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• Man Utd transfer news LIVE: Bruno Fernandes agreement delayed, £71m deal backed - Express

  11-07-2019 23:57 via express.co.uk
  Man Utd transfer news LIVE: Bruno Fernandes agreement delayed, £71m deal backed  ExpressManchester United transfer news LIVE Milinkovic-Savic latest and Romelu Lukaku misses training  Manchester Evening NewsMan Utd urged to seal striker signing - 'Harry Kane is a perfect example' - Daily Star  Daily StarKleberson insists Romelu Lukaku exit would be a “big loss” for Man Utd  FootballFanCast.comInter meet Manchester United to discuss Romelu
  
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• Man taken into custody in connection with London double homicide - police

  11-07-2019 23:42
  Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, who was eight months pregnant, was found stabbed to death in a house in Croydon, south London, last month."The male has been taken to a central London police station where he remains at this time," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement http://bit.ly/2xI7E9B, adding that enquiries would continue.
  
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• Twitter apologises for outage caused by ‘internal system change’

  11-07-2019 23:40
  Users across the US and the UK were temporarily unable to access the social networking service.
  
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• Formby hits out at Watson amid Labour feuding

  11-07-2019 23:37
  The party's general secretary and deputy leader have clashed in a public exchange of letters.
  
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• Hunt urges diplomats to 'keep speaking up without fear or favour'

  11-07-2019 23:33
  Foreign minister Jeremy Hunt urged British diplomats to keep speaking "without fear or favour" following the resignation of the ambassador to the United States over leaked memos that criticised the U.S. administration.The public spat has undermined the so-called special relationship between Britain and the United States at a time when the British government is looking to strengthen ties ahead of its departure from the European Union."Please keep speaking up without fear or favour, remembering th
  
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• Hunt exhorts UK envoys to 'speak truth to power' in coded rebuke to Johnson

  11-07-2019 23:31
  Jeremy Hunt wrote to all Foreign Office staff: ‘I want you to know that you will always get all the support you need to carry out your vital work. I will ensure you get it.’ Photograph: ReutersJeremy Hunt has implored British diplomats to continue “speaking truth to power and standing up for British interests” as the fallout from the resignation of the UK ambassador to Washington became a key battleground in the fight to succeed Theresa May.In a message to all Foreign Off
  
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• Devs express optimism, caution over Steam interactive recommender - Gamasutra

  11-07-2019 23:17 via gamasutra.com
  Devs express optimism, caution over Steam interactive recommender  GamasutraSteam's new 'Interactive Recommender' uses machine learning, not tags or reviews, to tell you what to play  PC GamerSome of Valve’s Experiments are Going Public via Steam Labs  VRFocusSteam's New Customizable AI Tool Scans Your Playtime And Tells You What To Buy Next  KotakuSteam's new 'microtrailers' want to help you absorb every game on Steam in 6 second bursts  P
  
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• MPs Plot Commons 'Sit-In' To Stop Boris Johnson's No-Deal Brexit Plan To Shut Down Parliament

  11-07-2019 23:00
  Chancellor Philip Hammond expects MPs to stage a 'sit-in' to stop BorisJohnson from shutting down parliament to ram through a no-deal Brexit,HuffPost UK has learned
  
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• Kelly Mary Fauvrelle: Man arrested over murder of pregnant woman whose baby died - Sky News

  11-07-2019 23:00 via news.sky.com
  Kelly Mary Fauvrelle: Man arrested over murder of pregnant woman whose baby died  Sky NewsKelly Mary Fauvrelle: Man arrested over murder of mum and baby  BBC NewsMan, 25, arrested on suspicion of murdering heavily pregnant mum-to-be  Mirror.co.ukMan, 25, arrested for murder of pregnant mum and her baby  Metro.co.ukMan, 25, arrested after deaths of pregnant woman and baby in Croydon  The GuardianView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Man, 25, arrested over death of pregnant woman and baby in stabbing

  11-07-2019 22:57
  Kelly Mary Fauvrelle was eight months' pregnant when she was killed in her home.
  
