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• Abortion rights used to get DUP to back Brexit deal, says Stella Creasy

  16-10-2019 23:49
  Stella Creasy accuses the government of using women as ‘bargaining chips’. Photograph: Nicola Tree/Getty ImagesLabour MP Stella Creasy has accused the government of preparing to hand back control of abortion rights to Stormont to help curry favour with the DUP at a critical moment in the Brexit talks.Creasy led a successful push in the Commons earlier this year to extend abortion rights to Northern Ireland – the only part of the UK where it remains illegal except in a very narr
  
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• Hundreds arrested worldwide in dark web child pornography crackdown

  16-10-2019 23:38
  Hundreds of people have been arrested worldwide after a dark web child pornography site that sold gruesome videos for digital cash was seized and shut down.The site's alleged ringleader, a 23-year-old South Korean named Jong Woo Son, along with 337 users in 12 different countries, have been charged so far.The South-Korea based website, called Welcome To Video, relied on the bitcoin cryptocurrency to sell access to 250,000 videos of child sexual abuse, including young children being raped.
  
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• Creepy AI Clips cam, Daydream VR headset, 1st-gen Pixel Buds join Google Reader, Allo, Plus in digital heaven - The Register

  16-10-2019 23:37 via news.google.com
  Creepy AI Clips cam, Daydream VR headset, 1st-gen Pixel Buds join Google Reader, Allo, Plus in digital heaven  The RegisterPixel 4: New Google phone launches with face unlock and astrophotography  Sky NewsBad news, Pixel 4 users will be forced to pay for something that's free on Pixel 3  ExpressGoogle is giving away a free HP Chromebook with Pixel 4 pre-orders  Daily RecordGoogle draws on old radar technology for its ‘motion sensor’ Pixel 4 sma
  
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• Louise Ellman quits as Labour MP saying Jeremy Corbyn ‘is not fit to serve’

  16-10-2019 23:31
  The Liverpool Riverside MP has resigned from the party she has been a member of for 55 years
  
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• Manchester United spree: Red Devils want SIX signings in next two windows - Daily Mail

  16-10-2019 23:30 via news.google.com
  Manchester United spree: Red Devils want SIX signings in next two windows  Daily MailMan Utd boss Solskjaer explains January transfer plans and drops Mandzukic signing hint  ExpressManchester United transfer news: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists he is ‘100 per cent’ sure club has correct structure  The IndependentMassimiliano Allegri 'is very close to Man United with deal worth £6.5m a season being discussed'  Daily MailManchester United fan
  
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• Emerging 'theme' in major corporate failures

  16-10-2019 23:28
  Business Select Committee member, Peter Kyle MP, tells Ian King the Thomas Cook collapse has similarities with other failures.
  
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• Jewish Labour MP Quits Because Jeremy Corbyn Is A 'Danger To The UK'

  16-10-2019 23:22
  A Jewish Labour MP has quit the party after more than 50 years because shethinks Jeremy Corbyn would be "a danger to the country" if he became primeminister
  
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• Johnson seeks DUP backing in race against time over Brexit deal

  16-10-2019 23:09
  Tory Eurosceptics on board and EU leaders ready to approve agreement. Boris Johnson is in a race against time to secure the Democratic Unionist party’s backing for his newly negotiated Brexit deal as EU leaders said they were ready to approve the agreement on Thursday if the prime minister succeeds. Plans to publish a full legal text ahead of the leaders’ summit had to be put on hold to the frustration of EU officials after the DUP raised a series of objections to the tentative agree
  
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• Netflix's growth slows as it braces for influx of competition

  16-10-2019 23:00
  Profits rise but subscriber base expands more slowly than expected, while Apple, Disney and others prepare own services. Netflix’s growth continues to slow even as the streaming media company prepares for competition from a slew of cash-rich competitors. The company’s latest results cheered investors as profits rose sharply, to $665m from $403m for the same period last year. Shares rose over 5% in after hours trading. But despite the fact that the quarter saw the launch of the latest
  
