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• Tazeen Ahmad: award-winning journalist and broadcaster dies

  08-11-2019 23:44
  
  Tazeen Ahmad worked for both the BBC and Channel 4, as well as NBC News in the US. Photograph: Channel 4The award-winning journalist and broadcaster Tazeen Ahmad has died, her family have said. Ahmad was praised for her work in shining a light on important stories with “care, sympathy and integrity” across her extensive career.She worked for the BBC and was part of the Channel 4 Dispatches team that won an RTS television journalism award and was nominated for a current affairs TV Baf
  
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• David Blunkett says anti-Semitism and ‘thuggery’ in Labour makes him ‘despair’

  08-11-2019 23:42
  
  The former Cabinet minister and party chairman’s comments came after a bruising week for the party.
  
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• Middlesbrough venue boss resigns over Roy Chubby Brown homecoming

  08-11-2019 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The head of Middlesbrough Town Hall resigns in protest at the mayor lifting a ban on the comedian.
  
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• Kojima is most proud of Death Stranding's "positive" shared-world multiplayer approach - GamesRadar

  08-11-2019 23:37 via news.google.com
  Kojima is most proud of Death Stranding's "positive" shared-world multiplayer approach  GamesRadarHideo Kojima says he expected a mixed reaction to Death Stranding  Video Games ChronicleHow long is Death Stranding?  TrustedReviews505 confirms Death Stranding will launch simultaneously on Steam and the Epic Store  Eurogamer.netDeath Stranding - Chapter 2 Walkthrough (No Commentary)  GameSpotView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Election 2019: Labour promising 1,000 new children's centres

  08-11-2019 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn pledges £1bn to open new Sure Starts - and Lib Dems offer childcare from nine months.
  
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• Lib Dems promise 35 hours of free childcare from nine months old

  08-11-2019 23:30
  
  Jo Swinson on a visit to a nursery in Midsomer Norton, Somerset on Thursday. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PAWorking parents would receive 35 hours a week free childcare from the day their baby turns nine months old under plans to be announced by the Lib Dem leader, Jo Swinson, as the opposition parties battle to win over female voters.The Lib Dems will make a dramatic increase in the availability of free childcare the centrepiece of the party’s manifesto, saying it would boost the economy by en
  
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• Labour vows to expand 30 hours’ free childcare offer

  08-11-2019 23:30
  
  The party says close to 900,000 pre-school youngsters could benefit from the expanded care offer.
  
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• General election 2019: Wife of ex-MP facing assault charges to stand in his place

  08-11-2019 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Natalie Elphicke is chosen to fight the Dover and Deal seat after her husband Charlie stood down.
  
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• Fiona Hill and Alexander Vindman's revelations were downright disturbing — but the worst is yet to come - The Independent

  08-11-2019 22:51 via news.google.com
  Fiona Hill and Alexander Vindman's revelations were downright disturbing — but the worst is yet to come  The IndependentMick Mulvaney: new testimony draws Trump chief of staff into Ukraine scandal  The GuardianWhite House officials testify quid pro quo effort was coordinated with Mulvaney  CNNTrump impeachment inquiry: 10 developments you may have missed  Al Jazeera EnglishChief of Staff Mick Mulvaney Skips House's Impeachment Probe  TIMEVi
  
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• Tazeen Ahmad: Award-winning journalist and presenter dies at 48

  08-11-2019 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tributes are paid to Tazeen Ahmad, "one of the most gifted journalists of her generation".
  
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• PM says widespread flooding is ‘not a national emergency’

  08-11-2019 22:00
  
  The Environment Agency repeated warnings for people to stay away from swollen rivers.
  
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• Essex lorry deaths: Who are the victims?

  08-11-2019 21:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC has been speaking to friends and family of Vietnamese nationals who died in the Essex lorry tragedy.
  
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• Piccadilly Theatre ceiling collapse 'caused by water leak'

  08-11-2019 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The venue's owners say performances will return to the Piccadilly Theatre from Monday.
  
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• Ex-Tory MP Charlie Elphicke’s wife to contest his Dover seat at election

  08-11-2019 21:48
  
  Natalie Elphicke said she was 'delighted' to have been adopted as the Conservative candidate for Dover and Deal.
  
