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• Vitality London 10,000 runners disappointed after failing to receive medal

  27-05-2019 23:34
  Some of the event's participants completed the course but left empty-handed.
  
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• Housing minister Kit Malthouse enters race to be next UK PM - The Sun

  27-05-2019 23:33
  (Reuters) - British Housing Minister Kit Malthouse has entered the race to replace Theresa May as the country's prime minister, the Sun newspaper reported late on Monday.
  
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• Eden Hazard rules out playing for another English club after Chelsea

  27-05-2019 23:30
  • ‘I am a Blue. It means a lot to me,’ says forward
  • Europa League final likely to be Hazard’s last Chelsea gameEden Hazard, who is preparing for what is likely to be his final appearance after seven years at Chelsea, has ruled out playing for another English club and vowed to leave on a high by winning the Europa League.A deal has yet to be agreed with long-term suitors Real Madrid but, with Hazard having no interest in extending his contract beyond 2020, Chelsea wi
  
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• Record crowd set to give Scotland send-off for Women’s World Cup | Ewan Murray

  27-05-2019 23:29
  Shelley Kerr’s side face Jamaica at Hampden on Tuesday in a friendly expected to set a record for a women’s game in ScotlandShelley Kerr’s depiction of a “watershed moment” for women’s football in Scotland does not remotely feel like exaggeration. A crowd in the region of 25,000 is expected at Hampden Park on Tuesday night for a friendly with Jamaica which also serves as a send-off before the World Cup. Context is applied by a record attendance of 4,098 for a
  
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• Jeremy Hunt Warns Tories Risk 'Political Suicide' If They Push For No-Deal Brexit

  27-05-2019 23:13
  Jeremy Hunt has warned pushing through a no-deal Brexit would be "politicalsuicide" after the Conservatives' disastrous performance in the Europeanelection
  
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• Just two MEPs elected in Ireland as second day of counting draws to close

  27-05-2019 23:09
  Fine Gael's Mairead McGuinness and the Green Party's Ciaran Cuffe will serve in Brussels.
  
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• PM hopeful Gove offers free passport to EU nationals in Brexit UK

  27-05-2019 23:05
  Britain's environment minister Michael Gove, a leading candidate to replace Theresa May as prime minister, will offer to waive a planned naturalisation fee for eligible European nationals as a goodwill gesture, a source close to him said on Monday."Michael Gove is ready to unite the country.Guaranteeing the rights of EU nationals here in the UK through a declaratory scheme, and making a generous offer of citizenship to those lawfully here at the time of the referendum, is a first step in that di
  
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• American climber dies on descent from summit of Mount Everest

  27-05-2019 23:04
  This brings to nine the number of dead or missing climbers on the Nepali side of the world’s highest mountain in this climbing seasonAn American climber died on the descent from the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, a Nepalese official said, and an Australian climber has been rescued by Tibetan alpine specialists after being found unconscious on the northern slopes of the peak.The American’s death took the number of dead or missing mountaineers on the Nepali side of the world’
  
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• Fine Gael’s Sean Kelly comfortably tops Ireland South first count poll

  27-05-2019 23:03
  Mr Kelly topped the poll with 118,444 first preference votes.
  
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• A Very British Sex Shop review – behind the scenes of a dildo dynasty

  27-05-2019 23:00
  The struggles of a family-owned sex store business in Brighton were uncovered in a documentary that couldn’t decide if it was a tense drama or a cheery rompTaz Richardson is studying music production. “But it’s a tough business to break into. So it’s rubber cocks for me at the moment.” As heir to his father Tim’s two sex shops in Brighton, Taz is – reluctantly – being groomed to take over. He has the 1,000-yard stare of a man who has seen too much,
  
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• Alliance Party leader claims NI’s voters are tired of ‘stale politics’

  27-05-2019 22:24
  Naomi Long secured the cross-community party's best ever result after taking the second of the region's three seats in the European elections.
  
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• Sinn Fein president vows to learn lessons from poor poll results

  27-05-2019 22:11
  Mary Lou McDonald said the party was about more than just winning elections.
  