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• Labour-SNP closeness opens rift in alliance against no-deal Brexit

  16-10-2019 23:00
  Corbyn and Blackford agreeing to work from ‘same script’, claims opposition party source. Bitter splits are emerging between political parties trying to fight a no-deal Brexit, over the new-found unity between Labour and the SNP, with claims they are speaking from the “same script”. An opposition party source involved in the regular opposition alliance talks said they believed the two parties were meeting up before official meetings to agree a joint stance that Jeremy Cor
  
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• Can The DUP Unblock The Brexit Pipe - Or Are They The Blockage?

  16-10-2019 22:57
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• Labour Will Back Referendum On Boris Johnson's Deal, Shadow Brexit Minister Says

  16-10-2019 22:51
  Jeremy Corbyn will back a confirmatory referendum on Boris Johnson's Brexitdeal, a Labour shadow Brexit minister has said
  
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• Johnson and Corbyn agree – Britain has ‘long way to go’ on LGBT equality

  16-10-2019 22:47
  Speaker John Bercow was honoured with a Special Award.
  
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• No Brexit breakthrough deal to emerge on Wednesday as talks continue

  16-10-2019 22:24
  The focus now shifts to the crunch EU summit on Thursday.
  
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• Two men jailed over death after high-speed pursuit

  16-10-2019 22:23
  Joseph Pownall and Lewis Fisher were jailed at Manchester Crown Court.
  
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• Labour would support referendum attached to deal, says minister

  16-10-2019 21:53
  Jenny Chapman, shadow Brexit minister, indicates shift in position by party. Labour would vote for a second referendum to be added to any deal proposed by Boris Johnson on Saturday, a shadow minister has said. Jenny Chapman, the shadow Brexit minister, said Labour would push for a confirmatory vote along with other opposition parties and Tory rebels. The move would mean Labour prioritising a second referendum over a general election, despite Jeremy Corbyn having repeatedly said he would favour t
  
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• Labour 'would support referendum attached to deal'

  16-10-2019 21:53
  Jenny Chapman would push for a confirmatory vote along with other opposition parties and Tory rebels. Photograph: Alamy Stock PhotoLabour would vote for a second referendum to be added to any deal proposed by Boris Johnson on Saturday, a shadow minister has said.Jenny Chapman, the shadow Brexit minister, said Labour would push for a confirmatory vote along with other opposition parties and Tory rebels.The move would mean Labour prioritising a second referendum over a general election, despite Je
  
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• Man Who Suffers From Pathological Laughter Like Joker Opens Up About Disorder - LADbible

  16-10-2019 21:22 via news.google.com
  Man Who Suffers From Pathological Laughter Like Joker Opens Up About Disorder  LADbibleHere's What Joaquin Phoenix And Todd Phillips Think Of All Your 'Joker' Fan Theories  esquire.comJoker movie star weighs in on that potentially huge Batman mythology twist  Mirror OnlineJoker's Joaquin Phoenix had one rule for the set: ‘No a**holes’  Metro.co.ukWill Joker do well at Oscars 2020? Is Joaquin Phoenix Best Actor?  digitalspy.comView ful
  
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• PM yet to win Brexit support of ex-Tories including Hammond

  16-10-2019 21:05
  Boris Johnson will need backing of almost all 21 MPs he expelled to pass deal with EU. Boris Johnson is yet to win over some of those he expelled from the Conservative party to vote for his EU exit deal, including the former chancellor Philip Hammond, who fears doing so could lead to a much harder Brexit than expected. Johnson will need the backing almost all of the 21 who had the whip removed, plus Eurosceptics and either the Democratic Unionist party or a bloc of Labour MPs, if he is to have a
  
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• Lyra McKee’s sister ‘devastated’ over reaction to her Stormont return plea

  16-10-2019 20:52
  Nichola Corner said she would not have taken part in the Northern Ireland Office video if she could have foreseen the reaction.
  
