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• Johnson orders sentencing review for dangerous offenders

  11-08-2019 23:34
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched an urgent review of sentencing of criminals on Sunday, aiming to keep law and order high on the political agenda after he promised 10,000 extra prison places and 20,000 more police officers.The focus on crime and other domestic issues before Britain is due to leave the European Union on Oct. 31 has fuelled speculation that Johnson is planning to call an election.The prime minister's office said on Sunday the review would focus on whether violent and
  
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• MPs opposing no-deal Brexit will 'need new tactics', report says

  11-08-2019 23:31
  Institute for Government says parliament passing motions or no-confidence vote may not be enough. A no-deal Brexit appears increasingly likely on 31 October given the lack of time to secure a new agreement with the EU and the diminishing number of ways in which MPs could block such a process, an influential thinktank has said. In a report on the likely lead-up to the UK’s departure, the Institute for Government said that MPs merely expressing opposition to no deal would not necessarily be
  
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• MPs opposing no-deal Brexit will 'need new tactics', report says

  11-08-2019 23:31
  Boris Johnson demanded the EU drops the backstop policy before any new talks commence.Photograph: Jessica Taylor/APA no-deal Brexit appears increasingly likely on 31 October given the lack of time to secure a new agreement with the EU and the diminishing number of ways in which MPs could block such a process, an influential thinktank has said.In a report on the likely lead-up to the UK’s departure, the Institute for Government said that MPs merely expressing opposition to no deal would not
  
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• Violent criminals should spend more time behind bars, Boris Johnson says

  11-08-2019 23:30
  The Prime Minister ordered an urgent review of sentencing policy as he vowed to 'come down hard' on crime.
  
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• Tories unveil law and order policy blitz amid election speculation

  11-08-2019 23:30
  Boris Johnson announced that police would be freer to carry out preventive stop-and-search operations. Photograph: Yui Mok/PABoris Johnson has set out a resoundingly tough stance on law and order ahead of a possible autumn general election, with a trio of announcements on extending jail terms, building new prisons and increasing police stop-and-search powers.Eschewing the more liberal approach to criminal justice briefly tried when Michael Gove was justice secretary, and prompting Labour critici
  
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• Man Charged With Attempted Murder After Police Officer Run Over With Own Car In Birmingham

  11-08-2019 23:22
  A man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was runover in Birmingham
  
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• I think he’d be pleased: Comedian performs Edinburgh show after father’s death

  11-08-2019 23:11
  Milo Edwards returned to Edinburgh after his father died from cancer.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder after police officer run over with own car

  11-08-2019 22:55
  Mubashar Hussain, 29, will appear at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Monday.
  
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• Love Island’s Caroline Flack, 39, fears she will keep prioritising work and leave it too late to settle down a - The Sun

  11-08-2019 22:00 via thesun.co.uk
  Love Island’s Caroline Flack, 39, fears she will keep prioritising work and leave it too late to settle down a  The SunCaroline Flack worried work will stop her having kids as she nears 40th birthday  Irish MirrorCaroline Flack confesses she feels 'selfish' for being career-driven  Metro.co.ukCaroline Flack, 39, fears she has left it too late to 'settle down' and have children  Daily MailView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Investigation launched into fire at retirement complex

  11-08-2019 21:50
  Fire investigators are looking into how the blaze in Crewe started and spread so rapidly.
  
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• The Ashes: Free betting preview and tips for England v Australia at Lord's - Sportinglife.com

  11-08-2019 21:13 via sportinglife.com
  The Ashes: Free betting preview and tips for England v Australia at Lord's  Sportinglife.comAshes 2019: Five reasons England can be cheerful for second Test  BBC SportWhy it is hard to be carried away by the World Test Championship  The GuardianAshes 2019: England's James Anderson defends Test selection against Australia  BBC SportAshes 2019: I’ve got nothing to lose and a lot to gain, says Jack Leach  The IndependentView full coverage on G
  
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• Labour’s Tom Watson speaks out against another vote on Scottish independence

  11-08-2019 20:36
  The deputy leader said another referendum is not the answer to Tory austerity and Brexit.
  
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• Perseid Meteor Shower 2019: NASA prepares for dazzling meteor shower tomorrow - Mirror Online

  11-08-2019 20:30 via mirror.co.uk
  Perseid Meteor Shower 2019: NASA prepares for dazzling meteor shower tomorrow  Mirror OnlinePerseids meteor shower tonight: How to see stunning celestial display as comet dust streaks across the sky  The IndependentPerseids meteor shower 2019 peaks tonight above the UK  Metro.co.ukPerseids meteor shower tonight: Best ways to see dazzling shooting stars from the UK  Mirror OnlineThe best time to watch the Perseids meteor shower as it peaks over northern Lin
  
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• Green MP calls for an ’emergency cabinet’ of women to stop no-deal Brexit

  11-08-2019 19:30
  Caroline Lucas writes to 10 leading female politicians urging them to work together for a government of national unity.
  
