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• Snack bar wrapper hailed as a world first for recycling

  02-07-2019 23:59
  The material developed in York will be used for the YES! range of snack bars.
  
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• 'The women are smashing it!' England fans at home react to World Cup drama

  02-07-2019 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  England fans - and the occasional American - watch the action unfold at a fan zone in south London.
  
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• England dumped out of Women’s World Cup semi-finals by USA

  02-07-2019 23:30
  The Lionesses' third penalty miss of the tournament proved costly.
  
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• FT: England 1 United States 2: Lionesses out of Women’s World Cup

  02-07-2019 23:26
  The United States are through to the World Cup final.
  
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• England Knocked Out Of Women's World Cup After Defeat To USA In Semi-Final

  02-07-2019 22:55
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• England Knocked Out Of Women's World Cup After Defeat To USA In Semi-Final

  02-07-2019 22:55
  Steph Houghton had an 84th-minute penalty saved as England missed out on aplace in the Women's World Cup final, losing 2-1 to the United States
  
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• Surprise royal visitor helps British players ease through to second round

  02-07-2019 22:21
  Kate mixed with sports stars during her trip to SW19 and watched some of the victorious British players in action.
  
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• Andy Murray And Serena Williams To Form Mixed Doubles Team At Wimbledon

  02-07-2019 22:11
  Andy Murray and Serena Williams will link up to play mixed doubles atWimbledon, the Scot's team confirmed on Tuesday evening
  
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• Man died of heatstroke in London court cell after 'serious failings'

  02-07-2019 21:22
  The 43-year-old was kept in an unventilated court cell at Westminster magistrates court.Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAA watchdog has said “serious failings” must be addressed after a man died from severe heatstroke after being kept in a police van and unventilated court cell on one of the hottest days in London for years.Rafal Sochacki, a 43-year-old Polish national, died at Westminster magistrates court on 21 June 2017.An inquest jury sitting in central London concluded his death w
  
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• Live: England 0 United States 1 – Women’s World Cup semi-final

  02-07-2019 21:19
  Updates as the Lionesses bid to claim a place in the World Cup final.
  
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• First Woman Set To Lead European Commission As Ursula Von Der Leyen Backed For Top Job

  02-07-2019 20:42
  The European Commission looks set to have its first female president after EUleaders nominated German minister Ursula von der Leyen for the job
  
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• Tory pair say Johnson team may be breaching data protection laws

  02-07-2019 20:13
  Minister and former MP ask watchdog to investigate and party chair to launch inquiry. A minister and a former Conservative MP have asked the information watchdog to investigate whether Boris Johnson’s campaign to become party leader is breaching data protection laws. Harriet Baldwin, a foreign office minister, and Ben Howlett, a former MP for Bath, have also asked the party’s chair, Brandon Lewis, to launch an inquiry after receiving allegedly unsolicited requests for support from th
  
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• Boris Johnson team accused of breaching data protection laws

  02-07-2019 20:13
  Tory minister and former MP ask watchdog to investigate and party to launch inquiry. A minister and a former Conservative MP have asked the information watchdog to investigate whether Boris Johnson’s campaign to become party leader is breaching data protection laws. Harriet Baldwin, a Foreign Office minister, and Ben Howlett, a former MP for Bath, have also asked the party’s chair, Brandon Lewis, to launch an inquiry after receiving allegedly unsolicited requests for support from the
  
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• BBC has other numbers to worry about than Gary Lineker’s pay

  02-07-2019 20:08
  Gary Lineker could expect a similar salary from commercial rivals, the BBC might argue. Photograph: Ian Lawrence/Getty ImagesHow you view Gary Lineker’s table-topping £1.75m BBC salary says a lot about you – and the future of the BBC.If you’re the BBC director general, Tony Hall, unveiling the corporation’s annual report, it is payment for the “excellent job” that Lineker does providing entertainment to millions of people. Top talent requires top money,
  
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• EU leaders allocate bloc’s top jobs after marathon talks

  02-07-2019 20:00
  The European Council proposed Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president.
  
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• Would the last Tory left in Northern Ireland please turn out the lights?

