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• Queen 'will not be amused' after Boris Johnson 'lied' about prorogation motive - Mirror Online

  11-09-2019 23:42 via news.google.com
  Queen 'will not be amused' after Boris Johnson 'lied' about prorogation motive  Mirror OnlineBrexit: Scottish judges rule Parliament suspension is unlawful  BBC NewsDemands to recall parliament as court rules suspension unlawful  Sky NewsThe Guardian view on Boris Johnson and the crown: a clear abuse of power  The GuardianBrexit: Is Boris Johnson profiting from dividing?  BBC NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Gareth Southgate worried about disorder in Prague and racism in Sofia - The Guardian

  11-09-2019 23:30 via news.google.com
  Gareth Southgate worried about disorder in Prague and racism in Sofia  The GuardianRaheem Sterling: England star targeted by 'racist abuse' during Bulgaria match at Wembley  Sky NewsEngland players to consider walking off pitch if they are subject to racist abuse in Bulgaria  Mirror OnlineRaheem Sterling thriving off new status with fans, says Gareth Southgate  The TelegraphRaheem Sterling ‘suffered racist abuse at Wembley’ in England’s E
  
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• Boris Johnson to hand £1.25bn contract for new frigates to Rosyth - The Guardian

  11-09-2019 23:30 via news.google.com
  Boris Johnson to hand £1.25bn contract for new frigates to Rosyth  The GuardianBoris Johnson: Let's bring shipbuilding home with new Type 31 Royal Navy frigates  Telegraph.co.uk'Build all Navy ships in UK' say unions, as Boris Johnson unveils frigate deal  Mirror OnlineBoris Johnson to order work to begin on new fleet of warships in boost to UK’s shipbuilding industry  The SunBoris Johnson gives Navy a boost by pledging to order five new frigat
  
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• Boris Johnson pledges to ‘bring shipbuilding home’ ahead of Type 31 announcement

  11-09-2019 23:30
  The Government has committed to buying at least five of the cutting-edge warships for the Royal Navy.
  
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• Boris Johnson gives Navy a boost by pledging to order five new frigates to be made in Britain - Daily Mail

  11-09-2019 23:26 via news.google.com
  Boris Johnson gives Navy a boost by pledging to order five new frigates to be made in Britain  Daily MailBoris Johnson: Let's bring shipbuilding home with new Type 31 Royal Navy frigates  Telegraph.co.ukBabcock group wins contract to build Royal Navy frigates  Financial TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Rudd backs May’s deal to break Brexit deadlock

  11-09-2019 23:22
  Ms Rudd will say that cancelling Brexit by revoking Article 50 or leaving without a deal would 'wholly alienate' the other side of the debate.
  
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• Tyson Fury v Otto Wallin: British heavyweight vows to not underestimate Las Vegas opponent - BBC Sport

  11-09-2019 23:21 via news.google.com
  Tyson Fury v Otto Wallin: British heavyweight vows to not underestimate Las Vegas opponent  BBC Sport6pm Boxing news LIVE: Chisora stuns with Vaseline pic, Fury vs Wallin LATEST, Ruiz claims Joshua is forced to  The SunEddie Hearn slams Tyson Fury for taking ‘easy fights’ ahead of Gypsy King’s bout with Otto Wallin in Las Vegas  talkSPORT.comTyson Fury v Otto Wallin: The team behind Fury's transformation, in body and mind  BBC SportTyson
  
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• What is Operation Yellowhammer?

  11-09-2019 23:09
  Here is the PA news agency's guide to the Operation Yellowhammer file.
  
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• 'Negative impacts, delays and lack of supplies' to Jersey in event of no-deal Brexit - ITV News

  11-09-2019 23:04 via news.google.com
  'Negative impacts, delays and lack of supplies' to Jersey in event of no-deal Brexit  ITV NewsBrexit: Operation Yellowhammer no-deal document published  BBC NewsBrexit: government publishes Operation Yellowhammer documents – live news  The GuardianOperation Yellowhammer: Government no-deal Brexit documents warn of food shortages and riots  Sky NewsFears of no-deal chaos as ministers forced to publish secret Brexit papers  The GuardianView f
  
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• Horrifying footage shows axed Emmerdale star Asan N’Jie threatening to ‘knife and kill’ Jamie Lomas - The Sun

