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• PM urges ‘uncooperative crusties’ to abandon climate change protests

  07-10-2019 23:51
  Boris Johnson said Extinction Rebellion demonstrators should learn from Margaret Thatcher.
  
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• 'Uncooperative crusties': Boris Johnson attacks Extinction Rebellion activists

  07-10-2019 23:40
  A protester at the Extinction Rebellion demonstration in Whitehall on Monday mocks the prime minister, Boris Johnson. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/ShutterstockThe prime minister has attacked the Extinction Rebellion activists protesting in London over the climate crisis, dismissing them as “uncooperative crusties” who should stop blocking the streets of the capital with their “heaving hemp-smelling bivouacs”.Boris Johnson made the remarks at the launch of the final volume of
  
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• Labour pledges to revive youth services after years of decline

  07-10-2019 23:30
  Party says figures show a 73% drop in real-terms funding for youth services since 2010-11. Labour would guarantee a nationwide network of youth clubs and other services for young people as a way of tackling problems such as mental ill-health and school exclusions, as well as involvement in knife and drug crime, the party has announced. Announcing the pledge under the banner of Only Young Once, Labour said government figures showed the amount spent on youth services overall had fallen by more tha
  
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• Rush of traffic crashes mental health website after TV ad fronted by royals

  07-10-2019 23:12
  The Every Mind Matters website was down for a few minute after the advert featuring the Dukes and Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex aired.
  
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• Cameron unsure PM will win an election if there is another Brexit delay

  07-10-2019 23:07
  Mr Cameron said he regretted not fighting harder to demand caps on EU immigration.
  
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• Ex-Tory Heidi Allen joins Liberal Democrats

  07-10-2019 22:51
  The South Cambridgeshire MP's move takes the Lib Dem tally in the Commons to 19.
  
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• 60,000 Thomas Cook customers claim refunds

  07-10-2019 22:27
  The claims website opened at 6am on Monday for people with Atol-protected bookings.
  
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• Former Tory MP Heidi Allen Defects To The Liberal Democrats

  07-10-2019 22:20
  Former Conservative MP Heidi Allen has joined the Liberal Democrats, the partyhas said
  
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• Hull fair: Horror as woman thrown from ride leaving ‘lots of blood’ at scene

  07-10-2019 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  A YOUNG woman has been rushed to hospital after she was thrown from the Airmaxx 360 at the Hull Fair as one witness reports seeing “lots of blood” at the scene.
  
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• Apple fans bid goodbye to iTunes in latest Mac update - so what will happen to the music they've bought? - ITV News

  07-10-2019 21:59 via news.google.com
  Apple fans bid goodbye to iTunes in latest Mac update - so what will happen to the music they've bought?  ITV NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Can Boris Johnson Get Someone Else To Break His Brexit Pledge?

  07-10-2019 21:44
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• Labour MP stunned as TalkRadio host delivers brilliant point about no deal Brexit

  07-10-2019 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  LABOUR MP Nic Dakin squirmed on TalkRadio as host Mike Graham brilliantly pointed out that by repeatedly voting against withdrawal agreements, he had effectively voted for no deal.
  
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• Thomas Cook cabin crew desperately tries to flog wedding dress on eBay to pay bills

  07-10-2019 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  A FORMER Thomas Cook employee is desperately trying to flog her wedding dress on eBay to help pay the bills while bosses enjoy millions of pounds worth in bonuses after the travel firm abruptly collapsed last month.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion crackdown must begin NOW! Police urged to ‘get tough’ in poll

  07-10-2019 20:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  POLICE must crackdown and “get tougher” on climate change protesters after officers arrested more than 140 Extinction Rebellion demonstrators for bringing London to a standstill again today, Express.co.uk readers have said.
  
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• Met handling of Operation Midland sparks 'concern' in government

  07-10-2019 20:44
  Confidence in force’s leaders said to be shaken at senior levels after abuse claims furore. There is “concern and dissatisfaction” at senior levels of the government about the Metropolitan police leadership’s handling of the disastrous investigation into an alleged VIP paedophile ring, according to sources. The furore forced the Met commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick, to make her first remarks on the fallout from Operation Midland, and the police watchdog attracted intense
  
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• Johnson says US diplomat's wife should lose immunity after teenager's death

  07-10-2019 20:29
  PM to appeal to Donald Trump if Anne Sacoolas fails to return to UK over fatal traffic collision. Boris Johnson will personally appeal to Donald Trump if the US continues to refuse to lift the diplomatic immunity it has granted to a US diplomat’s wife who is accused of killing a 19-year-old motorcyclist in a traffic collision. Anne Sacoolas, who is married to a US communications official, left the UK last month, prompting widespread anger in Britain over the use of diplomatic immunity to f
  
