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• Andrea Leadsom and Dominic Raab join Tory leadership race as Michael Gove tipped to throw hat in ring

  25-05-2019 23:50
  Dominic Raab and Andrea Leadsom have become the latest Tory MPs to formally announce their intention to succeed Theresa May.Environment Secretary Michael Gove is also reported to be in the race for the Tory leadership, despite not yet formally declaring his candidacy.Dominic Raab, the former Brexit secretary, has written in the Mail on Sunday saying he will put his hat in the ring to offer an "optimistic Conservative vision" and "fight for a fairer deal on Brexit".
  
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• More big names enter race for Number 10 as sparks begin to fly

  25-05-2019 23:45
  Jeremy Hunt, Dominic Raab and Andrea Leadsom latest to declare.
  
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• Teacher in LGBT classes row leads Birmingham Pride

  25-05-2019 23:28
  A teacher whose lessons on LGBT relationships have been met with protests is leading Birmingham Pride this weekend.Some parents began a petition against the classes at Parkfield Community School in January, and that has led to protests and the classes being dropped.The demonstrations have now spread to Anderton Park Primary - also in Birmingham.
  
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• Six candidates enter contest to replace May as British prime minister

  25-05-2019 23:17
  The contest to replace Theresa May as British prime minister hotted up on Saturday with six candidates now vying for a job whose central task will be to find a way to take a divided Britain out of the European Union.May announced on Friday she was quitting over her failure to deliver Brexit, raising the prospect of a new leader who could seek a more divisive split with the EU which could lead to confrontation with the bloc or a possible parliamentary election.British health minister Matt Hancock
  
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• Piers Morgan: Star admits he said f*** for the 'first time' on TV after Mel B revelation - Express

  25-05-2019 23:16 via express.co.uk
  Piers Morgan: Star admits he said f*** for the 'first time' on TV after Mel B revelation  ExpressMel B surprises fans with 'honest' and 'down to earth' interview  Daily MailMel B secretly flew 'booty call' Peter Andre into hotels for sex during brief romance  Irish MirrorSpice Girls Tour setlist CONFIRMED: Should fans wait for an encore? Do they have solos?  ExpressMel B reveals 'intimate' new romance two years after split from Stephen Belafonte  
  
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• Tory Leadership: Dominic Raab Joins Michael Gove, Andrea Leadsom and Jeremy Hunt In Race

  25-05-2019 23:08
  Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has formally entered the Tory leadershiprace with a call for a "new direction"
  
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• Sinn Fein urges Irish government to ‘prepare for reunification of Ireland’

  25-05-2019 22:54
  An RTE commissioned exit poll has suggested growing support in the Republic of Ireland for a united Ireland.
  
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• Hunt enters race for Number 10 as sparks fly between contenders

  25-05-2019 22:28
  Foreign Secretary stresses his business background in pitch to grass roots Tories.
  
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• Never again can Labour find itself on the wrong side of a historic choice

  25-05-2019 22:00
  Tom Watson speaks at a London rally organised by the People’s Vote campaign for a second EU referendum in March.Photograph: Isabel Infantes/AFP/Getty ImagesVoting in the European elections is over, with the results about to come in. The Tory leadership race, which will be won by a hardline Brexiter, has just begun. Everyone who cares about the Labour party and the country is braced with a sense of despair.I want reports of high turnout in Remain areas to reflect a huge gain in votes for La
  
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• More migrants picked up crossing Channel in May than ‘major incident’ December

  25-05-2019 21:41
  Eight men in a small boat were intercepted by a Border Force cutter on Saturday.
  
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• Royal Navy aircraft carrier returns home after captain removed from post

  25-05-2019 21:32
  The commanding officer is accused of using a navy car for personal journeys.
  
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• British climber Robin Haynes Fisher is latest to die on Everest

  25-05-2019 21:18
  A British climber has become the latest to die on Mount Everest - where 10 people are said to have died in the last few weeks.Dozens of climbers have been making the assault on the summit in the narrow window of opportunity when weather conditions are good enough.Robin Haynes Fisher, 44, is reported to have made the top of the world's highest mountain but died 150 metres (almost 500ft) below on his way back down.
  