  11-09-2019 23:00 via news.google.com
  Horrifying footage shows axed Emmerdale star Asan N’Jie threatening to ‘knife and kill’ Jamie Lomas  The SunSacked Emmerdale actor 'devastated' at being fired over awards clash  BBC NewsEmmerdale’s Asan N’Jie to 'beg' show bosses for forgiveness after shock brawl  OK! magazineReason behind Emmerdale star Asan N’jie’s threats to knife Hollyoaks’ Jamie Lomas was row over money  The SunAsan N'Jie: Emmerdale star
  
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• Amber Rudd calls for proportional voting system to be discussed

  11-09-2019 23:00
  Amber Rudd quit as work and pensions secretary over Boris Johnson’s policy on Brexit. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/ReutersAmber Rudd is to use her first speech since leaving the government to call for cross-party efforts to consider proportional representation.In a speech to the Reform thinktank in London on Thursday evening, Rudd – who quit as work and pensions secretary and resigned the Conservative whip over Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans – will call for compromise on leav
  
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• Olivia Colman: The cape that helped actress overcome her fear of the limelight - Sky News

  11-09-2019 22:49 via news.google.com
  Olivia Colman: The cape that helped actress overcome her fear of the limelight  Sky NewsOlivia Colman covers US Vogue: The Crown star does Annie Leibovitz shoot for American fashion bible  Evening StandardOlivia Colman says if people don’t like size of her bum they can ‘f**k off’ as she becomes Vogue cover star  The SunOlivia Colman brands ageism 'f**king ridiculous' as she becomes Vogue cover star  Mirror OnlineOlivia Colman is a Vogue c
  
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• Progress in cancer survival, mortality, and incidence in seven high-income countries 1995–2014 (ICBP SURVMARK-2): a population-based study - The Lancet

  11-09-2019 22:32 via news.google.com
  Progress in cancer survival, mortality, and incidence in seven high-income countries 1995–2014 (ICBP SURVMARK-2): a population-based study  The LancetUK still behind in cancer survival despite recent surge  The GuardianBritain slumps to bottom of cancer survival league tables – and is two decades behind some countries  The TelegraphAustralia's high cancer survival rates attributed to earlier detection  The GuardianPancreatic cancer lowest one-y
  
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• UK still behind in cancer survival despite recent surge

  11-09-2019 22:30
  A man having an MRI scan. Early diagnosis was one reason cited for the gap in survival rates. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphotoCancer survival rates in the UK have improved markedly over recent decades but still lag behind those of comparable countries, a major research exercise has shown.The study looked at one-year and five-year survival of cancer patients in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and the UK between 1995 and 2014. It found that while the chances of survivi
  
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• UK at bottom of league table for some key cancers

  11-09-2019 22:30
  The UK has the poorest five-year survival rate for five out of seven cancers, including bowel and lung.
  
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• Man arrested for murder as baby boy dies after being rescued from river - The Independent

  11-09-2019 22:24 via news.google.com
  Man arrested for murder as baby boy dies after being rescued from river  The IndependentRadcliffe baby death: Boy 'thrown in river' dies as man arrested on suspicion of murder  Mirror.co.ukBaby pulled from River Irwell dies in hospital as man arrested  BBC NewsBaby pulled from River Irwell in Manchester in critical condition  Metro.co.ukBaby fighting for life after being rescued from River Irwell in Greater Manchester  Stoke-on-Trent LiveView ful
  
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• Beloved Eccentric Artist Daniel Johnston Dead at 58 - Spectrum News

  11-09-2019 22:22 via news.google.com
  Beloved Eccentric Artist Daniel Johnston Dead at 58  Spectrum NewsDaniel Johnston death: American singer and artist dies aged 58  The IndependentThe massively influential cult hero and lo-fi music pioneer Daniel Johnston has died at the age of 58  NME LiveDaniel Johnston dead aged 58 as cult singer and songwriter suffers heart attack  Daily StarProlific singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston has died  FACTView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Baby boy dies after being rescued from river

  11-09-2019 22:04
  Police were called to reports that a child was in the River Irwell in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester.
  
