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• Civil service set for ‘seismic’ change, says co-author of Tory manifesto

  01-01-2020 23:51
  
  She said one of the biggest changes is likely to be in the area of Whitehall recruitment and training.
  
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• Poll of Labour members suggests Keir Starmer is first choice

  01-01-2020 23:00
  
  Poll of Labour members suggests Keir Starmer is first choiceExclusive: shadow Brexit secretary early frontrunner to succeed Jeremy Corbyn
  
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• Labour Leadership Hopeful Calls For Unity To Overcome Party's 'Existential Crisis'

  01-01-2020 22:09
  
  Clive Lewis says that when “on a cliff-edge” it was better to work with the people “dangling with you”, rather than attack them.
  
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• Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu seeks immunity from corruption charges

  01-01-2020 22:06
  
  Israel's embattled prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said he will ask his parliament to grant him immunity from the corruption charges he currently faces.Mr Netanyahuis suspected ofaccepting gifts, including cigars and champagne, from wealthy businessmen and dispensing favours in return for favourable media coverage.Mr Netanyahu's announcement about the immunity means that any trial would likely be delayed until after March elections.
  
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• AI system can detect breast cancer better than clinical experts – study

  01-01-2020 21:28
  
  Google Health has developed an AI model that can identify cancer in mammograms with greater accuracy, fewer false positives, and fewer false negatives
  
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• Anti-Islamic slogans spray-painted near mosque in Brixton

  01-01-2020 21:22
  
  Anti-Islamic slogans spray-painted near mosque in BrixtonPolice are investigating the incident at a cultural centre as a suspected hate crime
  
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• Labour leadership hopeful Lewis wants unity as party faces ‘existential crisis’

  01-01-2020 21:00
  
  His comments came after media outlets contacted him for his views on party chairman Ian Lavery’s analysis of why Labour lost so heavily.
  
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• 'With best wishes, Alan': what we learned from Alan Jones's furious letters to politicians

  01-01-2020 20:00
  
  'With best wishes, Alan': what we learned from Alan Jones's furious letters to politicians. The permanently outraged Sydney broadcaster keeps up a stream of correspondence with NSW and federal ministers, urging them to follow his directives on planning, dams, windfarms and other pet projects
  
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• Three BA cabin crew were killed in New Year’s Eve lorry crash, airline says

  01-01-2020 19:39
  
  Two men and a woman travelling in a Toyota Yaris car died at the scene in Stanwell, Surrey.
  
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• Man held on suspicion of double murder after bodies found in house

  01-01-2020 19:35
  
  Man held on suspicion of double murder after bodies found in house. Police arrested a 39-year-old man at Duffield house where two people were found dead
  
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• Thousands perform in 34th London New Year’s Day parade

  01-01-2020 19:27
  
  Performers included marching bands, samba bands, cheerleaders and dancers.
  
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• Bristol students told to study at SS Great Britain due to overcrowding

  01-01-2020 19:15
  
  Bristol students told to study at SS Great Britain due to overcrowding. Bristol University says students can use reading room at site of attraction to revise
  
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• How truth gets lost in the BBC’s search for balance

  01-01-2020 19:13
  
  How truth gets lost in the BBC’s search for balance. The broadcaster must countervail the rightwing-dominated print media, writes Dr Richard House, while Dr Richard Milne says it played into Boris Johnson’s hands, and Philip Cunningham warns against false equivalence
  
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• Women’s Institute revival brings to mind its radical roots

  01-01-2020 19:11
  
  Women’s Institute revival brings to mind its radical roots. Dr Caitríona Beaumont on the WI’s history of activism, Wilma Rush on its local impact, Sarah Akhtar on the National Women’s Register and Jill Wallis on paying a visit to a WI meeting
  
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• Victims of NYE Surrey road crash were BA cabin crew

  01-01-2020 19:10
  
  Victims of NYE Surrey road crash were BA cabin crew. Two men and a woman, all in their 20s, among at least seven fatalities across UK
  
