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• Prostate cancer hormone therapy linked to rise in risk of dementia

  03-07-2019 23:52
  It also found a 14% increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease compared to men not given ADT.
  
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• May urges successor to strengthen the union of nations

  03-07-2019 23:32
  Prime Minister Theresa May will urge her successor on Thursday to strengthen the bonds between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in a veiled criticism of those in her party who are widely thought to prefer Brexit to the union.Both of the candidates to replace May, former London mayor Boris Johnson and foreign minister Jeremy Hunt, say they want to strengthen the union of the United Kingdom's four nations.In a speech in Scotland in the dying days of her premiership, May will mark 20
  
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• Theresa May: My successor in Number 10 will make protecting union top priority

  03-07-2019 23:30
  The Prime Minister will visit Scotland on Thursday ahead of Tory leadership hustings north of the border.
  
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• May to warn successor: 'greatest' duty is to strengthen union

  03-07-2019 23:30
  PM will give speech in Scotland highlighting threat to integrity of UK from no-deal Brexit. Theresa May is warning her successor as prime minister about the grave responsibility of preserving the union, joining a growing chorus of senior Conservatives urging caution over a no-deal Brexit and the wider rise of populist policies. In a speech in Scotland on Thursday, May is to say that whoever takes over from her in Downing Street – most likely to be Boris Johnson – will have among thei
  
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• Hospitals Report Sewage Leaking Into Wards And Staff Trapped In Lifts As Repair Bills Soar

  03-07-2019 23:30
  NHS hospitals have been pushed to "rack and ruin", an investigation hasrevealed, with sewage leaking into wards and corridors and staff trapped inbroken lifts
  
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• Civil Service chief believes ‘frail Corbyn’ claims were meant to do damage

  03-07-2019 23:26
  PA understands Sir Mark Sedwill said in meeting with the Labour leader he was appalled to read reports of the comments.
  
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• Minister predicts his own sacking in speech attacking populists

  03-07-2019 23:09
  Justice secretary David Gauke’s remarks will be seen as veiled attack on Boris Johnson. The justice secretary, David Gauke, has launched an impassioned attack on “populist politicians” who deceive the public by telling them what they think they want to hear. In a speech to the annual judges’ dinner in the City of London on Wednesday, Gauke, a forthright opponent of a no-deal Brexit, anticipated his imminent removal from office and contrasted the fact-finding diligence of
  
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• Minister anticipates own sacking in speech attacking populists

  03-07-2019 23:09
  Justice secretary David Gauke’s remarks will be seen as veiled attack on Boris Johnson. The justice secretary, David Gauke, has launched an impassioned attack on “populist politicians” who deceive the public by telling them what they think they want to hear. In a speech to the annual judges’ dinner in the City of London on Wednesday, Gauke, a forthright opponent of a no-deal Brexit, anticipated his imminent removal from office and contrasted the fact-finding diligence of
  
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• Man, 40, dies after south London stabbing

  03-07-2019 22:35
  There have been no arrests and surrounding roads have been closed.
  
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• British hopefuls knocked out on day of hot Wimbledon action

  03-07-2019 22:33
  Kyle Edmund and Heather Watson both suffered defeats.
  
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• Cabinet Secretary Condemns ‘Malicious’ Claims About Jeremy Corbyn’s Health And Fitness To Be PM

  03-07-2019 22:23
  Britain's most senior civil servant has condemned "malicious" Whitehall smearsabout Jeremy Corbyn's health and promised an independent input into hisinvestigation into the affair, Labour has revealed
  
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• Cabinet Secretary Condemns ‘Malicious’ Claims About Jeremy Corbyn’s Health And Fitness To Be Prime Minister

  03-07-2019 22:14
  Britain's most senior civil servant has condemned "malicious" Whitehall smearsabout Jeremy Corbyn's health and promised an independent input into hisinvestigation into the affair, Labour has revealed
  
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• Just Five Tory Rebels Needed To Topple The Government To Stop No-Deal Brexit, Analysis Suggests

  03-07-2019 22:00
  Just five Tory rebels would be enough to bring down the government in anyattempt to stop a no-deal Brexit using a vote of no confidence, a HuffPost UKanalysis suggests
  
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• Excitement at Wimbledon builds ahead of Murray/Williams partnership

  03-07-2019 21:49
  As singles players, Sir Andy and Williams have 26 grand slam singles titles between them.
  