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• Charlie Elphicke Stands Down As Tory Candidate To Fight Sexual Assault Allegations

  08-11-2019 21:44
  
  Charlie Elphicke has stood down as Conservative candidate for Dover and Dealand his wife Natalie will stand instead.
  
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• David Gauke deciding whether to stand as independent

  08-11-2019 21:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former justice secretary says he will "reach a decision soon" about standing as an independent.
  
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• Labour Posts Video On Twitter That Appears To Show The Tories Winning The General Election

  08-11-2019 21:40
  
  Labour's attempt to capitalise on Lib Dem misfortune has backfired after theparty's Twitter account posted a short video that appears to show the Torieswinning the General Election.
  
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• Johnson Accused Of Ministerial Code Breach Over No.10 Campaign Video

  08-11-2019 21:09
  
  Boris Johnson stands accused of breaching official rules for ministers afterusing Number 10 Downing Street for a Tory election video.
  
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• Kevin Lunney abduction: Suspect Cyril McGuinness dies

  08-11-2019 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Convicted smuggler Cyril McGuinness, 54, became ill while police searched his Derbyshire home.
  
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• General election 2019: Alun Cairns refuses to give details on rape trial row

  08-11-2019 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ex-Welsh Secretary declines to answer questions about a row that led him to quit on Wednesday.
  
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• Johnson accused of misleading public over Brexit deal after NI remarks

  08-11-2019 20:32
  
  PM says there will be no checks on goods going from Northern Ireland to rest of UK. Boris Johnson has been accused of misleading the public about his own Brexit deal, after footage emerged of him telling exporters in Northern Ireland they will not need to fill in extra paperwork. After a rocky start to the general election campaign in which Jacob Rees-Mogg had to apologise for his comments about victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, and the Welsh secretary, Alun Cairns, resigned, footage emerged o
  
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• The housing estate where buses won’t go after dark

  08-11-2019 20:23
  
  A driver was threatened by a boy when he refused to let him drive the bus.
  
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• Campaign highlights: PM makes pledge to Northern Ireland as SNP courts Corbyn

  08-11-2019 20:10
  
  Boris Johnson said there would be 'no forms, no checks, no barriers of any kind' in Northern Ireland.
  
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• Man jailed for trying to rob Arsenal stars Mesut Özil and Sead Kolasinac

  08-11-2019 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ashley Smith admitted targeting footballers Mesut Özil and Sead Kolasinac in north-west London.
  
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• Nigel Farage softens stance in attempt to form pact with Tories

  08-11-2019 20:04
  
  Nigel Farage speaks during a Brexit party election tour event at Little Mill village hall near Pontypool. Photograph: Mark Hawkins/Barcroft MediaNigel Farage has pulled back on his “drop the deal” threat to Boris Johnson in an attempt to get the prime minister to sign an election pact with the Brexit party.Farage began the party’s election campaign last week saying he would put up candidates across the country unless Johnson abandoned his Brexit deal and formed a leave alliance
  
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• Eritrean refugee, 19, killed himself as he 'feared he would be sent back'

  08-11-2019 20:03
  
  Osman Ahmed Nur was ‘hearing voices’ before he killed himself, the inquest was told. Photograph: noneA teenage refugee was found hanged in London after fearing that he would be sent back to his home country where he had been imprisoned and tortured as a child, an inquest has heard. He is one of four in the same friendship group of young Eritrean refugees who killed themselves in the space of just over a year.Senior coroner for inner north London, Mary Hassell, concluded today (Friday
  
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• Ayodhya ruling: Hindus win case over site disputed by Muslims - The Guardian

  08-11-2019 20:03 via news.google.com
  Ayodhya ruling: Hindus win case over site disputed by Muslims  The GuardianAyodhya verdict explained in one minute  BBC NewsHindus win control of Indian holy site disputed by Muslims  Metro.co.ukThe 2 Big Political Implications Of The Ayodhya Verdict  NDTV NewsBabri Mosque case: Indian top court gives disputed site to Hindus  Al Jazeera EnglishView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Royal Mail has 'lost confidence of workforce'

  08-11-2019 19:39
  
  Dave Ward, general secretary of the Communication Workers Union, tells Ian King Royal Mail's legal action will backfire.
  
