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• Launching climate summit, UK plans to bring forward ban on new petrol and diesel cars

  03-02-2020 23:39
  
  Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035, five years earlier than previously planned, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce on Tuesday as he launches a major U.N. climate summit due to take place in Glasgow in November.Johnson will launch COP26, a two-week conference seen as a moment of truth for the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat global warming, at an event alongside Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough."Hosting CO
  
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• Electric future: Britain to ban new petrol and hybrid cars from 2035

  03-02-2020 23:39
  
  Britain will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine.Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to use the announcement to elevate the United Kingdom's environmental credentials after he sacked the head of a Glasgow U.N. Climate Change Conference planned for November known as COP26.Johnson will launch COP26, a two-week
  
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• Britain to bring forward ban on new petrol and diesel cars

  03-02-2020 23:39
  
  Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will say on Tuesday as he announces details of a U.N. climate summit due to take place in Glasgow in November.Johnson will launch COP26, a two-week conference seen as a moment of truth for the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat global warming, at an event alongside Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough."Hosting COP26 is an
  
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• Boris Johnson To End Sale Of New Petrol And Diesel Cars By 2035

  03-02-2020 23:34
  
  PM to make major speech ahead of COP 26 conference at event attended by David Attenborough.
  
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• Sinn Fein surges into first place in Irish election race

  03-02-2020 23:01
  
  The party could earn the support of a quarter of all those likely to cast their ballots, according to an Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI survey.
  
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• How the Streatham terror attack unfolded

  03-02-2020 22:09
  
  Sudesh Amman was shot by officer about a minute after launching his knife attack, the Met said.
  
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• Unexploded Second World War bomb removed from London’s Soho

  03-02-2020 21:56
  
  Officers were called to a building site near Dean Street after reports of a suspected explosive device.
  
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• Ireland’s general election result delayed

  03-02-2020 21:51
  
  Independent Tipperary hopeful Marese Skehan was found at her home in the county south west of Dublin,
  
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• DWP Delays Universal Credit Roll-Out Again At A Cost Of £500m

  03-02-2020 21:47
  
  Flagship welfare reform is now not expected to be fully introduced until September 2024.
  
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• Streatham attacker was released amid fears he felt terrorism 'justified'

  03-02-2020 21:31
  
  Streatham attacker was released amid fears he felt terrorism 'justified'Sudesh Amman was put under 24/7 armed surveillance within days of leaving prison* Streatham attack: latest updates
  
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• Shapeshifter? World King? The PM could be seriously unwell

  03-02-2020 21:27
  
  Shapeshifter? World King? The PM could be seriously unwellNo more B word, no more saying we didn’t have a deal ... and no more Guardian sketch-writer
  
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• Woman found not guilty after stabbing abusive father to death

  03-02-2020 20:58
  Woman found not guilty after stabbing abusive father to deathJessica Breeze wept in the dock after being acquitted of murder and manslaughter
  
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• Tottenham complains to BBC over racism claims during The One Show

  03-02-2020 20:57
  The club has criticised an episode delving into an alleged racist incident involving Chelsea player Antonio Rudiger and Tottenham fans.
  
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• UK and EU set out contrasting goals for post-Brexit trade deal

  03-02-2020 20:38
  
  UK and EU set out contrasting goals for post-Brexit trade dealBoris Johnson threatens to walk away with no deal rather than sign up to EU rules
  
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• Part of Irish General Election could be postponed after death of candidate

  03-02-2020 20:38
  
  The woman has been named in local reports as independent Tipperary hopeful Marese Skehan.
  
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• Being woke isn’t so easy – even if you know what it means

  03-02-2020 20:21
  
  Being woke isn’t so easy – even if you know what it means David Williams believes most people have more pressing concerns than worrying about wokeness while Penny Southgate thinks the angry reaction is part of a journey towards acceptance. Plus Paul McGilchrist and Sheelagh Spink comment on the usefulness of the term
  
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• Lisa Nandy backs Scottish Labour to shape IndyRef2 policy

  03-02-2020 20:18
  
  Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy has said she wants the party's stance on another independence vote to be 'driven by Scottish Labour'.
  