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• Factbox: A United Kingdom divided over Brexit - Results of EU election

  27-05-2019 22:03
  The Brexit Party came out on top and smaller pro-European Union parties also gained ground, while the Conservatives and Labour haemorrhaged votes to parties that took unequivocal positions for or against Brexit.
  
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• Rafael Nadal home from home and looking for a round dozen at Roland Garros

  27-05-2019 21:57
  • Spain’s No 2 seed gets off to straight-sets win at Roland Garros
  • Novak Djokovic makes similarly short work of Hubert HurkaczThe weight of history is bearing down on Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic more heavily than usual this year, although there were no signs on day two of the championships that it would break them.Nadal will have to stub a toe with some force getting out of bed each morning to experience anything like anxiety in the first week of the 2019 French Open &ndash
  
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• Emotional Dean Smith optimistic about Aston Villa’s future after Wembley win

  27-05-2019 21:35
  • Smith took over as manager in October
  • ‘It feels right Villa are in the Premier League’A mixture of euphoria and optimism swept through Aston Villa as Dean Smith claimed they are back where they belong after winning promotion to the Premier League, and Nassef Sawiris, the club’s co-owner, said the “sky is the limit” following victory in the Championship play-off final.Anwar El Ghazi and John McGinn scored the goals that gave Villa a 2-1 victory over Der
  
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• Fine Gael make gains but Fianna Fail biggest winners in local elections

  27-05-2019 21:29
  Micheal Martin's party had secured a total of 274 seats by early Tuesday evening, while Sinn Fein suffered heavy losses.
  
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• Sister of Lyra McKee vows to support her killer if they come forward

  27-05-2019 21:13
  Nichola Corner said failure was not an option as she urged justice for her family and praised those who have given evidence to police.
  
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• Blueprint Medea review – Euripides explodes in modern London

  27-05-2019 21:00
  Finborough theatre, London
  Julia Pascal’s dynamic production sees Medea reborn as a former fighter against Isis who finds Jason in the British capitalEuripides’ Medea is not just a bloodthirsty barbarian princess fuelled by preternatural powers and “black hatred” to take revenge on a husband who spurns her. She is also an Asian woman and foreigner who makes huge sacrifices for Jason only to find herself alone in the hostile west.In Julia Pascal’s modern reconception
  
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• Michael Gove to pledge free UK citizenship for 3m EU nationals

  27-05-2019 20:52
  The environment secretary was one of the leading figures in the Vote Leave campaign. Photograph: Russell Cheyne/ReutersMichael Gove will pledge free British citizenship for 3 million EU nationals after Brexit if he becomes prime minister, as well as abolishing the burden of providing proof of settled status, the Guardian understands.The environment secretary, one of the leading figures in Vote Leave, is understood to believe strongly that the pledge would honour the promises given to EU citizens
  
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• Arsenal’s ongoing Champions League absence has not been so costly | David Conn

  27-05-2019 20:28
  Even if the Gunners miss out in the Europa League for the third year running, Uefa’s ‘market pool’ will soften the blow for nowFor Arsenal, victory in the Europa League final in Baku – Uefa’s widely condemned choice of venue – carries the greater significance of qualification for next season’s Champions League than for Chelsea, who finished third in the Premier League and are thus qualified. Although the margin was fine for Unai Emery in his first season
  
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• Nigel Farage sets party's sights on Peterborough byelection victory

  27-05-2019 20:08
  Nigel Farage was celebrating his recent victory surrounded by fellow Brexit party MEPs. Photograph: Vudi Xhymshiti/APNigel Farage has set the Brexit party’s sights on winning next month’s byelection in Peterborough, urging supporters to prepare for a possible general election.Speaking at a press conference held to celebrate victory in the EU elections surrounded by most of the 29 MEPs who will go to Brussels to represent the fledgling organisation, he poured scorn on Conservative and
  
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• Sheikh bin Zayed al Nehayan: Man City owner's cousin has 'agreed terms' to buy Newcastle FC

