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• Duchess of Sussex’s estranged father shared letter to ‘defend’ himself

  05-10-2019 23:56
  The retired lighting director said he was 'devastated' when it was first mentioned publicly in the American magazine.
  
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• Harry Dunn crash: Mum appeals for US suspect's return

  05-10-2019 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The wife of a US diplomat left the UK after being made a suspect in a crash in which a teenager died.
  
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• UK to be hit by more heavy rain as Met Office issues weather warning

  05-10-2019 23:12
  Earlier this week, heavy downpours brought flash flooding across the UK and left residents trapped in their homes on the Isle of Man.
  
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• Boris Johnson urges Brussels to ‘grasp opportunity’ with new Brexit proposal

  05-10-2019 23:07
  The Prime Minister again insisted Britain will leave the EU on October 31.
  
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• DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Could fasting 16 hours a day REALLY help you keep cancer at bay? - Daily Mail

  05-10-2019 23:06 via news.google.com
  DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Could fasting 16 hours a day REALLY help you keep cancer at bay?  Daily Mail'I Combined Alternate-Day Fasting and Weight Lifting And Lost 108 Pounds'  Women's Health6 Intermittent Fasting Schedules For Weight Loss, With Expert Tips  Women's HealthView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Corbyn vows to ‘restore dignity to people’s lives’ by scrapping Universal Credit

  05-10-2019 23:00
  He also outlined plans to make football more democratic.
  
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• Tashan Daniel: Two charged with murder over Tube station stabbing

  05-10-2019 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Tashan Daniel was heading to an Arsenal football match when he was stabbed at Hillingdon station.
  
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• US diplomat’s wife urged to return to UK by mother of teenager killed in crash

  05-10-2019 22:43
  Charlotte Charles's son Harry Dunn, 19, died in a collision near RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, on August 27.
  
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• Johnson could secure Brexit deal in next two weeks, Leo Varadkar suggests

  05-10-2019 22:17
  The EU dealt a heavy blow to the PM's new Brexit proposals on Friday, and anticipated weekend talks between the two sides were called off.
  
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• David Cameron Thinks Boris Johnson's Brexit Plan Is 'The Best Thing That Could Possibly Happen'

  05-10-2019 22:14
  "We had a referendum and I lost that referendum and we found it very difficultto charge a way forward
  
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• Prince Harry: tabloids hid hacking crimes for 20 years

  05-10-2019 22:07
  Duke of Sussex joins case against Sun and Mirror in group action alleging documents were destroyed. Leading tabloid newspapers concealed or destroyed evidence that they illegally targeted Prince Harry and his circle of friends and advisers over many years, according to allegations contained in his unprecedented legal action against two media groups. He is joining scores of other people in a group claim that alleges editors and executives at Mirror Group Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mirror,
  
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• Boris Johnson’s attempts to secure Brexit deal win David Cameron’s backing

  05-10-2019 21:45
  Mr Cameron, who was speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, said he thought there was a 'good chance' of Mr Johnson’s efforts succeeding.
  
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• Dina Asher-Smith wins third medal at World Championships as Britain seal 4x100m silver

  05-10-2019 21:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Dina Asher-Smith becomes the first Briton to win three medals at a major global athletics championships as the 4x100m relay team win world silver.
  
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• Emily Maitlis: it's increasingly hard to get straight answers on Newsnight

  05-10-2019 21:23
  Presenter tells of politicians who admit they don’t believe their own replies and others who shut down debate in three words. Getting a straight answer from politicians in 2019 has become noticeably and increasingly difficult, the Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis has said. The TV journalist was at the Cheltenham literature festival on Saturday to talk about her book Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News, which takes readers behind the scenes. She was asked what her one question would
  
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• Irish leader presses for extension rather than no-deal Brexit

  05-10-2019 21:22
  He said was 'time was tight'.
  
