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• Dad jetting off on holiday flies plane himself in place of missing captain

  04-09-2019 23:52
  The pilot told the packed plane, 'So if you're alright for one of your pilots to look like this today, we'll go to Alicante.'
  
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• Could there still be an election and what is happening with no-deal Brexit?

  04-09-2019 23:49
  Boris Johnson was delivered a series of blows to his plans to leave the EU.
  
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• Cornered Boris Johnson suffers triple Commons defeat

  04-09-2019 23:38
  Boris Johnson’s bid to trigger a general election next month has been blocked by MPs following a string of heavy defeats for the government in both houses of parliament.The prime minister was thwarted three times in the House of Commons: an attempt by opposition parties and Tory rebels to block a no-deal Brexit easily cleared its second and third readings, and Johnson later failed in his attempt to force a snap general election.Immediately afterwards, the prime minister called Jeremy Corby
  
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• PM’s bid to trigger early election fails after hundreds of MPs abstain

  04-09-2019 23:07
  MPs had approved a backbench Bill to delay Brexit in order to prevent a no-deal withdrawal from the EU on October 31.
  
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• Pound extends rally above $1.22 as MPs back Brexit delay bill - The Telegraph

  04-09-2019 22:58 via telegraph.co.uk
  Pound extends rally above $1.22 as MPs back Brexit delay bill  The TelegraphUK-focussed stocks catch Brexit breather; Hong Kong hopes boost FTSE  ReutersAustralian GDP lowest for decade, Hong Kong stocks jump on bill hopes – as it happened  The GuardianFTSE 100 closes higher as easing of "no deal" Brexit tension lifts mood  Proactive Investors UKFTSE jumps on optimism over Brexit, Hong Kong unrest  ReutersView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Johnson: Corbyn first ever to turn down an election

  04-09-2019 22:53
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday taunted the leader of the opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, after Corbyn refused to vote in favour of holding a national election."This is the first time in history that the opposition has voted to show confidence in Her Majesty's government," Johnson said in a short speech after he failed in his bid to call an election, in large part because Corbyn ordered his party to abstain on the vote.
  
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• Recession fears hang over Britain as Chancellor pledges £13.8bn spending boost - This is Money

  04-09-2019 22:50 via thisismoney.co.uk
  Recession fears hang over Britain as Chancellor pledges £13.8bn spending boost  This is MoneyUK 'at risk of slipping into recession'  BBC NewsUK lurches towards recession as dominant services sector stalls: ‘It’s clinging on by its fingertips’  The IndependentUK in serious danger of heading into recession service sector brexit  Metro.co.ukDrop in UK services activity raises likelihood of recession  Financial TimesView full
  
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• Ken Clarke calls Boris Johnson ‘disingenuous’ after PM ousts him from Tories

  04-09-2019 22:48
  "I do think the Prime Minister, with the greatest respect, has a tremendous skill in keeping a straight face while he’s being so disingenuous."
  
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• MPs reject Johnson's request for early election

  04-09-2019 22:46
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed on Wednesday to win the approval of enough lawmakers to go ahead with his plan to hold an early election.The opposition Labour Party instructed its lawmakers to abstain on the vote.
  
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• MPs win vote to take control of Commons

  04-09-2019 22:45
  MPs win vote to take control of Commons
  
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• Brexit Live: Boris Johnson says election must be held after he loses Brexit vote

  04-09-2019 22:22
  The PM named Tuesday October 15 as his preferred polling day.
  
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• Tory MPs to seek legal advice after having whip withdrawn

  04-09-2019 22:01
  Source says about 10 of those sacked still planned to stand again for the party. Senior Conservatives who had the whip withdrawn after voting against the government on Tuesday are expected to seek legal advice so they can stand again as Conservative MPs, amid rising Tory disquiet that saw Boris Johnson challenged at the 1922 Committee. Concerned MPs wrote to Johnson after he spoke at a fractious meeting of Tory backbenchers, asking him to restore the whip to the MPs, who include former cabinet m
  
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• Boris Johnson calls for general election on October 15 as further defeat looms

  04-09-2019 21:57
  Moments earlier MPs approved a backbench Bill to delay Brexit in order to prevent a no-deal withdrawal from the EU next month.
  
