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• 'It's gloomy': EU unlikely to change position, says senior German MP

  29-09-2019 23:47
  Günter Krings tells Conservative conference election will not solve Brexit An electoral victory for Boris Johnson will not solve his Brexit problems with the EU, a senior German MP has said.Günter Krings, the parliamentary state secretary to the interior minister, told the Conservative party conference the EU is unlikely to change its negotiation position on Brexit even if there is a change of government. Continue reading...
  
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• 'It's gloomy': EU unlikely to change position, says senior German MP

  29-09-2019 23:47
  Günter Krings tells Conservative conference election will not solve Brexit. An electoral victory for Boris Johnson will not solve his Brexit problems with the EU, a senior German MP has said. Günter Krings, the parliamentary state secretary to the interior minister, told the Conservative party conference the EU is unlikely to change its negotiation position on Brexit even if there is a change of government. The interior minister said he was “gloomy” about the prospects of a
  
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• Harry warns conservation is ‘fundamental to our survival’

  29-09-2019 23:28
  Writing in the Daily Telegraph the Duke of Sussex said that conservation should not be dismissed as 'hippy'.
  
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• Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce confirms status with 100m world championship gold

  29-09-2019 23:25
  • Asher-Smith runs personal best and sets new British record
  • Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce bags her fourth 100m world titleSo dogged was Dina Asher-Smith’s pursuit of her first individual world medal that she refused to allow bread, sweets or wine to touch her lips for several months before arriving in Doha. Now, though, she can savour something even sweeter: a stunning 100m personal best, a new national record of 10.83sec and, most of all, a sparkling silver medal.“I woke up w
  
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• Thomas Cook ex-boss spent summer in £2m Spanish mansion as firm faced collapse - Mirror Online

  29-09-2019 23:24 via news.google.com
  Thomas Cook ex-boss spent summer in £2m Spanish mansion as firm faced collapse  Mirror OnlineThomas Cook boss 'sorry' over collapse but defends pay and bonus  BBC NewsThomas Cook staff prepare to be out of pocket on first payday since collapse  Milford Mercury‘Devastated’ Thomas Cook chief executive ‘deeply sorry’ for travel giant’s collapse but insists he would have done nothing differently  Peterborough TelegraphFormer
  
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• Givenchy rolls back the years to 1993 with bra tops and baggy jeans

  29-09-2019 23:06
  Clare Waight Keller’s collection drew on the era, but with a twist of ‘liberated femininity’Next spring, it will be 1993 – in fashion years, at least.That was the news from Givenchy, where the designer Clare Waight Keller named next season’s collection NY Paris 1993. The entrance to the show was lined with liveried waiters who handed each guest a Givenchy-stamped paper bag containing a single salty New York pretzel. Continue reading...
  
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• New treatment could help thousands of women beat one of the deadliest forms of breast cancer - The Sun

  29-09-2019 23:05 via news.google.com
  New treatment could help thousands of women beat one of the deadliest forms of breast cancer  The SunView full coverage on Google News
  
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• World on Fire review – ordinary lives caught up in extraordinary times

  29-09-2019 23:00
  Peter Bowker’s second world war drama is a beautifully turned ensemble piece starring Lesley Manville and Sean Bean ... and far from standard wartime fare
  The subject is war and the pity of it, and it is rendered freshly and exquisitely painful in the new seven-part drama series World on Fire (BBC One). Created by Peter Bowker (The A Word, Capital, Eric and Ernie), it tracks the declaration and first year of the second world war via the intertwining stories of ordinary families trying to g
  
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• Kyle Sinckler backs England’s forward ‘tank’ to handle Argentina’s power

  29-09-2019 23:00
  • England can clinch quarter-final place with a win
  • Sinckler: ‘They are playing for their lives’
  England are backing their forward “tank” to propel them past Argentina this weekend and confirm their place in the last eight. While the Pumas possess a decent set-piece and a good driving maul, the English pack are more than braced for the challenge and believe their tight forwards are a steadily developing force.As the USA discovered in Kobe much time and effort
  
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• Japan ready to hit Samoa with fresh array of trickery and invention | Nick Evans

