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• Donald Trump declares new Space Command 'central to American security' - ITV News

  29-08-2019 23:59 via itv.com
  Donald Trump declares new Space Command 'central to American security'  ITV NewsTrump hails space as 'next war-fighting domain' as he launches US Space Command  The Independent'It's a big deal': Trump takes giant leap in space command launch  The GuardianSpaceCom: Trump launches space warfare command  BBC NewsTrump boasts he is close to launching Space Force as he officially re-starts Space Command  Daily MailView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Exclusive: Chancellor Sajid Javid's Media Adviser 'Fired' By Downing Street - HuffPost UK

  29-08-2019 23:44 via huffingtonpost.co.uk
  Exclusive: Chancellor Sajid Javid's Media Adviser 'Fired' By Downing Street  HuffPost UKSenior Javid aide dismissed and escorted from No 10  Telegraph.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Exclusive: Chancellor Sajid Javid's Media Adviser 'Fired' By Downing Street

  29-08-2019 23:44
  Chancellor Sajid Javid's media adviser been escorted out of Downing St after ameeting with the prime minister's top strategist where she appears to havebeen fired
  
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• No-deal Brexit would likely cause delay to flu vaccine supply, doctors say

  29-08-2019 23:37
  Flu vaccines are offered free every year to those most at risk of the illness.
  
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• UK says it will hold twice-weekly Brexit talks with EU officials

  29-08-2019 23:34
  British negotiators will hold twice-weekly talks with European Union officials next month in an attempt to rework the Brexit agreement that Britain's parliament has repeatedly rejected, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday.Johnson has promised to take Britain out of the EU on Oct. 31, with or without a transition deal, and has demanded the removal of the existing deal's 'backstop', which the EU wants to ensure an open border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
  
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• Microsoft Begins Testing Updated Touch Experience with Latest Windows 10 Release - Thurrott.com

  29-08-2019 23:33 via thurrott.com
  Microsoft Begins Testing Updated Touch Experience with Latest Windows 10 Release  Thurrott.comMicrosoft has released a new Windows 10 build today and with it comes a new mode that is designed to make it easier to use 2-in-1 devices. Sporting the build ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Fire rips through lorry trailers at Hotpoint factory

  29-08-2019 23:32
  Witnesses on social media reported hearing explosions as billowing torrents of dark smoke were visible for miles across Peterborough.
  
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• Time to step up tempo of Brexit talks, says bullish Boris Johnson

  29-08-2019 23:30
  Two sides will meet twice a week as No 10 fights rebel MPs’ efforts to block no deal. A bullish Boris Johnson has sought to reassure Tory MPs queasy about his plan to suspend parliament by announcing he wants to “step up the tempo” of Brexit talks in Brussels. After his chief negotiator, David Frost, met EU officials in Brussels on Wednesday, the prime minister said on Thursday that both sides had agreed to meet twice a week. “I have said right from my first day in office
  
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• Johnson urges EU to ‘step up tempo’ with Brexit talks

  29-08-2019 23:30
  Number 10 said the two sides remain 'some distance apart on key issues but that both sides are willing to work hard to find a way through'.
  
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• How city split almost equally by Brexit referendum would vote now - Mirror Online

  29-08-2019 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  How city split almost equally by Brexit referendum would vote now  Mirror OnlineLabour leader would delay not block Indyref2  BBC NewsStudent support for Labour plummets to four year low, poll reveals  Telegraph.co.ukBrexit betrayal: How Remain MPs have 'destroyed Cameron's referendum promises'  ExpressScottish Labour ‘reach agreement’ with Jeremy Corbyn over second independence referendum  The ScotsmanView full coverage on Google New
  
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• Carlaw appointed interim leader as search for Davidson successor starts

  29-08-2019 22:43
  MSP Jackson Carlaw held the position during Ruth Davidson's recent maternity leave.
  
