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• Families pay tribute to 'exceptional' and 'kind' British teenagers who died after car flipped over in Bolivia

  12-06-2019 23:25
  The families of two British teenagers who died in a car crash in Bolivia have paid tribute to their loved ones.Freddie Michael McLennan and George Joseph Atkins, who were both 19, were killed when the vehicle they were in flipped over on the Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat and a major tourist destination in the country.Mr Atkins was due to attend Bristol University.
  
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• Fashion designer hails Prince’s Trust for boosting confidence

  12-06-2019 23:10
  Ozwald Boateng has spoken of how a grant from the Prince's Trust gave him the confidence to succeed.
  
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• Boris Johnson is making promises he cannot keep, says leadership rival Stewart

  12-06-2019 23:03
  Boris Johnson is making promises over Brexit he will not be able to keep if he wins the contest to become Prime Minister, one of his rivals for the top job, Rory Stewart, said on Wednesday.Former foreign minister Johnson, front-runner in the race to succeed Theresa May, officially launched his campaign earlier on Wednesday with a commitment to lead Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31."In a leadership contest of fairytale tax cuts and unworkable pledges, this promise to get a new deal or
  
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• Donald Trump Loses It At 'Fake News' After Polls Show His 2020 Bid Might Not Be Going Too Well

  12-06-2019 22:43
  Donald Trump has once again blasted the "Fake (Corrupt) News Media" after apoll suggested he is trailing every major Democrat in the upcoming 2020 USpresidential election
  
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• MI5 knew two of the London Bridge attackers were meeting – inquest

  12-06-2019 22:41
  Thames House, the headquarters of MI5. The London Bridge attack ringleader was under active investigation. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/ReutersMI5 knew of occasions when two of the men who attacked London Bridge met in the weeks before the the atrocity but did not realise what they were planning, an inquest has heard. The ringleader, Khuram Butt, 27, was under MI5 investigation from 2015 for a suspected desire to stage an attack. A senior MI5 officer on Wednesday told the inquest into the eight de
  
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• Inquest told MI5 knew two of London Bridge attackers were meeting

  12-06-2019 22:41
  Thames House, the headquarters of MI5. The London Bridge attack ringleader was under active investigation. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/ReutersMI5 knew of occasions when two of the men who attacked London Bridge met in the weeks before the atrocity but did not realise what they were planning, an inquest has heard. The ringleader, Khuram Butt, 27, was under MI5 investigation from 2015 for a suspected desire to stage an attack. A senior MI5 officer on Wednesday told the inquest into the eight deaths
  
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• Kate joins Ronnie Wood at gala dinner for addiction charity

  12-06-2019 22:19
  The duchess wore a white floor-length dress by Brazilian designer Barbara Casasola teamed with sparkly silver heels.
  
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• West Midlands Police Asks For Volunteers To Work With 'Indecent Images'

  12-06-2019 22:11
  A police force has been heavily criticised after posting a job advert for anunpaid role in which volunteers would work with "indecent images"
  
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• Unmask Twitter trolls so sporting bodies can ban them from matches, says Labour

  12-06-2019 22:11
  Shadow sports minister Dr Rosena Allin-Khan has called for action.
  
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• UK weather: 'Danger to life' as large parts of Britain hit by third day of downpours

  12-06-2019 22:11
  A 'danger to life' warning has been issued in Scotland ahead of Thursday's predicted heavy rain, as torrential rain continues for a third day.The Met Office alert was for an area including East Lothian and parts of Edinburgh, as heavy rain may cause fast flowing or deep floodwater which forecasters say could kill.The south east of Scotland could see up to 10cm of rain.
  
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• 'Exceptional' and 'kind' British teenagers who died after car flipped over in Bolivia are named

  12-06-2019 21:47
  The families of two British teenagers who died in a car crash in Bolivia have paid tribute to their loved ones.Freddie Michael McLennan and George Joseph Atkins, who were both 19, were killed when the vehicle they were in flipped over on the Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat and a major tourist destination in the country.Mr Atkins was due to attend Bristol University.
  
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• Reward to find missing father-to-be who was 'carrying £10,000'

  12-06-2019 21:46
  The Metropolitan Police is offering a £20,000 reward and calling for "the wall of silence" around his disappearance to come to an end.Mohammed Shah Subhani, 27, from Hounslow, west London, was reported missing shortly before midnight on 7 May - around 12 hours after his family last saw him.Mr Subhani has not used his bank account or mobile phones since then, and his white Audi Q3, with a registration LC67 CXS, has also not been seen.
  
