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• May seeks £27 billion boost for education - Sunday Telegraph

  15-06-2019 23:45
  Prime Minister Theresa May is considering pushing through a 27 billion pound increase to the education budget in her final weeks in power prompting a clash with the finance ministry, the Sunday Telegraph reported.The prime minister is demanding a three-year funding settlement for schools and teachers as part of a bid to shore up her legacy, a move opposed by the finance ministry, the newspaper reported.
  
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• Wainfleet flooding: More homes evacuated

  15-06-2019 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  People are told to evacuate about 580 Lincolnshire homes amid fears a river could again burst its banks.
  
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• Boris Johnson’s no-deal Brexit plan ‘will trigger early election’

  15-06-2019 23:01
  Top Tories say attempt to appease hardliners means coalition of support for his leadership bid will not survive the autumn. Boris Johnson’s attempts to appease hardline Tory Brexiters will tilt the party into a “disastrous general election” that could be just months away, senior Conservatives are warning. The runaway favourite to replace Theresa May is being told that the coalition of support set to deliver him Downing Street “won’t survive the autumn”, when h
  
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• Trump calls London mayor a 'disaster' after a spate of killings

  15-06-2019 22:54
  U.S. President Donald Trump once again criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Saturday, saying he is a "disaster" and will "only get worse" after three people were slain in the city in less than 20 hours.Trump retweeted a tweet by the right-wing commentator Katie Hopkins who called London "stab city" and said "this is Khan’s Londonistan," a phrase used to describe the city's failure to tackle Muslim extremists.Khan is a disaster - will only get worse!" Trump said on Twitter.
  
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• The art of Cold War Steve

  15-06-2019 22:45
  From his first Twitter post in 2016, the caustically satirical photomontages of @Coldwar_Steve have become a cult phenomenon. Here are some highlightsCold War Steve: satire is my antidote to a scary worldContinue reading...
  
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• Why are Donald Trump and Sadiq Khan feuding again?

  15-06-2019 22:44
  A spat between the Mayor of London and US president dates back to 2015.
  
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• Calls for safer asylum regime as 40 people are intercepted in Channel

  15-06-2019 22:19
  Two boats stopped by Border Force in latest of growing number of such incidents. Campaigners have called on ministers to allow refugees to “apply safely” for asylum from outside the UK after two boats carrying 40 people were intercepted off the Kent coast. Officers from UK Border Force stopped the boats, which were carrying men, women and children, as they made their way across the Channel in what was the latest of a growing number of such crossings since last year. A witness told th
  
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• Almost 600 homes evacuated in Lincolnshire town after flooding

  15-06-2019 22:14
  Residents in Wainfleet and Thorpe Culvert have been told to leave their homes.
  
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• London violence: Five attacks leave three dead in 24 hours

  15-06-2019 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Fourteen people are arrested over five separate attacks in the capital in the space of 24 hours.
  
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• Pat McCormick: Further searches for County Down man

  15-06-2019 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Volunteers assist police as searches continue for County Down father of four Pat McCormick.
  
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• Donald Trump Blasts Sadiq Khan Over London Violence After Three Die In 24 Hours

  15-06-2019 22:01
  Donald Trump has said "London needs a new mayor" in response to a spate ofviolence which left three people dead after separate incidents across thecapital
  
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• Divided, pessimistic, angry: survey reveals bleak mood of pre-Brexit UK

  15-06-2019 21:51
  Anti-Brexit and pro-Brexit protesters argue outside the Houses of Parliament. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty ImagesBritain is a more polarised and pessimistic nation than it has been for decades, according to a survey that reveals a country torn apart by social class, geography and Brexit. The survey by BritainThinks reveals an astonishing lack of faith in the political system among the British people, with less than 6% believing their politicians understand them. Some 75% say that UK politics is
  
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• Knifeman in Friday the 13th mask arrested after chasing people in Newquay

  15-06-2019 21:47
  A man who chased people while wearing a Friday the 13th-style mask and wielding a meat cleaver and knife has been arrested.
  
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• Knifeman wearing ‘Friday the 13th’ mask arrested in Newquay

  15-06-2019 20:21
  A 45-year-old man was arrested after police received several calls about the incident.
  
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• Heavy rain expected again next week after more settled spell

  15-06-2019 20:11
  Temperatures will reach the mid-20s in some parts of the country, according to the Met Office.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn accused of ‘virulent anti-Americanism’ over Iran threat

  15-06-2019 19:22
  The Labour leader has warned Britain and the US are stoking military escalation in the Gulf.
  
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• Nearly 600 homes told to evacuate after Lincolnshire flooding

  15-06-2019 19:18
  Evacuations in Lincolnshire continue after a river burst its banks following heavy rain which has battered the UK this week.A total of 580 homes north and south of the River Steeping in the town of Wainfleet All Saints have been told to evacuate.Military helicopters were deployed to the area yesterday, after the river burst its banks at Thorpe St Peter.
  