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• War on words: cancer is a disease, not a battle

  11-08-2019 19:16
  Emeritus professor Alan Bleakley and cancer patient Jacinta Elliott on the use of military metaphors, and Adrienne Betteley of Macmillan Cancer Support on end-of-life care. It is heartening to see a front-page article on the burden that the use of cancer war metaphors may place on patients ( Cancer war metaphors may harm recovery, 10 August), but we should also note that such metaphors continue to place a burden on doctors and nurses, framing contemporary healthcare – dominated by medicine
  
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• Post-Brexit science policy and visa plans

  11-08-2019 19:15
  Sarah Sheils on Boris Johnson’s easing of immigration restrictions on top scientists, Norman Dombey on funding of pan-European projects and Robin Joy on turbo-charging no-deal Brexit plans. Boris Johnson advocating an easing of the visa regime in order to attract “top scientists” to Britain misses the point somewhat ( Johnson eases UK immigration restrictions for top scientists, 9 August). Of course, any efforts to increase the appeal of Britain as a working environment for the
  
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• British soldiers’ role and recruitment

  11-08-2019 19:15
  John Boaler wonders why infantry numbers must be raised, another reader says the medical criteria for Sandhurst are unrealistic, and Michael Attwood believes the army isn’t an attractive career any more. You report that the number of soldiers in infantry regiments has fallen to “17% below the target strength” ( Army’s frontline in crisis as recruitment collapses, 10 August). One explanation given for this drop is that “soldiers were being required to undertake repet
  
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• PM should apologise for Hillsborough remarks, says Liverpool mayor

  11-08-2019 19:14
  Boris Johnson, the British prime minister, has denied writing the offending article. Photograph: Cambridge Jones/Getty ImagesThe mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, has challenged Boris Johnson to visit the city and apologise directly for once publishing an article claiming drunken fans were partly responsible for the Hillsborough tragedy, after it was reported the government was reluctant to hold a major conference in the city.Anderson said on Sunday he had offered to host what the government has
  
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• When you know you’re over the hill

  11-08-2019 19:13
  ‘The young lady who had given me her seat offered to help me up when I got to my destination,’ writes John Bartholomew. Photograph: Chrisdorney/Getty Images/iStockphotoThe term “hatriotism” was coined much earlier than the 1940s (Samuel G Freedman, 7 August). The first mention in Google Books appears in the September 1923 issue of the Advocate: America’s Jewish Journal, based in Chicago, where it was used to describe antisemitism in Germany. The Advocate article sug
  
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• Meghan Markle shunned from high society dinner parties as she's accused of breaking rules - Express

  11-08-2019 19:13 via express.co.uk
  Meghan Markle shunned from high society dinner parties as she's accused of breaking rules  ExpressTHE DUCHESS of Sussex no longer gets dinner party invites from some high society members who have been offended by her bad manners.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Westminster rough sleepers evicted from parliamentary estate

  11-08-2019 18:58
  The ‘night shift’ left their tunnel, which led to Elizabeth Tower, every morning at 6am and tidied up after themselves. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAA group of rough sleepers who describe themselves as the parliamentary “night shift”, moving into an underpass leading to the parliamentary estate after MPs have left for the day, have been barred from accessing their relatively safe bed space underneath the street.The group of about 10 rough sleepers formed a distinct community wit
  
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• Scotland faces further drenching after Saturday’s storms

  11-08-2019 18:57
  Three weather warnings are in place with further heavy rain forecast.
  
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• Caroline Lucas Proposes Emergency All-Women Cabinet To Stop No-Deal Brexit And Hold Second Referendum

  11-08-2019 18:24
  Caroline Lucas has proposed an all-female 'Cabinet of unity' to thwart a no-deal Brexit and deliver a second referendum
  
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• Ireland tells Boris Johnson there will be no backstop renegotiation

  11-08-2019 18:17
  Irish government says there is no prospect of rethink in Brexit stalemate. The Brexit stalemate looks set to continue after the Irish government said the backstop would not be up for renegotiation at a planned meeting between Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar. The two prime ministers will meet early next month but a spokesman for Varadkar said there was no prospect of a rethink on the most contentious part of the withdrawal agreement. Johnson has been invited by the taoiseach to Dublin with “
  
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• Varadkar: Backstop renegotiation will not be on agenda for Johnson meeting

  11-08-2019 16:53
  Brussels and London remain at loggerheads over the prospect of fresh Brexit negotiations.
  
