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• Teenager arrested after man, 20, dies following street stabbing

  13-10-2019 23:40
  Emergency services were called to reports of a fight.
  
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• Johnson to set out post-Brexit law and order drive in Queen's Speech

  13-10-2019 23:11
  Queen Elizabeth will on Monday announce several new pieces of legislation to reform Britain's justice system, in a ceremonial speech setting out Prime Minister Boris Johnson's post-Brexit plans.The so-called Queen's Speech is the highlight of a day of elaborate pageantry in Westminster and is used to detail all the bills the government wants to enact in the coming year.It is written for the 93-year old monarch by the government.
  
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• Queen’s Speech Will Revive Domestic Abuse Bill And Crack Down On Foreign Criminals

  13-10-2019 23:00
  Landmark moves to update the law on domestic abuse will be revived and acrackdown on foreign criminals introduced in the Queen's Speech on Monday
  
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• PM seeks to thrust law and order on to agenda in Queen’s speech

  13-10-2019 23:00
  The Queen delivers her speech during the 2017 state opening of parliament. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty ImagesViolent and sexual criminals as well as foreign national offenders who return to the UK will face drastically heavier penalties under measures that will form the centrepiece of a Queen’s speech aimed at wresting the agenda away from the delicate Brexit negotiations.With just days to go before the deadline for Boris Johnson to clinch a last-ditch Brexit deal in Brussels, the Que
  
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• Johnson unveils Speech to ‘restore confidence’ in the justice system

  13-10-2019 23:00
  Labour dismisses the Government's legislative programme as an 'uncosted wish list' to lay the ground for a general election.
  
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• Johnson’s Brexit deal hopes in the balance as both sides say more work to do

  13-10-2019 22:48
  The PM has told ministers he can see a 'pathway' to an agreement but they still must be prepared to leave without a deal.
  
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• UK’s Lightning fighter jets head to US for advanced military trials

  13-10-2019 21:45
  It follows successful trials last year with US military Lightning jets.
  
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• Half-marathon cancelled after reports of man ‘acting suspiciously’

  13-10-2019 21:23
  The Perkins Great Eastern Run was due to take place in Peterborough on Sunday.
  
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• Brexit talks fail to yield breakthrough with timely deal feared ‘impossible’

  13-10-2019 20:55
  Barnier warns negotiations may have to continue as UK’s Irish border plans are an ‘untested’ risk. A breakthrough in the Brexit talks has failed to materialise after a weekend of intensive negotiations, with European Union capitals concluding that it may now be impossible for the UK to leave the EU by 31 October with a deal. In a briefing to EU ambassadors on Sunday evening, the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, raised the prospect of the talks having to continue aft
  
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• Bexley Stabbing: Man, 20, Stabbed To Death In London

  13-10-2019 20:43
  A 20-year-old man has died in hospital following a stabbing in Bexley, southeast London earlier on Sunday
  
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• UK Weather: Heavy Rain Sweeps The Country As Flood Warning Issued

  13-10-2019 20:06
  Parts of England could face flooding as heavy rain sweeps across the country,the Met Office has said
  
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• Inquiry launched into death of woman at Derbyshire prison

  13-10-2019 19:00
  Caria Hart, 26, is 109th woman to die in jail since 2007 report calling for major reform. An investigation has been launched after a 26-year-old woman died at a Derbyshire prison. The woman, named as Caria Hart, was a prisoner at HMP Foston Hall, the Prison Service said. She died in hospital on Saturday. There were claims on social media that female inmates at the prison had been locked in their cells after the young woman’s death. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) is investigating
  
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• AA seeks new chairman to steer it through turnaround plan

  13-10-2019 19:00
  Sky News has learnt that the board of the AA has hired the search firm Korn Ferry to find a successor to John Leach.The search is being led by Andrew Blowers, the AA's senior independent director, and comes at a time when the AA continues to struggle to convince investors that it can successfully tackle its huge debts.Under chief executive Simon Breakwell, the AA has embarked on a strategy to put data and technology at the heart of a company boasting more than 12 million consumer and business cu
  
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• Joanna Cherry: ‘Real possibility’ that Boris Johnson secures Brexit deal

  13-10-2019 18:44
  Ms Cherry suggested that the Conservatives could be prepared to 'lose' Northern Ireland in order to secure a Brexit deal.
  
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• Boris Johnson and Sinn Fein leader discuss Brexit in call

  13-10-2019 18:44
  Mary Lou McDonald said she reminded the Prime Minister of his obligations under the Good Friday Agreement.
  
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• Demonstrators in Westminster demand end to Turkey assault on Syria

  13-10-2019 18:39
  President Donald Trump has ordered all US troops to move further south to avoid the heavy fighting
  
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• Andrew Marr Accuses Priti Patel Of ‘Laughing’ When Questioned About Brexit Fears

  13-10-2019 18:28
  Home Secretary Priti Patel has been criticised for "laughing" during aninterview on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show
  
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• Half a million over-75s with dementia will have to pay for TV licences – study

  13-10-2019 18:25
  BBC decision to transfer cost of licence fee will hit vulnerable older people hard, says Labour. More than half a million older people with dementia could be forced to pay for their TV licences from next year, according to research commissioned by Labour, findings the party said were “a national scandal”. Tom Watson, the shadow culture secretary, who has pushed for the government to maintain funding for free TV licences for those aged 75 or over, said the process of applying for a li
  
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• Half-marathon cancelled over a false alarm

  13-10-2019 18:21
  The Perkins Great Eastern Run was due to take place in Peterborough on Sunday.
  
