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• British Airways plane ‘evacuated’ on landing after cabin filled with smoke

  05-08-2019 21:52
  Passengers took to social media to share video and photos of the experience.
  
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• Man arrested after woman, 89, found murdered in her home

  05-08-2019 21:51
  A 22-year-old man is being held at a London police station.
  
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• Ocean temperature ‘surprises’ becoming more common, scientists say

  05-08-2019 21:00
  The warming events, including marine heatwaves, are disrupting marine ecosystems and the people who rely on them, scientists say.
  
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• Sturgeon: Conversations with Theresa May were soul destroying

  05-08-2019 20:07
  Ms Sturgeon said she tried to lighten the mood by commenting on Theresa May's shoes during one conversation with the former prime minister.
  
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• Mother of murdered midwifery student pleads for her body back

  05-08-2019 19:59
  Shohfah-El Israel has been jailed for life for killing 20-year-old Joy Morgan.
  
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• ‘Growing sense of urgency’ for Scottish independence, says Sturgeon

  05-08-2019 19:58
  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was speaking at an Edinburgh Fringe Festival event with Iain Dale on Monday.
  
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• Latest Heathrow strike off after talks between airport and union

  05-08-2019 19:46
  Unite suspends 48-hour stoppage and will consult members over new offer. A strike by more than 4,000 Heathrow staff that was expected to cause widespread disruption for air passengers on Tuesday has been called off, after the airport made a new offer to security guards, firefighters, engineers and passenger service workers. Trade unions have been locked in talks with the airport over pay and had warned that up to 88,000 passengers could be affected by a 48-hour stoppage on Monday and Tuesday. Ap
  
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• Boris Johnson ushers in radical new era of special advisers

  05-08-2019 19:19
  Munira Mirza, when she was Boris Johnson’s deputy mayor for education and culture. Photograph: Mary Turner/Getty ImagesThey’re young, they’re ambitious, and many are of a libertarian bent. A new cadre of special advisers has entered Downing Street and various ministries under the regime of Boris Johnson, suggesting radical rightwing thought and true believers in hard Brexit are in the ascendancy.The biggest contingency in Downing Street is made up of alumni from the successful
  
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• UK joins US in mission to protect oil tankers in Gulf

  05-08-2019 19:03
  File photo of Iranian Revolutionary Guards driving a speedboat in front of an oil tanker.Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesBritain is to join with the US in a naval mission to protect oil tankers in the Gulf from seizure by Iran, as London shifted away from plans for a European-led mission that had been proposed by former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt.The announcement by Boris Johnson’s government will see the UK will supply two Royal Navy ships in the Gulf alongside two US warships,
  
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• Harland and Wolff workers vote to continue occupation of shipyard

  05-08-2019 18:52
  The shipyard in Belfast is facing closure after its Norwegian parent company failed to find a buyer.
  
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• Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct acquires Jack Wills

  05-08-2019 18:44
  The tycoon beat competition from fellow retailer Philip Day.
  
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• Britain to join US-led mission protecting Gulf shipping

  05-08-2019 18:07
  The Royal Navy will work with the US accompanying merchant shipping following the seizure of a British-flagged tanker by Iranian Republican Guards.
  
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• Heathrow strike suspended ahead of pay vote

  05-08-2019 18:06
  Some flights have been cancelled but wide-scale disruption has been averted.
  
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• Child ‘thrown’ from Tate Modern is French national, police say

  05-08-2019 17:44
  The boy fell from the 10th floor of Tate Modern, south-east London. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAThe six-year old boy allegedly thrown from a viewing platform at Tate Modern was a French national visiting London with his family, the Metropolitan police have said.Police are appealing for witnesses who saw a male whose “behaviour seemed out of place, suspicious or worrying” to come forward.The young boy was found on a fifth-floor roof and treated at the scene before being taken to hospital. H
  
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• Boris Johnson has no intention of renegotiating Brexit deal, EU told

  05-08-2019 17:43
  EU diplomats were briefed after a meeting between the prime minister’s chief envoy and officials in Brussels. Photograph: Virginia Mayo/APBoris Johnson has no intention of renegotiating the withdrawal agreement and a no-deal Brexit is his “central scenario”, EU diplomats have been briefed following a meeting between the prime minister’s chief envoy and officials in Brussels.David Frost, who replaced Olly Robbins as the government’s chief Europe adviser, was said to
  
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• UK data watchdog raises concern over Facebook’s Libra digital currency

  05-08-2019 17:25
  The Information Commissioner's Office has signed a joint statement with other data protection authorities calling for more details.
  
