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• Sajid Javid expected to back HS2 despite spiralling costs

  29-01-2020 23:57
  
  Sajid Javid expected to back HS2 despite spiralling costs. Chancellor’s decision comes amid calls from new Tory MPs for project to be scrapped
  
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• Roger Federer leans on recent history for Novak Djokovic semi-final

  29-01-2020 23:30
  
  • Swiss beat Djokovic in last meeting, in ATP Tour Finals
  • That win ‘showed me he is beatable’, Federer saysRoger Federer has returned from hell twice this week, yet he is still smiling, refusing to panic, and says: “I believe until the end.” Even the 38‑year‑old Swiss does not know when that dreaded moment will arrive but he remains convinced, against growing evidence, there is a little piece of heaven waiting for him here on Sunday. Related: Rafae
  
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• Brexit divisions must end after UK’s ‘dark day’ on Friday, say Lib Dems

  29-01-2020 23:30
  
  Acting party leader Sir Ed Davey will call for Remain and Leave labels to be ditched after Brexit day.
  
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• Coronavirus: Britons will not fly home from Wuhan on Thursday

  29-01-2020 23:27
  
  It is understood Chinese officials have not yet granted permission for the chartered flight to depart.
  
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• ‘Go get ’em and whack ’em’: Ford urges England to be both brutal and smart

  29-01-2020 23:26
  
  • Luke Cowan-Dickie goes home from Algarve for family reasons
  • Mako Vunipola also misses training with eye problem
  England are taking the scenic route into this Six Nations, opting to relocate from Portugal to Paris in the lead‑up to their opening fixture against France rather than returning to home comforts. A few days in the Algarve paid off a year ago when they secured a resounding round‑one win in Dublin but even the best-laid plans can be disrupted at any time.In this
  
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• BBC increasingly trying to ride two horses at once

  29-01-2020 23:18
  
  BBC increasingly trying to ride two horses at onceAim to redirect resources in bid to attract a younger audience is risking existing viewers
  
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• Senator calls for US intelligence to investigate Jeff Bezos 'phone hacking'

  29-01-2020 23:14
  
  Chris Murphy urges FBI and DNI to look into whether message from Saudi prince triggered hacking of Amazon founder’s phoneSenator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, has called on US intelligence agencies including the FBI and DNI to investigate the alleged cellphone hacking of the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man.The tech tycoon’s phone was allegedly hacked in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message apparently sent from the personal Whatsapp account of
  
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• The Appliance Of Science: Why Labour Lags Behind The Tories As The Party Of The Future

  29-01-2020 23:12
  
  The most important announcement today was one you won’t have heard of.
  
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• Van de Donk puts Arsenal into League Cup final at Manchester City’s expense

  29-01-2020 22:59
  
  • Arsenal Women 2-1 Manchester City Women
  • Miedema 6, Van de Donk 44; Bonner 60Nick Cushing’s hopes of a happy send off were dented as goals from the Dutch duo of Vivianne Miedema and Daniëlle van de Donk put Arsenal into the Continental Cup final.Cushing leaves his job as Manchester City manager for the assistant coach role at New York City FC in the MLS on Monday. Sadly for him, Gemma Bonner’s second-half header from a corner failed to launch a much needed comeback
  
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• Harry Dunn: Raab expresses ‘disappointment’ to Pompeo over extradition rejection

  29-01-2020 22:58
  
  Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab met US secretary of state Mike Pompeo at the Foreign Office in London.
  
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• Manchester City reach Carabao Cup final despite Matic’s winner for United

  29-01-2020 22:52
  
  Remember Paris, Pep Guardiola had cautioned after his Manchester City team’s 3-1 first-leg victory at Old Trafford in this Carabao Cup semi-final. Remember Paris, Ole Gunnar Solskjær had trumpeted in the countdown to the second leg. It could be done. His Manchester United had done it before – in last season’s Champions League last 16 when they overturned a two-goal deficit from the home leg to upset Paris Saint-Germain in frankly ludicrous fashion.This game should not hav
  
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• Liverpool 19 points clear after Salah and Oxlade-Chamberlain sink West Ham

