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• Wales to ban parents smacking their children from 2022

  28-01-2020 23:44
  
  Wales to ban parents smacking their children from 2022Bill passes despite concerns it is ‘stepping into the private lives of families’
  
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• Shooting groups pledge ‘zero tolerance’ on illegal killing of birds of prey

  28-01-2020 23:00
  
  There have also been concerns raised about the wider environmental impacts of some types of game shooting.
  
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• Work of third surgeon scrutinised at Ian Paterson-linked private hospital

  28-01-2020 22:56
  
  Spire Healthcare said it internally reviewed an operation carried out by consultant orthopaedic surgeon Amir Salama.
  
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• Former Tory councillor harassed at gym told by manager testosterone was to blame

  28-01-2020 22:46
  
  The gym has since apologised to Elena Bunbury, who said she was 'mansplained by a woman' after the incident in east London.
  
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• Mild conditions forecast after snowy spell for UK

  28-01-2020 22:41
  
  The polar maritime air mass which brought freezing conditions across the UK will be replaced by a tropical air mass, the Met Office said.
  
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• Why There’s Tory Trouble Afoot For Boris Johnson Over His Huawei Decision

  28-01-2020 22:38
  
  PM facing his first rebellion over legislation for 5G.
  
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• Devolved nations will have say in Brexit trade talks, says Gove

  28-01-2020 22:01
  
  The Withdrawal Agreement was rejected by the Welsh Assembly, Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.
  
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• Labour sends 'insulting' email to defeated candidates

  28-01-2020 21:32
  
  Labour sends 'insulting' email to defeated candidates. Candidates say email offering advice on stress should have been sent weeks ago
  
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• Harry Dunn’s family welcome support from US public for extradition bid

  28-01-2020 21:27
  
  The spokesman for the teenager's family said they had always had 'tremendous support from our friends right across the USA'.
  
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• US Politicians Blast UK Over Huawei Deal, Warning: 'Our Special Relationship Is Less Special Now'

  28-01-2020 21:17
  
  Republicans compare the decision to working with the KGB during the Cold War.
  
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• Ministers in Wales vote to introduce smacking ban

  28-01-2020 21:14
  
  It is the first divergence of core criminal law between Wales and England.
  
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• Dominic Raab unsettles Huawei opponents by being nice for once

  28-01-2020 21:07
  
  Dominic Raab unsettles Huawei opponents by being nice for once. Foreign secretary’s bucket of tranquillizers before statement sees Commons drift into oblivion
  
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• Human rights report to oppose extradition of Julian Assange to US

  28-01-2020 21:00
  
  Human rights report to oppose extradition of Julian Assange to US. European assembly says WikiLeaks founder’s detention ‘sets dangerous precedent’
  
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• Urgent inquiry ordered into 'witch-hunt' at West Suffolk hospital

  28-01-2020 20:51
  
  Urgent inquiry ordered into 'witch-hunt' at West Suffolk hospital. Hospital bosses under fire for trying to find whistleblower who wrote to patient’s family
  
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• Urgent inquiry ordered into 'witch-hunt' at West Suffolk hospital

  28-01-2020 20:51
  
  Urgent inquiry ordered into 'witch-hunt' at West Suffolk hospitalHospital bosses under fire for trying to find whistleblower who wrote to patient’s family
  
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• The Volunteer scoops 2019 Costa Book of the Year award

  28-01-2020 20:51
  
  The Volunteer tells of Witold Pilecki, a Polish resistance fighter during the Second World War who volunteered to be imprisoned in Auschwitz.
  
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• Woman detained over deaths of three children at house

  28-01-2020 20:49
  
  The two boys and girl, all under the age of nine, were found dead in their home in the south-west of Dublin.
  
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• Government attacked for rejecting infected blood compensation proposals

  28-01-2020 20:47
  
  The contaminated blood scandal has been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS.
  
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• Majority of Americans would back Harry Dunn suspect’s extradition, poll suggests

  28-01-2020 20:22
  
  The US rejected an extradition request by the UK Government for Anne Sacoolas last week.
  