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• Campaigners to launch bid to ban Government from putting Brexit deal before MPs

  16-10-2019 20:52
  Those behind the court action believe the proposed Withdrawal Agreement contravenes UK Government legislation on customs arrangements.
  
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• The race for a Brexit deal: how the day unfolded

  16-10-2019 20:51
  European Research Group members Steve Baker (chairman), Iain Duncan Smith, Mark Francois (deputy chairman) and Sir Bill Cash in Downing Street. Photograph: David Mirzoeff/PAThe country awoke on Wednesday morning to what was described as a final day of efforts to get a Brexit deal ready for a crucial EU summit on Thursday.Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, had said that the UK and EU would have to agree a legal text by 11pm UK time on Tuesday for it to be possible for a deal
  
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• Trump says PM asked him to set up meeting with suspect and Harry Dunn’s family

  16-10-2019 20:47
  Anne Sacoolas said she was "disappointed" she did not meet the family of Harry Dunn at the White House.
  
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• Tory Eurosceptics rally round Boris Johnson as deal nears

  16-10-2019 20:43
  ERG leaders say DUP would probably need to be on board for them to back agreement. The hardest Eurosceptics in the Conservative party are largely rallying round Boris Johnson after he promised them that the UK would leave the customs union and secure a quick free-trade deal with the EU. However, they cautioned that the DUP would probably need to be on board for them to support any agreement and promised to examine every “tedious detail” of the legal texts to ensure the prime minister
  
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• MPs press minister over Jennifer Arcuri investigation

  16-10-2019 20:38
  Jennifer Arcuri told ITV the grant was obtained on merit and she denied any wrongdoing. Photograph: ITV/PAMPs have called for a police investigation into a company run by Jennifer Arcuri, the US businesswoman at the centre of conflict of interest row involving the prime minister, if a government review finds that it used deception to obtain a £100,000 grant.The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is conducting a review of how it awarded Arcuri’s company Hacker Hous
  
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• LGBT lessons protester 'inflamed tensions' by inviting imam, court hears

  16-10-2019 20:38
  Mullah Bahm claimed schools had anal sex and paedophile ‘agenda’ at protest, video shows. The lead protester in the row over LGBT equality teaching has been accused of “inflaming tensions” by inviting a controversial imam who claimed anal sex, paedophilia and transgenderism were being taught in schools to a demonstration. Shakeel Afsar, who has led a long campaign to halt the lessons, was questioned on the third day of a high court hearing to rule on whether an exclusion
  
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• The 'Irish Sea border': what does it mean for businesses?

  16-10-2019 20:27
  We examine the impact of the Brexit plans under discussion between the EU and UK. In agreeing a deal to guarantee the Irish border remains invisible, with no checks fuelling inter-community tensions, the UK is moving the border to the Irish Sea. But the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) fears it will create an unwelcome new Brexit burden in Great Britain, forcing manufacturers to take on a mountain of paperwork and breaching Theresa May’s promise that east-west trade would remain unfettered.
  
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• The 'Irish Sea border': what does it mean for businesses?

  16-10-2019 20:27
  Belfast could find itself on the EU side of a de facto customs border under the backstop proposals being discussed. Photograph: John Sibley/ReutersIn agreeing a deal to guarantee the Irish border remains invisible, with no checks fuelling inter-community tensions, the UK is moving the border to the Irish Sea.But the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) fears it will create an unwelcome new Brexit burden in Great Britain, forcing manufacturers to take on a mountain of paperwork and breaching Theresa M
  
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• UK special forces may help British orphans escape Syria

  16-10-2019 20:23
  A Syrian woman newly displaced by the Turkish military operation in Syria at a camp in Iraq. Photograph: Hussein Malla/APBritain will consider repatriating orphans and unaccompanied children in north-east Syria if they are alerted to their presence by local military or aid agencies.Home Office officials said the UK would assist British orphans trapped in Syria after the Turkish invasion, reversing a previous policy that children had to be taken out of the country before they might get any help.O
  
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• Trump Says UK Driving Is 'Tough' In Defense Of Diplomat's Wife In British Teen's Death

  16-10-2019 20:10
  The president again made excuses for American Anne Sacoolas, who fled the U.K. after the crash that killed motorcyclist Harry Dunn, 19.
  