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• Kelly Mary Fauvrelle: Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Murdering Heavily Pregnant Woman Whose Baby Later Died

  11-07-2019 22:47
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of heavilypregnant Kelly Mary Fauvrelle whose baby son Riley also later died, ScotlandYard said
  
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• Google workers can listen to what people say to its AI home devices - The Guardian

  11-07-2019 22:41 via theguardian.com
  Google workers can listen to what people say to its AI home devices  The GuardianGoogle admits workers listen to private audio recordings from Google Home smart speakers  The IndependentGoogle really is spying on you: Firm reveals contract workers listen to private smart speaker recordings  Telegraph.co.ukJust because you're paranoid doesn't mean Google isn't listening to everything you say  The Register'Alexa, play a music quiz with me': 9 things you didn
  
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• Johnson insists ‘common sense’ breaking out over getting Brexit done

  11-07-2019 22:40
  Boris Johnson seized on comments by Amber Rudd to suggest that MPs would fall in line behind a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Police chief apologises after force’s failings blamed for Anthony Grainger death

  11-07-2019 22:28
  Mr Grainger died after he was shot by police in a car park in Culcheth, Cheshire, in 2012.
  
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• Boris Johnson claims he supports Kim Darroch amid Tory criticism

  11-07-2019 22:24
  Boris Johnson has claimed he fully supports the outgoing UK ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, a day after it was reported that his previous repeated and public refusals to do so had convinced the diplomat he had no choice other than to resign.Darroch chose to step down as the country’s envoy in Washington on Wednesday amid a diplomatic row over leaked diplomatic cables that showed him criticising Donald Trump. Johnson, a former foreign secretary, was accused of throwing Darroch &ldquo
  
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• Twitter back up after 'internal configuration' problems caused outage - Sky News

  11-07-2019 22:09 via news.sky.com
  Twitter back up after 'internal configuration' problems caused outage  Sky NewsTwitter down: Major site outage caused by 'internal configuration change'  The IndependentTwitter outage affects users across the US  The GuardianTwitter down: Is Twitter down? Why did Twitter stop working?  ExpressTwitter down with users experiencing problems across the UK  Mirror OnlineView full coverage on Google News
  
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• NHS 'needs to step up flu plans' after hundreds die in 'scary' Australian outbreak - Sky News

  11-07-2019 22:09 via news.sky.com
  NHS 'needs to step up flu plans' after hundreds die in 'scary' Australian outbreak  Sky NewsSo far in 2019, there have been at least 135952 cases Down Under, compared with an average of 17349 in the previous five years.
  
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• EMUI 10 is coming on August 9 - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com

  11-07-2019 21:45 via gsmarena.com
  EMUI 10 is coming on August 9 - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comIntelligence sharing with the US will be harmed if UK uses Huawei in 5G network, says former head of Homeland Security  The TelegraphMonaco has launched a Huawei-built 5G network, the first in Europe  South China Morning PostFive more Huawei phones to receive EMUI 9.1 this month - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comHuawei confirms July launch of first 5G phone, the Mate 20 X 5G  VentureBe
  
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• Search for body parts after missing man 'dismembered' in Chesterfield - Sky News

  11-07-2019 21:08 via news.sky.com
  Search for body parts after missing man 'dismembered' in Chesterfield  Sky NewsPolice are searching a pond in the Derbyshire town after looking through Graham Snell's property and another home.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Prince Harry ‘completely left out’ of royal family in favour of William - Shock claim - Express

  11-07-2019 20:58 via express.co.uk
  Prince Harry ‘completely left out’ of royal family in favour of William - Shock claim  ExpressMeghan Markle gets cruelly mum-shamed by critics claiming she looks like she’s about to DROP Archie and ‘  The SunKate Middleton's son Prince Louis makes Meghan Markle laugh at the polo – all the photos  HELLO!Meghan Markle vs Kate Middleton: Is royal rift getting WORSE as mums ignore each other?  ExpressPiers Morgan brands Meghan Mar
  
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• Is the US nudging Britain into dangerous waters with Iran?

  11-07-2019 20:55
  The UK’s shipping looks vulnerable since it seized a tanker after a US request. A chain of events has been triggered that is increasingly exposing the UK diplomatically and militarily in the Gulf. The UK has put British shipping on maximum alert in the Gulf, just as the foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is forced to admit that – due to successive defence cuts – the UK does not have the resources to defend British vessels. Simultaneously, the UK is battling diplomatically to keep
  
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• Johnson vows to stand up for UK diplomats after Washington envoy's resignation

