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• Brexit: What is the DUP and what does it believe in?

  17-10-2019 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Jayne McCormack explains why the Democratic Unionist Party has so much power.
  
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• David Cameron gives his backing to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal

  17-10-2019 23:23
  'I hope he'll get it through Parliament, I suspect he will but it will be tight', the former PM told Harrogate's literature festival.
  
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• Tory MP Mark Field to step down over Brexit ‘divisions’

  17-10-2019 22:54
  Mr Field said he would not fight the Cities of London and Westminster seat at the next election having held it for 17 years.
  
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• Boris Johnson plays numbers game after securing Brexit deal

  17-10-2019 22:21
  Boris Johnson has insisted he is “very confident” that his Brexit deal will be approved by the House of Commons in a historic knife-edge vote on Saturday, even without the backing of the DUP.“I want to stress that this is a great deal for our country, for the UK; I also believe that it is a very good deal for our friends in the EU,” Johnson said at the European council in Brussels, where EU leaders signed off on the last-minute deal.Johnson hopes to frame Saturday’s
  
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• 'It's painful to choose': ERG locked in internal talks over Brexit deal

  17-10-2019 22:04
  ERG members Mark Francois and Steve Baker have made positive noises about the deal. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesThe 28 Eurosceptic Tory hardliners have not said “no” to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, giving No 10 hope that they will swing behind the prime minister.The group, known as “the Spartans”, had indicated they would take a lead from the Democratic Unionist party, which categorically said it would vote against Johnson’s deal. But several of the Tory
  
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• What has happened with Brexit and what happens next?

  17-10-2019 22:02
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged MPs to come together to back his Brexit deal.
  
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• On the Irish border, people give Brexit deal cautious welcome

  17-10-2019 22:02
  Residents living in frontier towns along the Irish border say they are hoping for "clarity" going forward.
  
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• Brexit deal may be a rare win-win for Boris Johnson

  17-10-2019 21:51
  PM will hope to pass his deal on Saturday but knows rejection will set him up for a general election. Boris Johnson’s team were pasty-faced with exhaustion as they briefed journalists about the details of the Brexit deal in Brussels on Thursday afternoon – but the PM himself was unable to suppress a beam of triumph, as he glad-handed his fellow leaders. Just a week after Johnson’s meeting with the Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, at a wedding venue on the Wirral, Downing Str
  
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• SNP puts forward plans for Brexit extension and general election

  17-10-2019 21:35
  The party has tabled an amendment rejecting Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, which will go before a Commons vote on Saturday.
  
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• Prime Minister dines on scallops and veal after clinching Brexit deal

  17-10-2019 21:34
  A four-course feast for Boris Johnson.
  
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• Brexit timeline: From 2013 referendum promise to a 2019 ‘great deal’

  17-10-2019 21:28
  Key moments in the long-running process.
  
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• Pupils with behavioural issues failing to meet exam benchmark

  17-10-2019 21:21
  Just 1.5% with behaviour issues got grade 4s or higher in the subjects, according to data. Only one out of every 25 pupils in schools for those with behavioural difficulties or exclusions managed to gain passes in English and maths GCSEs this year, according to national data which also shows little headway being made in improving overall exam results. Just 4% of those in England attending pupil referral units or similar alternative provision achieved grade 4s or higher in maths and English, whil
  
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• Stop and search ‘likely’ for more BAME people under relaxed rules – report

  17-10-2019 21:06
  In August the Home Office rolled back restrictions on the tactic as part of a bid to crack down on knife crime and violence.
  
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• 'You can't stop people watching': why BBC subscriptions are a long way off

  17-10-2019 21:02
  Moving to Netflix-style model could break up corporation – and that’s when support waivers. When the BBC gathered its top on-screen stars and off-screen producers for a drinks party at the top of London’s Walkie Talkie skyscraper last week, the message was clear: we might not be able to compete with Netflix on money – but our licence fee model means we can nurture and promote your work to the whole of Britain in a way that no other broadcaster can. The culture secretary,
  
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• Harry says stress of memories around Diana’s death is ‘wound that festers’

  17-10-2019 20:55
  The Duke of Sussex added that he felt significant pressure being a member of the royal family in the spotlight.
  
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• Boris Johnson's new Brexit deal - will MPs support it?

  17-10-2019 20:52 via bbc.co.uk
  With an agreement reached with the EU, Boris Johnson now needs MPs to back it in Parliament.
  
