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• Irish witnesses give evidence in French trial of Briton accused of murder

  28-05-2019 23:45
  Ian Bailey is accused of killing Sophie Toscan du Plantier outside Schull, West Cork, two days before Christmas in 1996.
  
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• Election count set to reach fifth day in Ireland

  28-05-2019 23:32
  Six of the 13 seats in the European Parliament were filled on Tuesday night.
  
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• Wallace overtakes Kelleher as Ireland South count continues into fourth day

  28-05-2019 23:11
  The Ireland South constituency has seen Sean Kelly become and MEP but who will join him is still undecided.
  
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• Hotter than Ibiza: UK set to bask in 30C weather this weekend

  28-05-2019 23:11
  Forecasters say the balmy start to June will also see parts of the UK hotter than holiday destinations like Barcelona and St Tropez.Met Office spokesperson Grahame Madge said Sunday is expected to be hotter than Saturday, reaching highs of 29C (84F) or 30C (86F).Highs of 28C (82F) are expected on Saturday, with areas including Norwich, north London and the South East enjoying the highest temperatures.
  
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• Kate Hoey defends sharing stage with Farage after calls for Labour expulsion

  28-05-2019 22:48
  The MP was accused of showing support for the Brexit Party.
  
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• Scottish Labour throws weight behind second Brexit vote

  28-05-2019 21:42
  Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard answers questions after the party’s poor showing in the European election. Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty ImagesRichard Leonard, the Scottish Labour leader, is to ask his party to back an automatic second referendum on Brexit and to support remain, to head off a crisis over the party’s disastrous European election. Scottish Labour officials said the new policy would be put to the party’s executive committee a week on Saturday after it suffered
  
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• John Bercow defies Eurosceptics with vow to stay on as Speaker

  28-05-2019 21:18
  John Bercow at the House of Commons last week. He had been widely expected to step down from role of Speaker. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesJohn Bercow has said he plans to stay in his post as Speaker of the House of Commons despite previous expectations he was about to leave, risking the fury of hardline Eurosceptics who believe he wants to thwart a no-deal Brexit. The Speaker told the Guardian it was not “sensible to vacate the chair” while there were major issues before parl
  
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• Charles Clarke, Ex-Labour Home Secretary, Blasts Alastair Campbell's Expulsion As Admits He Voted Lib Dem Too

  28-05-2019 21:10
  Campbell, Tony Blair's former spin doctor, was expelled from the party onTuesday after he said he voted for the Lib Dems
  
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• Ex-Labour home secretary admits voting Lib Dem in European elections

  28-05-2019 21:03
  Charles Clarke said he took a 'one-off decision' in the polls.
  
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• Senior Corbyn staffers backed voting against Labour, claims Campbell

  28-05-2019 20:58
  Tony Blair's former spin doctor was ousted from the party after voting Lib Dem in the European elections.
  
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• 'Multiple parties' interested in British Steel

  28-05-2019 20:48
  Multiple parties have been given access to the books of British Steel, according to the office handling the liquidation.The Official Receiver said in a statement: "Good progress is being made in identifying potential buyers for British Steel."Multiple parties have signed non-disclosure agreements giving them access to a detailed information memorandum and virtual data-room that my team has developed to inform their bids.
  
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• Leonard: Labour must back referendum with option of remaining in EU

  28-05-2019 20:42
  The Scottish Labour leader said he will not resign, despite calls from some party members.
  
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• Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews hid in vault during armed robbery - as three men arrested

  28-05-2019 20:37
  Three men have been arrested after an armed robbery at a luxury jewellers where reality TV star Spencer Matthews was forced to hide in a vault.The brother-in-law of Pippa Middleton told The Kay Burley Show he took cover downstairs at The Hour House on Duke Street in London's West End on Tuesday.Matthews, who previously featured in Made In Chelsea, posted a video on his Instagram saying he had to "hide in a safe place" after the shop got "smashed to pieces by armed robbers".
  
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• Six seats filled in European elections in Ireland

  28-05-2019 20:33
  Fine Gael MEP Sean Kelly took the first seat in the Ireland South constituency.
  