  27-05-2019 20:06
  The cousin of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour has confirmed they have "agreed terms" to buy Premier League club Newcastle United.In a statement, the Bin Zayed Group said "We can confirm the representatives of his Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed al Nahyan are in discussions with Mike Ashley and his team about the proposed acquisition of Newcastle United Football Club.The tycoon's associate has reportedly said the businessman expects to be in complete control in time to sign players in this
  
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• Martin Rowson on the fallout from the EU elections – cartoon

  27-05-2019 20:06
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• Remain forces pact would have helped Lib Dems beat Brexit party, says Cable

  27-05-2019 20:03
  Vince Cable, Lib Dem leader, and his wife Rachel Smith pose with anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray. Photograph: Hannah McKay/ReutersVince Cable has claimed the Liberal Democrats could have beaten the Brexit party in the European elections if remain forces had formed a pact and said the task for his successor would be how to bring pro-referendum parties together.Cable said his party, which gained 14 MEPs and came second behind Nigel Farage’s party, said tactical voters had switched to his pa
  
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• Here was Nigel unplugged. His narcissism and self-deceit exposed | John Crace

  27-05-2019 20:01
  Today was the Brexit party leader’s day, the great disruptor had achieved one of his greatest disruptionsThe crack team of UK negotiators lined up for a group photo. Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Claire Fox, Ann Widdecombe, Annunziata Rees-Mogg and the other 24 new Brexit party MEPs sticking it to the man in the er … imposing establishment surroundings of Carlton House Terrace in the heart of Westminster. But hey, even the men and women of the people need a little down time away from
  
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• West Indies' Jason Holder: ‘Hopefully we can bring the people of the region closer’

  27-05-2019 20:00
  All-rounder has achieved a lot since becoming West Indies’ youngest captain and believes he can deliver a unifying triumphThe quietest voices are often the most interesting and so when Jason Holder, the understated captain of the West Indies, talks about the World Cup it is significant that he considers the wider impact a successful tournament would have on the Caribbean.The West Indies might be regarded as mavericks or outsiders but, before they won the 2016 T20 World Cup , they were dism
  
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• Lance Armstrong should keep his mouth shut if he is serious about redemption | Richard Williams

  27-05-2019 20:00
  Sport often welcomes back a bad boy turned good but some offences lie so far beyond the pale a return is almost impossible despite protestationsSteve Smith and David Warner were booed during Australia’s warm-up fixtures against West Indies and England in Southampton. The Aussies won both matches, and Smith got runs in both, so perhaps they won’t care about a phenomenon that seems likely to continue throughout the World Cup, even if they get to the final on 14 July.According to Smith,
  
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• Femi Elufowoju Jr: Why did Tennessee Williams marginalise African Americans?

  27-05-2019 20:00
  The director takes about hearing The Glass Menagerie differently – and recalls the day he realised he had to do more than actHis career has spanned more than three decades, but Femi Elufowoju Jr has never been as busy as he is now. “I’ve never had the opportunity to direct two shows back to back for the same building,” says the director. When he walked past the posters for both shows, side by side, he said: “Oh, this is crazy.”Bim Adewunmi’s debut play H
  
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• MP Richard Burgon Caps Off Labour's Disastrous Day By Failing Basic Interview Questions

  27-05-2019 19:46
  The Leeds East MP was interviewed by the BBC twice on Monday and both timesrepeatedly refused to answer the most basic of questions
  
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• ‘Short of imagination’: Germaine Greer scorns Leonardo da Vinci’s art

  27-05-2019 19:42
  The prolific author says the Mona Lisa looks ‘half-dead’ while speaking at Hay festivalLeonardo da Vinci, the incomparable Renaissance master? Actually, he was rather sloppy, disappointing and derivative.His greatest work, the most popular painting in the world? “The bloody Mona Lisa … this half-dead woman, this strange green-faced female.” Continue reading...
  
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• Right whale population decline linked to ocean warming, research says

  27-05-2019 19:36
  A report shows that the animal’s food supply shifted, causing them to travel farther for food and moving them closer to shipping lanesThe endangered North Atlantic right whale faces increased odds because its main food supply has shifted due to ocean warming, according to new research. Related: What’s the future for Sri Lanka’s ‘lost’ population of whales?Continue reading...
  