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• 'No deal' Tory leadership hopefuls boosted by MPs' Brexit vote

  12-06-2019 21:35
  Labour-led attempt to stop the UK leaving without a deal is defeated, in move that could help Boris Johnson. Conservative leadership candidates including Boris Johnson hoping to force a “deal or no deal” Brexit in October have been handed a boost after MPs defeated a Labour-led attempt to tie the next prime minister’s hands. Labour vowed it would not end efforts to stop no deal but the defeat bolstered Johnson’s claim at his leadership launch that MPs would not be prepare
  
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• UK businesses can be successful after Brexit says Prince Andrew

  12-06-2019 21:28
  Prince Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth, said on Wednesday he saw no reason why British businesses could not survive Brexit and the recent visit of President Donald Trump had shown him the issue would also not effect U.S. relations.The royal family is expected to remain neutral on political matters and has mostly avoided making any reference to Brexit, although the 93-year-old queen issued a delicately coded message to lawmakers in January, urging them to seek common ground.Britain is s
  
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• Burst Thames Water pipe cuts off up to 100,000 London homes

  12-06-2019 21:24
  Shoppers clear the water aisle in Twickenham Waitrose after a burst pipe at Thames Water’s Hampton site. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PAUp to 100,000 properties in London were left with little or no water after a large pipe at a waterworks burst, causing a number of schools to close and hospital appointments to be cancelled. All planned clinics and sessions at Teddington Memorial hospital, including the urgent treatment centre, and at Teddington health and social care centre were cancelled.
  
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• Boris Johnson shrugs off ‘letterbox’ comment at campaign launch

  12-06-2019 21:05
  Tory leadership hopeful insists public want to hear what politicians ‘really think’. Boris Johnson shrugged off his chequered history of gaffes and controversial remarks as he launched his campaign to lead the Conservative party, saying the British public want to hear “what we really think”. At a slick event in Westminster, where ardent Brexiters were out in force, Johnson painted himself as a one-nation candidate who can “unite our country and our society”. A
  
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• Man arrested following stun gun seizure

  12-06-2019 20:57
  A suspected stun gun and a quantity of class B and C drugs were seized during the incident Belfast city centre on Wednesday morning.
  
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• Police slammed for job advert asking volunteers to work with ‘indecent images’

  12-06-2019 20:54
  West Midlands Police said the volunteer role is "not for everyone".
  
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• Police investigate sudden death of pensioner in Co Armagh

  12-06-2019 20:48
  The man, aged in his 80s, was found in the Levaghery Gardens area of Portadown.
  
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• Green bruised as landlords stand their ground

  12-06-2019 20:45
  Sky's business correspondent Adam Parsons reports on the fight of Sir Philip Green's life for the future of Arcadia.
  
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• Matt Hancock: I can beat Corbyn by 'turning page on Brexit'

  12-06-2019 20:42
  Tory race dominated by looming 31 October deadline but contender says focus should be on who could win election. The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has claimed he could beat Jeremy Corbyn at the next general election by “turning the page” on Brexit, and “putting pounds in people’s pockets”. The race to be Britain’s next prime minister has been dominated by what happens between now and the 31 October Brexit deadline. Tory MPs will take part in the first of sev
  
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• Topshop owner Sir Philip Green averts collapse as rescue deal scrapes through

  12-06-2019 20:37
  Sir Philip Green has told Sky News "a win is still a win" after his high street retail empire narrowly averted the prospect of collapse.Arcadia Group - whose brands include Topshop, Dorothy Perkins and Burton - needed to get 75% support in a series of rescue deal votes among creditors.The vote in the City was delayed by a week as landlords held out for improved terms on rent cuts they were also being asked to approve at 194 of the remaining sites.
  
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• Flood alerts cover the country as heavy rain continues to fall

  12-06-2019 20:25
  Multiple weather warnings and flood alerts remain in place across the UK as heavy rain continues to cause disruption across the country.Rail users were hit by cancellations and delays on Wednesday as torrential rain struck England, Scotland and Wales.The Met Office has issued a yellow alert for heavy and persistent rain for north Wales and …
  
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• Labour-led bid to seize control of Commons and block no-deal Brexit defeated

  12-06-2019 20:19
  The government has survived an attempt by the opposition to seize control of the House of Commons agenda in their attempt to block a no-deal Brexit.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn led a cross-party effort on Wednesday to suspend parliament's rules later this month.This would have allowed opposition MPs to bring forward legislation aimed at preventing the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement on 31 October.
  
