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• Chelsea news: Frank Lampard ready to let Tiemoue Bakayoko and Danny Drinkwater leave - Daily Mail

  27-07-2019 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  Chelsea news: Frank Lampard ready to let Tiemoue Bakayoko and Danny Drinkwater leave  Daily MailSilva may want five players as Blues boss talks shortcomings and Gueye  Liverpool EchoChelsea boss Frank Lampard hit with dilemma which will impact Blues transfer plans  ExpressFrank Lampard tells £75m Chelsea duo they can leave as he shakes up squad (6am) - Daily Star  Daily StarChelsea news: Lampard's dilemma that will annoy Everton, N'Golo Kante boost,
  
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• Police participation in gay pride parade ’empowering’

  27-07-2019 23:40
  The Alternative Queer Ulster event was held at Stormont, the seat of Northern Ireland's suspended powersharing institutions.
  
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• Paul Chuckle performs DJ set at Camp Bestival following brother's death - Metro.co.uk

  27-07-2019 23:35 via metro.co.uk
  Paul Chuckle performs DJ set at Camp Bestival following brother's death  Metro.co.ukPaul Chuckle responds to claims he died after brother's death  digitalspy.comPaul Chuckle is seen for the first time since the death of his older brother Jimmy Patton, 87  Daily MailPaul Chuckle Is Forced To Confirm He Is Not Dead  LADbiblePaul Chuckle takes to twitter to comfort fans he’s still alive - Daily Star  Daily StarView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Love Island bosses slapped ‘SEX BAN’ on contestants amid fears another ‘well-being’ crisis could destroy hit s - The Sun

  27-07-2019 23:27 via thesun.co.uk
  Love Island bosses slapped ‘SEX BAN’ on contestants amid fears another ‘well-being’ crisis could destroy hit s  The SunMaura and Curtis 'to be dumped from Love Island' as fans rumble secret rows  Mirror OnlineAJ Pritchard: Love Island star reveals why Curtis Pritchard 'hasn't mentioned' his brother  ExpressLove Island's Amy Hart shows Curtis Pritchard what he's missing - Daily Star  Daily StarView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Russian cops arrest THOUSAND protesters and beat them with batons as furious crowds hold anti-Putin - The Sun

  27-07-2019 23:15 via thesun.co.uk
  Russian cops arrest THOUSAND protesters and beat them with batons as furious crowds hold anti-Putin  The SunRussia protests: Thousand arrests at Moscow rally  BBC NewsMoscow police arrest more than 1,000 protesters ahead of election  The GuardianRussia protests: More than 1,000 arrested at Moscow rally  Evening StandardRussian police arrest more than 1,000 at Moscow election protests  Sky NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• British soldier Sgt Matt Tonroe 'killed by American friendly fire'

  27-07-2019 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  US officials initially said Sgt Matt Tonroe was killed by a roadside bomb.
  
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• ‘Boris bounce’ delivers poll boost for Tories

  27-07-2019 23:09
  The Conservatives have gained 10 points since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.
  
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• Russia protests: Thousand arrests at Moscow rally - BBC News

  27-07-2019 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Russia protests: Thousand arrests at Moscow rally  BBC NewsMoscow police arrest more than 1,000 protesters ahead of election  The GuardianRussian police arrest over a thousand at Moscow election protests  Sky NewsRussia protests: Riot police violently break up Moscow demonstration as thousands take to streets in defiance of Kremlin  The IndependentPolice make 300 arrests in Moscow protest crackdown  Financial TimesView full coverage on Google New
  
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• Ashes fervour is sure to maintain melodrama of this crazy summer | Vic Marks

  27-07-2019 23:01
  A tied World Cup final, 85 all out against Ireland and a face-saving demolition have left the public wanting more and the Ashes between England and Australia is next in lineThe melodrama cannot be sustained throughout the Ashes, can it? A tied World Cup final against New Zealand, which captivated fans and their families in their millions; 85 all out against Ireland followed by a face-saving demolition of their flimsy batting line-up on the third day when they were bundled out for 38. This is cra
  
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• Ashes fervour is sure to maintain melodrama of this crazy summer - The Guardian

  27-07-2019 23:01 via theguardian.com
  Ashes fervour is sure to maintain melodrama of this crazy summer  The GuardianAshes 2019: 'England-Australia series will be dominated by the ball'  BBC SportWhy this Ashes series is poised to be a low-scoring dogfight... and one which should never be happening this summer at all  The TelegraphBen Stokes named vice-captain as Jofra Archer makes England’s Ashes squad  The GuardianEngland and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) - The Official Website of the 
  
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• Tory Eurosceptics accuse Theresa May of cronyism over peerage for Gavin Barwell - Telegraph.co.uk

  27-07-2019 23:00 via telegraph.co.uk
  Tory Eurosceptics accuse Theresa May of cronyism over peerage for Gavin Barwell  Telegraph.co.ukTheresa May is facing a new cronyism row as it emerged that her controversial chief of staff is expected to be appointed to the House of Lords.
  
