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• Johnson pledges thousands of new free school places

  09-09-2019 23:30
  The Prime Minister said thousands of new free school places would 'help to ensure children are getting the best education possible'.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: PM's wealthy friends will not be hit by no-deal Brexit

  09-09-2019 23:30
  Labour leader will tell TUC cost of ‘reckless’ EU exit will be borne by ordinary Britons. The cost of a “reckless” no-deal Brexit will not be borne by Boris Johnson and his “wealthy friends” but a majority of working people, Jeremy Corbyn will claim on Tuesday. In a renewed attack on the prime minister, the Labour leader will tell the TUC conference in Brighton that crashing out of the EU will give the Conservatives and their deep-pocketed supporters an opport
  
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• Boris Johnson told to hand over secret no-deal Brexit plans

  09-09-2019 23:30
  Dominic Cummings, special adviser to the prime minister. Photograph: Alastair Grant/APBoris Johnson has been ordered to hand over private messages sent by senior aides plotting the prorogation of parliament and secret papers detailing preparations for a no-deal Brexit, as he suffered yet another day of dramatic setbacks.As the prime minister moved to shut down parliament for five weeks, he was put under fresh pressure by former Conservative MPs and opposition parties, who voted to force him to p
  
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• Liberal Democrats poised to back revoking article 50

  09-09-2019 23:00
  Exclusive: Leader Jo Swinson says Lib Dems will campaign on unequivocal anti-Brexit policy. The Liberal Democrats are set to officially back revoking article 50 in an attempt to position themselves as the most pro-EU political party. The move would effectively sever the chances of an alliance with Labour at a forthcoming general election. The Lib Dem leader, Jo Swinson, said she would support the cancellation of Brexit, and the party expected to adopt this policy and write it into its election m
  
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• Scotland 0-4 Belgium: Brutal defeat all but ends group hopes for Steve Clarke's side

  09-09-2019 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Belgium inflict brutal defeat on Scotland that all but ends their hopes of reaching Euro 2020 via their qualification group.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn torn apart as former Labour MP launches scathing attack on Opposition leader

  09-09-2019 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  JEREMY CORBYN was the subject of a devastating verbal attack as former Labour MP Ian Austin lambasted the Opposition leader on his support for "terrorists and extremist" during a heated debate on the rule of law.
  
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• Labour MP Diana Johnson to challenge new reselection rules

  09-09-2019 22:21
  Labour MP Diana Johnson has told senior party figures she would fight ‘trigger ballot’ process. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PALabour MP Diana Johnson has vowed to challenge party rules that have led to her to facing a reselection battle before the next general election.At a meeting of the parliamentary Labour party in Westminster she told senior party figures she would fight the “trigger ballot” process after local activists voted to try and find a new candidate for the Hu
  
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• 'Life's too short': NHS trust boss's excoriating resignation letter

  09-09-2019 22:12
  Siobhan McArdle, CEO of South Tees district, cites cuts and unfair pressure from CQC as reasons for quitting
  An NHS trust boss has quit her post, blaming underfunding of the service, the hospital inspection regime and pressures of the job, and concluding: “Life is just too short.”Siobhan McArdle announced her resignation as chief executive of the South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust in a plain-spoken letter to staff on Monday. McArdle, who has been the trust’s boss for four ye
  
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• Handmaids march in central London ahead of Atwood sequel launch

  09-09-2019 22:08
  The Testaments is set about 15 years later in the same dystopian universe as The Handmaid’s Tale.
  
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• Bercow begins his long goodbye by inflicting more Tory turmoil | John Crace

  09-09-2019 22:03
  The Speaker’s resignation comes on yet another day of humiliations for Boris JohnsonIt was all too much for Sally Bercow. After more than an hour spent sitting listening to MPs eulogise her husband and no sign of anyone letting up, the Speaker’s wife slipped out of the Commons gallery. Things to do, places to go. She’d heard it all before. Most frequently from him.The lovefest had begun as a series of points of order, immediately after the Speaker had announced his intention to
  
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• Man accused of stealing 1,020 pastries worth $90,000 from New York bakery