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• Celtic victory parade cancelled amid safety fears

  25-05-2019 21:17
  The parade had been due to leave Clyde Street at 6.30pm.
  
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• Game of Thrones star Daniel Portman’s savage one-word response to Neil Lennon getting Celtic job - The Scottish Sun

  25-05-2019 21:02 via thescottishsun.co.uk
  Game of Thrones star Daniel Portman’s savage one-word response to Neil Lennon getting Celtic job  The Scottish SunPatrick Roberts posts Celtic reunited snap with Kieran Tierney and Mikael Lustig  Daily RecordRogic's Celtic beats Hearts to win historic 'treble treble'  Sydney Morning HeraldCeltic star Kieran Tierney reunited with best pal Man City ace Patrick Roberts  The Scottish SunCeltic fans shut down busy Glasgow streets as thousands gather in ci
  
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• Why have so many people died on Mount Everest this week? - Metro.co.uk

  25-05-2019 20:13 via metro.co.uk
  Why have so many people died on Mount Everest this week?  Metro.co.ukAt least eight people have died this week after getting stuck in 'traffic jams' on the world's tallest mountain. Mount Everest's freezing conditions and low oxygen ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Man held knife to toddler's throat while mugging grandmother

  25-05-2019 20:13
  Police are searching for a mugger who held a knife to a toddler's throat while robbing the child's grandmother in Middlesbrough.As the pair went down a footpath in a wooded area near Ormesby Road, Normanby, a man emerged from the bushes and demanded her purse.When the woman refused to hand it over the man placed a knife against her grandson's throat.
  
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• Sinn Fein urges Irish government to call unity referendum

  25-05-2019 19:58
  An RTE commissioned exit poll has suggested growing support in the Republic of Ireland for a united Ireland.
  
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• Minister praises Irish voters with landslide divorce vote predicted

  25-05-2019 19:52
  Ireland was asked to vote on whether to reduce the lengthy period separated couples have to wait before they can obtain a formal divorce.
  
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• Teacher behind LGBTQ-inclusive No Outsiders lessons leads Birmingham Pride

  25-05-2019 19:33
  Andrew Moffat, whose lessons have been the centre of recent protests, is leading the Birmingham Pride parade.
  
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• A big asteroid with its own moon is passing by. Here's how to spot it - CNET

  25-05-2019 18:57 via cnet.com
  A big asteroid with its own moon is passing by. Here's how to spot it  CNETAsteroid with its own moon flies by Earth this weekend  NewshubAn asteroid with its own moon will zip past Earth tonight, according to NASA  FOX CarolinaA Nearly Mile-Wide Asteroid With Its Own Moon Hurtles Past Earth This Weekend  HuffPostAn Asteroid with Its Own Moon Will Zip Past Earth Tonight  Space.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Sheffield incident: four rescued children released from hospital

  25-05-2019 18:32
  Supt Paul McCurry: ‘At the moment there is no wider risk to the community in Sheffield.’ Photograph: Danny Lawson/PAFour children rescued from a house in Sheffield where two boys died on Friday have been released from hospital, South Yorkshire police have said.Two teenage boys, aged 13 and 14, were taken to hospital but could not be saved after an incident at an address in the Shiregreen area. A 37-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of murder in connectio
  
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• Birmingham Pride: Muslim Campaigners And 'No Outsiders' Teacher Lead Parade

  25-05-2019 18:20
  Saturday's Birmingham Pride parade was led by members of the muslim community,who walked arm-in-arm with the primary school teacher at the centre of a rowover lessons about same-sex relationships
  
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• Shami Chakrabarti warns police over Extinction Rebellion prosecutions

  25-05-2019 18:09
  Protesters at an Extinction Rebellion-backed march in London on Friday. Photograph: Toby Melville/ReutersShami Chakrabarti, the shadow attorney general, has accused police of stepping out of line by announcing plans to push for the prosecution of more than 1,100 Extinction Rebellion protesters.Deputy assistant commissioner Laurence Taylor said on Friday that the Metropolitan police had a team of 30 officers preparing cases against those arrested during the protests over Easter, and that he antic
  
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• Boy, 14, charged after man dies in Glasgow street

  25-05-2019 17:48
  Daniel McGuigan, 35, died on Friday.
  
