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• After Brexit pledges, Johnson announces cash injection for health

  04-08-2019 23:33
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a 1.8 billion pound cash injection for Britain's public health system on Monday, seeking to honour his Brexit pledges as he pushes through the country's departure from the European Union.Johnson, a figurehead for the "Leave" campaign in the 2016 referendum, has long been associated with a pledge, emblazoned on a bus, that Britain could spend 350 million pounds a week on the National Health Service (NHS) if the country left the EU.
  
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• Johnson’s £1.8bn for NHS welcome but not enough, say health experts

  04-08-2019 23:31
  Critics say health service needs extra £6bn to redress years of budget cuts. Boris Johnson was accused of not doing enough to reverse years of health underfunding as he gave details of how an extra £1.8bn will be spent on NHS infrastructure and equipment. Downing Street released a list of 20 hospital projects that will benefit from a £850m upgrade programme, honouring a promise Johnson made in his first speech as prime minister less than two weeks ago. The rest of the £1.
  
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• Which hospitals will get upgrades under Johnson’s spending pledge?

  04-08-2019 23:30
  Facilities across England will benefit from the £850 million pot.
  
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• Johnson’s NHS cash injection criticised as ‘a drop in the ocean’

  04-08-2019 23:30
  The Prime Minister said he is 'determined to deliver' the promises of the Brexit campaign as he committed £1.8 billion.
  
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• Murder inquiry launched after woman, 89, found dead after attack in own home

  04-08-2019 22:36
  The Metropolitan Police are keeping an 'open mind' about the motive for the killing.
  
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• Whaley Bridge dam latest: Twenty two households refuse to leave despite 'critical warning'

  04-08-2019 22:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  WHALEY BRIDGE is currently a ghost town except for rescue workers trying to prevent the collapse of the dam - and 22 households who are refusing to evacuate.
  
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• Whaley Bridge dam latest: Residents risking lives by refusing to leave, warn police

  04-08-2019 21:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  THIRTY-ONE people refusing to leave Whaley Bridge where it is feared a damaged dam could burst are putting their own lives and those of the emergency services at risk, the police have warned.
  
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• Heathrow: strike action on Monday suspended as union talks continue

  04-08-2019 21:35
  Staff including security officers, firefighters and engineers were due to strike over low pay. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APA planned strike by Heathrow airport workers has been suspended to allow for further talks between airport management and union officials.Airport staff including security officers, firefighters and engineers were due to begin the 48-hour strike over low pay at midnight on Monday. The airport had already cancelled 177 flights scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in advance
  
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• Residents risking lives by refusing to leave Whaley Bridge, warn police

  04-08-2019 21:03
  Some evacuated people have gone back to their homes despite a very high threat to life.
  
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• Strike by Heathrow workers suspended to allow more talks

  04-08-2019 20:18
  The two sides have been meeting throughout the weekend under the chairmanship of the conciliation service Acas.
  
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• Rustlers butcher sheep in fields

  04-08-2019 19:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  A HUGE black market in mutton is leaving sheep slaughtered and skinned in fields across the British countryside.
  
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• Teenager arrested after child, six, thrown from 10th floor at Tate Modern

  04-08-2019 19:32
  The victim is in critical condition in hospital.
  
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• Whaley Bridge dam latest: Residents may have ‘only seconds’ to escape deluge if dam bursts

  04-08-2019 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  WHALEY BRIDGE residents who have repeatedly refused to leave the area may only have seconds to save their lives if the dam bursts.
  
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• Teenager arrested after boy thrown off viewing platform at London's Tate Modern

  04-08-2019 18:56
  A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after reports that a young boy had been thrown from a 10th floorviewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery in central London, the police said on Sunday.The Metropolitan police said in a statement that the boy, whose condition was described as critical, was treated at the scene and taken to hospital by London's Air Ambulance."A 17-year-old male had remained with members of the public on the tenth floor viewing platform," the polic
  
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• Six-year-old boy critical after being thrown off London's Tate Modern

  04-08-2019 18:56
  A six-year-old boy who was thrown from a 10th floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern art gallery in central London is now in a critical but stable condition in hospital, police said on Monday.The boy was reportedly thrown from the 10th floor viewing platform of the attraction in central London on Sunday afternoon and was found on a fifth floor roof, police said."The six-year-old boy injured at the Tate Modern is now in a critical but stable condition in hospital," police said.
  