  29-09-2019 23:00
  Coach Jamie Joseph knows Japan cannot win by physicality – they maximise their quick-footed, explosive players insteadI played with Tony Brown at the Highlanders and watching Japan’s stunning victory against Ireland I could see the extent of the influence he has as Jamie Joseph’s assistant. In fact, I see so much about this Japan side that is similar to how the Highlanders played when they won the Super Rugby title in 2015 under Joseph and Brown.Tony has an ability to give play
  
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• Taxi driver is hailed a hero for saving a pregnant woman from a sex trafficker - Daily Mail

  29-09-2019 22:49 via news.google.com
  Taxi driver is hailed a hero for saving a pregnant woman from a sex trafficker  Daily MailHero taxi driver rescues pregnant woman from sex trafficker who lured her to UK  Mirror.co.ukHero taxi driver rescues pregnant woman from sex trafficker who lured her to UK and held her hostage in a  The SunWatch: Moment hero taxi driver saves terrified woman from sex traffickers  Birmingham LiveHow a job advert sparked sex trafficking nightmare for pregnant woman&nbs
  
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• Off-duty firefighters save man who suffered cardiac arrest on beach

  29-09-2019 22:43
  The three firefighters were on a beach in Cornwall when a man collapsed in shallow water.
  
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• England and Wales brace for further heavy rain with flood warnings issued

  29-09-2019 22:41
  Northern England will face most severe weather conditions and up to 70mm of rain could fall at highest areas Parts of England and Wales are bracing for further heavy rain with forecasters warning up to 70mm could fall in some areas. Northern England is set to see the heaviest rain, with weather conditions so severe, Sunday’s Cycling World Championship route from Leeds to Harrogate was shortened from 284.5km to 261km. Riders were taking a shortcut from near Aysgarth to Leyburn to avoid dang
  
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• Harvard president compares fundraising changes to abolition of slavery

  29-09-2019 22:32
  The president of Harvard University has apologized for likening the 13th amendment to the US constitution – which abolished slavery – to changes in how colleges raise funds. On Tuesday, the Boston Globe reported, Larry Bacow suggested that as the 13th amendment outlawed slavery, wealthy alumni could no longer be “owned” by their alma maters. The comment came during a meeting of “hundreds” of fundraising and alumni relations staffers, in a discussion of a fundr
  
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• Humiliated rower James Cracknell launches into furious rant after becoming first booted off Strictly Come - The Sun

  29-09-2019 22:30 via news.google.com
  Humiliated rower James Cracknell launches into furious rant after becoming first booted off Strictly Come  The SunLewis Capaldi's fans furious over Strictly Come Dancing performance  Mirror OnlineStrictly Come Dancing: James Cracknell is FIRST celeb voted off after lowest EVER SCORE for a jive  Daily MailStrictly 2019: Tess Daly distracts fans as they see what she really does off camera  ExpressLewis Capaldi's Strictly Come Dancing performance sparks anger
  
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• Has Boris Johnson's 'Women Problem' Finally Caught Up With Him?

  29-09-2019 22:18
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• Austrian elections: support for far-right collapses - The Guardian

  29-09-2019 22:13 via news.google.com
  Austrian elections: support for far-right collapses  The GuardianAustria election: Sebastian Kurz's People's Party tops poll  BBC NewsSebastian Kurz back as Austria rejects far right Freedom Party in general election  The TimesAustria election: Sebastian Kurz poised to return as Chancellor after declaring victory in snap poll  The IndependentEx-chancellor Sebastian Kurz tops exit polls in Austria snap poll  ITV NewsView full coverage on Google Ne
  
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• Austrian elections: support for far-right collapses

  29-09-2019 22:13
  Sebastian Kurz looks certain to reclaim his title of world’s youngest leader as his ÖVP takes 37%Support for Austria’s Freedom party (FPÖ) has plunged by more than a third as voters punished the far-right group in national elections for a corruption scandal that brought down the government.The former chancellor Sebastian Kurz, 33, looks certain to reclaim his position as the youngest leader in the world after his People’s party (ÖVP) secured 37.1% of the vote &nd
  
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• Television in demand: how streaming giants are snapping up UK talent

  29-09-2019 22:12
  US companies clamour for British stars including Phoebe Waller-Bridge and David Attenborough If you’d been outside the luxurious Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles in the early hours of Monday 23 September, you’d have seen Phoebe Waller-Bridge reclining in a chair, cigarette in one hand and cocktail in the other, surrounded by her many Emmy awards, enjoying her position in the vanguard of an increasingly dominant British television industry.The following day the British television
  
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• Giuliani leads battle against intensifying Trump impeachment inquiry

  29-09-2019 22:09
  Presidential ally floats refusal to testify to House committeeBiden campaign asks networks not to book former NY mayorDonald Trump and his army of surrogates, led by his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, went into battle on Sunday as the president sought to fight back against a rapidly intensifying impeachment inquiry. Related: Trump can do more damage than Nixon. His impeachment is imperative | Robert ReichContinue reading...
  
