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• Andy Murray’s gold postbox knocked down by car in hometown

  22-07-2019 23:20
  Pictures on social media showed the vehicle beside the postbox lying on the ground in the tennis star's hometown of Dunblane.
  
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• Nigel Farage in shock Brexit warning - 'Boris Johnson will not deliver on October 31'

  22-07-2019 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL FARAGE has admitted he does not believe Tory leadership frontrunner Boris Hunt will deliver Brexit by the October 31 deadline if he is elected Prime Minister.
  
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• Liam Plunkett reveals his 'massive low' after England's World Cup final win - The Telegraph

  22-07-2019 21:18 via telegraph.co.uk
  Liam Plunkett reveals his 'massive low' after England's World Cup final win  The TelegraphJofra Archer one of the most skilful bowlers I've played with, says Liam Plunkett  The TimesLiam Plunkett reveals personal struggles since England's triumph in World Cup final – ‘it felt like a massive low’  The IndependentPlunkett was persuaded not to retire four years before England's World Cup triumph by Morgan  Daily Mail'I thought I'd never play
  
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• Tory rebels warn Boris Johnson: ditch no deal or face fight for survival

  22-07-2019 21:00
  Leadership candidate told he is on collision course with parliament over no-deal Brexit. Boris Johnson has been put on notice by rebel Conservatives that he will not survive long as prime minister unless he drops his no-deal Brexit agenda, as he stands on the brink of entering Downing Street. Johnson is expected to be announced as the choice of the Conservative party to be the next prime minister on Tuesday morning after running a campaign against Jeremy Hunt that promised to take the UK out of
  
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• Senior Tories warn Boris Johnson over no-deal Brexit

  22-07-2019 21:00
  Probable PM told he is on collision course with parliament unless he drops hardline agenda. Boris Johnson has been put on notice by rebel Conservatives that he will not survive long as prime minister unless he drops his no-deal Brexit agenda, as he stands on the brink of entering Downing Street. Johnson is expected to be announced as the choice of the Conservative party to be the next prime minister on Tuesday morning, after running a campaign against Jeremy Hunt that promised to take the UK out
  
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• Brexit backstop 'biggest red herring' of EU talks as MP claims Johnson to solve impasse

  22-07-2019 20:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Brexit backstop has been the "biggest red herring" of the negotiations with the European Union as solutions to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland "already exist," Tory MP Ranil Jayawardena has claimed.
  
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• Boris Johnson, Your Next Prime Minister (Probably) – A Reading List

  22-07-2019 20:30
  This time tomorrow, the UK will have a new prime minister - and his name willprobably be Boris Johnson
  
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• Campaigners given go-ahead to challenge ruling on Heathrow third runway

  22-07-2019 20:29
  A group of councils, residents, environmental charities and mayor of London Sadiq Khan have been granted permission for an appeal in October.
  
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• Met police condemned over handling of VIP paedophile ring inquiry

  22-07-2019 20:24
  Labour’s Tom Watson criticised after Carl Beech found guilty of perverting course of justice. Scotland Yard has been condemned for its handling of a multimillion pound investigation into an alleged VIP paedophile ring in Westminster after the former nurse at the centre of the allegations was found guilty of fabricating his extraordinary claims. Carl Beech, 51, claimed he was among the victims of an establishment group – including high-ranking politicians and military figures –
  
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• Pace of change in building regulations post-Grenfell not sufficient, MPs told

  22-07-2019 20:23
  A consultation was launched on proposals to reform building safety requirements.
  
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• Hard water vs soft water difference: What is the biggest difference between water types?

  22-07-2019 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  HARD WATER or soft water is an either/or question that determines where you are from and what your local geography is like. But what are the biggest difference between hard and soft water?
  