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• Johnson says US diplomat's wife should lose immunity after teenager's death

  07-10-2019 20:29
  Boris Johnson will personally appeal to Donald Trump if the US continues to refuse to lift the diplomatic immunity it has granted to a US diplomat’s wife who is accused of killing a 19-year-old motorcyclist in a traffic collision.Anne Sacoolas, who is married to a US communications official, left the UK last month, prompting widespread anger in Britain over the use of diplomatic immunity to flee potential charges of causing death by dangerous driving.Amid signs that No 10 has been caught o
  
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• No 10 deflects blame for Brexit impasse onto UK's counterparts in EU

  07-10-2019 20:23
  Boris Johnson’s plans meet cold reception as he calls on EU27 to explain its objections. Downing Street has sought to deflect the blame for the Brexit impasse onto Britain’s EU counterparts, as Boris Johnson’s plans continued to meet a frosty reception. After the French president, Emmanuel Macron, set a deadline of Friday for progress towards a deal, the prime minister’s official No 10 spokesman repeatedly said that Johnson was still waiting for the EU27 to engage with Br
  
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• No 10 continues to deflect blame for Brexit impasse on to EU

  07-10-2019 20:23
  PM calls on EU to engage but leaked document suggests it has refuted his plans in detail. Downing Street has sought to deflect the blame for the Brexit impasse on to Britain’s EU counterparts, as Boris Johnson’s plans continued to meet a frosty reception. After the French president, Emmanuel Macron, set a deadline of Friday for progress towards a deal, the prime minister’s official No 10 spokesman repeatedly said Johnson was still waiting for the EU27 to engage with Britain&rsq
  
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• Global obesity crisis ‘fuelling high blood pressure in children’

  07-10-2019 20:20
  Researchers estimate 4% of youngsters aged 19 or under have hypertension - high blood pressure.
  
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• London police arrest 276 climate change protestors

  07-10-2019 20:04
  London's Metropolitan Police said on Monday it had so far arrested 267 people taking part in demonstrations organised by the climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion.Thousands of climate-change protesters took to the streets in cities around the world on Monday, launching two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to demand immediate action to cut carbon emissions and avert an ecological disaster."As of 1815hrs today (1715 GMT), 276 people have been arrested as part of the Extinction Rebe
  
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• UK tells Donald Trump there will be ‘no winners’ in US-EU trade war

  07-10-2019 19:42
  The penalties could take effect from October 18 and include a 25% tariff on single malt Scotch whisky.
  
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• Campaigners to renew bid to force PM to seek article 50 extension

  07-10-2019 19:38
  Lawyers to appeal against ruling that courts had to trust promises made over Benn act. Anti-Brexit campaigners are to renew their bid for a court order to force Boris Johnson to seek an extension to article 50 if he fails to get a Brexit deal through the Commons next week. The three campaigners – green energy entrepreneur Dale Vince, director of the Good Law Project, Jolyon Maugham QC, and the SNP MP Joanna Cherry QC – lost their first attempt to win a court order against the prime m
  
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• State pension fury: MPs insist 'more needs to be done for 3.8m women who BUILT Britain'

  07-10-2019 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  CONSERVATIVE and Labour MPs were furious in the House of Commons as they argued for justice to be brought to women born in the 1950s who have had their retirement age increased.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion campaigners bring colour and noise to heart of London

  07-10-2019 19:28
  Some protesters lay under a trailer as police surrounded vehicles.
  
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• Can Blockchain solve Brexit's border puzzle? Experts are skeptical

  07-10-2019 19:28
  A team of experts has come up with a plan to use blockchain tracking for trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to avoid the re-imposition of a hard border after Britain leaves the European Union.The ELAND consortium said on Monday that its proposal would involve building a secure freight transit system based on digital-locking containers, GPS routing records, automated certification and anti-tampering enforcement with every detail recorded in a blockchain time-series databas
  
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• Saturn overtakes Jupiter as planet with most moons - BBC News

  07-10-2019 19:14 via news.google.com
  Saturn overtakes Jupiter as planet with most moons  BBC NewsSaturn dethrones Jupiter to become 'moon king' of the solar system  Metro.co.ukTuesday briefing: Astronomers have found 20 new moons around Saturn  Wired.co.ukTwenty new moons discovered orbiting Saturn, 100 more moons wait to be found  FirstpostName 20 new moons orbiting Saturn contest  FOX 2 St. LouisView full coverage on Google News
  
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• No deal Brexit vow to cripple Ireland - Gove threatens medicine shortages if talks crumble - Express.co.uk