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• Police recruitment delays feared amid uncertainties over funding

  29-09-2019 21:51
  Forces in England and Wales unsure about extra money promised to recruit officers. The government promise to recruit thousands of extra police officers is being jeopardised by delays in the Home Office telling forces how much extra money will be allocated to fund the scheme. In early September, the Conservatives reversed years of cuts and announced 20,000 new officers over three years at a cost of £750m in the first year. But the 43 forces in England and Wales who are supposed to recruit 6
  
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• Journalist bites back after Downing Street denies her claim that Boris Johnson squeezed her thigh - Daily Mail

  29-09-2019 21:50 via news.google.com
  Journalist bites back after Downing Street denies her claim that Boris Johnson squeezed her thigh  Daily MailNo 10 denies Boris Johnson 'thigh squeeze' claim  BBC NewsNo 10 denies claims Boris Johnson groped Sunday Times journalist  The GuardianMatt Hancock Under Fire For Saying PM Sexual Harassment Claim Is 'Private'  HuffPost UKBoris Johnson denies squeezing thigh of female journalist  Telegraph.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• 433 Nigels gather in pub for celebration of all things ‘Nigel’

  29-09-2019 21:47
  The gathering at the Fleece Inn in Worcestershire was an unofficial world record, according to organiser Nigel Smith.
  
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• Tories Could Abolish 'Brexit-Hating' House Of Lords, Jacob Rees-Mogg Says

  29-09-2019 21:46
  Jacob Rees-Mogg has signalled the Tories could overhaul or even abolish theHouse of Lords after the anti- no-deal Brexit law was fast-tracked throughparliament by peers
  
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• ‘Big Tex’: largest captive alligator in US found after escaping in Imelda flooding

  29-09-2019 21:44
  Alligator found near a pond on the Gator Country property. A number of his smaller friends, however, are still missingResidents of Beaumont, Texas, who saw this summer’s alligator horror movie Crawl might have suffered more sleepless nights this week, after the largest gator ever captured in the US was reported missing amid flooding caused by Tropical Storm Imelda. Related: Trump jumps shark with retweets attacking Fox News hostContinue reading...
  
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• Surrender, surrender and never remember: the Incredible Sulk's Art of War

  29-09-2019 21:39
  Boris Johnson was unconvincing as he took a leaf out of Dominic Cummings’s playbook on The Andrew Marr ShowOn the plus side, Boris Johnson could always pretend the interview never took place. He wasn’t there, he had never said anything. After all, Dominic Cummings had got away with denying he had ever said Brexit would be a walk in the park the morning after he had been recorded saying it. This was the Art of War. And what worked for Dom Tzu could work for the Incredible Sulk.The int
  
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• Surrender, surrender and never remember: the Incredible Sulk's Art of War

  29-09-2019 21:39
  Boris Johnson was unconvincing as he took a leaf out of Dominic Cummings’s playbook on The Andrew Marr Show. On the plus side, Boris Johnson could always pretend the interview never took place. He wasn’t there, he had never said anything. After all, Dominic Cummings had got away with denying he had ever said Brexit would be a walk in the park the morning after he had been recorded saying it. This was the Art of War. And what worked for Dom Tzu could work for the Incredible Sulk. The
  
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• Harry urges collaborative approach to tackle poaching

  29-09-2019 21:39
  The Duke of Sussex said poaching 'hampers development and undermines the rule of law'.
  
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• Number 10 denies Boris Johnson squeezed female journalist’s thigh

  29-09-2019 21:36
  The Prime Minister faced the allegations as the Conservative Party conference began.
  
