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• Duke of Cambridge discusses mental health with football fans at pub

  11-10-2019 23:57
  The pub is located less than five minutes from Thomas’s, Battersea, where six-year-old George goes to school.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn promises to fix 'blighted' coastal towns

  11-10-2019 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  The Labour leader will pledge to end in-work poverty and food bank use on visit to Hastings.
  
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• Thomas Cook failure spurs UK to act on airlifting tourists home

  11-10-2019 23:34
  Britain's government plans to introduce new legislation to make it easier and faster to bring home stranded holidaymakers after the collapse of tour company Thomas Cook led to the country’s biggest ever peacetime repatriation.The UK Civil Aviation Authority was forced to begin flying more than 150,000 tourists home last month after the world’s oldest travel company failed to secure investment to keep flying.Transport minister Grant Shapps said he wanted to change the current system t
  
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• Pizza Express: We're still making dough

  11-10-2019 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The popular High Street chain is fighting back against its challenges amid a wave of online support.
  
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• Plan to overhaul airline collapse rules

  11-10-2019 23:30
  The existing system stopped Thomas Cook's planes being used in the recent repatriation of its customers.
  
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• Corbyn to pledge to heal ‘held-back’ coastal towns in speech in key marginal

  11-10-2019 23:30
  The Labour leader will hold a rally in Hastings on Saturday.
  
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• Paul Dacre publicly hits out at Daily Mail successor Geordie Greig

  11-10-2019 23:24
  The former editor wrote a letter disputing Greig’s claim about new advert sales. Paul Dacre has publicly criticised Geordie Greig, his successor as editor of the Daily Mail, in a highly unusual intervention that lays bare the deep personal and ideological divisions at the top of the newspaper. Dacre, who still holds the title of editor-in-chief at the Daily Mail’s parent company DMG Media, has written a letter to the Financial Times accusing Greig of being “economic with the ac
  
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• Suspected fugitive accused of family massacre arrested at Glasgow Airport

  11-10-2019 23:23
  Police Scotland said inquiries are ongoing to confirm the identity of the man, thought to be Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes.
  
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• Suspect held over Manchester stabbings detained under Mental Health Act

  11-10-2019 23:13
  Witnesses described a scene of horror as shoppers sought refuge in stores.
  
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• 15-year-old arrested on suspicion of murdering schoolboy

  11-10-2019 23:07
  Police named the boy on Friday as Baptista Adjei, from North Woolwich.
  
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• Stratford stabbing: Boy arrested on suspicion of murder

  11-10-2019 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Baptista Adjei, 15, was murdered near a shopping centre in Stratford, east London.
  
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• Brexit: DUP says it will 'stand up for NI' in Brexit talks

  11-10-2019 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The party warns that it will use its "considerable influence" as Brexit talks enter a new phase.
  
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• French murder suspect arrested at Glasgow Airport

  11-10-2019 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes is suspected of killing his wife and four children in Nantes in 2011.
  
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• Czech Republic 2-1 England: Visitors must wait to qualify for Euro 2020

  11-10-2019 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  England suffer their first qualifying loss in 10 years against the Czech Republic and must wait to clinch a spot at Euro 2020.
  
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• John Downey: Double murder accused extradited to NI

  11-10-2019 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The County Donegal man is now in Northern Ireland after being arrested by Irish police on Friday.
  
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• Manchester Arndale stabbings: Man arrested after five hurt

  11-10-2019 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  A man initially arrested on suspicion of terror offences is detained under the Mental Health Act.
  
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• Sir Andy Murray and wife Kim Sears expecting third child

  11-10-2019 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The two-time Wimbledon champion said his wife could give birth as early as next week
  
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• Extinction Rebellion protests 'stretch' Met Police

  11-10-2019 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  With 1,100 arrests so far during the week's climate protests, police say they has diverted resources.
  
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• Watson feels ‘very deeply’ for those caught up in bungled VIP abuse inquiry

  11-10-2019 21:48
  The Labour deputy leader said he was trying to do 'the right thing' in highlighting allegations of the fantasist Carl Beech.
  
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• Care home evacuated after blaze in Toxteth

  11-10-2019 21:40
  Five fire engines attended to tackle the blaze.
  
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• Sir Andy Murray reveals wife Kim is expecting their third child

  11-10-2019 21:24
  The baby could arrive as soon as next week.
  
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• England fan injured during violent clashes with police in Prague

  11-10-2019 21:18
  Police were unable to confirm how many arrests have been made.
  
