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• Brexit Secretary: Let Barnier renegotiate or no-deal is coming down the tracks

  03-08-2019 23:53
  Stephen Barclay's plea regarding Michel Barnier came as further Government leaks warned of the impacts a no-deal would have on the UK.
  
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• Forget party ties, it’s time to unite to stay in EU

  03-08-2019 23:31
  The Brecon byelection result showed putting allegiances aside is the only way for Remain MPs to change the path our country is heading downFor the first time in many months, voters terrified at the prospect of a no-deal Brexit and who are desperate to stop the impending car crash have a renewed sense of hope. It’s not just that Jane Dodds, the newly elected Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, will be a great representative, of which I’m sure – it’s more signif
  
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• Pep Guardiola: I won’t risk Premier League treble for European glory

  03-08-2019 23:30
  • ‘I would sign right now to do what we did last season again’• Manager says his players are unfairly overlooked for awardsIt is possible to win big without rolling the dice. Pep Guardiola’s unprecedented quadruple brought him English football’s largest jackpot but it is not one he is willing to risk by gambling in a bid for European glory.Manchester City’s Premier League winners face Liverpool’s Champions League holders on Sunday. While Guardiola&rs
  
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• Johnson's top aide says lawmakers can't stop no-deal Brexit - Sunday Telegraph

  03-08-2019 23:16
  Lawmakers will be unable to stop a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31 by bringing down Britain's government in a vote of no confidence next month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top aide has advised, according to the Sunday Telegraph.Dominic Cummings, one of architects of the 2016 campaign to leave the European Union, told ministers that Johnson could schedule a general election after the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline if he loses a vote of no confidence in parliament, the newspaper said, citing sources.
  
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• Johnson to pledge £1.8bn immediate cash boost for NHS

  03-08-2019 23:00
  The funding would add to Theresa May’s £33.9 billion yearly increase to go to the health service by 2023/24.
  
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• Brighton Pride 2019: the annual LGBT parade – in pictures

  03-08-2019 22:38
  About 300,000 people celebrated LGBT rights in Brighton during the city’s annual Pride parade Continue reading...
  
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• More people evacuated amid fears of Whaley Bridge dam collapse

  03-08-2019 22:26
  Extra 55 homes cleared as residents make brief visits to pick up pets and essentialsMore people are being evacuated from their homes in Derbyshire amid fears a damaged dam could collapse as further bad weather is forecast.Fifty-five homes in the Horwich End area of Whaley Bridge were being cleared on Saturday evening, two days after some 1,500 residents were evacuated. Continue reading...
  
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• Chris Woakes says England need a plan to claim crucial Steve Smith wicket

  03-08-2019 22:23
  • ’We’ll look at a few plans overnight,’ says Woakes
  • Smith’s form looking ominous for EnglandThis summer’s Ashes series is only three days old but already the same question that vexed England when they last met Australia in Test cricket has resurfaced: How do they get Steve Smith out?The former captain’s barn-door of a bat produced 687 runs at an average of 137 during their doomed 2017-18 tour, drawing talk of a modern-day Don Bradman by way of num
  
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• Folding bike race sees hundreds ride past Buckingham Palace

  03-08-2019 22:12
  The Brompton World Championships course required riders to do eight short laps around St James’ Park in central London.
  
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• Secret report reveals government fear of schools chaos after no-deal Brexit

  03-08-2019 22:00
  Risk of axed exams and food shortages, while informing the public ‘may cause panic’Schools may have to close, exams could be disrupted and fresh food for pupils’ meals could run short because of panic buying with prices soaring by up to 20%, according to a secret Department for Education analysis of the risks of a no-deal Brexit obtained by the Observer.The five-page document – marked “Official Sensitive” and with the instruction “Do Not Circulate”
  
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• Fulham’s Cyrus Christie says sister was hit and racially abused by fans

  03-08-2019 21:49
  • Defender alleges Fulham fans made ‘shameful’ remarks to sister
  • Fulham will take ‘strongest possible action’ if culprits identifiedFulham have launched an investigation after their defender Cyrus Christie alleged two supporters hit and racially abused his sister during the club’s 1-0 opening-day defeat against Barnsley at Oakwell.“To the Fulham fan that decided to hit my sister at the game today and his wife who justified his action with racist re
  
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• Man charged after 60 guns discovered hidden in car

  03-08-2019 21:34
  The haul was discovered by Border Force officers who stopped a Volkswagen Passat arriving at the Port of Dover from Calais on Friday.
  