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• Ad Astra review: Brad Pitt reaches the stars in superb space-opera with serious daddy issues - The Guardian

  29-08-2019 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Ad Astra review: Brad Pitt reaches the stars in superb space-opera with serious daddy issues  The GuardianAd Astra Review | Movie  EmpireAd Astra review: Brad Pitt delivers his finest performance in moving sci-fi melodrama  The IndependentVenice Film Festival kicks off, highlights real issues  International Business Times UKBrad Pitt excites fans by arriving at Venice Film Festival by boat  Metro.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Kanye West announces new album ‘Jesus Is King’, out next month – check out the tracklist - NME Live

  29-08-2019 21:53 via nme.com
  Kanye West announces new album ‘Jesus Is King’, out next month – check out the tracklist  NME LiveKim Kardashian teases new Kanye album in cryptic tweet and 'shares tracklist'  Mirror OnlineKanye West’s ‘new album’ Jesus is King teased by Kim Kardashian  The IndependentKim Kardashian announces Kanye West's ninth-studio album is called Jesus Is King and posts tracklist  Daily MailKanye West’s New Album Jesus Is King
  
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• Hotpoint Fire In Peterborough: Firefighters Battle Large Blaze At Factory

  29-08-2019 21:42
  A raging fire has torn through lorry trailers at a washing machine factory inPeterborough, sending large clouds of thick black smoke over the city
  
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• In Pictures: Planes and parachutists put on a show at air festival

  29-08-2019 21:30
  Day one of the Bournemouth Air Festival featured Lancaster bombers, Spitfires and Hurricanes as well as parachutists.
  
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• Opposition leaders demand vote on Johnson’s plan to suspend Parliament

  29-08-2019 21:09
  Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru, The Independent Group for Change and the Green Party condemned the PM’s move to prorogue Parliament.
  
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• Peterborough fire: Hotpoint factory blaze as 40 trailers alight and smoke fills air - Mirror Online

  29-08-2019 20:51 via mirror.co.uk
  Peterborough fire: Hotpoint factory blaze as 40 trailers alight and smoke fills air  Mirror OnlinePeterborough fire: Trailer blaze at Hotpoint factory  BBC NewsPeterborough ‘explosion’: Fears as residents hear ‘explosions’ from Hotpoint factory  ExpressHuge fire at Hotpoint factory in Peterborough as 'explosions' heard  Sky NewsHotpoint fire in Peterborough: Police prepare to close roads in Woodston after loud explosions  
  
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• Drug dealer convicted of stabbing police officer

  29-08-2019 20:50
  Michael Enzanga was likened to a 'caged animal fighting for his life' as he repeatedly knifed Hampshire Police Constable Russell Turner.
  
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• Orlando Bloom talks Carnival Row sex scenes with Cara Delevingne - digitalspy.com

  29-08-2019 20:33 via digitalspy.com
  Orlando Bloom talks Carnival Row sex scenes with Cara Delevingne  digitalspy.comCara Delevingne: 'Hatred towards anyone makes no sense'  Sky NewsCarnival Row is a riotous steam-punk mash-up that should cheer up Game of Thrones fans  The IndependentCarnival Row cast: Who is in the cast of Carnival Row?  ExpressOrlando Bloom admits Cara Delevingne sex scenes were ‘awkward’ on Carnival Row  MetroView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Senior Tory rebels ready to back move against no-deal Brexit

  29-08-2019 20:30
  David Gauke says there is no time to wait and Labour says it will fight ‘smash-and-grab raid’. A growing number of senior Tory rebels have signalled they are now prepared to back urgent legislation to thwart a no-deal Brexit after Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament. In an escalation of the civil war in the Tory party, David Gauke, the former justice secretary, became the latest senior Conservative to urge his colleagues to act immediately rather than wait to see if
  
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• Trophy hunting bans bad for biodiversity, say conservationists

  29-08-2019 20:29
  Researchers suggest positive population impacts of well-regulated hunting have been demonstrated for many species.
  
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• 'I can't just be kicked out': EU national damns Brexit settlement scheme

  29-08-2019 20:08
  A Portuguese woman who has lived in the UK for 20 years has interrupted a live Sky News broadcast to criticise the running of the EU settlement scheme and speak of her fear of being deported after 31 October.The woman’s impassioned plea came amid growing concerns that the government scheme, which allows EU citizens to apply for settled status in the UK, could become “another Windrush scandal”.About 1 million EU nationals resident in the UK have applied for settled status, but a
  
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• Suspension of Parliament threatens law compensating clerical abuse victims

  29-08-2019 20:04
  Former senior judge Sir Anthony Hart recommended payments and a series of other measures after holding a public inquiry into clerical abuse.
  
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• Crowdsourced archaeology shows how humans have influenced Earth for thousands of years - Phys.org

  29-08-2019 20:00 via phys.org
  Crowdsourced archaeology shows how humans have influenced Earth for thousands of years  Phys.orgEnvironment transformed by humans much earlier than thought, study suggests  Penarth TimesArchaeological assessment reveals Earth's early transformation through land use  Science MagazineOver 250 Archaeologists Show Evidence Humans 'Transformed' Earth Long Before 1900s  ScienceAlertSurveying archaeologists across the globe reveals deeper and more widespread root
  
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• ‘Breakthrough’ drug could help eradicate malaria

  29-08-2019 20:00
  The international research was led by a team at the University of Glasgow.
  
