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• Prince William Says He Would 'Fully Support' His Children If They Were Gay

  26-06-2019 23:58
  Prince William told reporters that he would "fully support" any of hischildren if they came out as LGBTQ
  
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• All you need to know about the G20 summit in Osaka

  26-06-2019 23:30
  The annual event involves 19 leading world economies and the European Union.
  
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• Boris Johnson Says An Election Before Brexit Would Be 'Crazy' And A Deal Can Be Done

  26-06-2019 23:13
  "He added that the Conservatives "need to be ready to wallop Corbyn for six"
  
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• Launch a start-up and I'll wipe your student loan bill, Jeremy Hunt says - Telegraph.co.uk

  26-06-2019 23:09 via telegraph.co.uk
  Launch a start-up and I'll wipe your student loan bill, Jeremy Hunt says  Telegraph.co.ukBoris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt unveil new pledges in leadership race  BBC NewsBoris Johnson neighbours flee after ‘death threats’ for recording row with Carrie Symonds  Express.co.ukCarrie Symonds has plenty of power in Boris Johnson’s campaign to be the next PM  iNewsBoris Johnson is poised for a no-deal Brexit. Will MPs be able to stop him? &nbs
  
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• Backstop issue will not be solved with positive thoughts, says business leader

  26-06-2019 22:54
  Aodhan Connolly, Director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium, attended the first meeting of the business group
  
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• Johnson refuses to rule out suspending Parliament to force through Brexit

  26-06-2019 22:34
  Tory leadership front runner says he is 'not attracted' to 'archaic' constitutional devices, but MPs must deliver on the EU referendum.
  
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• Juniors doctors vote in favour of contract improvements

  26-06-2019 21:21
  The bitter row over the new contract for training medics prompted the first walkouts by doctors in NHS history.
  
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• 'Disgusting': Labour fury over return of Chris Williamson

  26-06-2019 21:20
  MP suspended for suggesting party was ‘too apologetic’ about antisemitism is re-admitted. Labour MPs have expressed fury at Chris Williamson’s re-admission to the party after having been suspended for suggesting the party had been “too apologetic” about antisemitism. Labour’s Ruth Smeeth called the decision “disgusting” and said colleagues did not want Williamson in the party. “I am horrified,” she said on Wednesday. “It says a gr
  
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• Labour Party readmits MP suspended over anti-Semitism comments

  26-06-2019 21:13
  Britain's Labour opposition risked further souring its relationship with the Jewish community after readmitting a lawmaker who was suspended for suggesting the party had been "too apologetic" about anti-Semitism.Chris Williamson, 62, a close ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, was suspended after making the comments in February.Labour has been battling accusations of anti-Semitism for two years, and Corbyn has previously apologised for what he has described as "pockets" of such behaviour within
  
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• Labour Party readmits lawmaker suspended over anti-Semitism comments

  26-06-2019 21:13
  Britain's Labour opposition risked further souring its relationship with the Jewish community after readmitting a lawmaker who was suspended for suggesting the party had been "too apologetic" about anti-Semitism.Chris Williamson, 62, a close ally of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, was suspended after making the comments in February.Labour has been battling accusations of anti-Semitism for two years, and Corbyn has previously apologised for what he has described as "pockets" of such behaviour within
  
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• Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets: Cricket World Cup 2019 – as it happened - The Guardian

  26-06-2019 21:04 via theguardian.com
  Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets: Cricket World Cup 2019 – as it happened  The GuardianBabar Azam's hundred helped Pakistan inflict a first defeat on the Black Caps, boosting their semi-final hopes and turning up the heat on England.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Tory MPs will try to stop no-deal Brexit with amendment

  26-06-2019 20:53
  Conservatives opposed to Boris Johnson’s approach aim to bind his hands. Conservative MPs implacably opposed to a no-deal Brexit will try to amend government legislation as early as next week as a way of binding the hands of Boris Johnson. A cross-party group is planning another attempt to stop a no-deal Brexit after becoming increasingly alarmed at the tone of Johnson’s pledges to take Britain out of the European Union on 31 October, “do or die”. They are planning with L
  
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• Tory MPs try to stop no-deal Brexit with amendment

  26-06-2019 20:53
  Conservatives opposed to Boris Johnson’s approach aim to bind his hands. Conservative MPs implacably opposed to a no-deal Brexit will try to amend government legislation as early as next week, as a way of binding the hands of Boris Johnson. A cross-party group is planning another attempt to stop a no-deal Brexit after becoming increasingly alarmed at the tone of Johnson’s pledges to take Britain out of the European Union on 31 October, “do or die”. They are planning with
  
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• Ireland’s top police officer says border open to crime in hard Brexit

  26-06-2019 20:37
  Drew Harris told a parliament committee that any police response will depend on 'what kind of Brexit we get'.
  