  07-10-2019 19:14 via news.google.com
  No deal Brexit vow to cripple Ireland - Gove threatens medicine shortages if talks crumble  Express.co.ukBrexit group Leave.EU condemned for 'xenophobic' tweet about Angela Merkel  The IndependentBrexit weekly briefing: no end in sight despite Johnson's 'final offer'  The GuardianEU accuses Boris Johnson of playing a 'stupid blame game' as the UK says a Brexit deal is now impossible  Business InsiderMonday afternoon news briefing: Court in 'no doubt' about
  
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• Boris Johnson makes FINAL push for Brexit: New text offered as EU told it's now YOUR move

  07-10-2019 19:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  BORIS JOHNSON’s chief negotiator presented bulked-up Brexit plans to his EU counterparts today in the hope of striking a deal by the end of the week.
  
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• Dairy bull genetically edited to produce hornless calves

  07-10-2019 18:56
  The technology has been proposed as an alternative to de-horning, a common practice used to protect other cattle and human handlers from injuries.
  
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• Antibiotics, better tests and the rise in cases of urinary tract infections

  07-10-2019 18:56
  Guardian readers respond to our report on the role the NHS’s antibiotic crackdown has played in UTI-related hospitalisations. I read your article ( Antibiotic crackdown linked to big rise in women ending up in hospital with cystitis, 5 October) with great interest. I am a fit, single 85-year-old with a penchant for international travel. Fifteen years ago I was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis and very satisfactorily treated with the antibiotic trimethoprim. My GP retired and another GP
  
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• Green activists shut down Westminster as part of ‘international rebellion’

  07-10-2019 18:55
  Celebrities including Mark Rylance and Juliet Stevenson join Extinction Rebellion protests as more than 200 are arrested in the centre of London.
  
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• ‘What were you thinking of, Johnson?’ What the ghost of Princess Margaret might tell the PM

  07-10-2019 18:53
  Helena Bonham Carter says she discussed her part in The Crown with the deceased royal. What advice might Her Royal Highness have for Boris Johnson?. Oh, it’s you, Johnson. I suppose once that silly Bonham Carter woman had blabbed about our conversation then it was inevitable that you would come out of the woodwork. Not that you can even trust her to report what was said accurately. All I said was that I had been dead for more than 17 years and I didn’t give a damn if she played me or
  
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• Autism: balancing capacity and consent

  07-10-2019 18:53
  Glynis Murphy of the Tizard Centre at the University of Kent and others write of their concern about a recent ruling by the court of protection. We were astonished at your report (3 October) that the court of protection has found that a man with autism has a “fundamental right to sex”, even though he does not understand the issue of consent. Surely no one has a fundamental right to sex, given that it involves another person too? Considering this man, referred to as JB, to have a righ
  
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• PM lawbreaking questions extraordinary, says Mark Drakeford

  07-10-2019 18:52
  The First Minister was speaking at a press conference in Cardiff.
  
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• Celebrities join protesters at Extinction Rebellion’s London event

  07-10-2019 18:44
  Sir Mark Rylance, Juliet Stevenson, Daisy Lowe and Ruby Wax were among the demonstrators.
  
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• Revealed: the EU's point-by-point rejection of Johnson's Brexit plan

  07-10-2019 18:42
  Boris Johnson claimed on Monday not to have heard the EU’s thoughts on the UK’s text. Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty ImagesThe European Union’s full devastating point-by-point rejection of Boris Johnson’s Brexit proposals for the Irish border has been revealed in documents obtained by the Guardian.Leaked documents lay bare the scale of the multiple faults highlighted to David Frost, the prime minister’s chief negotiator, during the recent talks.The disclosure follo
  
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• BBC's Seven Worlds, One Planet shines spotlight on climate crisis

  07-10-2019 18:39
  New Attenborough series aims to be as influential as Blue Planet II was on plastic waste. A new BBC natural history series narrated by Sir David Attenborough airing later this month will have a conservationist message about the impact of the climate crisis at its heart. Seven Worlds, One Planet will show “where humankind is negatively and positively impacting the health of the planet”, the corporation said on Monday as Attenborough launched the new series at a premiere in London. The
  
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• EU army to DOUBLE: '60,000 troops must be deployed and Brussels must be ready TO ACT'

  07-10-2019 18:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE European Union should deploy as many as 60,000 military personnel overseas in a move to strengthen its collective defence, according to the bloc’s next top diplomat.
  
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• In Pictures: Extinction Rebellion protesters take to streets

  07-10-2019 18:26
  They are demanding urgent action on the climate and environmental crises.
  
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