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• One dead as Stromboli volcano erupts and ‘sends tourists fleeing into sea’

  03-07-2019 21:37
  The volcano, nicknamed 'Lighthouse of the Mediterranean', is described as 'one of the most active' on earth
  
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• Families on universal credit falling into debt in school holidays

  03-07-2019 21:20
  Parents tell MPs they are struggling to cope with higher childcare and food costs. Families on universal credit are being plunged into debt because of increased childcare and food costs during school holidays, parents have told a committee of MPs as they appealed for help to manage the extra costs. The parliamentary hearing on holiday hunger heard from parents and charities about struggling families where parents have to stop working during the school holidays or pay crippling additional childca
  
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• Mind the gap! Video shows boy falling between train and platform

  03-07-2019 21:13
  The clip is being used to warn parents to keep an eye on their children on public transport. The boy was rescued unscathed.
  
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• Mark Wood’s lucky touch symbolises England’s change in fortune - The Guardian

  03-07-2019 20:54 via theguardian.com
  Mark Wood’s lucky touch symbolises England’s change in fortune  The GuardianMark Wood's lucky touch to run out New Zealand's captain, Kane Williamson, backing up confirmed the impression that England's fortunes have truly turned ...
  
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• Probe into frail Corbyn claims will have independent element, says Labour

  03-07-2019 20:41
  Labour leader holds 45 minute meeting with head of the civil service over the controversy.
  
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• Corbyn had frank talk with Britain's top civil servant over newspaper report

  03-07-2019 20:35
  Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn had a frank talk with Britain’s top civil servant as he called for an independent investigation into a report citing unidentified officials expressing concerns over his health, his spokesman said.The Times newspaper reported the officials as saying they were concerned Corbyn was too frail to be prime minister.The seriousness of the civil service breach and the evident malicious intent behind it was acknowledged by all participants in the meeting
  
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• Malfunctioning Maybot rages against the dying of the light

  03-07-2019 20:04
  Theresa May’s anger had been repressed so long that it came out hopelessly misdirected. Photograph: Handout/ReutersIt’s been a busy few days for the prime minister. The weekend in Japan for the G20 summit and then a couple of days in Brussels while the other EU countries divvied up the top jobs between them. But everywhere Theresa May went she was treated with polite indifference. A ghost at the wedding. The louder she yells for some kind of legacy by which she can be remembered &nda
  
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• Stromboli volcano erupts as tourists watch on from beach

  03-07-2019 20:00
  National geographic has described the volcano's explosions as 'constant but mild' since 1932.
  
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• Thousands attend Queen’s annual garden party in Edinburgh

  03-07-2019 19:51
  The Princess Royal, Duke of York and newly titled Earl of Forfar were also in attendance at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
  
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• England beat New Zealand by 119 runs to make Cricket World Cup semi-finals – as it happened - The Guardian

  03-07-2019 19:51 via theguardian.com
  England beat New Zealand by 119 runs to make Cricket World Cup semi-finals – as it happened  The GuardianOver-by-over report: England eased into the World Cup semi-finals with an emphatic win over New Zealand built on another century from Jonny Bairstow.
  
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• Tory leadership contenders to be interviewed by Andrew Neil

  03-07-2019 19:36
  Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt will be grilled by the journalist for a BBC One programme on July 12.
  