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• Ireland’s top police offiers says border open to crime in hard brexit

  26-06-2019 20:19
  Drew Harris told a parliament committee that any police response will depend on 'what kind of Brexit we get'.
  
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• Junior doctors agree new contract to end four-year dispute

  26-06-2019 20:18
  Under deal, 39,000 will get an 8.2% pay rise over four years along with other benefits. NHS junior doctors have accepted a new contract which gives them an 8.2% pay rise over four years in return for finally ending a four year-long dispute with ministers that triggered the first walkouts they had ever staged. More than four in five (82%) of the junior doctor members of the British Medical Association who voted in a referendum on the new terms and conditions agreed to accept them. About 39,000 ju
  
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• WaterAid opens loo with a view at Glastonbury Festival

  26-06-2019 20:05
  The charity say the 'Loovre' is probably the first art gallery in a toilet cubicle.
  
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• Liverpool toddler's window fall death 'an accident', inquest finds

  26-06-2019 20:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Two-year-old T-Jay Dedman had been playing upstairs when he fell from a window, an inquest hears.
  
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• Protesters gather at Britain's parliament to urge climate action

  26-06-2019 20:02
  At least 12,000 people converged on Britain's parliament on Wednesday to lobby lawmakers to start driving the sweeping changes needed to meet the country's new target to cut net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, organisers said.In the largest environmental lobby held at the British parliament, delegations from across the country met at least 200 MPs, according to organisers at The Climate Coalition and Greener UK, which combine more than 130 environmental groups.Although Britain's carbon emissio
  
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• Jury shown video of dad Lee Pomeroy stabbed 18 times in 25 seconds on train

  26-06-2019 19:56
  The Old Bailey sat in silence during the graphic clip of the "quick and frenzied" attack on Lee Pomeroy, 51, who was stabbed by fellow passenger Darren Pencille on the 1.01pm service from Guildford to Waterloo on 4 January.It showed Mr Pomeroy board the train at London Road station with his son, with Pencille then seen walking in from another carriage and appear to say something as he walks past them.The two men have an exchange - allegedly over the aisle being blocked - which leads Mr Pomeroy t
  
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• Families take government to court over 'genuine crisis' in special needs funding

  26-06-2019 19:55
  Parents of children with special needs are challenging the government over education funding in England in a landmark legal fight.The High Court has heard a "genuine crisis" in support for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) could "blight their lives forever".Lawyers representing three families - from East Sussex, the West Midlands and North Yorkshire - are bringing a case against Chancellor Philip Hammond and Education Secretary Damian Hinds.
  
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• Parliament watchdog urged to examine Ian Paisley over trips to Maldives

  26-06-2019 19:51
  The programme claimed a luxury family holiday Mr Paisley reportedly took was paid for by a former minister in the Maldives government.
  
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• Marc Marshall: Man dies after pouring acid over himself in dock at London court

  26-06-2019 19:49
  A man has died after pouring acid over himself in the dock of a courtroom, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed.Marc Marshall was appearing at Inner London Crown Court in April when he doused himself in the corrosive liquid.An MoJ spokesman told Sky News: "We are sad to learn of the death of Marc Marshall this morning and our thoughts are with his family.
  
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• Chris Williamson’s Labour suspension lifted after anti-Semitism row

  26-06-2019 19:45
  The MP had said the party had been 'too apologetic' in its response anti-Semitism allegations.
  
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• Boris Johnson criticised for male-dominated campaign team

  26-06-2019 19:37
  Boris Johnson campaigning in Oxshott, Surrey. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/ReutersBoris Johnson has been criticised for surrounding himself with an almost entirely male team to run his election campaign, as he brought in the Australian election guru Sir Lynton Crosby’s business partner to professionalise the operation.The frontrunner to be prime minister has beefed up his team with two senior advisers: Iain Duncan Smith, who is his new campaign chairman, and Mark Fullbrook, an election consu
  
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• ‘Woefully low’: Cressida Dick calls for action on crime-solving rates

  26-06-2019 19:32
  Met commissioner calls for better use of data to fight fall in detection rates. The Metropolitan police commissioner has hit out at “woefully low” rates for solving crimes, with courts “emptying” despite some offences rising. Cressida Dick used a keynote lecture to call for better use of data and public consent to avoid charges of a “police state”. Talking to an audience in London at the thinktank the Police Foundation, Dick said she was not proud of low detec
  