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• Country-Wide Power Cut To Be Investigated By Government

  11-08-2019 16:40
  The government plans to launch an investigation into the major power cut thataffected almost one million people in England and Wales
  
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• Police officer run over by own car ‘could have life-changing injuries’

  11-08-2019 16:31
  A man being detained by police after an incident in Moseley, Birmingham. Photograph: Sohail Razaque/PAA police officer has “potentially life-changing” injuries after he was run over with his own car, as a 29-year-old man detained on suspicion of attempted murder remains in custody.West Midlands police said the officer was being treated for head and pelvic injuries and would return to the operating theatre after emergency surgery on Saturday night.Tom Joyce, a superintendent with the
  
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• UK police close Worthing seafront after hazardous material report

  11-08-2019 16:30
  The seafront in the resort of Worthing on England's south coast was closed on Sunday after a small number of people reported symptoms including sore eyes and vomiting, police said.A cordon was put in place along the seafront and people were advised to shut all windows and doors or stay away from the area, Sussex Police said in a statement.In August 2017 up to 50 people at the coast near Eastbourne, about 60 km from Worthing, suffered irritation to their eyes and throats from an unidentified chem
  
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• Harland and Wolff ‘auld hands’ leave palm prints in concrete

  11-08-2019 16:28
  Workers old and new lined up to place their hands in trays of setting concrete as the battle to save the business continues.
  
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• Sexual misconduct complaints at Cambridge University

  11-08-2019 16:00
  A panoramic view of Cambridge from the tower of St John’s College. Photograph: Getty/iStockphotoA recent decision regarding Cambridge University’s disciplinary procedure means that students are unable to have their complaints regarding sexual misconduct heard, a fact that the university has failed to acknowledge thus far.The university has claimed that a “substantial proportion” of cases of sexual misconduct will also involve harassment, a form of misconduct that is still
  
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• Cambridge sexual misconduct rule change ‘re-victimises’ students

  11-08-2019 16:00
  The ruling was made by Cambridge’s discipline committee which is independent of the central administration.Photograph: David Bank/GettyOne of the women affected by Cambridge University’s decision not to investigate some student complaints of sexual misconduct, including rape, said it has left her feeling abandoned and re-victimised.“Faye” (not her real name) said this summer’s ruling by Cambridge’s discipline committee that sexual misconduct should no longer b
  
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• Divock Origi: Tying the Belgian Down May Prove to Be Liverpool's Best Bit of Summer Business - 90min

  11-08-2019 15:48 via 90min.com
  Divock Origi: Tying the Belgian Down May Prove to Be Liverpool's Best Bit of Summer Business  90minThe Man City goal that many Liverpool fans wish had counted as VAR debate deepens  Liverpool EchoPremier League talking points: 10 things we learned from opening weekend  Mirror OnlineIan Wright and Alan Shearer agree Liverpool will beat Manchester City to Premier League title  Metro.co.ukWhere the media are predicting Liverpool to finish in 2019/20 &nbs
  
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• Police minister defends plan to extend stop-and-search

  11-08-2019 15:41
  Kit Malthouse, the police minister, said body-worn cameras would help minimise chances of power abuses by police. Photograph: Mark Thomas/REX/ShutterstockThe police minister, Kit Malthouse, has insisted that a new wave of stop-and-search operations should not increase community tensions as the government unveiled a series of anti-crime measures.Both Boris Johnson, the prime minister, and Priti Patel, the home secretary, announced in separate comment articles in Sunday newspapers a lifting of res
  
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• Eid Mubarak! Thousands gather at Platt Fields Park in Manchester to mark Eid al-Adha - pictures - Manchester Evening News

  11-08-2019 15:26 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  Eid Mubarak! Thousands gather at Platt Fields Park in Manchester to mark Eid al-Adha - pictures  Manchester Evening NewsEid al-Adha festival celebrated in Belfast's Botanic Gardens  BBC NewsMuslims celebrate Eid al-Adha at Hajj pilgrimage and around the world  Metro.co.ukWhat does Eid Mubarak mean? How to wish someone a happy Eid al-Adha  ExpressEid 2019 in pictures: Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha  Express.co.ukView full coverage
  
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• Funding boost for electric car chargepoints

  11-08-2019 15:21
  The money will support the on-street residential chargepoint scheme.
  