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• Moving HQ to Leeds ‘start of new era for Channel 4’

  16-10-2019 20:00
  Chief executive Alex Mahon marked the opening of an interim base in Leeds as work continues on the new headquarters in the West Yorkshire city.
  
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• Stephen Barclay, a pointless secretary for a pointless Brexit

  16-10-2019 19:52
  ‘Man for no seasons’ Stephen Barclay arrives for a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APIf Stephen Barclay didn’t exist, would anyone notice his absence? He is Westminster’s very own invisible man. Someone so forgettable that not even his own reflection recognises him. A man who slips in and out of rooms without leaving a trace. No one can even be quite sure if he has human form or if he is just some shape-shifting ectoplasm.Everything a
  
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• Culture Secretary refuses to intervene in BBC decision to scrap free TV licences

  16-10-2019 19:52
  Nicky Morgan said she had 'no plans' to challenge the reforms that will see the benefit given only to over 75s with low-incomes.
  
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• 2025 target for gigabit broadband across the UK, Digital Secretary says

  16-10-2019 19:48
  "I still use the phrase 2025 and so does the Prime Minister," Nicky Morgan tells MPs.
  
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• Woman charged in London with planning to bomb St Paul's cathedral

  16-10-2019 19:38
  A woman appeared in court on Wednesday charged with terrorism offences including scoping out St Paul's cathedral as a possible bomb target.Safiyya Amira Shaikh, 36, was remanded in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court to appear again at the Old Bailey court on Nov. 1, police said.Shaikh, of Hayes, west London, was charged with preparing terrorist acts between August and October this year including making contact with someone she believed could help her make explosives.
  
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• Emmerdale remembers ‘generous and caring’ Leah Bracknell as actress dies at 55

  16-10-2019 19:38
  The actress played Zoe Tate on Emmerdale.
  
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• Campaigners’ challenge over Heathrow expansion reaches Court of Appeal

  16-10-2019 19:33
  The cases were dismissed by two leading judges in May, but their appeals against that ruling will be heard over four days starting on Thursday.
  
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• Tusk: 'foundations' of Brexit deal are ready but UK has late doubts

  16-10-2019 19:32
  Boris Johnson tells Tories negotiations are near peak, but summit is ‘shrouded in mist’. Donald Tusk, the president of the European council, has said the “foundations” of a Brexit deal are ready for approval by EU leaders but that Brussels is waiting on Downing Street after late “doubts” in London. The deal due to be signed off by leaders at a summit on Thursday would involve the drawing of a regulatory and customs border down the Irish Sea and a vote for Stor
  
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• Boris Johnson acknowledges ‘outstanding issues’ ahead of crucial Brexit summit

  16-10-2019 19:22
  Officials on both sides of the Channel said numerous obstacles still needed to be surmounted for a fresh agreement to be brokered.
  
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• Tory Leavers Will Not Back EU-Proposed 'Indicative' Brexit Deal Without Full Legal Text

  16-10-2019 19:21
  Senior Tory Leavers have insisted on seeing a full Brexit deal, includinglegal text, before backing it in a parliamentary vote
  
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• Human 'mini-brains' slow at developing among primates - BBC News

