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• Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to visit Pakistan in autumn

  29-06-2019 23:35
  Diana, Princess of Wales, also made the journey several times through her charity work.
  
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• Armed Forces Day 2019: Flypast and Kaiser Chiefs concert to celebrate

  29-06-2019 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  The Kaiser Chiefs headlined a concert in Salisbury as part of events to mark Armed Forces Day.
  
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• Croydon stabbing: Pregnant woman killed and man arrested

  29-06-2019 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The 26-year-old woman's baby was delivered by paramedics and is in a critical condition in hospital.
  
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• Chief negotiator Olly Robbins will quit Brexit role this summer

  29-06-2019 22:59
  The man behind Theresa May's Brexit deal is the latest in a wave of civil servants who have announced they will resign.
  
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• Brexit negotiator Robbins to leave role - The Sunday Times

  29-06-2019 22:20
  Britain's lead Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins will leave his role in government shortly after briefing the new prime minister, The Sunday Times reported.Robbins had been criticised by Brexiteers for helping negotiate Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, which has been rejected by lawmakers.Robbins is overdue a move and is prepared to stay and do a smooth handover, a source told Reuters.
  
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• Baby delivered after pregnant woman stabbed to death in London

  29-06-2019 22:12
  Police arrest a 37-year-old man after ‘horrific’ attack in Thornton Heath, Croydon. A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman who was about eight months pregnant was stabbed to death on Saturday. Paramedics delivered the 26-year-old woman’s baby as she was dying, after they found her at a residential address in Croydon, south London. The child was taken to hospital and the Metropolitan police said it remained in a “critical condition”. A 37-year-o
  
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• Newborn baby fighting for life after pregnant woman stabbed to death

  29-06-2019 22:04
  A murder probe is under way after the incident in Croydon, south London, in the early hours of Saturday.
  
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• How Brexit party won Euro elections on social media – simple, negative messages to older voters

  29-06-2019 22:00
  Nigel Farage speaking at an event during the European election campaign. Photograph: Rebecca Naden/ReutersThe Brexit party used simple messaging, an active social media presence and a “overwhelmingly negative” attack to win the online battle before the European elections, according to a new analysis of the campaign.Nigel Farage’s party accounted for 51% of all shared content on Facebook and Twitter during the campaign, despite only producing 13% of the content. The analysis, by
  
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• Man, pregnant woman killed in separate stabbings in London

  29-06-2019 21:58
  Two people were stabbed to death in separate incidents in London on Saturday, including a woman who was about eight months pregnant, police said.Police were called to an address in south London at 3:30 a.m., where they found a wounded 26-year-old pregnant woman.The incidents appeared to be unrelated.
  
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• Eight-month pregnant woman dies after London stabbing

  29-06-2019 21:58
  A woman who was around eight months pregnant was stabbed to death in London on Saturday, and her baby was in a critical condition, British police said.Police were called to an address in south London at 3:30 a.m., where they found the wounded 26-year-old.A 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Meghan joins Harry for the Major League Baseball match

  29-06-2019 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  The royal couple attended the first of the two-game series, joined by the Invictus Games Foundation.
  
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• Woman Who Was Eight Months Pregnant Stabbed To Death In South London

  29-06-2019 21:13
  A woman who was around eight months pregnant has been stabbed to death insouth London, the Metropolitan Police said
  
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• Meghan hugs Red Sox relative as royal couple watch baseball game

  29-06-2019 21:06
  In the Boston Red Sox changing room, Mookie Betts was the only player from either side to get a hug from Meghan
  
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• Croydon stabbing: Horror as pregnant woman stabbed to death - newborn fighting for life

  29-06-2019 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  A WOMAN who was around eight months pregnant has been stabbed to death at an address in south London and her baby is critically ill in hospital.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn calls for civil service inquiry after health claims

  29-06-2019 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The Labour leader says the civil service must be "non-political" after a newspaper reported some officials had questioned his health.
  
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• Dublin transformed into sea of rainbow for Pride parade

  29-06-2019 20:58
  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and uniformed Gardai and PSNI officers joined tens of thousands of people on the streets of the city.
  
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• British festival-goers 'devastated' over cancelled VestiVille

  29-06-2019 20:19 via bbc.co.uk
  British festival-goers say they arrived at the Belgian music festival to find it had been cancelled.
  