  09-09-2019 21:49
  Gourmet crepes retail for $90 apieceConfections allegedly smuggled from New York warehouseA deliveryman in New York has been accused of stealing $90,000 worth of cake. David Lliviganay, an employee of Lady M Confections, is said to have smuggled 1,020 of their cakes out of their Long Island City warehouse on dozens of occasions over the course of a few months.The confections, like their popular Rabbit Stamp Signature Mille Crêpes, retail for $90 apiece, and have been raved about by the lik
  
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• Trump declares US-Taliban talks 'dead' after cancelling Camp David meeting

  09-09-2019 21:47
  Taliban says Trump sabotaged ‘finalised’ Afghanistan dealExperts doubt Kabul attack was real reason for cancellationDonald Trump has declared talks between the US and the Taliban “dead” after he called off a Camp David meeting over the weekend, triggering fears of a spike in violence in Afghanistan in the run-up to presidential elections due later this month.Trump announced on Sunday that he had cancelled secret Camp David meetings with the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani,
  
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• Fierce backlash as Ian Blackford labels Boris Johnson a 'dictator' - 'Utter madness'

  09-09-2019 21:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  SNP COMMONS leader Ian Blackford accused the Prime Minister of “acting like a dictator” during a debate in the Commons on Monday evening.
  
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• Penny Mordaunt: calls for Gulf crisis Cobra meeting 'ignored'

  09-09-2019 21:33
  Penny Mordaunt said the Cobra system had become ‘hollowed out’ under Theresa May.Photograph: James Veysey/REX/ShutterstockThe former defence secretary Penny Mordaunt has revealed that she had to ask five times before Theresa May would agree to a meeting of Britain’s crisis Cobra committee to discuss the Iranian threat to Gulf shipping.Mordaunt said she had become so frustrated after her three requests were ignored that she wrote to the then prime minister in mid June to ensure
  
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• Teenagers sentenced after youth, 18, stabbed to death metres from his front door

  09-09-2019 21:32
  Lyndon Davis died after an attack on March 14 last year.
  
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• MPs order Johnson to hand over aides' messages about prorogation

  09-09-2019 21:29
  Dominic Cummings, special adviser to the prime minister. Photograph: Alastair Grant/APBoris Johnson has been ordered by parliament to hand over the private messages of his most senior aides relating to prorogation and papers detailing Downing Street’s preparations for a no-deal Brexit, as rebel MPs attempt to prove he has misled the House of Commons.In a dramatic day in parliament, the prime minister was put under fresh pressure by opponents of a no-deal Brexit, after MPs voted to force hi
  
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• MPs demand Government publishes key prorogation and no-deal Brexit documents

  09-09-2019 21:15
  It comes after files released in a Scottish court appeared to show Boris Johnson approved the suspension of Parliament on August 15.
  
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• Creggan: Petrol bombs thrown at police and homes evacuated

  09-09-2019 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The PSNI says petrol bombs have been thrown at officers during a search targeting dissident republicans.
  
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• John Bercow's biggest moments as Speaker of the House of Commons

  09-09-2019 21:09
  In a decade in the spotlight, the Speaker has both infuriated and delighted MPs In his 10 years as one of history’s most controversial and combative Commons Speakers, John Bercow has been no stranger to conflict. Here are some of his most memorable run-ins. Continue reading...
  
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• Parliament to be suspended later on Monday

  09-09-2019 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  MPs are also set to reject a second call for a snap election, ruling out a poll before November.
  
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• Concern over mice infestation in west Belfast flats

  09-09-2019 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Mairead McKee, who lives in one of the flats, said she found droppings inside her baby's cot.
  
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• PM hiding information about no-deal Brexit damage, says Gordon Brown

  09-09-2019 20:45
  The former Labour leader was speaking at a No To No Deal rally in Glasgow on Monday.
  