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• Michel Barnier: blame Boris Johnson for a no-deal Brexit

  05-10-2019 21:11
  EU’s chief negotiator issues warning to UK government as talks appear on brink of collapse. ‘We cannot change what we are’: Michel Barnier stares down Tory threats. The EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said Boris Johnson’s government will have to bear full responsibility for a no-deal Brexit, as more than three years of talks between the UK and Brussels appeared on the brink of collapse last night. In what appeared to be the opening shots in a blame game a
  
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• In a different light: the Blue Mountains photographed in infrared – in pictures

  05-10-2019 21:00
  Photographer Steven Saphore, armed with nothing more than a screwdriver and super glue, made some simple modifications to his DSLR camera. Digital camera sensors are inherently sensitive to wavelengths of visible and infrared light. However, infrared light has no use in visible light photography as it cannot be seen and the camera will meter for light that isn’t there (resulting in unpredictable exposures). While something like infrared satellite imagery can accurately capture deforestatio
  
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• ‘We cannot change what we are’: Michel Barnier stares down Tory threats

  05-10-2019 20:55
  EU’s chief negotiator reaffirms that a no-deal outcome would be the responsibility of Boris Johnson. As the Brexit pressure ratchets up another notch, Michel Barnier appears everything most of the current British government is not: clear, calm, precise – and logical to a fault. “I promised myself from the start,” the EU’s silver-haired, grey-suited chief negotiator told a packed theatre near the Gare du Nord in Paris on Saturday, “that I would not allow passio
  
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• I voted Remain but I’m backing the PM’s Brexit plan to break logjam

  05-10-2019 20:55
  The EU needs to take a serious look at No 10’s proposal, talk to us, and negotiate a deal that works. If I’ve learned anything in the past three years, it is that many MPs seem to have forgotten that “politics is the art of the possible”. I know some people may have been surprised when I took a role in Boris Johnson’s cabinet, but what the critics miss is that there is nothing ultimately to be gained for our country or our constituents in any of us remaining stuck i
  
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• This Is Why Violence Is Tearing Iraq Apart Again After Two Years Of Relative Calm

  05-10-2019 20:45
  After two years of relative calm, up to 94 people have been killed andthousands injured on the streets of Iraq this week as protests againstgovernment corruption sweep the country
  
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• Prince George cheers on Aston Villa to victory during day out with family

  05-10-2019 19:30
  The young football fan was picture smiling and enthusiastically celebrating as he watched Aston Villa romp to a 5-1 away win.
  
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• London police arrest Extinction Rebellion activists before protest

  05-10-2019 18:53
  Police have taken pre-emptive action against environmental protesters who are planning to cause disruption in Westminster.Dozens of officers from the Metropolitan police’s territorial support group raided a building in Kennington, south London, where Extinction Rebellion activists were storing equipment to use in a demonstration next week.Protesters had said they planned to block 12 sites in Westminster from Monday morning until their political demands were met.Earlier this week, police ha
  
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• Politicians' anger at threat to HS2 Leeds-Sheffield rail route

  05-10-2019 18:38
  Reports claim eastern extension of high-speed network could be scrapped to cut costs. Politicians in the north have expressed anger at suggestions that the HS2 rail route to Leeds and Sheffield could be scrapped under cost-cutting plans. The high-speed network, which planned to connect London to Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds, could be halted in the Midlands, according to the Financial Times. The claims are said to have come from the independent review panel led by the former HS2 Lt
  
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• Labour reopens applications for safe seat after 'stitch-up' accusations

  05-10-2019 18:16
  Jas Athwal was axed from contest to become Ilford South candidate over disputed allegations. Labour has been pressurised into reopening applications for a safe seat after being accused of a “stitch-up” when the party suspended a leading candidate in the race just hours before a decision was due to be made. Jas Athwal, the Labour leader of Redbridge council in Essex, was axed from the contest to become the party’s Ilford South candidate at 11pm on Friday over disputed allegation
  
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• No, Taking A Work Laptop Abroad After A No-Deal Brexit Will Not Cost You £326

