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• Why Boris Johnson Won’t Want To Remember The 5th Of November

  05-11-2019 23:54
  For Fawkes' sakeIt's been a full week now since MPs voted for this winter general election.
  
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• Johnson, in phone call, urges Trump to lift tariffs on scotch whisky

  05-11-2019 23:46
  Johnson also urged Trump not to impose tariffs on car exports, the statement added.A White House statement about the call did not give any specifics on the two leaders' discussion of trade issues.
  
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• Corbyn to pledge he will end need for food banks if he becomes PM

  05-11-2019 23:38
  The Labour leader will say he would be a 'very different kind of prime minister'.
  
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• I will be a very different kind of PM to Johnson, insists Corbyn

  05-11-2019 23:31
  Labour leader seeks to deflect Tory attacks on his style of leadership ahead of election. Jeremy Corbyn will promise to be a prime minister who will “hold open the door for others to walk through” on Wednesday, as he seeks to preempt Tory attacks on his style of leadership. Addressing a rally in Telford on Wednesday, Corbyn will claim he is only seeking power in order to share it as he launches his own attack on Boris Johnson’s leadership. “Think of it like this: a good l
  
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• Brexit rollercoaster paraded through streets for Bonfire Night

  05-11-2019 23:26
  Lewes is famous for burning effigies of controversial politicians and celebrities every year on Bonfire Night.
  
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• Parents of backpacker Grace Millane attend murder trial in Auckland

  05-11-2019 23:11
  The 27-year-old accused of Ms Millane’s murder sat flanked by corrections officers during the judge’s address.
  
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• Johnson to launch election bid with promise to 'get Brexit done'

  05-11-2019 23:05
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will formally announce a Dec. 12 election on Wednesday, urging voters to back him and promising to "get Brexit done in the next few weeks".The early election was agreed by parliament last week, ending two years of deep disagreement over Brexit that has sapped investors' faith in the stability of the world's fifth largest economy and damaged Britain's international standing.The outcome of the vote is hard to predict, with the immediate question of Britain's ex
  
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• PM to use election launch to insist Brexit must get done quickly

  05-11-2019 23:00
  Boris Johnson will also highlight the NHS and crime-fighting policies.
  
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• Boris Johnson compares Jeremy Corbyn to Stalin for his 'hatred' of wealth creators as he launches election campaign - Telegraph.co.uk

  05-11-2019 22:30 via news.google.com
  Boris Johnson compares Jeremy Corbyn to Stalin for his 'hatred' of wealth creators as he launches election campaign  Telegraph.co.uk'We'll be f****d!’ Tory issues Boris Johnson with huge general election warning  Express.co.ukGeneral election: Boris Johnson in ludicrous Stalin smear as campaign kicks off  Mirror OnlineGeneral election 2019: Five-week campaign period officially begins  BBC NewsJohnson to use election launch to insist Brexit must get d
  
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• Councils asked to avoid using schools as polling stations

  05-11-2019 22:20
  Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said there is 'no reason' why nativity plays should not go ahead as planned this December.
  
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• Election 2019: Liberal Democrats launch campaign and more

  05-11-2019 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  A campaign launch, a Brexit plan and more, as the BBC's Helen Catt reports.
  
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• How a misleading story about Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson's husband went viral

  05-11-2019 21:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Stories that start with a grain of truth can quickly spin into misleading information on social media.
  
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• Johnson delay on Russia dossier helps Putin, says Litvinenko widow

  05-11-2019 21:23
  Exclusive: Wife of poisoned ex-spy warns of risks in suppressing report on UK interference. The widow of Alexander Litvinenko has said Boris Johnson should not have suppressed the parliamentary report on Russian interference in British politics, saying the delay helps the Kremlin and feeds suspicions of a cynical government “cover-up”. Marina Litvinenko said the prime minister was in danger of making the same “mistake” as Theresa May, who as home secretary refused to hold
  
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• More than 4m high schoolers and 1m middle schoolers vape, study shows

  05-11-2019 21:22
  The study found 21.4% of e-cigarette users in high school reported vaping daily. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty ImagesAn estimated 4.1 million high school students and 1.2 million middle school students use electronic cigarettes nationwide, a marked increase from numbers reported in years prior, the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.In a study published in the Journal of American Medical Association, researchers found that 27.5%
  
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• Sir Lindsay Hoyle: Speaker's wild menagerie including Boris the parrot

  05-11-2019 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir Lindsay Hoyle also has Maggie the tortoise, Betty the terrier, a cat called Dennis and Gordon, a Rottweiler.
  