  11-07-2019 20:45
  Boris Johnson vowed to stand up for Britain's diplomats around the world and take a robust approach towards U.S. President Donald Trump if he succeeds in becoming the next prime minister.Johnson, the favourite to be named as Theresa May's successor on July 23, has been criticised for failing to support Britain's ambassador to Washington, Kim Darroch, before he resigned this week.Diplomatic memos from Darroch describing the Trump administration as inept were leaked to a British newspaper, infuria
  
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• Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal renew Wimbledon rivalry in men's semi-finals - BBC Sport

  11-07-2019 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal renew Wimbledon rivalry in men's semi-finals  BBC SportRoberto Bautista Agut has to cancel his Ibiza STAG DO after securing Wimbledon semi-final place  The SunWimbledon 2019: Five of the best matches between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal  The IndependentQuiz: Rafael Nadal & Roger Federer - how much do you really know about them?  BBC SportRoger Federer gives Celtic fan the swerve as Hoops supporter suffers Wimbledon faul
  
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• Boris Becker’s memorabilia attracts bids totalling almost £700,000 in auction

  11-07-2019 20:38
  The highest offer was £150,250 for a full-size sterling silver replica of the US Open trophy, won by the German tennis ace in 1989.
  
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• MP uses Morse code to wish happy birthday to GCHQ

  11-07-2019 20:09
  Conservative MP Alex Chalk played the message in the Commons to conclude his speech.
  
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• Outrage, astonishment and disgust: it's a Commons deplorathon

  11-07-2019 20:05
  MPs like to have something to deplore, and as L’Affaire Darroch rolls on, they have lots of material. History of sorts was made in the Commons today. It’s not every day that a minister is called to answer an urgent question on whether he still agreed with what he had said the day before. Or the day before that, for that matter. And on the whole, junior Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan did agree with junior Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan that the prime designate, Boris Johnson
  
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• Captain of Iranian supertanker arrested by Gibraltar Police

  11-07-2019 19:50
  The detention comes after Royal Navy warship warded off Iranian gunboats amid heightened tensions in the Gulf.
  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury calls for mandatory reporting of sexual abuse

  11-07-2019 19:50
  Justin Welby said he felt ‘shame and horror’ about way C o E handled child abuse cases. The archbishop of Canterbury has thrown his weight behind calls for the government to make the reporting of sexual abuse of children and vulnerable adults mandatory. Justin Welby told the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA): “I am convinced that we need to move to mandatory reporting for regulated activities.” Regulated activities cover areas where professionals come in
  
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• NHS ‘must prepare for bad flu season’

  11-07-2019 19:46
  Almost 300 people are thought to have died from the virus so far in Australia, compared with 125 for the whole of the flu season last year.
  
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• House panel votes to subpoena key Trump officials including Kushner – live

  11-07-2019 19:39
  Jeff Sessions, John Kelly and Jared Kushner set to appearHouse judiciary committee conducting broad investigationSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective6.39pm BST “No country, even one as powerful as ours, can go it alone,” in the 21st century, Biden said at his foreign policy speech at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. "Diplomacy requires credibility, and Donald Trump has absolutely corroded our credibility," Biden says 6.37pm BST Former Vice Pres
  
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• Trump expected to announce order on census question, defying supreme court

  11-07-2019 19:36
  President’s executive action would likely trigger a legal shock wave by directly challenging a supreme court orderIn what could play out as an attack on the supreme court and a head-on collision with the judiciary, Donald Trump has called a press conference for Thursday afternoon to address his administration’s aggressive efforts to place a question about citizenship on the next US census.Following “a very big and very important social media summit” at the White House, Tr
  
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• Trump abandons effort to put citizenship question on 2020 census - The Guardian

  11-07-2019 19:36 via theguardian.com
  Trump abandons effort to put citizenship question on 2020 census  The GuardianWhat is the US census citizenship question and when was it removed?  The IndependentTrump backs down on asking for citizenship status on US census  Financial TimesHow the US census became a political battlefield  Financial TimesWith census order, Trump would seek to defy the courts  The Washington PostView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Wimbledon diary: Quad tennis debuts and prodigious presidential progeny

  11-07-2019 19:34
  A descendant of Ulysses S Grant takes to the court while Andy Lapthorne makes dreams a reality in quad tennisNew kids on the blockWhile the crowds have diminished and half the courts lie vacant, it’s marquee tennis all the way for the remainder of this year’s Wimbledon. On Thursday, that meant the advent of quad tennis. Played by wheelchair athletes who have substantial loss of function in at least one upper limb, it featured in exhibition matches in 2018, but this year entered compe
  
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• The Guardian view on the Lib Dem leadership contest: it’s not just about Brexit | Editorial

  11-07-2019 19:34
  Ed Davey and Jo Swinson are fighting a more polite leadership contest than the Conservatives. But they need to talk about vision tooMidway through the week after next, and amid massive publicity, the Conservative party will choose a new leader who will become, though perhaps not for as long as they hope, the next prime minister. In the same week, but with only a fraction of the same ballyhoo, the Liberal Democrats will also choose a new leader. The Lib Dems’ choice is very unlikely to be p
  
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• Madagascar v Tunisia: Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final – live!