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• Early animal had 'complex behaviour' - BBC News

  04-09-2019 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Early animal had 'complex behaviour'  BBC NewsA millipede-like creature from 550 million years ago is among the earliest examples of an animal showing complex behaviour. Long before the dinosaurs walked ...
  
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• Ex-Tories Dominic Grieve and Phillip Lee cheered by protesters in Westminster

  04-09-2019 21:32
  Mr Grieve told the crowd that the Government was behaving like a revolutionary junta but pro-Leave demonstrators spoke of a 'left wing coup'.
  
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• Commons chaos: is no deal blocked? Is an election happening? - The Guardian

  04-09-2019 21:29 via theguardian.com
  Commons chaos: is no deal blocked? Is an election happening?  The GuardianNo – not least because the backbench-launched bill on no deal could only ever obstruct it as an option, not entirely remove it. But the cross-party plan has ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Commons chaos: is no deal blocked? Is an election happening?

  04-09-2019 21:29
  After another dramatic day in the House of Commons, what happens next?. Have MPs now blocked a no-deal Brexit? No – not least because the backbench-launched bill on no deal could only ever obstruct it as an option, not entirely remove it. But the cross-party plan has passed all stages in the Commons, and will now head to the Lords on Thursday. Boris Johnson has maintained his unenviable 100% vote loss record as prime minister, begun on Tuesday night when MPs voted to take control of the ag
  
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• Boris Johnson fails to bring Tories sunshine in excruciating PMQs

  04-09-2019 21:29
  Their clown prince resorts to telling bare-faced lies, making even Corbyn look dignified in the process. Practice makes imperfect. There was an air of expectancy on the Tory benches as Boris Johnson prepared to face his first prime minister’s questions. Surely the previous day’s car crash could only have been an aberration. This time their clown prince would prove to be the headline act they had been promised. Bring them sunshine, make them smile. Give them a reason to feel good abou
  
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• The best of the Jacob Rees-Mogg memes as he 'lounges' on frontbench - Metro.co.uk

  04-09-2019 20:55 via metro.co.uk
  The best of the Jacob Rees-Mogg memes as he 'lounges' on frontbench  Metro.co.ukBrexit: Slouching Jacob Rees-Mogg lampooned in memes  BBC NewsTest your modern manners in our quiz - The good, the bad and the ugly  Mirror OnlineI challenged Jacob Rees Mogg for lounging in the Commons – he seemed incapable of basic courtesy  iNewsThe picture of Jacob Rees-Mogg lying down on the job will haunt the Tories for decades  The IndependentView full co
  
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• Number 10 insists Boris Johnson will not resign to trigger election

  04-09-2019 20:55
  MPs are considering a backbench Bill to delay Brexit in order to prevent a no-deal withdrawal from the EU.
  
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• Squirrels eavesdrop on birds to stay out of danger, study suggests - Sky News

  04-09-2019 20:26 via news.sky.com
  Squirrels eavesdrop on birds to stay out of danger, study suggests  Sky NewsSquirrels eavesdrop on birds to find out when the coast is clear, study reveals  Mirror OnlineSquirrels listen to birds' chitchat to gauge if trouble's afoot – study  The GuardianSquirrels eavesdrop birds' conversations to find out if danger has passed  The IndependentSquirrels listen in to birds' conversations as signal of safety  Phys.orgView full coverage on Goog
  
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• Petition calling for Government not to suspend Parliament debated on Monday

  04-09-2019 20:20
  The appeal has more than 1.7 million signatures.
  
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• Churchill's grandson says Brexit is sending UK's influence into 'free fall'

  04-09-2019 20:19
  Nicholas Soames, the grandson of World War Two leader Winston Churchill, said on Wednesday that Brexit is sending Britain's status into "free fall" after he was sacked from the Conservative Party for rebelling on a vote on leaving the European Union.Prime Minister Boris Johnson expelled 21 lawmakers, including Soames, from the Conservative Party on Tuesday and barred them from running for the party in the next election after they voted for a motion that paves the way for Brexit to be delayed.
  