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• Foiled terrorist attacks on UK soil have risen to 22, says top officer

  09-09-2019 20:44
  Neil Basu advocated Prevent should be judged on the basis of a ‘public health approach’. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAThe UK’s most senior counter-terrorism officer has revealed that the number of attacks foiled since the Westminster atrocity has risen to 22, with seven relating to suspected far-right terror.Speaking at a conference in Israel, assistant commissioner Neil Basu disclosed the updated figure as he laid out the law enforcement case in support of the government&rsq
  
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• OBR warns Sajid Javid he risks breaking borrowing rules

  09-09-2019 20:43
  Sajid Javid set out the biggest rise in public spending since before the financial crisis. Photograph: RMV/Rex/ShutterstockThe head of the Treasury spending watchdog has warned Sajid Javid that he is on track to break government borrowing rules after embarking on the biggest annual increase in spending for 15 years.Robert Chote, the chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), said the chancellor had set a course for the public finances that would probably breach a Conservative manife
  
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• John Bercow's long journey from hard right to Labour darling

  09-09-2019 20:31
  The Speaker has enraged former Conservative colleagues by drifting to the left during his political career. With his announcement that he will stand down as Speaker by 31 October, John Bercow is ending a House of Commons career that has seen him move from the right of the Conservative party to become a darling of Labour MPs. Standing at 170cm (5ft 6in), Bercow has become a favourite of satirists, developing a cult following abroad for his thunderous voice and the theatrical way he shouts “
  
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• Ellen DeGeneres recalls feeding Archie during afternoon with Harry and Meghan

  09-09-2019 20:08
  The chat show host has defended the royal couple, saying 'they are doing so much good for the world'.
  
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• Backlash after council buys Henry VIII castle for £2.9m

  09-09-2019 20:02
  The decision to buy the castle in Kent once owned by Henry VIII has been called a slap in the face after years of budget cuts.
  
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• Man guilty of running over Birmingham PC with police car

  09-09-2019 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  PC Gareth Phillips is on a "long road to recovery", the Crown Prosecution Service says.
  
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• Dutch police officer kills two family members, self - source

  09-09-2019 19:56
  A Dutch police officer shot and killed two family members and himself at a home in the city of Dordrecht on Monday evening, a police source said."Three people were killed in the shooting incident in Dordrecht's Heimerstein (neighbourhood).One person was seriously injured," according to the official police statement on Twitter.
  
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• Dutch police officer kills children, self - police

  09-09-2019 19:56
  A Dutch police officer shot and killed his two young children and himself at a home in the city of Dordrecht on Monday evening, a police official said.The 34-year-old policeman also shot and seriously wounded his 28-year-old wife, said police spokeswoman Miriam Slot.The children were aged eight and 12, she said.
  
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• Halloween hell or Brexit heaven for Johnson?

  09-09-2019 19:54
  The move by MPs to block an EU exit without a withdrawal agreement has caused problems for the PM.
  
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• If Boris Johnson quits, MPs should back Jeremy Corbyn to avoid no deal | Polly Toynbee

  09-09-2019 19:49
  It’s no use wishing for another leader of the opposition: we need a united alliance, and in this crisis he is stepping upWho’s afraid of Jeremy Corbyn? Unthinking, knee-jerk Corbynphobia is a danger in the precarious weeks ahead, as the country’s fate hangs by that red thread. As parliament is brutishly banished by Boris Johnson after failing to secure an election, both sides retire to plot feverish ploys and counterploys for the Brexit endgame. Related: No-deal Brexit: cross-p
  
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• Britain foiled 22 attacks since March 2017, top counter-terrorism officer says

  09-09-2019 19:43
  Seven related to "suspected right wing terrorism," Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu told a conference on international terrorism in Herzliya, Israel, according to the text distributed by Scotland Yard."Prevent is designed to break the cycle of extremist violence by empowering communities and individuals - to make them resilient to radicalisers and able to spot the vulnerable that radicalisers target and manipulate," Basu said.
  
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• Grab bag: 'I keep one for peace of mind'

  09-09-2019 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Police want people to pack bags of emergency supplies. For some, it's "common sense".
  
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• Former prisoner of war poppy seller dies aged 102

  09-09-2019 19:42
  Tributes have been paid to Ron Jones, who was a prisoner of war at the Auschwitz concentration camp and who sold poppies for more than 30 years.
  
