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• Family of Swedish man shot dead in Battersea tell of shock and grief

  28-12-2019 22:51
  
  Flamur Beqiri was returning home when he was shot in front of his wife and child on Christmas Eve.
  
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• Homes evacuated after discovery of weapons near Bristol

  28-12-2019 22:33
  
  The arrest was made on Saturday after the arsenal was discovered at an address in Shetland Road, Westbury-on-Trym.
  
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• Defeated Labour MPs call for ‘unflinching’ party election review

  28-12-2019 22:00
  
  Defeated Labour MPs call for ‘unflinching’ party election reviewIn a letter to the Observer, election candidates pledge to give a frank assessment of what went wrong
  
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• ‘Amazing’ orange light over Guam and Saipan probably a meteor, say authorities

  28-12-2019 21:51
  
  Authorities have also suggested debris from a Chinese space launch may have caused the display.
  
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• Prisons chaos fuels massive legal costs as violence surges

  28-12-2019 21:00
  
  Prisons chaos fuels massive legal costs as violence surges. Shock figures reveal £30m-a-year claims as experts blame cuts and overcrowding
  
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• ‘I nearly lost my sight’: staff tell of rise in assaults in chaotic UK prisons

  28-12-2019 21:00
  
  ‘I nearly lost my sight’: staff tell of rise in assaults in chaotic UK prisons. The number of experienced officers in Britain’s overcrowded jails plummeted – and the system buckled under the pressure
  
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• Libya's NOC may evacuate Zawiya refinery due to fighting nearby

  28-12-2019 20:59
  
  NOC might also shut down the El Sharara oilfield, whose crude is exported via Zawiya port, the statement said.Clashes between armed groups have broken out in recent days around Zawiya, during which a missile almost hit the oil complex.Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognised government on Friday accused eastern forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar of having tried to strike the oil port complex.
  
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• New York Times columnist accused of eugenics over piece on Jewish intelligence

  28-12-2019 19:47
  
  New York Times columnist accused of eugenics over piece on Jewish intelligenceBret Stephens faces backlash after suggesting that Ashkenazi Jews are smarter than other people
  
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• Previous data breaches by public bodies and companies

  28-12-2019 19:46
  
  The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea was fined £120,000 last year for identifying the owners of vacant homes in the area.
  
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• Costa del Sol: hotel insists pool not to blame for deaths

  28-12-2019 19:44
  
  Costa del Sol: hotel insists pool not to blame for deaths. Resort owner says Olubunmi Diya’s claims ‘at odds’ with the police report into drownings
  
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• Pool deaths family suffered tragic accident, insists hotel operator

  28-12-2019 19:13
  
  CLC World Resorts and Hotels has issued a statement saying mother's claims are 'directly at odds with the findings of the police report'.
  
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• Cabinet Office condemned over ‘farcical’ honours recipient data breach

  28-12-2019 19:09
  
  The addresses of more than 1,000 New Year Honours list recipients were available online, prompting the regulator to investigate.
  
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• Jamie Vardy ‘over the moon’ as Rebekah gives birth to new member of team

  28-12-2019 19:05
  
  The footballer was left out of high flying Leicester City's team to face West Ham.
  
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• Man shot dead in front of family had Swedish gang connections

  28-12-2019 18:57
  
  Man shot dead in front of family had Swedish gang connectionsFlamur Beqiri had links to gun runner and to boyfriend of woman gunned down in Malmö
  
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• Michael Howard claims judges 'distorted' law in prorogation ruling

  28-12-2019 18:30
  
  Michael Howard claims judges 'distorted' law in prorogation ruling. Former Tory leader calls for legal reform because judges ‘reach results they want’
  
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• Hotel operator says pool deaths family are victims of tragic accident

  28-12-2019 18:09
  
  CLC World Resorts and Hotels has issued a statement says family claims are 'directly at odds with the findings of the police report'
  
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• Applause for EuroMillions jackpot winner Colin Weir before Partick Thistle match

  28-12-2019 17:40
  
  A tribute has been paid to lifelong Partick Thistle fan and recent club owner Colin Weir after the EuroMillions winner's death
  
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• Britain's Harry and Meghan file for Sussex Royal trade mark

  28-12-2019 16:44
  
  Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have filed to register the name of their charitable foundation, Sussex Royal, as a trade mark, according to a document published on the Intellectual Property Office's website.Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, set up their own foundation this year, splitting from the decade-old philanthropic vehicle Royal Foundation that they shared with Harry's older brother Prince William and his wife Kate.The trade mark application covers a wide range
  
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• Confusion grows over Edinburgh’s Hogmanay ‘social curfew’

  28-12-2019 16:32
  
  Confusion grows over Edinburgh’s Hogmanay ‘social curfew’. Police say they cannot enforce event organiser’s plans to limit access
  
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• Apology after Cabinet Office accidentally posts honour recipients’ addresses

  28-12-2019 15:59
  
  The list includes senior police officers, politicians and celebrities.
  
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• Rare spoon-billed sandpipers hatched at nature reserve

  28-12-2019 15:36
  
  There are only about 200 breeding pairs of the critically endangered species left in the wild.
  
