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• Watson in new push for Labour to back second Brexit referendum

  16-06-2019 23:30
  The deputy leader says 'our hearts are Remain' as he calls for the party to campaign for Britain to stay in the EU.
  
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• Tom Watson to say Labour must adopt clear anti-Brexit stance

  16-06-2019 23:30
  Tom Watson addresses the crowd at the Put it to the People march in London. Photograph: Michael Bowles/Rex/ShutterstockTom Watson is to challenge Jeremy Corbyn to put Labour at the forefront of the campaign against Brexit, using a speech on Monday to say: “Our members are remain, our values are remain, our hearts are remain.” The deputy leader’s latest intervention would have come ahead of a tricky meeting of Labour’s divided shadow cabinet – but members were told o
  
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• Teachers to be trained to spot mental health issues early

  16-06-2019 23:30
  Theresa May will promise new classroom teaching materials and updated statutory guidance on schools’ mental health responsibilities. Photograph: View Pictures/UIG via Getty ImagesTheresa May is to announce that all teachers in England and Wales will be trained to spot the early signs of mental health issues in children as part of a package of measures aimed at prioritising prevention. With her premiership entering its final weeks, May is keen to salvage a domestic legacy from her three Bre
  
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• The Handmaid's Tale recap: season three, episode two – like blood on snow

  16-06-2019 23:00
  One group stands out in red, the other hides in grey, but what the Handmaids and the Marthas need to do is put aside their differences and kickstart the revolution Spoiler alert: this recap is for people watching The Handmaid’s Tale, series three, on Channel 4 in the UK. Please do not add spoilers for later episodes in the series. You can find recaps for previous episodes here Continue reading...
  
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• Jo Cox would be shocked by British divisions, says widower

  16-06-2019 22:54
  Brendan Cox used a tribute on the third anniversary of the MP's murder to warn "hate still spews forth".
  
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• Johnson pledges to 'end the digital divide' by 2025

  16-06-2019 22:50
  Boris Johnson, the front-runner to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, pledged on Sunday to "end the digital divide" in Britain with the rollout of full fibre broadband by 2025.Using his column in the Telegraph newspaper, Johnson, who was criticised for missing the first television debate on Sunday with the other contenders for Conservative Party leader, said he would speed up the rollout of full fibre broadband."The government has just set a new target for the 100 per cent roll-out of full fibr
  
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• Tory rivals turn on Dominic Raab over refusal to rule out suspending Parliament

  16-06-2019 22:31
  All the candidates except frontrunner Boris Johnson took part in the first televised debate of the leadership campaign.
  
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• ‘Frustrated’ Jess Glynne pulls out of Isle of Wight set due to exhaustion

  16-06-2019 22:10
  The singer was due to perform at the festival on Sunday.
  
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• Hargreaves Lansdown CEO to forgo bonus over Woodford fund fallout - FT

  16-06-2019 22:07
  On Tuesday, British lawmaker Nicky Morgan asked for information about Hargreaves Lansdown's links to the Woodford fund, which was frozen on June 3.Hargreaves Lansdown did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
  
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• Top Gear review – gentler, kinder and all the better for it

  16-06-2019 22:00
  With Freddie Flintoff and Paddy McGuinness joining Chris Harris, the banter is barbed but good-natured, the gags less non-PC – and imagine Clarkson and co doing an episode on electric cars?Remind me: where had we got to with Top Gear? Ever since Jeremy Clarkson got sacked for punching that producer – amazingly, more than four years ago – the BBC has struggled to replace, or revive, or reboot the formula that made the show such a storming success. There was the new model with Ma
  
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• Firms train staff to deal with terror attacks after London Bridge response delays

  16-06-2019 21:41
  Increasing numbers of businesses are training their staff in how to help in the aftermath of a terrorist attack following concerns about how long it could take emergency services to reach victims.It follows evidence at the London Bridge inquest about the delays in ambulance service paramedics getting to the injured amid fears of secondary attacks.One resilience training company Sky News has spoken to has seen demand from businesses increase by 100% over the past two years.
  
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• Plans for first legal cannabis farm in Scotland

  16-06-2019 20:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  SCOTLAND could get its first legal cannabis farm after talks between council chiefs and an Australian firm, it emerged yesterday. LeafCann has been in discussions with North Ayrshire Council and is thought to be investigating potential sites in Irvine.
  