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• #DeniedMyVote: EU Citizens Turned Away At Polling Stations To Sue Government

  25-05-2019 17:19
  The government is set to be sued by campaign groups representing for EUcitizens in the UK and British nationals abroad who were not allowed to votein the European parliament elections on Thursday
  
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• Family pay tribute to ‘aspirational’ British climber who died on Everest

  25-05-2019 17:03
  Robin Haynes Fisher was hailed for living life to the full.
  
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• British climber Robert Haynes Fisher is latest to die on Everest

  25-05-2019 16:57
  A British climber has become the latest to die on Mount Everest - where 10 people are said to have died in the last few weeks.Dozens of climbers have been making the assault on the summit in the narrow window of opportunity when weather conditions are good enough.Robert Haynes Fisher, 44, is reported to have made the top of the world's highest mountain but died 150 metres (almost 500ft) below on his way back down.
  
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• European elections results 2019: The 14 candidates who have already WON - Express.co.uk

  25-05-2019 16:45 via express.co.uk
  European elections results 2019: The 14 candidates who have already WON  Express.co.ukEuropean elections results REVEALED: The shocking rise in EU elections votes  Express.co.ukEuropean elections exit poll: Will there be an exit poll for the EU election?  Express.co.ukThe media’s acceptance of the green movement is unprecedented but welcome  iNewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Eight migrants found in inflatable boat heading to Kent coast

  25-05-2019 16:44
  Eight migrants have been found in a boat in the Channel heading towards the Kent coast and taken to immigration centres.The Border Force was alerted to the small boat at around 6.20am and a cutter was deployed and intercepted the inflatable boat.The men were taken to Dover, where they were medically assessed and found to be in good health before being transferred to immigration officials for interview.
  
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• Matt Hancock joins race to be Britain's new Prime Minister

  25-05-2019 16:39
  Five senior Tories are in the race to take over from Theresa May, with Matt Hancock being the latest to confirm he will bid for the top job.Currently health secretary, he confirmed his candidacy to Sky News, saying: "I'm running for the next prime minister because I profoundly believe we need a leader for the future and not just for now.
  
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• Green wave expected to roll in Ireland following European poll

  25-05-2019 16:31
  Counting started on Saturday but no results will be issued until Sunday night due to a EU-wide embargo.
  
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• In Pictures: Cos players leap into action in colourful spectacle

  25-05-2019 16:24
  It was the second day of the MCM London Comic Con.
  
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• Roaring success of Knowsley tiger parade

  25-05-2019 16:11
  The attraction wants to raise awareness of the plight of the endangered Amur tiger.
  
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• Man released in probe over shots fired on day of former INLA prisoner’s funeral

  25-05-2019 16:00
  Photographs emerged of a masked gunman firing a rifle into the air outside the home of Michael McElkerney in Belfast.
  
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• First GDPR fines expected as privacy legislation 'celebrates' 1st birthday - Bedford Independent

  25-05-2019 15:50 via bedfordindependent.co.uk
  First GDPR fines expected as privacy legislation 'celebrates' 1st birthday  Bedford IndependentFour times more data breaches logged in UK  BBC NewsWidespread confusion over GDPR rules that protect your privacy – Which? News  Which?Employers told to expect larger fines as GDPR hits first anniversary  People Management MagazineGDPR one year on -- what have we learned and what happens next?  BetaNewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Council elections counting under way in Ireland

  25-05-2019 15:22
  Early indications show that the Green Party may enjoy an increase in support.
  
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• Lewis Capaldi serves up treat for fans with undercover gig at Greggs

  25-05-2019 15:14
  The 22-year-old wore the full uniform, including hairnet, in Middlesbrough.
  
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• EU citizens denied vote in European elections to sue UK government

  25-05-2019 15:09
  The government is facing the prospect of being sued by campaigners for EU citizens in the UK and British nationals abroad who were denied a vote in the European parliament elections.John Halford, a public law specialist at Bindmans, said this week’s electoral fiasco was something a democracy should not tolerate.“The right to vote is the foundation for all citizenship rights,” he said. “Last Thursday saw a large-scale, systematic, openly discriminatory denial of that right
  
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• Met plans to push for Extinction Rebellion protest prosecutions criticised

  25-05-2019 14:46
  Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti said a senior Scotland Yard officer should 'remember his constitutional role'.
  
