally across US against abortion bans – in pictures

  21-05-2019 23:03
  About 400 events were set to take place across all 50 US states in defense of abortion rights Continue reading...
  
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• How Theresa May's Frankenstein Brexit Deal Twitched And Gasped Its Last Breath

  21-05-2019 23:01
  "This is a great time to be alive," Theresa May declared, with the closest shegets to political passion
  
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• Saracens and McCall wary of Cipriani threat in Premiership semi-final

  21-05-2019 23:00
  • Saracens take on Gloucester at Allianz Park on Saturday
  • Dylan Hartley’s fitness still a concern for NorthamptonThe Saracens director of rugby, Mark McCall, has warned of the threat posed by Danny Cipriani in Saturday’s Premiership semi-final, urging his side to cut the Gloucester fly-half off at the source.Saracens head into Saturday’s encounter at Allianz Park hot favourites to reach the final as they hope for another European and domestic double, having reclaime
  
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• Exclusive: Politicians Who Promote Rape Should Be Banned For Life From Public Office, May Urged

  21-05-2019 23:00
  Politicians who promote rape or violence should be banned for life fromstanding for public office, leading MPs and equality campaigners have urgedTheresa May
  
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• Celestial Bodies wins £50,000 Man Booker International Prize

  21-05-2019 22:54
  The book was written by Jokha Alharthi and translated by Professor Marilyn Booth.
  
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• Farage: My party will want seats on EU’s Brexit team if we top election

  21-05-2019 22:42
  The former Ukip leader also speculated that wins for the Brexit Party could have an impact on the leadership of the two main Westminster parties.
  
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• Man Booker International prize: Jokha Alharthi wins for Celestial Bodies

  21-05-2019 22:38
  First female Omani novelist to be translated into English shares £50,000 prize with translator Marilyn Booth – the first time an Arabic book has wonJokha Alharthi, the first female Omani novelist to be translated into English, has won the Man Booker International prize for her novel Celestial Bodies.Alharthi, the £50,000 award’s first winner to write in Arabic, shares the prize equally with her translator, American academic Marilyn Booth. Celestial Bodies is set in the Om
  
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• May’s final effort to win backing falls flat as MPs reject ‘new' Brexit deal

  21-05-2019 22:15
  Theresa May’s final attempt to patch together a parliamentary majority for Brexit appears to have backfired after her 10-point “new deal” was rejected by MPs from across the political spectrum. In a speech at the headquarters of consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers in London on Tuesday, the prime minister laid out a series of promises that will be included in the 100-page withdrawal agreement bill (Wab) when it is published later this week – including an offer of a binding
  
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• May’s final effort to win backing falls flat as MPs reject ‘new' Brexit deal

  21-05-2019 22:15
  Theresa May’s final attempt to patch together a parliamentary majority for Brexit appears to have backfired after her 10-point “new deal” was rejected by MPs from across the political spectrum.In a speech at the headquarters of consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers in London on Tuesday, the prime minister laid out a series of promises that will be included in the 100-page withdrawal agreement bill (Wab) when it is published later this week – including an offer of a binding v
  
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• May’s final effort to win backing falls flat as MPs reject ‘new' Brexit deal

  21-05-2019 22:15
  Politicians from across the House shoot down repackaged offer in major blow to PMFollow the latest political developments - liveTheresa May’s final attempt to patch together a parliamentary majority for Brexit appears to have backfired after her 10-point “new deal” was rejected by MPs from across the political spectrum.In a speech at the headquarters of consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers in London on Tuesday, the prime minister laid out a series of promises that will be include
  
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• Teenager admits to stealing geriatric lemur from a California zoo

  21-05-2019 22:10
  Man who made off with Isaac, Santa Ana zoo’s 32-year-old ring-tailed lemur, faces prison time and a $100,000 fine
  The plastic container left overnight on 27 July 2018 in front of a Marriott Bayview hotel in Newport Beach, California bore two handwritten notes. “This belongs to the Santa Ana Zoo it was taken last night please bring it to police,” read one. “Lemur (with tracker),” read the other.Inside, mercifully unharmed despite the lack of ventilation holes, was Is
  
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• Biden finds unexpected success with low-dollar donors

  21-05-2019 22:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is finding unexpected online fundraising success from low-dollar donors, with more than 97% of his contributions coming from those who gave less than $200, his presidential campaign announced Tuesday.
  
