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• Parents of sick and premature babies should get more leave - PM

  18-07-2019 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May says "it's not fair" parents have to return to work before their baby leaves hospital.
  
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• May throws down gauntlet to successor over paternity leave

  18-07-2019 23:30
  Theresa May said she had been deeply affected by a visit to Alder Hay Children’s hospital. Photograph: Charlotte Graham/APTheresa May is throwing down the gauntlet to her successor, pushing for fathers to have more time with their newborns. Writing in the Guardian she says she hopes that better paternity leave and time off work to care for premature infants will be one of her lasting legacies as prime minister.She says the status quo is holding back women and reinforcing the gender pay gap
  
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• May launches consultation on shake-up of parental leave system

  18-07-2019 23:30
  Prime Minister Theresa May announced the plans as she prepares to leave office.
  
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• Teenager dies and three hospitalised after incident at Hamilton house

  18-07-2019 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The 17-year-old boy became unwell at the property in Pitreavie Court, Hamilton in the early hours of Wednesday.
  
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• Fears More At Risk From Dangerous Cladding As New Threat Revealed Two Years After Grenfell Disaster

  18-07-2019 23:08
  More people could be living in "potential death traps" than previously thoughtafter it was revealed a second type of cladding should be removed fromtowerblocks two years after the Grenfell disaster
  
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• Theresa May carpeted over refusal to launch new torture inquiry

  18-07-2019 22:57
  David Davis said he wanted an inquiry for legal, reputational and closure reasons. Photograph: George Cracknell Wright/Rex/ShutterstockConservative former ministers, advocacy groups and opposition politicians have lined up to attack the government after it was announced there would be no new judge-led inquiry into allegations UK agencies were complicit in the extraordinary rendition of terror suspects after 9/11.The former Brexit secretary, David Davis, was among those to offer strident criticis
  
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• Kilmarnock 0-2 Connah's Quay Nomads: Scots stunned by Welsh

  18-07-2019 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Connah's Quay Nomads embarrass Kilmarnock 2-0 in Ayrshire to earn a stunning Europa League first qualifying round aggregate victory.
  
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• Anti-manspreading chair designer receives 'backlash'

  18-07-2019 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Student Laila Laurel won an award for her design, intended to make men sit with their legs together.
  
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• Swansea student Marcin Porczyk 'drowned' in slurry

  18-07-2019 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Marcin Porczyk disappeared after a night out and was found by workers near Swansea marina.
  
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• Warrenpoint Port: Police and Health and Safety Executive informed of man's death

  18-07-2019 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are at the scene following the "sudden death" of a worker at the port.
  
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• Warrenpoint Harbour: Police and Health and Safety Executive informed of death

  18-07-2019 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are at the scene following the "sudden death" of a worker at the port.
  
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• The Open 2019: Rory McIlroy's hopes in tatters after opening round of 79

  18-07-2019 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Rory McIlroy makes a quadruple bogey on the first hole and triple bogey at the last as his bid for a home Open victory at Royal Portrush is left in tatters.
  
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• Rhyl teen's dream of stylish prom transport fulfilled

  18-07-2019 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Dylan McNally is taken to his prom in a convoy after his mother requested a car on Facebook.
  
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• Tory rebels send stark warning to Boris Johnson over no-deal Brexit

  18-07-2019 21:06
  Emphatic majority in vote aiming to prevent suspension of parliament in October. MPs have given Boris Johnson a brutal preview of the scale of the challenge facing his premiership, as Conservative rebels voted to block any attempt to suspend parliament in order to force through a no-deal Brexit. The new measure was passed by a hefty 41-vote majority, after a day of drama in Westminster which saw the resignation of one minister and abstentions from four rebellious cabinet ministers, who will soon
  
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• Trump Tries To Distance Himself From Racist ‘Send Her Back’ Chant He Inspired

  18-07-2019 20:59
  Donald Trump is attempting to distance himself from racist chants from hissupporters after he criticised a Democratic congresswoman and said she should"go back to where she came from"
  
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• U.S.' Mnuchin sees some 'very good' European candidates to lead IMF

  18-07-2019 20:23
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that there are some "very good" European candidates to head the International Monetary Fund, but he is not taking for grantedthe tradition of European leadership at the institution.In an interview on the sidelines of a G7 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors, Mnuchin there was a consensus among participants that the IMF leadership decision be expedited.Mnuchin declined to comment on individual candidates that he favours f
  
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• Rain not spoiling the party as golf’s Open returns to Portrush

  18-07-2019 19:57
  Even a disastrous first round by home favourite Rory McIlroy failed to dampen the spirit of fans.
  