  05-10-2019 18:15
  The section on how to "take goods temporarily out of the UK" outlines thechanges to customs in the event of a no-deal Brexit
  
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• The art of Radiohead sleeve designer Stanley Donwood – in pictures

  05-10-2019 18:00
  Bath-based artist Stanley Donwood is well known to Radiohead fans as the man behind the band’s album artwork. A new book explores his diverse career, from redesigning the covers of 21 JG Ballard novels to creating artwork for Glastonbury festival. For Donwood, regardless of the project, the process remains similar: “Everything is difficult to start with, gets harder, becomes impossible and then it ends up OK.”Stanley Donwood: There Will Be No Quiet (Thames & Hudson, £
  
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• John McDonnell vows Labour manifesto will be written ‘from grassroots up’

  05-10-2019 17:31
  The shadow chancellor addressed the Road to Rebuilding the Economy conference in Colchester on Saturday.
  
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• Cutting HS2 route will leave North in second class, local officials warn

  05-10-2019 16:58
  Reports claim the high-speed network could be ended in the Midlands rather than Leeds and Sheffield.
  
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• Up to eight seriously injured after double-decker bus crash in Devon

  05-10-2019 16:52
  A large number of police, fire and ambulance service vehicles, including helicopters, attended the scene.
  
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• More than 100,000 join pro-Scottish independence march, organisers say

  05-10-2019 16:41
  Nicola Sturgeon gave her support to those in the rally by saying 'independence is coming'.
  
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• BBC's Emily Maitlis Reveals Just How Frustrating Interviewing Politicians Is In 2019

  05-10-2019 16:37
  The Newsnight presenter, who has worked as a journalist at the BBC for nearly20 years, said she now "appreciated" those who are able to do the bare minimumrequired in an interview - answer a question
  
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• Emily Maitlis ‘increasingly appreciating politicians who can answer a question’

  05-10-2019 16:31
  Maitlis was speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival to promote her new book Airhead.
  
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• Thousands attend Scottish independence march in Edinburgh

  05-10-2019 16:30
  Organisers say momentum is growing for breakaway from UK in face of no-deal Brexit. Thousands of people have attended a pro-Scottish independence march through the streets of Edinburgh as organisers insist momentum is growing in the face of a possible no-deal Brexit. Groups and organisations that support separation from the UK joined the All Under One Banner (AUOB) procession on Saturday in the final event of the year, following marches in Glasgow, Aberdeen and Perth over the summer. AUOB hoped
  
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• Labour candidate applications reopen in safe seat after front-runner suspended

  05-10-2019 16:24
  Jas Athwal claims the 'untrue allegations' against him which led to his suspension in Ilford South were made in August.
  
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• UK police arrest climate activists before protests

  05-10-2019 16:16
  British police arrested climate change activists in London ahead of planned protests by Extinction Rebellion on Monday, the group and police said."Pre-emptive arrests are taking place at one of our warehouses for conspiracy to obstruct highways, even if people didn't intend to join the rebellion," Extinction Rebellion said on Twitter on Saturday.A spokeswoman for London's Metropolitan Police confirmed arrests had been made but was unable to provide further details.
  
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• UK police arrest 10 climate activists before protests

  05-10-2019 16:16
  British police arrested 10 climate change activists in London ahead of a planned new round of protests by Extinction Rebellion on Monday, police said.A Reuters photographer said he saw police using a battering ram to break down a door and enter a former court building that was used by Extinction Rebellion to store equipment.
  
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• Monty Python fans, handkerchiefs on heads, gather to mark anniversary

  05-10-2019 16:02
  The costumes matched those of the Gumbys who were characters in the "Monty Python's Flying Circus" series that first aired on BBC television on Oct. 5, 1969.The Gumbys were noted for their ape-like posture, habit of speaking loudly and slowly, and the catchphrase "my brain hurts".Dozens of Gumbys strutted outside the Roundhouse music venue before events to celebrate the work of Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and the late Graham Chapman.
  
