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• South Africa make history in the World Cup

  02-11-2019 23:34
  South Africa make history in the World Cup
  
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• Labour plans to make 27 million homes energy efficient

  02-11-2019 23:30
  Labour claims energy inefficiency is costing UK households billions and pushing 3.5 million into fuel poverty. Photograph: Julian Finney/GettyLabour is claiming to have drawn up plans for the biggest overhaul of housing since the second world war, with a plan to instal loft insulation, double glazing and renewable technologies in almost all of the UK’s 27 million homes.The party says that the Warm Homes for All scheme will create 450,000 jobs over the next decade. Under the plans, low-inco
  
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• Dominic Cummings facing Labour questions after ‘whistleblower comes forward’

  02-11-2019 23:23
  Mr Cummings is yet to respond to a request for comment.
  
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• Vietnamese community gathers for vigil to honour container lorry victims

  02-11-2019 23:20
  Members of the congregation performed readings as part of the vigil and candles were lit.
  
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• General Election 2019: How Young First-Time Voters Are Feeling

  02-11-2019 23:14
  "This will be my first general election vote," says 18-year-old Jess Rigg, agap year student
  
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• Bereaved families criticise Foreign Office’s handling of deaths abroad

  02-11-2019 22:58
  MPs want action to close the 'significant gap in support' for suspicious and unexplained deaths overseas.
  
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• Musician announces stolen antique violin worth £250,000 has been returned

  02-11-2019 22:39
  Stephen Morris reported on Twitter that his stolen antique violin had been returned 'safe and sound'.
  
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• Tories act to prevent NHS crisis hitting election hopes

  02-11-2019 22:33
  No 10 plans to set up emergency unit to oversee the service as doctors warn of ‘extreme pressure’. Downing Street has taken emergency action to head off winter pressures in the NHS amid growing fears in government that a healthcare crisis could derail the Tory party’s general election campaign. The prime minister Boris Johnson has been holding regular meetings at No 10 with the head of NHS England, Simon Stevens, as evidence mounts of lengthening delays in treatment caused by s
  
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• The Disappeared: Columba McVeigh's sister makes new plea to find bodies

  02-11-2019 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Woman whose brother disappeared in 1975 makes plea find last three missing victims of the Troubles.
  
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• Johnson ‘knew about Vote Leave’s illegal overspend’, says MP

  02-11-2019 21:31
  Boris Johnson in Cambridge last week. ‘What’s clear is that Cummings, Johnson and Gove are absolutely in this up to their necks,’ said senior Labour MP Ian Lucas. Photograph: Geoff RobinsonBoris Johnson knew of Vote Leave’s overspend during the 2016 EU referendum, but appears to have failed to tell the authorities, according to explosive new claims from a senior MP. The payment was subsequently ruled to be illegal.Ian Lucas revealed that he has seen correspondence obtaine
  
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• Protesters march through London in solidarity with Hong Kong

  02-11-2019 20:54
  Rallies were held in 17 countries on Saturday.
  
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• Lib Dem women demand Jo Swinson's inclusion in TV debate

  02-11-2019 20:41
  Group says leader must be allowed to take part as way of ‘inspiring girls and women’. Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson should be allowed to take part in TV election debates as a way of “inspiring girls and women into leadership roles”, the party’s female MPs, MEPs and peers have demanded. The group issued the plea in an open letter to broadcasters, following ITV’s announcement that Swinson would be excluded from the first debate between Boris Johnson and Jer
  
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• Lib Dem women demand Jo Swinson's inclusion in TV debate

  02-11-2019 20:41
  ITV announced Lib Dem leader, Jo Swinson, would be excluded from the TV debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on 19 November.Photograph: Jeff Gilbert/REX/ShutterstockLiberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson should be allowed to take part in TV election debates as a way of “inspiring girls and women into leadership roles”, the party’s female MPs, MEPs and peers have demanded.The group issued the plea in an open letter to broadcasters, following ITV’s announcement that S
  
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• ‘Workington is a Labour town on the brink of change. They voted Leave and they’re fed up’

  02-11-2019 20:36
  A man and dog out walking near the town’s port. ‘Workington Man’ is a Leave-voting, over-45-year-old, seen as key to the election result in December.Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesWorkington Man was having a peaceful smoke outside the Henry Bessemer pub when the word “politics” triggered a furious torrent.“Politics? You mean Brexit and all that? I’m sick of it, absolutely sick to death. Let them do what they want, I don’t give a shit a
  
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• Tories hold 16-point lead over Labour, according to poll

  02-11-2019 20:17
  Lead would be enough to give Boris Johnson’s Conservatives comfortable majority. The Conservatives hold a 16-point lead over Labour ahead of the 12 December general election, according to the latest Opinium/Observer poll. With Boris Johnson set to launch his party’s campaign on Wednesday, the Tories are up 2pts on 42% compared with a week ago, with Labour, also up 2pts, on 26%. If the lead endured until polling day, it would be enough to give the Tories a comfortable overall majority
  
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• Woman killed as ‘tree falls on car’ in high winds

  02-11-2019 19:41
  Gusts of more than 80mph were recorded in parts of the South West.
  