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• Coronavirus: FCO warns against travel to China as UK nationals are set to return

  28-01-2020 20:20
  
  Those stuck in Wuhan and surrounding areas have been urged to contact the British consulate before 11am on Wednesday if they wish to leave.
  
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• Labour MPs claim party not being even-handed in leadership contest

  28-01-2020 20:14
  
  Labour MPs claim party not being even-handed in leadership contestRow brews over lack of access to members’ data that some say favours Rebecca Long-Bailey
  
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• 'Got Brexit Done': Tory party sells £12 tea towel in celebration

  28-01-2020 20:03
  
  'Got Brexit Done': Tory party sells £12 tea towel in celebrationMugs, magnets and tea towels mark UK’s exit from EU – but delivery will be late
  
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• Gracie: BBC pay disputes among pressing questions for next director-general

  28-01-2020 19:58
  
  Carrie Gracie said being inside the law is 'quite important to any big institution'.
  
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• Rochdale child sex offender who fled to Pakistan during trial extradited

  28-01-2020 19:52
  
  Rochdale child sex offender who fled to Pakistan during trial extradited. Choudhry Ikhalaq Hussain has been returned to UK to serve 19-year jail term
  
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• Woman at centre of citizenship battle takes campaign to US

  28-01-2020 19:50
  
  Emma De Souza is appealing against a ruling by the immigration courts that those born in Northern Ireland are automatically British.
  
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• The police aren’t the only ones in need of diversity

  28-01-2020 19:40
  
  The police aren’t the only ones in need of diversity. Rev David Haslam recalls fruitless efforts to improve racial diversity in the police and churches in the 1990s. Plus John Bache JP on how to address the shortage of magistrates
  
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• Grenfell Tower inquiry: key revelations from day two

  28-01-2020 19:39
  
  Grenfell Tower inquiry: key revelations from day two. What we learned about the combustible cladding – and what the contractors knew
  
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• Being short-changed by Brexit 50p coin

  28-01-2020 19:39
  
  Being short-changed by Brexit 50p coin. The new 50p coin does not give us much to celebrate, writes David Nowell, while Margaret Simon will be donating any she receives to a refugee charity. Plus letters from Nicholas Cutler and Simon Brodbeck
  
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• Mining communities were not so unified

  28-01-2020 19:38
  
  Mining communities were not so unified. We should avoid promoting oversimplified stereotypes of working-class history, write Prof Diane Reay and Lesley Burgess, while John Simmons points out that the gap between traditional Labour supporters and BAME workers has long existed
  
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• Ministers reject calls to compensate infected blood victims

  28-01-2020 19:29
  
  Ministers reject calls to compensate infected blood victimsThousands of people got HIV or hepatitis C from blood transfusions in 1970s and 1980s
  
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• Burgon backs public ownership and Labour clause IV revamp

  28-01-2020 19:26
  
  Burgon backs public ownership and Labour clause IV revampDeputy leadership candidate says voters are sick of being ripped off by private companies
  
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• Specialist Labour Activists Claim They Prevented 'Further Destruction' Of Party At Election

  28-01-2020 19:14
  
  Leaked report by the party’s Community Organising Unit branded a "whitewash" by furious insiders.
  
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• More than 300 Washington Post staff reject reporter's suspension over tweet

  28-01-2020 19:10
  
  More than 300 Washington Post staff reject reporter's suspension over tweet
  
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• More than 300 Washington Post staff reject reporter's suspension over tweet

  28-01-2020 19:10
  
  More than 300 Washington Post staff reject reporter's suspension over tweet* Letter from union expresses ‘alarm and dismay’ at action* Felicia Sonmez tweeted article on Kobe Bryant rape allegation
  
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• Rochdale paedophile who fled to Pakistan during trial extradited

  28-01-2020 19:09
  
  Rochdale paedophile who fled to Pakistan during trial extraditedChoudhry Ikhalaq Hussain returned to UK to serve jail term for child sexual offences
  
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• UK and US trade bodies call for end to whisky tariffs

  28-01-2020 19:00
  
  The Scotch Whisky Association and Distilled Spirits Council of the United States want an end to 25% rates.
  