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• First images of Dakota Fanning playing a white Muslim refugee from Ethiopia met with outrage - The Independent

  04-09-2019 20:10 via independent.co.uk
  First images of Dakota Fanning playing a white Muslim refugee from Ethiopia met with outrage  The IndependentImages of Dakota Fanning playing a white Muslim refugee from Ethiopia have been met with consternation on social media. The actor plays the protagonist in ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Sajid Javid promises largest spending rise in more than 15 years

  04-09-2019 20:09
  Chancellor announces £13.8bn of extra expenditure and vows to build a ‘global Britain’. Sajid Javid has promised the largest increase in public spending in more than 15 years as he outlined a £13.8bn package ahead of a possible general election. Announcing departmental budgets for next year, the chancellor committed the government to a 4.1% increase in expenditure from 2019-20 to 2020-21, in a bid to draw a line under the era of austerity. Javid said he was in a position
  
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• House of Commons rules: What are MPs not allowed to do in the Chamber?

  04-09-2019 20:04
  Swearing can be allowed, but referring to someone by name definitely isn't.
  
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• Squirrels eavesdrop on birds to find out when the coast is clear – study

  04-09-2019 20:00
  When grey squirrels hear songbirds casually chattering after danger has passed, they start going about their normal business.
  
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• Elon Musk’s SpaceX blames bug for space collision near miss with satellites - The Independent

  04-09-2019 19:54 via independent.co.uk
  Elon Musk’s SpaceX blames bug for space collision near miss with satellites  The IndependentA near-catastrophic collision between satellites orbiting the Earth was the result of a "bug", Elon Musk's SpaceX has revealed. A constellation of satellites ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Barnier pulls out of Belfast appearance as Brexit negotiations continue

  04-09-2019 19:52
  The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator had been due to visit to Northern Ireland next Monday.
  
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• Bank of England: no-deal Brexit less severe than first thought

  04-09-2019 19:52
  Impact would still be negative but precautions have shored up confidence, says Mark Carney. Mark Carney has said the impact of a no-deal Brexit would be less severe than first thought, saying that preparations for a disorderly departure had helped to reduce the likely hit to the UK economy. Although maintaining “material risks” to the economy remained, reiterating that crashing out of the EU on 31 October was likely to have a negative impact, the governor of the Bank of England said
  
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• Mutual aid police officers will not be deployed to Irish border, MPs told

  04-09-2019 19:34
  Northern Ireland's deputy police chief Stephen Martin made the comment while giving evidence to the Home Affairs committee at Westminster.
  
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• Johnson receives support from Conservatives over new election

  04-09-2019 19:32
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson won cheers on Wednesday from some of his lawmakers when he told a meeting of his Conservative Party that there must be a new election and Britain must leave the European Union by Oct. 31.Addressing a meeting of the Conservative 1922 Committee, Johnson repeated his message that if he loses a vote in parliament later on Wednesday, an election must be held to meet his deadline to leave the EU, one lawmaker present at the meeting said, adding that he "did well".
  
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• Hands on: Asus RoG Phone II review - Digital Camera World

  04-09-2019 19:23 via digitalcameraworld.com
  Hands on: Asus RoG Phone II review  Digital Camera WorldAsus ROG Phone 2 Review  TrustedReviewsThe ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA502 packs a 120Hz display and GTX 1660Ti for £899  KitGuruAsus unveils ROG Zephyrus S gaming laptops with insanely fast 300Hz screens at IFA 2019  TechRadarIFA 2019: The New Magic Number for Gaming Laptops Is 300Hz  Gizmodo UKView full coverage on Google News
  
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• ‘It has ruined my life’: Jeremy Kyle guest says he attempted suicide after show

  04-09-2019 19:22
  Guests had less rights than 'someone in police custody', it has been claimed.
  
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• Sajid Javid’s spending review cash is too little, too late for a whole generation

  04-09-2019 19:06
  The government has announced a funding boost for schools over the next three years. Photograph: Rex/ShutterstockThe much-vaunted increase in education spending through to 2022-23 should be viewed with deep scepticism (Schools to get £14bn in Javid’s spending review, 31 August). Leaving aside that this would merely bring – in cash terms – the spending power back up to 2009 levels, there is something much more subtle going on here. Many people have already spotted that the
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg’s nanny would not approve

  04-09-2019 19:04
  Readers respond to a picture of the leader of the house lounging in the Commons. Jacob Rees-Mogg said in the Commons that the approach taken by a majority of the House to block a no-deal Brexit is “the most unconstitutional use of this house since the days of Charles Stewart Parnell when he tried to bung up parliament” ( Politics live, 3 September). No doubt he was trying to imply that the Irish are always troublesome and that insistence on the backstop is in a tradition of Irish obs
  