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• Woman dies in Dorset after car hits tree amid high winds

  02-11-2019 19:36
  High seas at Mumbles lighthouse near Swansea. Photograph: Phil Rees/REX/ShutterstockA woman has died after her car hit a tree in south-west England, police have said, citing reports the tree fell on her vehicle.Dorset police were called before 9am on Saturday to the incident on Verwood Road, in a rural area north of Bournemouth, but the woman – in her 60s – was pronounced dead at the scene.Her next of kin has been informed and the road remains closed while emergency services are at t
  
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• PM Johnson's Conservatives have 8 percentage-point poll lead over Labour - Telegraph

  02-11-2019 19:21
  The poll, conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, puts support for the Conservatives at 36%, Labour on 28%, the Liberal Democrats at 14% and Nigel Farage's Brexit Party at 12%, according to the Telegraph.
  
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• 'I was convinced it was going to be a boy'

  02-11-2019 19:18
  Sue and Noel Radford have been having children for three decades
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland at a 'crossroads moment'

  02-11-2019 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Addressing the #indyref2020 rally in Glasgow, the SNP leader said the upcoming UK election was the most important "in our lifetimes".
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon: Scots must send 'resounding message' over independence vote

  02-11-2019 19:00
  First minister tells rally general election is ‘most important one Scotland has faced in our lifetimes’. Nicola Sturgeon has urged supporters to “get on with the job” of securing a new independence referendum, as the Conservative and Labour parties harden their stance on granting Holyrood the powers to hold second vote, before a Scottish election campaign that promises to be dominated once again by the constitution. At a rally in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon, the first m
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon: Scots must send 'resounding message' over independence vote

  02-11-2019 19:00
  Nicola Sturgeon has urged supporters to “get on with the job” of securing a new independence referendum, as the Conservative and Labour parties harden their stance on granting Holyrood the powers to hold second vote, before a Scottish election campaign that promises to be dominated once again by the constitution.At a rally in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon, the first minister and Scottish National party leader described the forthcoming general election as “the most important one
  
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• Dame Julie Andrews told she was ‘far too pretty’ to play Mary Poppins

  02-11-2019 18:59
  Dame Julie grew up in Walton-on-Thames where her mother was a singer and pianist and her stepfather was a tenor.
  
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• BBC privately apologises to Harvey Proctor after Naga Munchetty interview

  02-11-2019 18:34
  Mr Proctor has asked the broadcaster to 'be upfront' with its apology.
  
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• Neon dreams: Los Angeles by night – in pictures

  02-11-2019 18:00
  Franck Bohbot’s photography series LA Confidential, started in 2018, is a nocturnal exploration that focuses on neon signs. “At night, everything changes,” says the photographer, who is originally from Paris, “and the neon lights help to create the scene… this could be the LA from the past but also from the future.” Continue reading...
  
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• Fans heartbroken as England dreams shattered

  02-11-2019 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Fans were up early to watch England in their first final in 12 years - but things did not go their way.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon urges Scots to send ‘resounding message’ to Westminster

  02-11-2019 17:40
  The First Minister said Scotland's future was 'on the line' in the forthcoming general election.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Responds To Trump's 'Extraordinary' Comments About Him To Nigel Farage

  02-11-2019 16:49
  Jeremy Corbyn has hit back at Donald Trump for branding him "so bad" for theUK, saying the comment was "extraordinary" and it is "not his business who iselected to be prime minister in this country"
  
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• History of fracking reveals technique dates back to 1860s

  02-11-2019 16:43
  The Government has now placed a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.
  
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• Harry: England rugby team can hold their heads high

  02-11-2019 16:41
  He also congratulated South Africa on their win.
  
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• DUP to step aside and support UUP candidate in Fermanagh

  02-11-2019 16:38
  Meanwhile, the Ulster Unionists are being urged to give Nigel Dodds a clear run in North Belfast.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Says He Is 'Deeply Suspicious' Of Boris Johnson's NHS Plans

  02-11-2019 16:30
  Jeremy Corbyn continued to put the NHS at the heart of the election campaignas he declared he was "deeply suspicious" of Boris Johnson's plans for thehealth service
  
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• Vietnam government ‘strongly condemns’ human trafficking

  02-11-2019 16:18
  Essex police with the refrigerated trailer where 39 bodies were found on 23 October.Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex/ShutterstockThe Vietnam government has said it “strongly condemns” human trafficking, after British police confirmed 39 people found dead in a truck last week are believed to be Vietnamese, describing it as a “serious humanitarian tragedy”.Essex police announced on Friday that they believed they knew the nationality of all the victims, having previously suggested t
  
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• Essex lorry deaths: Vietnam ‘strongly condemns’ trafficking

  02-11-2019 16:18
  Essex police with the refrigerated trailer where 39 bodies were found on 23 October.Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex/ShutterstockThe Vietnam government has said it “strongly condemns” human trafficking, after British police confirmed 39 people found dead in a truck last week are believed to be Vietnamese, describing it as a “serious humanitarian tragedy”.Essex police announced on Friday that they believed they knew the nationality of all the victims, having previously suggested t
  
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• Permanent fracking ban urged as Government moratorium branded ‘election stunt’

  02-11-2019 16:07
  Labour, the Lib Dems and environment groups said the controversial practice should be ended in Britain.
  
