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• Observer Food Monthly Awards 2019 – highlights video

  18-10-2019 23:54
  The biggest event in the food calendar, the Observer Food Monthly Awards celebrate Britain’s leading chefs, restaurateurs, food producers and much more. This year’s awards took place on 17 October at the Freemasons Hall in London, hosted by Nigella Lawson and Jay Rayner. Jamie Oliver collected the award for Best Food Personality, Claudia Roden took home Lifetime Achievement and Refugee Community Kitchen won Outstanding Achievement. Continue reading...
  
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• A day in Elton John's life - Buy Rolls, write hit song, dine with Ringo

  18-10-2019 23:39
  When Elton John was working on his new autobiography, the legendary singer, songwriter and performer pulled out diaries he had been encouraged to write during a stint in rehab.One entry read like this: "Got up, tidied the house, bought a Rolls Royce, had dinner, wrote 'Candle in the Wind,' had dinner with Ringo Starr," the musician said.The diary entries helped jog John's memories from his 50-year career filled with hit records, Grammy awards and royal friendships but also addiction and a suicid
  
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• One arrest after reports of knifeman at Arndale centre in Manchester

  18-10-2019 23:37
  No reported injuries or wider threats to the community, says Greater Manchester police Officers from Greater Manchester police arrested a suspect on Friday after reports of a man with a knife at the Arndale shopping centre.Footage on social media appeared to show a large police and ambulance service presence outside the Manchester shopping centre, which closed at 8pm on Friday according to its website. Continue reading...
  
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• Johnson defiant after British parliament votes to force Brexit delay

  18-10-2019 23:36
  A defiant Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not negotiate a further delay to Britain's departure from the European Union after losing a vote in parliament on Saturday that means he is obliged to request a postponement.Parliament voted 322 to 306 in favour of an amendment put forward by Oliver Letwin, a former Conservative cabinet minister, that withheld support for the Brexit deal Johnson clinched with the EU on Thursday.According to legislation passed earlier, the vote means Johnson is
  
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• Brexit day of reckoning - parliament to vote on Johnson's deal

  18-10-2019 23:36
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson puts his last-minute Brexit deal to a vote in an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday, a day of reckoning that could decide the course of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.More than three years since the United Kingdom voted 52-48 to be the first sovereign country to leave the European project, Johnson will try to win parliament's approval for the divorce treaty he struck in Brussels on Thursday.In a day of Brexit high dram
  
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• Brexit day of reckoning: Johnson battles further delay

  18-10-2019 23:36
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson appealed to lawmakers to back his last-minute Brexit deal in an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday after his plans were plunged into chaos by his opponents' moves to derail the legislation.More than three years since the United Kingdom voted 52-48% to leave the European project, Johnson sought parliament's approval for the divorce treaty he struck in Brussels on Thursday."If there is one feeling that unites the British public with a growing n
  
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• Johnson promises parliament role in post-Brexit talks with EU

  18-10-2019 23:32
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government tried to win over lawmakers ahead of a crucial Brexit vote on Saturday, promising once the withdrawal deal was agreed, parliament would have a say on talks with the EU on trade and workers rights.On Friday, Johnson's Downing Street office said there would be a parliamentary vote on a ministerial statement regarding the objectives of the future negotiations with the European Union as well as once those talks have concluded.More than three years si
  
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• Marco Silva says he has not thought of sack before Everton’s ‘must-win’ game

  18-10-2019 23:30
  • Merseyside club in relegation zone and face West Ham• ‘I don’t think I will be sacked in this situation’Marco Silva does not expect the sack should Everton lose what he has labelled a “must-win” game against West Ham because he believes he retains the backing of the club’s hierarchy. Related: Everton v West Ham United: match previewContinue reading...
  
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• Jürgen Klopp dismisses ‘insulting’ coverage of Manchester United’s travails

  18-10-2019 23:30
  • Liverpool overwhelming favourites to win at Old Trafford
  • ‘People are trying to create it as a banana skin’, manager saysJürgen Klopp believes Liverpool’s visit to Manchester United has been hyped as a potential banana skin for the Premier League leaders to provoke a show of defiance from Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s side.Liverpool are 15 points clear of their old rivals with only eight matches played and can equal Manchester City’s Premier League r
  
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• End the Brexit ‘pain’ says Johnson as he tries to rally support for his deal

  18-10-2019 23:30
  PM faces 'super Saturday' showdown in the Commons over withdrawal agreement.
  