  29-01-2020 22:52
  
  The day is nearing when, if he were so minded, Jürgen Klopp could copy his strategy for FA Cup replays and hand the rest of Liverpool’s league season to their second string. Games in hand are only an advantage if you win them and this one was ultimately negotiated in comfort, confirming a 19-point lead that only a wild-eyed fantasist would deem surmountable.Nineteen points ahead; 23 wins from 24; all 19 Premier League teams defeated at least once. They are statistics that will swill a
  
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• 'Over and out': emotional British MEPs attend final EU debate

  29-01-2020 22:43
  
  'Over and out': emotional British MEPs attend final EU debatePoliticians sing Auld Lang Syne in raw end to a banal debate where the result was never in doubt
  
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• Minari review – moving and modest coming-of-age Sundance hit

  29-01-2020 22:33
  
  The autobiographical story of a Korean American family trying to sustain a farm in rural Arkansas has deservedly become the festival’s most universally loved filmIn a year without many talk-of-the-town breakout hits, the word that’s been repeated most often at Sundance has been Minari. Arriving at the festival with A24 and Brad Pitt’s Moonlight-backing production company Plan B attached, the Korean American coming-of-age tale already had considerable steam but it’s now be
  
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• Brazil counts the cost after highest recorded rainfall in 110 years

  29-01-2020 22:30
  
  Flooding and landslides kill at least 30 people and 2,600 are evacuated from their homesThere have been some notable heavy rainfall and snowfall events recently. Flooding and landslides in south-east Brazil have killed at least 30 people, with a further 17 missing and 2,600 evacuated from their homes. The events followed extreme rainfall on 24 January, with Belo Horizonte receiving 173mm of rain in 24 hours (a quarter of the expected annual rainfall across south-east England). This was their lar
  
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• Rebecca Long-Bailey calls on rivals to back public ownership

  29-01-2020 22:20
  
  Rebecca Long-Bailey calls on rivals to back public ownership. Labour leadership contender urges pledge for ownership of energy, water, rail and mail
  
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• Last Battle of Britain flying ace Paul Farnes dies aged 101

  29-01-2020 22:14
  
  Farnes was last surviving pilot with the accolade of having downed at least five planesThe last surviving ace who fought in the Battle of Britain has died, aged 101.Wg Cmdr Paul Farnes was one of 3,000 Allied pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain, considered to be the first decisive battle to be fought entirely in the air. He died peacefully at his home on Tuesday morning, The Times reported. There are now just two surviving Battle of Britain pilots left. Continue reading...
  
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• Brexit timeline: From 2013 referendum promise to a 2020 exit

  29-01-2020 21:57
  Here are some of the key moments in the long-running Brexit saga.
  
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• Publisher cancels Jeanine Cummins tour for American Dirt over safety fears

  29-01-2020 21:51
  
  The book gained praise before its release, but was panned by Mexican American writers for its stereotypical depictions The publisher of Jeanine Cummins’ controversial novel American Dirt has cancelled the remainder of her promotional tour, citing concerns for her safety.The novel about a Mexican mother and her young son fleeing to the US border had been praised widely before its 21 January release and was chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her book club. But Mexican American writers have been amo
  
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• France to send warships to support Greece in Turkish standoff

  29-01-2020 21:28
  
  Greek PM welcomes move as row with Ankara over energy reserves intensifiesGreece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has welcomed a decision by France to dispatch war frigates to the eastern Mediterranean as a standoff with Turkey over regional energy reserves intensifies.With tensions between Athens and Ankara causing growing international alarm, Mitsotakis described the vessels as “guarantors of peace”. Continue reading...
  
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• Boris thought being PM would be a triumph – but it's all downhill from here

  29-01-2020 21:27
  
  Whether it’s PMQs or his own People’s PMQs, Johnson is distracted, disappointed and boredThere’s something post-coital about Boris Johnson these days. He appears distracted, disappointed. On the verge of boredom. Even when he rouses himself to public displays of optimism with calls to “stop talking Britain down”, it feels like a tired performance rather than a lived experience. Soon his only comforts will be homeopathic traces of memory.It wasn’t meant to be t
  
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• Boris thought being PM would be a triumph – but it's all downhill from here

  29-01-2020 21:27
  
  Boris thought being PM would be a triumph – but it's all downhill from here. Whether it’s PMQs or his own People’s PMQs, Johnson is distracted, disappointed and bored
  
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• Boris thought being PM would be a triumph – but it's all downhill from here

  29-01-2020 21:27
  
  Boris thought being PM would be a triumph – but it's all downhill from hereWhether it’s PMQs or his own People’s PMQs, Johnson is distracted, disappointed and bored
  
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• Brexit the achievement of my lifetime goal, says Farage

  29-01-2020 21:03
  
  Nigel Farage has left the European Parliament for the final time.
  