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• The new Apex Legends update helps it avoid Fortnite's biggest problem - TechRadar

  05-10-2019 16:00 via news.google.com
  The new Apex Legends update helps it avoid Fortnite's biggest problem  TechRadarView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Lucia Lucas: Making UK operatic debut at the ENO

  05-10-2019 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Lucia Lucas is playing a male role suited to her baritone voice at English National Opera.
  
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• Police officer injured in suspected hit-and-run emerges from coma

  05-10-2019 15:35
  Pc Chris Burnham remains seriously ill and is expected to be in hospital for some time, police said.
  
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• Prince Harry's tabloid battle risks backfiring, experts warn

  05-10-2019 15:30
  Legal action marks escalation of Duke of Sussex’s battle against press, commentators say. Prince Harry’s move to take legal action against tabloids for alleged phone hacking is part of the royal’s ramped-up aggressive PR approach designed to send a message to the media, according to commentators. It emerged on Friday night that the Duke of Sussex – who released a strongly worded attack on the British media for their treatment of his wife, Meghan, earlier this week –
  
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• Prince Harry's lawsuit against tabloids could backfire, commentators claim

  05-10-2019 15:30
  Duke of Sussex’s legal action against Sun and Daily Mirror over alleged phone hacking takes attack on press up a level. Prince Harry’s move to take legal action against tabloids for alleged phone hacking is part of the royal’s ramped-up aggressive PR approach designed to send a message to the media, according to commentators. It emerged on Friday night that the Duke of Sussex – who released a strongly worded attack on the British media for their treatment of his wife, Meg
  
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• Mother of brain-damaged girl calls for law review after legal victory

  05-10-2019 15:06
  A judge ruled that Tafida Raqeeb could be moved to the Gaslini children’s hospital in Genoa despite disagreement from her British doctors.
  
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• US diplomat’s wife leaves UK amid probe into fatal Northamptonshire crash

  05-10-2019 14:43
  Teenager Harry Dunn died after his motorbike collided with a car near RAF Croughton in August.
  
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• Passengers injured after double-decker bus overturns in Devon

  05-10-2019 14:34
  Police said the South West Ambulance Service had declared the collision a 'major incident'.
  
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• 'Don't give £39 billion to EU!' Nigel Farage trashes Boris Johnson's Brexit plans - Express

  05-10-2019 14:33 via news.google.com
  'Don't give £39 billion to EU!' Nigel Farage trashes Boris Johnson's Brexit plans  ExpressBrexit shock: Tory MP 'unashamedly' backs Nigel Farage for top EU post - 'He's nuclear!'  Express.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Multiple passengers injured in Devon bus crash

  05-10-2019 14:24
  One person seriously injured after double-decker bus overturns in field. Several people have been injured after a double-decker bus overturned in a field after a crash in Devon. Police said one person was seriously injured and more than 12 people had “minor injuries” and were treated at the scene after the incident on the A385 between Totnes and Paignton, near Lombcrombe Cross. Emergency services remained at the scene after rescuing passengers trapped in the wreckage of the Stagecoac
  
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• Operation Midland: ex-Tory MP walks out of BBC interview

  05-10-2019 13:58
  Harvey Proctor accuses Naga Munchetty of not letting him speak about false abuse claims. The former Conservative MP Harvey Proctor, who was among high-profile figures falsely accused of being part of a VIP paedophile ring, has walked out of a BBC interview after a frosty exchange about Scotland Yard’s disastrous inquiry into the claims. Proctor clashed with the BBC presenter Naga Munchetty as the pair discussed the publication of a damning report, which laid bare a series of failings in th
  
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• Teenager critically ill after hit-and-run

  05-10-2019 13:48
  The 18-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries in Torquay.
  
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• Spider fear kept rugby star Sam Warburton out of I’m A Celebrity jungle

  05-10-2019 13:38
  The former Wales and British Lions captain said he could never be crowned King of the Jungle.
  
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