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• Winning Open still hasn’t sunk in, golf star Lowry tells home town

  23-07-2019 23:29
  Thousands of people packed the small town for his homecoming to celebrate the local hero's major triumph at The Open.
  
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• Rangers disappointed after losing latest stage of court fight over merchandise

  23-07-2019 23:29
  Bosses have posted a website message to supporters saying they will meet any financial award
  
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• Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren lead tributes to Maxim Dadashev, 28, who died from boxing injuries - Metro.co.uk

  23-07-2019 23:22 via metro.co.uk
  Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren lead tributes to Maxim Dadashev, 28, who died from boxing injuries  Metro.co.ukMaxim Dadashev dies after boxing injuries sustained against Subriel Matias  BBC SportMaxim Dadashev boxing tributes pour in from Lennox, Hearn and wife - Daily Star  Daily StarBoxer Maxim Dadashev tragically dies aged 28 from head injuries after brutal loss to Subriel Matias  The SunMaxim Dadashev dead: Russian boxer passes away due to injuries susta
  
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• How Boris Johnson, The Clown Prince Of British Politics, Finally Got His Coronation

  23-07-2019 23:14
  But the QEII itself is a reminder that party leaders can be deeply divisive
  
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• 'A Rollercoaster': What Tory MPs Expect From PM Boris Johnson

  23-07-2019 23:00
  Boris Johnson is not daunted by the task ahead of him
  
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• North Carolina: trans people given right to use bathrooms matching identity

  23-07-2019 22:44
  Joaquin Carcaño, lead plaintiff in the case, said: ‘I am relieved we finally have a court order to protect transgender people from being punished under these laws.’ Photograph: Jonathan Drew/APA federal judge has affirmed the right of transgender people to use bathrooms matching their gender identity in North Carolina, by approving a legal settlement brought by Governor Roy Cooper and LGBTQ rights groups.The settlement marks the end of a three-year battle over a controversial
  
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• Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift gets a response from Nintendo but the issue remains - GamesRadar

  23-07-2019 22:27 via gamesradar.com
  Nintendo Switch Joy-Con drift gets a response from Nintendo but the issue remains  GamesRadarNintendo responds to Joy-Con drift problems amid lawsuit  Den of Geek UKIs your Switch controller drifting? Nintendo faced with lawsuit over Joy-Con issues  TechRadarNintendo Switch 'Joy-Con drift' class action lawsuit filed in US  HEXUSNintendo's Non-Response to Joy-Con Drift - IGN Now  IGNView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Boy who met Messi on holiday earns 3,000 Instagram followers after encounter

  23-07-2019 22:23
  Mackenzie, 11, said he didn't expect anything to come of his meeting with the five-time Ballon d'Or winner.
  
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• Victims speak at infected blood inquiry

  23-07-2019 22:20
  Victims speak at infected blood inquiry
  
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• How Our Trip to the Moon Pushed Innovation Here on Earth - Popular Mechanics

  23-07-2019 22:11 via popularmechanics.com
  How Our Trip to the Moon Pushed Innovation Here on Earth  Popular MechanicsNASA unveils its Artemis Moon Lander that will return US astronauts to the lunar surface by 2024  The SunOne Small Controversy About Neil Armstrong’s Giant Leap  The AtlanticMoon landing: NASA chief admits why Apollo 11-era technology cannot land on the Moon  Express.co.ukThis Week in Cincinnati: 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission  WCPO.com | 9 On Your SideView fu
  
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• Canada tourist couple killing: Teenage boys named as suspects - BBC News

  23-07-2019 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Canada tourist couple killing: Teenage boys named as suspects  BBC NewsCanada: two teens thought missing named as suspects in double murder  The GuardianMissing Canadian teenagers Kam McLeod and Bryer Schegelsky named as suspects in murder of two young tourists  Evening StandardMissing teenagers are now triple murder suspects - Canadian police  Sky NewsTexan murder suspect 'crosses the border' just weeks before Australian tourist Lucas Fowler killed &
  
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• UK expected to break all-time heat record for a day in July

  23-07-2019 21:21
  Temperatures will creep towards expected highs of 38C (100F) in London whilst Glasgow and Bristol will experience thundery storms and heavy hail.
  
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• Ambition fulfilled for Boris Johnson. But what next for Britain?