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• University recalls students from Egypt over safety fears after pair detained

  11-10-2019 21:07
  Edinburgh University said two of its students studying in Cairo were detained by authorities and have since been released.
  
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• England supporters clash with police in Prague ahead of game

  11-10-2019 19:52
  England supporters descended on Prague ahead of their team’s Euro 2020 qualifier against the Czech Republic.
  
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• Johnson's major U-turn sets up 48 hours to clinch Brexit deal

  11-10-2019 19:47
  EU gives go-ahead to weekend meetings after PM appears to backtrack on customs stance. Boris Johnson has signalled that he will make a last-ditch U-turn on his plans for the Irish border, setting up 48 hours of intense negotiations that will make or break a Brexit deal. On a day of rapid movement in talks, EU sources said the prime minister had conceded that there could not be a customs border on the island of Ireland – a critical step away from his previous position. That came after Europ
  
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• Frankland prison officer who had sex with murderer jailed

  11-10-2019 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Married Rachel Welburn had an "instantaneous" attraction to killer Daniel Crompton, a court hears.
  
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• Pixel 4: Everything we know about Google's new smartphone - The Independent

  11-10-2019 19:37 via news.google.com
  Pixel 4: Everything we know about Google's new smartphone  The IndependentPixel Watch news could be exactly what many Google fans have been waiting for  ExpressGoogle Pixelbook Go: Leaks emerge for 4K Chromebook  TrustedReviewsPixelbook Go Leaked Ahead of Google Event  Tom's HardwareGoogle might launch the Pixel Watch next week  Expert ReviewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Mohammed Yamin jailed for Al-Qaeda membership in Syria

  11-10-2019 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Detectives used voice recognition to identify Mohammed Yamin as the man who made a speech in a documentary.
  
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• Bloodied clothes and body bags: Kurds mourn dead in Syria - The Guardian

  11-10-2019 19:30 via news.google.com
  Bloodied clothes and body bags: Kurds mourn dead in Syria  The Guardian
  
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• Are Fox News and rightwing news making plans for a post-Trump future?

  11-10-2019 19:17
  Many Fox anchors have become more stridently critical of Trump following the revelations of the impeachment inquiry. It’s often said that hosts on Fox News are playing to an audience of one. Increasingly, he does not like what he’s seeing. On Thursday the president lashed out at the typically loyalist network following a Fox News poll that found that 51% of respondents wanted to see Trump impeached and removed from office and an additional 4% said he should be impeached but not remov
  
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• Are Fox News and rightwing media making plans for a post-Trump future?

  11-10-2019 19:17
  Some Fox anchors have become more stridently critical of Trump following the revelations of the impeachment inquiry. It’s often said that hosts on Fox News are playing to an audience of one. Increasingly, he does not like what he’s seeing. On Thursday Donald Trump lashed out at the typically loyalist network following a Fox News poll that found that 51% of respondents wanted to see the president impeached and removed from office and an additional 4% said he should be impeached but no
  
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• Knifeman who stabbed three at shopping centre held on suspicion of terrorism

  11-10-2019 19:14
  The suspect was arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of an act of terrorism.
  
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• Climate change: Big lifestyle changes are the only answer

  11-10-2019 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The experts tell us that small, easy changes alone will not be enough to combat climate change.
  
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• Teenage boy sentenced for killing motorcyclist by placing bike in his path

  11-10-2019 19:02
  The teenage boy, who admitted manslaughter, cannot be named for legal reasons.
  
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• Duckenfield has admitted lying about Hillsborough, jury told

  11-10-2019 19:01
  Former policeman in charge of 1989 FA Cup semi-final is being retried for manslaughter. The manslaughter retrial of the former South Yorkshire police officer in charge of the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough has heard that he previously admitted lying “in the immediate aftermath” about the cause of the crush that killed 96 people. David Duckenfield, who was the chief superintendent in charge of the game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, told FA officials at 3.15pm that &
  
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• Harry Dunn’s family to travel to US to seek justice for their son

  11-10-2019 18:55
  Parents of teenager killed in road collision campaign for diplomat’s wife to return to UK. The family of Harry Dunn have revealed they will fly to the US on Sunday to pursue justice for their son, as Boris Johnson said Washington was “absolutely ruthless” in its safeguarding of its diplomats and their families. Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US intelligence officer, fled the UK after allegedly killing 19-year-old Dunn in a road collision. Dunn died near RAF Croughton in Northampt
  
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• Pair jailed over ‘shocking and cruel’ youth club killing

  11-10-2019 18:42
  Glendon Spence, 23, was stabbed at the Marcus Lipton Youth Centre in Brixton, south London.
  
