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• Boris Johnson heckled: 'You should be in Brussels; you're in Morley'

  05-09-2019 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to task moments after he arrived in the West Yorkshire town.
  
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• Checks ‘near Irish border’ in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Varadkar warns

  05-09-2019 23:23
  The Irish premier was speaking to British and Irish business leaders in Dublin, days ahead of meeting UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
  
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• Rees-Mogg criticised after comparing doctor with disgraced anti-vaxxer

  05-09-2019 23:12
  Professor Dame Sally Davies said the Commons leader's comments about Dr David Nicholl were 'frankly unacceptable'.
  
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• Boris Johnson’s brother resigns from Government during torrid day for PM

  05-09-2019 22:59
  The Tory leader was criticised for using police officers in a 'political stunt' and saw his Commons leader reproached by the chief medical officer.
  
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• Brexit: What happened on Thursday?

  05-09-2019 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Boris Johnson would "rather be dead in a ditch" than ask the EU to delay Brexit beyond 31 October, he says.
  
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• Brexit's most important week? Five things that happened on Thursday

  05-09-2019 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Family feuds, Berger bounces and, of course, Brexit battles. Just your average Thursday in Westminster.
  
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• Toddler found unhurt after bodies discovered at house

  05-09-2019 22:01
  Detectives in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, said they are investigating the 'unexplained deaths' of a man aged 32 and a 23-year-old woman.
  
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• Bumbling Boris's speech at police academy was classic Dom

  05-09-2019 21:57
  The Clown Prince dies on his feet, not in a ditch, after keeping the recruits waiting over an hour. These are the days of miracle and wonder. The country just laughed when Theresa May promised “strong and stable” leadership. Now it’s beginning to wonder if she might not have had a point. Classic Dom. Boris Johnson’s speech at a police academy in Wakefield was the shitshow to end all shitshows. It made his dystopian performances at the dispatch box over the previous two da
  
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• Bumbling Boris's speech at police academy was classic Dom

  05-09-2019 21:57
  Johnson’s speech was an ‘arrogant stream of pure unconsciousness’ Photograph: ReutersThese are the days of miracle and wonder. The country just laughed when Theresa May promised “strong and stable” leadership. Now it’s beginning to wonder if she might not have had a point. Classic Dom.Boris Johnson’s speech at a police academy in Wakefield was the shitshow to end all shitshows. It made his dystopian performances at the dispatch box over the previous two
  
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• Johnson Brexit speech criticised over ‘inappropriate’ use of police officers

  05-09-2019 21:55
  A young policewoman became unwell and had to sit down while the Prime Minister was speaking.
  
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• Police chiefs condemn PM for using officers as backdrop to Brexit 'rant'

  05-09-2019 21:37
  Boris Johnson has said he would “rather be dead in a ditch” than agree to extend Brexit, while ducking questions on whether he would resign if it was forced on him, in a sometimes rambling speech in West Yorkshire.Johnson’s speech and subsequent media question-and-answer session at a police training college began late, appeared to be largely unscripted, and resulted in a police officer standing behind him falling ill after standing in the sun for more than an hour.He vowed not
  
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• Colombian regulators order delivery app Rappi to comply with commerce laws

  05-09-2019 21:37
  Colombian regulators on Thursday ordered popular delivery app Rappi to comply with electronic commerce laws, saying the company is offering services that go beyond basic contact between clients and suppliers.The Superintendency of Industry and Commerce also said it was opening an investigation of the app - which specializes in on-demand deliveries for restaurants and supermarkets - after receiving hundreds of customer complaints.Rappi allows clients to have everything from tobacco products to co
  
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• Ireland raises prospect of some no-deal Brexit checks near border

  05-09-2019 21:30
  If Britain quits the European Union without a deal next month, some checks may need to take place near Ireland's border with British-run Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday.How to manage the land border between EU-member Ireland and Northern Ireland - and in particular the emergency "backstop" proposal to prevent the return of extensive controls - has bedevilled Brexit negotiations for the last three years.Ireland said in July that to meet its twin aims of avoidi
  
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• Jo Johnson quits: When Britain’s political families don’t see eye-to-eye

  05-09-2019 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  As Jo Johnson quits his brother's government, does it ever work out well for relatives on the frontline of politics?
  