  23-07-2019 21:10
  Boris Johnson will underline his determination to unite a fractured and demoralised Conservative party and deliver Brexit by 31 October as he achieves his long-cherished ambition of becoming Britain’s prime minister.The new Tory leader has already begun “love-bombing” sceptical centre-ground MPs as Theresa May prepared to leave No 10 Downing Street after three fraught years.“He is at heart a one-nation Tory. That’s who he is and that’s how he’ll govern,&
  
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• Dr Jane Goodall gives Archie a cuddle as she meets Harry and Meghan

  23-07-2019 21:04
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are both fans of the renowned primatologist who was promoting a youth empowerment scheme.
  
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• UK expected to break all-time record for a day in July

  23-07-2019 20:43
  Temperatures will creep towards expected highs of 38C (100F) in London whilst Glasgow and Bristol will experience thundery storms and heavy hail.
  
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• Sky executive among Johnson's first appointments

  23-07-2019 20:40
  TV boss who lent £9.5m townhouse to leadership campaign becomes chief business adviser. A Sky executive who lent a townhouse to Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign and an academic who accused politicians of exaggerating racial prejudice were among Downing Street’s controversial first appointments on Tuesday. Andrew Griffith, the chief financial officer and chief operating officer at the pay-TV group, has been appointed as the chief business adviser to Number 10. He will work cl
  
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• Baby Archie and Harry gets a cuddle from Dr Jane Goodall

  23-07-2019 20:37
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are both fans of the renowned primatologist and introduced her to their baby.
  
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• Donald Trump praises ‘tough and smart’ Boris Johnson

  23-07-2019 20:24
  The newly-crowned Tory leader is being described as 'Britain Trump', the US President claimed.
  
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• 'Different kind of guy' - Trump sees kindred spirit in Boris Johnson

  23-07-2019 20:11
  In Boris Johnson, U.S. President Donald Trump may be getting the brash British prime minister he wanted after Trump made up his mind that Theresa May was a hapless leader for failing to deliver a credible Brexit deal.Trump appeared poised to quickly extend an invitation to Johnson to visit the White House once he takes over as prime minister on Wednesday after winning the Conservative Party leadership.Suddenly, the two provocateurs will be the caretakers of the"special relationship" between the
  
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• Hundreds protest in Glasgow against Boris Johnson’s appointment

  23-07-2019 20:01
  The demonstration, organised by pro-independence group All Under One Banner on Tuesday evening, had been planned a week before.
  
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• Mediterranean pregnancy diet ‘reduces gestational diabetes and weight gain’

  23-07-2019 20:00
  However, researchers found it does not reduce the overall risk of complications in the mother and baby.
  
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• Serious Fraud Office investigates De La Rue over South Sudan operations

  23-07-2019 19:53
  De La Rue said it was cooperating with the SFO. Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/ReutersThe Serious Fraud Office is investigating the world’s biggest printer of banknotes over suspected corruption in South Sudan.The SFO said it was examining how the UK company De La Rue, which produces notes for the Bank of England, and associated individuals conducted business in the African country.De La Rue said it was cooperating with the SFO, which investigates serious fraud, bribery and corruption. The
  
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• A million homes lined up for energy bill cuts

  23-07-2019 19:53
  National Energy Action says at current rates it would take 96 years for the government to reach its own targets. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAOne million more homes in England could be in line for help to cut their energy bills under the government’s latest strategy to tackle fuel poverty.Ministers plan to change the way the government calculates whether a household is fuel poor, after admitting that much more needs to be done to reach its own fuel poverty targets.Under the government’s
  
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• Inquiry into infected blood scandal hears victims’ stories

  23-07-2019 19:42
  The Infected Blood Inquiry is investigating the scandal which saw patients given contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s.
  
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• Saudi state part-owns Evening Standard and Independent, court told

  23-07-2019 19:30
  Evgeny Lebedev, who controls both news outlets, sold 30% stakes to offshore companies fronted by a Saudi businessman. Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty ImagesThe Evening Standard and the Independent have been explicitly accused by the British government of being part-owned by the Saudi Arabian state, with a series of “unconventional, complex and clandestine” deals used to hide the sale of stakes in the London-based news outlets to a Saudi government bank.Evgeny Lebedev, who controls both pu
  
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• Ryanair Irish pilot union begins ballot on strike action

  23-07-2019 19:15
  Ryanair'sIrish pilot union on Tuesday began a ballot of members on possible strike action with results due by Aug. 9, the FORSA-IALPA union said in a statement.The ballot follows a decision by Ryanair pilots in Britain, the Irish airline's largest market, earlier this month to hold a similar ballot in a dispute over pay and conditions.Pilots at British Airwayshave already voted for strike action in a dispute over pay.
  