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• Who won The Voice Kids 2019? Sam Wilkinson revealed as winner in live final - Mirror Online

  27-07-2019 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  Who won The Voice Kids 2019? Sam Wilkinson revealed as winner in live final  Mirror OnlineThe Voice Kids UK hit with awkward technical glitch  digitalspy.comThe Voice Kids 2019 drama after Welsh finalist Gracie Jayne's performance halted  Wales OnlineThe Voice Kids 2019 results! Who won? Winner crowned in live final  Telly MixThe Voice Kids UK 2019 winner has been revealed  digitalspy.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Arsenal have record £72m bid for Nicolas Pépé accepted by Lille

  27-07-2019 22:51
  • Arsenal hope to beat Napoli to signing of Ivorian winger
  • Fee would eclipse £56m on Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal have had an €80m (£72m) offer for the winger Nicolas Pépé accepted by Lille and hope to beat Napoli to the signing of the Ivory Coast international. Related: Arsenal to offer Özil and Kolasinac psychological support after robbery dramaContinue reading...
  
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• Trump slams 'rat-infested' district – but his own restaurant had a rodent problem - The Guardian

  27-07-2019 22:49 via theguardian.com
  Trump slams 'rat-infested' district – but his own restaurant had a rodent problem  The GuardianTrump launches vicious attack on senior congressman from ‘rat-infested district’, apparently regurgitating Fox News segment  The IndependentCNN host tears up on-air while defending his hometown of Baltimore from Trump  Daily MailTrump 'rat-infested' attack on Elijah Cummings was racist, Pelosi says  The GuardianTrump’s ‘rat-infested&
  
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• Opponents of no deal ‘have just weeks’ to plot blocking strategy

  27-07-2019 22:36
  Senior MPs from all parties admit they need to thrash out action plan by end of August. Even before Boris Johnson had been to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon to accept the Queen’s invitation to form a government, some very senior Conservative colleagues with whom he had once sat in the same cabinet were already plotting with Labour’s high command on how to stop the new prime minister taking the UK out of the European Union without a deal. In the early afternoon of that day,
  
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• Hammond plots with Labour to kill Johnson’s no-deal Brexit - The Guardian

  27-07-2019 22:36 via theguardian.com
  Hammond plots with Labour to kill Johnson’s no-deal Brexit  The GuardianSunday's national newspaper front pages  Sky NewsOpponents of no deal ‘have just weeks’ to plot blocking strategy  The GuardianOpposition parties must frustrate Boris Johnson’s threat of no deal  Financial TimesIs Boris Johnson really ready to take an enormous electoral gamble?  The GuardianView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Hammond plots with Labour to kill Johnson’s no-deal Brexit

  27-07-2019 22:36
  Philip Hammond and Keir Starmer. Composite: Rex features/ReutersThe former Tory chancellor Philip Hammond held private talks with Labour’s Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer shortly before Boris Johnson entered Downing Street last Wednesday, to plot cross-party moves aimed at preventing the new prime minister agreeing to a no-deal Brexit.The meeting in the House of Commons – which took place shortly after Hammond had resigned from the government – is evidence of the fierce backlash
  
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• Final dumped ITV Love Island couple have already been kicked out of the villa - Liverpool Echo

  27-07-2019 22:36 via liverpoolecho.co.uk
  Final dumped ITV Love Island couple have already been kicked out of the villa  Liverpool EchoLove Island fans confused as mystery leg appears next to Belle and Anton in bizarre moment  The SunLove Island’s Tommy Fury says he’s masturbated every day – leaving girlfriend Molly-Mae shocked  The SunLove Island Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury's parents meet in challenge - Daily Star  Daily StarView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Sajid Javid's Brexit blitz to prepare for no deal - Telegraph.co.uk

  27-07-2019 22:30 via telegraph.co.uk
  Sajid Javid's Brexit blitz to prepare for no deal  Telegraph.co.ukNo deal Brexit funds unleashed by Sajid Javid - a welcome change to gloomy Hammond!  Express.co.ukOn my watch, the Treasury is ready to play a full role in delivering Brexit  Telegraph.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mussolini’s birthplace cashes in on the surge of far-right tourism

