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• Two UK political parties to try to trigger December 9 election

  26-10-2019 23:48
  Two of Britain's smaller political parties have joined forces to try to trigger a Dec. 9 election and have written to Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, to ask for a delay to Brexit to hold it.In a letter the Scottish National Party and the Liberal Democrats, both big supporters of remaining in the European Union, asked Tusk to agree to a Brexit extension until Jan. 31.
  
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• PM says Labour rejection of election could delay Brexit until next year

  26-10-2019 23:33
  Boris Johnson gestures during prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons, 23 October 2019.Photograph: Jessica Taylor/AFP via Getty ImagesBoris Johnson has said that Brexit might not happen until well into next year as Labour look set to reject his call for a general election before Christmas.The prime minister – who has effectively accepted that he will fail to honour his “do or die” promise to take the UK out of the EU on Thursday – said he now feared parli
  
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• Johnson’s Halloween nightmare: how PM’s Brexit tactics fell apart

  26-10-2019 23:33
  The prime minister and the Labour leader faced huge problems as their strategies collapsed and they were forced to backtrack. It was supposed to be a Halloween Brexit, when the lights would finally go out on the UK’s 46-year membership of the European project, at 11pm on Thursday, 31 October. Ten million celebratory 50p coins bearing the words “friendship with all nations” were being prepared as mementoes. Brexiters had planned big parties to toast the moment with champagne and
  
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• MPs holding country hostage if they do not agree to election – Prime Minister

  26-10-2019 23:30
  Boris Johnson said a third refusal of an election would force him to conclude MPs were 'not sincere in their desire to get Brexit done'.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn to pledge that Labour will ‘take on the wealthy and powerful’

  26-10-2019 23:30
  The Labour leader will speak at the Unite union conference in Ayr on Sunday.
  
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• SNP and Lib Dems write to EU chief calling for long Brexit extension

  26-10-2019 23:00
  Both parties also say they will not support an election until a no-deal Brexit is off the table.
  
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• French luxury group LVMH offers to buy U.S jeweller Tiffany - sources

  26-10-2019 22:45
  LVMH, which has for years been looking for ways to expand in the U.S. market, submitted a preliminary, non-binding offer to Tiffany earlier this month, one of the sources said.Tiffany has hired advisers to review LVMH's offer but has not yet responded to it, and there is no certainty that it will negotiate a deal, one of the sources added.The exact price that LVMH was offering to buy Tiffany, which has a market capitalisation of $11.9 billion, could not be learned.
  
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• French luxury group LVMH offers to buy U.S jeweler Tiffany - sources

  26-10-2019 22:45
  LVMH, which has for years been looking for ways to expand in the U.S. market, submitted a preliminary, non-binding offer to Tiffany earlier this month, one of the sources said.Tiffany has hired advisers to review LVMH's offer but has not yet responded to it, and there is no certainty that it will negotiate a deal, one of the sources added.The exact price that LVMH was offering to buy Tiffany, which has a market capitalisation of $11.9 billion, could not be learned.
  
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• Migrant deaths: Britain faces exclusion from elite EU policing unit

  26-10-2019 22:03
  The container lorry in which 39 people were found dead in an industrial park in Grays, Essex, on Wednesday.Photograph: Aaron Chown/PAThe UK faces being excluded from Europe’s anti-trafficking unit after Brexit, senior MPs and experts warned last night. The unit is coordinating international investigations into the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in the back of a lorry in Essex last week. The warning came as on Saturday the driver of the truck, Maurice Robinson, was charged with
  
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• Brexit fury: UK being held to ransom by Remainer MPs, says Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin

  26-10-2019 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE UK has been held to ransom by a small number of MPs in Parliament determined to frustrate Brexit at all costs, Wetherspoons founder Tim Martin has said - and without them, he predicted Britain would already have left the EU with a better deal than the one negotiated by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
  
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• With such volatile voters, all poll bets are off for a snap election

  26-10-2019 21:47
  Nigel Farage at a Brexit party rally this month: he risks becoming Brexit’s spoiler, rather than its saviour, by splitting the Leave vote. Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty ImagesA “cold snap” election is the talk of the town, with the Commons set to vote on Monday on Boris Johnson’s request for an early election on 12 December. If they grant him his wish – and at the moment it looks a big if – MPs of all parties will be taking the biggest gamble in modern polit
  
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• With such a volatile electorate, all poll bets are off

  26-10-2019 21:35
  There is no guarantee for any party of how a ‘cold snap’ UK election could go. A “cold snap” election is the talk of the town, with the Commons set to vote on Monday on Boris Johnson’s request for an early election on 12 December. If they grant him his wish – and at the moment it looks a big if – MPs of all parties will be taking the biggest gamble in modern political history. Johnson hopes to capitalise on a resurgent polling position and his Brexit ren
  
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• Why do Vietnamese people make hazardous journeys to the UK?

