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• Passengers stranded by power cut at King’s Cross station

  09-08-2019 22:58
  Many passengers were sat or lying down in the station concourse surrounded by bags and luggage, while others crowded outside.
  
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• Fergusons shipyard faces renewed threat of administration with 350 jobs at risk

  09-08-2019 22:28
  Parent company Clyde Blowers Capital, owned by Jim McColl, criticised Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd and the Scottish Government over the news.
  
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• Dolphins caught on camera as they jump for tourists off coast of Whitby

  09-08-2019 21:41
  Chris and Emily Guy caught footage of dolphins as they swam off the coast of the Yorkshire town.
  
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• Chancellor Javid says he is ‘not expecting a recession’

  09-08-2019 21:20
  Mr Javid said leaving the EU on October 31 would end Brexit uncertainty.
  
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• Sadiq Khan’s plea to Boris Johnson: We need more police officers quickly

  09-08-2019 20:35
  Sadiq Khan says the Metropolitan Police is worried about officer numbers and blamed rising knife crime on government cuts.
  
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• Johnson to reinstate the system of business councils

  09-08-2019 20:31
  Johnson has pledged to take Britain out of the EU at the end of October, regardless of whether he can secure a transition deal to avoid trade disruption, which is the worst-case scenario for many businesses.The government led by former Prime Minister Theresa May last year created five business councils who would meet about three times a year - twice with the prime minister and once with a senior minister.Johnson looks forward "to continuing to drive forward the work of the Business Councils over
  
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• Bangor man guilty of 'despicable' theft from blind busker

  09-08-2019 20:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Gary Williams claimed he was trying to help the busker but a passer-by filmed the theft.
  
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• PM ready to talk to EU leaders about border backstop alternatives – Gove

  09-08-2019 20:16
  Michael Gove is the Cabinet minister responsible for no-deal planning.
  
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• Widespread power cut causes ‘apocalyptic’ rush-hour travel chaos

  09-08-2019 20:13
  The Midlands, North West and North East were also affected after problems in London and the South East.
  
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• Pensioner and her son found guilty of ‘brutal’ murder of man after footpath feud

  09-08-2019 19:50
  Gary Dean had been the victim of a vendetta at the hands of Scott Dawson and his mother Carol, the court heard.
  
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• Johnson tells officials to make no-deal Brexit planning ‘top priority’

  09-08-2019 19:09
  The PM said Whitehall should be preparing 'urgently and rapidly' for the possibility of a no-deal break on October 31.
  
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• Police name teenage girl who died after Clacton sea rescue

  09-08-2019 19:02
  Malika Shamas, 14, died and an 18-year-old male relative remains in a critical condition.
  
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• Major power cut hits householders, transport in large parts of Britain

  09-08-2019 18:44
  Large parts of Britain were hit by a power cut on Friday evening, affecting trains, knocking out traffic lights and disrupting an airport.London, the south east and north west of England and Scotland were impacted although there was no immediate word on the cause of the problem.Train services in and out of London, including Thameslink, Southern and Gatwick Express were facing delays and cancellations.
  
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• Major power cut hits homes, transport in parts of Britain

  09-08-2019 18:44
  A power cut lasting up to an hour hit parts of Britain including areas of London on Friday evening, snarling rail services, knocking out traffic lights and disrupting an airport during the rush hour.Passengers were shut out of some of the country’s busiest train stations because of overcrowding and hundreds of thousands of people were left without power.National Grid, which owns the electricity transmission system in England and Wales, said there had been "issues" with two power generators
  
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• Labour, Corbyn and national unity

  09-08-2019 18:41
  ‘A general election with Corbyn in the lead would leave Labour destroyed for a generation, if not for ever,’ says Roy Boffy.Photograph: GettyPolly Toynbee’s acknowledgment of Labour’s unwillingness to join an alliance of anti-Brexit parties (A government of national unity can deliver us from no deal, Journal, 6 August) is disheartening, not only because of what will be at stake in an imminent general election, but because that mindset has played a significant part in fail
  
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• Independence for Scotland and its appeal to English emigrants

  09-08-2019 18:40
  SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said in a Guardian interview that people who live in England should move to Scotland. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesAt the time of the last elections for the Scottish parliament in 2016, the position of the SNP was that if a Conservative government was elected at the next UK general election, and if there was a referendum on EU membership, and if the UK voted to leave and Scotland did not, then that would constitute a change of circumstances sufficient to tri
  
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• Pensioners live life in the fast lane with day out at go-kart track

  09-08-2019 18:21
  A group of elderly residents at Whitecraigs Care Home near Glasgow took part, including a man who is almost 102.
  
