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• Liam Gallagher: I wanted to break Noel's jaw over Oasis songs for film

  06-06-2019 23:52
  Liam Gallagher has opened up about the emotional side of his new documentary at the film's world premiere - but also couldn't resist taking an angry swipe at big brother Noel.The rock 'n' roll star spoke to Sky News on the red carpet at London's Alexandra Palace for the screening of As It Was, which documents "the musical comeback of the decade" following the Oasis split.While the film features his own solo music, there are no Oasis tracks - because Noel, as the main songwriter for the band, app
  
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• Polls close in by-election for marginal seat of Peterborough

  06-06-2019 23:48
  Voters have gone to the polls in a by-election in the marginal seat of Peterborough.
  
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• Polls close in Peterborough by-election

  06-06-2019 23:29
  The closely fought contest could see Nigel Farage's Brexit Party gain its first MP.
  
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• The Atlantic editor seems to suggest only white men can write long stories

  06-06-2019 23:10
  Jeffrey Goldberg later clarified his comment, saying white men ‘dominate’ cover stories ‘because they’ve had all the opportunities’. The editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, the prestigious, semi-liberal US literary journal, has come under fire for appearing to suggest only white males can write 10,000-word cover stories. Jeffrey Goldberg, who has edited the magazine since 2016, made the controversial comments in a Nieman Lab article on how the organization, which is ow
  
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• Tories risk taking 'route of division' like Donald Trump, says Sajid Javid

  06-06-2019 23:01
  Comments from leadership contender seen as jibes at Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab. Sajid Javid has said the Conservative party risks choosing a new leader who would seek to exploit national divisions in the style of Donald Trump, comments which will be seen as a criticism of rivals such as Boris Johnson. While Javid did not mention Johnson by name on Thursday, he separately condemned the former foreign secretary for referring to Muslim women as “letterboxes”, saying this was not the
  
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• Dublin protesters demand Trump’s removal from office

  06-06-2019 22:48
  Around 2,000 people thronged the Irish capital’s main street for a noisy march.
  
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• Heartwarming moment English and German WW2 veterans meet for first time –'We are brothers'

  06-06-2019 22:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  TOUCHING footage shows World War 2 veterans Harry Read and Paul Golz meeting for the first time on the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
  
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• Kate takes salute at Beating Retreat army showcase

  06-06-2019 22:37
  The Duchess of Cambridge was the only member of the royal family to attend the event on Thursday.
  
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• Man arrested over journalist Lyra McKee's murder

  06-06-2019 22:06
  Police investigating the murder of journalist Lyra McKee have arrested a 46-year-old man.The 29-year-old was shot in the head by dissident republican group the New IRA while reporting on clashes with police in Londonderry in April.The Police Service of Northern Ireland carried out searches at properties in the Northland Road and Creggan areas of Derry on Thursday morning.
  
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• Demonstrators hit streets of Dublin to protest against Donald Trump’s visit

  06-06-2019 22:06
  Around 2,000 people filled the city centre, with the Trump baby blimp flying overhead.
  
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• Leadsom and Beth Rigby LOCK HORNS on no deal Brexit – 'Incredibly HIGH chance of success'

  06-06-2019 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  TORY leadership hopeful Andrea Leadsom and Sky News political editor Beth Rigby fiercely clashed over the prospect of a “managed” exit from the European Union.
  
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• Thousands visit Normandy town for D-Day commemorations

  06-06-2019 21:38
  Hundreds of British veterans made the trip to Arromanches for the emotional service.
  
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• Fall in number of retail jobs on Scotland’s high streets

  06-06-2019 21:01
  David Lonsdale, of the Scottish Retail Consortium, said the sector is going through a period of profound change.
  
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• Gay rugby player who faces jail if he is deported from UK gets reprieve

  06-06-2019 20:41
  A gay rugby player who was ordered by the UK to go back to Kenya has been granted a reprieve.Ken Macharia, who moved to the UK a decade ago, faces being deported after receiving a letter from the Home Office earlier this week rejecting his asylum claim.Homosexual activity is illegal in Kenya and can be punished with heavy jail sentences.
  
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• Durham police chief ‘stands corrected’ over arrest of journalists

  06-06-2019 20:41
  Chief Constable Mike Barton was speaking as he appeared before a meeting of the Northern Ireland Policing Board.
  
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• Row between police chiefs and watchdog over statement of complaint

  06-06-2019 20:39
  It sparked an investigation into the alleged theft of sensitive documents from the Police Ombudsman's office which led to arrest of two journalists.
  
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• Services begin for Virginia Beach shooting victims

  06-06-2019 20:38
  Twelve people were killed at a government building.
  
