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• Boris Johnson announces prison investment amid speculation an election looms

  12-08-2019 23:51
  It will also be used to strengthen the corruption unit that identifies dishonest prison staff.
  
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• Man charged after woman crushed between cars

  12-08-2019 23:37
  The 47-year-old remains in hospital but her injuries are not life-threatening, Scotland Yard said.
  
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• Graduates in England face increasing debt burden, Labour warns

  12-08-2019 23:30
  The shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, said the government ‘should stop cooking the books and start being honest with the public’. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PAGraduates of English universities will be exposed to an increasing debt burden within the next five years, with total interest on undergraduate student loans set to double.The government figures, highlighted by Labour as an example of the “eye-watering” debts being accrued, show that the interest charged on
  
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• Dentures Discovered In Pensioner's Throat Over A Week After Operation

  12-08-2019 23:30
  Dentures should be removed before a general anaesthetic operation, a reporthas warned after a pensioner's were found in his throat eight days aftersurgery
  
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• Boris Johnson Pledges £100m Prisons Security Cash

  12-08-2019 23:30
  Boris Johnson has pledged £100 million to crackdown on the flow of drugs,weapons and phones flooding into prisons in the latest round of summer policyannouncements
  
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• Liverpool to north Wales: Up close with a county line

  12-08-2019 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The police officers trying to protect teenagers from drug gangs between Liverpool and north Wales.
  
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• Majority of Britons support 'Brexit by any means' - poll

  12-08-2019 23:02
  A majority of Britons believe Prime Minister Boris Johnson must take Britain out of the European Union "by any means", even if that involves suspending parliament, an opinion poll conducted for the Daily Telegraph said on Monday.Johnson has promised to lead Britain out of the EU on Oct. 31 regardless of whether he manages to secure an exit deal with Brussels, despite many in parliament being opposed to leaving without a deal.Johnson is seeking a deal with the EU but has not ruled out suspending
  
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• Prince of Wales to go on official visit to Japan in autumn

  12-08-2019 23:00
  This will be a fifth visit to Japan for Charles.
  
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• Poll Suggests Support For Boris Johnson To Push Through Brexit

  12-08-2019 23:00
  The prospect of Boris Johnson forcing through a no-deal Brexit appears to havesupport from the public, with a poll indicating a large proportion want toleave the EU by any means necessary
  
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• Brexit Poll Suggests Support For Boris Johnson To Push Through No-Deal

  12-08-2019 23:00
  The prospect of Boris Johnson forcing through a no-deal Brexit appears to havesupport from the public, with a poll indicating a large proportion want toleave the EU by any means necessary
  
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• Boris Johnson Should Suspend Parliament To Push Through Brexit, Poll Reveals

  12-08-2019 23:00
  The PM has refused to rule out a move to prorogue - or simply dissolve -parliament in the weeks before October 31 to stop politicians passing laws tostop Britain leaving the EU without a deal
  
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• Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds photographed at Downing Street reception

  12-08-2019 22:58
  Mr Johnson and Ms Symonds, who live in a flat above Number 11 Downing Street, are the first unmarried couple to live together in Downing Street.
  
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• Clacton Pier: Family pays tribute to brother and sister

  12-08-2019 22:38
  Haider Shamas, 18, died two days after his 14-year-old sister Malika after being pulled from the water close to Clacton Pier in Essex.
  
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• Harry and Meghan waxworks to split up

  12-08-2019 22:23
  It is the first time the waxworks will be separated since they were unveiled before the royal wedding in May last year.
  
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• Couple serve up wedding breakfast - with a twist

  12-08-2019 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  A bride and groom surprise guests at their wedding with a feast made from surplus food.
  
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• High-fat diet ‘stops brain from signalling when you are full’

  12-08-2019 22:00
  A new study suggests a previously unknown gut-brain connection that helps explain how extra servings lead to weight gain.
  
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• US and Britain could sign sector-by-sector trade deals, says Bolton

  12-08-2019 21:46
  John Bolton said the Johnson-Trump relationship had ‘got off to a roaring start’. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/ReutersDonald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, has said Britain and the US could sign sector-by-sector free-trade deals prior to a comprehensive trade deal as a way of helping the UK cope with the consequences of leaving the EU on 31 October without a deal.Bolton said the mini-deals, focusing on areas such as the car and other industries, could be negotiat
  
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• No-deal Brexit battle set to come to head in September

  12-08-2019 21:40
  It is thought that the prime minister hopes an exit agreement might still be possible if the EU believes parliament is unable to prevent no-deal. Photograph: ReutersBoris Johnson is preparing for a parliamentary battle against MPs trying to block a no-deal Brexit in the second week of September, as his cross-party opponents continue to be divided about the best way to stop the UK crashing out on 31 October.A senior government source said Downing Street believed the first legislative showdown ove
  
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• Antiseptic resistance in bacteria ‘could lead to next generation of plastics’

  12-08-2019 21:00
  Scientists say the molecular machinery bacteria use to resist chemicals designed to kill them could produce precursors for nylon and other polymers.
  