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• Japan's SoftBank chases more deals with Mexican startups

  09-08-2019 18:19
  Japan's SoftBank Group Corpis in advanced talks to invest in Mexican used car platform Kavak and financial technology firm Konfio, several people familiar with the matter said, underscoring the company's interest in Mexico as it pours money into Latin America.SoftBank is discussing an investment in Kavak, an online platform for buying and selling secondhand cars, said three people, speaking on condition of anonymity because the talks were not public.SoftBank declined to comment, and Konfio did n
  
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• Church warden who murdered lecturer after mental torture campaign faces life

  09-08-2019 18:17
  Benjamin Field conducted a gaslighting operation against Peter Farquhar to inherit his house and money.
  
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• British army recruitment shortfalls may be symptom of changing times

  09-08-2019 18:15
  A British Army officer in Helmand province, Afghanistan. It has been five years since UK operations ceased in the country. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PAA retreat from controversial conflicts such as Iraq and Afghanistan, a relatively buoyant economy and young people increasingly unwilling or unready to enlist are amongst the reasons why the British army suffers from shortfalls in numbers of as much as 20% or even 30% in some infantry regiments.It is a problem that reflects poorly on those running
  
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• UK army combat units 40% below strength as recruitment plummets

  09-08-2019 18:14
  Exclusive: Defence secretary Ben Wallace urged to turn ‘shocking trend’ around as matter of urgency. Britain faces an army recruitment crisis, with frontline combat units operating as much as 40% below strength, figures obtained by the Guardian reveal. Data released by the Ministry of Defence under freedom of information laws shows the number of soldiers in the British army’s infantry regiments has declined steadily over the past five years. There are more than 2,500 fewer pers
  
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• Missing Nora’s family say ‘she would not walk off’ as Malaysian search continues

  09-08-2019 17:39
  The 15-year-old, who has special needs, has not been seen since Sunday.
  
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• The week in widlife – in pictures

  09-08-2019 17:25
  This week, wild elephants, baby baboons and sharks that glow in the dark Continue reading...
  
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• Eight in custody after Vietnamese teenager goes missing while visiting York

  09-08-2019 17:05
  Lihn Le does not speak English.
  
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• Forensic archaeologist to investigate claims over Nairac body

  09-08-2019 17:04
  A preliminary examination will be undertaken by a commission responsible for locating those abducted and killed by the IRA.
  
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• AI shows promise in telling types of breast cancer apart

  09-08-2019 17:00
  Researchers use machine learning to analyse biopsies and recognise complex patterns that can be difficult for pathologists.
  
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• Football club threatens to remove fans from games if they feed seagulls

  09-08-2019 16:52
  Queen of the South voiced concern 'about the potential for spectators or other personnel to suffer injury or fouling from seagull waste'.
  
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• Family of police officer stabbed in the head praise his bravery

  09-08-2019 16:49
  PC Stuart Outten is expected to recover after hospital treatment. Photograph: Metropolitan Police/PAThe family of the police officer who was stabbed in the head with a machete after challenging a motoring offences suspect have paid tribute to the bravery of a man who “loves protecting the public”.PC Stuart Outten was on patrol in a marked police car just after midnight on Thursday when he attempted to stop a van suspected of having no insurance in Leyton, east London. After the van s
  
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• Victim of ‘outrageous’ drive-by shooting killed a short walk from his home

  09-08-2019 16:40
  James Teer had been playing football with friends just minutes before.
  
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• Flybe passengers ordered to stay on plane after health scare

  09-08-2019 16:27
  The flight touched down in Manchester shortly after 10am.
  
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• Senior Scottish Labour figure quits amid independence row

  09-08-2019 16:24
  Brian Roy, who had worked for the Labour Party since 2007, said he had decided to step down in order to move on to 'new challenges'.
  
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• 'This Morning' hosts Richard and Judy return to the show after 18 years

  09-08-2019 16:01
  Fans took to Twitter to urge ITV to bring the 'King and Queen of daytime telly' back.
  
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• My friend has male pornographic photos all over his flat

  09-08-2019 16:00
  I believe it will be good for him to take them down, but how can I convince him to do so?My friend and I have been close for 25 years. He has same-sex male pornographic images prominently displayed on the walls of his apartment – even in the bathroom and the kitchen. He allows only three friends to visit him. I am one of them.I have regularly tried to persuade him to get rid of them. He did take them down 10 years ago, but only for a few months. He has even updated them since. I believe th
  
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• Shana Grice’s stalker accused six years before her murder of ‘grooming girl’

  09-08-2019 15:59
  More details have emerged of Michael Lane's behaviour towards women in a domestic homicide review ordered after Miss Grice's death.
  
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• Victim of drive-by shooting had been ‘playing football’ with friends

  09-08-2019 15:55
  The 20-year-old was shot dead in Birmingham on Thursday.
  
