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• Fishlake flooding: Fears for village as more rain due

  11-11-2019 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Homes and farmland are inundated as people in Fishlake, near Doncaster, are urged to leave.
  
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• Labour pledge: we would give six years of free study for adults

  11-11-2019 23:43
  
  The proposed move forms part of party’s vision for a cradle-to-grave education service. Every adult will be entitled to six years of free study under Labour plans for a radical expansion of lifelong learning, as part of its vision for a cradle-to-grave national education service. In a speech in Blackpool on Tuesday, the shadow education secretary Angela Rayner will pledge that a Labour government would “throw open the doors” to adult learners to enable them to study and retrain
  
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• Welsh Assembly standards boss resigns over AM's secret recordings

  11-11-2019 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are being asked to investigate but AM Neil McEvoy says he acted in the public interest.
  
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• Tory election candidate faces call to stand down over ‘disgusting racism’

  11-11-2019 23:27
  
  The Conservative Party said Anthony Browne has apologised for the comments and sincerely regrets them.
  
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• James Le Mesurier, White Helmets co-founder, discovered dead in Turkey

  11-11-2019 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The body of ex-British Army officer James Le Mesurier is found near his office in Istanbul.
  
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• How Nigel Farage Was Done Up Like A Kipper By Boris Johnson

  11-11-2019 22:51
  
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• Drayton Manor death: Jurors find Evha Jannath died accidentally

  11-11-2019 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Evha Jannath fell into the water on a rapids ride at Drayton Manor theme park in 2017.
  
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• Lewes Castle: Medieval 600-tonne wall collapses on house

  11-11-2019 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 600 tonnes of stonework and other material toppled in the wall collapse at Lewes Castle.
  
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• Mini Mercury skips across sun's vast glare in rare transit - Phys.org

  11-11-2019 22:15 via news.google.com
  Mini Mercury skips across sun's vast glare in rare transit  Phys.orgView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Channel migrants: Pride of Canterbury in U-turn rescue

  11-11-2019 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man in his 30s tried to swim to the UK in a wetsuit but was rescued with severe hypothermia.
  
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• Boris Johnson Calls Emergency Cobra Meeting Over Floods After Jeremy Corbyn Warns Of 'Devastating' Impact

  11-11-2019 21:51
  
  Boris Johnson will chair a meeting of the government's emergency committeeover the severe flooding impacting parts of the country as severe weatherwarnings continue.
  
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• NI parties hit out at veteran prosecution pledge

  11-11-2019 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A promise to protect combat veterans from "vexatious" legal action is criticised.
  
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• Tory candidate faces calls to quit over 'disgusting racism'

  11-11-2019 21:18
  
  Labour criticises ‘shocking’ writings by Anthony Browne, a former aide to Boris Johnson. A former aide to Boris Johnson is facing calls to stand down as an election candidate after Labour accused him of “disgusting racism” over some of his writings that blame immigrants for bringing germs and HIV to the UK and accuse Muslims of having divided loyalties. Labour called on the prime minister to personally intervene to stop Anthony Browne from contesting the seat of South Cam
  
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• Tory candidate faces calls to quit over 'disgusting racism'

  11-11-2019 21:18
  
  Anthony Browne pictured in 2012. He has previously said he regretted any offence caused.Photograph: Rii Schroer/Rex/ShutterstockA former aide to Boris Johnson is facing calls to stand down as an election candidate after Labour accused him of “disgusting racism” over some of his writings that blamed immigrants for bringing germs and HIV to the UK and accused Muslims of having divided loyalties.Labour called on the prime minister to personally intervene to stop Anthony Browne from cont
  
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• Johnson calls Cobra meeting over floods after letter from Corbyn

  11-11-2019 21:18
  
  The PM had previously said the flooding was 'not looking like something we need to escalate to the level of a national emergency'.
  