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• Brexit crusader Farage: "I'll miss playing the villain"

  28-01-2020 18:31
  
  As Nigel Farage packed a few belongings into a box at his office in the European Union's parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, he reflected that he will miss the very institution on which - as its bluntest critic - he built his political career."I'll miss some of the fun, some of the theatre," the Brexit Party leader told Reuters in an interview.What Farage doesn't regret, though, is spearheading a campaign that led to Britain's exit from the EU, which will happen quietly at midnight in Brussels on
  
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• Why Thomas Markle should stop calling Prince Harry ‘whipped’

  28-01-2020 18:27
  
  Why Thomas Markle should stop calling Prince Harry ‘whipped’The original term – ‘pussy-whipped’ – is used by men who have a 1970s view of marriage. Not all relationships need to have winners and losers
  
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• What a points-based immigration system might mean for the UK

  28-01-2020 18:14
  
  What a points-based immigration system might mean for the UKHow the advisory committee’s proposals might affect government plans for Brexit
  
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• Coronavirus: British nationals in China set to return to UK

  28-01-2020 18:13
  
  Stranded citizens have told of their desire to leave coronavirus-hit Hubei province.
  
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• Louis Vuitton owner LVMH's sales growth slows in fourth quarter

  28-01-2020 18:06
  
  Sales growth at luxury goods group LVMHslowed slightly in the fourth quarter, pushed down in part by a sharp drop in revenue in Hong Kong where months of violent protests have scared away many high-end shoppers.The company, which owns labels including Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, said the new coronavirus outbreak this month forced it to shutter some stores in the Chinese city of Wuhan, but it believed the peak of the virus would pass in a few weeks, limiting the impact on sales.LVMH posted
  
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• Louis Vuitton owner LVMH's sales growth slows

  28-01-2020 18:06
  
  Sales growth at luxury goods group LVMHslowed slightly in the fourth quarter, which the Louis Vuitton owner attributed partly on Tuesday to a blip in Japan, though demand held up well across the rest of Asia.Firms are also grappling with turmoil in Hong Kong, a key market where some have had to close stores during street protests, though many including LVMH have until now managed to offset losses there in mainland China and other regions.LVMH, which posted record revenues and profits for the who
  
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• Sinn Fein pledges to secure border poll within five years

  28-01-2020 17:57
  
  The party unveiled its manifesto, which includes publishing a white paper on Irish unity as well as setting a date to end 'long-term' homelessness.
  
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• How Experts Think Boris Johnson Should Manage Immigration After Brexit

  28-01-2020 17:53
  
  What the big Migration Advisory Committee report could mean for movement of people after Brexit.
  
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• The words Brexit has brought us: Knowing your Backstop from your Yellowhammer

  28-01-2020 17:49
  
  Here is a look at the jargon of Brexit.
  
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• Academia looks like a pint of Guinness to me – diverse below, but not at the top

  28-01-2020 17:42
  
  Academia looks like a pint of Guinness to me – diverse below, but not at the topA lack of diversity among senior academics and uncertain employment prospects after graduation continues to push BAME students away from the humanities, argues Prof Jonathan Wilson
  
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• Tell us about a great European city neighbourhood for the chance to win £200 towards a UK/Europe stay

  28-01-2020 17:39
  
  Send us a tip on a fab district you’ve enjoyed on a break to win £200 towards a Sawday’s breakBy sticking to the busy, touristy city centres, many visitors miss out on the local fun going on in the neighbourhoods. So if you’ve come across a colourful district away from the centre that shows the true character of a city, we want to hear about it. It might have great restaurants or markets or nightlife (and be better value than the city centre), a brilliant park or just a g
  
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• MWC tech event to feature extra medical precautions amid coronavirus outbreak

  28-01-2020 17:37
  
  Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, at the end of February, is expected to attract a large number of visitors from China.
  
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• ‘Hare coursers’ swim to safety after abandoning cars on flooded road

  28-01-2020 17:20
  
  The incident happened on the A1101 on the Norfolk-Cambridgeshire border.
  
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• Huawei bosses react to 5G network decision on ‘high-risk vendors’

  28-01-2020 17:19
  
  Jeremy Thompson, vice president of Huawei UK, said the 'high risk' tag is a 'fact of life' for the firm.
  
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