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• BBC reporter Rory Cellan-Jones reveals eye cancer diagnosis

  02-06-2019 23:50
  The technology correspondent has also confirmed he is suffering from Parkinson's.
  
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• Vera Lynn tells D-Day veterans: ‘We will never forget all you did for us’

  02-06-2019 23:06
  The original Forces sweetheart recorded the messages for those travelling on the Royal British Legion's cruise ship.
  
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• Son of Spurs legend describes ‘weird hell’ of plane delays and final defeat

  02-06-2019 22:44
  Rob White arrived at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium after kick-off as Tottenham were beaten by Liverpool.
  
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• Liverpool: '500,000' fans turn out to welcome home Champions League winners

  02-06-2019 22:14
  An estimated half-a-million people lined the streets of Liverpool to welcome back the Champions League winners.Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and his players flew home to Liverpool John Lennon Airport on Sunday after beating Premier League opponents Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in Saturday night's final in Madrid.Holding up the European Cup, which Liverpool have now won six times, the players were met by a sea of red, with crowds between 10 and 20 deep in places.
  
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• Liverpool parade: Fireworks, cheers and a mankini-wearing pensioner welcome Reds home

  02-06-2019 22:08
  Fans draped in red scarves and flags used cars, trees and traffic lights just to get a vantage point.Bemused football stars on the top deck of Liverpool FC's victory parade bus waved and laughed uncontrollably.Jurgen Klopp smiled a big wide smile and scratched his head.
  
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• May and Varadkar call for Stormont talks to ‘intensify’

  02-06-2019 22:03
  The Northern Irish Assembly has been in cold storage for more than two and half years due to a bitter standoff between Sinn Fein and the DUP.
  
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• Caver Dies In Yorkshire Pothole Despite 17-Hour Rescue Operation

  02-06-2019 21:41
  A caver has died in the Yorkshire Dales despite a 17-hour rescue operation toget him out of a pothole that involved almost 100 volunteers
  
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• Caver dies in Yorkshire Dales despite 17-hour rescue operation

  02-06-2019 21:06
  The narrowness of the passages in the unmapped exploration cave provided severe difficulties for rescuers.
  
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• In Pictures: Liverpool fans line streets for heroes’ homecoming parade

  02-06-2019 20:57
  Liverpool returned home to parade the Champions League trophy on Sunday.
  
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• Four-year-old on skateboard dies after being hit by van in Surrey

  02-06-2019 20:19
  A four-year-old child has died after being hit by a van while riding a skateboard in a residential area in Oxted, Surrey.Surrey Police said the youngster was believed to be riding a skateboard when they were hit by a Mercedes Sprinter box van.
  
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• Triumphant Liverpool come home to a sea of red after Champions League win

  02-06-2019 19:55
  Team take an open-top bus around the city on returning from Spain and their 2-0 victory over Spurs. In the end, it was a Champions League victory delivered in sweltering Madrid heat with considerably less panache than that incredible semi-final comeback against Barcelona. For the hundreds of thousands of people who lined the streets of Merseyside, however, the team’s homecoming on Sunday was greeted with the sort of adulation expected of a city where fans have long lived by the maxim that
  
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• 'Migrant' sailing to UK on raft made of flower pots, wood and rope rescued in North Sea

  02-06-2019 19:43
  A suspected migrant trying to sail to the UK on a wood-framed raft has been rescued from the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands.The sides of the V-shaped raft were made from large flower pots filled with plastic bottles and insulation foam tied together with criss-crossed rope.The Eritrean man, 26, whose name is not known, was using a piece of plastic as a sail and had a jerrycan with water, coffee and a solar panel to charge his mobile phone.
  
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• Widdecombe sparks fury with gay science comments

  02-06-2019 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Ann Widdecombe is criticised after suggesting science may "produce an answer" to being gay.
  
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• Victims of RAF Chinook crash remembered 25 years on

  02-06-2019 19:35
  The helicopter was on its way from RAF Aldergrove to Inverness when it crashed in thick fog in 1994.
  