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• Jailed British-Iranian aid worker in Iran starts hunger strike - husband

  15-06-2019 19:15
  A British-Iranian aid worker jailed in Tehran has begun a hunger strike to demand release, her husband said on Saturday, adding he would support her by fasting outside Iran's embassy in London.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested in April 2016 at a Tehran airport as she headed back to Britain with her daughter after a family visit.
  
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• Two fatal stabbings and man shot dead in 24 hours of London violence

  15-06-2019 19:05
  Two teenagers were killed within minutes of each other in different parts of London on Friday evening.
  
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• Tory leadership: Rival candidates say there must be 'no coronation'

  15-06-2019 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Rival candidates insist party members must be given a choice of leader, unlike in 2016.
  
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• People chased by cleaver-wielding man in Newquay

  15-06-2019 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Terrified residents fled from the man who was wearing a "Friday 13th"-style mask.
  
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• 500,000 sign petition demanding Government fund free TV licences

  15-06-2019 18:43
  The charity director at Age UK, which is hosting the petition, said it had been 'inundated' with phone calls and emails.
  
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• From Chernobyl to the Brighton bombing: the photography of John Downing

  15-06-2019 18:30
  The photojournalist captured award-winning images during his time as one of 64 Daily Express staff photographers in the halcyon days of Fleet Street Continue reading...
  
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• Chris Froome 'fully focused' on return after high-speed crash

  15-06-2019 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Froome says he is "fully focused" on getting "back to his best" after breaking multiple bones in a high-speed crash on Wednesday.
  
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• 'It didn't work out well last time': Javid warns against Johnson coronation

  15-06-2019 18:15
  A reported plan for the five other candidates to pull out of the race, leaving Mr Johnson as the only name put to a final ballot of party members, has caused anger.This would make his election as party leader and prime minister a formality - and comes after he comfortably won the first round of the contest on Thursday.According to the Daily Telegraph, the scheme was concocted in the whips' office as part of a bid to avoid weeks of damaging "blue on blue" attacks that could damage the party and p
  
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• Scottish poet wins £25,000 Walter Scott Prize

  15-06-2019 18:11
  Robin Robertson becomes the first Scot and first poet to win the award in its 10-year history for his book The Long Take.
  
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• Chris Froome 'lucky to be here' after horror crash

  15-06-2019 18:11
  Chris Froome has said he is "lucky to be here" after sustaining multiple fractures in a high-speed bike crash.The Team Ineos rider hit a wall at around 35mph during practice before stage four of the Criterium du Dauphine race and has withdrawn from the world-famous Tour de France that begins on 6 July.Froome fractured his right femur, elbow and a number of ribs, and was in intensive care as he had major surgery at St Etienne hospital.
  
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• Removing border backstop ‘as bad for Ireland as no-deal Brexit’

  15-06-2019 18:09
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is against proposals being put forward by some of the contenders to replace Theresa May as prime minister.
  
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• Channel migrants: Two boats intercepted off Kent coast

  15-06-2019 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Children were among the 40 migrants picked up by Border Force off the Kent coast.
  
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• Chuka Umunna gets Lib Dem Treasury role days after joining party

  15-06-2019 17:45
  Vince Cable says former Change UK MP will be Treasury and business spokesman. Chuka Umunna has been appointed Treasury and business spokesman for the Liberal Democrats just days after the former Labour and Change UK MP joined the party. Umunna announced his decision to join the Liberal Democrats on Thursday, 10 days after leaving Change UK and four months after leaving the Labour party. The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Vince Cable, announced this weekend that he was appointing Umunna as
  
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• OJ Simpson Has Joined Twitter

  15-06-2019 17:41
  OJ Simpson has unveiled a new Twitter account hours after fake videospurporting to be from the former American football player went viral
  
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• Man stabbed to death in London in third murder in two days

  15-06-2019 17:36
  Flowers left at the scene where a man was stabbed in Wandsworth. Photograph: Emma Bowden/PAA man in his 30s has died after he was stabbed in east London, following two separate murders and a number of stabbings in the capital over the past two days. Officers have established a crime scene at Alton Street, Tower Hamlets, but there have been no arrests and police are keeping an open mind as to the motive for the stabbing. Police officers and the London ambulance service attended reports of an inju
  
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• Free TV licences cannot be saved with cuts to salaries, says BBC

  15-06-2019 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC says salary cuts would not plug the gap needed to fund free TV licences for the over-75s.
  
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• Nearly 600 homes advised to evacuate after Lincolnshire flooding

  15-06-2019 17:21
  Evacuations in Lincolnshire continue after a river burst its banks following heavy rain which has battered the UK this week.A total of 580 homes north and south of the River Steeping in the town of Wainfleet All Saints are being advised to evacuate.Military helicopters were deployed to the area yesterday, after the river burst its banks at Thorpe St Peter.
  