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• Nigel Farage: Elections watchdog 'coordinated' funding investigation with Gordon Brown - Sky News

  21-05-2019 21:56 via news.sky.com
  Nigel Farage: Elections watchdog 'coordinated' funding investigation with Gordon Brown  Sky NewsNigel Farage to be examined over £450,000 payment from Arron Banks  BBC NewsNigel Farage milkshake attack: Man charged with assault  BBC NewsI can’t stand Nigel Farage – but even I wouldn’t throw a milkshake at him  The IndependentEuropean elections 2019 odds: Who will win EU election - will Brexit Party win?  Express.co.ukView
  
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• Nigel Farage: Elections watchdog 'coordinated' funding investigation with Gordon Brown

  21-05-2019 21:54
  Nigel Farage has accused Britain's elections watchdog of performing a "coordinated move" with Gordon Brown to raise doubt about his Brexit Party's funding system.The prominent Leave campaigner declared that he thought "a lot of people have worked together on this" in an exclusive interview with Sky News.Former prime minister Mr Brown used a speech on Monday to accuse Mr Farage's new outfit of receiving a large amount of money via small "undeclared, untraceable payments".
  
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• Warnings Of 'Draconian' Cuts As Councils In England Could Face £50bn Funding Gap By 2025

  21-05-2019 21:47
  Councils risk being stripped down to the bare minimum and having to enforcefresh "draconian" cuts amid warnings of an estimated £50bn funding gap overthe next six years
  
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• European Parliament to investigate Nigel Farage over donation complaint

  21-05-2019 21:27
  The move comes as a separate review of the Brexit Party's funding model by the electoral watchdog found no wrongdoing.
  
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• May tries to break Brexit deadlock with offer of 'new deal'

  21-05-2019 21:21
  Prime Minister Theresa May set out a "new deal" on Tuesday for Britain's departure from the European Union, offering sweeteners to parliament including the chance to vote on whether to hold a second referendum to try to break the impasse over Brexit.Three years after Britain voted to leave the EU and almost two months after the planned departure date, May is mounting a last effort to try to get the deeply divided parliament's backing for a divorce deal and leave office with some kind of legacy.M
  
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• Eoin Morgan says England are ‘as ready as we can be’ for World Cup campaign - The Guardian

  21-05-2019 21:21 via theguardian.com
  Eoin Morgan says England are ‘as ready as we can be’ for World Cup campaign  The GuardianThe England captain Eoin Morgan is desperate for their World Cup opener against South Africa to come around.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood review - Tarantino's dazzling LA redemption song

  21-05-2019 21:13
  With Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt playing a TV actor and stuntman who cross paths with the Manson cult, Tarantino has created outrageous, disorientating entertainmentQuentin Tarantino’s exploitation black-comedy thriller Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood finds a pulp-fictionally redemptive take on the Manson nightmare in late-60s California: a B-movie loser’s state of grace.It’s shocking, gripping, dazzlingly shot in the celluloid-primary colours of sky blue and sunset
  
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• 'Convoluted mess': Tory support for May's Brexit deal drains away

  21-05-2019 21:11
  Zac Goldsmith said May’s offer took the country towards a choice between her deal and no Brexit. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesA string of Conservative MPs have said they can no longer back Theresa May’s Brexit deal, in a sign that many could be willing to vote it down in order to hasten her departure as prime minister.At least 23 Tories who backed the deal last time said they were unlikely to support her revised “10-point offer” this time for various reasons &ndash
  
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• British Steel on verge of collapse as government talks stall

  21-05-2019 21:10
  Corbyn calls for nationalisation of Brexit-hit producer if £30m loan not forthcoming‘I’m worried sick’: Scunthorpe frets over British Steel slumpBritish Steel could fall into administration as soon as Wednesday, putting 5,000 jobs directly at risk and endangering thousands more in the supply chain, after talks to secure an emergency £30m loan from the government stalled.The UK’s second-largest steel producer is on the verge of collapse following inconclusive t
  
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• Niki Lauda: World champion Lewis Hamilton pays tribute to 'bright light in my life' - BBC Sport

  21-05-2019 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Niki Lauda: World champion Lewis Hamilton pays tribute to 'bright light in my life'  BBC SportNiki Lauda wife: How Birgit Wetzinger saved Formula 1 star’s life when they started dating  ExpressNiki Lauda’s wife Birgit, 30 years his junior, saved his life by donating her kidney before they married in s  The SunNiki Lauda, Austrian Formula 1 legend, dies at 70  BBC News"That was the power and the persuasiveness that Niki Lauda had"  Mot
  
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• Man found dead in toilets of McDonald's restaurant - Mirror Online

  21-05-2019 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  Man found dead in toilets of McDonald's restaurant  Mirror OnlinePensioner's body found in toilets of McDonald's restaurant  Liverpool EchoKensington McDonald's: Pensioner's body found in Liverpool fast food chain - Daily Star  Daily StarMan found dead in McDonald's toilet  Metro.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Strange noise keeping couple awake for years turns out to be hive of 80,000 BEES - Mirror Online