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• Sicilian fishermen risk prison to rescue migrants: ‘No human would turn away’

  03-08-2019 21:28
  A father and son describe what it’s like to hear desperate cries on the sea at night as Italy hardens its stance against incomersCaptain Carlo Giarratano didn’t think twice when, late last month, during a night-time fishing expedition off the coast of Libya, he heard desperate cries of help from 50 migrants aboard a dinghy that had run out of fuel and was taking on water. The 36-year-old Sicilian lives by the law of the sea. He reached the migrants and offered them all the food and d
  
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• Ole Gunnar Solskjær expects Paul Pogba to stay at Manchester United

  03-08-2019 21:22
  • Manager hopes midfielder will feature against Chelsea
  • United beat Milan on penalties in International Champions CupOle Gunnar Solskjær is convinced Paul Pogba wants to stay at Manchester United and is hopeful the midfielder will feature in their Premier League opener against Chelsea at Old Traffford next Sunday, providing the Frenchman returns to training problem-free. Solskjær also confirmed he spoke to Romelu Lukaku about his conduct after the striker divulged confide
  
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• Essex drug deaths: two men arrested after six people die

  03-08-2019 21:20
  Pair held on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs Two men have been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, following the deaths of six people in Essex between 28-30 July.Police arrested the 26-year-old from London and 29-year-old from Grays, Essex, on Friday afternoon, in Barking, east London. Continue reading...
  
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• More residents evacuated near collapse-threatened dam

  03-08-2019 21:18
  Bad weather is forecast in the coming days.
  
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• Elderly man dies after stolen car hits pedestrians outside Belfast cemetery

  03-08-2019 21:07
  Seamus Conlon had been attending a funeral moments earlier when the incident happened.
  
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• Whaley Bridge dam in danger of collapse as threat of storms increases - The Telegraph

  03-08-2019 20:56 via telegraph.co.uk
  Whaley Bridge dam in danger of collapse as threat of storms increases  The TelegraphWhaley Bridge dam: Threat of storms as repairs continue  BBC NewsOver fifty more homes are evacuated amid 'very real threat' Toddbrook Reservoir dam could be breached  Manchester Evening NewsThe Whaley Bridge dam collapse is terrifying – but it will soon be dwarfed by far greater eco-disasters  The IndependentWhaley Bridge evacuations: How many people have been evacua
  
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• Heathrow airport: strike action looms as talks continue

  03-08-2019 20:53
  Time is running out to prevent industrial action by thousands of workers next weekCrucial talks aimed at averting strikes by thousands of workers at Heathrow airport were adjourned on Saturday evening and will resume on Sunday, with time running out to prevent industrial action.The airport has cancelled more than 170 flights on Monday and Tuesday because of the planned 48-hour stoppage by members of Unite. Continue reading...
  
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• Shibuno leads Women’s British Open on major debut as Ko chases historic treble

  03-08-2019 20:36
  • Japanese 20-year-old Shibuno leads Ashleigh Buhai by two shots
  • South Korea’s Ko four shots back and chasing third major of 2019That Ko Jin-young could enter illustrious company on Sunday feels like an understatement. Babe Zaharias, Mickey Wright, Pat Bradley, Inbee Park, Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods are the only players to win three majors in the same year. Should Ko prevail here, she will make this group a septet; with the added quirk of two major triumphs arriving in two weeks
  
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• Belfast Pride parade is Northern Ireland at its best, Leo Varadkar says

  03-08-2019 20:36
  The Irish premier joined tens of thousands of people as they made their way through the city centre.
  
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• In Pictures: Charles enjoys glorious day at Highland Games

  03-08-2019 20:12
  The royal was in Caithness to experience one of the area's cultural highlights.
  