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• A mind-controlled robot arm doesn’t have to mean brain implants

  22-07-2019 20:00
  A robotic arm smoothly traces the movements of a cursor on a computer screen,controlled by the brain activity of a person sitting close by who staresstraight ahead
  
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• There must be a point at which HS2 is just too expensive

  22-07-2019 19:58
  Concept image by Alstom showing their proposed design for an HS2 train.Photograph: Alstom Design & Styling 2019/PAOne thing as predictable as an increase in the projected cost of building HS2 is the response from business lobby groups. Sure enough, as the high-speed railway was reported last week to be hurtling towards a potential cost overrun of almost £30bn, trade bodies barely paused to consider this astonishing figure and instead insisted that HS2 should be built anyway.To be scrup
  
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• Seizure of UK-flagged tanker: New maritime protection mission after Iran's 'state piracy'

  22-07-2019 19:44
  The Foreign Secretary says there will be a European-led maritime security mission focused on protecting shippingin the Strait of Hormuz.It comes after Iran seized aUK-flagged oil tanker on Friday .Jeremy Hunt has described the capture of the Stena Impero and its 23 crew as "an act of state piracy" - saying Britain would "take appropriate action to support the safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz".
  
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• Jo Swinson becomes Liberal Democrats’ first female leader after landslide win

  22-07-2019 19:35
  The East Dunbartonshire MP has pledged to do 'whatever it takes to stop Brexit'.
  
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• Ex-children’s nurse Carl Beech guilty of Westminster paedophile ring lies

  22-07-2019 19:32
  The 51-year-old's malicious, repeated and determined deceit ruined the reputations of those he accused.
  
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• Video game firms face prosecution over gambling by children

  22-07-2019 19:31
  Players compete at Counter-Strike at a tournament in Cologne. The Gambling Commission said they had received most inquiries about Valve’s game. Photograph: Action Press/Rex/ShutterstockVideo game developers could be prosecuted if they fail to prevent children gambling using items featured in popular games such as Call of Duty and Counter-Strike, MPs have been told.In an evidence session with the digital, media, culture and sport select committee, which is examining links between gaming and
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn ramps up plans to expel antisemites from party

  22-07-2019 19:30
  Labour leader puts forward new proposals at an emergency shadow cabinet meeting. Jeremy Corbyn has set out new plans to ramp up the expulsion of antisemites from the Labour party to an emergency shadow cabinet meeting, though the proposal does not include independent oversight as demanded by senior MPs. The proposal, which has been backed by the shadow cabinet, came before a potentially restive meeting of MPs on Monday night, at which several were expected to confront the Labour leader on the is
  
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• UK seeks new European-led force to protect shipping in Gulf

  22-07-2019 19:27
  Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the seizure of the Stena Impero by Iranian Revolutionary Guards was an 'act of state piracy'.
  
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• Campaigners against Heathrow expansion win right to lodge new legal challenge

  22-07-2019 19:26
  Campaigners against the expansion of Heathrow Airport have won the right to lodge a new legal challenge against the construction of a new runway at Europe's biggest airport, Greenpeace, one of the appellants, said on Monday.The expansion of London's Heathrow Airport inched closer in May when a High Court judge rejected legal challenges from environmental campaigners opposed to the building of a third runway.Greenpeace said that campaigners had been granted permission for a hearing to appeal the
  
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• Gut bacteria may play a role in development of ALS, study suggests

  22-07-2019 19:04
  Research in mice indicates there is a change in some bacteria before symptoms of motor neuron dysfunction appear.
  
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• Jo Swinson elected new Lib Dem leader

  22-07-2019 19:02
  Jo Swinson has been elected as the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, using her acceptance speech to appeal to disaffected Conservative and Labour MPs to join a party rising in the polls, which she said was ready again to compete for government.Despite predictions of a close contest, the party’s deputy leader won almost two-thirds of the 76,000-plus votes cast by members to defeat Ed Davey and replace Vince Cable, who had been in the post for two years.She is the first woman to hold the
  
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• Detained suspect asks for selfie with arresting officers

  22-07-2019 19:02
  Officers in Leicester said the man was eventually bailed in connection with two offences.
  
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• Corbyn sets out measures to speed up efforts to tackle anti-Semitism

  22-07-2019 18:56
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn acknowledged some complaints had taken too long to resolve.
  