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• Boris Johnson painted in police-style line-up

  05-09-2019 20:56
  The Prime Minister finds himself in a police-style line-up alongside movie supervillains in new seaside street art.
  
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• Harry back at Sandhurst as he puts spotlight on mental health

  05-09-2019 20:42
  The Duke of Sussex was one of the guest speakers at the Field Army Health Conference.
  
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• Navy helicopter saves three children in Hurricane Dorian rescue mission

  05-09-2019 20:32
  The Wildcat helicopter was operating from Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Mounts Bay.
  
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• Government forced to reveal confidential memos on prorogation

  05-09-2019 20:28
  A handwritten note from Boris Johnson released with the documents on prorogation.Photograph: Conor Riordan/PAThe government has been forced to reveal confidential Downing Street memos about the prorogation of parliament as it resisted legal challenges in Edinburgh and London to Boris Johnson’s five-week shutdown of parliament.The documents, first mentioned in the case at the Scottish court of session, detail discussions between the prime minister and his cabinet over the decision to ask th
  
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• Legal challenge to Brexit to be heard on Friday

  05-09-2019 20:19
  Victims' campaigner Raymond McCord is challenging the prorogation of Parliament and a potential no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Sir John Major hits out at PM Boris Johnson and his ‘overmighty advisers’

  05-09-2019 20:16
  The former prime minister spoke out in an address to business leaders in Glasgow.
  
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• Salmond complaint committee seeks clarification on court payments

  05-09-2019 20:09
  The Scottish Parliament committee agreed to write again to Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans.
  
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• Former PM Major calls on Johnson to fire top advisor Cummings

  05-09-2019 20:07
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should fire Dominic Cummings, the advisor behind his high-stakes Brexit strategy that resulted in an dramatic purge of his own lawmakers this week, former prime minister John Major said on Thursday.In a sign of how far Brexit has distorted British politics, Johnson's Conservatives expelled 21 rebels on Tuesday - including the grandson of Britain's World War Two leader Winston Churchill and two former finance ministers - for seeking to block any exit from the
  
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• EU row with Bern: short-term gain, long-term pain for Swiss stock exchange

  05-09-2019 20:02
  A trade dispute between Bern and Brussels has boosted revenue and volumes for Swiss stock exchange SIX, but may eventually hurt investment in Switzerland's financial markets, SIX's Chief Executive Officer Jos Dijsselhof said on Thursday.Swiss stock volumes have soared after a ban on trading on European Union platforms forced market participants onto the domestic exchange, handing Switzerland an early victory in its protracted row with Brussels.
  
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• #StealOurStaff: Soap company encourages employers to poach disabled staff

  05-09-2019 20:00
  The campaign puts a twist on traditional recruitment ads by showing off their employees on their soap packaging.
  
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• PM’s concern after student police officer becomes unwell

  05-09-2019 20:00
  The young woman officer appeared to hold her hat and then sit down as others around her looked concerned.
  
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• ‘People should not feel embarrassed about poo’ – Jeremy Bowen

  05-09-2019 19:59
  The BBC journalist revealed his bowel cancer diagnosis in April.
  
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• Wakefield's weary voters: 'Johnson never speaks to normal folk'

  05-09-2019 19:53
  Boris Johnson on a visit to a police training centre in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, 5 September. Photograph: Danny Lawson/AFP/Getty ImagesLike a touring pantomime villain, Boris Johnson swept into Wakefield to a chorus of jeers. A hastily-assembled crowd chanted “where’s your brother gone?” and waved EU flags as the prime minister bounded into the West Yorkshire city hours after the surprise resignation of his sibling and cabinet colleague.Most people met his arrival with a wear
  
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• Peugeot, Dongfeng agree to restructuring plan for Chinese venture