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• In Pictures: Bonfire Night processions light up November evening

  05-11-2019 20:55
  Celebrations were being held to mark the date of the failed gunpowder plot.
  
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• Bridgen under fire for defending Rees-Mogg’s Grenfell comments

  05-11-2019 20:42
  Jacob Rees-Mogg said on LBC that the Grenfell victims should have used 'common sense'.
  
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• BBC chief described presenting Points of View as 'easy money'

  05-11-2019 20:35
  Jeremy Vine was described in a witness statement as a presenter with a ‘glint in his eye’. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The GuardianA senior BBC executive described working as a presenter for the television show Points of View, hosted at the time by Jeremy Vine, as “easy money” while discussing the presenter’s pay.Jon Swain, then head of unscripted productions for BBC Studios, suggested stand-in presenters for Points of View were happy to be paid £1,000, describin
  
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• Jo Swinson fails to tread line between ambition and delusion

  05-11-2019 20:30
  Jo Swinson channels her inner girly swot. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesJo Swinson didn’t look like a sleeper agent as she made her way to the podium of an airless, central London meeting room to launch the Lib Dems’ election campaign. Rather, she appeared to be channeling the inner girly swot that she has made a point of trademarking in recent weeks. But maybe she was just in deep cover. After all, Conservative campaign leaflets have branded the Lib Dems
  
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• Council set be UK’s first to ban diesel vehicles from city centre

  05-11-2019 20:28
  Plans will see all privately owned diesel vehicles barred from entering Bristol's proposed clean air zone every day between 7am and 3pm.
  
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• In Pictures: Say cheese! Politicians hit the General Election campaign trail

  05-11-2019 20:24
  Jeremy Corbyn paid a visit to Harlow, Boris Johnson held a Cabinet meeting and the Lib Dems officially launched their campaign.
  
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• Boxing clever? Farage takes aim at leave voters in Labour seats

  05-11-2019 20:24
  It had been a bruising 24 hours for Brexit party leader before entering the ring in Bolsover. As the Brexit party’s future stood in the balance, Nigel Farage sought comfort in a boxing ring in the old Derbyshire mining town of Bolsover. The constituency voted to leave by more than 70% – one of the highest leave votes in the country – making it ideal territory for Farage as he set out on his bid to win historically Labour-voting seats from Jeremy Corbyn. In the May local electio
  
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• Reading MP candidate Craig Morley criticised over photo of ruins

  05-11-2019 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Craig Morley had a picture of an abbey in Scotland instead of one in Reading on his website.
  
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• Tories unrepentant over misleadingly edited Keir Starmer TV footage

  05-11-2019 20:16
  Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan says Conservative version is unfair. The Conservatives have misleadingly edited a video of the Labour MP Sir Keir Starmer to give the impression he failed to answer a question on the party’s Brexit position during an interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain. In the Tory version of the video, produced by the party for its social media channels, Starmer is shown unable to speak after being asked about Labour’s position on the EU, with
  
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• Horse impaled by fence ‘after being frightened by fireworks’

  05-11-2019 20:16
  Harry was eventually freed by his owner and a vet after the incident in Holywell, north Wales.
  
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• 'Appalling' Tory MP Defends Jacob Rees-Mogg Over Grenfell Gaffe: 'He's An Authority Figure'

  05-11-2019 20:01
  A Tory MP has suggested Jacob Rees-Mogg would have survived the Grenfell firebecause he is one of the "very clever people running the country" and wouldhave made a better decision on the night than those who died.
  