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• Creative silage bales draw tourists to quiet Irish town

  03-07-2019 19:36
  The event which is now in its third year, is part of the annual An Tostal festival in Drumshanbo, Co Leitrim.
  
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• Boris Johnson Campaign Spams Rival Jeremy Hunt Amid Data Breach Row

  03-07-2019 19:22
  Boris Johnson is facing questions over whether his leadership campaign hasbreached data laws after his rival Jeremy Hunt received unsolicited 'BackBoris' material to his personal email address
  
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• Neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Hunt is fit to be prime minister

  03-07-2019 19:20
  Readers give their views on the two contenders hoping to lead the Tory party – and the country. When I was a child during the second world war, British men and women laid down their lives for us. Would they have thought that nearly 80 years later, their descendants would be asked to lay down their jobs for the country ( Businesses going bust is price worth paying for no-deal Brexit, says Hunt, 1 July)? My only hope is that the ragbag advocating this sacrifice will be giving us personal exa
  
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• Baby son of Prince Harry and Meghan to be christened on Saturday

  03-07-2019 19:20
  Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, the two-month-old son of Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, will be christened in a small private ceremony at Windsor Castle on Saturday, Buckingham Palace said.The ceremony will be carried out by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in the castle's Private Chapel.Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, were looking forward to sharing some images taken on the day by photographer Chris Allerton, the palace added in a statement on Wednesday.
  
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• Farage’s Brexit party MEPs take a turn for the worse in Strasbourg

  03-07-2019 19:18
  Readers comment on Brexit party MEPs snubbing the EU anthem at the opening of the European parliament. After the premiere of his Ninth Symphony on 7 May 1824 in Vienna, Beethoven, who was deaf, had to be turned around to face the cheering audience. In turning their backs to the Ode to Joy ( Farage and his MEPs turn their backs as parliament resumes, 3 July), were Nigel Farage and his cronies oddly trying to imitate him in Strasbourg, to show they are not just stone dead to any idea of common Eur
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son to be christened by Archbishop of Canterbury

  03-07-2019 19:17
  Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor will be baptised in a private ceremony at Windsor Castle.
  
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• Two workers killed by train ‘could not hear it because of ear defenders’

  03-07-2019 19:14
  The victims died after being hit by the passenger service while working on tracks near Port Talbot in South Wales, British Transport Police said.
  
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• Brexit backstop replacement plans ‘could mean small NI firms go bust’

  03-07-2019 19:13
  The Alternative Arrangements Commission faced tough questioning in Belfast.
  
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• Norman Stone was brilliant, funny, a doll

  03-07-2019 19:12
  Norman Stone. ‘His becoming so rightwing and drunk in later life was a pity, but earlier he was a doll,’ writes Louisa Young. Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Getty ImagesRe Richard Evans’ obituary of Norman Stone (26 June): what Evans says has truth in it, but it’s far from the whole truth. Stone was a brilliant teacher, hilarious company, a fascinating lecturer, and a charming admirer. And, which is surely the point about MeToo, he didn’t get shirty or use it aga
  
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• Pregnant woman stabbed to death in bedroom

  03-07-2019 19:06
  Kelly Mary Fauvrelle's baby son was delivered by paramedics but died on Wednesday morning.
  
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• London Bridge terrorists ‘in attacking mode’, inquest hears

  03-07-2019 19:03
  Khuram Butt, 27, Rachid Redouane, 30, and Youssef Zaghba, 22, carried out a rampage on June 3 2017.
  
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• Port Talbot Deaths: Workers Killed On Railway Tracks Couldn't Hear Train As Wearing Ear Defenders

  03-07-2019 19:02
  The two railway workers who died after being struck by a train in South Waleswere wearing ear defenders and could not hear it approaching, BritishTransport police said
  
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• DUP and Sinn Fein clash over lack of progress in Stormont talks

  03-07-2019 19:02
  DUP MP Gavin Robinson accused Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy of 'making excuses' after he slammed talks going into a 'go-slow'.
  