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• Nigel Farage urged to stand aside in Tory target seats after climbdown

  11-11-2019 21:12
  
  Nigel Farage is facing calls from Brexit supporters to stand down further candidates to help Boris Johnson after he made a dramatic public U-turn by agreeing to withdraw his party from all Conservative-held seats.The Brexit party leader claimed he had changed his mind about fielding candidates in 317 seats held by the Tories after Johnson released a video pledging to take Britain out of the EU by 2020 and to pursue a Canada-style trade deal.The abrupt nature of Farage’s reversal prompted c
  
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• Salmonella research ‘could help in development of new treatments’

  11-11-2019 21:00
  
  Salmonella is one of the most common causes of food poisoning worldwide.
  
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• Sam Gyimah continues down Lib Dem path of fairytales and unicorns

  11-11-2019 20:53
  
  Ta-dah: Sam Gyimah conjures up a scenario where Jo Swinson becomes PM. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PAIt wasn’t the worst day to campaign on adult education. Almost at the very moment that Sam Gyimah, the Lib Dems’ business spokesperson, was sitting down to chat to a handful of apprentices in Marylebone after a near pointless two-mile journey in the party’s electric battle bus, Nigel Farage was busy handing out P45s to 317 of the Brexit party’s own candidates in Hart
  
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• British Indians warn Hindu party not to meddle in UK elections

  11-11-2019 20:45
  
  Messages circulated among British Indians in Harrow urging them to vote against Labour. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesBritish Indians in one of the country’s most diverse boroughs have warned against attempts to divide voters in the general election along ethnic or religious lines.Last week, a UK support group for the BJP, India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party, said it was campaigning for the Tories in 48 marginal seats. It also emerged that WhatsApp messages were circulating
  
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• British Indians warn Hindu nationalist party not to meddle in UK elections

  11-11-2019 20:45
  
  They say UK support group for BJP, India’s ruling party, is trying to divide them. British Indians in one of the country’s most diverse boroughs have warned against attempts to divide voters in the general election along ethnic or religious lines. Last week, a UK support group for the BJP, India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party, said it was campaigning for the Tories in 48 marginal seats. It also emerged that WhatsApp messages were circulating among British Hindus urging them t
  
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• ‘Humble’ Second World War veterans receive Legion d’Honneur

  11-11-2019 20:40
  
  French ambassador Catherine Colonna said 'in the darkest hours of the war we’ve been able to count on the brave British people'.
  
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• UK parties struggle to turn WhatsApp into campaign weapon

  11-11-2019 20:39
  
  Just over one in 10 British WhatsApp users say they join groups with people they do not know. Photograph: Martin Meissner/APPolitical parties are trying to find ways to use WhatsApp as a campaign tool in the general election, but Britons’ reluctance to join group chats involving strangers is hindering the effort.The pro-Labour campaign group Momentum is urging supporters to sign up to its WhatsApp broadcast service to receive messages to forward to their friends, while messages targeting B
  
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• Health workers in Northern Ireland vote for strike action

  11-11-2019 20:22
  
  It comes after nurses in Northern Ireland last week voted for industrial action over staffing numbers and pay disputes.
  
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• Why The Conservative Party Pledge To Protect Veterans From 'Unfair Trials' Is Controversial

  11-11-2019 20:12
  
  The Conservative Party has announced a pledge to protect military veteransfrom prosecution against "vexatious" legal action over historical allegationsby changing the law.
  
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• Andrew Sparrow's election briefing: The best news Boris Johnson has had so far?

  11-11-2019 20:00
  
  Nigel Farage claimed he had killed off a second referendumThe leader of the Brexit party declared his party would not stand candidates in the 317 seats won by the Conservatives in 2017. The exact impact is still a matter of debate, but it is almost certainly the most significant electoral boost the Tories have had in the campaign so far.In a speech in Hartlepool (full text here), Farage claimed his decision meant a “leave alliance” was now in operation:> I have got no great love f
  
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• Venezuelan foreign ministry temporarily loses access to Twitter account

  11-11-2019 19:49
  
  A notice on the ministry's profile on the platform visible on Monday morning read: "Caution: This account is temporarily restricted" and cited "unusual activity" from the account.The spokeswoman said the suspension occurred between late Saturday night and Sunday morning, and that the ministry had alerted Twitter to its loss of access and requested an explanation.
  