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• UK first in line for trade deal, US national security adviser says

  12-08-2019 20:58
  Mr Bolton said the US had been 'ready to negotiate' with Theresa May's government
  
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• Vigil held in New Lodge to support residents after days of unrest

  12-08-2019 20:40
  The republican area in Belfast has seen violent clashes over the last week due to the construction of an illegal bonfire.
  
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• How has the debate on prison sentencing changed over the years?

  12-08-2019 20:40
  While critics claim longer sentences do not work, the prison population is said to have climbed under Labour and Tory governments.
  
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• Trump Aide Says Post-Brexit Trade Deal Can Be Reached 'Very Quickly' And 'In Pieces'

  12-08-2019 20:18
  US national security adviser John Bolton has said a post-Brexit trade dealwith the UK could happen "very quickly" as he signalled agreements could bereached "in pieces"
  
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• Edinburgh Festival Fringe and council urged to let vagina blimp fly over city

  12-08-2019 20:10
  Women's health company Elvie said the inflatable has been designed to raise awareness of pelvic floor weakness.
  
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• Inquest uncovers suffering of Eritrean refugee found hanged

  12-08-2019 20:08
  Osman Ahmed Nur, 19, had two friends who killed themselves recently, London hearing told. A teenage refugee from Eritrea was found hanged in London after surviving imprisonment and torture in his home country and a treacherous journey through Europe to reach safety in the UK, an inquest has heard. Osman Ahmed Nur, 19, was found dead on 10 May 2018 in a communal area of a young people’s hostel in Camden, north London, run by One Housing. He was studying English at Westminster Kingsway Colle
  
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• Missing Nora Quoirin’s mother makes heartfelt appeal as £10,000 reward offered

  12-08-2019 19:59
  Police leading the investigation have refused to rule out a 'criminal element' in the teenager’s disappearance.
  
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• Caroline Lucas apologises for omitting BAME women from proposal

  12-08-2019 19:56
  Green MP had suggested all-female cabinet of national unity to block no-deal Brexit. Caroline Lucas, the Green party’s only MP, has apologised after her proposal for an all-female cabinet of national unity to block a no-deal Brexit was criticised for including only white politicians. The Green MP had suggested a cabinet of national unity involving SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, the former shadow home secretary, and Jo Swinson, the
  
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• Johnson's crackdown on offenders will only entrench crime

  12-08-2019 18:43
  The efficacy of Boris Johnson’s policies will continue to be vigorously debated Photograph: WPA/Getty ImagesIt is “justice week” in the new Boris Johnson government, where “Britain’s Trump” is living up to the transatlantic comparison by laying down his vision for law and order in England and Wales.Johnson’s hardline approach will put more police on the streets, increase use of stop and search, and incarcerate more offenders with longer sentences.“
  
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• £15,000 on wine at the Shard for first date? Viral story not true

  12-08-2019 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Sorry all, but that story about the Tinder first date at the Shard and the £15,000 wine isn't true.
  
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• British spy agencies see foreign ties intact despite Brexit

  12-08-2019 18:28
  Britain's intelligence agencies expect close relations with European and other foreign spy services to continue regardless of plans to quit the European Union, official sources said.With Brexit set to happen on Oct. 31, questions are being raised whether current intelligence-sharing arrangements with EU partners ranging from passenger travel data to arrest warrants could be at risk."Brexit should not impact the strength of our European partnerships," said one senior British government source fam
  
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• Caroline Lucas’s female cabinet plan – divisive or visionary?

  12-08-2019 18:26
  ‘It strikes me as odd that a “national unity” government should be defined by its discriminating against a group which makes up half the UK’s population,’ says Daniel Peacock. Photograph: GettyI vote for the Green party, oppose Brexit, teach and research women’s history, and consider myself to be a feminist, but I do not agree with Caroline Lucas that assembling a cabinet of women is the means by which to solve the problems of Brexit (‘A cabinet of natio
  
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• Thames Valley Police warn over misuse of 999 system

  12-08-2019 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say reports of a rotting chicken and a dog with missing fur are examples of the 999 system being misused.
  
