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• Beware flood risk as heavy rain sets in, forecasters warn

  28-09-2019 23:33
  Just a week ago, parts of the country were basking in 26C heat.
  
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• Sign up to code of conduct to help protect MPs – Jo Cox Foundation

  28-09-2019 23:00
  The foundation added that intimidation was a 'cross-party issue'
  
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• Boris Johnson arrives at Tory party conference facing a series of challenges

  28-09-2019 22:42
  The Prime Minister is under pressure at Westminster and faces allegations over his conduct as London mayor.
  
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• In Westminster, MPs felt Brexit fury. At home they see hate rising

  28-09-2019 22:15
  West Yorkshire MPs Paula Sherriff, left, and Tracy Brabin have both been forced to call in police. Composite: Getty/ Alecsandra Raluca DrăgoiShortly after 1pm on Friday, detectives left the ground-floor offices of the Labour MP for Dewsbury. After talking to Paula Sherriff for more than an hour, West Yorkshire police launched three separate investigations into death threats made against her. All are linked to the fallout from Sherriff’s exchange with Boris Johnson in the Commons on We
  
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• Speaker John Bercow summons party leaders to peace talks

  28-09-2019 22:13
  Meeting called after multiple MPs raise fears over effect of angry rhetoric in Commons. Commons Speaker John Bercow has summoned party leaders to an emergency meeting on the growing use of inflammatory language in Westminster, amid concerns that MPs are facing an increasing safety risk before a potential election. Bercow has convened the meeting on Monday in an attempt to tackle the acrimony in the Commons and to discuss any new security measures in parliament. It comes just days after Boris Joh
  
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• Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo – in pictures

  28-09-2019 22:00
  This is the 10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s also the largest and longest ever. More than 2,000 people have died since the outbreak started in August 2018. As part of the UN Ebola emergency response, the Red Cross is working with the World Health Organisation and the ministry of health to help stop the spread of the disease. Infection can occur from touching the bodies of those who have died. This practice is part of traditional burial rituals in eastern DRC, s
  
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• Michel Barnier: Boris Johnson’s behaviour has ‘limited the chance’ of a Brexit deal

  28-09-2019 21:22
  Brussels fears prime minister has ‘lost control’ of events and warns that hopes of an agreement are now ‘very low’. Michel Barnier has told the British government that he fears Boris Johnson’s polarising behaviour has effectively blown any chance of finding a majority for a Brexit deal in the Commons. In private discussions with the Brexit secretary, Stephen Barclay, the EU’s chief negotiator said that developments in Westminster had damaged the already slim h
  
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• Johnson ‘whipping up riot fears to avoid Brexit extension’

  28-09-2019 21:01
  Labour claims that PM is aiming to invoke emergency powers using the Civil Contingencies Act. Boris Johnson is deliberately whipping up fears of riots and deaths so he can try to invoke emergency powers and avoid extending the UK’s EU membership beyond 31 October, Labour’s Brexit spokesman, Keir Starmer, claimed on Saturday. After a week in which the prime minister was accused by MPs from all the main parties, including senior Tories, of inciting violence by accusing Remainers of Bre
  
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• Tories hold 12-point lead over Labour in latest poll

  28-09-2019 20:25
  Jeremy Corbyn’s party trails Conservatives as Lib Dems make gains among remainers. The Conservatives head into their annual conference in Manchester with a 12-point lead over Labour, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer. Labour is up three points to 24% after its conference in Brighton last week, at which it rejected pressure to back an explicitly pro- remain stance on Brexit. But the Tories are on 36% (down one) despite another difficult week for Boris Johnson, during whi
  
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• Police called after Stella Creasy targeted by anti-abortion group

  28-09-2019 19:10
  MP ‘physically sick’ at poster claiming to show aborted remains beside her imageThe Labour MP Stella Creasy has contacted the police and said she feels “physically sick” after being targeted by an anti-abortion group.Creasy, who represents Walthamstow in parliament, expressed her concern as protesters entered her constituency and put a poster of her next to a picture of what it claimed was “a 24-week-old aborted baby girl”. Continue reading...
  
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• Corbyn critic Margaret Hodge faces Labour re-selection battle

  28-09-2019 19:01
  The veteran MP said she is disappointed but will fight to keep her east London seat.
  
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• Calls for inquiry into claims Johnson backers benefit from no-deal Brexit

  28-09-2019 18:06
  Cabinet secretary urged to look into conflict of interest fears raised by Philip Hammond and Rachel Johnson. The UK’s most senior civil servant is under pressure to investigate Boris Johnson’s financial backers following cross-party claims that unnamed individuals stand to benefit from the prime minister’s willingness to pursue a no-deal Brexit. John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, has written to the cabinet secretary, Sir Mark Sedwill, asking if there may be a conflict of in
  
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• Throw it on: this season's ceramic shades – in pictures

  28-09-2019 18:00
  From jumpsuits to peep-toe boots, the autumn palette is all about understated shades of off-white and beige. Aprons are optional.... Continue reading...
  
