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• Boris Johnson: I believe ‘passionately’ that a new Brexit deal can be struck

  15-09-2019 23:44
  The Prime Minister will travel to Luxembourg on Monday for talks with Jean-Claude Juncker.
  
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• Jailed killer to warn teenagers about dangers of carrying a knife

  15-09-2019 23:30
  Sadam Essakhil has taken part in a video project by West Midlands Police.
  
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• EU dismay as Boris Johnson compares himself to Hulk

  15-09-2019 23:30
  Boris Johnson will travel to Luxembourg for talks in pursuit of a Brexit deals. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/AFP/Getty ImagesEuropean officials reacted with exasperation on Sunday as Boris Johnson compared himself to the Incredible Hulk throwing off the shackles of the EU the day before he is due to travel to Luxembourg for talks in pursuit of a Brexit deal.No 10 struck a combative tone before the scheduled meeting with European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker saying Johnson would te
  
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• PM Johnson says he believes he can strike an EU deal within weeks

  15-09-2019 23:06
  The former London mayor reiterated that he was working to ensure that Britain exited the European Union on Oct. 31."If we can make enough progress in the next few days, I intend to go to that crucial summit on Oct. 17, and finalise an agreement that will protect the interests of business and citizens on both sides of the Channel, and on both sides of the border in Ireland," Johnson wrote in the Telegraph.
  
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• PM Johnson: Progress in next few days key to Brexit deal chances

  15-09-2019 23:06
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday the next few days would be key to his chances of securing a Brexit deal, and that an agreement with the European Union was still his aim and still possible.With less than seven weeks remaining until Britain is due to leave the European Union, Johnson has yet to strike a deal with Brussels to manage the unprecedented separation between the world's fifth largest economy and its biggest trading partner.Johnson has pledged to leave the EU with or w
  
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• Royal support for Gareth Thomas as he reveals HIV positive status

  15-09-2019 23:03
  Prince Harry said the former Welsh rugby star is an "absolute legend" for sharing his story.
  
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• Labour members to push for anti-Brexit stance at conference

  15-09-2019 23:00
  Labour ‘s deputy leader, Tom Watson, called last week for the ‘unambiguously and unequivocally back remain’. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PALabour will face increased pressure from local party activists to adopt a more wholehearted anti-Brexit stance at its upcoming conference, according to an analysis of submitted motions which shows 90% want the party to openly back remain in any future referendum.The scrutiny of the 90 motions connected to Brexit tabled by local parties ahead
  
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• Channel migrants: Border Force intercepts 41 on four boats

  15-09-2019 21:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Four small boats, including a kayak carrying two men, are stopped making their way towards the UK.
  
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• New York moves to ban sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid health concerns

  15-09-2019 21:13
  Vaping products are displayed for sale in a shop in Manhattan. Tobacco and menthol-flavored e-cigarette products would not be banned, Cuomo said. Photograph: Mike Segar/ReutersNew York governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced an “emergency executive action” to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarette products, amid a surge in both youth vaping and concern over its health effects.“Manufacturers of fruit and candy-flavored e-cigarettes are intentionally and recklessly targeting youn
  
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• Gareth Thomas finishes Ironman Wales to ‘break the stigma’ over HIV

  15-09-2019 20:47
  The former Wales rugby captain revealed he has been diagnosed with the virus.
  
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• Mark Ruffalo Takes Down Boris Johnson's Incredible Hulk Brexit Metaphor

  15-09-2019 20:42
  Mark Ruffalo has rubbished Boris Johnson's claim that the UK could break outof the European Union's "manacles" like The Incredible Hulk if a deal cannotbe struck by the end of next month
  
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• Alex Salmond was ‘slipperiest of characters’, David Cameron claims

  15-09-2019 20:26
  The former prime minister has made the comments about the ex-first minister of Scotland in his forthcoming autobiography.
  
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• Dense and destructive: Mark Ruffalo on Boris Johnson’s Incredible Hulk metaphor

  15-09-2019 20:23
  The American actor has played the Incredible Hulk since 2012.
  
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• Four UK-bound migrant boats caught after French camp evictions

  15-09-2019 20:13
  The vessels, which included a kayak, were intercepted by Border Force as they headed for British shores on Sunday.
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman dies in street

  15-09-2019 20:00
  West Yorkshire Police said 21-year-old Bethany Fields died after a 'domestic' incident in Huddersfield.
  
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• David Cameron cannot be forgiven for Brexit referendum, says Swinson

  15-09-2019 19:57
  The Lib Dem leader said successive Tory prime ministers had been guilty of putting their party before the country.
  