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• Man Utd 2-2 AC Milan LIVE score: TV channel, live stream and team news - Mirror.co.uk

  03-08-2019 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  Man Utd 2-2 AC Milan LIVE score: TV channel, live stream and team news  Mirror.co.ukMan Utd beat AC Milan on penalties in Cardiff  BBC SportLive Commentary: Manchester United 2-2 AC Milan (5-4 on pens) - as it happened  Sports MoleCardiff city centre road closures in place ahead of Manchester Utd v AC Milan clash  ITV NewsPaul Pogba stuns Solskjaer with transfer request during training  Metro.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• 'Bruiser! Bruiser! Bruiser!': from school gate to fight club

  03-08-2019 20:00
  Anyone can be a cage fighter, says a fitness program promising ‘the ultimate human transformation’ Julia Schaefer’s fight name is Bruiser. “Because I bruise easily,” she qualifies. “Not because I cause bruises.”But that’s probably not true. Continue reading...
  
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• Two pilots arrested over failed breath test before Glasgow to America flight

  03-08-2019 19:52
  Two United Airlines pilots have been arrested at Glasgow Airport on suspicion of being intoxicated before a flight to America.
  
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• El Paso Walmart shooting: Gunman 'armed with AK-47 guns down 18 people at store' - Mirror Online

  03-08-2019 19:50 via mirror.co.uk
  El Paso Walmart shooting: Gunman 'armed with AK-47 guns down 18 people at store'  Mirror OnlineWatch live: Police respond to active shooter near El Paso mall  NBC NewsEl Paso shooting at Walmart leaves multiple fatalities  The GuardianThe Latest: Police say there may be multiple mall shooters  KTSM News Channel 9El Paso: 'Multiple fatalities' in Texas mall shooting - police  Sky NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Anti-fascist activists clash with Tommy Robinson supporters in London

  03-08-2019 19:20
  Stand Up to Racism says rising bigotry at the top of society is emboldening the far right. Anti-fascist counter-protesters declared Tommy Robinson supporters “can’t march unopposed” as opposing demonstrations were kept apart by police in central London on Saturday. Singing “We want Tommy out”, hundreds of supporters of the jailed far-right activist congregated at Oxford Circus under strict conditions imposed by the Metropolitan police, which limited the groups to sp
  
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• Man dies after electric skateboard accident in Oxfordshire

  03-08-2019 19:16
  Bradley Visser, 38, is second person in a month to be killed in ‘powered transporter’ collision A 38-year-old man has died in hospital following an accident on an electric skateboard.Bradley Visser was taken to hospital after he was seriously injured in the village of Stoke Row in Oxfordshire on 17 July. He died 10 days later, Thames Valley police said. Continue reading...
  
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• BBC Northern Ireland steps back from Belfast Pride after complaints

  03-08-2019 19:16
  Crowds watch as members of the BBC march for the first time in the Belfast Pride parade. Photograph: Niall Carson/PABBC Northern Ireland has distanced itself from Belfast’s Pride event after some politicians in the region suggested that the broadcaster’s involvement could breach its impartiality rules by implicitly endorsing same-sex marriage.Employees of the national broadcaster still took part in the event in Belfast on Saturday afternoon, but only after the broadcaster’s dir
  
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• It’s easy to mock eco-celebs. Better to give them the benefit of the doubt | Barbara Ellen

  03-08-2019 19:09
  Yes, Google’s guests generated tonnes of CO2 but at least they are raising awarenessIt’s turning into the greatest environmental challenge of our age – how do we transport celebrities safely and responsibly to global eco-summits, so that they can do a better job of lecturing the rest of us about carbon emissions?The world has been agog at Camp Google, the three-day mass gathering at the luxury Verdura resort in Sicily, of 300 or so celebrity environmental activists, including B
  
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• The ogre of no-deal Brexit – cartoon

  03-08-2019 19:00
  As the Tory majority is cut to one, the prospect of crashing out of the EU looms large• You can buy your own print of this cartoon Continue reading...
  