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• Teenager fatally stabbed at knife awareness course named

  08-11-2019 19:38
  
  Hakim Sillah, 18, died in hospital after the attack at Hillingdon Civic Centre in High Street, Uxbridge, on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• British Hindus urged in WhatsApp messages to vote against Labour

  08-11-2019 19:07
  
  Warning over ‘divisive tactics’ after messages claim party is ‘anti-India’ and ‘anti-Hindu’. British Hindus are being targeted by WhatsApp messages urging them to vote against Labour in the general election, accusing the party of being “anti-India” and “anti-Hindu”. The messages have also included videos by far-right anti-Muslim activists and have raised fears they are attempting to exploit tensions between British Pakistanis and Indian
  
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• Untangling the lies told about universal credit

  08-11-2019 19:04
  
  Goods at a food bank. ‘The DWP must now start engaging with the evidence of the impact of welfare reform on pushing people into poverty,’ says Raji Hunjan. Photograph: PAAditya Chakrabortty’s article (The government uses your money to gaslight poor people, 6 November) revealed the depth that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will go to defend its failing flagship universal credit programme, which has pushed thousands of people into poverty. It is important people are a
  
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• Thoughts on the Lib Dem, Green and Plaid Cymru remain election pact

  08-11-2019 19:01
  
  ‘Like the Greens, Labour would never enter a coalition with the austerity-creating Tories,’ says Magi Young. Photograph: GettyThe Greens’ electoral alliance with the Liberal Democrats (and Plaid Cymru) risks throwing their eco-socialism out with the remain bathwater (Report, 8 November). Greens have far more in common with Labour. Unlike the Lib Dems, Labour and the Greens support the radical transformation of society.Labour’s target is decarbonisation by 2030, the Lib De
  
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• We need more staff for the NHS, but not from the poorest countries

  08-11-2019 18:56
  
  Jeremy Corbyn greets NHS staff as he arrives at Crawley hospital, London. Photograph: AFP via GettyIt’s exasperating that when NHS staff are buckling under significant workforce shortages and growing patient need, one government department continues to ignore a quick win that could alleviate that pressure and improve patient care. (‘No-brainer’ plans to allow more foreign doctors into UK blocked by the Home Office, 4 November).Clinicians are putting our faith in the next govern
  
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• South Yorkshire hit by severe flooding after a month's worth of rain fell in one day.

  08-11-2019 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dozens of people spent the night trapped in the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield.
  
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• Hidden meaning in Jeremy Corbyn’s horseradish gift to Tom Watson?

  08-11-2019 18:51
  
  ‘Horseradish is sharp, deep-rooted and impossible to get rid of. What a gift, what a metaphor,’ says Elaine Yeo. Photograph: GettyRhiannon Lucy Cosslett’s description of Brooke’s The Soldier as “snivelling ethnocentricity” (Brexit poetry offers pleasure and catharsis, Journal, 7 November) showed a marked lack of empathy for the catharsis of others. During and after both world wars, many soldiers and their wives/widows, children/orphans have found solace in Bro
  
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• Why an impeachment probably won't hurt Donald Trump - The Telegraph

  08-11-2019 18:47 via news.google.com
  
  Why an impeachment probably won't hurt Donald Trump  The TelegraphTrump says he'll release second 'very important' Ukraine call memo  The GuardianDonald Trump will release transcript of first call with Ukraine's president 'probably on Tuesday'  Daily MailJoseph diGenova: Dems' impeachment rules ignore fairness, due process — let's count the ways  Fox NewsHere’s how Democrats take back the Senate  The Washington PostView full coverage
  
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• Constituency profile: Fife North East

  08-11-2019 18:47
  
  Can the SNP defend their two-vote majority in the UK's most marginal seat?
  
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• In Pictures: Weather fails to dampen spirits on the campaign trail

  08-11-2019 18:37
  
  Boris Johnson visited a school in Nottingham while the Labour battle bus headed for Stevenage.
  