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• Brexit Talks: The Key Flashpoints As UK And EU Set Out Their Objectives

  03-02-2020 20:09
  
  Boris Johnson and Michel Barnier outlined vastly different views on aligning rules, fisheries, financial services and Gibraltar.
  
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• Skills must be central to budget if the country is to be ‘levelled up’

  03-02-2020 20:06
  
  Skills must be central to budget if the country is to be ‘levelled up’Jeremy Cushing is not convinced that Sajid Javid can succeed where other politicians have failed. David Hughes believes colleges are the key to transforming local economies
  
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• Sudesh Amman: how did science student become Streatham jihadist?

  03-02-2020 20:04
  
  Sudesh Amman: how did science student become Streatham jihadist?. Amman’s transformation will be scrutinised by relevant authorities
  
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• NHS hospitals bring in sleep pods to help tired staff take a break

  03-02-2020 20:01
  
  NHS hospitals bring in sleep pods to help tired staff take a break. Pods have been installed or are being trialled by a dozen hospitals in England
  
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• Long-Bailey pledges to reform Labour party after 'mismanagement'

  03-02-2020 19:55
  
  Long-Bailey pledges to reform Labour party after 'mismanagement'. Salford and Eccles MP says promotions will be based on ‘what you know, not who you know’
  
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• Long-Bailey pledges to reform Labour party after 'mismanagement'

  03-02-2020 19:55
  
  Long-Bailey pledges to reform Labour party after 'mismanagement'Salford and Eccles MP says promotions will be based on ‘what you know, not who you know’
  
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• Rapper Loski tells court drug dealer forced him to carry gun

  03-02-2020 19:52
  
  Rapper Loski tells court drug dealer forced him to carry gunMusician, real name Jyrelle O’Connor, 20, claims man threatened him and his mother
  
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• Disabled man’s death after his benefits were stopped brings back sad memories

  03-02-2020 19:51
  
  Disabled man’s death after his benefits were stopped brings back sad memories. Jane Ghosh, whose son died in 2018, says the assessment process is severe, Dr Chris Grover says Errol Graham’s death was a social murder, and Amanda Theunissen is struggling to be grateful for a 25p pension increase
  
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• Career paths: how these apprentices from the 1990s reached the top

  03-02-2020 19:30
  
  Career paths: how these apprentices from the 1990s reached the topNow with successful careers or running their own businesses, former apprentices explain how the schemes helped them
  
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• David Miles obituary

  03-02-2020 19:26
  
  My friend David Miles, who has died aged 84, was an artist who made his life in the Outer Hebrides, where he painted the human form against a backcloth of sea and sky, in watercolours and oils, exhibiting widely around Europe.David was born in London shortly before the second world war, and lived for most of the war in London with his parents, Beryl (nee Stewart) and Henry Miles, and older brother, evading the bombing. Continue reading...
  
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• A history of the licence fee

  03-02-2020 19:23
  
  The first wireless licence was issued in November 1923 for ten shillings.
  
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• Secret decks found on ship that capsized killing thousands of sheep

  03-02-2020 19:22
  
  Discovery by salvage divers off Romania raises new questions over EU exports of live animalsSecret decks for extra animals have been found in a livestock carrier that sank off the Romanian port of Midia in November drowning thousands of sheep, according to the company carrying out the massive salvage operation.Only 180 sheep survived out of the 14,600 initially believed to have been onboard the Queen Hind, which was carrying them from Romania, the EU’s biggest exporter of the animal, to Sa
  
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• We need to get to potential terrorists before radicalisation, not afterwards | Richard Barrett

  03-02-2020 19:15
  
  Once an individual has fallen for extremist propaganda, it’s hard to change their mind. Better to spot the early signs• Richard Barrett is a former director of global counter-terrorism at MI6The attack in Streatham on Sunday carried out by Sudesh Amman – recently released from prison after serving time for terrorist-related offences – raises again the question of how to make prison more effective in dealing with this sort of offender. Inevitably there have been renewed cal
  