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• Fears of no-deal chaos as ministers forced to publish secret Brexit papers

  11-09-2019 22:03
  A line of lorries is seen during a Brexit preparedness trail in Kent.Photograph: Toby Melville/ReutersA no-deal Brexit could result in rising food and fuel prices, disruption to medicine supplies and public disorder on Britain’s streets, according to secret documents the government was forced by MPs to publish on Wednesday.A five-page document spelling out the government’s “planning assumptions” under Operation Yellowhammer – the government’s no-deal plan &nda
  
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• Children as young as eight ‘seen wandering around migrant camps on their own’

  11-09-2019 21:51
  The Care4Calais charity described the scenes at the migrant camps.
  
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• Radcliffe baby death: Boy 'thrown in river' dies as man arrested on suspicion of murder - Mirror.co.uk

  11-09-2019 21:43 via news.google.com
  Radcliffe baby death: Boy 'thrown in river' dies as man arrested on suspicion of murder  Mirror.co.ukBaby pulled from River Irwell dies in hospital: Man arrested  BBC NewsMan arrested on suspicion of murder after baby boy 'thrown into river' in Manchester  Lancashire PostBaby pulled from River Irwell in Manchester in critical condition  Metro.co.ukMurder investigation launched after baby boy rescued from river in Greater Manchester dies  Chronicl
  
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• As a professor of law and government, I believe today's court ruling means Johnson must immediately resign - The Independent

  11-09-2019 21:35 via news.google.com
  As a professor of law and government, I believe today's court ruling means Johnson must immediately resign  The IndependentBrexit: Scottish judges rule Parliament suspension is unlawful  BBC NewsMPs demand Parliament be recalled after Scottish prorogation court ruling  BBC NewsBrexit: Boris Johnson taking UK dangerously close to dictatorship – Ian Murray MP  The ScotsmanBoris Johnson suffers another self-inflicted Brexit blow  Financial Tim
  
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• Health secretary voices concern at duty-free's return under no-deal Brexit

  11-09-2019 21:34
  Matt Hancock speaking at the Public Health England annual conference on Wednesday in Coventry. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PAMatt Hancock has voiced unease at the government reintroducing duty-free drink and cigarettes if there is a no-deal Brexit, amid growing anger among health experts at the move.Critics claim the policy, which the Treasury unveiled on Tuesday,is at odds with the government’s determination to eradicate smoking altogether and reduce alcohol-related harm.The health secretary
  
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• Impact of no-deal Brexit revealed in Government documents

  11-09-2019 21:32
  Electricity and food price rises predicted as well as major HGV hold-ups.
  
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• Firms face existential challenge in NI over no-deal Brexit

  11-09-2019 21:29
  Secretary of State Julian Smith was among those present as Trade NI launched its 10-year plan Vision 2030 at Westminster on Wednesday.
  
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• Mike Ashley: I want to be one of the big fish - BBC News

  11-09-2019 21:24 via news.google.com
  Mike Ashley: I want to be one of the big fish  BBC NewsThird of Sports Direct investors vote against Mike Ashley's re-election  The TimesMike Ashley insists 'elevation' on track but new auditor remains a mystery  East Lothian CourierSports Direct investors rebel against Mike Ashley  BBC NewsSports Direct boss Mike Ashley admits rebels 'have a point' as he sees off revolt  Sky NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• UK's worst-case no-deal Brexit plan warns of food shortages, public disorder

  11-09-2019 21:20
  The British government's plans for a no-deal Brexit warn of severe disruption to cross-Channel routes, affecting the supply of medicines and certain types of fresh foods, and say that protests and counter-protests will take place across the country, accompanied by a possible rise in public disorder.The "Operation Yellowhammer" worst-case assumptions published on Wednesday were prepared on Aug. 2, the government said, nine days after Boris Johnson became prime minister, and form the basis of its
  
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• Let migrants claim UK asylum in France to stop Channel crossings, says charity

  11-09-2019 21:20
  Care4Calais thinks UK officials setting up a kiosk on the continent to process asylum applications would tackle the ongoing migrant crisis.
  