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• Suspected knifeman arrested at Manchester shopping centre

  18-10-2019 23:20
  Greater Manchester Police said the suspect has been arrested at the Arndale Centre and there is no wider threat.
  
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• Manchester Arndale Centre: 'Man with knife' reported

  18-10-2019 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  Armed police are called to Manchester's Arndale Centre a week after five people were injured there.
  
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• British police arrest man in Manchester after knife reports

  18-10-2019 23:13
  British police arrested a man on Friday after reports of a man with a knife at Manchester Arndale Centre but said there was no wider threat to the city."Police remain in attendance at Manchester Arndale Centre following reports of a man with a knife," police said."There are no reported injuries," police said.
  
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• Carney: Brexit deal 'positive' for UK economy

  18-10-2019 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Governor of the Bank of England says deal takes away the threat of a 'disorderly' Brexit.
  
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• US astronauts complete first all-women spacewalk - BBC News

  18-10-2019 23:07 via news.google.com
  US astronauts complete first all-women spacewalk  BBC NewsTrump humiliated by female astronauts who fact check his space blunder during live call  Express.co.ukNASA's first all-female spacewalk goes off without a hitch  CBS This MorningNasa astronauts complete historic all-female spacewalk  The Irish NewsUS makes history with first all-female spacewalk team  DAWN.comView full coverage on Google News
  
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• The spectacular fall of money manager Neil Woodford

  18-10-2019 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Sacked from his flagship fund, and shutting the business - the story of Neil Woodford and his sudden fall.
  
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• Are young Brits falling out of love with the cuppa?

  18-10-2019 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Demand for builder's tea is falling, while coffee and herbal teas are becoming popular.
  
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• ‘We turn up, or we are going home’ – Billy Vunipola spells it out for England | Robert Kitson

  18-10-2019 22:59
  The No 8 recalls England’s failings in 2015 and knows what is at stake in the World Cup quarter-final against AustraliaAt training on Wednesday Billy Vunipola gathered his England teammates around him and delivered seven words they absolutely did not want to hear. “Lads, this could be our last session,” the No 8 told his perspiring comrades. When one or two started smiling, assuming he was having a laugh, he instantly put them straight. “Look, I’m being serious. If
  
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• Nasa astronauts complete historic all-female spacewalk

  18-10-2019 22:23
  Friday's feat is the 43rd spacewalk to include a woman but the first all-female trip.
  
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• Crystal Palace and the knack: how the Eagles became Man City’s bogey team | Ben Fisher

  18-10-2019 22:23
  Jason Puncheon – now playing in Cyprus – talks tactics, Roy Hodgson and Palace’s mentality before City’s visit to Selhurst ParkWith Manchester City lagging eight points behind Liverpool, a visit to Selhurst Park represents an awkward test as Pep Guardiola’s side seek to return to winning ways. A City team tripped up by Norwich also came unstuck against Wolves last time out and on Saturday they face a Palace side with form for making life difficult. Related: Rodri: &
  
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• Why Labour MPs Should Now Back Boris's Deal

  18-10-2019 21:40
  The vote to leave the European Union was a vote for change
  
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• Big Ben protester in police custody after more than three hours up the tower

  18-10-2019 21:19
  Extinction Rebellion protester Ben Atkinson, 43, has now been arrested and removed from the famous clock tower.
  
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• Donald Trump praises astronauts on first all-female spacewalk

  18-10-2019 21:16
  The US president told Christina Koch and Jessica Meir a mission to Mars is not far off.
  
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• Rochdale road rage peacemaker's axe attackers jailed

  18-10-2019 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Cameron Brooksbank was attacked with an axe when up to 20 men set upon him in Rochdale.
  
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• Boeing may have ‘unknowingly’ misled regulators about crash-linked software

  18-10-2019 21:03
  Boeing failed to turn over documents about MCAS program, linked to two fatal crashes of 737 Max airliners, to the FAA for four monthsA senior Boeing executive has said he may have “unknowingly” misled US regulators about the software program linked to two fatal crashes of 737 Max airliners.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed on Friday that Boeing told it a day earlier about internal messages it had discovered “some months ago” that characterize “cert
  
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• N’Golo Kanté: so much more than just the Premier League’s best midfielder | Barney Ronay

  18-10-2019 21:00
  It is no surprise that Real Madrid and Juventus are said to be coming for Chelsea’s Kanté – the Frenchman has conquered all before him over the last four yearsRemember the N’Golo Kanté riots of 2018? Those were high times, man. It seems strange now but this time last year one of the key issues in the Premier League’s endless conversation with itself, and a source of febrile ambient rage well beyond the Chelsea fanbase, was the apparent misuse of Kanté
  