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• Government to launch investigation into country-wide power cut

  11-08-2019 14:50
  The blackout brought travel chaos to the rail network.
  
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• Police officer run over by suspect could face ‘life-changing’ injuries

  11-08-2019 14:21
  A 29-year-old man was detained on suspicion of attempted murder in Moseley, Birmingham, on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Versace apologises after T-shirt triggers fierce criticism in China

  11-08-2019 13:46
  Italian luxury label Versace and its artistic director Donatella Versace apologised on Sunday after one of the company's T-shirts was widely criticised on social media in China for identifyingthe autonomous territories of Hong Kong and Macau as countries.Versace, which was bought by Michael Kors' Capri Holdings Ltdin September, said on its Twitter-like Weibo account that it had made a mistake and as of July 24 had stopped selling and destroyed the T-shirts.Milan-based Versace is the latest compa
  
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• Menopausal women in the UK facing severe HRT shortage

  11-08-2019 13:40
  Half of common treatments out of stock, but suppliers not honest about reason, GPs say. A national shortage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) could affect almost all menopausal women in the UK. Around half of the most commonly prescribed HRT products, which replace hormones including oestrogen that naturally decline during menopause, are out of stock. The high street pharmacies Boots and Lloyds are among those said to be experiencing shortages. The Department for Health and Social Care said i
  
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• Police and Protestant order members targeted in Derry petrol bomb attacks

  11-08-2019 13:21
  No-one was injured in the incident near the republican Bogside area.
  
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• Boy found safe after boarding bus in ‘distressed state’ wearing pyjamas

  11-08-2019 13:07
  The boy boarded a bus on Saturday night.
  
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• PM’s estranged wife tells of cancer diagnosis and urges women to get tested

  11-08-2019 13:06
  Marina Wheeler, a QC, married Mr Johnson in 1993, with the couple having four children together.
  
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• Instruments used to entertain US troops ahead of D-Day go on display

  11-08-2019 12:37
  Albert Kendall played the flute and piano for soldiers at Ballykinlar camp during the Second World War.
  
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• Century-old chess board belonging to Martin Sheen’s family to go on show in NI

  11-08-2019 12:28
  Michael Phelan was a member of the IRA who fought in the Irish War of Independence a century ago and was interned at Ballykinlar camp near Belfast.
  
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• Second teenager dies in hospital after Clacton sea rescue

  11-08-2019 12:13
  Members of the public supported the rescue effort.
  
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• PM Johnson to meet Ireland's Varadkar over Brexit - report

  11-08-2019 11:17
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted an offer to meet Irish leader Leo Varadkar to discuss Brexit and the Northern Irish backstop, the Sunday Telegraph said citing UK government sources."The UK has accepted Varadkar's offer to meet and dates are being discussed," a UK source told the newspaper.Johnson has told the European Union there is no point in new talks on a withdrawal agreement unless negotiators are willing to drop the Northern Irish backstop agreed by his predecessor Theres
  
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• UK is ‘sleepwalking into oblivion’, says Gordon Brown

  11-08-2019 10:10
  The former prime minister said Britain is facing 'an unprecedented economic calamity precipitated by a no-deal exit from the EU'.
  
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• Winds and floods cause travel disruption for second day

  11-08-2019 10:00
  Travellers told yesterday of their horror stories of being trapped on a train for up to 12 hours after Friday’s power outage. Photograph: Lewis Pennock/PARail passengers have endured a second day of disruption, this time caused by severe winds and flooding rather than power outages.After travellers recovered from delays of up to 12 hours on Friday following the National Grid failure, weather caused chaos in the national rail network, ports and roads.The most high-profile victim was the wes
  
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• UK weather: winds and floods cause travel disruption for second day

  11-08-2019 10:00
  Travellers told yesterday of their horror stories of being trapped on a train for up to 12 hours after Friday’s power outage. Photograph: Lewis Pennock/PARail passengers have endured a second day of disruption, this time caused by severe winds and flooding rather than power outages.After travellers recovered from delays of up to 12 hours on Friday following the National Grid failure, weather caused chaos in the national rail network, ports and roads.The most high-profile victim was the wes
  
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• Is Scotland finally set to bid farewell to the union?

  11-08-2019 08:00
  Scots rally for independence during the 2014 referendum campaign. A further referendum is becoming a possibility, thanks to the political turmoil following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/ReutersWhen Boris Johnson, as editor of the Spectator, published a poem in 2004 calling the Scots a “verminous race” that deserved “comprehensive extermination”, he may not have imagined it could come back to haunt him 15 years later in his first weeks
  
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