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• The Guardian view on the EU election results: no mandate for no deal | Editorial

  27-05-2019 19:30
  The Tory party now represents fewer than one in 10 voters. These results confirm it has no right to crash Britain out of the European UnionThe most unexpected of elections has produced the most unexpected of consequences. It was an election which most people did not think would happen, which a lot did not want, in which only a minority voted, and in which the winning candidates may never take their seats. Yet for all that, the UK’s European elections of 2019 could prove one of the most con
  
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• Naomi Long ‘speechless’ after strong result for Alliance Party in European poll

  27-05-2019 19:21
  Mrs Long said her 106,000 first preference votes in Northern Ireland was 'beyond expectations'.
  
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• Northern Ireland’s Alliance leader gets push in EU elections from anti-Brexit stance

  27-05-2019 19:20
  Alliance party leader Naomi Long (centre), at the European elections count in Magherafelt. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PAOpposition to Brexit has propelled the leader of Northern Ireland’s Alliance party to the cusp of a dramatic victory in the European elections. Naomi Long, an outspoken advocate of a fresh referendum on the UK’s European Union membership, was on course to win a seat on Monday after almost trebling her party’s vote compared to the 2014 election. “I’m
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon calls for Scottish independence referendum in 2020

  27-05-2019 19:12
  The SNP leader was speaking on a visit to Dublin, where she met Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
  
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• Mo Farah calls time on track return and targets 2020 Olympic marathon

  27-05-2019 19:12
  • Briton concedes he may never run a track race again
  • Farah beat Andy Butchart in Vitality London 10kmMo Farah has conceded he will almost certainly never run a track race again and said his sights are now firmly on running the Olympic marathon in Tokyo.Speaking after winning the Vitality London 10km on Monday ahead of Andy Butchart, Farah admitted that, while he had wanted to defend his world 10,000m title in Doha, he had changed his mind because it was too close to the Chicago mara
  
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• Marriage and children don’t always make women happy. Who knew? | Suzanne Moore

  27-05-2019 19:12
  Should Prof Paul Dolan’s pronouncements change the way we think about life? Er …Some of my best friends are in a subgroup: “unmarried and childless women”. Its members, according to a professor of behavioural science at the London School of Economics, are the “happiest subgroup in the population”. Paul Dolan, in a talk at the Hay festival, told the audience that the latest evidence, including longitudinal studies, shows that the markers conventionally used to
  
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• Malaysia's last male Sumatran rhino dies

  27-05-2019 19:12
  Only one female of the critically endangered species remains in the country Malaysia’s last surviving male Sumatran rhino has died, wildlife officials have said, leaving behind only one female in the country and pushing the critically endangered species closer to extinction.Once found as far away as eastern India and throughout Malaysia, the Sumatran rhino has been almost wiped out, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Continue reading...
  
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• Lessons for Labour as EU centre fails to hold

  27-05-2019 19:11
  Nigel Farage arrives at a news conference in London in the aftermath of his emphatic European election win. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/ReutersLen McCluskey attributes the Labour party’s dramatic loss of support to an anti-Corbyn plot and to Tom Watson’s criticism of the party’s attitude to a public vote (Report, 27 May). McCluskey needs to start thinking clearly and get out of his bunker. Whatever Watson’s motivations and utterances, some of which have been unacceptable,
  
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• Sajid Javid should lift US threat from Julian Assange

  27-05-2019 19:07
  Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van in London before being jailed for breaching bail conditions.Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty ImagesSpeaking as someone who knows and has quarrelled with Julian Assange, I feel that your description of him as an “unattractive character” (Editorial, 25 May) is a little ungenerous, but you are right to note the dire consequences of his being charged under the US Espionage Act of 1917. The allegations against him in Sweden a
  
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• Michael Gove’s legacy and his No 10 destiny

  27-05-2019 19:06
  David Nattrass was saddened to witness Michael Gove’s legacy in the classroom.Photograph: GettyLast week we witnessed one of the saddest responses from a primary school child (aged seven) that we’ve ever heard. The class was involved in a philosophy for children session when they were asked: “What is a feeling?” A hand shot up and immediately came the answer: “It’s an abstract noun!” All around nodded in agreement. Gove’s legacy?
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• Song of peace in memory of Lyra McKee as marchers reach their destination

  27-05-2019 19:05
  The journalist was killed by dissident republican group the New IRA.
  