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• Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to attend Royal Variety Performance

  05-11-2019 20:00
  The evening will be hosted by comics Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan.
  
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• University strike could affect more than a million students, says union

  05-11-2019 19:40
  The University and College Union has announced eight days of strikes starting later this month, affecting 60 institutions including the University of Birmingham (above).Photograph: Kumar Sriskandan/Alamy Stock PhotoStaff at 60 universities across the UK are to walk out on strike later this month over pensions, pay and conditions in a wave of action which could disrupt the studies of more than a million students, according to union leaders.The University and College Union (UCU) has announced eigh
  
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• Lazard looks in-house for next crop of French rainmakers

  05-11-2019 19:30
  Lazard's Jean-Louis Girodolle has no intention of becoming a "public figure" as he emerges from the shadow of Matthieu Pigasse as the investment bank's new boss in France.Pigasse, a former senior French Treasury official, was widely credited with bringing in millions of dollars of business during his 17 years at Lazard, including its mandate to advise oil giant Saudi Aramco on its planned listing."It's not a one-man show," Girodolle, the new CEO of Lazard's investment banking in France, told Reu
  
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• Mothercare to close all 79 stores with 2,500 jobs at risk, administrator says

  05-11-2019 19:25
  The company is battling to keep its brand alive in the UK.
  
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• Tories accused of ‘doctoring’ Sir Keir Starmer interview

  05-11-2019 19:16
  The clip shows Sir Keir apparently unable to answer a question from Piers Morgan on Brexit.
  
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• Green party pledges to spend £100bn on tackling climate crisis

  05-11-2019 19:14
  Jonathan Bartley says ‘every vote for the Green party will shift British politics’. Photograph: Jill Mead/The GuardianSpending £100bn a year on the climate crisis, raising corporation tax and radically overhauling the tax system – all while stopping Brexit – will form the centrepiece of the Green party’s appeal to voters in what they hope to frame as “the climate election”.The key campaign pledge allocates £100bn to be spent on measures from
  
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• Gary Younge to join Manchester University as sociology professor

  05-11-2019 19:07
  Gary Younge joined the Guardian in 1993 and was appointed editor-at-large in 2015. Photograph: Channel 4Gary Younge, the award-winning Guardian journalist, author and broadcaster, is joining the University of Manchester where he has been appointed as professor of sociology in the school of social sciences.He will leave his position as editor-at-large at the Guardian, which he joined in 1993, but continue to write for the organisation. Younge was appointed US correspondent in 2003 before taking u
  
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• Staff at 'Brexit HQ' Mayfair members' club strike for living wage

  05-11-2019 19:05
  Members of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain picket outside 5 Hertford Street in Mayfair, London. Photograph: IWGBStaff at an exclusive private members’ club owned by a high-profile, Brexit-supporting backer of Boris Johnson are to go on strike.Celebrities coming to 5 Hertford Street, which has hosted figures including George and Amal Clooney, Margot Robbie, Alexa Chung, Bella Hadid and royals such as Prince William, will have to consider whether they want to cross a picket li
  
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• Charity says sorry for giving rough sleepers' details to Home Office

  05-11-2019 19:04
  St Mungo’s finds one of its 18 outreach teams worked with government enforcement patrols. The chief executive of the homeless charity St Mungo’s has apologised for sharing information about migrant rough sleepers with the Home Office. The Guardian previously revealed that St Mungo’s worked with Home Office patrols when they went out on the streets in search of rough sleepers deemed to be in the UK illegally to arrest and deport. At the time St Mungo’s denied that it passe
  
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• Charity says sorry for giving rough sleepers' details to Home Office

  05-11-2019 19:04
  Some of the rough sleepers who were identified on enforcement patrols were subsequently forcibly removed from the UK. Photograph: Dinendra Haria/Rex/ShutterstockThe chief executive of the homeless charity St Mungo’s has apologised for sharing information about migrant rough sleepers with the Home Office.The Guardian previously revealed that St Mungo’s worked with Home Office patrols when they went out on the streets in search of rough sleepers deemed to be in the UK illegally to arre
  
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• Treasury Analysis Of Labour Policies Dropped As Conservatives Blasted For 'Abuse Of Power'

  05-11-2019 19:00
  Sajid Javid has been forced to abandon an official Treasury analysis ofLabour's policies amid claims the move is an abuse of his power over the civilservice.
  