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• From Beyoncé to J-Lo: how politics won the Super Bowl

  03-02-2020 19:05
  
  Jennifer Lopez put children in cages for her all-singing, all-dancing attack on Trump’s immigration policies. But it’s just the latest of many hard-hitting Super Bowl performancesRather than address one of the biggest controversies in American sporting history – the “take the knee” protests by American footballer Colin Kaepernick – 2019’s Super Bowl deflected it with Adam Levine’s abs. Fronting Maroon 5 topless, his performance was much derided; th
  
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• Bags of style: how accessories took over the red carpet

  03-02-2020 19:04
  
  From Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Stack O Cash’ to Billy Porter’s mechanical fringed hat, the stars’ clothes have been upstaged this awards season Hold onto your silver fringed, mechanical hats, because this award season, theatrical and brilliantly extra accessories have taken over red carpet style.At the Grammys there was a general ditching of the demure for the definitely fun: Billy Porter’s Sarah Sokol mechanical fringed hat which gave us material for a thousand hilar
  
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• Super Bowl MVP Mahomes on his next goal with the Chiefs: 'Win another one'

  03-02-2020 19:00
  
  Kansas City quarterback inspired team to late comeback winAnalysis: Mahomes’ brilliance is no longer surprisingTwelve hours later, Patrick Mahomes still could not find any better words to describe how it felt to fulfil a lifelong goal. After steering the Kansas City Chiefs to a comeback win over the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday night’s Super Bowl, he had described the moment as “surreal”. Collecting his award as the game’s Most Valuable Player on Monday morning, he
  
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• Mark Gatiss to star in own stage adaptation of A Christmas Carol

  03-02-2020 19:00
  
  Gatiss to play ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge’s business partner, Jacob Marley, in his version of Charles Dickens novellaHe has long written Christmas ghost stories for television and now Mark Gatiss is to adapt one of the most celebrated of them all for the stage. Gatiss will star as the ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge’s business partner, Jacob Marley, in his own version of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. The play is to open at Nottingham Playhouse in October and then Alexandra Pala
  
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• Apprentices: Loyal, skilled, but still ignored by too many small firms

  03-02-2020 19:00
  
  Business owners who invest in apprenticeships are full of praise for on-the-job training, so why aren’t more SMEs embracing the schemes?Apprenticeships can boost a business’ productivity. They bring new ideas and make loyal employees. So, why are small businesses not training more tailor-made talent?In England, 375,800 people started apprenticeships in 2017 to 2018. But England and the rest of the UK lags behind countries such as Germany, Denmark and Australia in apprentice numbers.
  
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• Sixth warmest January on record for UK

  03-02-2020 18:56
  
  Provisional figures show it was the warmest January since 2007
  
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• Michael Barrymore: Will We Ever Know How Stuart Lubbock Ended Up Dead In Star’s Pool?

  03-02-2020 18:55
  
  Barrymore: The Body In The Pool examines the events leading up to the death of Stuart Lubbock and his family’s continuing search for justice.
  
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• Danish police seize Hyde Park mansion from Sanjay Shah

  03-02-2020 18:54
  
  Police seize property owned by British businessman accused of defrauding Danish taxpayersDanish police have seized a £14.7m mansion near Hyde Park, in central London, from Sanjay Shah, a British multi-millionaire businessman accused of defrauding Danish taxpayers out of £1.5bn.Denmark’s serious economic and international crime police department said on Monday it had seized the property owned by a suspect “believed to have scammed more than 12bn Danish kroner (£1.5bn
  
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• Tom Michel obituary

  03-02-2020 18:52
  
  Tom Michel obituary
  
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• No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister

  03-02-2020 18:52
  
  Emergency legislation will retrospectively toughen terms of sentences being served by 220 terrorist offendersStreatham attack latest - live updatesThe government is to introduce emergency legislation to retrospectively toughen the terms of the prison sentences currently being served by 220 terrorist offenders to prevent their automatic release, the justice secretary has announced.In a move likely to face legal challenge, Robert Buckland said that all terrorist prisoners, including those currentl
  
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• Mike Ashley's Frasers Group snaps up stake in luxury brand Mulberry

  03-02-2020 18:50
  
  Billionaire wants to reposition his fashion empire towards ‘premium third-party brands’Mike Ashley has bought a 12.5% stake in the luxury British handbag company Mulberry as he seeks to push his retail empire upmarket.Ashley’s Fraser Group announced on Monday that it had bought the stake as a part of a “key strategic priority” to reposition his fashion group towards “premium third-party brands”.Continue reading...
  