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• India beat Pakistan after ruthless Rohit Sharma sets insurmountable target at Cricket World Cup - The Telegraph

  16-06-2019 20:29 via telegraph.co.uk
  India beat Pakistan after ruthless Rohit Sharma sets insurmountable target at Cricket World Cup  The TelegraphCricket World Cup 2019 fixtures: How to watch on TV, live stream, dates, times, free highlights, tickets, teams  Radio TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Inquiry into our Ciaran's death is 'too little, too late'

  16-06-2019 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE family of a child crushed to death by a headstone have branded a report on cemetery safety “too little too late”. Tragic Ciaran Williamson died at the age of eight when a 7ft headstone fell on top of him while he was playing with friends.
  
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• Man in hospital with ‘life-threatening injuries’ after stabbing at rail station

  16-06-2019 19:31
  British Transport Police have appealed for a taxi driver who dropped off the suspect at Westerton station in Bearsden.
  
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• Boeing Max 737 jet crisis: we should've been more open, says CEO

  16-06-2019 19:20
  Boss says aircraft maker failed to communicate properly with regulators and customersThe head of Boeing has admitted the company made communications errors in its dealings with regulators and airlines in the wake of the 737 Max jet crisis that grounded the entire fleet.Speaking on the eve of the Paris air show, the Boeing chief executive, Dennis Muilenburg, said the company’s communications were “not consistent” and that was “unacceptable”. Muilenburg added that the
  
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• UK and Russia consider May-Putin meeting to thaw relations

  16-06-2019 19:15
  More than a year after Skripal poisoning, obstacles remain to key diplomatic stepThe UK and Russia are examining the scope for a thaw in relations, including the possibility of a meeting between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Theresa May at the G20 leaders’ summit in Japan at the end of this month.If a meeting were to go ahead it would be the first encounter at this level since the poisoning in Salisbury of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in March last year – an episode t
  
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• Camp set up outside Scottish Parliament in five-day climate protest

  16-06-2019 19:12
  Extinction Rebellion Scotland have set up the camp calling on the Scottish Government to do more as the Climate Bill is due to be discussed.
  
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• Nigel Farage reveals Tory leadership candidate who could still challenge Boris Johnson

  16-06-2019 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL FARAGE revealed who he believes would be the best candidate to oppose and would have a chance of winning due to the strongly Leave- supporting Conservative members.
  
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• BP rig at centre of protest ‘makes u-turn’ near oil field

  16-06-2019 18:51
  Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise overtook the 27,000-tonne rig, which was under contract to BP, 83 miles off the Scottish coast.
  
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• Republicanism and the royal family

  16-06-2019 18:45
  Readers respond to Larry Elliott’s stance on the republican cause in Britain and debate the possibility of radical change. I was a little surprised by Larry Elliott’s suggestion that the republican movement has rarely been weaker ( How the House of Windsor saw off British republicanism, 13 June). In his analysis he ignores opinion polling, which shows no growth in support for the monarchy, and he ignores the perilous and imminent succession of King Charles. A YouGov poll commissioned
  
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• Pumps used to reduce water levels following Lincolnshire flooding

  16-06-2019 18:37
  Lincolnshire Police are requesting people in the town avoid using washing machines, toilets and showers.
  
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• Bognor bites back at joint-worst ranking of UK seaside towns

  16-06-2019 18:35
  Which? has placed the south coast resort at joint-96th in its poll of coastal destinationsThe owner of Rainbows, with its multi-coloured sundaes and vegan-friendly cones, has an icy retort for Which? magazine after it labelled Bognor Regis the 96th best – or joint worst – seaside town in Britain.As her assistant twirled light blue frozen candyfloss over domes of Skittles-flecked vanilla ice cream, Jo Millen suggested the consumer guide should stick to judging household products. Cont
  
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• Police launch murder probe after Glasgow death

  16-06-2019 18:14
  Paul Kelly, 50, was found with serious injuries in Knightswood on Saturday morning.
  