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• Senior police officer denies failing to report child abuse video

  11-11-2019 19:44
  
  Supt Williams said she never saw the image of a man sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl. Photograph: Rob Stothard/Getty ImagesA senior police officer has repeatedly denied in court that she failed to report a child abuse video because she wanted to protect members of her family.Supt Robyn Williams is accused of failing in her duty after her sister sent the indecent image to her calling for action to be taken against those behind the “disgusting” video.Williams, 54, took to the s
  
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• Nigel Farage move may not help Tories as much as it first appears

  11-11-2019 19:38
  
  Nigel Farage: his party’s polling average has slipped to just 9%. Photograph: Frank Augstein/APNigel Farage’s unilateral announcement that he will engage in a one-way electoral pact with the Conservatives will be an undoubted relief to Boris Johnson, but the benefit may be more limited than it first appears.Headline polling data already indicated that the Brexit party was being successfully squeezed by the Tories’ pro-Brexit strategy. Its polling average had slumped from 12% in
  
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• Former Brexit Party candidate says Farage ‘let us down’

  11-11-2019 19:36
  
  Neil Greaves is defying the decision to step aside in Tory-held seats to stand as an independent in Harlow.
  
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• Instagram influencer used secret account to hit back at her critics

  11-11-2019 19:31
  
  Clemmie Hooper with her husband Simon, who she insulted using a fake account on a gossip forum. Photograph: Wenn Rights/AlamyThe often relentless positivity of the world of social media influencers has turned toxic after Clemmie Hooper, the blogger behind the Mother of Daughters Instagram account, which has 660,000 followers, admitted to a secret life online in which she attacked rivals.Hooper not only criticised other bloggers on the UK gossip forum Tattle.life under the name “Aliceinwand
  
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• Unite tells court Labour's Anna Turley is unfit to be MP

  11-11-2019 19:24
  
  Candidate for Redcar says union defamed her in an article on Skwawkbox blog in 2017. Labour’s biggest backer, the union Unite, has told the high court that the party’s parliamentary candidate in Redcar is unfit to be an MP. Anna Turley, who was the Labour MP in the North Yorkshire town until last week and hopes to regain the seat, is suing Unite over an article published on the Skwawkbox blog that related to an application she made for union membership. Turley – a moderate who
  
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• Unite claims Labour's Anna Turley is unfit to be an MP, court hears

  11-11-2019 19:24
  
  Candidate for Redcar says union defamed her in an article on Skwawkbox blog in 2017. Labour’s biggest backer, the union Unite, has told the high court the party’s parliamentary candidate in Redcar is unfit to be an MP. Anna Turley, who was the Labour MP in the North Yorkshire town until last week and hopes to regain the seat, is suing Unite over an article published on the Skwawkbox blog that related to an application she made for union membership. Turley – a moderate who three
  
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• Fact check: have the armed forces really had a pay cut?

  11-11-2019 19:24
  
  Labour says austerity policies have hit soldiers’ salaries and it would pay them a ‘proper wage’. Claim The UK’s armed forces have “effectively had a pay cut over the last few years,” the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, told the Today programme on Monday morning. She said they would be paid a “proper wage” under a Labour government. Background In an announcement timed for Armistice Day, Labour outlined five pledges to military staff, in
  
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• Judge to lead abuse compensation panel to be appointed ‘by end of week’

  11-11-2019 19:13
  
  An independent redress board is to be established and may include representatives with social work and medical backgrounds or experience of trauma.
  
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• Nigel Farage is pulling PM’s strings, Nicola Sturgeon says

  11-11-2019 18:57
  
  The First Minister said the Tories were becoming 'more extreme'.
  
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• Father of boy killed by mother says he pleaded for authorities to act

  11-11-2019 18:55
  
  Matthew Spriggs tells inquest he feared for the safety of son Archie, who died aged seven. The father of a seven-year-old boy who was murdered by his mother has told an inquest that he pleaded with social services and police to protect his son but was repeatedly brushed off. Matthew Spriggs, whose son Archie Spriggs was strangled by his former partner Lesley Speed on the day of a family court custody hearing in September 2017, told Shropshire coroner’s court he could not comprehend her act
  
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• Campaign highlights: Farage avoids targeting Tories, while PM ‘wets his whistle’

  11-11-2019 18:52
  
  The Brexit Party leader said he feared a hung Parliament.
  