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• UK Weather: Britain Set For A Scorcher This Weekend As Bit *Too* Hot 30C Heatwave Approaches

  28-05-2019 20:32
  After spending months complaining about the wind, rain and cold, Brits will beable to partake in their favourite summer pastime this weekend - complainingit's a bit too hot
  
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• Varadkar: Two pro-EU MEPs in NI sends London a ‘significant message’

  28-05-2019 20:28
  Leo Varadkar described the election of Sinn Fein's Martina Anderson and Alliance Party's Naomi Long as a significant change.
  
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• Iran deputy foreign minister says ready for dialog with Gulf Arab countries -statement

  28-05-2019 20:28
  Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday that his country was ready to engage in dialog with Gulf Arab countries in order to address escalating tensions in the region.Araqchi met Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Doha, where the two sides "expressed their concern about escalations and problems in the region," a Qatar Foreign Ministry statement said.Tensions have risen between Iran on one side and the United States and its Gulf allies Saudi Ara
  
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• Trio held after robbers strike watch shop as Spencer Matthews hides in vault

  28-05-2019 20:27
  The former Made In Chelsea star posted pictures on the social media site of the glass-strewn shop and smashed cabinets.
  
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• Three Arrested Over Raid In Luxury Watch Store Where Spencer Matthews Was Shopping

  28-05-2019 20:18
  Three men have been arrested after a raid on a luxury London watch shop,during which reality TV star Spencer Matthews was forced to hide in the vault
  
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• Treatment of Northern Irish journalists likened to police state, court hears

  28-05-2019 20:14
  The investigative journalists Trevor Birney, left, and Barry McCaffrey, centre, with the MP David Davis outside Belfast high court on Tuesday. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PAThe arrest of two Northern Irish journalists after they embarrassed authorities by obtaining documents relating to a mass murder “was the kind of operation more associated with a police state than with a liberal democracy”, a court has heard. Northern Irish police raided the homes and offices of the award-winning jo
  
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• Scottish parliament votes in favour of smacking ban

  28-05-2019 20:10
  The children’s commissioner for England said it was time to change laws there to protect children. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PAThe Scottish parliament has voted by a significant majority in favour of banning the physical punishment of children.The bill, lodged by the Scottish Green party MSP John Finnie and supported by the Scottish National party government, is designed to give children equal protection from violence by removing the defence of “justifiable assault” in Scots la
  
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• Detectives welcome rape convictions after teenager duped into taking lift

  28-05-2019 19:52
  The 18-year-old entered what she thought was a taxi following a night out in Kirkcaldy.
  
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• John Bercow Warns Boris Johnson: Parliament Can Stop No-Deal Brexit

  28-05-2019 19:49
  John Bercow has warned Boris Johnson and other Tory leadership contenders thatparliament has the power to block a no-deal Brexit
  
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• British overseas territories top corporate tax loophole index

  28-05-2019 19:38
  Britain's offshore territories the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Bermuda and the Cayman Islands were named in a study released on Wednesday as the most significant jurisdictions used by global companies to minimise their tax bills.Governments are stepping up efforts to recoup more tax from multinationals, with the European Commission forcing iPhone maker Apple to repay 13 billion euros after it used Ireland to cut its tax on European profits to almost zero.
  
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• Human rights watchdog urged to investigate Tories over Islamophobia claims

  28-05-2019 19:23
  Harun Khan, of the Muslim Council of Britain, claimed there is a 'tolerance for Islamophobia at the highest levels' of the Conservative Party.
  
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• London Bridge attacker called Lee Rigby murder 'an eye for an eye'

  28-05-2019 19:22
  One of the London Bridge attackers gave his wife an "early Eid" present the morning before he and two others killed eight people in a rampage.Khuram Butt, 27, had developed more radical views after he married his wife in 2013, saying he wanted to live under Sharia law, and describing terrorism, in particular the murder of Lee Rigby, as "an eye for an eye".In 2016, he appeared on the Channel 4 documentary The Jihadi Next Door.
  
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• Theresa May Passes Brexit Quagmire To Successor During EU Talks In Brussels

  28-05-2019 19:21
  Theresa May has handed her perennial political headache to her successor asshe arrived in Brussel's for the last time as prime minister
  
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• What now for Labour after EU election fiasco?