  26-10-2019 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  People from remote Vietnamese communities are paying as much as £30,000 to be smuggled into the UK.
  
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• EDF appointed to take on customers of collapsed energy firm Toto

  26-10-2019 20:43
  Ofgem announced on Saturday that it had chosen EDF Energy as the new supplier for the 134,000 customers.
  
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• RAF reveals F-35 jets have 22,000lbs of firepower - ‘We wouldn't mess with it either’

  26-10-2019 20:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE RAF have released stunning images of its £100million new supersonic F-35 fighter jets showcased during war-games with the US.
  
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• Number of Britons leaving for Europe hits a 10-year high

  26-10-2019 20:35
  Britons in Europe spoke of the importance of an actively European identity to them. The number of British citizens leaving for European Union countries is at a 10-year high, with the rate of departure accelerating since the referendum, new research has revealed. According to initial findings of a report on the migration of UK citizens, 84,000 people are expected to leave Britain for another EU nation this year, compared with 59,000 in 2008. It found that about 11,500 people moved from the UK to
  
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• 'They accept that they might die': Vietnamese in Britain recall perilous flight to safety

  26-10-2019 20:11
  Essex lorry tragedy has brought back painful memories for those who made similar decisions in search of a better life. For Loan Hoang, news of the tragedy in Essex brought memories rushing back of how her own brothers risked their lives to help their family flee Vietnam four decades ago. In 1978, three of them were among 600 people crammed on to a boat made for 400. With the boat barely floating under the weight of its cargo, they set out to sea uncertain whether the voyage would end in safety o
  
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• Brexit referendum should never have been called, say majority of voters

  26-10-2019 20:04
  Poll shows growing hindsight regret on leaving EU … but a 16% Tory lead in a general election. Twice as many people now think it would have been better never to have held a referendum on Brexit than believe it was a good idea, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer. Asked to consider the difficulties the government has had in reaching an agreement, 57% of UK adults surveyed said that they believed it would have been better not to have had a public vote in June 2016. This co
  
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• UK PM Johnson's Conservatives hold 16-point poll lead ahead of election decision

  26-10-2019 19:51
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party holds a 16-point lead over the opposition Labour Party ahead of a parliamentary vote on Monday on whether to hold a snap general election, according to an Opinium poll.According to the survey, support for the Conservative Party rose three points since a previous poll eight days ago to stand at 40%, while Labour was unchanged on 24%.The pro-European Union Liberal Democrat Party slipped one point to 15% while Nigel Farage's Brexit Party, wh
  
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• Football matches called off after heavy rain hits UK

  26-10-2019 19:16
  The highest rainfall total of 122 mm was recorded at Libanus in South Wales.
  
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• Third man arrested over double murder at Milton Keynes party

  26-10-2019 19:08
  Suspect, 27, remanded in custody following the incident on 19 October. Police have arrested a third man in connection with a double murder at a house party in Milton Keynes. Dom Ansah and Ben Gillham-Rice, both 17, died following the incident in Emerson Valley, on 19 October. Ansah died from a stab wound to the back while Gillham-Rice was cut in the chest. The 27-year-old suspect has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and remains in custody, Thames Valley police said. It comes af
  
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• Lorry driver charged over 39 migrant deaths

  26-10-2019 19:01
  Maurice Robinson, 25, is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Monday.
  
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• 'Complicit': Rachel Maddow attacks NBC over handling of misconduct allegations

  26-10-2019 18:42
  MSNBC host told viewers NBC management – her bosses – allowed Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein to ‘get away’. The MSNBC host Rachel Maddow has launched a stinging attack on her own bosses, accusing senior news executives at parent company NBC of being “complicit in shielding” Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer from accusations of sexual misconduct. Maddow told viewers NBC management allowed Ronan Farrow’s reporting on Weinstein to “g
  
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• Vietnamese man's son feared dead in lorry incident

  26-10-2019 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Nguyen Dinh Sat fears his son was among the 39 found dead inside a refrigerated trailer.
  