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• Scotland ‘will lose key environmental protection after Brexit’

  26-06-2019 19:29
  Barnacle geese at the RSPB Mersehead reserve, Dumfries. The RSPB is one of 16 bodies demanding new Scottish laws with binding targets to protect the environment. Photograph: Ken Jack/Corbis/Getty ImagesEnvironment campaigners have warned that Scotland will lose vital legal safeguards because ministers have failed to ensure environment and pollution laws will be properly enforced after Brexit.They said ministers in Edinburgh had refused repeated requests to table new legislation to guarantee citi
  
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• Scotland 'at risk of losing environmental protection after Brexit’

  26-06-2019 19:29
  Campaigners urge Holyrood ministers to enshrine EU legal rights in national law. Environment campaigners have warned that Scotland will lose vital legal safeguards because ministers have failed to ensure environment and pollution laws will be properly enforced after Brexit. They said ministers in Edinburgh had refused repeated requests to table new legislation to guarantee citizens and campaigners in Scotland the same rights they now had under European law. WWF Scotland, the conservation group,
  
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• You ken me? Hunt desperate to show he's more than just a doll

  26-06-2019 19:21
  Fish and chips! Irn-Bru! It’s just as well he didn’t screw over large parts of the NHS. Photograph: Michal Wachucik/PASince Team Boris managed to rig the vote to get him into the final two, Jeremy Hunt has been on a media blitz to persuade Conservatives there is more to him than being Barbie’s eye candy Ken. He has been spotted drinking Irn-Bru and eating fish and chips. He’s worn a hi-vis jacket. He’s eaten pizza and drunk a milkshake. He’s told people he&rsq
  
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• Royal Norfolk Show: Pigs race in 'Ham National'

  26-06-2019 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  A big day for the little piggies going "wee, wee, wee" all the way to the finish line.
  
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• Labour anti-Semitism row: Chris Williamson allowed back into party

  26-06-2019 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Chris Williamson was suspended after saying the party had been "too apologetic" over allegations.
  
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• Jeremy Hunt goes full-on Action Man – only without the personality

  26-06-2019 19:21
  Tory leadership hopeful tries to shed his Ken doll image by swigging Irn-Bru and wearing hi-vis. Since Team Boris managed to rig the vote to get him into the final two, Jeremy Hunt has been on a media blitz to persuade Conservatives there is more to him than being Barbie’s eye candy Ken. He has been spotted drinking Irn-Bru and eating fish and chips. He’s worn a hi-vis jacket. He’s eaten pizza and drunk a milkshake. He’s told people he’s a big fan of cheese. How wel
  
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• Lee Pomeroy death: 'Frenzied' train attack CCTV shown to jury

  26-06-2019 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Lee Pomeroy suffered 18 knife wounds in an assault lasting little more than 25 seconds, a court hears.
  
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• Families take ministers to court over special needs education

  26-06-2019 19:13
  Ministers accused of acting unlawfully amid funding crisis that risks ‘blighting children’s lives forever’. Lawyers representing children with special educational needs and disabilities have told the high court there is a crisis in funding that is depriving children of a proper education and risking blighting their lives forever. The hearing, a landmark legal challenge to the government’s funding policy, was told the allocation for children and young people with special e
  
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• Ballymurphy inquest: Senior ex-para 'does not recall deaths'

  26-06-2019 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Lt Col Derek Wilford was a commander of the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment in the 1970s.
  
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• Amazon Echo Show 5 hands-on review - Stuff

  26-06-2019 19:08 via stuff.tv
  Amazon Echo Show 5 hands-on review  StuffAmazon’s Alexa started calling man a ‘SH**HEAD after he cancelled his Amazon Prime subscription  The SunAmazon Prime Day just landed early with this massive Echo, Kindle and Fire tablet sale  T3Get an Echo Dot For $1 with This Audible Deal  Tom's GuideAmazon competitors offering discounts on Prime Day  Fox BusinessView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Devastating impact of hate crimes

  26-06-2019 19:07
  ‘ People will be more ready to report this type of crime if there is support,’ writes Andy Stelman. Photograph: Yui Mok/PATwo articles about hate crime in the same edition: one by a victim (I was victim of a hate crime: I can’t stay silent, Anita Sethi, 24 June) and the other about victims (Two men left injured in homophobic knife attack by young boys). Hate crime is an everyday occurrence for a large number of ethnic minority, religious minority, LGBT, disabled and trans citiz
  
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• Democracy lacking in the race to be prime minister