  28-05-2019 19:10
  ‘I’m baffled by this tendency to treat Jeremy Corbyn as if were a kindly but bewildered old gent who had fallen under the malign influence of relatives,’ writes Glyn Turton. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/ReutersCongratulations to Paul Mason for his honest and damning critique not only of the Labour party’s disastrous local and European election campaigns, but also its approach to Brexit as determined by Jeremy Corbyn’s “team”, against the wishes of the majo
  
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• A duty to report on the Ballymurphy inquest

  28-05-2019 19:10
  Families of the six people who died on 9 August 1971 during the first day of the Ballymurphy Massacre hold images of those who died outside Laganside court in Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PAJust as politicians seem ready to abandon Northern Ireland (along with its governance, the backstop and the Good Friday agreement) to the vagaries of fate, seeing it as a troublesome impediment to reaching a Brexit conclusion, so too the full details of what happened during the Troubles look likely to b
  
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• Victims of domestic abuse need legal aid

  28-05-2019 19:09
  Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/Corbis via Getty ImagesAs a former family law solicitor, your recent article on how the family courts treat victims of domestic abuse and their children (15 May) struck a chord with me. As you point out, research by the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme found that four children have been killed in the past five years by parents with a history of domestic violence who were given access to them by the courts.These tragic figures highlight a failure in the syste
  
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• The North Coast 500 route: getting the best out of Scotland’s ‘Route 66’

  28-05-2019 19:09
  ‘We don’t just have scenery and sheep, but iron age settlements, a herring station, a flagstone industry, and the legacy of the Clearances etched on the townships the route passes through,’ says Pamela King. Photograph: Stephan Boehme/EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEmI live on the North Coast 500 route in a community I have spent time in for 60 years. I can endorse much of your report (Tourists take toll on Scotland’s ‘Route 66’, 25 May). Yes, it has brought business t
  
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• Boy, 14, in court over man’s murder

  28-05-2019 19:08
  The teenager is accused along with two men over the death of Daniel McGuigan, 35, in Glasgow.
  
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• AC Milan coach Gattuso leaves after missing out on Champions League

  28-05-2019 19:08
  AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso parted company with the club on Tuesday, two days after his team narrowly missed out on qualifying for next season's Champions League to extend their absence from the competition to six seasons.Milan confirmed in a statement that the 41-year-old, a combative former midfielder who spent 13 seasons of his playing career at the club, had left with two years to run on his contract."AC Milan announces Gennaro Gattuso will leave his role as the club's first team manager
  
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• Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews hid in vault during armed raid at jewellers

  28-05-2019 19:06
  Reality TV star Spencer Matthews has told Sky News how he was caught up in a "scary" armed robbery at a luxury jewellers in London's West End in broad daylight.The brother-in-law of Pippa Middleton told The Kay Burley Show that he was forced to hide in the vault at The Hour House on Duke Street.Matthews, who previously featured in Made In Chelsea, posted a video on his Instagram saying he had to "hide in a safe place" after the shop got "smashed to pieces by armed robbers".
  
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• Sky News to hold live head-to-head debate between final two Conservative leadership candidates

  28-05-2019 19:05
  Sky News is organising a live head-to-head debate as part of the Conservative leadership election contest.The two final candidates in the battle for Number 10 will take part in a live debate with a studio audience made up of Conservative voters at Sky's west London Studios.This will be a major cross-platform national event broadcast live on TV and Sky News's various digital and radio platforms.
  
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• May in Brussels as EU leaders consider ‘top jobs’

  28-05-2019 19:04
  Theresa May joined leaders of the 27 other EU countries as they begin the process of replacing Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president.
  
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• PM candidate Gove: Britain must leave the EU before holding election

  28-05-2019 19:02
  Britain must leave the European Union before holding another national election, Michael Gove, a candidate to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, said on Tuesday, because there is the risk of a Labour government and no Brexit."We must leave the EU before we have an election," Gove said on Twitter, saying Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn could end up as prime minister with support from Scottish nationalists.
  
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• EU tells Britain: There will be no renegotiation of Brexit deal

  28-05-2019 19:02
  LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will not renegotiate the Brexit deal that Prime Minister Theresa May agreed, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Tuesday, as concerns grew that a successor to May could trigger a confrontation with the bloc.Brexit is up in the air after May announced plans to step down, triggering a leadership contest in the ruling Conservative Party that could bring a new prime minister to power who wants a much more decisive break with the EU.One of t
  
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• Holyrood backs general principles of Bill to ban smacking

  28-05-2019 18:59
  MSPs backed the Bill at Stage One by 80 votes to 29 with two abstentions.
  