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• Brexit plan has 'decent chance' in key vote on Saturday - Javid

  17-10-2019 20:45
  Britain's new Brexit deal has a "decent chance" of clearing a crucial vote in the country's parliament on Saturday and the alternative is to leave the European Union without a deal on Oct. 31, finance minister Sajid Javid said on Thursday.Javid said he would not heed calls from some lawmakers to produce an assessment of the economic impact of the deal that Prime Minister Boris Johnson struck on Thursday with the rest of the EU.Instead, Javid said parliament had to understand that the plan would
  
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• Boris Johnson gets his deal and a slap on the back in Brussels

  17-10-2019 20:37
  Beyond the bonhomie at EU summit, leaders fear PM’s deal could meet same fate as his predecessor’s. There wasn’t even a Brexit deal yet when the Democratic Unionist party announced it could not support it. “As things stand we could not support what is being suggested on customs and consent issues and there is a lack of clarity on VAT,” the party said in a dawn statement. Customs, consent and VAT: three technical issues that have weighty implications for Brexit and t
  
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• Boris Johnson leads his weary people to the unpromised land

  17-10-2019 20:25
  PM finds there is no defeat he can’t rewrite as a victory – even one that will make everyone worse off. Northern Ireland was so last year. At the Democratic Unionist party’s conference in November 2018, Boris Johnson had said no British Conservative government could sign up to regulatory checks and customs controls down the Irish Sea. To do so would be to put the whole of the union at risk. But midway through the morning, Boris Johnson announced he had agreed a Brexit deal that
  
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• New Brexit deal: Four ways it's different, one way it's the same

  17-10-2019 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Brussels correspondent Adam Fleming compares Boris Johnson's withdrawal agreement with Theresa May's.
  
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• U.S. boutique banks woo French bankers in Paris advisory push - sources

  17-10-2019 20:16
  LONDON/PARIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several U.S. boutique investment banks are looking to hire senior staff in Paris in the wake of Britain's departure from the EU and have poached bankers from France's most established advisory firms, including Lazard , sources told Reuters.New York-based Evercore Inchas tapped headhunting firm Charta Partners to hire French bankers with long-standing relationships with the country's key companies, sources said, as it prepares to open an office in Paris.
  
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• Turkey to suspend Syria offensive, Mike Pence announces - BBC News

  17-10-2019 20:15 via news.google.com
  Turkey to suspend Syria offensive, Mike Pence announces  BBC NewsDonald Trump’s bizarre, threatening letter to Erdoğan: ‘Don’t be a fool’  The GuardianTurkey's Erdogan 'threw Trump's Syria letter in bin'  BBC NewsDonald Trump’s Syria pullout is a serious strategic error  Financial TimesTrump has lost Syria — and his mind  The Washington PostView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Rival unionists accuse DUP of catastrophic Brexit miscalculation

  17-10-2019 20:14
  UUP leader says party’s blunders threaten to put Northern Ireland on ‘window ledge’ of union. The Democratic Unionist party is reeling from accusations it was duped and betrayed by Downing Street over a Brexit deal that weakens Northern Ireland’s position in the UK. Rival unionists on Thursday said the DUP had committed a catastrophic miscalculation in trusting Boris Johnson, potentially putting Northern Ireland on a path towards a united Ireland. The DUP also risked isol
  
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• Johnson ‘very confident’ MPs will back Brexit deal

  17-10-2019 20:11
  The PM said he hopes Parliament will approve the deal on Saturday.
  
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• Brexiteer-In-Chief Nigel Farage Now Wants To Delay Brexit

  17-10-2019 20:08
  Nigel Farage has made an unexpected U-turn by suggesting he would rather seeBrexit delayed than leave the European Union with Boris Johnson's freshly-minted deal
  
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• National Doral Miami: Trump Florida golf course to host G7 summit - BBC News

  17-10-2019 20:04 via news.google.com
  National Doral Miami: Trump Florida golf course to host G7 summit  BBC NewsG7 summit at Trump resort will not cover climate crisis, says White House – live  The Guardian‘Get over it’: Trump chief of staff confirms president froze Ukraine aid in part over political investigation  The IndependentWhite House says G7 summit will be held at Trump resort  Financial TimesTrump awards G7 summit to his own Florida golf resort  The Guardi
  
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• Prince Harry: 'My mother's death is wound that festers'