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• Aston Villa promoted to Premier League after winning 'richest game in football'

  27-05-2019 18:52
  Aston Villa have been promoted the Premier League after beating Derby County 2-1 in what's been dubbed as "the richest game in football".Aston Villa will pocket at least £170m after their win, which consists of a cash boost of £95m just for playing in the Premier League, and parachute payments of £75m - paid out over the next two years.Villa suffered heartbreak 12 months ago when they were beaten in the same game by Fulham but John McGinn and Anwar El Ghazi scored for the clare
  
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• The far right didn’t sweep the EU elections. Europe’s centre is holding | Natalie Nougayrède

  27-05-2019 18:49
  The real story was a Green and liberal surge in Germany, France and beyond, reflecting a new pluralism in EU politicsIt turns out that the widespread predictions of a far-right takeover of the European parliament were, as Mark Twain famously said about reports of his death, “greatly exaggerated”. Citizens across Europe flocked to the ballot box in numbers unseen since the 1990s. The young in particular turned out. And they did not deliver a rightwing populist surge. Related: How were
  
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• Philip Green to close Miss Selfridge's flagship London store in July

  27-05-2019 18:48
  Brand will move into a concession in Topshop next door and old site will be leased Sir Philip Green is to close Miss Selfridge’s flagship London store in July as staff fear for the future of the fashion brand, which is facing significant store closures in a rescue restructure of the former billionaire’s retail empire.Green’s Arcadia Group, which also includes Topshop, Wallis, Dorothy Perkins, Evans and Burton, will next week seek approval from creditors for a company voluntary
  
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• Netanyahu threatens to call fresh election as coalition talks falter

  27-05-2019 18:34
  Israeli PM needs support of religious and nationalist parties to form governmentBenjamin Netanyahu has played a last-minute gambit to persuade politicians to help him form a government, threatening to call fresh Israeli elections if deadlocked negotiations do not succeed.The prime minister and his rightwing and religious allies won a general election just last month, but the leader is required to announce a new coalition by Wednesday, a deadline mandated by law. If he fails, the Israeli presiden
  
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• Mexican minister resigns after causing 38-minute flight delay

  27-05-2019 18:31
  Josefa González Blanco asked Aeroméxico executive to ground plane to wait for herMexico’s environment minister has been forced to resign after causing a flight she was about to miss to be delayed by 38 minutes, in direct contravention of her president’s populist promises to rule for the people.Josefa González Blanco was due to fly from Mexico City to Mexicali, on the US border, last Friday but was held up for reasons that remain unclear. Continue reading...
  
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• Corbyn backs second Brexit referendum after voter exodus

  27-05-2019 18:31
  Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour party leader said he was ‘listening very carefully’ to both sides of the debate. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty ImagesJeremy Corbyn has pledged to support a second referendum on any Brexit deal after the Labour leadership came under overwhelming pressure to halt the exodus of its remain voters who backed pro-EU parties at the European elections. The Labour leader said he was “listening very carefully” to both sides of the debate after t
  
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• Corbyn backs referendum on Brexit deal after voter exodus

  27-05-2019 18:31
  Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour party leader said he was ‘listening very carefully’ to both sides of the debate. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty ImagesJeremy Corbyn has pledged to support a second referendum on any Brexit deal after the Labour leadership came under overwhelming pressure to halt the exodus of its remain voters who backed pro-EU parties at the European elections. The Labour leader said he was “listening very carefully” to both sides of the debate after t
  
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• Briton’s trial in absentia begins in Paris over French woman’s murder in Ireland

  27-05-2019 18:24
  Ian Bailey is being tried in absentia for the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier on isolated hillside in Toormore, near Schull, west Cork.
  
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