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• Ministers told to find 5% savings to 'refocus' on PM's priorities

  29-01-2020 20:55
  
  Departments told to identify potential cost-savings in order to boost funds for hospitals, schools and ‘levelling up’Sajid Javid has written to ministers urging them to identify projects that could be scrapped, to cut costs and “refocus” resources on Boris Johnson’s priorities of hospitals, schools and “levelling up”.In a letter signed by the chancellor and the PM, each department has been told to identify potential cost savings worth up to 5%, by 2 Marc
  
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• Ministers told to find 5% savings to 'refocus' on PM's priorities

  29-01-2020 20:55
  
  Ministers told to find 5% savings to 'refocus' on PM's prioritiesDepartments told to identify potential cost-savings in order to boost funds for hospitals, schools and ‘levelling up’
  
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• Two deaths in UK potentially linked to vaping, says regulator

  29-01-2020 20:48
  
  The news follows an outbreak of vaping-related illnesses in the US.
  
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• Coronavirus: returning Britons could be kept in quarantine for 14 days

  29-01-2020 20:39
  
  About 200 UK nationals will be barred from boarding plane from China if they do not agree
  Hundreds of British nationals brought home from China because of the coronavirus outbreak are expected to be quarantined at a secure NHS facility for a fortnight, it has emerged.As the last British Airways flights from Beijing and Shanghai returned to the UK after the airline suspended operations in China, about 200 Britons in the vicinity of Wuhan were preparing to leave on an emergency chartered plane. Co
  
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• Ireland’s longest bridge honours John F Kennedy’s family

  29-01-2020 20:30
  
  The N25 New Ross Bypass includes a bridge spanning the River Barrow between counties Wexford and Kilkenny.
  
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• Weinstein trial: witness says mogul screamed at her for refusing threesome

  29-01-2020 20:28
  
  Dawn Dunning describes experience of Weinstein ‘towering over’ her and allegedly demanding she have threesome with assistantA witness at the Harvey Weinstein rape trial in New York described on Wednesday the moment the movie mogul allegedly screamed at her that she would never make it in the film business, after she refused to have a threesome with him and his assistant.Dawn Dunning, 40, told the jury at the New York supreme court how she had become scared about what Weinstein might
  
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• World Indoor Athletics cancelled over coronavirus with Chinese GP at risk

  29-01-2020 20:22
  
  • World Athletics confirms event has been delayed for year• F1 race on 19 April in Shanghai at risk, says virus expertThe World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing has been postponed by a year to March 2021 because of the coronavirus, which has now infected around 6,000 people worldwide and caused 132 deaths. Related: Germany confirms first human coronavirus transmission in EuropeContinue reading...
  
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• Beers for Brexit Party MEPs after Farage’s final European Parliament speech

  29-01-2020 20:16
  
  Martin Daubney said there was a 'carnival atmosphere' at the bar in Brussels.
  
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• The Guardian view on Trump’s ‘peace plan’: a con, not a deal | Editorial

  29-01-2020 20:04
  
  A two-state solution came about as the result of a rules-based world order, which Mr Trump detests because it is inimical to the raw power that he prefers to govern global affairsDonald Trump’s Arab-Israeli peace plan rests upon the absurdity of the Palestinians accepting a state in name alone. Since 1993’s Oslo accords, hope had been kindled that a “Palestine” could be created from most of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with its capital in East Jerusalem. The Trump admini
  
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• Emotions run high as EU parliament vote puts the seal on Brexit deal

  29-01-2020 20:03
  
  Nigel Farage rallied Brexiteers with a strongly-worded speech but there were tears and a chorus of Auld Lang Syne from other parliamentarians.
  
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• Scientists build robot hand that can sweat - The Guardian

  29-01-2020 20:00 via news.google.com
  Scientists build robot hand that can sweat  The GuardianWatch This Robot Finger Sweat  IEEE SpectrumRobots learn to sweat to stop overheating  The VergeThis robot hand can 'sweat' to cool itself down  Guardian NewsSoft and sweaty 3D printed robots cool themselves down  3D Printing IndustryView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Scientists build robot hand that can sweat

  29-01-2020 20:00
  
  Fingers made of hydrogels layers have pores that ooze water to cool downNever mind their cold, hard logic and tireless dedication to the task at hand – the most unappealing aspect of robots to come may well be their personal hygiene.In a demonstration of how to build machines that do not overheat, researchers have created a robot hand that regulates its temperature naturally – by breaking into a sweat. Continue reading...
  