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• Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal – cartoon

  18-10-2019 21:00
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• Living colour: the intricacy and beauty of budgies – in pictures

  18-10-2019 21:00
  Leila Jeffreys started photographing birds in 2008. In this series she takes the birds out of their natural habitat, and by stripping the environment back to the bare minimum and using neutral backgrounds she shows the intricacy and beauty of the feathered creatures. Her latest exhibition, High Society, is on at the the Olsen Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney from 16 October until 9 November• You can vote for the budgie in the Guardian/Bird Life Australia 2019 bird of the year poll from 28 Novembe
  
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• I Have Met the Enemy (and the Enemy Is Us) review – ticking bomb of Britain's arms trade

  18-10-2019 21:00
  Byker Community Centre, Newcastle
  This explosive, techno-soundtracked assault on the military machine cuts between war-zone combatants and anxious families in the weapons industryTwo men look each other in the eye and remember the first time they met. By rights, they should never have come into contact, this Welsh squaddie and this Palestinian actor. In other circumstances, they would have been enemy combatants. They are wise to be wary. But, as soon as they discover a shared love of techno (bot
  
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• Can Ireland and Joe Schmidt again prove to be New Zealand’s kryptonite? | Paul Rees

  18-10-2019 21:00
  The All Blacks have not lost a Rugby World Cup match in 12 years but Steve Hansen will be wary of the men in green• We are expanding our coverage of New Zealand. Please help us by supporting our independent journalismNo one achieves victory over New Zealand by fluke. Joe Schmidt, who from the age of four was running around barefoot playing rugby in a small town in Waikato and dreaming of playing for the All Blacks, is only too aware of that. Having twice masterminded victories over the Worl
  
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• Youth just seconds from death in lethal rail prank

  18-10-2019 20:58
  The youngster was playing a deadly game of chicken at Pyle station in Wales.
  
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• PM faces Brexit extension even if his deal is passed

  18-10-2019 20:57
  Labour and former Tory MPs join in bid to force through extension with amendment on ‘super Saturday’. Boris Johnson’s plan to push through a Brexit deal on Saturday looked likely to be frustrated after an alliance of Labour and former Tory MPs united behind a plan to force a new extension. After clinching a last-minute deal in Brussels on Thursday by agreeing to a customs border in the Irish Sea, the prime minister had hoped to frame the rare Saturday sitting of parliament as a
  
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• Church warden branded ‘thoroughly evil man’ over murder of university lecturer

  18-10-2019 20:57
  Benjamin Field, 28, killed Peter Farquhar, 69, in order to inherit his house and money after a sustained campaign of gaslighting.
  
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• Almost 2,900 jobs at risk as Bonmarche collapses into administration

  18-10-2019 20:54
  The retailer has become the latest victim of the high street downturn after a 'sustained period of challenging trading conditions'.
  
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• Louis Vuitton x Donald Trump: the big fashion collab no one asked for

  18-10-2019 20:53
  Is Louis Vuitton not worried about the threat of aligning their plastic-y, tan hides with the plastic-y tan hide in chief? Louis Vuitton, the most valuable luxury brand in the world and prize pony of luxury conglomerate LVMH’s stables, has opened a Texas factory, AKA the Louis Vuitton Rochambeau Ranch. Vuitton promised the venture will provide 1,000 American jobs over the next five years.Yet, at a time where brands are feeling the pressure to be more political and woke than ever, is it not
  
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• Wedding caterers fined for salmonella-infected hog roast

  18-10-2019 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Fifty-eight guests fell ill after eating the contaminated meat at Vicki and Phil Kemp's reception.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion protester removed from Big Ben's tower

  18-10-2019 20:39
  Police move in after Ben Atkinson scaled scaffolding on Houses of ParliamentAn Extinction Rebellion activist who scaled Big Ben’s tower and unfurled banners calling for action on the climate emergency on Friday was brought to the ground by police three hours after his ascent.Ben Atkinson, a 43-year-old tree surgeon from Rydal in Cumbria, climbed scaffolding surrounding the clock tower without ropes in a protest that marked the culmination of the group’s fortnight-long “October
  
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• Extinction Rebellion protester removed from Big Ben's tower