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• Labour, not the Tories, benefit from first-past-the-post voting system

  01-01-2020 19:10
  
  Labour, not the Tories, benefit from first-past-the-post voting systemDismissing Tory success as a rigged game betrays a head-in-the-sand refusal to engage constructively with other reasons for defeat, says Robert Frazer
  
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• Visa applications: Home Office refuses to reveal 'high risk' countries

  01-01-2020 19:07
  
  Visa applications: Home Office refuses to reveal 'high risk' countries. Campaigners criticise decision not to reveal data in algorithm that filters UK visa applications
  
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• Clive Lewis calls for unity among Labour leadership hopefuls

  01-01-2020 19:05
  
  Clive Lewis calls for unity among Labour leadership hopefulsMP says he and his rivals must not fall out as they confront ‘cliff face’ of electoral defeat
  
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• AI system outperforms experts in spotting breast cancer

  01-01-2020 19:00
  
  AI system outperforms experts in spotting breast cancerProgram developed by Google Health tested on mammograms of UK and US women
  
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• Stanwell Crash: Three British Airways Cabin Crew Killed As Lorry And Car Collide On New Year's Eve

  01-01-2020 18:05
  
  Two men and a woman in their 20s died on road close to Heathrow Airport.
  
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• Americans 'take democracy for granted', supreme court chief warns

  01-01-2020 17:36
  
  Americans 'take democracy for granted', supreme court chief warns* John Roberts will preside over Trump’s impeachment trial* Justice warns of ‘false information on a grand scale’
  
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• Oliver Miles obituary

  01-01-2020 17:25
  
  Oliver Miles obituary
  
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• Revellers shake of 2019 with Loony Dook dip

  01-01-2020 17:19
  
  Swimmers dressed up for occasion including kilts, T-shirts or traditional beachwear.
  
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• Duffield Murder Inquiry: Man And Woman Found Dead In Derbyshire Village

  01-01-2020 17:19
  
  A 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder.
  
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• Simon Coveney urges all sides in Stormont talks to show generosity

  01-01-2020 16:42
  
  Ireland's deputy premier was in Belfast on Wednesday to meet Secretary of State Julian Smith ahead of the formal resumption of talks on Thursday.
  
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• Man arrested after two people found dead in Derbyshire home

  01-01-2020 15:53
  
  Police found a man and a woman fatally injured inside.
  
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• Men arrested after women ‘find pills hidden in kebab’

  01-01-2020 15:19
  
  Two men have been arrested after three women found pills hidden inside a takeaway kebab.The women, all aged in their 20s, bought the meal from Istanbul Grill in Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
  
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• BBC seeks to settle equal pay cases ahead of Samira Ahmed tribunal verdict

  01-01-2020 13:48
  
  BBC seeks to settle equal pay cases ahead of Samira Ahmed tribunal verdictBroadcaster in apparent attempt to avoid repeat of tribunal embarrassment
  
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• Three killed in New Year’s Eve lorry crash

  01-01-2020 13:39
  
  Two men and a woman travelling in a Toyota Yaris car died at the scene in Stanwell, Surrey.
  
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• Lloyds Banking Group suffers hours-long online outage

  01-01-2020 13:09
  
  Lloyds Banking Groupsuffered an outage on Wednesday that left customers of its Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland operations unable to access accounts online for several hours.Disruption to online services is a periodic problem for Britain's banks, and last month regulators told lenders they needed to resolve problems more swiftly.Customers of Lloyds Banking Group said on social media that they were unable to use mobile apps or websites to access their accounts since early morning on New Year'
  
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• Lloyds Banking Group reports disruption to online services

  01-01-2020 13:09
  
  Lloyds Banking Group suffered an outage on Wednesday that left customers of its Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland operations unable to access their accounts online.Disruption to online services is a periodic problem for Britain's banks, and last month regulators told lenders that they needed to boost their ability to resolve problems swiftly.Customers of Lloyds Banking Group said on social media that they were unable to use the bank's mobile apps or websites to access their accounts on the fi
  
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• British man dies after firework accident in Thailand

  01-01-2020 13:04
  
  The Foreign Office is supporting the family.
  