  02-07-2019 19:47
  Audiences in Belfast bored to tears as Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt pretend to care about them. It feels longer than 10 days. Much longer. With the Conservative leadership hustings into their second week, the feeling of existential despair now feels total. What novelty there might once have been has long since worn off. Even Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson can barely keep their eyes open as they stumble their way through tired scripts. There is no sense of edge or danger. Of the next prime minist
  
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• NFL comes to London offering way out for trapped teenagers

  02-07-2019 19:43
  American football stars talk of their troubled backgrounds as boys vie for place at academy. American football stars who escaped gangs, drugs and crime in some of the United States’ toughest neighbourhoods arrived in Tottenham on Tuesday to seek out British teenagers who might follow their path to gridiron fame. They watched as 120 boys from across the UK underwent trials at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for places at a new NFL academy in north London that will offer further education and coac
  
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• Father of teenage Wimbledon star gave up job to help daughter succeed

  02-07-2019 19:42
  American Cori Gauff made headlines on Monday after defeating five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in straight sets on No 1 Court.
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge enjoys tennis during surprise visit to Wimbledon

  02-07-2019 19:41
  In the royal box she sat down to watch Federer take on South African Lloyd Harris, a match the Swiss won in four sets.
  
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• More investment needed to defend vulnerable NHS from hackers, researchers warn

  02-07-2019 19:30
  Findings of a new paper will be presented to the House of Lords today.
  
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• Andy Murray took up breakdancing to help hip surgery rehabilitation

  02-07-2019 19:29
  At the Australian Open earlier in the year, a tearful Murray admitted his career could be all but over due to his hip pain.
  
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• Boris Johnson And Jeremy Hunt's U-turning Tory Leadership Campaigns

  02-07-2019 19:23
  Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have been flying around the country together asthey take each other on in front of Tory members as the battle to be the nextprime minister heats up
  
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• Tory leadership contender is an ‘enthusiast’ of NI to Scotland bridge idea

  02-07-2019 18:56
  Boris Johnson said the idea of a bridge from Northern Ireland to Scotland should be championed by local politicians.
  
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• NI Tories left with ‘tough decision’ after meeting leadership candidates

  02-07-2019 18:49
  Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt travelled to Northern Ireland on Tuesday for leadership hustings before local members.
  
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• Duke of Sussex calls on businesses to allow staff to become mentors

  02-07-2019 18:44
  Harry said becoming a dad for the first time had made him realise he was now looked up to by another person.
  
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• Devolution and the problem of English democracy

  02-07-2019 18:44
  John Marriott suggests a series of reforms, Declan O’Neill says a breakup of England might preserve Britain, Tony Mackay detects a drop in the quality of Scottish parliamentary debate, Randhir Singh Bains wants an English identity that embraces ethnic minorities and Keith Flett on London’s issues. The Guardian appears at last to have woken up to the fact that, compared with the other nations of the UK, in terms of devolution and representative democracy, England is very much the poor
  
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• No 10: BBC must explain why star pay is up after free licences for over-75s cut

  02-07-2019 18:39
  The BBC has been criticised for boosting the pay of some of its stars after revealing it will scrap the universal free TV licence for pensioners.
  
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• BBC Pay: John Humphrys And Jeremy Vine Salary Cuts Revealed After Gender Pay Row

  02-07-2019 18:34
  The extent of pay cuts taken by six of the highest BBC earners has beenrevealed in the corporation's annual report
  
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• Man who shot great-grandson dead has never said sorry to us, boy’s mother says

  02-07-2019 18:28
  Albert Grannon admitted manslaughter and was jailed for three years.
  
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• Chancellor claims no-deal Brexit ‘hit’ to exchequer of £90 billion

  02-07-2019 18:21
  Philip Hammond also expressed his dislike for 'ad hoc' spending or tax-cut commitments, in an apparent nod to the Tory leadership race.
  
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• Schoolboy, 13, named after body found in river

  02-07-2019 18:04
  Police have launched an investigation into how Christopher Kapessa's body ended up in the river
  
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• Why is the backstop such a thorn in the side for Brexit negotiators?

  02-07-2019 18:03
  Would-be prime ministers Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson have vowed to ditch it.
  
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• Where do stowaways hide on planes?

  02-07-2019 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  A suspected stowaway is thought to have fallen from a Heathrow-bound flight into a garden in south London.
  
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• Businessman Vijay Mallya wins right to challenge extradition to India

  02-07-2019 17:29
  Vijay Mallya denies any wrongdoing and has been fighting to remain in Britain.
  
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• Father of woman killed fighting in Syria: ‘I should have done more’

  02-07-2019 17:27
  Dirk Campbell spoke ahead of a documentary about his daughter, Anna.
  
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• Threat of bigotry a daily reality for LGBT people, says Theresa May

  02-07-2019 17:11
  Mrs May celebrated the compulsory relationships education for primary-age pupils introduced last week as a 'historic step forward'.
  