  17-10-2019 19:59
  Duke of Sussex reveals emotional toll of following in footsteps of Diana, Princess of Wales. The Duke of Sussex has described the emotional impact of walking in his mother’s footsteps, and how dealing with her death is a “wound that festers”, in a new ITV documentary. In an interview with ITV News at Ten anchor Tom Bradby, Prince Harry was asked how he felt retracing the steps of Diana, Princess of Wales, during the recent southern Africa tour with the Duchess of Sussex, 22 yea
  
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• Ex-Tories Join Call For Brexit Deal Analysis Ahead Of Crunch Vote

  17-10-2019 19:57
  A host of ex-Tory MPs whose support Boris Johnson needs to get his new Brexitdeal through parliament are demanding a full analysis of the plans
  
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• Kate wears toy tiara for girl’s tea party during visit to cancer hospital

  17-10-2019 19:46
  Kate and seven-year-old patient Wafia Rehmani wore matching toy tiaras during the royal's visit to the hospital.
  
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• EU leaders say door is open for UK to rejoin

  17-10-2019 19:38
  Donald Tusk and Commission Jean-Claude Juncker expressed sadness over the UK's decision to leave.
  
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• Sinn Fein president denies new deal has created road to hard border

  17-10-2019 19:37
  Mary Lou McDonald welcomed the last-minute deal but warned that it is not a 'happily ever after ending' to the Brexit story.
  
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• Premier League: Leicester v Liverpool to kick-off at 20:00 GMT for Amazon showing - BBC News

  17-10-2019 19:33 via news.google.com
  Premier League: Leicester v Liverpool to kick-off at 20:00 GMT for Amazon showing  BBC News10 reasons to get excited about the return of the Premier League  Daily MailThese are the most transferred in Dream Team players during the international break  Dream Team FCFootball Quiz: Higher or Lower Game: Manchester United v Liverpool - CBBC  BBC NewsLiverpool supporters' group call on Premier League to change Boxing Day fixtures  Mirror OnlineView fu
  
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• Brexit deal: Where have the UK and EU compromised?

  17-10-2019 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  After tense negotiations, both sides made concessions to reach a new deal.
  
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• Brexit: Johnson 'very confident' MPs will back deal - BBC News

  17-10-2019 19:28 via news.google.com
  Brexit: Johnson 'very confident' MPs will back deal  BBC NewsPound jumps against the Euro and Dollar as Boris agrees Brexit deal with EU  The SunBoris Johnson accused of using abortion rights in Northern Ireland as 'bargaining chip' to get DUP to back Brexit deal  The IndependentHere’s why Boris Johnson’s plans have every chance of falling apart  The GuardianBrexit: The problem that could undo the fragile deal  BBC NewsView full cover
  
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• DUP accused of ‘dropping the ball’ over Brexit deal by unionist rivals

  17-10-2019 19:27
  Meanwhile, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood gave the proposed deal a cautious welcome and Alliance and Greens called for a People's Vote.
  
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• NTSB to determine probable cause of fatal Uber self-driving crash

  17-10-2019 19:26
  The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold a Nov. 19 hearing to determine the probable cause of a March 2018 Uber Technologies Incself-driving vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian in Arizona.The crash, involving a Volvo XC90 sport utility vehicle that Uber was using to test self-driving technology, was a blow to the autonomous vehicle industry and led other companies to temporarily halt their testing.Elaine Herzberg, 49, was walking her bicycle outside the crosswalk on a fo
  
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• Labour Rebel MPs Ready To Back PM’s Brexit Deal If UK Law Enshrines Workers’ Rights

  17-10-2019 19:08
  Labour MPs in Leave areas are ready to back Boris Johnson's Brexit deal if heenshrines in UK law EU-style workers rights and other protections, HuffPost UKcan reveal
  
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• 'Flight-shaming' could slow growth of airline industry, says Iata - The Guardian

  17-10-2019 19:06 via news.google.com
  'Flight-shaming' could slow growth of airline industry, says Iata  The Guardian
  
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• Farage under fire over criticism of EU’s stance on Brexit deadline

  17-10-2019 19:04
  Former first secretary of state Damian Green was among those making fun of Mr Farage's comments.
  