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• Maitlis: BBC 'looks out of touch' over Munchetty decision

  28-09-2019 17:59
  Newsnight presenter says corporation set ‘semantic conundrum’ in Trump racism ruling. The Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis says the BBC is in danger of looking “massively out of touch with the real world” as a result of its critical verdict on Naga Munchetty’s comments about Donald Trump. Speaking on Saturday in support ofMunchetty, who presents BBC Breakfast, Maitlis said the corporation’s executive complaints unit (ECU) was wrong to censure any member of st
  
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• McDonnell demands probe into PM’s ‘conflict of interest’ with speculators

  28-09-2019 17:51
  The shadow chancellor says big Tory backers stand to gain financially from a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Thousands protest against prosecution of ‘Soldier F’ over Bloody Sunday deaths

  28-09-2019 17:46
  The protest's organiser described the prosecution of 'Soldier F' as the "one of the crimes of the century".
  
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• Royal Navy destroyer returns from defending British shipping in Hormuz Strait

  28-09-2019 17:27
  HMS Duncan welcomed home to Portsmouth Naval Base
  
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• Two men injured in east London shooting

  28-09-2019 17:19
  No arrests have been made and a crime scene remains in place.
  
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• Hundreds join ‘march for choice’ abortion rally in Dublin

  28-09-2019 17:08
  Campaigners want the time women must wait for a termination reduced.
  
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• Chris Packham joins woodland protest outside HS2 base

  28-09-2019 15:56
  The presenter was one of about 200 people campaigning against the destruction of woodlands for the high speed rail project.
  
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• Wrightbus family ‘face death threats’

  28-09-2019 15:38
  Jeff Wright called for an end to intimidation and fear.
  
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• Corbyn: Labour would scrap ‘unmitigated disaster’ of Universal Credit

  28-09-2019 15:32
  The benefit cap and two-child limit would be immediately ditched, which Labour says would bring 300,000 children out of poverty.
  
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• Labour’s priority is to block no-deal Brexit – Jeremy Corbyn

  28-09-2019 15:30
  SNP MP Stewart Hosie said the opposition parties could move a no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson as early as next week.
  
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• Hammond: radical Tory advisers want no-deal Brexit 'shock'

  28-09-2019 15:04
  Former minister says party is no longer his and joins calls for PM to moderate his rhetoric. Philip Hammond has called for Boris Johnson to “moderate his language”, and described the current Tory government of radicals who seek Brexit by any means as unrecognisable from the party he joined. The former chancellor said he would not attend the Conservative party conference – due to begin on Sunday in Manchester – for the first time in 35 years. “The party I joined as a
  
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• ‘Soldier F’ prosecution one of the crimes of the century, says protest organiser

  28-09-2019 14:28
  Soldier F is charged with the murder of William McKinney, 27, and 22-year-old James Wray, and the attempted murder of four other men.
  
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• UK weather forecasters warn of torrential rain and gales

  28-09-2019 13:19
  The Met Office warned of travel disruption as result of heavy rain. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesTorrential rain and strong winds are expected across the UK this weekend, with forecasters issuing 25 flood alerts.The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning from 6pm on Saturday to 5pm on Sunday and warned of persistent rain and a risk of flooding across the north-west and south-west of England and Wales.The flood alerts, which warn people to be prepared for possible flooding, were issued
  
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• Harry hears about Angola’s efforts to tackle rising HIV figures

  28-09-2019 13:08
  The Duke of Sussex spoke to the nation's president on day six of his African tour.
  
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• Man charged with causing death of girl, 10, by dangerous driving

  28-09-2019 13:00
  Connor Marsden faces several charges relating to death of Melissa Tate in Kenton, Newcastle. A man has appeared in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a 10-year-old girl died in an alleged hit-and-run. Melissa Tate was hit by a vehicle in Kenton, Newcastle, at about 6.40pm on Wednesday. She died in hospital the next day. Connor Marsden, 23, appeared at Newcastle crown court, sitting as a magistrates court, charged with causing death by dangerous driving and failing to sto
  
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• Man charged with causing 10-year-old girl’s death in alleged hit-and-run

  28-09-2019 12:13
  Connor Marsden, 23, will next appear in court on October 28.
  
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• Flood alerts issued as heavy rain and winds forecast

  28-09-2019 11:41
  A yellow weather warning is in place for some regions for Saturday through to Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Boris Johnson ‘could face no-confidence vote next week’

  28-09-2019 11:26
  MP Stewart Hosie said an interim government headed by Jeremy Corbyn may be the only way to stop a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Pair who died in explosion at former steelworks named

  28-09-2019 11:09
  John Mackay, 49, and Tommy Williams, 65, were both killed during the incident in Redcar on September 19.
  
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• Johnson could face no-confidence vote next week to halt no-deal Brexit

  28-09-2019 10:57
  SNP’s Stewart Hosie says opposition must unite and that Corbyn must get first chance to be PM. There could be a vote of no confidence in the government next week in order to remove Boris Johnson as prime minister and secure a Brexit date extension, a senior Scottish National party MP has said. Following talks between opposition party leaders at Westminster, Stewart Hosie said the move appeared to be the only way of ensuring Johnson did not push through a no-deal Brexit on 31 October. &ldqu
  
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• Julian Assange’s father to receive award on behalf of his son

  28-09-2019 10:17
  John Shipton will receive the award outside Belmarsh prison in London, where his son is being held in solitary confinement.
  