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• Stormzy chanted back Boris and not the F-bomb at Glastonbury, Johnson claims

  29-06-2019 20:10
  Boris Johnson claimed that Stormzy actually said 'back Boris' during his Glastonbury headline set rather than the explicit alternative
  
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• Parents of murdered schoolgirl Anastasia Kriegel thank community for support

  29-06-2019 20:01
  The teenagers are the youngest convicted killers in the history of the Irish state.
  
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• Tory Brexit rebel Wollaston ‘prepared to step down’ to help a Remain alliance

  29-06-2019 20:00
  The MP for Totnes says politicians should urgently prepare for the likelihood of a ‘populist’ autumn election. A prominent pro-Remain MP has called for urgent talks about an anti-Brexit alliance, signalling she is prepared to stand down if necessary to help it happen. Sarah Wollaston, who resigned from the Conservative party over its Brexit stance, said the threat of a “populist” autumn election meant there was now a sense of urgency for Remain parties to come together to
  
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• Chris Williamson faces deselection from Labour over antisemitism

  29-06-2019 20:00
  Anger among local activists and trade unions after the MP was allowed back into the party. Chris Williamson faces being deselected as a Labour MP by local activists should the party allow him back into the fold, following anger at his comments about antisemitism. The Observer understands that plans are already in place to remove him as Labour’s candidate for Derby North, even if the party opts to reinstate his membership following his suspension. Under party rules, local Labour and trade u
  
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• Brexit rebel MP Sarah Wollaston ‘prepared to step down’ to help a remain alliance

  29-06-2019 20:00
  Sarah Wollaston, who resigned from the Tory party in February over its Brexit policy.Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesA prominent pro-Remain MP has called for urgent talks about an anti-Brexit alliance, signalling she is prepared to stand down if necessary to help it happen.Sarah Wollaston, who resigned from the Conservative party over its Brexit stance, said the threat of a “populist” autumn election meant there was now a sense of urgency for Remain parties to come together to figh
  
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• In Pictures: Harry and Meghan enjoy date night at baseball

  29-06-2019 19:50
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended a game at the London Stadium.
  
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• Glastonbury's plastic bottle ban tested by hot weather

  29-06-2019 19:04
  Britain's Glastonbury Festival is greener and cleaner after banning the sale of single-use plastic bottles in the hope of inspiring long-term change - even in the middle of a heatwave that forced some music fans to queue for water.Ticket holders were encouraged to bring their own reusable bottles or to buy a metal canister, which could be refilled at water stations around the site.Long queues formed at some locations as people tried to keep hydrated in blazing sunshine at Worthy Farm in southwes
  
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• Britain celebrates Armed Forces Day

  29-06-2019 18:39
  Hundreds of events have taken place across the country
  
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• UK weather: Hottest day of the year as temperatures soar

  29-06-2019 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  A high of 34C is recorded as people flock to beaches and swimming pools across southern England.
  
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• Tired of London: thousands flee capital for a quieter life

  29-06-2019 18:00
  More than a third of a million people moved out of the city last year, suggesting a historic turning point. In the leafy village of Essendon, just outside Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, florist Denise Moore is contemplating the reasons she left London five years ago. “I wasn’t really looking to move,” she said. “But my next-door neighbour moved to this village and I came to visit her and really liked it. It’s a lovely place. It suits my needs.” Moore is one of
  
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• Boris Johnson interrupted during hustings by Jeremy Hunt’s helicopter

  29-06-2019 17:56
  The arrival of a helicopter used by Jeremy Hunt interrupted Boris Johnson during the Conservative Party leadership hustings
  
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• Boris Johnson renames BBC the ‘Brexit bashing corporation’ at hustings

  29-06-2019 17:49
  He also hit out at the broadcaster over plans to end free TV licences for the over-75s.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Hits Back At Civil Servants Over Frail Health Leak

  29-06-2019 17:29
  Jeremy Corbyn has said it is "very concerning" that civil servants had briefeda newspaper with allegations about his health
  
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• Boris: I’m the Botham to May’s Boycott

  29-06-2019 17:26
  The MP seized the opportunity to present his differing strategy for Brexit negotiations by deploying a cricketing analogy.
  
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• Glastonbury: Supporting Stormzy's headline set

  29-06-2019 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  As Stormzy delivered his acclaimed headline performance at Friday's Festival, interpreter Tara Asher who specialises in signing grime music was working alongside him. .
  