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• British backpacker, 21, vanishes on gap year in Cambodia

  26-10-2019 18:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BRITISH student has vanished in Cambodia on her gap year when she went missing after walking home alone at 3am after a beach party.
  
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• Essex lorry deaths: Maurice Robinson charged with 39 counts of manslaughter

  26-10-2019 18:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  MAURICE ROBINSON has been charged by police on 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering over the deaths of 39 people found in a trailer in Grays, Essex, on Wednesday.
  
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• Foster insists resolution to impasse over Irish language can be found

  26-10-2019 18:02
  Ms Foster called for a balanced agreement - one that would respect all cultures in the region.
  
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• Barclay brothers put Telegraph up for sale, reports claim

  26-10-2019 17:54
  The newspaper has been owned by the Barclay brothers since 2004. Photograph: ClipShareThe Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph are reported to be up for sale, as the billionaire Barclay brothers consider whether to dispose of their media outlets.The pair have owned the newspaper group since 2004 but are now conducting a review of their many businesses, which also include the Ritz hotels in London.Profits at the Brexit-backing Telegraph Media Group slumped to £900,000 last year, in the midd
  
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• Third arrest over house party stabbing deaths

  26-10-2019 17:48
  Earl Bevans, 22, appeared in court over the deaths of two teenagers on Saturday.
  
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• Qatar Airways, JAL among suitors for Malaysia Airlines - media

  26-10-2019 17:42
  Three international carriers have put in bids to buy a strategic stake in the ailing Malaysian carrier, Malaysia Airlines, according to a report published on Saturday by business weekly The Edge Malaysia.Malaysia's government said on Tuesday that sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd [KHAZA.UL], which owns Malaysia Airlines, has shortlisted four potential investors for the deal, after having invited initial proposals from a field of 20.Of the four short-listed, three of them are airlines - Qatar
  
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• Dad of Scots death march soldier to sue MoD

  26-10-2019 17:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE father of a Scots soldier who died on an “unsafe” Army test march that should have never have taken place is bringing a civil action for corporate manslaughter against the Ministry of Defence.
  
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• Man wanted in connection with 39 migrant deaths held in Dublin

  26-10-2019 17:28
  He was arrested over an outstanding court order.
  
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• Nigel Dodds brands current Brexit agreement ‘economic madness’

  26-10-2019 17:22
  During his address, Mr Dodds directly quoted a section of Mr Johnson's speech at the same event last year.
  
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• Can Prince Harry escape his sea of troubles?

  26-10-2019 17:05
  Like Hamlet, the Duke of Sussex is the epitome of the ‘tortured prince’. But as long as he remains an active royal, he can never dodge the media spotlight. To be or not to be an active royal, that is the question raised last week on behalf of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. It was aired by a concerned media after Harry used the media – his friend Tom Bradby’s ITV documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey – to discuss his bitter feelings about the media. That
  
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• Labour happy to back general election once no-deal Brexit off table: Corbyn

  26-10-2019 17:03
  The Labour leader said a no deal Brexit would put lives, trade and jobs at risk.
  
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• Lorry deaths: police meet Vietnamese ambassador to UK

  26-10-2019 16:57
  Essex police have said they cannot speculate over the nationality of the 39 people found dead in a lorry on Wednesday, although they have met the Vietnamese ambassador to the UK following the tragedy.Shortly after a press conference outside Grays police station in Essex on Saturday, police in Ireland announced it had arrested a man in his early 20s at Dublin’s port wanted in relation to the case. Four people arrested earlier in the week remain in custody.Asked whether the focus of the inve
  
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• DUP says Johnson's Brexit deal would take Northern Ireland in 'wrong direction'

  26-10-2019 16:53
  Arlene Foster highlights importance of party’s 10 parliamentary votes in propping up government. The Democratic Unionist party leader, Arlene Foster, has demanded honesty from the government on Brexit as she vows to keep opposing the current deal until changes are made. Foster told her party conference on Saturday afternoon the current withdrawal agreement would take Northern Ireland in the “wrong direction”. She said: “With our 10 votes being so critical in parliament, t
  