  26-06-2019 19:07
  Readers air their views on Brexit and the Tory leadership race. Polly Toynbee rightly attacks the unprecedented system whereby a small number of Conservative party members are choosing our next prime minister and possibly determining the Brexit outcome ( Britain is now a remain nation. We can halt this rush to Brexit, 25 June). By voting for MPs of a particular party, we do not vote to put the rank and file members of that party in a position of authority over us. We have little idea who those m
  
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• UK's population rises to 66.4m with migration 'bigger driver' than births and deaths - ONS

  26-06-2019 19:05
  The UK's population rose by nearly 400,000 people last year, with migration a "bigger driver" of the increase than births and deaths, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.Neil Park, from the ONS, said: "For the fifth year in a row, net international migration was a bigger driver of population change than births and deaths.
  
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• Former footballer urges graduates to show solidarity as he picks up degree

  26-06-2019 18:56
  Lilian Thuram was at the University of Stirling to be recognised for his contribution to the sport and for helping to tackle racism.
  
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• Anti-Brexit campaigners take aim at Johnson with Glastonbury billboard

  26-06-2019 18:54
  The billboard was made by campaign group Led By Donkeys and satirical artist Cold War Steve.
  
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• Medical experts criticise BBC for use of phrase 'heartbeat bill'

  26-06-2019 18:51
  Abortion rights activist protest in front of the US supreme court in Washington in May. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesAn international alliance of medical experts has accused the BBC of using “medically inaccurate” and biased “dangerously emotive” language after the corporation refused to stop describing US legislation seeking to ban access in some states to legal abortions after six weeks as a “heartbeat bill”.The phrase helps “w
  
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• Vodafone set for EU go-ahead on Liberty Global deal - sources

  26-06-2019 18:50
  Vodafone is set to secure EU antitrust approval for its $22 billion (17 billion pounds) bid for Liberty Global's cable networks in Germany and central Europe after offering concessions in May, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.Vodafone, the world's No. 2 mobile operator, is looking to the deal to help it better compete with German market leader Deutsche Telekom.It offered to strengthen rival Telefonica Deutschland by giving it access to its merged high-speed broadband network aft
  
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• Fears for politician’s niece after disappearance on Isle of Wight

  26-06-2019 18:46
  Rosie Johnson was last seen at the Little Canada activity centre in Wootton, where she works, on Sunday evening.
  
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• 'Revenge porn' victims could win anonymity in UK courts

  26-06-2019 18:42
  People whose intimate images are shared online without their consent could win anonymity in British courts like other sexual abuse victims, under a government-backed review of "revenge porn" laws launched on Wednesday."Taking, making and sharing intimate images without consent causes distress and can ruin lives," David Ormerod, Criminal Law Commissioner with the independent Law Commission, which is carrying out the review, said in a statement.Revenge porn is a growing concern around the world.
  
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• Marc Marshall: Man who poured acid on himself in court dies

  26-06-2019 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Marc Marshall poured a noxious substance on to his face after being sentenced for fraud offences.
  
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• Scotland to aid poorest families with extra £10 a week for each child

  26-06-2019 18:34
  Communities secretary, Aileen Campbell, left, presents her statement on tackling child poverty. Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty ImagesThe Scottish government is to boost the incomes of the country’s poorest families by offering them £10 a week for every child in addition to child benefit payments.Aileen Campbell, the communities secretary, said the new benefit, the Scottish Child Payment, would “tackle child poverty head on” by mitigating many of the worst effects of the UK go
  
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• Family’s tribute to ‘kind, funny’ man killed in Butlin’s bar fight

  26-06-2019 18:33
  Michael Loughlin, 52, died four days after an altercation at the holiday park in Bognor Regis.
  
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• Prince William says it's fine for his kids to be gay

  26-06-2019 18:31
  Britain's Prince William said on Wednesday it would be absolutely fine if one of his children was gay but admitted he was worried about the persecution and hatred they might face because of their royal status.It's more about the fact that I'm worried about the pressures they're going to face and how much harder their life could be," William said on a visit to a charity which supports LGBTQ+ young homeless people.William made the comments on a visit to the Albert Kennedy Trust (akt) in London to
  
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• Social care funding crisis ‘putting tens of thousands at risk’

  26-06-2019 18:30
  Disabled and older people could be denied help with washing and dressing, care chiefs say. Photograph: Daisy-Daisy/Getty Images/iStockphotoThe government’s failure to get to grips with the escalating financial crisis in social care has put tens of thousands of older and disabled people at risk of being denied basic support such as help with washing and dressing, care chiefs have warned.Without urgent guarantees over funding levels there was a serious risk that local authorities would be fo
  
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