  27-07-2019 22:30
  Thousands of curious visitors – and fascists – descend on the Apennine townDressed in black T-shirts, their arms inked with tattoos, Fabrizio and Mameli Gamberini are on their yearly homage trip to Predappio, the birth town and burial place of Benito Mussolini.“We’re fascists,” Mameli proudly admits as she leaves Predappio Tricolore, a souvenir shop teeming with Mussolini memorabilia, on Friday morning. “We come every year at the end of July to buy a few new k
  
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• Russian police arrest more than 1,000 at Moscow election protests - Sky News

  27-07-2019 22:26 via news.sky.com
  Russian police arrest more than 1,000 at Moscow election protests  Sky NewsRussia protests: Thousand arrests at Moscow rally  BBC NewsPolice make 300 arrests in Moscow protest crackdown  Financial TimesMoscow police arrest more than 1,000 protesters ahead of election  The GuardianRussia protests: More than 1,000 arrested at Moscow rally  Evening StandardView full coverage on Google News
  
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• The Voice Kids UK hit with awkward technical glitch - digitalspy.com

  27-07-2019 22:24 via digitalspy.com
  The Voice Kids UK hit with awkward technical glitch  digitalspy.comThe Voice Kids 2019 results! Who won? Winner crowned in live final  Telly MixThe Voice Kids final thrown into chaos over technical fault before 12-year-old's performance  Mirror OnlineThe Voice Kids: ‘What do I do?’ Emma Willis stumbles as show suffers HUGE technical gaffe  ExpressThe Voice Kids 2019 drama after Welsh finalist Gracie Jayne's performance halted  Wales O
  
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• ‘I know that this works’: Michael Sheen opens Homeless World Cup in Cardiff

  27-07-2019 22:12
  The tournament and its programmes have impacted the lives of more than a million people since 2003.
  
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• ‘Boris bounce’ lifts Tories at expense of Brexit party, poll shows - The Guardian

  27-07-2019 22:10 via theguardian.com
  ‘Boris bounce’ lifts Tories at expense of Brexit party, poll shows  The GuardianBoris Johnson backs high-speed Leeds to Manchester rail route  BBC NewsAll bets are off if Boris Johnson calls an early election  The GuardianInside Politics: Christmas countdown to a general election?  Express.co.ukBoris Johnson’s Cabinet is in full campaign mode and preparing for one thing — and it’s not Brexit  iNewsView full coverage
  
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• ‘Boris bounce’ lifts Tories at expense of Brexit party, poll shows

  27-07-2019 22:10
  Voters say they see new prime minister as a stronger leader then Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn. The Conservatives are experiencing a “Boris bounce” in the polls since his appointment as prime minister. In Boris Johnson’s first week in Downing Street, the Tories led with 30% of the vote. New polling by Opinium for The Observer shows the Tories enjoying a two-point lead over Labour – a gain of seven points – in the past fortnight. The polling, carried out after Boris J
  
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• Is Boris Johnson really ready to take an enormous electoral gamble? | Robert Ford

  27-07-2019 22:00
  An early vote would be a risk, but if his opponents fail to unite it could be a winnerBoris Johnson’s appointment of a cabinet dominated by hardline Brexiters suggests he will adopt an uncompromising approach to Brexit, one that will be hard to deliver given the current composition of the House of Commons. But what if the goal is to change the Commons arithmetic via an early election? Could a “delivering Brexit” campaign win him a parliamentary majority and, if so, where would
  
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• ‘Don’t just sit and shout at the TV, join the Lib Dems and transform the country’

  27-07-2019 22:00
  We are being failed by Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, the party’s new leader saysWhat an extraordinary week to become the new leader of the Liberal Democrats. Having finally entered No 10, Boris Johnson appointed the most hard-line Brexit government, while Jeremy Corbyn utterly failed to challenge it.Boris Johnson is not fit to be a prime minister. A prime minister wouldn’t compare Muslim women to letterboxes, or describe elite women athletes as “glistening like wet otters&rd
  
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• Young people not getting objective advice because of trans lobby pressure

  27-07-2019 21:46
  Counsellors and other mental health providers fear being labelled transphobicSchool counsellors and mental health service providers are bowing to pressures from ‘highly politicised’ transgender groups to affirm children’s beliefs that they were born the wrong sex, a leading expert has warned.Marcus Evans, a psychotherapist and ex-governor of the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, whose Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) is the only NHS clinic to provide gender
  
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• Romania's police chief sacked over slow response in kidnap-murder of girl - Sky News