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• Teenager arrested for attempted murder of child at Tate Modern

  04-08-2019 18:49
  Visitors to Tate Modern said they were kept inside as officers dealt with the incident. Photograph: View Pictures/Rex/ShutterstockA teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a six-year-old boy was thrown from the 10th-floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern, the Metropolitan police have said.The child was taken to hospital by the air ambulance after being found on a fifth-floor roof and is in a critical condition, the Met said.A 17-year-old boy remained with members of
  
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• Cross-party cooperation to defeat the Tory right

  04-08-2019 18:42
  ‘We face a crisis,’ writes Nicholas Maxwell. ‘Sooner or later, there will be a snap general election. Johnson and Farage will get their act together and, against a divided opposition, will win.’ Photograph: Adrian Dennis/API am a long-time Labour activist in an erstwhile Tory stronghold, and Paul Mason’s call for a Labour-led, cross-party response to the threat of rightwing populism resonates strongly (Labour must adopt a tactic from the 1930s: a popular front, Jour
  
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• Brexiters have a death wish and Boris Johnson is the undertaker

  04-08-2019 18:42
  Boris Johnson. Alice Maddalena writes: ‘We are in a situation entirely of our own choosing which apparently requires £2.1bn of taxpayers’ money to mitigate the inevitable.’Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/API am delighted to hear that the Tory government has brought the era of austerity to an end (Labour attacks ‘appalling waste’ as PM adds £2bn to no-deal fund, 1 August). I gather we now have £2.1bn to spend. No more gloom and doom. Hurrah! One fee
  
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• No need to change assisted dying laws

  04-08-2019 18:41
  Campaigners challenging the law on assisted dying outside the royal courts on 1 May 2018 in London.Photograph: Rob Stothard/Getty ImagesThose calling for the legalisation of so-called “assisted dying” (Letters, 30 July) assert that the right to choose how we die is a fundamental human right, and that those who are “terminally ill” or facing “incurable suffering” should have the option of access to it. However, if that choice is a fundamental right, why should
  
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• Modern slavery and immigration issues

  04-08-2019 18:40
  Gary Craig says a Guardian article on modern slavery was a welcome addition to the literature. Your article “ The cannabis plants were more valuable than my life” (Journal, 26 July) was a welcome addition to the literature on modern slavery. Two points in it need addressing, however. The article commented that official estimates of the numbers of those in slavery in the UK are around 13,000. This estimate is an old one, long overtaken by more recent data and it would be good to move
  
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• Heathrow strike: chaos expected after 177 flights are cancelled

  04-08-2019 18:37
  Staff including security officers, firefighters and engineers are due to strike over low pay. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APTravellers are facing potential chaos at Britain’s biggest airport as staff including security officers, firefighters and engineers commence a 48-hour strike over low pay.Heathrow, the world’s busiest two-runway airport, cancelled 177 flights that were scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in advance of the planned industrial action, led by the Unite union.Talks
  
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• New Tory chair appears to renege on promise of Islamophobia inquiry

  04-08-2019 18:05
  James Cleverly failed to confirm religion-specific proposal made by Sajid Javid and backed by Boris Johnson. The new Conservative chair, James Cleverly, has been strongly criticised after apparently reneging on a promise given for an independent inquiry focusing on Islamophobia in the party. Boris Johnson backed the proposal along with the four other candidates still in the race when it was raised by Sajid Javid during the BBC Tory leadership debate in June. In an interview on Sunday, Cleverly s
  
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• Church spends £12m on boxing club to spread faith and help youngsters avoid knife crime

  04-08-2019 17:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BOXING club trying to save youngsters from knife crime is among the sports groups and good causes that have received a vital cash boost from the Church of England.
  
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• Teenager arrested after child falls from height at Tate Modern

  04-08-2019 17:28
  The fall took place at the art gallery in central London on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Tony Blair reveals real reason Tory Brexiteers want out of the EU - 'Just Bizarre'

  04-08-2019 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  TONY BLAIR claimed eurosceptic members of the Conservative Party have long wanted to leave the European Union because of arrangements Margaret Thatcher made with the bloc.
  
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• Everything We Know About The Two Deadly Mass Shootings In The US

  04-08-2019 17:06
  Here's everything we know so far
  
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• William urges football fans to take care of mental health

  04-08-2019 16:27
  The Duke of Cambridge's project Heads Together is joining forces with the FA for the initiative.
  