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• Aliny Godinho murder: Ex-husband jailed for 27 years

  18-07-2019 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Aliny Godinho was murdered by her ex-husband Ricardo in front of their three-year-old daughter.
  
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• Zac Cox death: Inquiry into Qatar 2022 World Cup stadium fall

  18-07-2019 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Zac Cox fell 130ft while working on a stadium ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
  
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• Boris Johnson's Kipper Claim Is Nonsense, The EU Says

  18-07-2019 19:19
  Boris Johnson brought the curtain down on his Tory leadership campaign byholding aloft a kipper and having a characteristic pop at the European Union
  
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• Stacey Solomon opens up about 'mum guilt' in moving social media post

  18-07-2019 19:10
  The 'Loose Women' panelist hasn't shied away from talking about the more difficult sides of motherhood since welcoming her third son eight weeks ago.
  
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• Brexit: MPs back bid to block Parliament suspension

  18-07-2019 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The measure aims to stop a future PM bypassing Parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• The Welshman behind Nasa's Apollo 11 moon landing mission

  18-07-2019 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Tecwyn Roberts was instrumental in the Apollo missions as Nasa's chief of network engineering.
  
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• Astronaut Tim Peake joins Red Arrows for military air show flight

  18-07-2019 19:00
  The astronaut sat behind Sqn Ldr Martin Pert for the journey.
  
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• Antisemitism, Labour and Jeremy Corbyn

  18-07-2019 19:00
  Jeremy Corbyn at the International Social Forum hosted by the Labour party at Soas University of London. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PAThe advertisement from Labour peers (Peers tell Corbyn he has ‘failed test of leadership’, 17 July) does a fine job in spelling out accusations against Jeremy Corbyn (saying he is “presiding over the most shaming period in Labour’s history” shows peers still in denial over Iraq, never mind 1931), but unhelpfully they say nothin
  
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• Twists yet to come in Tory transition?

  18-07-2019 18:59
  Paul Williams on the prospects of Tory MPs bringing down their own government, Michael Meadowcroft on Theresa May’s belated display of her real feelings and Phillip Khan-Panni on a more tabloid approach to Boris Johnson. There has been much talk recently about Tory MPs voting against their own government in order to prevent a no-deal Brexit even if this leads to a general election ( Report, 17 July). However, it should be remembered that the immediate next step after such an event is not a
  
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• ‘Predatory paedophile’ guilty of murdering schoolgirl Lucy McHugh to silence her

  18-07-2019 18:28
  Stephen Nicholson, 25, refused to reveal his Facebook password to detectives.
  
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• Student’s body found in building site slurry after vanishing from night out

  18-07-2019 18:20
  An inquest into the death of business student Marcin Porczyk heard a combination of drink and hypothermia caused him to be disorientated
  
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• Exit Failing Grayling: the £3bn master of disaster bows out

  18-07-2019 18:11
  Chris Grayling has yet to find a job he can’t do badly. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/REX/ShutterstockStop all the clocks, cut off the telephone. A low threnody emanated from the Commons benches as MPs gathered for transport questions to say goodbye to one of their finest. This was to be Chris Grayling’s final appearance as a minister – not even his closest friends expect him to continue to fail upwards in a Boris Johnson government – and the mourners were out in force t
  
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• Taoiseach should contact parties before discussing backstop change – Sinn Fein

  18-07-2019 18:07
  The idea was first floated by the Irish premier on Thursday morning while on radio on Ireland's state broadcaster RTE's Sean O'Rourke show.
  
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• Gemma Atkinson 'can never win' as fans criticise her for leaving her baby for 10 minutes

  18-07-2019 17:57
  The former 'Hollyoaks' actor's excitement over venturing out of the house for ten minutes was tainted by mean-spirited comments.
  
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• £1.3m in bonuses paid to Brexit department civil servants

  18-07-2019 17:54
  About 16,000 civil servants have worked on Brexit at estimated cost of £1.5bn to date. Civil servants working for the Department for Exiting the European Union have been awarded nearly £1.3m in bonuses, new figures show. DExEU disclosed on Thursday that it had paid out £350,000 in bonuses in the year after the referendum. This is in addition to the revelation last month that it had paid out £1m in performance-related awards for April 2017 to March 2018. It made the late d
  
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• Three charged with conspiracy to murder after shooting outside school

  18-07-2019 17:43
  Young father Dante Mullings died at the scene after being shot in broad daylight outside a primary school.
  
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• Lucy McHugh: Stephen Nicholson guilty of murder and rape

  18-07-2019 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Stephen Nicholson groomed and raped Lucy McHugh, 13, before stabbing her to death, jurors find.
  