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• US firm WeWork secures 'financial inducement' of £55.7m in Brexit windfall

  22-07-2019 18:51
  WeWork secured the cash from British and European taxpayers. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty ImagesA US firm run by two billionaire entrepreneurs is being paid €62m (£55.7m) in “financial inducements” as part of the Brexit-enforced relocation of the European Medicines Agency from London to Amsterdam.WeWork, a $47bn (£37.7bn) property company founded by Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey, secured the cash from British and European taxpayers as part of a deal in wh
  
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• Bringing Boris Johnson back to Earth about Brexit

  22-07-2019 18:47
  Readers respond after Johnson compared Brexit to the mission to put astronauts on the moon in 1969. Boris Johnson compares the sorting out of the Irish border issue under a no-deal Brexit with the Apollo moon landing ( Report, theguardian.com, 22 July). Well, the moon landing took nearly 10 years to plan, was built on previous achievements and technologies, required about 400,000 people working together for one clear aim and cost America billions of dollars in the 1960s. People sadly died in the
  
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• Theresa May’s lack of human empathy

  22-07-2019 18:46
  She was not in touch with the basic needs and feelings of ordinary people, writes Joe McCarthy; while Henry Gold says her reliably fierce partisanship was the least of the qualities required for a divided country; James Gordon says launching a consultation is not the same as actually achieving something. Gary Younge is right that Theresa May “could not navigate her way out of the Brexit mess”, but her biggest failing was a shortage of human empathy rather than a lack of political ski
  
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• Inequality and ‘affordable’ housing

  22-07-2019 18:46
  Stephen Young debates how university students have a role to play in the shortage of affordable housing, while Gerard Bell calls for clarity on what constitutes affordable housing. The huge expansion in the number of university students must be a significant factor in the shortage of affordable housing ( Editorial, 22 July). Student loans and the willingness of students to share rents in multiple occupancy housing has driven the conversion of many affordable homes into highly profitable buy-to-l
  
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• Freedom of the press in Indonesian-occupied West Papua

  22-07-2019 18:46
  Eight members of the House of Lords call on the foreign secretary to take a strong stand against the banning of nearly all foreign media, NGOs and humanitarian agencies from entering West Papua. We, members of the House of Lords, would like to draw Jeremy Hunt’s attention to the severe restrictions on press freedom in Indonesian-occupied West Papua. Since the Indonesian takeover in 1963, nearly all foreign media, NGOs and humanitarian agencies have been banned from entering West Papua. At
  
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• James Goddard banned from area around Parliament for abusing MP Anna Soubry

  22-07-2019 18:45
  The Brexit campaigner admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour.
  
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• Stena Impero: Iran’s Strait of Hormuz dubbed ‘Chokepoint Charlie’ by Royal Navy

  22-07-2019 18:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  SEA passage the Strait of Hormuz has been dubbed one of the most volatile shipping channels in the Middle East with patrols of up to 2,000 speedboats in the water given the nickname “Chokepoint Charlie” by sailors.
  
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• Pizza Express founder dies penniless after selling business for £33million

  22-07-2019 18:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  PIZZA Express founder Peter Boizot died penniless after losing millions of pounds on failed business deals and giving away much of his fortune, it emerged yesterday.
  
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• Carl Beech 'was given credibility because he was middle class'

  22-07-2019 18:40
  Carl Beech at an extradition hearing in Gothenburg, Sweden, in October 2018. Photograph: Julia Reinhart/Getty ImagesThe journalist who led Exaro’s reporting about Carl Beech’s false claims has admitted to repeated doubts about his key source and said he was taken in by Beech’s middle-class credentials.Mark Conrad wrote the stories over two years, alleging a powerful group of men from the British establishment had raped and murdered children between 1975 and 1984.Conrad said Bee
  
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• James Goddard: Yellow-Vest Protestor Sentenced For Harassing Anna Soubry

  22-07-2019 18:39
  Pro-Brexit campaigner James Goddard has been given a suspended prison sentencefor harassing Remain-supporting MP Anna Soubry
  
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• Campaigners hail ‘historic’ Westminster vote on abortion and same-sex marriage

  22-07-2019 18:39
  The changes were part of measures aimed at keeping Northern Ireland public services running, two and a half years after devolution collapsed.
  