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• Premier League Legend Puts Former Celt Ahead of Rio Ferdinand - CeltsAreHere

  11-09-2019 20:56 via news.google.com
  Premier League Legend Puts Former Celt Ahead of Rio Ferdinand  CeltsAreHereVincent Kompany testimonial HIGHLIGHTS Benjani scores last gasp equaliser for Man City Legends  Manchester Evening NewsVincent Kompany: Ex-Manchester City defender to miss own testimonial  BBC SportVincent Kompany testimonial: Man City legend's special occasion live on Sky Sports  Sky SportsKompany praised for 'passion' in tackling homelessness  East Lothian CourierView fu
  
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• Water discovered for first time on planet that may be habitable - TVNZ

  11-09-2019 20:47 via news.google.com
  Water discovered for first time on planet that may be habitable  TVNZWater found for first time on potentially habitable planet  BBC NewsWater found on most habitable known world beyond solar system  The GuardianK2-18b: Water vapour discovery means giant 'super-Earth' could support life  Sky NewsHubblecast Light: Exoplanet K2-18b  HubbleESAView full coverage on Google News
  
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• PSNI chief lobbies for more police to counter paramilitary threat

  11-09-2019 20:42
  Simon Byrne said the PSNI needed 800 more officers to deal with the rising number of callouts and investigations of terror threats. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PAThe head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland has asked for funding to recruit 800 officers to help deal with an increase in paramilitary activity in the region.Simon Byrne said the force had had to deal with more callouts and investigations of terrorist threats since he took up the role in July than his predecessor had faced in the
  
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• Northern Ireland police chief seeks 800 more officers as terror threat grows

  11-09-2019 20:42
  Simon Byrne said the PSNI needed 800 more officers to deal with the rising number of callouts and investigations of terror threats. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PAThe head of the Police Service of Northern Ireland has asked for funding to recruit 800 officers to help deal with an increase in paramilitary activity in the region.Simon Byrne said the force had had to deal with more callouts and investigations of terrorist threats since he took up the role in July than his predecessor had faced in the
  
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• Mike Ashley: 'I have nothing to hide!'

  11-09-2019 20:18
  Sports Direct's founder and CEO Mike Ashley spoke to Sky News about the various challenges the retail group is currently facing.
  
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• 'Flying fish' robot can propel itself out of water and glide through air - Mirage News

  11-09-2019 20:11 via news.google.com
  'Flying fish' robot can propel itself out of water and glide through air  Mirage News'Flying fish' robot can burst from water and fly through the sky  The IndependentRobot can launch out of the water and glide like a flying fish  New Scientist News'Flying fish' robot shoots water out of its butt  CNET'Flying fish' robot can propel itself out of water and glide through the air  Tech XploreView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Researchers design robot glider that takes off from water - Cosmos

  11-09-2019 20:01 via news.google.com
  Researchers design robot glider that takes off from water  Cosmos'Flying fish' robot can burst from water and fly through the sky  The IndependentRobot can launch out of the water and glide like a flying fish  New Scientist News'Flying fish' robot propels itself by shooting water out of its butt  CNET'Flying fish' robot can propel itself out of water and glide through the air  Tech XploreView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Oxford ‘best university in the world’, new rankings show

  11-09-2019 20:00
  A total of 28 UK institutions made the top 200 in the latest Times Higher Education world university rankings.
  
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• Badger cull could spill into Shropshire - shropshirestar.com

  11-09-2019 20:00 via news.google.com
  Badger cull could spill into Shropshire  shropshirestar.comBadger cull in England extended to ‘unimaginable scale’  The GuardianBadger cull in England extended to 40 areas  BBC NewsAlmost 7,500 badgers could be shot as cull extended to new areas of Staffordshire and Cheshire  Stoke-on-Trent LiveBadger cull expanded in effort to tackle TB in cattle  ITV NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• The oldest genetic data ever found - Cosmos

  11-09-2019 19:58 via news.google.com
  The oldest genetic data ever found  CosmosScientists extract oldest ever genetic information from 1.7 million-year-old rhino tooth  The IndependentEvolution revolution as 2 million-year-old rhino tooth has ‘game-changer’ genes  Daily StarScientists dig genetic clues from 1.7m-year-old rhino tooth  Telegraph.co.uk'Game-changing' research could solve evolution mysteries  Phys.orgView full coverage on Google News
  
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• London broker wins sexual discrimination lawsuit against BNP Paribas

  11-09-2019 19:54
  A female BNP Paribas broker, whose boss repeatedly brushed aside her questions by saying "not now, Stacey," has won a sexual discrimination and victimisation lawsuit in a London employment tribunal.Stacey Macken, who is suing the London branch of the bank for 4.0 million pounds ($4.9 million) from the London branch of the bank, alleged she was paid less than male peers and subjected to sexist behaviour that included colleagues leaving a witch's hat on her desk.
  