  16-10-2019 19:03 via news.google.com
  Human 'mini-brains' slow at developing among primates  BBC NewsOrganoid single-cell genomic atlas uncovers human-specific features of brain development  Nature.comLab-grown mini brains shed light on how humans split from great apes  The Conversation UKOrganoids offer clues to how brains are made in humans and chimpanzees  Science NewsScientists Use Lab-Grown Brains to Study What Makes Us Human  GizmodoView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Donald Trump Says Boris Johnson Asked For Grieving British Family To Meet Suspect In Son's Death

  16-10-2019 19:00
  Donald Trump has said Boris Johnson asked for a grieving British family tomeet the suspect in their son's death at the White House - an offer theyrefused as it felt like an "ambush"
  
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• Our voting system needs reform – not photo ID

  16-10-2019 18:58
  Readers discuss the pros and cons of a government proposal for voters needing to have photo ID at the ballot box. I have acted as presiding officer at many local and national elections and referendums. I do not believe there is any justification for imposing photo ID requirements on electors (Conservatives accused of suppressing voters’ rights with photo ID plans, 14 October). As you have reported, there is no evidence that “personation” is a significant issue. One angle that h
  
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• Who is to blame for the wartime nostalgia that underpins Brexit?

  16-10-2019 18:57
  Remembrance culture and victory narrative exercise a baleful influence, says Chris Donnison, and Geoff Reid recalls his coversations with his veteran father. John Harris’s condemnation of the tabloid press for much of the hubris and nostalgia that underpins the Brexit “mood music” is well made ( The fantasy of Britain at war could be nearing its last hurrah, 14 October) but does not go far enough. The wider establishment in the media, church and politics is deeply, if unwitting
  
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• Alcohol advice for pregnant women

  16-10-2019 18:56
  Both Drinkaware and Éduc’alcool advise that the safest approach for pregnant women or those trying to conceive is not to drink alcohol at all. Photograph: Jamie Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RFYour article (Pregnant women encouraged to drink by alcohol industry, researchers claim, 14 October) suggests that Drinkaware has published information saying “light drinking” in pregnancy is safe. Nowhere on our website are there any such statements. On the contrary, we advise u
  
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• Fond memories of a vintage Mancunian tipple

  16-10-2019 18:54
  1970s drinks | Lipreading | Fiona Hill | The Kurdish people | Mealtimes. I very much look forward to visiting Martin Parr’s photography exhibition in Cardiff . His exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery earlier this year was superb ( Interview, G2, 14 October). Warm monochrome photographs of Yates’s Wine Lodge in Ashton-under-Lyne brought back vivid memories of waiting in line to be served a blob, akin to a rite of passage for Mancunians of a certain vintage. This delightful concoction
  
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• In Pictures: Children get into the Halloween spirit at pumpkin festival

  16-10-2019 18:51
  Farringtons Farm in Somerset holds the festival every year.
  
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• Middle-aged man was calm after killing 22-year-old girlfriend, court told

  16-10-2019 18:47
  The court heard on Tuesday that while in custody, Farrell wrote a letter confessing to the killing.
  
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• Officer in fatal march says he lacked health and safety training

  16-10-2019 18:45
  Capt Colin Nufer tells inquest into death of Joshua Hoole he received no formal guidance. An experienced army officer who oversaw a course during which a soldier fatally collapsed on a hot summer day has told an inquest he had been given no formal health and safety training. Cpl Joshua Hoole, 26, died within an hour of collapsing on an annual fitness test (AFT) in Brecon, south Wales, in July 2016. Three years earlier, three army reservists sustained fatal heat illness during an SAS selection ma
  
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• Brexit healthcare fears fuel expatriate insurance interest in Europe

  16-10-2019 18:45
  LONDON/MADRID/PARIS (Reuters) - Some Britons living in the Europe Union are worried about losing access to free healthcare after Brexit, opening up a potentially lucrative new market for European health insurers."I am indebted to France for my life," said Beryl Roberts from Pontivy, in the north west of the country, who has the French health service to thank for spotting her cancer."However if there is no more healthcare after Brexit, I will be desperate," adds the 72-year-old, who is among more
  
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