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• Irish PM 'looking forward' to hearing Boris Johnson's Brexit proposals

  04-09-2019 19:01
  Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson. Photograph: Rex and PAThe Irish prime minister has said he is looking forward to hearing first-hand Boris Johnson’s proposals for a deal on Brexit checks on the Irish border in what appears to be a softening of the UK’s approach to the backstop.He was responding to little-reported comments by Johnson on Tuesday in the House of Commons suggesting that the island of Ireland would be treated as one regulatory unit in relation to agrifood.Johnson said the
  
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• Ryanair pilots in UK to strike for further seven days in row over pay - The Guardian

  04-09-2019 18:28 via theguardian.com
  Ryanair pilots in UK to strike for further seven days in row over pay  The GuardianSeries of 24-hour stoppages to take place between 18 and 29 September.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ryanair UK unionised pilots call seven more strike days

  04-09-2019 18:24
  Ryanairmembers of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) announced a further seven days of strikes on Wednesday as their latest walkout comes to an end, having caused little disruption for the low-cost airline.Ryanair flights to and from Britain ran as scheduled over the last three days during BALPA's latest strike, having also caused minimal disruption during the union's first walkout last month over a dispute over pay and conditions.
  
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• Philip Hammond: I would sooner boil my head than hand power to Corbyn

  04-09-2019 18:23
  The former Conservative chancellor also criticised the 'mass purge' of Tory MPs who defied the Government.
  
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• High dose statins could be made available in local pharmacies, says NHS chief

  04-09-2019 18:22
  Low dose statins can be given over the counter but are not generally made available by pharmaceutical firms, the NHS said.
  
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• Fresh strikes planned by Ryanair pilots

  04-09-2019 18:18
  Balpa accused the airline of refusing to take part in talks.
  
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• Love Island’s Marcel tells MPs why he turned down previous series of the show

  04-09-2019 18:17
  The Blazin' Squad star eventually appeared on the third series.
  
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• Duchess of Sussex to launch clothing range for charity

  04-09-2019 18:16
  Meghan announced the project during her guest editorship of British Vogue
  
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• Anything possible in Brexit land, says judge hearing no-deal legal challenge

  04-09-2019 18:13
  Mr Justice Bernard McCloskey indicated his intent to hear the full case on Friday.
  
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• Javid promises ‘new economic era’ with pre-election spending spree

  04-09-2019 18:09
  Sajid Javid's decision to boost spending with the possibility of an early election looming was branded a 'grubby' stunt by Labour.
  
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• Labour says it will back 15 October election once no-deal Brexit threat removed

  04-09-2019 17:50
  One Labour MP said the overwhelming view at a PLP meeting on Wednesday was that Jeremy Corbyn should reject an election before 31 October. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/ReutersJeremy Corbyn’s spokesman has insisted Labour is prepared to support Boris Johnson’s calls for a 15 October general election once Hilary Benn’s anti no-deal Brexit bill becomes law – despite a backlash from Labour MPs.The prime minister announced on Tuesday that he would table a motion under the Fixed-
  
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• Royal Navy captures devastation in Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian

  04-09-2019 17:14
  Four UK humanitarian experts have also been sent from the UK to help.
  
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• Facebook to direct anti-vaccine searches to public health pages

  04-09-2019 17:00
  There has been great concern in the public health community that anti-vaccine sentiment is spreading globally through social media. Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty ImagesFacebook is to take a stand against vaccine denial by directing people searching for information or using vaccine hashtags to web pages set up by public health bodies.People who access Facebook and Instagram pages and groups that discuss vaccines, as well as those searching or using relevant hashtags, will see an education
  
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• Toronto's ultimate hotspots: drink, dine and thrift your way through Ontario's capital

  04-09-2019 16:53
  
  From Queen Street West to Leslieville and Riverdale in the east end, Toronto’s coolest neighbourhoods are home to some of North America’s most happening restaurants, watering holes and cultural hotspotsToronto is booming – pulsing with energy, from its homegrown art scene and its diverse culinary offerings to its status as one of North America’s style capitals. Rivalling New York City and LA, Toronto’s become a new premier destination for millennials curious to disc
  
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