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• Brother of one of last missing Disappeared pleads for information to find him

  02-11-2019 16:06
  The appeal came as the families of the Disappeared gathered at Stormont for the 13th annual All Souls Silent Walk in their memory.
  
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• PM facing further calls to release Russian interference report ahead of election

  02-11-2019 15:56
  Dominic Grieve has accused Boris Johnson of sitting on the report ahead of the December 12 vote.
  
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• Lib Dems didn’t get everything right during coalition – Jo Swinson

  02-11-2019 15:55
  She launched the General Election campaign of former Tory minister Sam Gyimah on Saturday.
  
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• Corbyn ‘deeply suspicious’ of Boris Johnson’s NHS plans

  02-11-2019 15:48
  The Labour leader visited Swindon on Saturday.
  
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• Dimbleby’s next question: what is Murdoch’s legacy?

  02-11-2019 15:35
  David Dimbleby’s podcast is his first journalistic work since stepping down from Question Time.Photograph: PRIf the tale of a powerful newspaper magnate who built up an international media empire, married several times, and now has to secure the future of his family business interests in an uncertain digital age sounds familiar, that could be due to the highly acclaimed television series Succession, starring British actors Brian Cox and Matthew Macfadyen. Or it could just be that you have
  
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• Five people stabbed within two hours in London

  02-11-2019 15:20
  Two boys were stabbed in Barking, two men in Shepherd’s Bush and one in Beckenham.Photograph: Yui Mok/PAFive people were stabbed in the space of two hours on Friday night in a spate of knife attacks in London.Two boys, both believed to be 16, sustained stab injuries close to Barking station in east London just before 6pm.The boys were taken to hospital and their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, police said.A teenage boy was taken to an east London police station on suspici
  
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• Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Murdering 10 Month-Old Baby Girl In Farnworth

  02-11-2019 14:45
  A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death ofa 10-month-old baby girl in Farnworth, near Bolton
  
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• UK weather: gales bring down trees and scaffolding

  02-11-2019 14:17
  High seas at Mumbles lighthouse near Swansea. Photograph: Phil Rees/REX/ShutterstockStrong winds have brought down trees and scaffolding, leaving cars damaged and travel plans disrupted as gusts of more than 80mph hit parts of the UK.Flooding was expected in nine areas of south-west England and the Welsh borders, and a band of heavy rain may affect northern Scotland later on Saturday. Gusts reached 83mph in Plymouth and 79mph in Culdrose, Cornwall. Between 30 and 40mm of rain are expected to fal
  
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• The doctor will serenade you now: surgery prescribes tunes as tonics

  02-11-2019 14:05
  Singer Bibi Heal prepares for the song surgery in Ambleside. Photograph: Ant Robling/Great Place: Lakes and DalesFor someone feeling depressed, the prescription might be an uplifting poem about spring, set to music by the 19th-century composer Gabriel Fauré. For insomniacs, it’s Sleep, an operatic song by the early 20th-century poet Ivor Gurney. And for anyone feeling anxious, it’s An Evening Hymn, Henry Purcell’s musical version of an obscure 17th-century religious poem
  
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• Vietnam ‘deeply saddened’ over Essex lorry deaths ‘tragedy’

  02-11-2019 13:50
  All 39 people found dead in a lorry in Essex are believed to be Vietnamese nationals.
  
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• Meet Erika the Red: Viking women were warriors too, say scientists

  02-11-2019 13:45
  Ella Al-Shamahi comes face to face with the Viking woman’s skull. Photograph: Eloisa Noble/National GeographicThink of a Viking warrior and you probably imagine a fearsome, muscular, bearded man. Well, think again. Using cutting-edge facial recognition technology, British scientists have brought to life the battle-hardened face of a fighter who lived more than 1,000 years ago. And she’s a woman.The life-like reconstruction, which challenges long-held assumptions that Viking warrior h
  
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• Murder arrest after death of 10-month-old baby girl

  02-11-2019 13:44
  The girl was taken to hospital but died a short time later.
  
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• Tax cuts top of list of Tories’ election sweeteners - but can they afford it?

  02-11-2019 13:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  TAX cuts, a petrol duty freeze and free child care are at the top of a list of election sweeteners promised by Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party today.
  
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• UK buffeted by winds of more than 80mph

  02-11-2019 13:00
  The Met Office has issued a number of rain and wind weather warnings across the south of England and Wales.
  
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• SNP campaigned AGAINST Europe – How Sturgeon’s independence bid is ‘doomed to FAIL’

  02-11-2019 12:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  NICOLA STURGEON’s independence bid for Scotland is “doomed to fail”, as the First Minister is ignoring the eurosceptic roots of her party, unearthed reports claim.
  
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