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• 'Like riding into a lake': world cycle champions saturated in Yorkshire

  29-09-2019 21:36
  Heavy rain sent riders crashing into puddles with some suggesting race should have been cancelled In Doha this weekend, the organisers of the World Athletics Championships had to start the marathon at midnight to avoid the punishing daytime heat. More than 4,000 miles away in Yorkshire, the UCI, cycling’s governing body, was having its own weather woes at its annual Road World Championships.UCI is an organisation so unyielding that it dictates how high a rider’s socks can be. But on
  
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• Tory conference: Three Brexit champions hammer home PM's message

  29-09-2019 21:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Gove, Rees-Mogg and Barclay sell their plan to members - but outside conference it was a different story.
  
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• ‘Surrender act’: Johnson ignores calls to restrain his language

  29-09-2019 21:21
  Former minister David Gauke says No 10 should not ape Donald Trump’s tactics and language. Boris Johnson and his cabinet ministers repeatedly ignored warnings that their use of language could incite violence, as they deployed the phrase “surrender act” as much as possible on the first day of Conservative party conference to describe the law blocking a no-deal Brexit. Johnson was joined by formerly moderate Conservative cabinet ministers, Matt Hancock and Nicky Morgan, in defend
  
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• Ex-top civil servant: Hammond was right to query no-deal backers

  29-09-2019 21:19
  ‘They are shorting the pound and the country’ warns Nick Macpherson of Boris Johnson’s hedge fund supporters. Former chancellor Philip Hammond’s attack on Boris Johnson’s hedge-fund backers has been supported by a former top Treasury civil servant, as financial experts raise concerns over the PM’s links to the City. Nick Macpherson, former permanent secretary to the Treasury, said Hammond was right to question the political connections of some of the hedge fun
  
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• 'It's gloomy': EU unlikely to change position, says minister

  29-09-2019 21:07
  German interior minister tells Conservative conference election will not solve Brexit. An electoral victory for Boris Johnson will not solve his Brexit problems with the EU, a senior German minister has said. Günter Krings told the Conservative party conference the EU is unlikely to change its negotiation position on Brexit even if there is a change of government. The interior minister said he was “gloomy” about the prospects of a deal despite Johnson expressing optimism that a
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing 2019: week two – Sunday night results show

  29-09-2019 21:01
  All our couples lived to dance another day ... but who will be the first to shimmy off the floor? We follow all the action 8.01pm BST James and Luba take to the floor for their final dance to ‘Don’t Dream It’s Over’ by Crowded House. Aww.So that’s it for this week’s Strictly! Next week is MOVIE WEEK, so dig out your best Hollywood fancy dress and I’ll see you at 7.10pm. Personally I’m thinking Grace Kelly in To Catch A Thief, but you do you. Have a
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg: Peers ‘hate Brexit’

  29-09-2019 21:01
  The Commons leader hit out at 'the British establishment' which was "doing its best to stop Brexit".
  
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• Spider-Man: Jon Watts Returning For Third Film - Empire

  29-09-2019 20:47 via news.google.com
  Spider-Man: Jon Watts Returning For Third Film  EmpireMarvel Is Now Officially Releasing 4 Movies In A Year  Screen RantWhy I’m Disappointed That ‘Spider-Man’ Is Staying ‘Home’  ForbesBi-derman: How a Tweet Turned Spider-Man Into An LGBTQ Hero | CBR  CBR - Comic Book Resourceshttps://screenrant.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1843787&action=edit  Screen RantView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Today at the Conservative party conference

  29-09-2019 20:36
  Johnson claims to be ‘the model of restraint’ and Matt Hancock stands corrected on the number of hospital upgrades. Soundbite of the day Boris Johnson claiming “I have been the model of restraint” over last week’s rowdy session in the House of Commons, when he described Labour MPs’ warnings about their personal safety as “humbug”. Disagreement of the day Matt Hancock had a rolling Twitter spat with the shadow secretary for health, Jonathan Ashworth
  
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• Miss Selfridge reports £17.5m loss as store closures continue

  29-09-2019 20:32
  Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia plans to move retailer mostly online as part of restructuringSir Philip Green’s Miss Selfridge chain posted a £17.5m loss last year as sales fell and it wrote down the value of loss-making stores.Sales at the youth fashion chain fell more than 15% to £102m in the year to 1 September 2018, while pretax losses more than quadrupled from £4.3m a year before. Continue reading...
  