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• Brexit: EU and UK agree to 'intensify' talks

  11-10-2019 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Both sides are pushing for a deal ahead of a summit next week, but Boris Johnson says there's "a way to go".
  
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• Entering 'the tunnel': what does it mean for the Brexit talks?

  11-10-2019 18:29
  Tunnel vision? The UK Brexit secretary, Stephen Barclay (R), with the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier. Photograph: Francisco Seco/APEven by the dramatic standards of Brexit, next week is shaping up to be a key one in deciding how, when and if the UK leaves the EU. It has also reintroduced some slightly confusing jargon. What is ‘the tunnel’?This is a Brussels-coined term for intensified Brexit negotiations intended to take place between small teams from the UK and
  
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• Former Barclays boss branded 'wally' in fraud trial evidence

  11-10-2019 18:24
  Roger Jenkins, on trial over Qatar dealings, was recorded criticising ex-CEO John Varley. A former Barclays boss accused his ex-chief executive John Varley of being a “wally” for refusing to raise investor fees and warned colleagues that Qatari investors may pull out of the bank’s emergency fundraising in 2008, a court heard. Roger Jenkins, a former head of the lender’s investment banking business, told a colleague they would see Varley’s “shit turn white&rdqu
  
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• The press were never in a post-Leveson straitjacket

  11-10-2019 18:17
  Leveson inquiry witness Christopher Jefferies responds to an article on legal battles between the newspapers and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Jane Martinson says of the legal battles between Prince Harry and the tabloid press that “wherever your sympathies lie, there are also unlikely to be any winners” ( Royals v press: The Sussexes may win the battle but still lose the war, 7 October). It has always suited journalists to suggest it is unwise for victims of illegality to pursue j
  
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• Who will select and train the technocrats?

  11-10-2019 18:16
  Philip Wood and John Airs take issue with Norman Strauss’s proposal for a ‘new constitutional specification and pluralist project team’. I’m all for massive constitutional change with considerable devolution of power and fiscal responsibility to the lowest, local, functional level: allied to federalism and proportional representation to sweep away our lousy “elective dictatorship”. But Norman Strauss’s wordy proposal for a kind of supreme technocratic in
  
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• DUP will oppose any deal that traps Northern Ireland in EU – Arlene Foster

  11-10-2019 18:16
  The DUP leader said the Prime Minister was aware of her party's position.
  
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• Jodie Chesney murder accused 'unaware' of stabbing

  11-10-2019 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Manuel Petrovic says he heard about Jodie Chesney's killing in an east London park the next day.
  
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• Graphic: Weak demand offsets fall in iron ore prices for steelmakers

  11-10-2019 18:06
  Steelmakers' margins are due to deteriorate in coming quarters despite a fall in the price of raw material iron ore because steel prices have also slumped, pressured by weak demand."Even with the correction that we saw in iron ore, steel prices have fallen in just about every market, in Europe, the U.S. and China," said analyst Serafino Capoferri at Macquarie in London.Benchmark spot iron ore for delivery to Chinahit a five-year high of $126.50 a tonne on July 3, having surged 74% over six month
  
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• HMV Birmingham: Can a record store work in a digital age?

  11-10-2019 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Will HMV Vault in Birmingham become the "nirvana for music and film fans" the firm hopes for?
  
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• Schoolboy stabbed to death outside shopping centre named

  11-10-2019 18:01
  Police and witnesses said the teenager's friends and passers-by rushed to help after he was knifed outside a McDonald's in Stratford, east London.
  
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• Billy Connolly: 'I'm not ready to go back on stage'

  11-10-2019 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The comedian says he's not sure if he will be able to perform again due to having Parkinson's disease.
  
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• From pumpkin picking to creepy-crawly hunting: 12 autumnal days out for kids – in pictures

  11-10-2019 17:59
  Keats called it the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness; we call it an excellent excuse for a grand day out. From Mother Nature’s best displays to tricks and treats for all the family, here are 12 of the best ways to enjoy autumn – all easily reached by railContinue reading...
  
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• ‘When you’re first into that magnificent snow, it’s all worth it’: stories from the slopes to inspire your next ski holiday

  11-10-2019 17:45
  From alpine record-setting, hitchhiking for hours to get the best powder and starting to ski aged 18 months, you won’t be able to wait for your next winter break after reading these talesWhile most ski and snowboarding lovers might be fairly content with one mountain holiday a year – or two if they’re lucky – there are others who think of little else except the snow, and find a way to go the extra mile to fit in as much time out on the mountains as possible.Former Financi
  
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