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• Government exposes addresses of New Year honours recipients

  28-12-2019 15:11
  
  Government exposes addresses of New Year honours recipients. Cabinet Office apologises after details of more than 1,000 people posted online in error
  
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• Britain First says 5,000 of its members have joined Tories

  28-12-2019 15:00
  
  Britain First says 5,000 of its members have joined Tories. Far-right defectors ‘support Boris Johnson’s stance on radical Islam’
  
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• Pastor who drowned alongside children in hotel pool hailed as ‘devoted father’

  28-12-2019 14:55
  
  Gabriel Diya, 52, his young daughter and teenage son died on Christmas Eve at the Club La Costa World in Fuengirola, Spain.
  
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• Call to scrap £625 fee for foreign doctors and nurses to use the NHS

  28-12-2019 14:07
  
  Call to scrap £625 fee for foreign doctors and nurses to use the NHS. Health professionals back King’s Fund thinktank after ‘perverse’ rise in fee
  
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• Domestic violence kills 15 times as many as terrorism in Britain

  28-12-2019 14:00
  
  Domestic violence kills 15 times as many as terrorism in BritainPolice budgets to counter domestic assaults must be ringfenced, say campaigners
  
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• Football tribute planned for EuroMillions jackpot winner Colin Weir

  28-12-2019 13:55
  
  Mr Weir died on Friday following a short illness.
  
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• A decade in numbers

  28-12-2019 12:05
  
  How the teens add up.
  
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• Prison officers injured in violence at Feltham young offenders centre

  28-12-2019 11:48
  
  Prison officers injured in violence at Feltham young offenders centre. Incident comes after inspector found ‘extraordinary decline’ in safety and care at institution
  
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• British Museum to host major exhibition on life and death of Thomas Becket

  28-12-2019 11:22
  
  It will mark the 850th anniversary of his murder.
  
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• Man, 21, arrested in terror probe as property searched

  28-12-2019 11:19
  
  The suspect was detained at an address in east London on Saturday morning.
  
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• EuroMillions £161m jackpot winner Colin Weir dies aged 71

  28-12-2019 11:06
  
  EuroMillions £161m jackpot winner Colin Weir dies aged 71Weir, who donated substantially to the Scottish independence campaign, dies after short illness
  
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• Prison staff in hospital after disturbance at young offender institute

  28-12-2019 10:32
  
  The Ministry of Justice said the incident at Feltham on Friday was under control 'within 25 minutes'.
  
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• Michael Howard: Judges sometimes distort law to reach result they want

  28-12-2019 10:14
  
  He claimed that judges have 'increasingly substituted their own view of what is right for the view of Parliament and of ministers'.
  
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• Nadiya Hussain ‘never imagined’ she would be honoured with MBE

  28-12-2019 09:25
  
  The TV star has been celebrated in the New Year Honours.
  
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• What the Queen’s great-grandchildren got up to in 2019

  28-12-2019 09:00
  
  Charlotte provoked laughter at a yachting event, George showed his passion for football and Archie went on tour.
  
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• 2019: The year the world woke up to the climate crisis

  28-12-2019 09:00
  From the science to the protests on the streets, 2019 saw a huge rise in environmental awareness. Now 2020 must be the year of action, experts say.
  
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• Controversy over New Year Honours as ex-Tory leader and former CPS boss included

  28-12-2019 08:26
  
  Awards to Alison Saunders and Iain Duncan Smith have sparked a fierce backlash.
  
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• New Year Honours marred by controversy

  28-12-2019 08:03
  
  Awards to Alison Saunders and Iain Duncan Smith have sparked a fierce backlash.
  
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• Tom Watson: ‘Was I disloyal? I don't take kindly to being told what to do'

  28-12-2019 08:00
  
  Tom Watson: ‘Was I disloyal? I don't take kindly to being told what to do'. The former deputy Labour leader talks about Jeremy Corbyn, the party’s future – and why losing eight stone saved his life
  
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• Replanting Britain: 'It’s about the right tree in the right place'

  28-12-2019 07:00
  Replanting Britain: 'It’s about the right tree in the right place'. Less than £1 per person a year is spent on planting English trees, but past mistakes loom large
  
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• Disability rights campaigner Jack Marshall honoured

  28-12-2019 07:00
  
  Disability rights campaigner Jack Marshall honoured. British Empire Medal for 21-year-old who climbed Three Peaks and did Great North Run
  
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• New Year’s Honours marred by controversy

  28-12-2019 06:10
  
  Awards to Alison Saunders and Iain Duncan Smith have sparked a fierce backlash.
  
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• Britain's railways undergo major timetable change

  28-12-2019 04:59
  
  A major change to rail timetables is being introduced and it promises to deliver one thousand new services each week, as well as reduce journey times.
  
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• Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason ‘thrilled’ to receive MBE

  28-12-2019 03:41
  
  The 20-year-old who played at Harry and Meghan's wedding has been honoured for services to music.
  
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• Iain Duncan Smith knighthood labelled a reward for ‘legacy of cruelty’

  28-12-2019 01:26
  
  Sir Iain was the architect of the Government's controversial Universal Credit welfare reforms.
  
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• GCHQ reaches 100 years of service

  28-12-2019 01:04
  
  The Prince of Wales said he was 'immensely proud of staff' during his tour right into the heart of GCHQ over its 100th anniversary.
  
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• Thousands with hidden disabilities benefit from blue badge changes

  28-12-2019 01:01
  
  Criteria to obtain the parking permits were extended in August to include people with hidden disabilities.
  
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• The new gadgets to look out for in 2020

  28-12-2019 01:01
  
  It's likely to be a big year for Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Sony.
  
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• Spending influenced by TV shows, weather and Brexit in 2019

  28-12-2019 01:01
  
  How did we spend our money?
  
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