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• Petition calling on BBC to reverse licence fee move reaches 500,000 signatures

  15-06-2019 17:18
  The charity director at Age UK, which is hosting the petition, said it had been 'inundated' with phone calls and emails.
  
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• Man stabbed to death in Tower Hamlets, east London

  15-06-2019 17:17
  A man has been stabbed to death in Tower Hamlets, east London.The stabbing follows the arrests of ten people after two teenagers were killed in a stabbing and shooting which happened 12 minutes apart in different parts of London on Friday.The mayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted he was "sickened" after the attacks, which are not thought to be connected.
  
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• Five stabbings and fatal shooting in 24 hours of London violence

  15-06-2019 17:14
  Two teenagers were killed within minutes of each other in different parts of London on Friday evening.
  
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• Youths Have Not Learned From My Son’s Death, Says Father Of Damilola Taylor

  15-06-2019 17:12
  Speaking at a conference in central London on gun and knife crime, RichardTaylor called on politicians to engage with communities to tackle youthviolence in the capital
  
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• Tory rivals say there must be no 'coronation' for Boris Johnson

  15-06-2019 17:12
  Leadership candidates demand proper contest after reports of plan to make them withdraw. Tory leadership candidates have insisted there must be no unchallenged “coronation” for frontrunner Boris Johnson at the latest round of hustings. Senior cabinet ministers were reported to have hatched plans to force other candidates to withdraw from the race after Johnson comfortably topped the poll in the first ballot of MPs this week. Among the rivals condemning the revelation were the home se
  
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• Leaked exam: 'I cried in the car on the way home'

  15-06-2019 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Students who sat the Edexcel A-level maths paper claim 'widespread' leak occurred hours before exam.
  
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• Oxford dean faces £500,000 secret tribunal in pay dispute

  15-06-2019 17:00
  Christ Church’s governing body thought to be opposed to efforts at modernisation. A retired high court judge will preside over a hearing into allegations of “immoral, scandalous or disgraceful” conduct by the dean of Christ Church, Oxford, which are believed to relate to a dispute over pay and governance at the ancient college. Sir Andrew Smith will assess claims made against the Very Rev Martyn Percy, suspended from his job since last September. The hearing, to be held in priv
  
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• Man charged over pushchair mum attack in Islington

  15-06-2019 16:46
  A man has been charged after a woman with a toddler was stabbed in north London.Christel Stainfield-Bruce, 36, was pushing her three-year-old son in a buggy when she was attacked in Caedmon Road, Islington after she refused to hand over her phone just before 5pm last Friday.Ismail Musa,26, of Tollington Road, Holloway, has been charged with causing GBH with intent.
  
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• Tory rivals say no ‘coronation’ for leadership frontrunner Johnson

  15-06-2019 16:44
  Boris Johnson dodged reporters outside the latest hustings.
  
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• Varadkar: Removing backstop 'is effectively no deal'

  15-06-2019 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Leo Varadkar was responding to calls for changes to be made the backstop by some Conservative leadership candidates.
  
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• Mariam Moustafa: Two girls spared jail term after attack on Egyptian student

  15-06-2019 16:25
  Two "violent" girl gang members have been spared jail after teaming up to repeatedly punch an Egyptian student who later died.Mariam Moustafa suffered a stroke which left her in a coma after the attack "over a boy" on 20 February last year.Mariah Fraser, 20, Britania Hunter, 18, and a 16-year-old girl, who cannot be named, admitted they were part of a "pack" of girls who confronted Ms Moustafa in a row "fuelled by social media".
  
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• Veteran republican ‘unrepentant’, mourners told at his funeral

  15-06-2019 16:17
  Billy McKee, who died on Tuesday aged 97, was a founding member of the Provisional IRA.
  
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• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe begins new hunger strike

  15-06-2019 15:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Her husband is also joining her in refusing food, as they demand her unconditional release in Iran.
  
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• Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Jailed British-Iranian mother goes on new hunger strike

  15-06-2019 15:51
  The British-Iranian mother jailed in Iran on spying charges has begun a new hunger strike, her husband has said.On a petition page dedicated to freeing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her husband Richard Ratcliffe said she had stopped taking food in protest at her "unfair imprisonment".Mr Ratcliffe said he would also not eat for the duration of her protest.
  
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• Man’s death in Glasgow treated as suspicious

  15-06-2019 15:46
  Emergency services attended the scene in Knightswood shortly after 10am.
  
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• Irish spending growth to slow in October budget - PM

  15-06-2019 15:45
  The Irish government plans to slow spending growth at its budget in October, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Saturday, after the Central Bank and state budget watchdog warned of signs of overheating.Ireland has been Europe's best-performing economy since 2014 and its Fiscal Advisory Council has warned of an over-dependence on a small number of multinational companies for corporate taxes, which are vulnerable to change with the global business cycle."This budget coming ... will need to be tig
  
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