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• VIP paedophile ring accuser tells his trial he stands by his claims

  03-07-2019 18:41
  Carl Beech is accused of falsely claiming he was among the victims of a group of establishment men. Photograph: CPS/PAA former nurse accused of lying about a VIP paedophile ring in Westminster has stood by his claims, telling a court that Jimmy Savile and Edward Heath were in the gang of high-profile abusers.Carl Beech, 51, is alleged to have falsely claimed he was among the victims of a group of establishment men, including senior politicians and military figures, who raped, kidnapped and murde
  
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• Accuser tells court his stepfather raped him as part of a VIP abuse ring

  03-07-2019 18:41
  Carl Beech says Maj Ray Beech was in a paedophile gang with Jimmy Savile and Edward Heath. A former nurse accused of lying about a VIP paedophile ring in Westminster has stood by his claims, telling a court that Jimmy Savile and Edward Heath were in the gang of high-profile abusers. Carl Beech, 51, is alleged to have falsely claimed he was among the victims of a group of establishment men, including senior politicians and military figures, who raped, kidnapped and murdered boys in the late 1970s
  
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• The infertility premium: how big business exploits our deepest fears about pregnancy

  03-07-2019 18:39
  There is nothing in a vitamin drip that can’t be got from a well-balanced diet. Photograph: Alpgiray Kelem/Getty ImagesOf couples trying for a baby, 84% will conceive naturally within the first year, others after a little more time, but the one in seven who continue to have problems are increasingly at the mercy of unproven “treatments” that promise to boost fertility for a hefty price tag.This week, intravenous wellness company Get A Drip was forced to withdraw a £250 &l
  
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• Veteran Labour MP Sir Kevin Barron to stand down at next election

  03-07-2019 18:36
  The Rother Valley MP said it had been the 'honour of my life' to represent his constituency for more than 36 years.
  
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• Iraq war veteran jailed for killing Britain’s Got Talent finalist

  03-07-2019 18:32
  Desmond Sylva, 41, knifed his on-off girlfriend Simonne Kerr, 31, more than 70 times.
  
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• Rory Stewart pledges to put climate and environment at heart of UK aid efforts

  03-07-2019 18:31
  International Development Secretary announces £193m for research and innovation from climate smart agriculture to electric tuk tuks.
  
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• Chinese ambassador summoned over Hong Kong spat

  03-07-2019 18:25
  A diplomatic row has broken out between the UK and China following unrest in Hong Kong.
  
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• Serena Williams spotted using plastic racket cover at Wimbledon

  03-07-2019 18:16
  The All England Club has committed itself to reducing plastic waste at this year's Championships.
  
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• Facebook, Instagram And WhatsApp Are Down. Again

  03-07-2019 17:57
  Users across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have reported issues with partsof the social media giant's suite of apps
  
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• Independent review ordered into police probe of man’s death in 1997

  03-07-2019 17:55
  The body of Kevin Mcleod, 24, was recovered from Wick harbour.
  
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• UK police launch new search for Suzy Lamplugh, missing since 1986

  03-07-2019 17:49
  Police have started searching land at a site in central England as part of a long-running investigation into the disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh who vanished 33 years ago, one of Britain's most high-profile cases of recent decades.London police said officers had begun scouring land in Pershore, Worcestershire having received new information about her disappearance following a 2018 search of a property in Sutton Coldfield, about 50 miles (80km) north of Pershore."Officers received new information
  
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• Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram glitches affect some users globally

  03-07-2019 17:46
  "During one of our routine maintenance operations, we triggered an issue that is making it difficult for some people to upload or send photos and videos," Facebook said.Facebook, which gets tens of millions of dollars fromadvertising revenue daily, declined to comment when asked whether it will refund businesses.More than 14,000 users reported issues with Instagram, while more than 7,500 and 1,600 users complained about Facebook and WhatsApp, according https://downdetector.com/status/instagram t
  
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