  27-07-2019 21:42 via news.sky.com
  Romania's police chief sacked over slow response in kidnap-murder of girl  Sky NewsRomania police chief sacked after teen 'killed by kidnapper'  BBC NewsRomania’s Police Chief Fired After Officers Took 19 Hours to Respond to Kidnapped Girl’s Calls  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Rees-Mogg says farmers will be 'looked after' in a no-deal Brexit - BBC News

  27-07-2019 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Rees-Mogg says farmers will be 'looked after' in a no-deal Brexit  BBC NewsRapper Big Bad Spray gives verdict on Jacob Rees-Mogg’s old-fashioned vocabulary rules  The SunJacob Rees-Mogg brought his son to Wales and dressed him in the EXACT same outfit  Wales OnlineJacob Rees-Mogg: Is he right to ban these words?  BBC NewsJacob Rees-Mogg falls foul of his own style guide he issued to staff  Metro.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Dad charged after twin infants die in hot car - AOL UK

  27-07-2019 21:29 via aol.co.uk
  Dad charged after twin infants die in hot car  AOL UKDad who ‘accidentally left his twin babies to die in 30C car while he worked for eight hours’ sobs in cou  The Sun11-month-old twins die in car: Father told police 'I killed my babies', say prosecutors  Sky NewsProsecutors: Body temperature of dead twins hit 108 degrees after dad left the doomed kids inside his swelteri  New York Daily NewsDad who ‘accidentally left twins to die in 30C
  
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• ‘I almost lost it,’ admits Tour de France champion-in-waiting Egan Bernal

  27-07-2019 21:15
  • Colombian reflects on time-trial struggle
  • ‘He was born to go uphill fast,’ says Geraint ThomasEgan Bernal has admitted he came close to defeat after a disappointing time-trial performance on this year’s stage 13 time trial in Pau. Related: Egan Bernal set for Tour de France title after retaining yellow for ride to ParisContinue reading...
  
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• Black student group criticizes Harvard Law School after anonymous messages

  27-07-2019 21:10
  Harvard Black Law Students Association says school, which failed to determine who sent offensive emails and texts, ‘woefully failed to act’An association of black students at Harvard Law School says the university “woefully failed to act” after four students received offensive emails and text messages from an anonymous sender. Related: Trump 'rat-infested' attack on Elijah Cummings was racist, Pelosi saysContinue reading...
  
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• Yokohama v City: Extended highlights - Manchester City FC

  27-07-2019 21:00 via mancity.com
  Yokohama v City: Extended highlights  Manchester City FCMan City face prospect of seven missing key players for Liverpool Community Shield meeting  Liverpool EchoMan City beat Japan's Yokohama F. Marinos in friendly  BBC SportMan City boss Pep Guardiola fires shot at Liverpool and tells rivals to be prepared for hat-trick bid  The SunDe Bruyne & Sterling score in Man City friendly win  BBC SportView full coverage on Google News
  
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• The spread of Islamic State

  27-07-2019 20:55
  Sky's foreign affairs editor Deborah Haynes on the global spread of Islamic State and the number of UK jihadists still in Syria and Iraq.
  
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• Love Island’s Michael and Joanna back on as they’re spotted kissing at London music festival - The Sun

  27-07-2019 20:43 via thesun.co.uk
  Love Island’s Michael and Joanna back on as they’re spotted kissing at London music festival  The SunLove Island's Michael and Joanna 'spotted hugging and kissing' at music festival  Mirror OnlineLove Island's Joanna and Michael back on as they're 'caught kissing'  Metro.co.ukLove Island’s Michael and Joanna back on after pair kiss at festival - Daily Star  Daily StarView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Family wins World Thumb Wrestling Championships

  27-07-2019 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Some 24 adults and eight children entered the mini wrestling ring in the event's 11th year.
  
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• 'Mass brawl' breaks out on P&O cruise ship Britannia

  27-07-2019 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  A man and woman are arrested as six people are hurt in violence on the return leg of a trip to Norway.
  
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• Hong Kong protesters: Better organised, angrier, ready for a fight - Sky News

  27-07-2019 20:24 via news.sky.com
  Hong Kong protesters: Better organised, angrier, ready for a fight  Sky NewsHong Kong: police fire teargas as thousands march in Yuen Long  The GuardianHong Kong police fire tear gas and clash with protesters at banned march  Sky NewsHong Kong’s quiet and determined ‘hard hat revolution’ is braced for a lurch towards civil war  The IndependentHong Kong protesters besiege villages in retaliation for beatings  Financial TimesView
  
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• Epstein case: judge agrees to keep documents on 2008 plea deal secret

  27-07-2019 20:22
  Court grants prosecutors’ request amid concern that releasing materials could hinder investigation of financier’s associatesA judge in New York has granted a request from prosecutors to keep secret documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s controversial 2008 sexual abuse plea deal, on the grounds that the materials could hamper their investigation of others in the financier’s milieu. Related: The Jeffrey Epstein scandal - podcastContinue reading...
  