  05-09-2019 19:52
  Peugeot automaker PSA Groupand its Chinese partner Dongfeng Grouphave hammered out a plan to restructure their joint venture operations, slashing costs in the short term and aiming to boost annual sales to 400,000 vehicles by 2025, PSA said on Thursday.Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobiles (DPCA), the joint venture based in Wuhan, central China, plans to reduce the break-even point to below 180,000 vehicles in 2019 and further reduce to below 150,000 vehicles between 2020 and 2021, according to a
  
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• Johnson says 'I'd rather be dead in a ditch' than agree Brexit extension

  05-09-2019 19:40
  PM’s speech in West Yorkshire appeared largely unscripted and was dogged by incident. Boris Johnson has said he would “rather be dead in a ditch” than agree a Brexit extension while refusing to say what he would do if this was forced on him, in a sometimes rambling speech in West Yorkshire. Johnson’s address and subsequent media question-and-answer session at a police training college began almost an hour late, appeared largely unscripted and was dogged by distracting inc
  
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• Brexit: strategies and tactics in the battle for Britain

  05-09-2019 19:39
  ‘Boris Johnson has merely lost a trick, not the game’, writes Willy McCourt.Photograph: Jessica Taylor/APThe euphoria over Boris Johnson’s defeat on no deal is premature (Cornered Johnson suffers triple Commons defeat, 5 September). He has merely lost a trick, not the game. There will be an election, and Johnson’s strategy is still intact: to monopolise the leave vote, and trust the remain vote will be split.Anti-no-deal won on Tuesday night only because the opposition wa
  
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• Guarantee the legal status of all EU migrants living in the UK

  05-09-2019 19:38
  Protesters hold banners outside parliament calling for the rights of EU citizens living in the UK to be guaranteed. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty ImagesIn his first statement as prime minister, Boris Johnson gave “unequivocally our guarantee to the 3.2 million EU nationals now living and working among us … that, under this government, they will have the absolute certainty for the right to live and remain”. In less than a day, the prime minister’s spokesperson rushed
  
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• Who knows what Dominic Cummings is really up to?

  05-09-2019 19:35
  Dominic Cummings. ‘His supposed intelligence seems to function for destructive purposes only and utilise well-rehearsed formulas,’ writes Margaret Martlew Photograph: Hannah McKay/ReutersDominic Cummings is an intriguing individual. His supposed intelligence (The myth of Cummings’ invincibility is crumbling, 5 September) seems to function for destructive purposes only and utilise well-rehearsed formulas. What are his aims? He also seems to hate the Tory party – he said in
  
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• No-deal Brexit threatens overseas territories

  05-09-2019 19:35
  Fish are offloaded in Port Stanley, Falklands Islands. Photograph: Paul Byrne/APYour article (Falkland Islanders fear crashing out will end their fishing boom, 3 September) on the likely impacts of a no-deal Brexit on the Falklands provides yet another illustration of the broad and largely undiscussed effects of what the UK government is threatening. The Falklands and Gibraltar (a part of the EU) may be impacted most, but other UK overseas territories are also fearful of what comes next. All gai
  
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• Fraudster jailed after posing as police officer and solicitor to con victims

  05-09-2019 19:25
  Stephen Davey received a four-year term for four fraud offences and one charge of theft.
  
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• PM Johnson acknowledges family split over Brexit as brother quits government

  05-09-2019 19:19
  Jo Johnson resigned from the Government as Boris Johnson stepped up his charm offensive with voters.
  
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• Boris Johnson: 'I'd rather be dead in a ditch' than ask for Brexit delay

  05-09-2019 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson promises he won't ask Brussels for a delay to Brexit.
  
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• UK Government papers on suspending Parliament released

  05-09-2019 18:57
  Three judges at the Inner House of the Court of Session made the order for their publication on Thursday.
  
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• UK and Israel agree to confront ‘destabilising’ Iran behaviour

  05-09-2019 18:55
  Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in London to meet Boris Johnson.
  
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• Quiz: Can you tell these past Hyundai Mercury Prize shortlisted albums by their covers?