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• Revealed: private surgery for NHS patients soars under Tories

  08-11-2019 18:35
  
  Figure show almost threefold increase since 2010 to over 600,000 procedures last year. The number of NHS patients having surgery in private hospitals has nearly trebled since 2010, sparking accusations that for-profit companies are benefitting from an “enfeebled” health system under the Conservatives. NHS figures obtained by the Guardian show that it paid for 214,967 people in England to have an operation in a private hospital in 2009-10, Labour’s last year in power. The figure
  
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• Flooding in Yorkshire – in pictures

  08-11-2019 18:34
  
  Severe storms have brought a month’s rainfall in less than 24 hours to parts of central and northern England. Police have said a woman’s body has been found near a stretch of the River Derwent close to the town of Darley Dale in Derbyshire, while in Sheffield dozens of people were trapped in a shopping centre overnight after becoming stranded by rising waters. The torrential rain also brought widespread travel disruptionWoman dies as floods hit Midlands and north of EnglandFloods for
  
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• Gollum-Like Daddy Long-Legs Discovered in the Bowels of the Earth - Gizmodo

  08-11-2019 18:30 via news.google.com
  Gollum-Like Daddy Long-Legs Discovered in the Bowels of the Earth  Gizmodo
  
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• Boris Johnson on his NHS visa promise

  08-11-2019 18:16
  
  Boris Johnson on his NHS visa promise
  
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• Armed mugger jailed over bid to steal watches from Arsenal stars

  08-11-2019 18:03
  
  The would-be robbers used a stolen moped, were dressed in helmets and dark clothing to try and conceal their identities.
  
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• Broadcasting legend Gay Byrne ‘changed his audience’s lives’

  08-11-2019 18:01
  
  Former RTE director general Bob Collins paid tribute to the presenter after he died this week aged 85.
  
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• US doctors unveil new guidelines for treating vaping-associated lung injuries

  08-11-2019 18:00
  
  These include steroid treatments for patients diagnosed with the respiratory illness.
  
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• This Matters: Is this the 'climate election'?

  08-11-2019 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Could your vote save the planet? This Matters looks into what's really going on in this election.
  
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• Pixel 4's Newfangled Astrophotography Mode is Rolling Out to Older Pixels - Gizmodo UK

  08-11-2019 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Pixel 4's Newfangled Astrophotography Mode is Rolling Out to Older Pixels  Gizmodo UKForget Pixel 4 deals - the Pixel 3a is stupidly cheap ahead of Black Friday  TechRadarWhat we want from Pixel 5 after spending a month with Pixel 4  Tom's GuideGoogle Pixel 4 Black Friday Deals Imminent Based on Leaked Ad  Gizmodo UKGoogle Pixel 4 XL review  GSMArena OfficialView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Is Nicola Sturgeon helping the Conservatives? - New Statesman

  08-11-2019 18:00 via news.google.com
  
  Is Nicola Sturgeon helping the Conservatives?  New StatesmanGeneral election 2019: Scotland's future slap bang in middle of campaign  BBC NewsBBC's Laura Kuenssberg demolishes Nicola Sturgeon’s campaign for Scottish independence  ExpressGeneral Election: Nicola Sturgeon talks of ‘inclusion’ but demonises a million Scots – Brian Wilson  Scotland on SundayHung parliament best for Scotland, says Nicola Sturgeon  The TimesView
  
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• Shifty shades of May: Boris Johnson dodges voters in week of election pain

  08-11-2019 17:59
  
  Jacob Rees-Mogg; Boris Johnson at a Northern Irish crisp factory; Alun Cairns. Composite: AFP/GettyBoris Johnson’s outriders used to boast during the 2016 referendum that unlike David Cameron, whose slick campaign events were carefully controlled, their man actually enjoyed the rough and tumble of getting off the Vote Leave bus and in among the public.But at the end of this first gaffe-strewn week of the general election campaign, the prime minister has barely met a voter – aside fro
  
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• UK election: Conservatives steady at 40%, Labour up 1 point to 30% - poll

  08-11-2019 17:56
  
  Support for Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservatives was unchanged at 40% while the opposition Labour Party was up one percentage point at 30% after the first days of campaigning for Britain's Dec. 12 election, a poll by Panelbase showed.The pro-European Union Liberal Democrats had the support of 15%, up one point, and the Brexit Party was on 8%, down one point, according to the poll published on Friday.
  
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