  21-05-2019 21:01 via mirror.co.uk
  Strange noise keeping couple awake for years turns out to be hive of 80,000 BEES  Mirror OnlineThe bees built the massive nest in the walls of the house in Pinos Puente, near Granada, Spain, and it grew in size.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ben Jennings on Nigel Farage and his expenses – cartoon

  21-05-2019 21:00
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• May's offer was neither 'new' nor bold. It will be her final failure | Tom Kibasi

  21-05-2019 20:56
  From customs to workers’ rights, nothing has changed – meaning it is unlikely to win any MPs roundIn a last-ditch attempt to get her deal through parliament, Theresa May has presented a supposedly fresh 10-point plan to break the deadlock. On closer examination, the changes are at best slight, and at worst set to lose her more support than they gain. May once attempted a similar manoeuvre over supposedly “legally binding changes to the backstop”. This afternoon was a last
  
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• Theresa May proves herself the woman who has nothing for everyone | John Crace

  21-05-2019 20:54
  The PM seemed determined to inflict yet more humiliation on her self during her latest Brexit speech It came billed as the prime minister’s “big and bold” offer. What we got was more of a hostage video. Theresa May’s previous major Brexit speeches had taken place in Lancaster House and a Florentine palazzo. Now she was squeezed into the atrium of PWC’s offices in Charing Cross, in front of just a handful of pre-selected journalists. Behind the lectern was a map of t
  
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• George RR Martin Comments On The End Of Game Of Thrones (On TV) - Empire

  21-05-2019 20:43 via empireonline.com
  George RR Martin Comments On The End Of Game Of Thrones (On TV)  EmpireGame of Thrones prequel: Everything we know so far  BBC NewsWhy the Game of Thrones finale was so bad – and everything else that was wrong with the season  Telegraph.co.ukAfter Game of Thrones, what's the next must-see fantasy epic?  The GuardianGame of Thrones finale: Bran Stark’s ending revealed in pilot - here’s what you missed  ExpressView full coverage o
  
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• Baku farce is a reminder football should use its influence for the better | Paul MacInnes

  21-05-2019 20:41
  Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s absence from the Europa League final suggests the sport must rise to this political momentJust as political enthusiasts found themselves casually deploying the lexicon of international trade after the Brexit vote, so football supporters are having to brush up on their international relations. After becoming familiar with the internecine struggles of the Arabian gulf these past few weeks, attention now turns to the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and the implicat
  
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• Book giveaway aims to inspire pupils to combat littering

  21-05-2019 20:40
  The Clumps’ Big Mess, by Ross MacKenzie, is being given to every primary and additional support needs school pupil in Renfrewshire.
  
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• Boris Johnson woos centre-ground Tories in bid to widen appeal

  21-05-2019 20:37
  Leadership contender seeks backing of Amber Rudd’s One Nation group Boris Johnson is launching a bid to court One Nation Conservative MPs in the group of centrist liberals run by Amber Rudd, as he tries to pitch himself as a candidate who can appeal beyond rightwing Brexit supporters.The former foreign secretary, who is favourite to be the next Conservative leader, is backed by Brexit hardliner Jacob Rees-Mogg but infuriated many Tory colleagues by backing Theresa May’s deal after mo
  
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• Queen tells garden party guest of Northern Ireland government hopes

  21-05-2019 20:34
  The 8,000 invited guests were served tea and cake in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
  
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• This Milkshake Spring isn’t political violence – it’s political theatre | Aditya Chakrabortty

  21-05-2019 20:24
  From Nigel Farage to Tommy Robinson and Carl Benjamin, dangerous figures on the right are being reduced to ridiculeWhat a lot of crying over a spilt milkshake. Since broadcaster and sometime politician Nigel Farage got covered in sticky banana and salted caramel in Newcastle on Monday, the air has been thick with condemnation.“Normal campaigning is becoming impossible,” tweeted the far-right leader, before pleading for “civilised democracy” – a new tune from a man w
  
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• Brexit: Is there anything new in Theresa May's 'new deal'? - BBC News

  21-05-2019 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Brexit: Is there anything new in Theresa May's 'new deal'?  BBC NewsTheresa May has urged MPs to back what she has described as a "new" Brexit deal - but what exactly is different in this updated withdrawal agreement?View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Theresa May bids to save her Brexit deal but loses more MPs' support

  21-05-2019 20:22
  Theresa May has launched a last-ditch bid to save her Brexit deal, but ended up losing more MPs' support.Mr Corbyn added there was a "question of the deliverability of it" given Mrs May was likely to be replaced soon.
  