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• Anger as grinning Trump gives thumbs-up while Melania holds El Paso orphan - The Guardian

  09-08-2019 15:45 via theguardian.com
  Anger as grinning Trump gives thumbs-up while Melania holds El Paso orphan  The GuardianDonald Trump throws thumbs up in picture with baby orphaned in El Paso shooting  Mirror OnlineDonald Trump gives thumbs up and grins as he poses with orphaned baby whose parents were gunned down in El Paso massacre  Evening StandardGrinning Trump gives thumbs-up with baby whose parents were shot dead in El Paso terror attack  The IndependentMelania Trump holds baby who
  
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• Turkish fund seen favourite to take over British Steel

  09-08-2019 15:41
  The British government is set to announce a preferred bid for British Steel within days, with a Turkish fund seen as the front-runner, as it scrambles to save thousands of jobs, industry sources said.The country's second largest steelmaker was put into compulsory liquidation on May 22 after Greybull Capital, which bought the company from Tata Steelfor one pound three years ago, failed to secure funding to continue operating it.The government office handling the liquidation said talks continued b
  
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• Bride goes paddleboarding in wedding dress – and plans to wear it for a year

  09-08-2019 15:41
  Dawn Winfield-Hunt, from the Isle of Wight, said she loves her dress and didn't want to just wear it for one day.
  
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• Monet painting worth £28m could leave the UK

  09-08-2019 15:40
  The work shows a sunlit Doge’s Palace in Venice and its reflection in the water.
  
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• A-level maths results for 78 students withheld after leak of paper

  09-08-2019 15:39
  Edexcel says paper was shared on a closed social media network before the exam. The UK’s biggest exam board has confirmed that 78 students have had their exam results withheld following a leak of an A-level maths paper this summer. The security breach, which happened before tens of thousands of students sat an Edexcel maths paper on 14 June, prompted uproar among candidates concerned they would be at an unfair disadvantage. With A-level exam results due to be published next Thursday, Edexc
  
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• Leyton machete attack: PC Stuart Outten's family 'overwhelmed' - BBC News

  09-08-2019 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Leyton machete attack: PC Stuart Outten's family 'overwhelmed'  BBC NewsFirst picture of police officer slashed with machete as suspect appears in court  Mirror.co.ukStuart Outten: Family 'incredibly proud' of 'brave' policeman who was stabbed in head  Sky NewsLuton man appears in court charged with attempted murder over 'frenzied' machete attack on London policeman  Luton TodayLeyton machete attack: First picture of hero police officer who Tasered and arr
  
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• No-deal Brexit preparation is top priority, Johnson tells officials

  09-08-2019 15:31
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to all government employees on Friday to tell them that preparing for a no-deal exit from the European Union is his and their top priority, according to a copy of the email seen by Reuters.Johnson has promised voters Britain will leave the EU on Oct. 31 with or without an exit deal, demanding that Brussels drop parts of the existing proposed deal relating to the Irish border and negotiate a fresh exit arrangement.
  
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• Number 10 cancels staff leave up to Brexit day fuelling election speculation

  09-08-2019 15:30
  Boris Johnson's chief strategic adviser emailed all special advisers informing them that no holidays should be booked until October 31.
  
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• Timetable a snap general election would need to follow

  09-08-2019 15:27
  The earliest possible date could be October 31 - when the UK is due to leave the EU.
  
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• Church warden faces life sentence over sadistic murder of university lecturer

  09-08-2019 15:27
  Benjamin Field killed Peter Farquhar in the village of Maids Moreton in Buckinghamshire in order to benefit from his will.
  
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• Lightning strike on car caught on CCTV

  09-08-2019 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  A car parked in Wrexham is set ablaze after being hit by lightning.
  
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• Man appears before Newry court over 1994 death of a postman

  09-08-2019 14:31
  James Seamus Fox, 60, of Carewamean Road, Jonesborough is charged with the murder of Frank Kerr.
  
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• Glasgow chosen to host major climate change summit

  09-08-2019 14:29
  COP26 could see 30,000 delegates gather in the city at the end of next year.
  
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• In Pictures: Mini still a motoring heavyweight 60 years after its birth

  09-08-2019 14:26
  The diminutive vehicle has become part of British culture as it enters its seventh decade of service.
  
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• Frank Lampard's dream Chelsea return is a serious risk - the club must give him time - The Telegraph

  09-08-2019 14:22 via telegraph.co.uk
  Frank Lampard's dream Chelsea return is a serious risk - the club must give him time  The TelegraphLukaku: Inter Milan sign Belgium striker from Manchester United for £74m  BBC SportOle Gunnar Solskjaer's 'brutal' attack on Romelu Lukaku before Man Utd exit  Mirror OnlineOle Gunnar Solskjaer launched 'brutal' attack on Romelu Lukaku before Inter Milan transfer  Metro.co.ukManchester United end interest in Juventus striker Mario Mandzukic  F
  
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