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• Boris Johnson is ‘yesterday’s news’, says Tory rival Sajid Javid

  12-06-2019 20:19
  The Home Secretary said he was the right man to lead the country.
  
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• Did Boris Johnson dodge the questions at his campaign launch?

  12-06-2019 20:13
  Boris Johnson speaks at the official launch of his leadership campaign. Photograph: Frank Augstein/APAt the end of his Tory leadership campaign launch on Wednesday, Boris Johnson took questions from the press for the first time in more than a year – at only his second major public appearance of 2019. Johnson has been criticised for avoiding public scrutiny and has appeared reluctant to take part in debates with other leadership contenders, prompting one of his rivals, Matt Hancock, to say:
  
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• Mass UK protest demanding second EU referendum planned days before Brexit

  12-06-2019 20:09
  Campaigners for a second Brexit referendum are planning another mass protest in London ahead of the date on which Britain is due to leave the European Union in October as the leading candidates to be the next prime minister say they will leave without a trade deal.The People's Vote campaign, which includes several pro-EU groups, plans a series of rallies around Britain over the next few months called "Let us be heard".
  
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• New Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is 'truly frightening', says Wellcome Trust director - BBC News

  12-06-2019 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  New Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is 'truly frightening', says Wellcome Trust director  BBC NewsUganda bans public gatherings, repatriates Ebola suspects to DRC  Africanews EnglishVox Sentences: Ebola crosses borders  Vox.comUganda Confirms First Ebola Case Outside Outbreak in Congo  Voice of AmericaUganda records Ebola deaths, WHO calls emergency meeting  Africanews EnglishView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tory Leadership: Sajid Javid Brands Boris Johnson 'Yesterday's News'

  12-06-2019 20:03
  Sajid Javid has made a bold pitch to be Tory leader and prime minister as hebranded frontrunner Boris Johnson "yesterday's news"
  
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• Johnson warns MPs will ‘reap the whirlwind’ if they try to block Brexit

  12-06-2019 19:59
  The Tory leadership favourite says the UK must be out of the EU by October 31 as the latest Commons bid to prevent a no-deal Brexit is voted down.
  
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• Sajid Javid says Boris Johnson is 'yesterday's news' at campaign launch

  12-06-2019 19:58
  Sajid Javid has described Boris Johnson as “yesterday’s news” as he made his formal pitch for the Conservative leadership, with a speech touting himself as a new kind of leader who could better connect the party to modern Britain. The home secretary, the last of 10 would-be successors to Theresa May to launch their campaigns, ahead of a first round of voting by MPs on Thursday, likened himself to Ruth Davidson and Benjamin Disraeli as an outsider who could move the party forwar
  
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• MI5 knew London Bridge attackers were meeting, inquest hears

  12-06-2019 19:51
  Thames House, the headquarters of MI5. The London Bridge attack ringleader was under active investigation. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/ReutersMI5 investigators knew the three London Bridge attackers were meeting in the weeks before the atrocity but believed they were friends socialising, not terrorists planning an attack, an inquest has heard. The ringleader, Khuram Butt, 27, was already under MI5 investigation for a suspected desire to stage an attack. An MI5 senior officer told the inquest into
  
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• Sky Data poll: Taxpayers won't pay to meet PM's 2050 emissions target

  12-06-2019 19:38
  British taxpayers oppose every option to help fund the government's promise to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a Sky Data poll shows.It comes after Theresa May announced a legally binding agreement to end the UK's contribution to climate change in just over 30 years.Achieving net zero emissions would mean balancing modest carbon emissions produced by absorbing an equivalent amount from the atmosphere by planting trees or other means.
  
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• Tory leadership race live: Home Secretary Sajid Javid launches leadership bid

  12-06-2019 19:35
  Frontrunner Boris Johnson launched his own campaign to become the next Conservative leader and PM earlier in the day.
  
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• University tackles period poverty by post

  12-06-2019 19:34
  Thousands of online learners at the University of Dundee will receive free sanitary products.
  