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• Church member jailed for life over murder of midwifery student

  05-08-2019 17:22
  Joy Morgan's body has never been found.
  
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• Police appeal for witnesses after boy thrown from Tate Modern gallery

  05-08-2019 17:10
  Scotland Yard said it was a 'truly shocking' incident with no distinct or apparent motive.
  
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• UK instrument heading to Mexico to help understand how stars are born

  05-08-2019 17:09
  The Collaborative Heterodyne Astronomical Receiver for Mexico (CHARM) will be integrated onto the Large Millimetre Telescope.
  
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• Woman conceived after rape of 13-year-old wants birth father prosecuted

  05-08-2019 16:50
  The woman is hoping to bring a ‘victimless prosecution’ because the law does not recognise her as a victim and her mother does not want to be involved in legal action. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PAA woman who says she was conceived through child rape hopes to use her DNA to prosecute her father, describing herself as “a walking crime scene”.The complainant, who wants to remain anonymous, was adopted at the age of seven months in the 1970s. When she obtained her adoption f
  
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• Man appears in court following discovery of 60 guns in car at Dover

  05-08-2019 16:45
  The find is believed to be the largest of its kind at a UK port.
  
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• Boris Johnson insists £1.8bn pledged for NHS hospitals is new money

  05-08-2019 16:45
  Boris Johnson (2nd L) and Matt Hancock (L) meet staff during a visit to Pilgrim hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire. Photograph: Darren Staples/PABoris Johnson has insisted that the promised £1.8bn of extra funding for NHS hospitals is new money despite suggestions that most of it is already held in reserve by health trusts.On a visit to Pilgrim hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire, one of 20 English hospitals earmarked to receive £850m for infrastructure upgrades and new facilities, Johnso
  
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• Tutankhamun’s gilded coffin leaves its tomb for the first time since 1922

  05-08-2019 16:41
  Eight months of restoration work are under way to restore weaknesses in the casket's plaster.
  
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• Tate Modern: Witness Appeal For ‘Suspicious Or Worrying Male’ Before Boy Was Thrown From 200ft Viewing Platform

  05-08-2019 16:33
  A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested on suspicion of murder after theincident, which left the victim in a critical condition but "no longer in alife-threatening situation
  
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• Pilots take off in bid to fly 1943 Spitfire around the world

  05-08-2019 16:06
  The 27,000-mile journey will be the first trip of its kind.
  
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• Tesco to cut 4,500 jobs from stores

  05-08-2019 15:59
  The supermarket chain is to slim down staff in Metro, Express and larger sites in the latest round of redundancies.
  
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• ‘Threat to life’ still priority in Whaley Bridge dam drama, residents warned

  05-08-2019 15:58
  Some remain in their properties as efforts continue to prevent the structure from being breached.
  
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• Johnson accused of misleading voters over £1.8bn NHS cash injection

  05-08-2019 15:52
  Labour says the Government is simply releasing funds which ministers had previously blocked.
  
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• Tesco to cut 4,500 jobs in Metro restructuring

  05-08-2019 15:51
  British supermarket chain Tescois cutting about 4,500 jobs from its Metro stores to improve the efficiency of a format that is increasingly used by customers daily rather than for a traditional weekly shop.Tesco, both the biggest retailer and largest private sector employer in Britain, is restructuring operations in response to changing consumer habits, driven by the rise of online shopping and increased competition from discounters Aldi and Lidl.The company said the changes in its 153 Metro sto
  
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• Tesco Announces 4,500 Job Losses At Metro Stores

  05-08-2019 15:39
  Around 4,500 staff in 153 Tesco Metro stores are set to lose their jobs in thelatest round of redundancies at the UK's biggest supermarket, the company hasannounced
  
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• Corbyn says he will call no confidence vote in Government, as PM rules out poll

  05-08-2019 15:38
  The Labour leader's move came after Boris Johnson said the 'last thing' he wanted to do was call a general election.
  
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• Church member guilty of murdering 20-year-old midwifery student

  05-08-2019 15:38
  Shohfah-El Israel was convicted of killing Joy Morgan in December.
  