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• GP at Hand’s digital approach helps patients and the NHS

  02-06-2019 19:22
  ‘NHS GP clinics are paid according to the Carr-Hill formula. It weights payments by patient age, gender and other factors,’ say Kultar Garcha and Matthew Noble. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PAThe authors who raised concerns about the impact of Babylon GP at Hand (Letters, 31 May) have neglected to mention many key facts. NHS England says if patients move then their funding moves with them – while Hammersmith and Fulham clinical commissioning group (CCG) says it is being paid and
  
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• Lightwater Valley incident: Condition of boy, 7, who fell off rollercoaster 'improving'

  02-06-2019 19:21
  A seven-year-old boy who was in a critical condition after falling off a rollercoaster at a Yorkshire theme park last week is said to have improved.It was initially believed the boy's injuries were not serious, but police said hospital doctors found injuries that "would not have been apparent at the scene".In a statement, Lightwater Valley said they were "devastated" by the news of his condition "and our thoughts are with the family".
  
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• Matt Hancock tells US ambassador: NHS is not for sale

  02-06-2019 19:17
  Woody Johnson said he expected the 'entire economy' - including the health service - would be part of a future deal.
  
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• UK Weather: Britain Basks In Hottest Day Of The Year So Far, But It Probably Won't Last

  02-06-2019 18:59
  The UK basked in its hottest day of the year so far on Sunday, withtemperatures topping 28C
  
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• US wants access to NHS in post-Brexit deal, says Trump ally

  02-06-2019 18:58
  Before president’s visit, Woody Johnson says every area of UK economy up for discussion. The US will want business access to the NHS in any post-Brexit trade deal, the US ambassador has said, prompting anger from politicians and campaigners before Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK this week. Woody Johnson, who is a close friend of the US president, said every area of the UK economy would be up for discussion when the two sides brokered a trade deal. Asked if the NHS was likely to
  
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• Tories call for rule change as 13th name enters leadership race

  02-06-2019 18:58
  List could grow to 20, and non-runner dismisses some hopefuls as ‘vanity candidates’. Senior Conservatives have expressed alarm that the leadership contest could become unmanageable and chaotic after a 13th candidate, Sam Gyimah, entered the race. At least four other MPs are believed to be considering joining the fray next week, leading one minister to describe some of the hopefuls as “vanity candidates”. The 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers, which will set the
  
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• 'Plogolution': Environmental jogging group collect over 2,500 pieces of litter along the Thames

  02-06-2019 18:58
  A group of runners on a mission to beat plastic pollution have spent the past six days running along London's River Thames and picking up litter.
  
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• Liverpool fans welcome Champions League heroes back to Merseyside

  02-06-2019 18:52
  The team, holding aloft their sixth European Cup, were met by a sea of red.
  
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• Man injured in samurai sword attack

  02-06-2019 18:49
  Two men have been arrested following an altercation in Larne on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Cardiff murder probe after man's 'stabbing'

  02-06-2019 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  South Wales Police were called to a lane near Cathays railway station, Cardiff, at about 00:30 BST.
  
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• Man injured in 'samurai sword' attack in Larne

  02-06-2019 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Two men are arrested by police investigating a sword attack in Larne, County Antrim.
  
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• Man arrested after assault at Rhyl mosque

  02-06-2019 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  He is also being questioned by Rhyl police over a racially aggravated public order offence.
  
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• Temperatures top 28C on hottest day of year so far

  02-06-2019 18:24
  The mercury hit 28.8C in Weybourne in north Norfolk.
  
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• Liverpool bring home Champions League trophy – in pictures

  02-06-2019 18:17
  Fans lined the streets in Liverpool as their heroes brought back the Champions League trophy after winning the biggest prize in European football for the sixth time Continue reading...
  
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• Sajid Javid criticised for calling Ireland 'tail that wags the dog' on Brexit

  02-06-2019 18:06
  Home secretary accused of diplomatic faux pas as he makes Tory leadership pitch. Irish commentators have condemned Sajid Javid for describing Ireland as “the tail that wags the dog” on Brexit. The home secretary made the comments as he continued to expand on his Tory leadership pitch, setting out how his Brexit plan hinged on coming up with an alternative to the Irish backstop. “I will focus on the one Brexit deal that has already got through parliament – that was the wit
  
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• Belfast golf club car bomb focus of cross-border investigation

  02-06-2019 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say one of the vehicles used in the murder bid was registered in Dublin.
  