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• Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry jailed for using embezzled cash to pay for holiday

  06-06-2019 20:22
  Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry has been jailed for embezzling thousands of pounds from pro-independence groups and using the cash to pay her rent and fund a holiday with her husband.The 37-year-old abused her position of trust to amass more than £25,600, which she put towards a trip to Spain and other lifestyle spending, as well as transferring money to her husband.McGarry embezzled some £21,000 from Women For Independence (WFI) in her role as treasurer between 26 April 2013 and 30 No
  
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• D-Day 75th anniversary: Normandy tributes to heroes who made ultimate sacrifice

  06-06-2019 19:57
  Thousands of soldiers who died in the D-Day landings have been honoured in moving ceremonies in northern France, 75 years on.Veterans were joined by national leaders and members of the Royal Family to remember the more than 4,000 British, American and Canadian troops who died on 6 June 1944.During a service at Bayeux Cathedral, D-Day veteran Kenneth Hay read from the poem Normandy by Cyril Crain, who landed on Juno beach four days before his 21st birthday.
  
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• Mayfair Fire: Dozens Of Firefighters Tackle Huge Blaze At Central London Restaurant

  06-06-2019 19:34
  Around 60 firefighters have been tackling a fire at a Michelin-star restaurantin central London as black smoke was seen billowing from the building acrossthe capital
  
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• Oil company to pay £5 million fine after four workers killed in explosion

  06-06-2019 19:23
  Another was seriously injured in the blast and subsequent fire in 2011 at what was then Chevron's Amine Recovery Unit in Pembroke Dock.
  
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• Exclusive: Senior UK Brexit border preparation official leaves her job

  06-06-2019 19:22
  The British official who was in charge of Brexit border preparations, Karen Wheeler, has left her job, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs said on Thursday."I would like to thank Karen for her outstanding work leading the Border Deliver Group to prepare the UK for EU Exit and we wish her well for her retirement," Jonathan Thompson, HMRC Chief Executive, said in a statement to Reuters.
  
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• Fundraising veteran makes final pilgrimage to Normandy

  06-06-2019 19:15
  Harry Billinge has handed more than £10,000 to the Normandy Memorial Trust.
  
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• Raids target crime gang over £17m fake travel card scam

  06-06-2019 19:05
  Eighteen members of an organised crime group have been arrested in the UK and Romania for allegedly producing fake travel cards for British trains.Raids were carried out simultaneously on Thursday morning in London and Leicester, said Europol - Europe's law enforcement agency.The raids concluded a year-long investigation into a group accused of producing fake travel cards across the British rail network.
  
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• Princess Royal officially reopens restored gardens in Edinburgh

  06-06-2019 18:57
  It marks the end of a seven-year project costing £8 million at Saughton Park.
  
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• Woodford says 'no' to waiving fee on suspended Equity Income fund - Investment Week

  06-06-2019 18:50 via investmentweek.co.uk
  Woodford says 'no' to waiving fee on suspended Equity Income fund  Investment WeekWoodford’s relationship with St James’s Place went on too long  Financial TimesNicky Morgan must ask questions of regulator after Neil Woodford saga  The GuardianInvestors deserve answers over the Woodford affair  Financial TimesCarney warns of $30 trillion threat to global economy from asset managers  Telegraph.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Music festival to tackle ‘gender play gap’ with stage for rising female stars

  06-06-2019 18:49
  The Queen Tut’s Stage at TRNSMT in Glasgow will help pave the way for a new generation of women headliners, DF Concerts said.
  
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• Brexit Party chairman demands compensation from SNP MEP for alleged defamation

  06-06-2019 18:47
  Richard Tice wants Alyn Smith to apologise in the High Court and pay 'substantial damages'.
  
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• 'Trump Baby' blimp takes flight as president returns to Ireland

  06-06-2019 18:45
  DUBLIN/DOONBEG, Ireland (Reuters) - Protesters in Dublin on Thursday hoisted the "Trump Baby" inflatable blimp that has become a staple of rallies against the U.S. president, who was spending his second night in a row at a golf hotel he owns in Ireland.The six-metre high blimp, which depicts Donald Trump as a snarling, diaper-wearing orange baby, was a rallying point for thousands of anti-Trump protesters who packed central London on Tuesday and tens of thousands who protested in the city agains
  
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• Teenagers charged over fire near football ground

  06-06-2019 18:37
  A blaze broke out on Tuesday afternoon close to the home of Bo'ness United which also caused extensive damage to Kinneil Band Hall.
  
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• Next Tory PM will not be able to suspend parliament – Bercow

  06-06-2019 18:26
  John Bercow said suspending parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit ‘is simply not going to happen’. Photograph: Reuters/Parliament TVJohn Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, has said it is “blindingly obvious” that the new Conservative prime minister will not be able to suspend parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit. The Speaker said it would not be an option after outrage across the political spectrum when the leadership hopeful Dominic Raab suggested
  
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• Putin hopes new British PM will ‘turn the page’ on UK-Russia relations

  06-06-2019 18:25
  The Salisbury Novichok attack put the relationship between Moscow and London into a deep freeze.
  