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• Russia protests: Hundreds detained during unauthorised demonstration - BBC News

  03-08-2019 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Russia protests: Hundreds detained during unauthorised demonstration  BBC NewsRussian police make hundreds of arrests at Moscow protest  The GuardianPolice arrest 685 in Moscow protest crackdown  Financial TimesIs Putin Burning Out?  The New York TimesLyubov Sobol: The woman driving Russia's opposition protests  BBC NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Hong Kong protesters toss Chinese flag into the harbour - The Times

  03-08-2019 19:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  Hong Kong protesters toss Chinese flag into the harbour  The TimesHong Kong protesters throw Chinese flag into harbour  Sky NewsHong Kong protesters risk arrest as Beijing steps up warnings  The GuardianTrump should do everything possible to warn China against a disastrous crackdown in Hong Kong  The Washington PostGangs of Hong Kong  The New York TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• England hold advantage after dogged tail-end batting - The Times

  03-08-2019 19:00 via thetimes.co.uk
  England hold advantage after dogged tail-end batting  The TimesAshes 2019: Australia lead England by 34 in first Test  BBC SportSteve Smith stands firm again as Australia establish lead against England  The GuardianAshes 2019 live: England v Australia: Edgbaston, first Test, day three - in-play clips, radio & text - Live  BBC SportRory Burns must maintain focus after Ashes century - I don't want to see him go same way as other recent England openers&nb
  
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• Book clinic: which books will restore my faith in politicians?

  03-08-2019 19:00
  With confidence in our MPs at an all-time low, a choice political biography or two can put things in perspectiveA: Sonia Purnell, author of First Lady: The Life and Wars of Clementine Churchill, and Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition (Aurum Press), writes:Recent political convulsions have exposed the low calibre of our current batch of politicians, but should also remind us how relatively lucky we have been in the recent past. (And perhaps how we might therefore be again.) Betty Boothroyd was
  
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• Behind the Tory claims of bold Brexit action is nothing but empty bravado | Nick Cohen

  03-08-2019 19:00
  The new government has set itself against conformism, but it really hates reasonable doubtLike an enraged bull charging a matador, the British right is putting its head down and stampeding towards a no-deal Brexit. It has to keep moving. Were it to stop and consider where it was heading, it would never take the risks it is taking with Britain’s future.The left fails so often because it thinks it is enough to hate Conservatives and say they are wicked, rather than understand Conservatives a
  
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• Will Jacinda come? Māori pin their hopes on PM in fight for sacred site

  03-08-2019 18:59
  Britain seized Ihumātao in 1863. Now housing developers are doing so. But New Zealand’s indigenous people are resisting.A winter storm has swept through south Auckland and the protest camp at Ihumātao is shin deep in mud. Protesters ditch their shoes to move across the squelchy ground and huddle round camp fires. It’s cold, windy and dirty, but the atmosphere at Ihumātoa remains buoyant. Hundreds of Māori have travelled from across New Zealand to join the occupati
  
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• Nafissa Thompson-Spires: ‘I wanted to see more stories about nerdy black people’

  03-08-2019 18:59
  The African American author on how a 19th-century abolitionist helped her portray life under Trump, living with pain and tackling taboosNafissa Thompson-Spires was born in San Diego, California and studied creative writing as a graduate student at the University of Illinois and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Her debut short-story collection, Heads of the Colored People, which portrays the lives of contemporary African Americans, was described by Booker prize winner George Saunder
  
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• Heathrow Airport strike talks adjourned

  03-08-2019 18:52
  Union leaders and the airport's management will meet again on Sunday.
  
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• Terrifying moment researchers come face to face with giant 'prehistoric' shark - Mirror Online

  03-08-2019 18:45 via mirror.co.uk
  Terrifying moment researchers come face to face with giant 'prehistoric' shark  Mirror OnlineTerrifying moment monstrous shark emerges from murky ocean depths and stares at submarine crew  Daily MailView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Pilots arrested at Glasgow Airport for 'failing breath test' two hours before scheduled flight - HeraldScotland

  03-08-2019 18:38 via heraldscotland.com
  Pilots arrested at Glasgow Airport for 'failing breath test' two hours before scheduled flight  HeraldScotlandPilots arrested at Glasgow Airport before boarding US flight  BBC NewsPilots arrested at Glasgow Airport before flight after 'failing breath test'  Mirror OnlineTwo ‘drunk’ United Airlines pilots arrested at Glasgow Airport after ‘failing breathalyser test before flight  The SunTwo United pilots arrested Glasgow Airport after fail
  
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• Mourners injured as car hits pedestrians outside Belfast cemetery

  03-08-2019 18:29
  The scene of the incident remains sealed off as forensic officers examine the area.
  