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• No regrets for Ken Clarke as he bows out of Parliament after 49 years

  05-11-2019 18:55
  The Father of the House said he was enjoying being an MP as much as he did when he first arrived in Westminster in 1970.
  
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• Campaign highlights: Farage delivers the old one-two as Rees-Mogg criticised

  05-11-2019 18:55
  Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer also flexed his muscles during the campaigning.
  
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• Ana Kriegel murder probe ‘unprecedented’

  05-11-2019 18:49
  Some 500 lines of inquiry were investigated.
  
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• Rees-Mogg apologises over Grenfell ‘common sense’ comments

  05-11-2019 18:46
  The Commons leader faced widespread criticism after he said people are safer if they 'just ignore what you're told and leave'.
  
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• UK's Mothercare appoints PwC as administrators to its units

  05-11-2019 18:41
  The company's UK sales have been hammered by intense competition from supermarket groups and online retailers as well as by rising costs.Mothercare, which has been hit hard by intense competition from supermarkets and online retailers in its main domestic market, said that it appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as administrators to its trading unit, Mothercare UK Ltd and to Mothercare Business Service.
  
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• Mothercare's UK operations collapse as High Street woes rage on

  05-11-2019 18:41
  "The UK high street is facing a near existential problem with intensifying and compounding pressures across numerous fronts," Mothercare Chairman Clive Whiley said.Mothercare is the latest in a list of brands considered a mainstay of the British shopping scene to go under.House of Fraser and department store chain Debenhams have also beenplaced in administration.
  
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• Presenting Points Of View ‘easy money’, BBC executive said

  05-11-2019 18:40
  The comment came in an email which has been put before an employment tribunal over an equal pay claim by Samira Ahmed.
  
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• New ‘bike helmet’ brain scanner used with children for first time

  05-11-2019 18:39
  The device allows natural movement during scanning and could help investigate neuro-developmental disorders such as autism and epilepsy.
  
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• The key factors that will decide the next election

  05-11-2019 18:38
  Bill McGuire on the climate crisis, Jon Griffith and Tony Hinkins on inequality, ‘populism’ and ‘elites’, Margaret Owen on gender equality policies and David Watson on young voters. John Harris talks of capitalism blindsiding its opponents and distracting the public beyond the old opiates of the masses ( Elections used to bring us solutions. The next one won’t, Journal, 4 November), but it seems he has been blindsided too. He says this election will be fought primar
  
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• New government must invest in truly affordable council homes

  05-11-2019 18:37
  Council tenants being forced to move into homes planned for demolition is a consequence of selling off public land, writes Rev Paul Nicolson, while Cllr Matthew Bennett describes the constraints faced by local authorities. The consequences for council tenants of a systemic abuse of power called the London housing market are described by Hazel Sheffield ( Under the wrecking ball: hundreds of homeless families placed in housing slated for demolition, theguardian.com, 4 November). The homeless fami
  
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• Scientists from around the world declare ‘climate emergency’

  05-11-2019 18:36
  The declaration is based on analysis of more than 40 years of publicly available data.
  
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• The Universe Might Be a Giant Loop - Space.com

  05-11-2019 18:34 via news.google.com
  The Universe Might Be a Giant Loop  Space.comThe universe might not be flat - it could be curved like an inflating ball  Yahoo News UKUniverse not flat but an inflating ‘closed sphere’ that loops back on itself, scientists claim  The SunThe universe is curved, controversial new study suggests  NewshubThe Universe May Be Round—and That Would Be Bad News for Physicists  GizmodoView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Shops boarded up as Lewes prepares for Bonfire Night

  05-11-2019 18:34
  As usual effigies will be burned in the historic East Sussex town.
  
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