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• Galloway charity ‘may have delivered no aid despite £1m donations’

  06-06-2019 18:24
  George Galloway fronts the charity Viva Palestina, which has set up in 2009 to raise funds to conduct aid missions to Gaza. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAA charity fronted by the former MP George Galloway may not have conducted any charitable activity or distributed any humanitarian aid despite claiming to have gathered £1m in public donations, according to an investigation from the charity regulator. Viva Palestina was established in early 2009 and launched a large-scale media fundraising c
  
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• Priest promises place in heaven for Trump family

  06-06-2019 18:23
  Father Joe Haugh is the parish priest in the village where Mr Trump's golf resort is based.
  
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• Exclusive: Boris Johnson Warned By Gove Ally That Being PM Is Not A Game

  06-06-2019 18:17
  Boris Johnson and other Tory leadership candidates have been warned by asenior Michael Gove ally that being prime minister is "not a game" because itentails life and death decisions
  
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• Protectionist France sends Fiat scarpering, but the car industry is on a one-way street - Telegraph.co.uk

  06-06-2019 18:11 via telegraph.co.uk
  Protectionist France sends Fiat scarpering, but the car industry is on a one-way street  Telegraph.co.ukSidelining Nissan in FCA-Renault merger talks backfired  Automotive News EuropeFiat blames Macron for failure in Renault merger talks  The TimesEmmanuel Macron Gets a Lesson in Capitalism  BloombergWho's to blame for the FCA-Renault deal collapse?  Automotive NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• More protests to take place against Trump’s visit to Ireland

  06-06-2019 18:04
  An anti-Trump rally has been organised at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin.
  
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• Six-year-old boy wears great-uncle’s medals at D-Day service

  06-06-2019 17:59
  George Sayer was at the Bayeux War Cemetery with 10 members of his family.
  
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• No arrest for gay rugby player fearing deportation to Kenya

  06-06-2019 17:59
  Ken Macharia moved to Britain a decade ago.
  
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• Lord Spicer obituary

  06-06-2019 17:36
  In his role as the Conservative party’s backbench ‘shop steward’, Lord Spicer supervised the election of three Conservative leaders. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Rex/ShutterstockA single politician has seldom made as much individual impact on the leadership of a political party as did Michael Spicer, Lord Spicer, former chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee, who has died aged 76. During four turbulent years that followed the 2001 general election, in his role as the party
  
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• Car blaze investigated in attempted murder probe

  06-06-2019 17:36
  A prison employee was shot at when leaving a property in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, early on Wednesday.
  
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• Theresa May receives kiss on the cheek from D-Day veteran aged 94

  06-06-2019 17:34
  The Prime Minister met Second World War heroes following a service at the Bayeux Cemetery.
  
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• M25 road rage killer Kenneth Noye freed from jail

  06-06-2019 17:34
  M25 road rage killer Kenneth Noye has been freed from jail, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.Confirming Noye's release from prison, an MoJ spokesman said: "We understand this will be a distressing decision for the family of Stephen Cameron and our thoughts remain with them.
  
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• Russia needs to change its behaviour for better relations - May's spokeswoman

  06-06-2019 17:32
  Britain's relationship with Russia can only change when Moscow changes its behaviour, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokeswoman said on Thursday, after President Vladimir Putin said he hoped for better relations under her successor.Putin said he hoped a new British prime minister would work towards improving bilateral relations, badly soured last year by the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in England that London blamed on Moscow.The spokeswoman told reporters: "We have been clear that
  
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• Timeline: Key dates in the Conservative leadership contest

  06-06-2019 17:29
  Theresa May will continue as acting leader until a new one is chosen by the membership.
  
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• Priest presents Trump’s eldest sons with Doonbeg painting

  06-06-2019 17:29
  Father Joe Haugh is the parish priest in the village where Mr Trump's golf resort is based.
  
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• 'Haunted for the rest of my life': veterans recall D-day landings

  06-06-2019 17:20
  Emotions conflict at 75th anniversary in Normandy as scale of human sacrifice is remembered It was a great day. It was a terrible day. So, as the dwindling few who bore witness to the monumental feat of endeavour and ingenuity of D-day returned to Normandy’s beaches, emotions were conflicted. Street parties, flypasts, swing bands and sing-a-longs contrasted with solemn ceremonies where the celebratory was vastly outweighed by reminders of the scale of human sacrifice.On the seafront at Arr
  
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• Theresa May surrounded by idiots, says D-Day veteran

  06-06-2019 17:12
  George Short met the Prime Minister at the D-Day 75th anniversary celebrations in Normandy.
  
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• Farmer's 'dream farm' tenancy became nightmare, court hears

  06-06-2019 17:08
  National Trust handout photograph of Great Orme in north Wales, including the £1m 145-acre Parc Farm. Dan Jones beat thousands of others to get the £1 a year tenancy. Photograph: National Trust Images/Richard Wi/PAA farmer who took on the tenancy of a £1m “dream farm” for a mere £1 as part of a conservation project has told a court of his terrible struggle with the harsh landscape, the competing interests of organisations involved in the land – and the t
  
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• Scottish exports to EU growing faster than rest of UK

  06-06-2019 17:00
  The value of exported goods from Scotland to the European Union has risen by 18.6% in the last financial year, according to HMRC figures.
  
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