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• UK business group condemns Labour nationalisation plans, Brexit delay

  21-05-2019 20:14
  Plans by Britain's opposition Labour Party to nationalise utilities including the country's electricity grid will damage investment as well as hurting many small shareholders, one of the country's main business groups warned on Tuesday.Last week, Labour published plans to renationalise the country's 60-billion-pound energy networks, taking companies such as National Grid, Scottish Power and SSE into public ownership.Utilities warned this would damage investment, and on Tuesday the Confederation
  
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• Nigel Farage: Electoral Commission is 'full of remainers'

  21-05-2019 20:12
  Nigel Farage campaigning in Newcastle on Monday. Photograph: Scott Heppell/ReutersNigel Farage has insisted his Brexit party does not accept donations in foreign currency and dismissed the Electoral Commission as being “full of remainers” as it visited his party’s office as part of a funding review.The commission announced it was looking into the Brexit party’s donations after the former prime minister Gordon Brown urged it to investigate concerns over the legality of its
  
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• May to ask MPs to vote on a second Brexit referendum

  21-05-2019 20:10
  British Prime Minister Theresa May said her government will include in her Withdrawal Agreement Bill a requirement for Members of Parliament (MPs) to vote on whether to hold another Brexit referendum."The government will therefore include in the Withdrawal Agreement Bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum."This must take place before the Withdrawal Agreement can be ratified," May told reporters.
  
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• McDonald's investigated over racism and harassment claims in Brazil

  21-05-2019 20:09
  Federal prosecutors say complaint presents ‘worrying evidence’ of sexual harassment and discriminationIt was a busy day at a McDonald’s branch in São Paulo. Marcelo says he was struggling to keep up with demand while manning the chips and white meat stations when the shift boss called him a “damned stupid blackie”.Marcelo protested and said he would pursue legal action for racism. The store manager fired him the next day, according to his statement in court d
  
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• Ilhan Omar breaks Ramadan fast with Democrats in historic Iftar

  21-05-2019 20:09
  The breaking of the fast was the first to be organized by three Muslim members of Congress and be attended by party leadershipUS congresswoman Ilhan Omar had just won her primary in Minnesota last year, putting her on track to make history, when she found herself in a meeting with Nancy Pelosi.Pelosi, then the House minority leader, pointed out that Omar had a smooth path to victory in the reliably Democratic district. She then asked Omar to name the one thing that worried her, to which the Soma
  
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• Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hits Cannes to red-carpet circus

  21-05-2019 20:07
  Los Angeles-set thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt the festival’s hot ticket, with Tarantino imploring audience members not to reveal the plotTwenty five years to the day that Pulp Fiction debuted at the Cannes film festival, Quentin Tarantino returned to the French Riviera with for his much-anticipated film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.A 60s-set drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a floundering western star and Brad Pitt as his long-suffering stuntman, the film premiered t
  
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• Bond film extra killed with fatal dose of chemsex drug, jury told

  21-05-2019 20:07
  Gerald Matovu accused of murdering Eric Michels in London after Grindr meet-up
  An alleged fraudster met a Bond film actor on the dating app Grindr then killed him with a fatal dose of a chemsex drug, a court has heard.Gerald Matovu, 25, used a syringe to administer GHB to Eric Michels, 54, at his home in Chessington, London, in August last year. He claims it was consensual. Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on Greens in Europe: hopeful signs | Editorial

  21-05-2019 20:05
  An enlarged Green group in the European parliament would drive climate policy forward, and prove that the activism of recent months has been effectiveIt is an ill wind that blows no one any good. Even the buffeting by the gale of rightwing nationalist parties in the European elections has a bracing message: that the environment is back on the political agenda. Recent months have seen a dramatic rise in the profile of green issues, following last year’s warning from the UN that the window o
  
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• British PM's new Brexit deal appears acceptable to Ireland - Varadkar

  21-05-2019 20:03
  British Prime Minister Theresa May's "new deal" aimed at delivering Brexit would appear to be acceptable to Ireland, a key party in the negotiations, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday."We have always said that if this withdrawal agreement bill doesn't contradict the letter or spirit of the withdrawal agreement, including the Irish backstop, well then it's something that we can accept," Varadkar told Irish national broadcaster RTE after May set out plans that quickly ran into oppo
  
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• My friend Niki Lauda was a street-fighter and a shining talent in F1 | John Watson

  21-05-2019 20:02
  Niki changed people’s perceptions about motor racing, and his remarkable range of qualities will be sadly missedNiki Lauda and I raced both alongside and against one another and remained friends until his death. His qualities, abilities and achievements are rightly admired, as were the clarity of his thinking and pragmatism. He was an intelligent man, a street-fighter, a three-times world champion and his comeback after the accident at the Nürburgring stands as the most courageous act
  
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