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• In pictures: Thousands march for Norwich Pride

  27-07-2019 20:16 via bbc.co.uk
  "The city came out today as one that takes pride in its diversity and loves its LGBT+ community."
  
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• ‘People love him or hate him’ – Johnson provokes extreme reactions in Leeds - The Guardian

  27-07-2019 20:09 via theguardian.com
  ‘People love him or hate him’ – Johnson provokes extreme reactions in Leeds  The GuardianThe city seems divided along generational lines, with the young proving resistant to the new prime minister's message.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• A prime minister in campaigning mode: hi-vis Johnson heads north

  27-07-2019 20:09
  Plans for an early vote are strongly denied but yesterday’s visit to Manchester was eerily reminiscent of May’s 2017 election launch. There was a sense of deja vu in Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum on Saturday. At a podium stood Boris Johnson, a campaigning Conservative prime minister, promising to deliver Brexit, support Britain’s towns, provide better housing and improve local schools. It was a little over two years ago that Theresa May, his ousted predecessor,
  
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• Carl Beech – the plausibility of liars and the paucity of proof | Matthew Scott

  27-07-2019 20:07
  The Met was right to listen to his allegations. Its mistake was not to investigate themCarl Beech’s QC, Collingwood Thompson, was faced with a monumentally difficult task when, just before lunch on Friday, he rose to mitigate for the recently convicted serial child abuse accuser. One point he made was that the Metropolitan police policy that “complainants will be believed has had an influence on this whole case. With another approach, Mr Beech’s allegations would have been dism
  
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• Lewis Hamilton determined to contest German Grand Prix despite illness

  27-07-2019 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The weaknesses at Ferrari are evident after a disastrous qualifying, but Lewis Hamilton has a battle of his own before Sunday's German Grand Prix.
  
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• St Helens overcome Halifax to book Challenge Cup final with Warrington

  27-07-2019 20:03
  • St Helens 26-2 Halifax• Part-timers push Super League leaders hardSt Helens and Warrington will clash in a major final for the first time next month, after the runaway Super League leaders came through an almighty test from the part-time side Halifax to book their place in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley next month.Saints were expected by many to overpower their part-time opponents for the entirety of the contest – and the numbers going into the game suggested that was a fai
  
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• Jessie J and boyfriend Channing Tatum head out in London with his daughter Everly - Mirror Online

  27-07-2019 20:03 via mirror.co.uk
  Jessie J and boyfriend Channing Tatum head out in London with his daughter Everly  Mirror OnlineJessie J isn’t here to answer boring questions about Channing Tatum  Stylist MagazineJessie J and boyfriend Channing Tatum seen for the first time with his daughter Everly, six  Daily MailView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Sergio Ramos Tries to Excuse 7-3 Atletico Madrid Loss & His Reason Is Pretty Pathetic - 90min

  27-07-2019 19:51 via 90min.com
  Sergio Ramos Tries to Excuse 7-3 Atletico Madrid Loss & His Reason Is Pretty Pathetic  90minReal Madrid chief Florentino Perez has Gareth Bale transfer doubts after Atletico thumping  ExpressZinedine Zidane's telling reaction to Real Madrid's 7-3 defeat to Atletico Madrid  Mirror OnlineJoao Felix Looked Every Bit A £113 Million Player Against Real Madrid  SPORTbibleChelsea fans loving sight of Diego Costa hitting THREE past Thibaut Courtois as At
  
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• Female desire is all the rage. But are the stories still too driven by men? | Stephanie Merritt

  27-07-2019 19:51
  Uncovering the mystery of women’s sexuality has become the hot topic in books, but old attitudes lingerWhat women want is a supposedly elusive mystery that has preoccupied writers for centuries. It’s the question posed to the rapist knight in Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s Tale, whose life depends on finding the “correct” answer. In the 2000 film What Women Want, knowing that was a telepathic gift magically bestowed on Mel Gibson’s sleazy ad executive by a
  
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• Nadine Dorries joins Department of Health and Social Care

  27-07-2019 19:14
  Dorries was accused of Islamophobia for suggesting the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, was responsible for dealing with grooming gangs in Yorkshire. Photograph: Jonathan Hordle/Rex/ShutterstockControversial MP Nadine Dorries has been made a parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department of Health and Social Care.The appointment is likely to put her previous positions on abortions under scrutiny, after the longtime backbencher led calls in 2006 to cut the time limit for abortions from 24 w
  
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