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• Activists scramble to prevent Uighur man's deportation to China

  03-08-2019 18:12
  Ablikim Yusuf, who had been living in Pakistan, faces detention and torture if he is sent to China, say supportersHuman rights activists are scrambling to prevent the imminent deportation of a Uighur man to China, where they say he faces torture.Ablikim Yusuf, 53, who has been living in Pakistan, posted a desperate video on Facebook asking for help from the overseas Uighur community. He says in the video, translated and circulated by activists on Saturday: “I am currently being held in Doh
  
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• Haider Warraich: ‘We do everything in our modern lifestyle to hurt the heart’

  03-08-2019 18:00
  The cardiologist on why we should take heart disease more seriously, advances in treatment and how you really can die from a broken heartHaider Warraich is a cardiologist at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. His medical training began in his native Pakistan, and this autumn he will join the faculty of Brigham and Women’s hospital at Harvard Medical School and the VA Boston (Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities). In his book State of the Heart, he looks
  
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• Drawn to nature: insect art of the 16th century – in pictures

  03-08-2019 18:00
  In the late 16th century, Flemish artist, scholar, poet and miniaturist Joris Hoefnagel (1542-1600) created the first illustrated book devoted to the study of insects. Documenting his observations with the naked eye, he meticulously painted hundreds of insects with watercolour and gouache. Marisa Anne Bass, associate professor of art history at Yale University, has produced a book on his work, Insect Artifice (Princeton University Press, £50). “Hoefnagel’s art is a reminder tha
  
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• This isn’t 2009: Britain can no longer spend its way out of trouble | Phillip Inman

  03-08-2019 17:59
  Boris Johnson’s plan for expansionist borrowing is far less economically literate than Gordon Brown’s was 10 years agoWhen confronted with an uncertain future, writers who claim to have seen through a window into the next decade find it easier than usual to make the bestseller lists.Some futurology books are gloomy and some are optimistic. Britain’s prime minister probably did not read any of them before coming to the conclusion that a strong sense of belief and a sunny disposi
  
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• Hatton Garden lookout Kenny Collins: ‘I didn’t fall asleep on the job. That’s cobblers’

  03-08-2019 17:48
  Before being sent back to jail for failing to pay back the proceeds of crime, the 78-year-old career burglar gave his only press interviewHe was the lookout man in the Hatton Garden £14 million safe deposit burglary. But on Thursday he was told that, for the foreseeable future, he will be looking out of the windows of one of HM’s prisons because little of the stolen loot has been returned.Kenny Collins, who is 78, was jailed for 2,309 days – just over six years – under th
  
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• Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile hits $122bn as profits jump - Financial Times

  03-08-2019 17:33 via ft.com
  Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile hits $122bn as profits jump  Financial TimesWarren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway profits from US stock surge  Telegraph.co.ukBerkshire Hathaway profit falls as tariffs bite and economy slows  CNBCWarren Buffett Distracts From 'Mind-Numbing' Earnings  BloombergBerkshire Hathaway is the most expensive stock in the world. Here's what else you can buy for a single share. | Markets Insider  Business InsiderView full
  
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• Deer slaughter may not stem rise in Lyme disease, experts warn

  03-08-2019 17:03
  Deer feeding at first light; deer are just one of several hosts for ticks. Photograph: Peter MacDiarmid/Rex/ShutterstockBritain’s deer are being unfairly singled out as the chief culprits in spreading Lyme disease, experts claim. By contrast, they say the role played by other factors – and animals – should also be examined.Open season on deer commenced last week when the BMJ reported that UK cases of the disease, a bacterial infection passed to humans by an infected tick bite,
  
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• Deer shoulder blame for Lyme disease rise as calls mount for cull - The Guardian

  03-08-2019 17:03 via theguardian.com
  Deer shoulder blame for Lyme disease rise as calls mount for cull  The GuardianData Dive: Vermont Has the Nation's Highest Lyme Disease Rate. Where Does Your County Rank?  Seven DaysDonors save tick research | News, Sports, Jobs  The Adirondack Daily EnterpriseIt’s risky to remove ticks with tweezers  The GuardianHere's what you need to know about tick bites and Lyme disease  Yahoo StyleView full coverage on Google News
  
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