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• Liz Truss Plan For Singapore-Style Freeports 'Will Create Tax Havens' In Britain

  01-08-2019 23:42
  Britain could establish up to ten Singapore-style low-tax freeports in a bidto drive post-Brexit trade, a move critics said would have "money launderersand tax dodgers rubbing their hands with glee"
  
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• Liz Truss's plan for tax-free zones condemned by Labour

  01-08-2019 23:30
  Proposal equated to setting up tax havens and money-laundering hubs on British soil. Liz Truss, the new trade secretary, will promise to create up to 10 new tax-free zones at ports and airports in a move condemned by Labour as setting up tax havens and money-laundering opportunities along Britain’s coasts. The cabinet minister, a free marketeer whose political hero is former chancellor Nigel Lawson, said the plan for so-called “free ports” could revitalise transport and trade h
  
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• Javid orders HMRC to make no-deal Brexit planning top priority

  01-08-2019 23:30
  Sajid Javid has demanded weekly updates from HMRC about its preparedness for the October 31 Brexit date.
  
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• Family food shops ‘will go up £220 next year in no-deal Brexit scenario’

  01-08-2019 23:30
  The University of Sussex suggested the cost of food could rise by 7% in 2020 if the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.
  
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• Polls close in key by-election test for Boris Johnson

  01-08-2019 23:00
  A defeat for the Tories in Brecon and Radnorshire could see the new Prime Minister's working majority fall to just one.
  
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• Consumer panic and food shortages weeks after no-deal Brexit, leak suggests

  01-08-2019 21:36
  The Government slide also says an increased security threat may exist within a fortnight.
  
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• Union chief ‘would have backed Scottish independence in 2014 referendum’

  01-08-2019 21:25
  But Len McCluskey said the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader meant he had changed his mind.
  
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• Derbyshire Dam Emergency: 'Massive Flooding' Warning As Firefighters Desperately Try Limit Damage

  01-08-2019 21:09
  Experts have warned of "massive flooding" if there is further damage to a damnear the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire
  
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• EU snub: Raab launches charm offensive in Asia Pacific - 'I'm not focused on Brussels'

  01-08-2019 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  DOMINIC RAAB admitted he is not "focused" on the trading arrangements the European Union has been taking globally as he launched Britain's charm offensive for new post-Brexit partners in the Asia Pacific.
  
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• Further damage to Toddbrook Reservoir could see ‘massive flood’

  01-08-2019 20:43
  An expert from Brunel University in London said the damaged spillway of the dam could become 'fully broken' within hours.
  
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• Brexit naysayers to be proved wrong says expert as Carney issues latest dire forecast

  01-08-2019 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  POLITICAL adviser Luke Coffey slated negative Brexit forecasts, pointing out previous predictions had been proved wrong as Bank of England Governor Mark Carney warned a no deal Brexit could leave the pound tanking.
  
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• Thousands evacuated due to reservoir collapse fears

  01-08-2019 19:57
  The Environment Agency has issued a severe flood warning, suggesting a danger to life, covering the River Goyt at Whaley Bridge.
  
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• Rare bottle of Irish whiskey sells for more than double its estimate at auction

  01-08-2019 19:50
  The 1880s bottle of Cassidy & Co Monasterevin whiskey fetched 23,000 euro (£20,960).
  
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• One million pound buy-in poker tournament starts in London

  01-08-2019 19:32
  Triton Poker Series touring director Luca Vivaldi said the tournament had been designed to have a balance of recreational poker enthusiasts and top professionals.Some of the world's best-known recreational players had been invited to take part, he said, and they could register a guest, who was likely to be a top professional, to play too.Professional player Jason Koon from the United States said he would try to exploit some of the recreational players for any mistakes they made.
  
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• Holidaymakers urged to look out for UK's most wanted abroad

  01-08-2019 19:31
  British holidaymakers and expats are being urged to look out for 11 of the UK's most wanted fugitives thought to be on the run across the continent.All have links to Spain, but the National Crime Agency (NCA) and charity Crimestoppers have warned that they may have moved around the continent and be using fake identification.Also on the list is Allan Foster, 43, from South Shields, suspected of murdering David Rice in a car park in 2006.
  
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• Esports - FIFA gamers converge on London chasing $250,000 jackpot

  01-08-2019 19:28
  Thirty two of the world's best esports players are flexingtheir fingers and thumbs in readiness for the FIFA eWorld Cup Grand Final at London's O2 Arena this weekend."Especially in younger age their first contact with football is the (video) game and from the game they understand what football is about," he said.
  
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• Violence in jails fuelled by overcrowding, charity warns

  01-08-2019 19:23
  The Howard League for Penal Reform made the claim after reviewing inmate numbers.
  