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• Shining a light on the ‘enemy aliens’ of the second world war

  12-08-2019 18:21
  Peter and Leni Gillman offer an insight into Winston Churchill’s ‘collar the lot’ policy and say they found no evidence that it was driven by antisemitism when researching their book on the subject. The internment of 27,000 “enemy aliens”, principally German, Austrian and Italian, occurred mostly at the height of the fifth column scare that followed the fall of France ( Hodge recalls harrowing tale of how grandfather was interned by British, 9 August). Most were ref
  
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• Pets, like people, are deserving of grief

  12-08-2019 18:20
  Dominic Cummings | Country diary | Marcel Berlins | Grieving | Climate crisis. The similarity between Dominic Cummings and the Doonesbury character Duke ( Letters, 10 August) is a reminder that Garry Trudeau’s inspiration for the character was Raoul Duke in Hunter S Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a thinly disguised version of Thompson himself, who occasionally used the nom de plume Raoul Duke. Given that Cummings’ main purpose seems to be creating fear and loathing
  
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• Charity highlights 'worrying' failure to improve cancer survival in England

  12-08-2019 17:50
  A patient receives radiation therapy treatment for breast cancer. Photograph: Mark Kostich/GettySurvival rates for many cancers, including three of the most common – breast, colon and prostate cancers – have plateaued over the past decade, official figures for England show.The proportion of adults who survived for one year or five years respectively after being diagnosed with cancer in the four-year period 2013-2017 showed little change from levels in 2008-2012. For bladder cancer, t
  
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• Diarrhoea-causing superbug ‘evolved to spread in hospitals and thrive on sugar’

  12-08-2019 17:00
  Genetic changes in the newly emerging species of Clostridium difficile allow it to evade common hospital disinfectants, scientists say.
  
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• Arctic sea-ice loss ‘has minimal influence on cold winter weather’

  12-08-2019 17:00
  Researchers combined observations over the past 40 years with results from sophisticated climate modelling experiments.
  
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• Royal Navy frigate deploys to join effort protecting ships in the Gulf

  12-08-2019 16:59
  HMS Kent will take over the role of HMS Duncan.
  
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• News quiz for Tuesday

  12-08-2019 16:58
  1\. What has Goldsmiths, University of London banned as part of efforts to tackle the climate emergency?2. British explorer Ash Dykes claims to be the first person to complete a 4,000-mile expedition on foot along the length of which river?3. Who plays the Queen in the new series of the The Crown, which will launch …
  
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• Bradford charity funds children's activities in holidays

  12-08-2019 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The charity provide grants to pay for activities that families wouldn't be able to afford.
  
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• Sturgeon ‘would join all-female Cabinet to block no-deal Brexit’

  12-08-2019 16:48
  Scotland's First Minister told the Loose Women panel she would work with anyone who wants to stop the UK from leaving the EU.
  
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• Horse joins commuters on platform at train station

  12-08-2019 16:43
  The horse was spotted on the platform at 8am this morning.
  
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• Grouse shooting season: What are the arguments for and against?

  12-08-2019 16:38
  This year, the Labour Party has said it is calling for a review into the sport.
  
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• Two-thirds of homeless ex-prisoners reoffend within a year

  12-08-2019 16:31
  Pentonville prison, which with Leeds and Bristol is part of a MoJ scheme to find housing for ex-prisoners.Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ImagesHomeless ex-prisoners are significantly more likely to reoffend than those living in housing, it can be revealed, in what charities have deemed a “merry-go-round” in which people are “swept into prison and then dumped back onto the streets”.Data obtained from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) under a freedom of information request
  
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• Police find Hotel Chocolat’s missing Chocmobile burnt out

  12-08-2019 16:22
  The chocolate maker revealed the van was stolen two weeks ago and offered a reward for its safe return
  
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• Norwegian plane suffers damage after hitting fence during push back at Gatwick

  12-08-2019 16:11
  The damaged plane was taken out of service.
  
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• Police officer run over by his own patrol car facing ‘long battle’ to recover

  12-08-2019 15:43
  Pc Gareth Phillips remains in intensive care after surgery following the incident on Saturday.
  
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• No 10 expects rebel move against no-deal Brexit on 9 September

  12-08-2019 15:05
  Boris Johnson is expecting a cross-party alliance of MPs to attack his plans. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PADowning Street believes rebel MPs will try to make a move to stop a no-deal Brexit in the second week of September, with the EU unlikely to respond until after that battle has played out.A senior government source said the date for a parliamentary battle was expected to be 9 September – a week after MPs return from their summer break.Boris Johnson may meet key EU leaders, such as
  
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• Britons' fear of unemployment spikes in last five years

  12-08-2019 14:57
  UK households have become more gloomy about the jobs market and the economy.Photograph: Getty ImagesBritish households are more worried about losing their jobs than at any time in the past five and a half years, according to official figures, in a sign of the pressure on workers across the country.Despite unemployment falling to the lowest point since the mid 1970s, the Office for National Statistics said people’s expectations for rising joblessness in the year ahead have been climbing.Acc
  
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• In Pictures: Grouse shooting season begins on Glorious Twelfth

  12-08-2019 14:45
  The season officially started on Monday.
  
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