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• Wildlife expert cuddles hand-reared cheetah before they say goodbye

  03-02-2020 18:48
  
  Saba, a two-and-a-half year old cheetah, was hand-reared in the UK but will soon be embarking on a new journey.
  
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• Mike Ashley goes shopping with £19m stake in luxury handbag maker Mulberry

  03-02-2020 18:43
  
  The sports tycoon is keen to expand his luxury Flannels brand and already sells Mulberry bags in House of Fraser.
  
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• Second monarch butterfly sanctuary worker found dead in Mexico

  03-02-2020 18:42
  
  Body of part-time tour guide Raúl Hernández found days after that of reserve manager Homero Gómez González in MichoacánA second worker at Mexico’s famed monarch butterfly sanctuary has been found murdered, sparking concerns that the defenders of one of Mexico’s most emblematic species are being slain with impunity.The body of Raúl Hernández Romero, a part-time tour guide, was found on Saturday, showing injuries possibly inflicted by a
  
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• Streatham attack: emergency laws will stop serving terrorist offenders being released without review – live news

  03-02-2020 18:41
  
  Justice secretary Robert Buckland says terrorist offenders will have to serve at least two thirds of sentence before parole board considers releaseSudesh Amman freed from jail and on police watchlistQuestions for investigators over surveillance of attackerShare your stories5.41pm GMT Buckland was also asked to condemn anonymous government quotes from sources briefing against the role of lawyers in forming policy. Here is the anonymous No 10 source in question, quoted earlier in the day by Sky Ne
  
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• Australian Open 2020: the tournament that tarnished tennis’s image | Kevin Mitchell

  03-02-2020 18:40
  
  From bushfire smoke to the treatment of Navratilova and McEnroe to Djokovic’s meltdown in the final, tennis bounced from one PR disaster to the next in MelbourneFew sports guard their image with as much diligence as tennis. For a fortnight, the pretty face of the gentle game took a battering in Melbourne, bouncing from one public relations disaster to another, and the bruises will last.The image meltdown began with the reluctance of the Australian Open to acknowledge with sufficient speed
  
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• Government To End Automatic Early Release Of Terror Offenders

  03-02-2020 18:39
  
  "Emergency legislation" introduced after the Streatham terror attack suspect Sudesh Amman was freed after serving half of his jail term.
  
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• Emergency Laws Needed To Keep Terrorists In Jail Longer, Says Justice Secretary

  03-02-2020 18:39
  
  Government to have new law in place within ten days after Streatham terror attack sparks fresh concern.
  
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• Global markets rally after biggest Chinese fall in five years

  03-02-2020 18:37
  
  Despite coronavirus concerns, share prices stabilise over hopes it can be containedFears that a coronavirus-inspired plunge in Chinese share prices would prompt a global selloff proved unfounded as investors in Europe and the US shrugged off the biggest fall in the Shanghai stock market in five years.Shares in London and New York rose – helping to reverse a part of last week’s falls – despite a drop of 9% at one stage in China’s main stock market index. Continue reading..
  
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• BBC confirms £3 rise in cost of TV licence from April

  03-02-2020 18:37
  
  Increase to £157.50 has extra potency as over-75s must start paying fee from this summerThe cost of a TV licence will increase from £154.50 to £157.50 in April, the BBC has said, as ministers consider whether to decriminalise non-payment of the fee as part of a broader attack on the corporation.The BBC’s licence fee deal includes annual price rises in line with inflation, meaning the £3 price rise had been expected. But confirmation of the increase has extra potency
  
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