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• Dungannon: Woman in her 70s dies after being struck by a car

  15-09-2019 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  A woman in her 60s is in hospital with non-life threatening injuries after the incident on Sunday.
  
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• Evasive little goat halts traffic on busy motorway

  15-09-2019 19:18
  Traffic on the M62 in West Yorkshire was stopped for around 45 minutes while the goat was caught.
  
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• Bad Spad And Dangerous To Know: How Dominic Cummings Could Shape Both Brexit And The Snap Election

  15-09-2019 19:03
  One Tory MP called him an "unelected, foul-mouthed oaf"
  
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• Iran Warns US It Is Ready For 'Full-Fledged' War As Gulf Tensions Escalate Further

  15-09-2019 18:56
  Iran has dismissed claims it was behind drone attacks on Saudi oil plants onSaturday but warned the United States it is ready for "full-fledged" war
  
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• Jo Swinson heckled as she defends decision to let Tory MP defect to Lib Dems

  15-09-2019 18:31
  The decision to allow Dr Phillip Lee to become a Lib Dem was criticised by a councillor attending the party conference.
  
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• Edmonton stabbing: Party guests 'chased down' fleeing suspect

  15-09-2019 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  A man suspected of a fatal stabbing was "pursued and detained" by partygoers at a football club.
  
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• Unrest in Hong Kong as protests turn violent – in pictures

  15-09-2019 17:52
  Riot police fire teargas and water cannon as pro-democracy protesters hurl rocks and petrol bombs, tipping the region back into chaos after a brief lull in clashes Continue reading...
  
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• Revellers restrain suspected killer by sitting on him until police arrive

  15-09-2019 17:51
  A 29-year-old man died after being stabbed in Edmonton, north London, on Saturday.
  
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• Closing the gap on rape prosecutions

  15-09-2019 17:46
  The director of public prosecutions, Max Hill, dismisses suggestions that the CPS is too cautious in its approach to rape cases. There is no truth in the suggestion that the Crown Prosecution Service is taking a risk-averse approach to prosecuting rape ( Senior police officer raises concerns over CPS’s ‘risk-averse’ approach to rape, 14 September). In my meeting with Sarah Crew, the deputy chief constable of Avon and Somerset police, I warned against exactly that, stressing tha
  
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• Lib Dems pledge to cancel Brexit if they win general election

  15-09-2019 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Members vote in favour of the policy, which would see the party revoke Article 50 if they took power.
  
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• Gareth Thomas and HIV stigma: 'It takes people like him to fight against it'

  15-09-2019 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Gareth Thomas can have a positive impact on HIV stigma, says George, who lives with the virus.
  
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• Johnson's 'bonkers' plan for £15bn bridge derided by engineers

  15-09-2019 16:23
  Boris Johnson floated the idea of the bridge during a school visit last week. Photograph: Toby Melville/AFP/Getty ImagesEngineering experts have poured cold water over Boris Johnson’s “bonkers” plan to build a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland for £15bn.The prime minister – who first touted the idea of the 20-mile-plus bridge last year – put a price on his proposal for the first time last week, saying it would “only” cost the multibillio
  
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• Lib Dems to call for overhaul of revocation of UK citizenship rules

  15-09-2019 16:06
  Shamima Begum was deprived of her British citizenship after leaving the UK in 2015 to join Isis. Photograph: PAPowers to strip people of British citizenship – as used against the teenage Isis recruit Shamima Begum – should be restricted to prevent the measures being abused for political point-scoring, the Liberal Democrats will argue.Under the British Nationality Act 1981, the home secretary has the power to deprive a British citizen of their citizenship if either their citizenship h
  
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• Lake District rescue of dog that refused to walk any further

  15-09-2019 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  The dog's owner was too tired to carry the animal when it refused to go on.
  
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• Artist annoyed over theft of £1m gold toilet as part of art exhibit

  15-09-2019 15:52
  No injuries have been reported and Blenheim Palace has said it is co-operating with a police investigation but the artist released an statement of annoyance.
  
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• Church of Scotland raises claim for share of £2 million Viking hoard

  15-09-2019 15:50
  A metal detectorist found the treasure in a field in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014.
  
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• Enigmatic artist who made £4.8m gold toilet denies theft was a prank

  15-09-2019 15:43
  Some sceptics have been slow to accept the theft at face value.
  
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• Birthday wishes from the royals as Duke of Sussex turns 35

  15-09-2019 15:43
  Harry is about to make a trip to South Africa with Meghan and baby Archie.
  