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• Britain’s breakup could benefit all of its parts

  17-10-2019 19:03
  Paul Salveson, Philip Wood, Lorna Slater and Anthony O’ Neill respond to articles by Aditya Chakrabortty and Martin Kettle. Aditya Chakrabortty ( Salvaging the union will need imagination – and we’ve lost it, 17 October) paints a grim but probably accurate picture of what will happen to “the idea of Britain” after Brexit. The prospect of Scotland leaving the UK, possibly followed by Wales and a united Ireland not far behind, conjures up a nightmare vision of a right
  
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• Benefits of ‘welfare robots’ and the need for human oversight

  17-10-2019 19:02
  Simon McKinnon of the DWP, Tom Symons of Nesta and Pat McCarthy respond to articles on the use of artificial intelligence in managing benefit claims. Re your article ( March of the ‘welfare robot’ triggers fears for poorest, 15 October), I found it disappointing and surprising that you do not see the benefits of the DWP’s work in artificial intelligence, despite a recent editorial (22 May)praising the benefits of AI in helping patient care in the NHS. Our “intelligent aut
  
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• Victims of conflict do not die in glory

  17-10-2019 19:01
  In response to the changing meaning of the red poppy, Anthony Matthew argues that military pomp can hide the disaster of war, while Barbara Crowther describes a local memorial to all victims. The Royal British Legion has modified the meaning of the red remembrance poppies to include “innocent civilians who have lost their lives in conflict and acts of terrorism” ( Report, 16 October). This broadening of the scope of remembrance still falls short of that represented by the white poppi
  
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• Police warn Somerset holiday home owners over pop-up brothels

  17-10-2019 19:00
  Officers say brothels are being set up in Bristol and other urban centres and in the countryside. Photograph: AlamyOwners of holiday homes and short-term rental properties in the south-west of England are being urged to check that their houses and flats are not being used as brothels.Avon and Somerset police said they were investigating 50 suspected brothels in residential settings such as holiday flats. The force also said almost half of the intelligence reports about human trafficking and mode
  
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• DUP accuses Boris Johnson of losing his nerve

  17-10-2019 19:00
  Arlene Foster accused London, Brussels and Dublin of turning their back on powersharing arrangements.
  
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• Mirror subeditors rise and fall to the blob challenge

  17-10-2019 18:59
  Rail nationalisation | Voting by post | Intercourse | Daily Telegraph | Daily Mirror. The CBI’s systematic scaremongering ( Labour’s plan for state ownership of utilities to cost £196bn – CBI, 14 October) neglects the potential financial benefits of nationalisation. Public ownership of the railways could ensure that income is concentrated on improving services instead of being creamed off by private shareholders. Francis Prideaux London . Could someone set out the process
  
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• EU leaves door open to Brexit extension, in blow to Boris Johnson

  17-10-2019 18:56
  Member states decline to follow Jean-Claude Juncker, who ‘ruled out’ further delay. EU leaders have left open the option of extending Brexit beyond 31 October if the new deal is voted down by the Commons, in a blow to Boris Johnson’s strategy. The prime minister had been seeking to pitch Saturday’s vote in the Commons as a choice between deal or no deal after coming to an agreement with the EU. Johnson was helped by comments from Jean-Claude Juncker casting doubt on the p
  
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• Brexit deal averts a recessionary shock for the world economy – but it is no panacea - Telegraph.co.uk

  17-10-2019 18:48 via news.google.com
  Brexit deal averts a recessionary shock for the world economy – but it is no panacea  Telegraph.co.uk
  
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• Corbyn's 'Death Bed Conversion' To A Second Brexit Referendum 'Too Late To Help Labour' In An Election, Senior MP Says

  17-10-2019 18:44
  Jeremy Corbyn's "death bed conversion" to backing a second referendum has cometoo late to help Labour in a general election, a senior party MP has said
  
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• Westminster rough sleepers evicted after complaint by Commons chaplain

  17-10-2019 18:41
  Group ‘driven from closest thing we had to a home’ after Rose Hudson-Wilkin’s objection. A group of homeless people who bed down in a tube tunnel near parliament have accused the chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Rose Hudson-Wilkin, of driving them out of their only home after complaining to security officials about their “ongoing stench ”. They wrote to the chaplain on Thursday, saying their lives had taken a turn for the worse since she complained a
  
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• Police release e-fit image of man who fell from plane in Clapham

  17-10-2019 18:41
  The man fell from the aircraft, operated by Kenyan Airways, into a back garden in Clapham, south London, and narrowly missed a sunbather.
  
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