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• Tory MP Alex Chalk tells People’s Vote rally to fight against no-deal Brexit

  29-06-2019 17:21
  But the Cheltenham MP said he was still not ready to back another referendum on Brexit, despite 65% of his constituents supporting the move.
  
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• Corbyn questions civil service neutrality after claims he’s ‘too frail’ to be PM

  29-06-2019 17:04
  The Labour leader was highly critical of a report suggesting there were growing concerns over his health.
  
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• Hopes rise for an end to ‘heartless’ rationing of IVF

  29-06-2019 17:00
  Health chiefs reinstate UK patients’ access to fertility treatment as minister says postcode lottery is unacceptable. After years of savage rationing of IVF treatment, NHS bodies in England are again making it available to childless women, raising fertility campaigners’ hopes of an end to a “heartless” policy. The NHS clinical commissioning groups in Herts Valley and South Norfolk reinstated patients’ access to IVF in April and this week Cambridgeshire and Peterboro
  
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• Give MPs the ability to hold the rich and powerful to account

  29-06-2019 17:00
  Select committees do vital work – but Jeremy Kyle and Dominic Cummings are among those who did not appear before them when asked. It’s time MPs had the power to make people show up. Last week the House of Commons marked the 40th anniversary of the creation of select committees to scrutinise the work of individual government departments. I chair one of these – digital, culture, media and sport – but the scope of its work has extended beyond holding individual ministers to
  
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• Rise of Brexit Party has no silver lining, warns Labour MP

  29-06-2019 16:42
  Lisa Nandy was speaking during a debate at Glastonbury.
  
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• Banksy designed stab vest for Stormzy’s Glastonbury headline slot

  29-06-2019 16:37
  Stormzy wore the vest for the beginning of his headline performance at Glastonbury Festival.
  
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• Boris Johnson insists he can be trusted with ‘the great Lady Britannia’

  29-06-2019 16:34
  The Tory leadership candidate defended his 'chequered private life' at a hustings in Carlisle.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn criticises civil servants over frail health claims

  29-06-2019 16:31
  Labour leader questions role of service after officials suggest he may have to stand down. Jeremy Corbyn has raised concerns about the neutrality of the civil service after anonymous senior officials claimed he was too frail to become prime minister and may resign as Labour leader over health concerns. The civil servants told the the Times that Corbyn, 70, could be forced to stand down because he was not up to the job “physically or mentally”. According to the newspaper, the future o
  
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• Black rhino dies on way to release in wild

  29-06-2019 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Zambezi, a 17-year-old male, was being flown to the Serengeti from a nature reserve in Kent.
  
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• BBC forced to deny 'censoring Brexit' after controversial 'off-air request' is revealed

  29-06-2019 16:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE BBC was forced to deny it was “censoring Brexit” after it emerged that journalists in a current affairs panel show were told “not to bring it up”.
  
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• Boris Johnson brands BBC 'Brexit Bashing Corporation' as he rages about TV licence fee

  29-06-2019 16:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  BORIS JOHNSON was applauded after he branded the BBC the “Brexit Bashing Corporation” while attempting to win over Tory party members at hustings in the north-west on Saturday.
  
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• Radiation map of UK shows how bad your area is for cancer-causing radon

  29-06-2019 16:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  RADIATION seems like a concern more appropriate for people living near Chernobyl than the UK.
  
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• Sizzling Saturday is hottest day of the year as temperatures keep rising

  29-06-2019 15:34
  A reading of 33C (91.4F) was taken by the Met Office at Heathrow and in west London.
  
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• Arrest made after baby hit in eye with golf ball at park

  29-06-2019 15:27
  Officers were called to a playground outside Radley Court in Sheldon Heath Road.
  
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• Holyrood anniversary: Queen speaks of 'great affection for Scotland'

  29-06-2019 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  At a ceremony marking Holyrood's 20th anniversary, she said she "fondly remembered" opening the parliament.
  
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• In Pictures: Cooling down as temperatures rise

  29-06-2019 14:22
  As the mercury rose, beaches and swimming pools became busy with those looking for a way to beat the heat.
  
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• Death of man found injured in street ‘unexplained’

  29-06-2019 14:20
  Police said inquiries are continuing but 'there are no apparent suspicious circumstances'.
  
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• Queen hails ‘remarkable’ Scottish Parliament as it marks 20 years of devolution

  29-06-2019 14:08
  The Queen and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon both spoke during a special ceremony to commemorate 20 years at Holyrood.
  
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