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• DUP says Johnson's Brexit deal would take Northern Ireland in 'wrong direction'

  26-10-2019 16:53
  Arlene Foster: ‘But without change, we will not vote for the prime minister’s agreement.’ Photograph: Michael Cooper/PAThe Democratic Unionist party leader has demanded honesty from the government on Brexit as she vows to keep opposing the current deal until changes are made.Arlene Foster told her party conference on Saturday afternoon the current withdrawal agreement would take Northern Ireland in the “wrong direction”.She said: “With our 10 votes being so cr
  
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• Vietnamese ambassador meets police to help identify 39 migrants found in lorry

  26-10-2019 16:50
  Four people arrested after the bodies were found in Essex remain in custody.
  
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• Amelia Bambridge: British backpacker disappears from tourist resort in Cambodia

  26-10-2019 16:47
  A 21-year-old British backpacker who disappeared after a beach party on a Cambodian island has been declared missing.Police and volunteers on the island of Koh Rong are searching for Amelia Bambridge, a former student from West Sussex who was last seen by friends on Wednesday.
  
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• Arlene Foster: DUP will not vote for new Brexit deal without further concessions

  26-10-2019 16:44
  Ms Foster joked that the DUP had now put Mr Johnson on the 'naughty step' by voting against his government twice in the last week.
  
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• Vietnam priest describes convoy of migrants who left for UK

  26-10-2019 16:42
  Police say they're keeping an open mind after reports suggested 39 deaths in a lorry container in Essex are part of a wider trafficking conspiracy.
  
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• Ladbrokes escapes fine for secrecy over gambler’s £1m theft

  26-10-2019 16:35
  Ladbrokes agreed to pay £975,000 compensation for the theft only as long as it was kept secret. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPALadbrokes is set to escape a fine for telling the victims of a £1m theft by a customer with a gambling problem that it would only compensate them if they did not report the case to the regulator.The Gambling Commission began investigating Ladbrokes last year after it was revealed by the Guardian that the company encouraged gambling addict Tony Parente – and p
  
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• Grenfell Tower: ‘The fire was no accident. Now we must go after those responsible’

  26-10-2019 16:05
  On the eve of the first report into the tragedy, ‘prophet of Grenfell’ Edward Daffarn reveals his hopes for phase two of the inquiry. In the two years and four months since the country awoke to horrific images of a burning tower block, Edward Daffarn has “lived and breathed Grenfell 24 hours a day”. Efforts to find some normality – reading a novel, going to the cinema, playing sports – have had little success. The other day, while visiting an art gallery with
  
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• Family to fly out to search for missing 21-year-old in Cambodia

  26-10-2019 16:03
  Disappearance of Amelia Bambridge 'out of character'.
  
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• Essex lorry part of 100 people convoy Europe bound – smugglers paid £31k by families

  26-10-2019 15:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE devastated parents of a Vietnamese woman thought to be among 39 people found dead in a lorry in Essex have revealed they were tricked into paying £30,000 to smugglers after they were told it was a “safe route”.
  
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• Fishermen betrayed as Farage shows how EU trawlers still to plunder UK waters after Brexit

  26-10-2019 15:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  FISHERMEN across the UK are set for a major disappointment as Boris Johnson failed to secure full control of British waters from plundering European Union trawlers, Nigel Farage claimed while exposing major flaws in the Prime Minister's Brexit deal.
  
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• Corbyn needs to be brave and tell Leavers they are wrong – Sadiq Khan

  26-10-2019 14:25
  The London Mayor wants Labour to become an 'unequivocally pro-Remain' party.
  
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• School admission policies in England 'favour certain sections of society'

  26-10-2019 14:14
  Leaving blank spaces on application forms risks being assigned least popular school in area, experts say. Parents should avoid leaving blanks on their children’s school application forms since they risk being assigned with the least popular school in the area, according to experts. Calling for an overhaul to simplify the system, the Good Schools Guide said parents were forced to conduct labour-intensive research and fill in reams of paperwork during a process which “no doubt favours
  
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• Members of public filmed tackling suspect after west London ram-raid

  26-10-2019 14:12
  The Metropolitan police said one male had been arrested on suspicion of robbery after the incident.
  
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