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• Engineers design bionic ‘heart’ that beats like the real thing

  29-01-2020 20:00
  
  MIT scientists say their biorobotic hybrid device could be used for testing artificial valves and other cardiac devices.
  
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• Don’t sweat it: Technique developed to help robots cool off

  29-01-2020 20:00
  
  Scientists have taken inspiration from mammals' ability to sweat in a bid to help over-worked robots stay cool.
  
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• Antiviral made from sugar ‘may be game changer for diseases like coronavirus’

  29-01-2020 20:00
  
  The newly developed treatment destroys viruses without being harmful to humans, scientists say.
  
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• The Washington Post silenced one of its reporters. It now owes her an apology | Arwa Mahdawi

  29-01-2020 19:59
  
  Felicia Sonmez has rightly been reinstated. Censoring a woman for tweeting about a rape case sends a chilling messageThe trial is over and the verdict is in: Felicia Sonmez has been found not guilty of committing Twitter crimes. The Washington Post, which had suspended Sonmez, a national politics reporter, for tweeting about Kobe Bryant’s 2003 rape case, officially reinstated her on Tuesday. Related: Washington Post says suspended reporter's Kobe Bryant tweet did not violate policyContinue
  
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• Nigel Farage Makes One Final Cringeworthy Scene In Brussels As He's Told: 'Put Your Flags Away'

  29-01-2020 19:59
  
  British Twitter users distance themselves from Brexit Party stirring up trouble as vote ratifies exit deal.
  
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• Nigel Farage Makes One Final Cringeworthy Scene At Brussels As He's Told: 'Put Your Flags Away'

  29-01-2020 19:59
  
  British Twitter users distance themselves from Brexit Party stirring up trouble as vote ratifies exit deal.
  
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• Harry and Meghan post images supporting Canadian mental health campaign

  29-01-2020 19:57
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex posted pictures on their official Instagram account in support of the Bell Let's Talk campaign.
  
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• Pompeo warns of ‘real risk’ from Huawei as he arrives in UK for talks with Raab

  29-01-2020 19:48
  
  US secretary of state Mike Pompeo will hold talks with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a two-day visit.
  
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• Steve Bell on the renationalisation of Northern rail – cartoon

  29-01-2020 19:47
  
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• ‘Many people choose to be on the streets,’ Tory MP says in homelessness debate

  29-01-2020 19:39
  
  Adam Holloway said homelessness should be treated as a health problem and addicts offered more support.
  
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• Alastair Stewart leaves ITV News role over ‘errors of judgment’

  29-01-2020 19:36
  
  The newsreader's career in front of the camera spans 40 years.
  
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• Tate Britain's £40k 'head of coffee' role sparks row over low curator pay

  29-01-2020 19:34
  
  Gallery defends job advert, which critics say shows how little museum workers are paidTate Britain has defended advertising for a head of coffee with a salary of nearly £40,000 – more than the average wage of a London-based curator – after critics said the role highlights how low museum professionals’ wages are.The wage comparison site Glassdoor states that the average annual wage for a curator based in London is £37,300. The Prospect union said the pay discrepancy
  
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• Bank of England’s interest rate decision is finely balanced - The Guardian

  29-01-2020 19:33 via news.google.com
  Bank of England’s interest rate decision is finely balanced  The GuardianUK interest rates held as economy shows signs of picking up  BBC NewsMoney Minute: Thursday 30 January  MoneyWeekMark Carney the Rock Star Refuses to Play an Encore  BloombergDespite rumours Bank Base Rate stays at 0.75% - Property118  Property118View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Greta Thunberg files application to trademark her name

  29-01-2020 19:26
  
  Climate activist also applied to register name of climate movement Fridays for FutureThe climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she has applied to register her name and that of the Fridays For Future movement she founded in 2018, which has gone global and catapulted her to international fame.The move would allow legal action against persons or companies trying to use her name which are not in line with her values or that of her movement, she said. Continue reading...
  
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