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• A person’s genes do not meaningfully predict their sexual behaviour – study

  29-08-2019 20:00
  Researchers examined the genetics of almost a half a million individuals who self-reported on whether they had experienced same-sex sexual behaviour.
  
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• Defence Secretary Ben Wallace Caught On Camera Suggesting Suspending Parliament Was Fuelled By Brexit

  29-08-2019 19:59
  A senior Tory minister has been caught on camera suggesting Boris Johnson'sdecision to prorogue parliament was because of Brexit - contrary to what thenew Prime Minister stated
  
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• Antibiotic resistance ‘could kill humanity before climate change does’

  29-08-2019 19:31
  Overuse of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture leads to bugs no longer responding to the drugs made to kill them.
  
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• Ruth Davidson's obvious contempt for Boris Johnson leaks out

  29-08-2019 19:29
  Scotland’s Tory leader had no warm words for the duplicitous PM in her resignation statement. Principles and the Tory party in Westminster have now reached the point of irretrievable breakdown and are beyond the help of couples’ counselling. “Door Matt” Hancock has happily betrayed the D-day war dead. They had it coming. Amber Rudd has taken a vow of silence. Michael Gove, Sajid Javid, Nicky Morgan and Andrea Leadsom have all suffered sudden-onset amnesia. Jacob Rees-Mogg
  
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• UK and French ministers’ migrant crisis talks on ‘new avenues of co-operation’

  29-08-2019 19:27
  Priti Patel and Christophe Castaner are discussing the latest wave of attempts by migrants to cross the English Channel.
  
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• Most popular baby names: What made the top 100 in your region? - Sky News

  29-08-2019 19:27 via news.sky.com
  Most popular baby names: What made the top 100 in your region?  Sky NewsMost popular baby name list announced - is your child's name in the top 100?  Mirror OnlineTop baby names in England and Wales for 2018 revealed: Is your name going out of style?  The TelegraphNew ONS data reveals the most popular baby names in the UK  Evening StandardBaby names: Olivia and Oliver stand strong in Wales  BBC NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Government ‘abusively seeking to entrench its power by suspending Parliament’

  29-08-2019 19:11
  A judge will make a decision on Friday morning on a legal bid to stop Boris Johnson proroguing Parliament.
  
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• Proroguing parliament is unlawful abuse of power, court told

  29-08-2019 19:05
  MPs seek interdiction in Scotland as challenges also filed in Belfast and London. Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue parliament is an unlawful abuse of power, a Scottish court has heard in the first of three legal challenges. Aidan O’Neill QC, acting for a cross-party group of 75 MPs and peers, told a court in Edinburgh that the prime minister had trampled on more than 400 years of constitutional law by asking the Queen to prorogue parliament solely for political gain. “We ha
  
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• Ex-Tory minister opposed to no-deal to stand down at next general election

  29-08-2019 19:04
  The Watford MP has criticised Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy.
  
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• Queen’s portrait returns to Stormont House after outcry over removal

  29-08-2019 19:00
  Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith ordered an internal review after the controversy.
  
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• Environment transformed by humans much earlier than thought, study suggests

  29-08-2019 19:00
  Dramatic changes in the Earth’s landscape started before the domestication of animals or intensive agriculture.
  
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• Vodafone UK appeals move to ease price caps on BT business lines

  29-08-2019 18:56
  Vodafone UK is seeking to overturn a move by regulator Ofcom to relax restrictions on how much BT can charge for business fiber connections, saying it will result in higher bills for companies, universities and hospitals.Ofcom had already eased price regulation in central London in a review in 2016, saying BT did not have significant market power.It has now relaxed the restrictions in other cities where BT faces two or more rivals, such as Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Manch
  
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• Richard Ayoade webchat – post your questions now

  29-08-2019 18:53
  The director, actor, author, presenter and overachiever is joining us for a webchat on 5 September at 12pm BST 2.35pm BST Is there another actor who could deliver the line, “I came here to drink milk and kick ass, and I’ve just finished my milk” with as much deadpan aplomb as Richard Ayoade? Before he became a flipping household name as the painfully geeky Maurice Moss in The IT Crowd, the world has owed the actor, writer, director and flaneur a great debt. Since 2000, in fact,
  
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• Defence Secretary ‘misspoke’ in suggesting prorogation sparked by Brexit

  29-08-2019 18:49
  Downing Street responded after Ben Wallace was filmed in conversation with his French counterpart.
  