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• Reports of university funding crisis are 'scaremongering', says Hinds

  25-05-2019 14:32
  Damian Hinds said the vast majority of universities in the UK were in a good financial position. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty ImagesThe education secretary has said reports of a financial crisis among universities are “scaremongering”, as speculation mounted of a cut in tuition fees. Damian Hinds said “hyperbolic warnings” were misrepresenting the situation facing institutions, most of which have healthy balance sheets. “The financial sustainability of o
  
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• Education secretary calls reports of universities crisis 'scaremongering'

  25-05-2019 14:32
  Damian Hinds said the vast majority of universities in the UK were in a good financial position. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty ImagesThe education secretary has said reports of a whole-sector financial crisis among universities was “scaremongering”, as speculation mounted of a cut in tuition fees. Damian Hinds said “hyperbolic warnings” were misrepresenting the situation facing institutions, most of which have healthy balance sheets. “The financial sustai
  
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• Memorial to murdered girl Alesha MacPhail unveiled on Bute

  25-05-2019 14:17
  The six-year-old was raped and killed on the island in July last year.
  
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• 59,000 sign petition backing doctor who asked Muslim patient to remove veil

  25-05-2019 14:14
  Dr Wolverson said he was 'rather fearful of the consequences' after finding out about the inquiry.
  
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• British climber becomes latest to die on Everest

  25-05-2019 13:52
  A British climber has become the latest to die on Mount Everest - where 10 people are said to have died in the last few weeks.Dozens of climbers have been making the assault on the summit in the narrow window of opportunity when weather conditions are good enough.Mr Fisher's partner, Kristyn Carriere, who went with him to Everest Base Camp before leaving him to climb with an organised trekking group, said on Facebook: "He got his goal.
  
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• Change UK open to forming pro-remain pact with Liberal Democrats

  25-05-2019 13:05
  Chuka Umunna said that remain-backing parties must work ‘even more closely together’.Photograph: George Cracknell Wright/Rex/ShutterstockChange UK could agree with the Liberal Democrats not to stand candidates in the same constituencies at the next general election, the party’s spokesman has said.The former Labour MP Chuka Umunna said he thought a pact between the two parties “would be sensible” when asked if his recently formed party could forge an alliance with th
  
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• Bovis approaches rival Galliford Try about housebuilding merger

  25-05-2019 12:38
  Sky News has learnt that Bovis Homes Group has approached Galliford Try in the last few weeks about a combination of a large chunk of their operations.Bovis has a market value of just over £1.3bn, while Galliford Try, which owns the Linden Homes housebuilding brand, is worth roughly £550m.A Bovis insider‎ cautioned that it was unlikely to be interested in Galliford Try's troubled construction division, which was responsible for a recent profit warning from the group.
  
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• Boy, 14, arrested after man dies in Glasgow street attack

  25-05-2019 12:28
  Daniel McGuigan, 35, died after being assaulted in the Castlemilk area on Friday.
  
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• ECB hopeful Rehn lays out challenges facing Draghi successor

  25-05-2019 12:11
  European Central Bank presidential hopeful Olli Rehn spelled out the challenges facing Mario Draghi's successor in an interview published on Saturday, but declined to comment on the process.The ECB rate setter and Bank of Finland chief has been tipped as a potential successor to Draghi when the ECB president leaves on Oct. 31, but the process is steeped in secrecy."I trust that EU decision makers will find a person for the job who will be able to manage it even through tight spots which will als
  
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• PSNI arrest man over shots fired on day of former INLA prisoner’s funeral

  25-05-2019 12:10
  Photographs emerged of a masked gunman firing a rifle into the air outside the home of Michael McElkerney in Belfast.
  
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• Friends of murder victim Lyra McKee begin three-day peace walk

  25-05-2019 11:54
  They started near St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast, where her funeral was held.
  
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