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• Warning over risk of flash floods as rain keeps falling

  29-09-2019 20:30
  The Environment Agency has 61 localised flood warnings across England and Wales, plus 169 alerts for possible flooding.
  
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• Five affordable alternatives to Australia’s extravagant luxury lodges

  29-09-2019 20:00
  Destination resorts may be expensive – but the destinations themselves don’t have to beWith private pools, vast cellars and throngs of discreet but obliging staff, Australia has a handful of internationally renowned luxury lodges where a single night’s stay costs upwards of A$1,000 – and sometimes far more. But often the biggest selling point isn’t the amenities, it’s the location. Sparkling bays, islands ringed with white sand and valleys teeming with native
  
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• Ben Jennings on Brexit and the Tory party conference – cartoon

  29-09-2019 20:00
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• Police recruitment delays as Home Office silent over funding

  29-09-2019 19:59
  Forces in England and Wales unsure about extra money promised to recruit officers. The government promise to recruit thousands of police officers within months is being jeopardised by delays in the Home Office telling forces how much extra money will be allocated to fund the scheme. In early September the Conservatives reversed years of cuts and announced 20,000 new officers at a cost of £750m over three years. But the 43 forces in England and Wales who are supposed to recruit 6,000 office
  
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• Boris Johnson Denies Squeezing Female Journalist's Thigh

  29-09-2019 19:58
  Downing Street has denied a harassment accusation made against Boris Johnsonafter a female journalist claimed he squeezed her thigh under the table duringa private lunch
  
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• Robert De Niro drops f-bomb on critics of anti-Trump stance – live on CNN

  29-09-2019 19:55
  Actor apologises for Sunday morning outburstTrump jumps shark with retweets attacking Fox News hostThe actor and longtime Trump foe Robert De Niro has hit back against his critics at Fox News, saying “Fuck ’em” – live on CNN. Related: Robert De Niro on his father's journals: 'It was sad for me to read. He had his demons'Continue reading...
  
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• Upwardly mobile Leicester dismantle 10-man Newcastle to go third

  29-09-2019 19:53
  Leicester leapt to third place in the Premier League with a performance that can only feed their ambitions to become a regular part of the elite. After the win here against Tottenham Hotspur last week, this was a very different challenge and they overcame it with pizzazz. Newcastle wound up a rabble with their manager, Steve Bruce, condemning “a complete surrender”.Ricardo Pereira got Leicester going with a superb goal in the first half before Isaac Hayden was sent off for Newcastle,
  
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• No 10 denies claims Boris Johnson squeezed journalist's thigh

  29-09-2019 19:48
  Charlotte Edwardes alleges the then Spectator editor touched her leg ‘high up’ at 1999 lunchBoris Johnson’s first day at Conservative party conference as prime minister was overshadowed by allegations of sexual misbehaviour, as Downing Street was forced to deny allegations that he had groped a female journalist.After days of revelations about his relationship with American tech entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri, whose company received a public grant, Johnson was accused of grabbing
  
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• The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans: all humbug | Editorial

  29-09-2019 19:46
  The facts are only pertinent to Mr Johnson’s interest in getting away with what he says. It is a tragedy that he can get away with his fabrications and exaggerations whatever the cost to the countryBefore last Wednesday humbug had fallen out of favour from parliamentary usage. MPs used the word, on average, once every 127 days since 2010. But the term has been freely bandied about since last week, after Boris Johnson disreputably accused Paula Sheriff, a female Labour MP, of “humbug&
  
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• 'Immediate action' flood warnings issued as UK braced for three days of heavy rain

  29-09-2019 19:43
  Dozens of flood warnings and alerts have been issued as parts of the UK are braced for three days of heavy rain.Severe weather warnings are in place for northwest England, parts of Wales and the South West, with "persistent" rain forecast on Sunday - while further warnings have been issued for Monday and Tuesday.More than 28 flood warnings - meaning flooding is expected and immediate action is required - have been issued by the Environment Agency.
  
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• Duchess of Sussex pays tribute to Malawi female advocates in video call

  29-09-2019 19:33
  Harry introduced his wife and during the Skype call she joked about their four-month-old son.
  
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