  05-09-2019 18:41
  Great albums and memorable sleeve designs tend to go hand in hand. Test your knowledge of the best of British and Irish music of the last few years by matching these album cover snippets with their artistWhich album is this?Foals – Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1The xx – I See YouFontaines DC – DogrelWhich album is this?Anna Calvi – HunterSEED Ensemble – DriftglassFontaines DC – DogrelWhich album is this?Florence + the Machine – High as
  
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• South Africa shuts its embassy in Nigeria amid violent protests

  05-09-2019 18:32
  South Africa has closed its embassy in Nigeria as tensions between the two nations rise following xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg.The diplomatic escalation comes after South African businesses, including telecoms giant MTN and supermarket chain Shoprite, closed stores in Nigeria after coming under attack from rioters.Civil unrest began in South Africa , with xenophobic violence against immigrants and foreign businesses.
  
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• Statement earrings and blue lipstick: street style from Ghana's Chale Wote – in pictures

  05-09-2019 18:30
  The annual festival of arts that took place in Accra last month puts self-expression at its heart. Cue individual style at its boldest: hair accessories inspired by Milo hot chocolate, cropped tops of traditional Ghanaian kente fabric and headbands decorated with hearts. Nigerian photographer Stephen Tayo went along to document the looksContinue reading...
  
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• Sean Cox moves to UK to begin next stage of his rehabilitation

  05-09-2019 18:23
  Sean Cox is being transported to a specialist neurological facility in the north of England for an initial 12-week rehabilitation programme.
  
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• Boris Johnson to visit Queen at Balmoral

  05-09-2019 18:20
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson's girlfriend Carrie Symonds is expected to accompany him to the royal estate.
  
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• Share cultural highlights of Japan for the chance to win a £200 hotel voucher

  05-09-2019 17:45
  Tell us about your best experiences, from visiting ancient temples to manga comic stores in Tokyo or Osaka … anywhere you’ve enjoyed Japanese culture old or newYou may have walked a pilgrimage trail, attended sumo wrestling or bathed in a hot spring. But of course, Japan’s unique modern culture is also a highlight of any visit, so tell us about modern art trails and galleries, places to buy manga or anime publications, and cool Japanese fashion shops.Please include details of
  
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• Rise in rightwing extremists held under anti-terror laws in UK

  05-09-2019 17:45
  Thirty-three people detained this year, compared with 28, 10 and six in previous years. Thirty-three rightwing extremists were held under anti-terror laws last year, a steady rise which coincided with another decrease in the number of Islamist extremists detained. The figures, released by the Home Office, compare with the 28, 10 and six people from a suspected far-right background who were detained in previous years. By comparison, the number of suspected Islamist extremists being held peaked in
  
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• Charlotte all smiles as she sets off for first day at school with George

  05-09-2019 17:42
  The four-year-old can be seen smiling with her sibling in a photo taken at Kensington Palace as she prepared for her first school run.
  
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• Judge deciding seriously-ill child’s future appeals to lawyers ahead of hearings

  05-09-2019 17:40
  Mr Justice MacDonald is due to decide whether five-year-old Tafida Raqeeb should be allowed to die, following hearings in the High Court next week.
  
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• Court rejects NHS trust's bid to stop Muslim family representing sick girl

  05-09-2019 17:37
  Barts NHS trust had argued woman related to seriously ill Tafida Raqeeb should be removed as her ‘litigation friend’. An NHS trust has been criticised for arguing that the family of a seriously ill five-year-old girl are incapable of acting in her best interests because of their Islamic religious beliefs. The parents of Tafida Raqeeb, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in February and is on a life-support machine, want to fly her to Italy for treatment against the judg ment of doc
  
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• Basic passwords like 123456 still used despite warnings – cyber security chief

  05-09-2019 17:30
  The National Cyber Security Centre is trying to change the 'doctrine around passwords'.
  
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• Caroline Spelman to step down at next election after months of Brexit abuse

  05-09-2019 17:18
  Former Conservative Party chairman Ms Spelman said the last six months had been 'extremely difficult' for her and her staff.
  
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