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• Frank Lucas, Former Kingpin Portrayed by Denzel Washington in 'American Gangster,' Dies at 88

  02-06-2019 18:03
  Frank Lucas, the former heroin dealer and drug kingpin whose life became the subject of Ridley Scott's "American Gangster," died Thursday.Lucas' nephew, Aldwan Lassiter, confirmed the news to the New York Times.Born in 1930, Lucas operated in Harlem during the 1960s and '70s and created efficiencies in his drug trade by removing Mafia middlemen and buying heroin straight from suppliers in Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle.
  
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• Nanda Devi: Hopes fading for eight missing climbers

  02-06-2019 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The climbers from the UK, US, India and Australia have been missing in the Himalayas for days.
  
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• Donald Trump denies labelling Duchess of Sussex as ‘nasty’

  02-06-2019 17:54
  The Sun has posted an audio recording of the president's interview with its political editor.
  
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• Oxted Death: Four-Year-Old Killed By Van While Riding Skateboard In Surrey

  02-06-2019 17:52
  A four-year-old has been killed after being hit by a van while riding askateboard
  
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• New blood test ‘can predict return of breast cancer before treatment’

  02-06-2019 17:42
  A liquid biopsy has been used to estimate how well patients will respond to a targeted drug.
  
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• Sam Gyimah backs further referendum in Tory leadership bid

  02-06-2019 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The former universities minister is the first candidate to back another vote on Brexit.
  
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• Injured Liverpool fan ‘overjoyed’ at triumph in Madrid

  02-06-2019 17:26
  Irishman Sean Cox was discharged from hospital for the evening to watch the game with friends and family.
  
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• Minehead inquiry after girls, 5, swept out to sea on inflatable swan

  02-06-2019 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The children were almost half a mile offshore before being rescued by the RNLI at Minehead.
  
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• Man dies in 'tragic accident' while diving off Devon coast

  02-06-2019 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The diver was pulled from water off Oddicombe Beach in Torquay, police say.
  
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• Oxted skateboarder, 4, fatally injured by van

  02-06-2019 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The youngster was hit by a Mercedes Sprinter box van in Oxted and died in hospital an hour later.
  
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• 'Science may produce answer to homosexuality'

  02-06-2019 17:05
  Brexit Party MEP, Ann Widdecombe, contoversially tells Sky News that science might one day provide an "answer" to people being gay.
  
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• Services to mark 25th anniversary of Chinook tragedy

  02-06-2019 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  All 29 people on board the helicopter died when it crashed into a remote hillside on the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994.
  
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• Trump denies calling Meghan 'nasty' despite audio recording

  02-06-2019 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The quote was made up by the "Fake News Media", he tweets - despite a recording of the interview.
  
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• Missing mountain guide’s family ‘deeply saddened’ after avalanche

  02-06-2019 16:53
  Martin Moran was leading a group of climbers in a remote part of the Himalayas.
  
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• 'Trump Baby' blimp to fly in London for U.S. president's visit

  02-06-2019 16:45
  The "Trump Baby" inflatable balloon that was the focus of protests when the U.S. president visited London last year will fly again this week when he returns for state visit including a lavish banquet hosted by the queen, activists said.The team behind the blimp said on Sunday it would be flown at locations near Donald Trump throughout his visit, after a crowdfunding campaign raised a target of 30,000 pounds for groups backing causes from climate action to women's rights.This six-metre high blimp
  
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• Ann Widdecombe slammed for suggesting science may ‘produce answer’ to being gay

  02-06-2019 16:38
  The Brexit Party MEP has been labelled 'vile' and accused of running a 'sick' anti-LGBT campaign.
  
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• Britons among eight climbers missing in Indian Himalayas

  02-06-2019 16:18
  British-based mountain guide Martin Moran was leading the group.
  
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• Ann Widdecombe: Science may 'produce an answer' to homosexuality

  02-06-2019 16:13
  Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe has said science may "produce an answer" to homosexuality.The former MP made the comment in an interview with Sky News at the beginning of Pride month, four weeks dedicated to celebrating the LGBT community, with this year marking 50 years since the Stonewall riots.Sky News presenter Niall Paterson asked if the reason the Brexit Party does not have a manifesto is because it has proven impossible for the 29 MEPs to agree on a policy document.
  
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• Glastonbury 2019: Bands who called for Tories to be killed booked to perform

  02-06-2019 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  One band booked to perform at this year's festival have a song called "Kill Tory Scum".
  
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• Crisis Fatigue: Do Brits Even Have The Energy To Protest Donald Trump This Week?

  02-06-2019 15:37
  It's 13 July 2018
  
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