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• Britain says won't compromise on freedom of navigation in Strait of Hormuz

  22-07-2019 18:38
  There cannot be compromise on freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and Britain can work with the United States on its approach to the issue despite their differing views on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Monday."When it comes to freedom of navigation, there can be no compromise," Hunt told lawmakers, adding that while the United States no longer supports the nuclear deal which Britain still backs, they still co-operated on most issues.
  
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• Open winner Shane Lowry continues celebrations in Dublin

  22-07-2019 18:35
  Lowry, trophy in hand, descended on the Boar’s Head pub along with a huge crowd of friends and family.
  
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• Specialist jails to prevent extremism are 'undersubscribed'

  22-07-2019 18:30
  Critics says separation centres entrench ideologies and discriminate against Muslims. Jails-within-jails designed to prevent extremists from radicalising vulnerable prisoners are undersubscribed, staff at the specialist units have told officials. The separation centres were launched in 2017 to keep the most influential extremist prisoners from radicalising the broader prison population but critics have accused them of making ideologies more entrenched and discriminating against Muslims. The Mini
  
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• Jo Swinson: from baby of the House to new party leader

  22-07-2019 18:24
  The MP for East Dunbartonshire was first elected to Parliament aged 25 in 2005.
  
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• Lib Dems are bouncing back, but revival is not guaranteed

  22-07-2019 18:23
  In the medium term, Swinson’s fortunes depend almost entirely on events outside her control. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesAs so many times in recent history, the Lib Dems’ fortunes have been largely linked to events beyond their control.Labour’s equivocation on Brexit at the local and European elections, disarray in the Conservative party, whose next leader is likely to set the UK on a path to no deal, and the embarrassing collapse of Change UK meant the seeds of rev
  
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• BA pilots vote in favour of industrial action in pay row

  22-07-2019 18:23
  The airline will seek an injunction on Tuesday in the High Court to halt any action.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Backs Plan To Accelerate Expulsion Of Anti-Semitic Labour Members

  22-07-2019 18:17
  Jeremy Corbyn has personally backed new plans to accelerate the expulsion ofLabour party members found guilty of anti-Semitism
  
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• Swinson will take the party to greater heights – Scottish Lib Dem leader

  22-07-2019 18:16
  The first female leader of the Liberal Democrats will reach out to new voters, Willie Rennie said.
  
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• Battle of Rorke’s Drift medals on show to mark 140th anniversary

  22-07-2019 18:12
  The eight Victoria Cross medals from the Anglo-Zulu War were unlocked from a secure vault.
  
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• Unions Say Boost To Teachers' Pay Will Actually Lead To Cuts

  22-07-2019 18:04
  Unions have slammed the government's pay rise for teachers as the "worst ofboth worlds", saying the "derisory" settlement will lead to further cutbacks
  
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• Relationship education protests spread to another primary school

  22-07-2019 18:01
  Demonstrators who have been part of protests in Birmingham turned up outside a Nottingham school.
  
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• 10 unmissable autumn experiences to have in British Columbia

  22-07-2019 18:00
  From catching some waves off the Pacific Rim to getting up close and personal with the province’s abundant wildlife, or simply unwinding in the hot springs – autumn in British Columbia showcases British Columbia at its bestKayak with whales
  Enter the realm of the whales on these multi-day tripsSpotting the whales that frequent the waters of British Columbia’s wild coast is an unforgettable experience, but Spirit of the West Adventures takes whale watching to the next level, wit
  
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• James Goddard sentenced for harassing pro-Remain MP Anna Soubry

  22-07-2019 17:59
  The pro-Brexit campaigner was filmed calling the former Conservative a Nazi and a traitor outside the Houses of Parliament in December and January.
  
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• Jo Swinson elected new Liberal Democrats leader

  22-07-2019 17:51
  The East Dunbartonshire MP has served as Sir Vince Cable's deputy since June 2017.
  
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• Rare bottle of old Irish whiskey to go up for auction

  22-07-2019 17:42
  The 1880s bottle of Cassidy & Co Monasterevin whiskey was matured by the Cassidy family.
  
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