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• Boris Johnson's UK tour: did he show he could save the union?

  01-08-2019 19:22
  Can Boris Johnson keep all of the UK’s eggs in one basket? Photograph: Adrian Dennis/APBoris Johnson pledged his commitment to the “awesome foursome” of the UK when he was elected Conservative leader, and has since embarked on a whistlestop tour taking in the north of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But how successful were the trips? Visits that involved keeping the prime minister away from booing protesters and, in some cases, journalists? Have they allayed fear
  
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• Pirelli cuts revenue guidance for second time this year

  01-08-2019 19:12
  Italian tyremaker Pirellicut its revenue guidance for the second time this year, joining a string of suppliers hit by a broader auto industry downturn during the last quarter.Pirelli, which makes tyres for Formula One racing teams and premium automakers like BMWand Audi, on Thursday cited prolonged weakness in the new vehicle market and the tougher competitive environment.Last month German auto supplier Continentalcut its 2019 outlook, also citing expectations for a fall in global vehicle produc
  
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• British hauliers warn Government 'long way to go' to prepare for no deal - 'Copy France'

  01-08-2019 19:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  BRITISH hauliers have welcomed the Government's plans to set aside an extra £2.1 billion to help the country prepare for a no deal Brexit but have warned Boris Johnson there is still "a long way to go" before the country is ready.
  
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• Britain set for strike chaos as five million plan ‘solidarity stoppage’ for Greta Thunberg

  01-08-2019 18:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  MILLIONS of rail workers, bus drivers, academics and factory staff could strike in aid of climate change after the TUC backed calls for a strike.
  
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• Move over Carney? Economist tipped to take over from BoE makes shock Brexit prediction

  01-08-2019 18:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  A LEADING Brexiteer economist - who is favourite to take over from Mark Carney at the Bank of England - has urged Boris Johnson to take Britain out of the EU swiftly due to the "uncertainty" surrounding Brexit.
  
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• Mother guilty of murdering young daughters who ‘got in way’ of sex life

  01-08-2019 18:48
  Louise Porton was convicted of killing both Lexi Draper and Scarlett Vaughan within three weeks of each other.
  
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• UK troops in Uganda pay rosy tribute to ‘courageous’ predecessors

  01-08-2019 18:41
  Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment are training local forces in the country.
  
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• Boris Johnson, public services and rightwing extremism

  01-08-2019 18:37
  Boris Johnson. How long has he had his ‘prime minister’ jacket, one reader asks. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglewsorth/PATwo articles in Wednesday’s Guardian cast useful light on the causes of current discontents. Dominic Cummings’ opinion that Tory MPs don’t care about poorer people (Cummings: Tory MPs don’t care about NHS) goes perfectly with Jon Boutcher’s that the police are distracted by having to deal with the effects of social disadvantage (Police left
  
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• Mother guilty of murdering young daughters who ‘got in the way’ of sex life

  01-08-2019 18:28
  Louise Porton was convicted of killing Lexi Draper and Scarlett Vaughan within three weeks of each other.
  
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• Man named by media reports as Olesen arrested at Heathrow

  01-08-2019 18:16
  London police confirmed an arrest, without naming the man."Officers based at Heathrow Airport arrested a 29 year-old man on an in-bound flight on suspicion of sexual assault, being drunk on board an aircraft and failing to comply with the orders of cabin crew," they said in a statement to Reuters.Olesen's agent Rory Flanagan did not respond to a request by Reuters for comment.
  
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• Brexit warning: Congress lobbies to stop Trump from striking post-Brexit deal with UK

  01-08-2019 18:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  BORIS JOHNSON has been warned Irish-American diplomats and politicians could throw a spanner in his works and stop him from securing a post-Brexit trade deal with President Donald Trump.
  
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• Pensioners hand petition to No 10 urging PM to save free TV licence for over-75s

  01-08-2019 17:56
  The petition on the Age UK website has received some 620,000 signatures.
  
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• IMF chaos: Mark Carney ‘snubbed for not being European enough’ - will Osborne swoop in?

  01-08-2019 17:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  EUROPEAN governments have stopped the clock on their search for a new head of the International Monetary Fund in a bid to encourage Britain to take part at the eleventh hour.
  
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• Two in court on Shetland murder charge

  01-08-2019 17:53
  Tracey Walker, 40, died in Lerwick on Tuesday.
  
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• Whaley Bridge dam collapse: Aerial footage sparks panic as flood could 'wipe out towns'

  01-08-2019 17:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  TERRIFYING aerial footage shows the ‘danger to life’ posed by the Whaley Bridge dam, after the collapse of a dam wall sparked an urgent evacuation of the nearby town in Derbyshire.
  