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• British teenagers killed in Bolivia car crash named

  12-06-2019 19:32
  Freddie McLennan and Joe Atkins, both 19, were killed in a car accident on the Salar de Uyuni on Sunday.
  
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• Esther McVey claimed £8,750 in expenses for personal photographer

  12-06-2019 19:24
  Exclusive: Tory leadership hopeful spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money in just two years. The Conservative leadership hopeful Esther McVey has spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money claiming for a personal photographer on expenses. The MP has submitted claims worth £8,750 for the services of the photographer and PR man Jonathan Farber in just two years, according to an analysis of data held by the expenses watchdog. McVey – whose website is adorned with p
  
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• Couple got away with murder for 16 years, court told

  12-06-2019 19:20
  Edward Cairney, 77, and Avril Jones, 59, are on trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
  
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• 2021 census to include new questions on transgender and sexual identities

  12-06-2019 19:14
  The voluntary questions will be included for the first time after MSPs at the Scottish Parliament backed new legislation.
  
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• Independent review announced into health and safety at ‘blue water’ school

  12-06-2019 19:10
  The campus is built on a former landfill site.
  
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• Boris Johnson is every bit as dull and evasive as his minders hoped

  12-06-2019 19:10
  The instructions from his minders had been clear. Keep it dull, keep it vague and get the hell out of the room as fast as possible. They hadn’t gone to the trouble of keeping their man away from the media for weeks on end, only for him to blow it on his first outing. The last thing they wanted was for Boris Johnson to be the real Boris Johnson. His serial dishonesty, his total untrustworthiness and sheer incompetence were best kept under wraps, at least until after he became the prime mini
  
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• Arcadia closures: What is a CVA and what happens now?

  12-06-2019 19:03
  CVAs have been used by several retailers to shed underperforming stores.
  
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• Tony Finau: Brooks Koepka is the guy to beat at the U.S. Open

  12-06-2019 19:00
  Since 2017, Brooks Koepka has won two U
  
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• Two 19-Year-Old Brits Killed In Car Crash In Bolivia Named

  12-06-2019 18:59
  Two British teenagers killed in a car crash in Bolivia on Sunday have beennamed as Freddie McLennan and Joe Atkins
  
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• Journalist tells of arrest experience over Loughinisland material

  12-06-2019 18:59
  Barry McCaffrey said he will not be the same again after he was arrested last August along with his colleague Trevor Birney.
  
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• Asylum seekers in Glasgow face eviction threat as Serco revives lock-change scheme

  12-06-2019 18:58
  Glasgow council warns of ‘imminent homelessness crisis’ while charities express outrage. Hundreds of asylum seekers in Glasgow are facing fresh threats of eviction after the private housing provider Serco announced it was restarting its controversial lock-change policy. Serco first announced plans last July to evict 300 asylum seekers who have been told they cannot stay in the UK, but put the plans on hold following cross-party and cross-sector condemnation. Govan Law Centre lodged a
  
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• Who benefits from the axing of the free over-75s TV licence?

  12-06-2019 18:43
  Readers respond to the BBC’s decision to make over-75s pay. The protests blaming the BBC for ending free TV licences for the over-75s have neatly fallen into the government’s trap ( Report, 11 June). As with local government closures of libraries and Sure Start centres, the blame has been outsourced from its origin. Gordon Brown introduced the scheme as part of support for poorer pensioners before the triple lock was introduced. That has seen pensioner incomes rise much faster than o
  
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• Smartphone addiction studies based on ‘flawed’ data, researchers say

  12-06-2019 18:43
  Surveys are often used to understand how people use their smartphone but these bear little correlation to reality, a study found.
  
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• Ben Fogle to donate BBC show salary to help over-75s who cannot pay TV licence

  12-06-2019 18:43
  The BBC broadcaster's pledge came as a petition to protect free television for the elderly hit 350,000 signatures.
  
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• Universal credit delays a factor in prostitution, government accepts

  12-06-2019 18:40
  Minister apologises for DWP memo dismissing link between long waits and survival sex. The government has dropped its hardline refusal to accept that destitution caused by five-week waits for universal credit payments has been a major factor in forcing some women to turn to prostitution. Giving evidence to the work and pensions select committee, the minister for family support, Will Quince, apologised for a memo his department sent to the committee last month and said it “did not very well
  
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