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• Jo Swinson will need to broaden appeal of Liberal Democrats

  23-07-2019 18:53
  Brian Wilson, Jack Fawbert and Michael Meadowcroft on the challenges the new leader faces and her political record. Timothy Garton Ash ( The time is ripe for a fightback of liberal Britain, Journal, 23 July) suggests Jo Swinson’s election as leader of “the Liberals (to give them back their proper name)” offers her party a chance to lead a fightback for liberal Britain. Throughout the leadership contest, both Swinson and Ed Davey repeatedly referred to “we liberals”
  
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• Ruth Davidson says Scots will judge new PM Boris Johnson on his actions

  23-07-2019 18:44
  The Scottish Conservative leader said Mr Johnson had won the contest to be the UK's next PM 'fair and square'.
  
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• Relative unknown Mark Spencer becomes chief whip

  23-07-2019 18:33
  Mark Spencer, a former dairy farmer, was elected as the MP for Sherwood in 2010. Photograph: -/AFP/Getty ImagesIt is perhaps the toughest job in Boris Johnson’s new government, but the new prime minister has handed the role of chief whip not to one of his campaign enforcers such as Gavin Williamson or James Wharton, but to a relative unknown, Mark Spencer.Spencer’s profile is so low outside SW1 that a Google search produces mostly links to the well-known high street chain. However, t
  
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• The cost of Boris Johnson: pricing up the next PM's pledges

  23-07-2019 18:32
  From nationwide full-fibre broadband to 20,000 extra police officers, here’s what 10 of his plans might cost. Taxes will be cut and public spending increased if Boris Johnson makes good on the pledges he has made in recent weeks while campaigning to be prime minister. In a marked reversal of the fiscal restraint enforced over the past nine years, Johnson has committed himself to a multibillion pound programme of measures paid for by extra government borrowing. The plans – some of whi
  
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• Smug, needy, desperate: Johnson's coronation is a shameless Tory jobs fair

  23-07-2019 18:32
  ‘Gizza job!’ Amber Rudd asks Rachel Johnson to put a word in with her brother.Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty ImagesAmber Rudd and Liz Truss arrived together. At just the wrong moment. They looked up in panic to see the photographers were all pointing their cameras elsewhere. Professional politicians to the last, they both stopped dead in their tracks and rummaged in their handbags for some imaginary items. Glancing up to make sure the snappers had now noticed them, the two cab
  
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• Donald Trump Just Hailed Boris Johnson As A 'Britain Trump'

  23-07-2019 18:24
  Donald Trump has praised Boris Johnson as "Britain Trump" following hisvictory in the Conservative Party leadership contest
  
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• High Court rejects British Airways bid to block pilot strikes over pay dispute

  23-07-2019 18:21
  BA had applied for an interim injunction to prevent strike action by pilots based at Heathrow and Gatwick airports.
  
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• Why is Mel B so obsessed with outing other women?

  23-07-2019 18:15
  First came her claim that she slept with fellow Spice Girl Geri Horner – now she’s saying Emma Bunton and Holly Willoughby shared a kiss. How did Scary Spice become the first lady of lesbian gossip?. In the latest instalment of Mel B’s sordid tales, the singer let slip in a radio interview that fellow Spice Girl Emma Bunton once shared a “girl kiss” with the This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby on a night out. Despite Willoughby suggesting she has never experimen
  
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• Boris Johnson tops Tory members, but poll suggests public feel differently

  23-07-2019 18:12
  A YouGov poll finds 46% also think he will damage the UK’s reputation abroad.
  
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• Indyref2 planning more important than ever with Johnson in No 10 – Sturgeon

  23-07-2019 18:07
  Scotland's First Minister expressed 'profound concerns' over the prospect of a Boris Johnson premiership.
  
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• Minister criticises Love Island and other ‘fantasy TV’ programmes

  23-07-2019 18:04
  The Government and Labour expressed concerns about the impact of reality shows on body image.
  
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• Microbes and the Moon - physicsworld.com

  23-07-2019 18:01 via physicsworld.com
  Microbes and the Moon  physicsworld.comOne Small Controversy About Neil Armstrong’s Giant Leap  The AtlanticMoon landing: NASA chief admits why Apollo 11-era technology cannot land on the Moon  Express.co.ukThis Week in Cincinnati: 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission  WCPO.com | 9 On Your SideHow Our Trip to the Moon Pushed Innovation Here on Earth  Popular MechanicsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• How Marvel's Disney+ TV shows will directly affect the MCU - digitalspy.com

  23-07-2019 18:00 via digitalspy.com
  How Marvel's Disney+ TV shows will directly affect the MCU  digitalspy.comPrepare for a new-look Avengers: Kevin Feige says the next team will include "some people you haven't met yet"  GamesRadarFirst look at ‘Black Widow’ movie confirms appearance of classic Marvel villain  NME LiveMarvel film Black Widow shooting on Hankley Common - but the parish council isn't happy  Get SurreyWhat we know about the Black Widow movie based on her comics his
  
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• Johnson steers lawmakers away from early general election - lawmaker

  23-07-2019 17:55
  Incoming British prime minister Boris Johnson has told members of the governing Conservative Party in parliament that he does not want to hold an early general election, senior lawmaker Nicky Morgan said on Tuesday.Asked if Johnson had mentioned holding an election at a meeting of his lawmakers, Morgan said: "He said he didn't want an early election".
  