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• 'You can feel this surge': how France has caught Women's World Cup fever

  16-06-2019 18:02
  Whether at the stadiums or in front of the television, enthusiasm for the host team is exceeding expectationsFrance has seen a huge surge in enthusiasm for women’s football, with TV viewing figures for the World Cup double what was predicted, national-team games packing stadiums, France shirts selling fast and players swiftly becoming household names.As France prepare to face Nigeria on Monday in Rennes, sponsors and TV commentators have revelled in the increased interest. More than 10 mil
  
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• Royal Marines sent to Gulf to protect British warships after oil tankers attack

  16-06-2019 17:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  ROYAL MARINES will be deployed to the Persian Gulf to protect British warships and merchant vessels after attacks on two tankers, blamed on Iran.
  
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• Michelle O’Neill: Talks to restore powersharing should continue

  16-06-2019 17:48
  The negotiations have involved 'tinkering round the edges' without confronting the main issues preventing agreement, the Sinn Fein deputy leader said.
  
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• Cash-starved Patisserie Valerie 'stopped using butter in puff pastry'

  16-06-2019 17:40
  New owners say firm back on track after takeover unearthed butter ban, broken ovens and unpaid suppliersPatisserie Valerie’s new owner has laid bare the desperate state of the business it bought in January, including a cost-cutting approach so severe that managers stopped using butter in the cake chain’s puff pastry.The private equity firm that bought the company out of administration for just £5m described its shock at finding broken ovens, unpaid suppliers, and a leak in the
  
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• Brothers launch boat ahead of 3,000-mile Atlantic challenge

  16-06-2019 17:34
  Lachlan, Ewan, and Jamie MacLean will take on the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge in December, rowing from the Canary Islands to the West Indies.
  
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• Boris Johnson's shock similarities with Winston Churchill - 'You'd think I'm making it up'

  16-06-2019 17:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  BORIS JOHNSON has been compared to Winston Churchill with the way he will take over the country if he wins the Conservative Party leadership contest.
  
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• Berlin's Alexander Haus regains its soul after painstaking restoration

  16-06-2019 17:19
  Lakeside house where a Jewish family lived before fleeing the Nazis spans a century of German historyElsie Alexander called it her “soul place”, the lakeside house on the outskirts of Berlin where her family had spent long happy summers before they were forced to flee the Nazis.Eighty-three years on, her grandson, Thomas Harding, along with members of the local community, reopened it to the public on Sunday after a painstaking restoration process in which the house by the lake &ndash
  
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• Peter Bone snaps at Sky News host over Boris Johnson ‘ducking away’ – ‘Missing the point!'

  16-06-2019 17:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  BREXITEER Peter Bone came to the defence of Tory leadership favourite Boris Johnson after he was accused of “ducking away” from interviews.
  
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• More rain forecast after 'unprecedented' flooding in Lincolnshire

  16-06-2019 16:56
  Up to 20mm of rain is forecast in affected areas in the coming days, on top of the 132mm that fell in just two days last week - the equivalent of two months' worth of rainfall.Met Office meteorologist Simon Partridge said there was potential for "thundery and heavy rain" on either Tuesday or Wednesday.Properties around Wainfleet have been some of the worst affected in the flooding after the River Steeping burst its banks on Wednesday.
  
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• Boris Johnson's plan means no-deal Brexit or election, says Jeremy Hunt

  16-06-2019 16:44
  Foreign secretary says it is wrong to commit rigidly to leaving the EU by 31 October. Jeremy Hunt has said the Brexit deadline of 31 October should not be a “hard stop” and that Boris Johnson is posing a “stark choice”, between leaving the EU without a deal and a general election. As the five remaining rivals to Boris Johnson prepare for a televised debate on Sunday evening, Hunt warned it would be wrong to commit now to leave the EU by Halloween, come what may. He told B
  
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• Hunt warns of ‘great risk’ of drift to war with Iran

  16-06-2019 16:36
  The Foreign Secretary has urged all sides to 'de-escalate' following attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf.
  
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• Body found after pair charged with murdering missing woman

  16-06-2019 16:35
  Police have found a body amid an investigation into the murder of a missing woman from the West Midlands.Julia Rawson, 42, has not been seen since she disappeared from her home in Dudley on 12 May.Specialist officers searching for Ms Rawson say they discovered the body in the Tipton area, north east of Dudley, on Wednesday.
  