  11-07-2019 19:30
  Africa Cup of Nations updates from the 8pm BST kick-offJonathan Wilson: Afcon has had more drama than qualityAnd you can email Paul here or tweet him here 1.30pm BST Hello. We are gathered here today to see whether Madagascar can spring yet another wonderful surprise. The team who began this tournament ranked 108th in the world have lit up the show with a marvellous spirit, canny defending and vibrant attacking. They’ve been beautiful! Today, Tunisia stand in their way. “It doesn&rsq
  
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• Harvey Weinstein introduces new legal team including anti-#MeToo attorney

  11-07-2019 19:28
  Ex-producer’s new team includes Donna Rotunno, who previously argued the movement has done a disservice to womenHarvey Weinstein introduced his third set of defence lawyers to a New York court on Thursday ahead of the start of his trial on rape and sexual harassment charges.The new legal team includes a powerful female Chicago attorney specializing in defending men in sexual harassment cases, Donna Rotunno. Continue reading...
  
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• Romanian to be extradited to UK over killing of woman in Sussex

  11-07-2019 19:27
  Christian Sabou, 28, is accused of killing Valerie Graves, 55, in Bosham in 2013A Romanian national arrested over the killing of a woman who was bludgeoned to death as she house-sat for friends more than five years ago will be extradited to the UK, police have said.Valerie Graves, a 55-year-old artist, was found dead in bed at about 10am on 30 December 2013, on the ground floor of a £1.6m house by the sea in Bosham, West Sussex. Continue reading...
  
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• DNA database helps one of Spain's 'stolen babies' find family

  11-07-2019 19:23
  But Inés Madrigal also learned that her mother gave her up willingly in Franco-era scandal The first woman recognised by Spanish courts as one of the “stolen babies” of the Franco dictatorship has discovered her biological family thanks to a DNA database.But Inés Madrigal, 50, has also said she learned from her newly discovered relatives that her mother gave her up voluntarily. Continue reading...
  
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• Battle for the Labour party’s soul continues

  11-07-2019 19:23
  Readers respond to Dawn Foster’s article challenging Tom Watson to leave the party and Matthew d’Ancona’s piece claiming Labour is not interested in taking the centre ground. In challenging Tom Watson to leave the Labour party, Dawn Foster ventilates a widely held frustration – that members of the PLP find it easier to attack their own leadership than this useless government ( If Tom Watson had guts he’d quit Labour, Journal, 9 July). Many of us voted for Jeremy Cor
  
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• NHS consultants’ pensions dispute

  11-07-2019 19:22
  John Hall says training enough doctors to make overtime unnecessary is the solution; Moira Hankinson says consultants should stop paying in before their pensions reach the additional tax ceiling; while Peter Wrigley says the state should not subsidise greed. Most well-paid professionals work the hours needed to get the job done, without extra payment for overtime. NHS consultants seem to be unique in their combination of upper middle-class pay with proletarian working practices ( Editorial, 9 Ju
  
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• Britain hasn’t got much out of the special relationship for a long time | Letters

  11-07-2019 19:22
  Lindis Percy and John Smith say the UK has long struggled to find influence, and Seth Barrett Tillman says Trump is not the first leader to seek the removal of an ambassadorRe Martin Kettle’s excellent article (After Darroch, Britain risks becoming a vassal of the US, Journal, 11 July), it is shocking what has happened to this fine diplomat – down to the unbelievable unthinking behaviour and loose tongues of the leaker, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson. I question, however, the use of
  
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• UK ships in Gulf on high alert after Royal Navy trains guns on Iranian vessels