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• Boris Johnson rejects Northern Ireland-only backstop

  11-09-2019 19:53
  Boris Johnson has rejected the idea of using a Northern Ireland-only backstop to solve the Brexit impasse, dismissing the idea during a stage-managed Downing Street event in which he answered questions via social media.The self-styled “People’s PMQs” saw the prime minister spend slightly under 14 minutes answering pre-selected voters’ questions on a live Facebook feed from Downing Street, with no follow-up or scrutiny of his answers.Answering one question on the backstop
  
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• Corbyn rejects call by Tom Watson for Labour to fully back remain

  11-09-2019 19:42
  Jeremy Corbyn has flatly rejected a proposal by his deputy, Tom Watson, for Labour to become an unequivocally pro-remain party.Watson gave a provocative speech in London on Wednesday, calling for Labour to back a referendum to reverse Brexit before any general election is held. But Corbyn later reiterated Labour’s stance, agreed with key trade union leaders on Tuesday, which is to negotiate a “credible” leave option and then present it to voters in a referendum.Asked about Wats
  
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• Soldier F will not attend first day of Bloody Sunday court case

  11-09-2019 19:26
  The former paratrooper is accused of killing James Wray and William McKinney in 1972, as well as four counts of attempted murder.
  
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• Scientists uncover ‘first’ water on potentially habitable super-Earth

  11-09-2019 19:23
  Sophisticated tools were able to detect water vapour on K2-18b, an exoplanet located 110 light years away.
  
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• International student urges Government to backdate visa reforms

  11-09-2019 19:21
  The new rules will not apply to students graduating this year or before.
  
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• Is Labour’s best Brexit option ‘full remain’ or neutral in a second referendum?

  11-09-2019 19:13
  Michael Meadowcroft, Karen Barratt, David Redshaw, Shaun Soper, Alan Carling and Keran James discuss the party’s Brexit strategy. There is much good sense in Polly Toynbee’s case for Jeremy Corbyn being the figurehead for opposition to a no-deal Brexit at the forthcoming general election, ( If Johnson quits MPs should back Corbyn to avoid no deal, 10 September), but it has two significant flaws. First, the election campaign will have to be in opposition to the whole Brexit deal, with
  
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• Victims of torture must have justice

  11-09-2019 19:12
  Defence secretary Ben Wallace. ‘Surely no serving minister could believe it is acceptable to support actions banned under the UN convention against torture,’ writes Sonya Sceats. Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty ImagesIt would be comforting to think that a story about the defence secretary endorsing mock executions in an interview 16 years ago (Report, 9 September) might be of merely historic interest. Surely no serving minister could believe it acceptable to support actions banned un
  
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• British Airways pilots’ pay and perks – the facts

  11-09-2019 19:12
  Two BA pilots respond to claims in a letter about their remuneration and employee benefits. The comments from Allan McRobert about British Airways pilots are simply wrong ( Letters, 11 September). All BA pilots are directly employed by BA and are taxed under PAYE just like everybody else. The service-company model that he mentions has never been used by BA pilots. All BA pilots now have a retirement age of 65. Unlike former BOAC staff from the 1970s, no current BA staff have an active final-sala
  
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• Applying for settled status is a fraught and humiliating process

  11-09-2019 19:12
  EU citizens demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London. ‘Perhaps, as a foreigner, I don’t understand the meaning of the word “straightforward”,’ writes Jacqueline Gilbert. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAHome Office minister Brandon Lewis (Letters, 10 September) writes: “EU citizens are our friends … and the EU settlement scheme has been designed to make it straightforward for them to get the immigration status they need.”Really? I am a
  
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• French producer’s friend raised alarm after ‘strange’ texts, murder trial told

  11-09-2019 19:05
  Laureline Garcia-Bertaux’s body was found in a shallow grave in her garden in Kew, south-west London, in March.
  
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• Giant bubbles spotted rushing out from Milky Way's center - Astronomy Magazine

  11-09-2019 19:04 via news.google.com
  Giant bubbles spotted rushing out from Milky Way's center  Astronomy MagazineHuge 'structures' found at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, scientists say  The IndependentMilky Way's supermassive black hole spewed bubbles in 'feeding frenzy'  Metro.co.ukGargantuan 'Bubbles' of Radio Energy Spotted at the Center of Our Galaxy. How'd They Get There?  Livescience.comGiant radio bubbles spew from near the Milky Way's central black hole  Science NewsV
  
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