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• Sarri leaves Chelsea for Juventus after just one season

  16-06-2019 16:12
  Maurizio Sarri has become the new manager of Juventus after just one season in charge at Chelsea.The Italian succeeds Massimiliano Allegri after telling the Blues he wanted to return to his home country to be closer to his family and his elderly parents.Chelsea tweeted: "Thank you and good luck for the future, Maurizio," along with a video of his time in charge.
  
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• Marines to be reborn as global task force

  16-06-2019 16:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Royal Marines will be transformed into a Special Forces unit working alongside the Special Boat Service in conflicts across the globe.
  
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• Sure Start numbers plummet as cuts hit children’s services

  16-06-2019 16:03
  Exclusive: Study reveals 20% decline in use with biggest fall in England’s poorest areasShare your experiences of Sure Start children’s centresLocal authority spending cuts have driven a 20% fall in the number of youngsters using Sure Start children’s centres in just four years, with the most dramatic decline occurring in some of England’s poorest areas, a study has found.The charity Action for Children estimates that 1.8 million children used Sure Start centres in Englan
  
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• Royal shock claim: The moment Prince Philip and Queen became ‘totally disengaged’ – expert

  16-06-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BODY language expert shockingly claimed she could pinpoint the moment Prince Philip and the Queen became “totally disengaged”.
  
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• NASA finds 'Star Trek' Starfleet Logo on Mars - indy100

  16-06-2019 15:41 via indy100.com
  NASA finds 'Star Trek' Starfleet Logo on Mars  indy100Whether you're a Star Trek fan or not, there is no doubt that a picture of a geological feature on Mars' surface looks a lot like the Starfleet logo from the USS ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Hungarians remember Imre Nagy, hero of '56, as Orban tightens grip

  16-06-2019 15:36
  Sunday’s ceremony comes as PM stands accused of trying to rewrite Hungarian historyOnly a few hundred people were present to commemorate the anniversary of the execution of Imre Nagy on Sunday morning in Budapest, a far cry from 30 years ago when his reburial drew more than 100,000 people to the city’s Heroes Square.Nagy, a communist reformer, had wanted to implement a less hardline version of communism, but Moscow sent in tanks in 1956 to crush the revolt. He was arrested and hanged
  
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• Cooling cows and a march for unity: Sunday's best photos

  16-06-2019 15:31
  The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• Millions across South America hit by massive power cut

  16-06-2019 15:24
  Failure leaves people in Argentina and Uruguay without electricityTens of millions of people across South America were without electricity early on Sunday after a massive power failure left Argentina and Uruguay almost completely in the dark.The Argentine newspaper Clarín said the “gigantic” power collapse – which it called the worst in Argentina’s recent history – had struck at just after 7am local time, affecting virtually the entire country as well as Urug
  
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• Scottish Secretary backs Gove in Tory leadership race

  16-06-2019 15:23
  David Mundell previously supported UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who quit after coming sixth in the first ballot of Conservative MPs.
  
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• Harry and Meghan share photo of Archie on Father's Day

  16-06-2019 15:23
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have shared a new picture of baby Archie to celebrate Prince Harry's first Father's Day.In an Instagram photo posted on Sunday, the baby boy, now almost six weeks old, is seen gazing at the camera while clutching his father's hand.The new father and his wife Meghan - former Suits actress the Duchess of Sussex - have been enjoying life as a family of three after Archie was born on 6 May.
  
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• Eniola Aluko: 19-year-old shot dead in Plumstead named following afternoon of violence in London

  16-06-2019 15:21
  The victim of a shooting in Plumstead has been named as 19-year-old Eniola Aluko.Mr Aluko, from Thamesmead, died of a gunshot wound to the neck and chest, according to a port-mortem examination held on Saturday.An 18-year-old man was arrested on Saturday and remains in police custody.
  
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• In Pictures: Rally good fun for classic car enthusiasts

  16-06-2019 14:44
  The annual motorsport festival at Brooklands Museum put a range of vintage vehicles to the test.
  
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• Tories will be ‘toast’ if they do not deliver on Brexit, says Raab

  16-06-2019 14:41
  The former Brexit secretary refuses to rule out suspending Parliament to ensure Britain is out of the EU by October 31.
  
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• Harry and Meghan share new photo of Archie on first Father’s Day

  16-06-2019 14:33
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex posted a sepia-toned picture of Archie and Harry on Instagram.
  
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