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• Joe Root: England must 'ride wave' of World Cup triumph - BBC Sport

  23-07-2019 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Joe Root: England must 'ride wave' of World Cup triumph  BBC SportRory Burns and Jason Roy: new openers but old friends  The TimesCricket news: MCC members allowed to remove their jackets on first two days of England's Test match  Daily MailEngland v Ireland: James Anderson ruled out of Lord's Test but Jason Roy & Olly Stone to make debuts  BBC SportIreland's Boyd Rankin to face England – the country he made Test debut for  The TimesVie
  
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• Government health plans criticised as ‘missed opportunity’

  23-07-2019 17:50
  The green paper on public health includes proposals to end smoking by 2020, make food healthier and stop under-16s buying energy drinks. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesDoctors and health experts claim government plans to boost public health are too weak to deal with problems such as obesity, smoking and alcohol misuse that are claiming tens of thousands of lives a year.The green paper on prevention of ill-health in England, which ministers slipped out quietly on Monday evening, includes propo
  
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• London forex trading turnover surges to record high

  23-07-2019 17:49
  Britain's daily foreign exchange turnover rose to a record high in April, the Bank of England said on Tuesday, as investors concerned about central bank policy U-turns sought to protect their portfolios.The BoE's semi-annual survey, which showed daily average FX turnover in Britain jumped 12% to $2.86 trillion in the six months to April, underlined the rude health of London's foreign exchange industry despite worries about the impact of Britain's departure from the European Union.
  
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• Johnson prepares for power after landslide Tory leadership win

  23-07-2019 17:36
  Boris Johnson will become prime minister on Wednesday and has promised to deliver Brexit on the October 31 deadline.
  
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• Comic book writer Mark Millar puts on Toy Story screening in Coatbridge

  23-07-2019 17:33
  Mr Millar wrote on Twitter that he and his wife had bought 200 tickets for families in his old housing estate in Coatbridge.
  
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• Send us a tip on great waterfalls the world over and win a £200 hotel voucher

  23-07-2019 17:32
  We’re not just talking about giants such as Niagara and Iguazú, we want to hear about trips to spectacular cascades anywhere on the planetThere are few natural landscape features as thrilling as torrents of water hurtling down cliffs, whether they are in Iceland, the Highlands, Yorkshire, Croatia, Brazil, Hawaii or Australia – the homes of some of the most celebrated. Many can only be reached at the end of long treks that make for adventure stories in themselves. Others have t
  
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• Carl Beech case ‘must not stop child abuse survivors speaking up’

  23-07-2019 17:31
  Carl Beech was described by survivors’ charities as a ‘fantasist and a liar’ who had done a ‘great deal of damage’. Photograph: Julia Reinhart/Getty ImagesThe conviction of a former nurse who fabricated allegations about a VIP paedophile ring in Westminster must not stop genuine child abuse survivors coming forward to seek justice, leading charities have warned.Carl Beech, who is himself a convicted paedophile, was found guilty on Monday of perverting the course of
  
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• Johnson’s appointment gets mixed reaction from Ireland’s politicians

  23-07-2019 17:26
  Boris Johnson has recently compared solving the border issue with the moon landing.
  
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• The Times and Sunday Times merger gets go-ahead from government

  23-07-2019 17:25
  Sunday Times editor Harold Evans (left), Rupert Murdoch and William Rees-Mogg, then Times editor, photographed in 1981 after the Australian media baron bought the newspapers.Photograph: PARupert Murdoch’s News UK has been given final approval to share resources across The Times and The Sunday Times, paving the way for journalists to work across both titles and potential job cuts.Until now the two publications have operated as strictly independent news outlets, as part of a series of agreem
  
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• Andy Murray’s golden postbox reinstated after being knocked over by car

  23-07-2019 17:20
  Police said a Mercedes struck the London 2012 tribute in a 'low-speed collision' on Monday evening but the female driver was not hurt.
  
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