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• Meghan ties ribbon ‘in solidarity’ at memorial to murdered student

  28-09-2019 10:10
  The death of Uyinene Mrwetyana in South Africa has sparked outrage and highlighted the issue of violence against women in the country.
  
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• Nasa catches black hole destroying a star - CBBC Newsround

  28-09-2019 09:56 via news.google.com
  Nasa catches black hole destroying a star  CBBC NewsroundCaught in the act: a black hole rips apart an unfortunate star  Reuters IndiaNASA’s New Visualisation Of A Black Hole Is Incredible  UNILADNasa watches as black hole eats a star by 'ripping it to shreds'  Metro.co.ukTESS sees its first rare star-shredding event  ROOM, Space JournalView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Half of patients now surviving ‘untreatable’ advanced melanoma

  28-09-2019 09:36
  Two immunotherapy drugs taken together prevented the progression of advanced melanoma in one in two patients.
  
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• Prince Harry's wife Meghan honours murdered South African student

  28-09-2019 09:23
  Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, has tied a ribbon at the site in Cape Town where a student was murdered last month, in a gesture of solidarity with those who have taken a stand against gender-based violence.Uyinene Mrwetyana was raped and murdered in a Cape Town post office, one of a spate of killings and rapes that has been the catalyst for protests against gender-based violence in South Africa, a country with one of the world's highest murder rates.About 3,000 women in South Africa were murd
  
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• 20 photographs of the week

  28-09-2019 08:54
  Forest fires in Indonesia, protests in Hong Kong, climate demonstrations and the World Athletic Championships – the past seven days, as captured by the world’s best photojournalists Continue reading...
  
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• Trump impeachment inquiry sparks 'bedlam' at Fox News

  28-09-2019 08:01
  Channel sees chaos as hosts battle over how to approach political drama regarding the ratings valuable US president. Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry is causing chaos at Fox News, where reports of “management bedlam” are circulating as hosts battle over how to approach a political drama threatens its ratings valuable presidential TV star. Fractures in Fox News’ coverage of the Ukraine whistleblower report were publicly exposed in on-air dispute between afternoon anchor
  
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• Dementia care failings cost businesses in England £3.2bn

  28-09-2019 08:01
  Alzheimer’s charity says people forced to quit or change work hours to care for loved ones. Businesses in England lost £3.2bn last year because people had to leave their job or change their working patterns to care for someone with dementia, a leading Alzheimer’s charity has said. Of the 355,000 people of working age caring for a loved one with dementia, more than 147,000 have had to reduce their work hours or have had difficulty balancing work and caring. More than 112,000 peo
  
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• Age UK warns of fraud rise when some free TV licences are scrapped

  28-09-2019 08:01
  Charity predicts threat to elderly with 13% increase in criminals posing as collectors. Older people are are at risk of being targeted by criminals sending fraudulent emails after the decision to scrap universal free TV licences for the over-75s, a charity has warned. In June, the BBC announced that free TV licences, which would cost the corporation an estimated £750m a year, would be means-tested. They promised to continue to provide licences to the 1.5 million older people who are on pen
  
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• BBC faces growing backlash over Munchetty ruling

  28-09-2019 06:50
  The dispute over the treatment of Naga Munchetty continues.
  
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• Tottenham fire: 80 firefighters tackle major blaze as huge plumes of smoke swamp warehouse

  28-09-2019 06:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  A MAJOR fire has broken out at a warehouse near a football club in Tottenham, with at least 80 firefighters tackling the blaze.
  
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• £16.6 billion pledged in post no-deal grants

  28-09-2019 04:52
  Britain is scheduled to leave the bloc on October 31.
  
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• Harry to meet Angolan president

  28-09-2019 03:51
  Duke of Sussex meets Joao Lourenco as emotional tour of Angola comes to an end.
  
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• What the papers say – September 28

  28-09-2019 02:11
  Saturday's papers are a mixed bag, with Thomas Cook, the BBC and Boris Johnson featuring on the fronts.
  
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• Tories propose to ban long journeys to slaughter

  28-09-2019 01:01
  The party is also considering a move to ban all trophy hunting imports.
  
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• Tories pledge ‘green’ funding for electric cars and new forests

  28-09-2019 01:01
  Ministers say the measures will help achieve the target of making the UK carbon neutral by 2050.
  
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• Fury as Nicola Sturgeon plots to put Corbyn in No10 as head of unity government

  28-09-2019 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  NICOLA STURGEON provoked widespread fury last night by signalling her readiness to support making Jeremy Corbyn caretaker prime minister in a bid to block Brexit. The First Minister, who has been cooperating with others in the “Remain Alliance” against Boris Johnson, said she “agreed” with making the hard-Left Labour leader head of a temporary government of national unity.
  
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