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• Shohfah El Israel Jailed For Life For Murder Of Midwifery Student Joy Morgan

  05-08-2019 15:28
  A "dishonest and manipulative" married father convicted of the murder ofmidwifery student Joy Morgan has been jailed for life
  
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• Shohfah El Israel Convicted Of Murder Of Midwifery Student Joy Morgan

  05-08-2019 15:28
  A man has been convicted of the murder of midwifery student Joy Morgan
  
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• Cuadrilla seeks extension to drill for shale gas until 2021

  05-08-2019 15:07
  The company resumed work at the Preston New Road site only last month after being forced to stop Photograph: Hannah McKay/ReutersUK shale gas company Cuadrilla will ask for extra time to drill for shale gas at its Lancashire fracking site after its November deadline.Within the next month the fracking pioneer will ask Lancashire county council for permission to continue its drilling campaign until at least the spring of 2021.The company restarted work at the Preston New Road site only last month
  
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• Tributes to woman, 89, found murdered in her home

  05-08-2019 14:56
  Burglary has not been ruled out as a motive by police investigating the death of Dorothy Woolmer.
  
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• China stops buying U.S. farm products - commerce ministry

  05-08-2019 14:48
  China's Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday that Chinese companies have stopped buying U.S. agricultural products, and that China will not rule out imposing import tariffs on U.S. farm products that were bought after Aug. 3.The moves by China represent the latest escalation in its trade row with the United States, and comes after China let the yuan weaken past the key 7-per-dollar level on Monday for the first time in more than a decade.U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Beijing had
  
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• How Bristol University Is Trying To Prevent Student Suicides, After 11 Sudden Deaths

  05-08-2019 14:47
  The suicide prevention scheme has been used to contact the parents of 36students this academic year, after 94% of the entire student population gavetheir consent to take part, The Times revealed
  
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• Bristol University Trials New Student Suicide Prevention Scheme

  05-08-2019 14:47
  Bristol University has trialled an emergency contact system to alert parentsto concerns about the mental health of students after a number of suddendeaths of young people in recent years
  
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• July 2019 was warmest on record – but only fractionally, data shows

  05-08-2019 14:44
  The month was 0.04C warmer than July 2016.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon warns Boris Johnson not to block independence vote

  05-08-2019 14:34
  Latest poll finds a majority in Scotland would vote yes in fresh referendum. Nicola Sturgeon has warned Boris Johnson against blocking a fresh referendum on Scottish independence after a poll found a majority would now vote yes. The first minister said it would be “undemocratic and unsustainable” for the Conservatives to oppose one after the poll by Lord Ashcroft put the yes vote at 52%, once don’t knows and non-voters were excluded. The poll, the first since Johnson’s vi
  
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• Brexit will happen on 31 October 'whatever the circumstances' - No 10

  05-08-2019 14:25
  Opponents fear Boris Johnson will try to force through a no-deal Brexit against the wishes of MPs. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APBrexit will take place on 31 October “whatever the circumstances”, Downing Street has said, refusing to say whether Boris Johnson would regard a vote in parliament against a no-deal departure as sufficient reason to change course.Quizzed repeatedly at a media briefing, the prime minister’s spokesman also declined to say whether the government woul
  
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• Uncertain future for Belfast shipyard which built the Titanic

  05-08-2019 14:16
  The world's largest ocean-liner was the pride of British maritime technology when it left the city's harbour in May 1911.
  
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• Jon Snow’s ‘white people’ remark did not breach broadcasting rules, Ofcom rules

  05-08-2019 14:14
  The comment sparked more than 2,600 complaints that it was racist and offensive.
  
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• MoD signs £350m engine contract with Rolls-Royce for RAF Typhoon jets

  05-08-2019 14:02
  The £346.7 million contract will provide maintenance support for the EJ200 engine up to 2024.
  
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• No foul play in disappearance of London schoolgirl, Malaysian police say

  05-08-2019 13:37
  Nora Quoirin, 15, went missing while on holiday with her family at the Dusan resort, 39 miles south of Kuala Lumpur.
  
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• Man first to be jailed under Finn’s Law after police dog knife attack

  05-08-2019 13:35
  Attacker Dan O'Sullivan was high on monkey dust and cocaine and had only been out of jail for six weeks.
  
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• Heathrow in talks with union to stop Tuesday’s strike

  05-08-2019 13:28
  Passengers are being urged to check with their airline for updates.
  
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• Titanic shipyard Harland and Wolff to go into administration

  05-08-2019 13:21
  The site is facing closure after its Norwegian parent company failed to find a buyer.
  
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• Boy being thrown from Tate Modern gallery ‘terrifying’, woman on platform says

  05-08-2019 13:19
  A 17-year-old is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the incident.
  
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