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• MPs back amendment which could thwart no-deal Brexit

  18-07-2019 17:34
  Margot James resigned as minister for digital after voting against the Government.
  
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• Restricting TV licences for over-75s ‘could cost more than it saves’

  18-07-2019 17:31
  The spending watchdog said the BBC's move to only give the relief to those on pension credits may increase the benefits bill.
  
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• Pro-choice campaigner wept after vote to make abortion lawful

  18-07-2019 17:30
  Sarah Ewart, who has been campaigning for six years, broke down in tears as it was announced the vote had passed
  
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• Care worker shows no emotion after conviction over murder of schoolgirl

  18-07-2019 17:28
  Stephen Nicholson, 25, showed no emotion as he was found guilty at Winchester Crown Court.
  
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• Assange drops 50-week bail breach jail term appeal

  18-07-2019 17:24
  The WikiLeaks founder was sent to prison following his arrest at the Ecuadorian embassy in London in April.
  
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• ‘Evil and dangerous’ killer jailed for at least 40 years

  18-07-2019 17:22
  The court heard he had pornographic images of women who had been bound and gagged.
  
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• Same-sex marriage campaigners hail Commons vote but ‘not fully celebrating’

  18-07-2019 17:17
  Further progress was made following Thursday's Westminster division but the draft legislation has not yet become law.
  
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• Inmarsat bidders make investment pledges after talks with UK government

  18-07-2019 17:12
  The private-equity led team seeking to buy Britain's largest satellite company Inmarsathas pledged to keep key operations in the United Kingdom and invest in the business as part of the deal, following talks with the government.The takeover of Inmarsat is expected to be closely scrutinised by politicians in Westminster and regulators as the satellite company is seen as a strategic asset.Founded in 1979, it was set up by the International Maritime Organization as a way for ships to communicate wi
  
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• Care worker found guilty of murdering Lucy McHugh, 13

  18-07-2019 17:10
  Stephen Nicholson, 25, killed teenager after she threatened to reveal he had abused her. A care worker and amateur tattooist has been found guilty of murdering a 13-year-old girl after she threatened to reveal that he had been sexually abusing her for more than a year. Stephen Nicholson, 25, a lodger at the family home, lured Lucy McHugh into woods in Hampshire and stabbed her 27 times before hiding the weapon and trying to burn the clothes he had been wearing. Detectives believe Nicholson caref
  
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• Boris Johnson refuses to answer questions over party in Lebedev mansion

  18-07-2019 17:02
  Boris Johnson has been a guest of the media billionaire Evgeny Lebedev on several occasions. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesBoris Johnson is refusing to give details of a trip he made to Italy when he was foreign secretary for a weekend-long party held at a restored castle owned by the media billionaire and socialite Evgeny Lebedev.The Guardian has learned that the likely next prime minister went to Palazzo Terranova in Perugia in April 2018 at the invitation of Lebedev, the owner of t
  
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• Low doses of radiation promote cancer prone cells, study suggests

  18-07-2019 17:00
  Researchers say they have uncovered another potential cancer risk as a result of radiation that needs to be recognised.
  
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• Care worker guilty of murdering schoolgirl to prevent her from revealing abuse

  18-07-2019 16:50
  Stephen Nicholson was also convicted of raping Lucy McHugh when she was 12.
  
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• Richard Ratcliffe's determined fight to free wife Nazanin from an Iranian jail – video

  18-07-2019 16:48
  In 2016 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Iran and charged with espionage. Her young daughter, Gabriella, was with her at the time and the family have been separated ever since. We join her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, in London following a 15-day hunger strike as he campaigns to get his wife released. He shares his experience in detail and explains how Boris Johnson could have hindered her chances of coming home Continue reading...
  
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• After the hunger strike: Richard Ratcliffe on the fight to free Nazanin - video

  18-07-2019 16:48
  In 2016 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Iran and charged with espionage. Her young daughter, Gabriella, was with her at the time and the family have been separated ever since. We join her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, in London following a 15-day hunger strike as he campaigns to get his wife released. He shares his experience in detail and explains how Boris Johnson could have hindered her chances of coming home Continue reading...
  
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• 'Love Island' star Michael claims he didn't mean Joanna when he said he'd 'found what he was looking for'

  18-07-2019 16:40
  The firefighter previously told Amber Gill that they were 'done' and that he was still interested in pursuing dumped Islander Joanna Chimonides on the outside.
  
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• Bristol Premier Inn: Fire at hotel near Cribbs Causeway

  18-07-2019 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Fire chiefs said conditions inside the remains of the Premier Inn were "extremely dangerous".
  
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