  18-10-2019 20:39
  Police move in after Ben Atkinson scaled scaffolding on Houses of Parliament. An Extinction Rebellion activist who scaled Big Ben’s tower and unfurled banners calling for action on the climate emergency on Friday was brought to the ground by police three hours after his ascent. Ben Atkinson, a 43-year-old tree surgeon from Rydal in Cumbria, climbed scaffolding surrounding the clock tower without ropes in a protest that marked the culmination of the group’s fortnight-long “Octob
  
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• General discontent: how the president's military men turned on Trump

  18-10-2019 20:18
  Trump once based his cabinet around retired generals but his Syria policy lurch has brought unprecedented military scorn on his headFour-star US generals and admirals are a taciturn bunch: they measure their words, qualify their statements and guard their silence out of loyalty to the armed forces and to their country. Related: Mattis resignation triggered by phone call between Trump and ErdoğanContinue reading...
  
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• Whisky worth more than £100,000 stolen from Paisley yard

  18-10-2019 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Police issue an appeal after the whisky was taken from a secure site in Paisley in an early morning raid.
  
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• UK finance watchdog sues airport car park scheme

  18-10-2019 20:12
  FCA hopes to reimburse thousands of small investors over scheme selling leases on airport parking spacesAn airport car park investment scheme which raised £230m from thousands of people who poured in their pensions and life savings is at the heart of two legal cases that accuse the directors of making false and misleading statements to attract investors.The Financial Conduct Authority announced on Thursday it had started proceedings against Park First Limited, its senior managers and other
  
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• Hammond voices concern PM may be trying to dupe MPs into backing no deal

  18-10-2019 20:10
  Former chancellor challenges Boris Johnson to show he will not use transition period to run down clock and leave without a deal in 2020. Philip Hammond suspects that Boris Johnson may be attempting to trick MPs into backing a “heavily camouflaged” no-deal Brexit amid claims that senior ministers are wooing hard Brexit supporters with the possibility of crashing out of Europe. The former chancellor, who had the whip withdrawn for opposing no deal, has challenged the prime minister to
  
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• Boris Johnson says his deal with EU ‘busts’ the Northern Ireland backstop

  18-10-2019 20:04
  PM faces knife-edge Commons vote on Saturday
  
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• Andrew Griggs murder trial: Sailor husband 'dumped wife's body at sea'

  18-10-2019 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Andrew Griggs dismisses suggestions from prosecutors he killed his wife and dumped her body at sea.
  
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• Bonmarché appoints administrators

  18-10-2019 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The chain's 318 shops will remain open while a buyer is sought for the business.
  
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• Brother of Honduras president found guilty in vast drug conspiracy case

  18-10-2019 19:54
  Prosecutors said the president, Juan Orlando Hernández, enabled his brother’s traffickingThe Honduran politician Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernández has been found guilty in a vast drug conspiracy case in New York City after prosecutors said he relied on “state-sponsored drug trafficking” enabled by his brother – the country’s president.“Tony” Hernández was impassive as the verdict was announced by a jury that deliberated over
  
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• Council asks judge to ban LGBT lessons protesters from near school

  18-10-2019 19:52
  Birmingham school is focus of long campaign to halt LGBT equality messages being taught. A high court judge has been asked to extend an exclusion zone permanently banning activists against LGBT equality lessons from demonstrating outside a Birmingham primary school. Protesters went head to head with a local authority during the five-day trial to stop protests outside Anderton Park primary school. The school, in the Sparkhill area of the city, has become the focus of a long campaign to halt LGBT
  
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• No quarter given: World Cup comes to life as the knockout stage begins | Andy Bull

  18-10-2019 19:51
  The tournament has won millions of new fans in Japan and the onus is on the sport to keep them interested by providing a worthy spectacle in the quarter-finalsA storm blew into the sleepy little city of Oita on Friday morning. It brought thunder, lightning and tens of thousands of rugby fans from England, Australia, France and Wales. They found each other under the awnings around the central station, where they sang songs about Delilah and Matilda and all the unseemly things that went on in a Ch
  
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• Court of Session dismisses bid to stop 'illegal' Brexit deal

  18-10-2019 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Lord Pentland ruled the application by Remain campaigners was "misconceived and unjustified".
  
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• Chile students' mass fare-dodging expands into city-wide protest

  18-10-2019 19:40
  Thousands jump barriers in response to metro fare risePolice use teargas on protesters decrying rising cost of livingThousands of school and university students have joined a mass fare-dodging protest in Chile, flooding into metro stations in the country’s capital to vault turnstiles and vandalise equipment amid simmering unrest over the rising cost of living.The campaign erupted when secondary school students began to jump barriers in groups following a fare rise on 6 October, which put S
  
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