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• NHS bosses apologise for calling single mothers a burden

  09-09-2019 19:41
  Body says sorry for offence caused by its justification for denying single women IVF. NHS bosses have apologised for justifying denying single women IVF treatment by saying they would be a burden to society and “unable to bring out the best outcomes for the child”. NHS South East London has said sorry for the “offence and distress” it caused, which prompted 175 single mothers to complain about its “misguided and offensive” language. The NHS organisation, which
  
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• John Bercow: 10 colourful years as Speaker of the Commons

  09-09-2019 19:36
  He has survived attempts to remove him from the chair, revelations about his expenses and allegations of bullying.
  
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• Could a no-deal Brexit still happen on 31 October?

  09-09-2019 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  A new law to avoid a no-deal exit has passed - but is no deal still possible?
  
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• Tourist guilty of 'wrong way' death crash in East Lothian

  09-09-2019 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Caroline Emmet was driving on the wrong side of the road when she crashed, causing Elizabeth Henderson's death.
  
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• Tafida should get chance to make whatever recovery she can, say parents

  09-09-2019 19:30
  A High Court judge has been asked to make decisions about the five-year-old girl's future and is analysing evidence at a High Court trial
  
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• John Bercow’s most controversial moments as Speaker

  09-09-2019 19:29
  From expenses claims to opposing Donald Trump, Mr Bercow's time in the chair has been colourful.
  
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• Hundreds of Bahamian evacuees ordered off boat due to lack of US visas

  09-09-2019 19:29
  Crew said people without visas must disembark ferry to Florida because of CBP’s ‘last-minute call’ that they would not be admittedMore than a hundred Bahamian citizens desperate to escape the devastation of Hurricane Dorian were ordered off a ferry to Florida, sparking a dispute between US immigration officials and the operator of the vessel. Related: Search for survivors of Hurricane Dorian continues in BahamasContinue reading...
  
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• Health boss Siobhan McArdle resigns saying 'life too short'

  09-09-2019 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  Siobhan McArdle tells staff the personal cost of being a CEO in the NHS is "just too high".
  
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• Moment furious Bercow erupts at Brexiteer MP in extraordinary attack - 'Like it lump it!'

  09-09-2019 19:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  SPEAKER John Bercow lashed out at an MP in the Commons during a standing order after he was told to "show some dignity" and appeared to be called a "bully".
  
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• John Bercow's decade as Speaker – in pictures

  09-09-2019 19:19
  John Bercow has announced he will stand down as the Speaker of the House of Commons by 31 October at the latest. In an emotional speech, Bercow said he would also step down as the MP for Buckingham Continue reading...
  
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• John Bercow to stand down as Commons Speaker

  09-09-2019 19:09
  Mr Bercow has come under fire for a series of controversial rulings in the chamber which were widely considered to favour Remain supporters.
  
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• Courts should not be asked to intervene in Brexit talks, judge told

  09-09-2019 19:08
  The Government's handling of the Brexit process is being challenged.
  
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• Getting to grips with the Labour party’s Brexit policy

  09-09-2019 19:06
  ‘Labour should drop the idea of a second referendum, promote a general election and campaign wholeheartedly to remain,’ writes Tim Oelman. Photograph: Yves Herman/ReutersWhile Jerry Hodgkinson (Letters, 9 September) uses Labour’s position on Brexit as an opportunity for a cheap swipe at Jeremy Corbyn, he makes no case against it. The party suspects that a Brexit deal better than the one arranged by the May government is possible, and would like to explore that possibility. It a
  
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• Dubious claim of rise in school standards

  09-09-2019 19:03
  ‘In 2012, Ofsted changed the “satisfactory” rating to “requires improvement” – a clear shift in language and tone, making the third category far more damning and lowering the standard of the second category.’ Photograph: Dave Thompson/PAIn her article (3 September) on the abuses and misjudgments of Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings in their time in the education department, Fiona Millar mentions an oft-used “fact” about the Conservative refor
  
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• Insight into Oxford University admissions process

  09-09-2019 19:01
  A view over All Souls College, Oxford. Nicholas Cole has responded to a piece about Oxford and Cambridge’s selection process. Photograph: Getty/Gallo ImagesProf Lee Elliot Major pleads for Oxford to centralise its admissions (Oxbridge: Watchdog must now bare its teeth on admissions, 3 September). His characterisation of the current system is full of misconceptions.Faculties already set centrally agreed criteria for admissions, agree the framework by which these will be assessed, reallocate
  
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