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• Cronyism making a mockery of the Lords

  29-08-2019 18:46
  The latest appointments of political cronies to the House of Lords highlight the urgent need for reform, says Darren Hughes. Re your story on the PM appointing more unelected peers ( Report, 27 August), seats in parliament should not be used as a handout for big political donors and campaign apparatchiks. The fact that Johnson would have to appoint a huge number to significantly “rebalance” the Lords shows the absurdity of the current set-up: each new PM tries to pack it with cronies
  
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• Apple's Going to Unveil The Next iPhone(s) on 10th September - Gizmodo UK

  29-08-2019 18:43 via gizmodo.co.uk
  Apple's Going to Unveil The Next iPhone(s) on 10th September  Gizmodo UKiPhone 11 launch: Apple confirms event date and time for release date  The IndependentApple just made it a lot easier and cheaper to fix a broken iPhone  Metro.co.ukiPhone 11 launch date set for 10th September  What Hi-Fi?iPhone 11 launch date set for September 10  TechRadarView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Lego uses AI to translate instructions into braille and audio

  29-08-2019 18:30
  The toy giant has launched a global trial with four building sets and hopes to release more next year.
  
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• Lancashire Grandmother Forced To Sleep On Mattress In Living Room for 10 Years After Fostering Grandchildren

  29-08-2019 18:26
  A Lancashire grandmother who was forced to sleep on a mattress in the livingroom for a decade after fostering her grandchildren has been handed a £24,000pay out by the council
  
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• Exclusive: Hilton Grand Vacations to explore sale following takeover interest - sources

  29-08-2019 18:19
  Hilton Grand Vacations has hired an investment bank to advise it on a sale process, the sources said, cautioning that no deal is certain.Hilton Grand Vacations, which was spun out of hotel operator Hilton Worldwide Holdings Incin 2017, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The New York Post reported last week that buyout firm Apollo Global Management LLC , which owns time-share operator Diamond Resorts Holdings LLC, had made an offer for Hilton Grand Vacations.
  
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• Tough Champions League group could be big bonus for developing Chelsea talents - Talk Chelsea

  29-08-2019 18:16 via talkchelsea.net
  Tough Champions League group could be big bonus for developing Chelsea talents  Talk ChelseaHow Jurgen Klopp reacted to Liverpool's Champions League group stage draw  Mirror OnlineChampions League draw: Liverpool drawn with Napoli, Tottenham to meet Bayern Munich  BBC SportTottenham and Pochettino will be different animals by the time they face Bayern Munich  Football.LondonChampions League fixture dates confirmed  Tottenham HotspurView full cove
  
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• Police assessing Brand 'battery acid' joke

  29-08-2019 18:12
  Police assessing Brand 'battery acid' joke
  
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• A tale of two crises: London and Milan stocks diverge

  29-08-2019 18:11
  Italy's stocks are ending August on a high after the formation of a new coalition government, while Britain's equity market is heading for one of its worst months since before it voted to leave the European Union more than three years ago.Milan's blue-chip index hit its highest since Aug. 1 on Thursday as investors welcomed news that two former feuding parties, the 5-Star Movement and opposition Democratic Party (PD), agreed to form a government.The pact ended a chapter of the latest political d
  
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• Lomachenko vs Campbell: Is Vasiliy Lomachenko the greatest since Muhammad Ali? He has aura of a genius... - Sky Sports

  29-08-2019 18:07 via skysports.com
  Lomachenko vs Campbell: Is Vasiliy Lomachenko the greatest since Muhammad Ali? He has aura of a genius...  Sky SportsLuke Campbell confident he can pull off huge upset against Vasyl Lomachenko  The GuardianVasyl Lomachenko shuns celebrity for hunting ducks and catching fish  Mirror OnlineLomachenko vs Campbell: Vasiliy Lomachenko admits Luke Campbell could be his hardest fight ever  Sky SportsVasyl Lomachenko vs Luke Campbell: Start time, ring walk, TV cha
  
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• Three men arrested over attack on left-wing journalist Owen Jones

  29-08-2019 18:06
  Guardian editor Katherine Viner and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn were among those to condemn the attack.
  
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• Driver caught speeding at 110mph ‘needed the toilet’

  29-08-2019 18:01
  A silver Mercedes was stopped on the A1 in Cambridgeshire.
  
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