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• Tory Leadership Hopefuls To Face Grilling In TV Debates - If They Accept BBC Invitation

  28-05-2019 18:56
  Tory MPs vying to become the party's next leader are set to battle it out in aTV debate, the BBC has revealed
  
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• Theresa May blames Brexit failure for EU election humiliation

  28-05-2019 18:56
  Theresa May with Jean-Claude Juncker at the EU summit in Brussels. Photograph: Francisco Seco/APTheresa May has blamed the failure to deliver Brexit for the Conservative party’s disastrous European election results in her first public appearance since announcing her resignation as prime minister, but cautioned against leaving the EU without a deal. As she arrived at a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, May said she hoped her successor would find a “consensus” in parliament that
  
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• Two Scottish Labour frontbenchers quit roles

  28-05-2019 18:51
  Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard answers questions after the party’s poor showing in the European election. Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty ImagesScottish Labour has been plunged into crisis after two frontbenchers quit their roles following the party’s disastrous European election result. In the first blow to the party leader, Richard Leonard, his close ally and friend Neil Findlay resigned as Scottish Labour’s election coordinator and Brexit spokesman, blaming party infighti
  
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• Ireland and France seek funding for joint post-Brexit energy scheme

  28-05-2019 18:50
  The Celtic Interconnector would link the south coast of Ireland and north-west coast of France.
  
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• Outgoing PM May says best for UK to leave EU with a deal

  28-05-2019 18:39
  Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday it was best for Britain to leave the European Union in an orderly way, with a divorce agreement."The best option for the UK is to leave the EU with a deal," May told journalists on arriving to talks among all 28 national leaders in the bloc to name five people to hold the European Union's top jobs for the next five years.
  
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• May urges leadership contenders to seek Brexit consensus

  28-05-2019 18:30
  The battle to replace Theresa May continued to rage, with 10 MPs now officially vying for the role.
  
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• Liam Gallagher: Creation Stories film-makers searching for unknown to play Oasis frontman

  28-05-2019 18:30
  Creation Stories, a biopic of music executive Alan McGee, has been written by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, with Nick Moran directing and Danny Boyle brought in as executive producer.Speaking to Sky News, McGee said he understood the search was also on to find a Noel Gallagher and someone to play Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, although an advert put out by the casting agency only mentions Liam.
  
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• MacKenzie Bezos pledges more than half her wealth to charity

  28-05-2019 18:27
  MacKenzie Bezos, above, founder of the anti-bullying group Bystander Revolution, said: ‘I have a disproportionate amount of money to share.’ Photograph: Danny Moloshok/ReutersMacKenzie Bezos, who recently became the world’s fourth richest woman following her divorce from Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive of Amazon, has promised to give away more than half her $36.6bn (£28.4bn) fortune. The 49 year-old novelist and founder of the anti-bullying group Bystander Revolut
  
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• Conservative leadership candidates invited to take part in TV debate

  28-05-2019 18:25
  Prime Minister Theresa May is quitting as Tory leader on June 7.
  
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• UPDATE 2-Soccer-AC Milan coach Gattuso leaves after missing out on Champions League

  28-05-2019 18:20
  AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso parted company with the club on Tuesday, two days after his team narrowly missed out on qualifying for next season's Champions League to extend their absence from the competition to six seasons.Milan confirmed in a statement that the 41-year-old, a combative former midfielder who spent 13 seasons of his playing career at the club, had left with two years to run on his contract."AC Milan announces Gennaro Gattuso will leave his role as the club's first team manager
  
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• Rory Stewart hits out at Tory rivals over 'suicide bomber' remark

  28-05-2019 18:19
  Stewart pledged on Tuesday to deliver Brexit by convening a citizens’ assembly to decide the way forward. Photograph: Ken McKay/ITV/Rex/ShutterstockRory Stewart has accused his leadership rivals of poor taste after a Tory source suggested he was a “suicide bomber” candidate attempting to clear the path for Michael Gove. In an interview with the Guardian, the international development secretary, who previously served as a governor in Iraq during the Iraq war, said he found the t
  
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