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• Javid: Fundamentals of economy very strong

  11-11-2019 18:47
  
  The chancellor Sajid Javid gives Sky's Ed Conway his reaction to confirmation the UK has ducked a recession.
  
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• Coroner to write to all UK theme parks after schoolgirl death on rapids ride

  11-11-2019 18:45
  
  Evha Jannath died after she was 'propelled' from the Splash Canyon ride at Drayton Manor in 2017.
  
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• Why Nigel Farage’s ‘Leave Alliance’ May Fail To Deliver A Tory Election Win

  11-11-2019 18:32
  
  Northern Tories have warned that Nigel Farage's so-called 'Leave alliance'offer will make little difference unless he axes Brexit Party candidates inLeave-backing Labour seats.
  
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• First Minister defends policy after criticism of destroyed notes

  11-11-2019 18:31
  
  Nicola Sturgeon said there was 'no substance whatsoever' to suggestions she writes handwritten notes to avoid scrutiny.
  
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• Putting fear of Corbyn’s Labour in perspective

  11-11-2019 18:24
  
  Readers respond to a piece by Jonathan Freedland in which he asked how Jews can vote for the Labour leader. Jonathan Freedland is incorrect to depict our parliamentary elections as a presidential contest ( Many Jews oppose Brexit, but how can we vote for Corbyn?, 9 November). Neither is he justified in assuming that Jews should be treated as a single homogeneous entity in considering which way to vote, despite his acknowledgement that views are not uniform. The accusations against Jeremy Corbyn
  
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• NHS funding, the spirit of 1964 and truly radical social policies

  11-11-2019 18:24
  
  Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article urging Labour to offer real radicalism to win his floating vote. While I agree with much of Simon Jenkins’ article ( If you want my vote, give me true radicalism, 8 November), I could not understand his comment “as for the NHS and the courts, they are straitjacketed by professional splits and demarcations. Yet no one has the courage to tackle the vested interests, the doctors and the lawyers.” I cannot speak for the courts –
  
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• Lib Dems launch High Court challenge over ITV leaders’ debate

  11-11-2019 18:24
  
  Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will take part in a head-to-head debate on November 19 which will not include any other party leaders.
  
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• It’s hard to harness the power of singletons

  11-11-2019 18:24
  
  In response to Gaby Hinsliff’s article and Emma Watson’s recent comment about being ‘self-partnered’, David Rimmer writes that single people are a diverse group and cannot be easily catergorised. Gaby Hinsliff identifies the various reasons why singletons can and should exert political pressure ( Will the voting power of single people turn the election?, 8 November). But, despite singletons coming on to the political radar, politicians are still wedded to the orthodoxy of
  
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• Scientists develop sensor to save children and pets left in vehicles

  11-11-2019 18:21
  
  The device combines radar technology with artificial intelligence to detect unattended children or animals.
  
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• Sinn Fein candidate expresses solidarity with rival over online abuse

  11-11-2019 18:14
  
  DUP hopeful Carla Lockhart was subjected to a torrent of abuse on social media about her appearance.
  
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• McDonnell says Labour will ‘reform’ EU freedom of movement rules

  11-11-2019 18:08
  
  The shadow chancellor said Labour will protect workers' rights after Tories attacked their 'dangerous' immigration policy.
  
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• Boost For Labour Bid To Unseat Iain Duncan Smith As Greens Step Aside

  11-11-2019 18:03
  
  Labour's bid to unseat Tory grandee Iain Duncan Smith was handed a boost asthe Green Party candidate announced he would stand aside.
  
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• Fad or fixture: are electric cars the future of motoring?

  11-11-2019 17:59
  
  Electric vehicles have been celebrated as the greener, cost-efficient future of travel. Motoring journalist Maria McCarthy explains why they’re more than just a passing trendAt the back of many motorists’ minds, there’s a nagging question: should my next car be electric? Increasing numbers of them are deciding – yes, it should. Electric vehicle (EV) sales are accelerating rapidly, with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) figures for September 2019 showin
  
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