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• Tate Modern: Child 'thrown' from balcony - teen arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

  04-08-2019 16:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after the Metropolitan Police said a six-year-old boy was reportedly thrown from a 10th floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern in London.
  
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• London teenager missing from Malaysian resort

  04-08-2019 16:08
  The girl's parents reportedly found an open window.
  
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• Scotland’s oldest man dies aged 111

  04-08-2019 16:01
  Alfred Smith, known as Alf, was born on March 29 1908.
  
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• Trigger ballots prove an unwelcome distraction for under-fire Labour MPs

  04-08-2019 15:52
  Last year’s Labour party conference. Some MPs have cancelled plans to attend this year’s event in Brighton to spend longer campaigning at home. Photograph: James McCauley/REX/ShutterstockAutumn in Westminster is likely to be one of the most exhausting periods of British politics in recent history – late-night votes on Brexit preparations, attempts to thwart no deal, a potential confidence vote in a Boris Johnson administration and an ever-more likely snap general election. But
  
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• New medical procedure could delay menopause by 20 years

  04-08-2019 15:39
  Young women today can expect to spend 30 to 40 years in the menopausal stage. Photograph: Susan Chiang/Getty ImagesA medical procedure that allows women to delay the menopause for up to 20 years has been launched by IVF specialists in Britain.Doctors claim the operation could benefit thousands of women who experience serious health problems, such as heart conditions and bone-weakening osteoporosis, that are brought on by the menopause.But the specialists believe the same procedure could also imp
  
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• Nigel Farage opens up on terrifying plane crash - 'Still can't look at pictures'

  04-08-2019 15:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL FARAGE opened up on the terrifying 2010 plane crash that nearly cost him his life as he discussed his political career in an in-depth interview with Piers Morgan.
  
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• Airlines arrange for flights from other airports as Heathrow strike looms

  04-08-2019 15:01
  Talks aimed at averting the industrial action were continuing on Sunday between airport management and Unite union leaders.
  
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• Tory Rebel Dominic Grieve Says No-Deal Brexit Can Still Be Stopped

  04-08-2019 14:52
  A Tory rebel has joined Labour in insisting there is still time to stop a no-deal Brexit despite claims that it could be too late
  
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• Review finds UK post-study work offer compares ‘poorly’ internationally

  04-08-2019 14:44
  The Scottish Government-commissioned review recommends the UK Government revises and extends its arrangements.
  
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• MPs can still halt no-deal Brexit, says Tory rebel Grieve

  04-08-2019 14:43
  Dominic Grieve said he was yet to decide whether he would leave the Conservatives.
  
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• Three Men Stabbed And Woman 'Falls From Height' During Brawl In South London

  04-08-2019 14:33
  Three men have been stabbed and a woman was injured after a "fall from aheight" in Southwark on Sunday morning
  
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• No-deal Brexit can still be averted, Labour says

  04-08-2019 14:16
  Jonathan Ashworth’s rebuttal follows claims there is no time for election to stop exit on 31 October. Downing Street would be wrong to think it is already too late for MPs to stop a no-deal Brexit, Labour has said. The shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, said on Sunday he did not accept a claim, attributed to Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s key adviser, that even if MPs were to pass a vote of no confidence in the prime minister in the autumn, the electoral timetable means t
  
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• London machete attack: Man sliced in head at train station

  04-08-2019 14:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A MAN has been sliced in the head in a brutal machete attack at Enfield Town station, London.
  
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• Brexit warning: Two ways Parliament can still stop Boris Johnson from delivering no deal

  04-08-2019 13:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  PARLIAMENT could still ensure Boris Johnson is unable to deliver a no deal Brexit because of two strategies MPs may seek to adopt following recess, former Labour adviser Ayesha Hazarika claimed.
  
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• Johnson’s NHS cash injection ‘a drop in the ocean’

  04-08-2019 13:08
  One health think tank said the sum 'will only be a fraction' of what is needed.
  
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• Royals wish Meghan a happy birthday

  04-08-2019 12:57
  The Duke of Sussex thanked his wife for joining him 'on this adventure' to mark her birthday.
  
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• Massive Haul Of Guns Found Hidden In Car At Dover

  04-08-2019 12:51
  A man has been charged with illegally importing firearms after 60 guns werefound hidden in car
  
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