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• Death of the treaty that removed missiles from Greenham Common

  01-08-2019 17:32
  The US is due to exit the 1987 agreement that ended a controversial UK deployment. Cruise missiles were removed from the UK in 1991, ending their controversial deployment at Greenham Common in Berkshire, because of the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) treaty, which is now expected to lapse on Friday. The US is due to officially withdraw from the 1987 agreement – which eliminated missiles with ranges of 310-3,420 miles (500 to 5,500km) – after Donald Trump last year accused Mos
  
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• Mediaset's Italy ad sales down 2.4% in first-half on like-for-like basis

  01-08-2019 17:26
  Italian largest commercial broadcaster Mediaset reported a 2.4% fall in domestic advertising sales in the first half on a like-for-like basis, it said in a statement.Mediaset said advertising sales in Italy had improved on a like-for-like basis in July, adding it expected further growth of 4-5% in August.
  
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• Residents evacuated as dam wall collapses following flooding

  01-08-2019 17:25
  The Environment Agency has issued a severe flood warning, suggesting a danger to life, covering the River Goyt at Whaley Bridge.
  
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• Superbugs found lurking in London underground and hospitals

  01-08-2019 17:22
  Scientists have found multidrug-resistant "superbug" bacteria lurking on cash machines, escalators and handrails in London's underground rail system, shopping centres and hospitals and say they pose a potential risk to public health.Research published in the journal Nature Research on Thursday found "disturbing" and "worrisome" levels of antibiotic resistance, said Hermine Mkrtchyan, a specialist in biomedical sciences at the University of East London, who co-led the work.
  
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• N Ireland Secretary pressed to reinstate portrait of Queen at Stormont House

  01-08-2019 17:22
  The portrait was removed from the Northern Ireland Office's Belfast base after compensation was paid to a civil servant over it.
  
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• Woman jailed for three years over false rape claim

  01-08-2019 17:20
  Laura Hood, 27, was in tears in the dock at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester as she was jailed.
  
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• Judge’s urgent appeal for help finding missing teenager

  01-08-2019 17:15
  Judge Claire Jakens says she is 'extremely worried' about the safety of Sean Karunanayake, who turned 16 this week.
  
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• Laughter in dark places at most international Edinburgh Festival yet

  01-08-2019 17:10
  The world's biggest celebration of the performing arts begins on Friday in Edinburgh, with its most international line-up yet grappling with issues every bit as weighty as those that set the tone for the city's first festival in 1947.Scottish comic and fringe performer Mark Nelson is tackling Britain's experience of polarised views in "Brexit Wounds", his take on the island's chaotic departure from the European Union.
  
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• Brexit boost: Javid boasts UK is now surging past France and Germany as EU economy sinks

  01-08-2019 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE new chancellor Sajid Javid has boasted that the British economy was now surging past “Germany, France and Italy” this year, as he savaged scaremongering around a no deal Brexit.
  
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• Blood test can detect return of breast cancer months before symptoms emerge

  01-08-2019 17:00
  The 'liquid biopsy' test was developed by scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research, London and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
  
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• Rapper Asco guilty of ‘county lines’ drug dealing

  01-08-2019 16:56
  Asfa Allen, 32, was at the head of at least four supply routes between London and the Home Counties.
  
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• Prisoners allowed to vote in Shetland by-election

  01-08-2019 16:49
  The move will ensure compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.
  
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• Clean-up begins after flash floods hit Cheshire town

  01-08-2019 16:35
  A major incident was declared late on Wednesday.
  
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• ‘Disturbing’ levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in public areas

  01-08-2019 16:30
  Scientists swabbed cash and ticket machines, escalators and soap dispensers in public areas across London.
  
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• ‘Lucky escape’ after scaffolding collapses in Reading

  01-08-2019 16:27
  Three people were taken to hospital but none were seriously injured.
  
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• Hatton Garden ringleader sent back to jail after failing to pay back millions

  01-08-2019 16:17
  John 'Kenny' Collins was released at the end of 2018 after serving half of his seven-year sentence for the £13.7 million robbery.
  
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• Derbyshire town evacuated after water cascades through damaged dam

  01-08-2019 16:13
  Police evacuated thousands of residents from an English town on Thursday after torrents of water cascaded from a nearby reservoir after a dam was damaged, with officials warning that subsequent flooding posed a risk to life.Footage posted on social media showed water gushing from the Toddbrook Reservoir which sits above Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, central England.Police said the wall of the reservoir had been damaged with locals told to leave the town, home to about 5,000 residents, and take pe
  
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• Teenager wins as she becomes first jockey to race in a hijab in Britain

  01-08-2019 16:07
  Khadijah Mellah won the Magnolia Cup at Goodwood.
  
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