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• London and Edinburgh party at midnight

  01-01-2020 13:02
  
  Big Ben ended its silence to chime in midnight before the fireworks began in London and Edinburgh.
  
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• In Pictures: New Year swimmers take the plunge

  01-01-2020 12:45
  Braving the elements has become a winter tradition.
  
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• Body of man found in disused bank in Yorkshire

  01-01-2020 12:40
  
  Body of man found in disused bank in Yorkshire. Family ‘devastated’ after Agshar Badshah, 39, discovered in Batley on Sunday
  
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• Man arrested after two police officers injured in Birmingham

  01-01-2020 11:51
  
  Both officers escaped with non-serious injuries.
  
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• Mother Of Brit Teen Found Guilty Of Lying About Being Gang Raped Backs Cyprus Tourism Boycott

  01-01-2020 09:32
  
  "The place isn’t safe – it is absolutely not safe."
  
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• Adults in training plunge to record low in a decade

  01-01-2020 08:00
  
  Adults in training plunge to record low in a decade. Thinktank warns government cuts widening inequality as 3.8 million fewer adults in training
  
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• Mother of British teenager convicted in Cyprus backs tourism boycott

  01-01-2020 07:40
  
  The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she believes the resort town of Ayia Napa is unsafe.
  
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• York plans to become UK’s first car-free city centre

  01-01-2020 07:19
  
  Bristol previously announced plans to become the first British to ban diesel cars by next year.
  
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• From Libra to TikTok: Ones to watch in tech for 2020

  01-01-2020 03:45
  
  More on the Online Harms White Paper, live facial recognition technology and copyright for the digital era are expected in the year ahead.
  
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• Almost one in 10 pupils miss lessons for unauthorised holidays

  01-01-2020 03:45
  
  New figures show a rise in the proportion of youngsters taken out of school for term-time trips.
  
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• Watch: London and Edinburgh party at midnight

  01-01-2020 02:01
  
  Big Ben ended its silence to chime in midnight before the fireworks began in London and Edinburgh.
  
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• In Pictures: UK and Ireland ring in the new year with a bang

  01-01-2020 01:21
  
  Crowds in London, Edinburgh and Dublin enjoyed dazzling displays.
  
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• London kicks off the roaring 20s with football anthems as UK marks new year

  01-01-2020 01:16
  
  Around 12,000 fireworks were set off during the display.
  
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• Britain's zero-carbon power outstrips fossil fuels in 2019

  01-01-2020 01:05
  
  Britain, the birthplace of coal power, produced more electricity from zero-carbon sources such as wind, solar and nuclear than from fossil fuel plants for the first time in 2019, National Gridsaid on Wednesday.Having built the world's first coal-fired power plant in the 1880s, coal became Britain's dominant electricity source and a major economic driver for the next century."As we enter a new decade, this truly is a historic moment," said National Grid Chief Executive John Pettigrew, referring t
  
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• Time for UK to start healing divisions, Archbishop of Canterbury says

  01-01-2020 01:01
  
  The head of the Church of England says he has been inspired by the 'heroism and hope' of RNLI volunteers.
  
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• Special 2020 coins to mark King George III reign and VE Day 75th anniversary

  01-01-2020 01:01
  
  200 years since the end of King George III's reign is to be commemorated on a new £5 coin.
  
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• Seven-year-old among scores of children caught with knives at school, data shows

  01-01-2020 01:01
  
  The latest figures follow a nationwide investigation into weapons in schools by the PA news agency.
  
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• Robot saves ‘hundreds of hours’ of disruption on major roads

  01-01-2020 01:01
  
  The machine marks out where white lines need painting on new and resurfaced motorways and major A-roads.
  
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