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• Smart motorway cameras make £600,000-a-year in fines – so much cash cops need more staff

  15-09-2019 15:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  EACH camera on new “smart” sections of Britain’s motorways is expected to rack up £600,000 in fines every year.
  
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• Lib Dems pledge to revoke Brexit without referendum

  15-09-2019 15:27
  The Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, shakes hands with a delegate at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty ImagesThe Liberal Democrats have overwhelmingly approved the party’s plan of going into an election with the promise to revoke Brexit without a referendum, despite warnings from delegates at their annual conference that it risked alienating some voters.Under the plan, the Lib Dems would still support a second Brexit referendum with an option of
  
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• EU officials reject Boris Johnson claim of 'huge progress' in Brexit talks

  15-09-2019 15:23
  Johnson is due to meet Juncker for talks over lunch in Luxembourg on Monday. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesEU officials have rejected Boris Johnson’s claim that “a huge amount of progress” is being made in Brexit talks, as Jean-Claude Juncker warned that time is running out.Juncker, who will stand down as European commission president on 31 October, is expected to ask Johnson to spell out his ideas for replacing the Irish backstop when the pair meet over lunch in
  
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• People Are Cancelling Their RNLI Donations Because They Save Children In Other Countries

  15-09-2019 15:06
  The Royal National Lifeboat Institute has been forced to defend its worksaving lives overseas after an article on the Mail Online sparked an angrybacklash on social media
  
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• Liberal Democrats formally adopt 'Stop Brexit' policy

  15-09-2019 14:46
  The Liberal Democrats party on Sunday toughened its anti-Brexit stance, formally adopting a policy to cancel leaving the European Union if it wins power at a national election.The party holds just 18 seats in Britain's 650-seat parliament but has cast itself as the only 'Stop Brexit' party, hoping to pick up votes from the 16 million who voted to remain in the EU in 2016 and win enough seats to form what would be an unprecedented Liberal Democrat government.Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a Conser
  
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• Migrant boats intercepted after French camp clearances

  15-09-2019 14:25
  The Home Office said it was 'aware of ongoing incidents'.
  
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• Jo Swinson: I’ll cancel Brexit if I’m PM

  15-09-2019 14:09
  The Lib Dem leader said she would give voters the option 'for all this Brexit chaos to stop' at the next election.
  
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• Path open for independent Scotland to join EU: Russell

  15-09-2019 13:41
  More than six in 10 (62%) people in Scotland voted remain in the 2016 referendum.
  
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• Witnesses to fatal stabbing chase down and detain suspect

  15-09-2019 13:40
  The attack took place near a party at a north London football club.
  
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• In Pictures: Village puts on a show with scarecrow festival

  15-09-2019 13:02
  There will be a vote to decide which scarecrow display is the best in the village.
  
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• Urban heron ‘behind bars’ wins British Wildlife Photography Awards

  15-09-2019 13:00
  Prizes were handed out in more than a dozen categories, from animal portraits to wild woods.
  
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• Brexit: UK ministers talk up Irish border compromise as key to deal

  15-09-2019 12:05
  Stephen Barclay and Priti Patel insist focus is on achieving agreement before 31 October. Two of Boris Johnson’s senior cabinet ministers have talked up the possibility of securing a Brexit deal through some divergence on the rules in Northern Ireland, as the government’s rhetoric showed fresh signs of shifting ahead of crucial talks next week. With Johnson due to meet Jean-Claude Juncker, the European commission president, on Monday, Stephen Barclay, the Brexit secretary, and the ho
  
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• Women MPs could be rendered invisible if next Commons Speaker is male – Harman

  15-09-2019 12:00
  Labour’s former deputy leader Harriet Harman said having a female Speaker would show the country that Parliament has modernised.
  
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• PM ‘accepts’ Government cuts have contributed to violent crime rise – Sadiq Khan

  15-09-2019 11:38
  The Mayor of London claimed that former prime ministers had refused to accept 'cuts have consequences'.
  
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• Gareth Thomas enters Ironman Wales to ‘break the stigma’ around HIV

  15-09-2019 11:37
  The former Wales rugby captain revealed he has been diagnosed with the virus.
  
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• Northern Ireland's DUP says still time for Brexit border deal

  15-09-2019 11:32
  The Northern Ireland party whose 10 members of parliament support British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government believe a deal can be done in the coming weeks to maintain an open border in Ireland, a senior member said on Sunday."The time between now and October 31 means that the opportunity to find a solution still remains," Democratic Unionist Party chief whip Jeffrey Donaldson wrote in the Sunday Independent, Ireland's best-selling Sunday newspaper."The DUP is committed to achieving that
  
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