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• Barnier warns Brexit talks have been ‘difficult’ amid pessimism over deal

  13-10-2019 18:19
  EU’s chief Brexit negotiator reportedly disappointed at lack of progress in negotiations, with extension looking probable. Michel Barnier has warned EU ambassadors that the latest negotiations with Boris Johnson’s government have been “difficult”, with it appearing increasingly unlikely that agreement can be found by the time of an EU summit later this week. After a weekend of intensive talks in Brussels, the EU’s chief negotiator offered a downbeat assessment of th
  
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• SNP Westminster leader tells Corbyn and Swinson to 'step out of the sand pit'

  13-10-2019 18:18
  Ian Blackford calls on other opposition leaders to back vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson. Jeremy Corbyn and Jo Swinson must “step out of the sand pit” and back the SNP’s vote of no confidence in the prime minister, the party’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford has said. Accusing Labour of “running scared” from a general election, Blackford opened the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen with the challenge to other opposition leaders to “step up to the
  
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• SNP Westminster leader tells Corbyn and Swinson to 'step out of the sand pit'

  13-10-2019 18:18
  Ian Blackford, the MP leader of the SNP at Westminster, delivers his keynote speech at the party’s conference in Aberdeen.Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesJeremy Corbyn and Jo Swinson must “step out of the sand pit” and back the SNP’s vote of no confidence in the prime minister, the party’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford has said.Accusing Labour of “running scared” from a general election, Blackford opened the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen
  
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• SNP members reject ‘plan B’ for securing Scottish independence

  13-10-2019 17:26
  SNP members voted to reject the proposal put forward by councillor Chris McEleny at the party's conference in Aberdeen on Sunday.
  
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• SNP conference votes for drugs law to be devolved to allow for decriminalisation

  13-10-2019 17:19
  The motion was approved unanimously at the party's annual conference in Aberdeen.
  
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• Obesity: Ban snacking on public transport, top doctor says - BBC News

  13-10-2019 17:03 via news.google.com
  Obesity: Ban snacking on public transport, top doctor says  BBC News
  
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• SNP has prepared vote of no confidence in Boris Johnson, Ian Blackford reveals

  13-10-2019 17:02
  The SNP Westminster leader urged Labour and the Liberal Democrats to work with his party.
  
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• Watch: Ferrybridge power station demolition

  13-10-2019 17:00
  Four cooling towers were demolished at the Ferrybridge plant
  
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• Cardinal John Henry Newman’s ‘profound’ impact hailed as he becomes saint

  13-10-2019 16:54
  The Prince of Wales, who represented the UK at the ceremony, praised the legacy of the cardinal.
  
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• Corbyn signals Labour unlikely to back a Tory Brexit deal

  13-10-2019 16:24
  The Labour leader cautioned MPs against backing an agreement even if there was a confirmatory referendum.
  
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• Harry Dunn's parents to meet Anne Sacoolas as immunity row continues

  13-10-2019 15:58
  Lawyers acting for family say meeting must be ‘without politicians and spin doctors’. Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US intelligence official who was involved in the road collision that killed 19-year-old Harry Dunn, has agreed to meet with his grieving parents and cooperate with a British police inquiry. But amid ongoing questions over her right to diplomatic immunity, it is not clear if she will return to the UK to fulfil a promise to answer police questions about her role in the car
  
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• Dominic Cummings’s big ego has been a gift for the press

  13-10-2019 15:02
  The outspoken adviser couldn’t care less about being revealed as the source of a ‘leak’. When journalists land a scoop it’s only natural for them to boast about its significance. So I guess we can forgive James Forsyth, the Spectator’s political editor, for his hyperbolic claim last week that he had been the recipient of “the most explosive Downing Street memo in modern times”. In fairness, it was hugely interesting, and not just for its content. It was
  
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• Three injured in stabbing incident at north London butcher’s shop

  13-10-2019 14:52
  A crime scene remains in place.
  
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• 78-year-old arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after Suffolk shooting

  13-10-2019 14:52
  Police said a man in his 40s was shot in his arm in a Suffolk town.
  
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• 'We will see if I have to eat my words or not'

  13-10-2019 14:31
  Jacob Rees-Mogg on Brexit, the death of Harry Dunn and the latest fighting in Turkey.
  
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• EU ready to grant Brexit extension in build-up to key summit

  13-10-2019 14:26
  Boris Johnson faces crunch week as Brussels downplays chance of progress on Ireland. Jean-Claude Juncker has talked up the prospects of a Brexit extension beyond 31 October as EU officials downplayed the chances of a breakthrough in time for this week’s crunch summit. As talks on Johnson’s latest Brexit proposals continued in Brussels, the European commission president said he would back a prolongation of the UK’s membership if it was sought. “It’s up to the Brits t
  
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• Mountaineer to take charge of UK’s most southerly post office in Antarctic

  13-10-2019 14:08
  Kit Adams, 26, from Newcastle in Co Down, said polar places were something he was passionate about.
  
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• Rees-Mogg appeals to Brexiteers to trust PM as talks reach critical stage

  13-10-2019 13:55
  He even hinted he may even have to 'eat my words' and support a plan close to Mrs May's rejected agreement.
  
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• 'Science is never settled' Farage in fierce debate with Extinction Rebellion organiser

  13-10-2019 13:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  NIGEL FARAGE engaged in a heated debate with Extinction Rebellion organiser Sarah Lunnon on whether science is “settled”.
  
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• Sturgeon: I’ll request consent for indyref2 by the end of the year

  13-10-2019 13:44
  Scotland's First Minister said she will ask the UK Government for a Section 30 order 'over the next matter of weeks'.
  
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