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• Belfast could be Singapore-style tax-free zone, says Johnson

  02-07-2019 17:10
  Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have backed the creation of ‘freeports’ on the east coast. Composite: Reuters/EPABelfast could be turned into a Singapore-style tax-free zone under proposals being considered by Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to become the new prime minister.At a hustings in the Northern Ireland capital on Tuesday he expressed enthusiasm for the idea, when asked by a member of the audience.“That’s the sort of thing we can do, we could do free ports, it would
  
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• BBC criticised over pay rises as latest salaries are revealed

  02-07-2019 17:10
  Gary Lineker's salary remains unchanged at £1.75 million.
  
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• Kate cheers Harriet Dart on to her first win at Wimbledon

  02-07-2019 17:09
  The British player said it was 'pretty cool' to have royalty watching her play.
  
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• Live updates: Excitement builds as Lionesses bid for place in World Cup final

  02-07-2019 17:07
  England take on the USA in the semi-final this evening.
  
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• Labour’s Watson urges mandatory levy on gambling firms

  02-07-2019 17:01
  Britain’s five biggest gambling firms have agreed to increase the voluntary levy they pay from 0.1% of annual UK revenue to 1% over next five years. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PALabour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has called for a mandatory levy on gambling firms to fix the “broken” industry.Noting that some companies donated “frankly insulting” amounts of money to fund addiction treatment, Watson said the current voluntary system needed to be replaced.&ldquo
  
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• Labour’s Tom Watson urges mandatory levy on gambling firms

  02-07-2019 17:01
  Britain’s five biggest gambling firms have agreed to increase the voluntary levy they pay from 0.1% of annual UK revenue to 1% over next five years. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PALabour’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has called for a mandatory levy on gambling firms to fix the “broken” industry.He said some companies donated “frankly insulting” amounts of money to fund addiction treatment, and the voluntary system needed to be replaced.“The gambling market
  
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• Brexit Party MEPs turn their backs on EU anthem

  02-07-2019 17:01
  Members of Britain's Brexit Party turned their backs on the EU anthem on Tuesday as it was played live at the opening of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, in a move that other lawmakers branded disgraceful and pathetic.The party launched by prominent Brexiteer Nigel Farage in April won 29 seats in the assembly the following month, more than any other party in Britain, as it rode a wave of public anger over Prime Minister Theresa May's failure to deliver the country's departure from the bloc
  
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• Whirlpool reveals number of faulty dryers could be 800,000

  02-07-2019 16:58
  Whirlpool faced a barrage of questions from MPs over its use of non-disclosure agreements to 'shut people up'.
  
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• Police appeal to identify Everton fans after violent clashes

  02-07-2019 16:45
  Images of 16 supporters suspected of being involved in unrest after an FA cup match against Millwall in January have been released
  
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• Mother of Stanley, six, ‘really angry’ at killer’s failure to apologise

  02-07-2019 16:44
  Albert Grannon showed 'recklessness, stupidity and a lack of forethought', Jenny Dees said.
  
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• Lucy McHugh murder trial hears school raised safeguarding fears

  02-07-2019 16:40
  Stephen Nicholson is alleged to have murdered Lucy McHugh, 13, last year after sexually abusing her for months. Photograph: Hampshire police/PAA school contacted social services to express concern about the relationship between Lucy McHugh and the man accused of murdering her but no action was taken, a court has been told.The school’s safeguarding lead was worried men including Stephen Nicholson, her alleged killer, had unsupervised access to the vulnerable teenager, Winchester crown court
  
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• Stephen Lawrence murder: ex-detective cleared of corruption

  02-07-2019 16:31
  John Davidson pictured in 2006. Photograph: BBC/PA/PAStephen Lawrence’s best friend has said a multimillion-pound investigation into fears the murdered schoolboy’s killers were shielded by corruption has collapsed.The investigation’s prime suspect, a former detective called John Davidson, has been told no evidence of corruption has been found against him.It follows an investigation lasting nearly four years by the National Crime Agency into longstanding corruption claims in the
  
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• Facebook cracks down on sensationalist and misleading health content

  02-07-2019 16:30
  Dubious health posts will be shown lower in the news feed to reduce their visibility.
  
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• Zoo Keeper ‘Was Trying To Leave Enclosure When She Was Attacked By Tiger’

  02-07-2019 16:21
  A keeper who was mauled to death by a tiger at a zoo appeared to have beentrying to leave the enclosure after cleaning its viewing windows when she wasattacked, an inquest has heard
  
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