  11-07-2019 19:21
  Fears commercial vessels at risk from gunboats following HMS Montrose’s intervention British ships operating in the Gulf have been put on the highest state of alert amid fears that UK-flagged commercial vessels are exposed to attack by Iranian gun boats.The change in guidance from the British government, changing the alert to Level 3, was made on Tuesday, a day before a Royal Navy warship trained its guns on Iranian gunboats that tried to disrupt the passage of an Isle of man-flagged vesse
  
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• The strengths of Izal and Bronco loo roll

  11-07-2019 19:21
  Super-soft toilet paper like this may be bog standard today, but it can’t compete with Izal or Bronco as an art material or in making musical instruments. Photograph: Douglas Sacha/Getty ImagesExtreme caution should be used with the suggested method of removing an avocado stone (From eggs to garlic: how to peel anything, G2, 4 July). I too used to plunge a sharp knife into the avocado stone – until one day about three years ago when the blade slipped and took out a chunk of my hand.
  
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• Ex-Westminster staffer lifts the lid on trauma they suffered at hands of bullying MPs - The Sun

  11-07-2019 19:17 via thesun.co.uk
  Ex-Westminster staffer lifts the lid on trauma they suffered at hands of bullying MPs  The Sun'Significant' bullying and harassment in Commons, says report  BBC NewsMPs' staff face 'unacceptable risk' of bullying and harassment, inquiry finds  Sky NewsJohn Bercow told he must act against MPs who bully and sexually harass their staff  Telegraph.co.ukSex assaults, abuse and bullying at Westminster revealed in damning report  Evening StandardView fu
  
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• Trump created a storm over Kim Darroch. Boris Johnson will bring a hurricane | Simon Jenkins

  11-07-2019 19:05
  With the forces of no deal whirling faster, Johnson is banking on the idea that a dramatic shock could be Britain’s salvationImagine chaos. Dream disruption. Think of a hundred Kim Darrochs as the Boris Johnson moment approaches. Tear up the script. Shout “no deal”. Laugh with Johnson, cry with him. Welcome to anarchy hall. Related: Boris Johnson: I'll make UK 'match fit' for no-deal BrexitContinue reading...
  
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• Police investigate possible hate crime after slurs aimed at Megan Rapinoe

  11-07-2019 19:04
  Posters of USA star were defaced on New York subwayFootballer is an advocate for women’s and LGBT rightsNew York City police are investigating a possible hate crime directed at Megan Rapinoe after posters of the World Cup champion were defaced with homophobic slurs.The defaced posters, which were at a Manhattan subway station, were reported early on Monday morning. The US had won the Women’s World Cup final on Sunday, and were given a victory parade in New York on Wednesday. Rapinoe,
  
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• Spanish government claims disputed palace from Franco family

  11-07-2019 19:03
  Justice ministry says sale to dictator of summer residence in Galicia was fraudulentSpain’s socialist government has claimed ownership of Francisco Franco’s summer palace in Galicia in its latest clash with the former dictator’s descendants, who have opposed a plan to exhume his remains from a state mausoleum outside Madrid.The decision to move Franco from his tomb in the Valley of the Fallen, which is carved into a mountainside to the north of the capital and seen by many Span
  
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• Amber Rudd embraces no-deal Brexit as ministers pitch to Johnson

  11-07-2019 19:03
  Cabinet members seek jobs under new PM with Liz Truss eyeing role of chancellorBoris Johnson has begun receiving very public job applications from would-be cabinet ministers, with Liz Truss pitching to be a tax-slashing chancellor and Amber Rudd ditching her opposition to a no-deal Brexit in a bid to stay on as work and pensions secretary.With Johnson on the brink of No 10, senior Tories have begun laying out their credentials for positions in his potential cabinet – some with more hope th
  
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• Meat infected by African swine fever found in UK for first time

  11-07-2019 19:02
  Highly contagious virus can live for months in processed meat and would have ‘devastating implications’ if passed to live pigsAfrican swine fever has been picked up in meat seized by port authorities in Northern Ireland, the first time the ASF virus has been detected in the UK.Officials confiscated more than 300kg of illegal meat and dairy products from airport passengers’ luggage in June. Samples tested by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute in Belfast confirmed traces of
  
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• Serious Fraud Office assesses Gavin Woodhouse businesses - The Guardian

  11-07-2019 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Serious Fraud Office assesses Gavin Woodhouse businesses  The GuardianSerious Fraud Office considering investigating Gavin Woodhouse after referral by prominent MP  ITV NewsSerious Fraud Office assesses Gavin Woodhouse's businesses | ITV News  ITV NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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