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• Three largest parties neck and neck in Irish election, exit poll suggests

  08-02-2020 23:45
  
  No party is likely to reach the 80 seats required to form a government, with some form of coalition arrangement appearing inevitable.
  
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• Milton Keynes ‘leading’ conference centre destination for Wuhan returnees

  08-02-2020 23:18
  
  The hotel has more than 70 meeting rooms and 300 double and twin bedrooms.
  
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• Boris Johnson to give HS2 green light despite Tory fears

  08-02-2020 23:03
  
  Boris Johnson to give HS2 green light despite Tory fearsPM will promise range of other infrastructure projects to appease nothern voters
  
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• 'Up To 50 MPs Preparing To Quit Labour' If Rebecca Long-Bailey Wins Leadership

  08-02-2020 23:00
  
  Open selections and prospect of "continuity Corbyn" leaves bloc of MPs in despair.
  
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• Storm Ciara set to batter UK with winds of 80mph

  08-02-2020 22:34
  
  A yellow warning of wind covers the entire country on Sunday.
  
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• Phillip Schofield and Jameela Jamil: two tales of coming out

  08-02-2020 22:30
  
  Phillip Schofield and Jameela Jamil: two tales of coming out. Why did the 33-year-old actor meet with scathing criticism that the TV host avoided?
  
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• Jameela Jamil and Phillip Schofield: two tales of coming out

  08-02-2020 22:30
  
  Jameela Jamil and Phillip Schofield: two tales of coming out. Why did the 33-year-old actor meet with scathing criticism that the TV host avoided?
  
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• ‘We were abused every day.’ Decades on, children’s homes victims wait for justice

  08-02-2020 22:27
  
  ‘We were abused every day.’ Decades on, children’s homes victims wait for justice. This week an all-party report will demand a reckoning for the epidemic of institutional child abuse in the 1970s and 1980s
  
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• Final evacuation flight out of Wuhan to land in UK on Sunday morning

  08-02-2020 21:31
  
  The plane will land at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.
  
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• Coronavirus latest: Plane carrying 200 Britons headed to UK from China

  08-02-2020 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A PLANE carrying more than 200 passengers has left Wuhan for the UK amid the coronavirus outbreak in the Chinese city that has kill more than 550 people.
  
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• Storm Ciara set to batter the UK with winds of 80mph

  08-02-2020 21:01
  A yellow warning of wind covers the entire country on Sunday.
  
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• Coronavirus: Brighton shop asks customers to wear face mask and plastic gloves

  08-02-2020 19:48
  
  Lai Chen Zhang said he wants to protect his customers and 'make them feel comfortable'.
  
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• Let’s reclaim Notting Hill from romcom tourists, says writer who grew up there

  08-02-2020 19:33
  
  Let’s reclaim Notting Hill from romcom tourists, says writer who grew up there. The Likes Of Us, a new play by Roy Williams, is a celebration of the real people in a neglected district
  
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• Hundreds of climate activists protest at British Museum over BP sponsorship

  08-02-2020 19:08
  
  The campaigners are angry about the energy company sponsoring the Troy exhibition.
  
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• Major disruption for UK rail users as Storm Ciara approaches

  08-02-2020 19:06
  
  Major disruption for UK rail users as Storm Ciara approaches. Rail operators cancel services as Met Office issues yellow and amber weather warnings
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's local Labour party backs Keir Starmer for leadership

  08-02-2020 18:18
  
  Jeremy Corbyn's local Labour party backs Keir Starmer for leadershipMembers in London’s Islington North narrowly nominate him over Rebecca Long-Bailey
  
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• A week on, Streatham attack marked by march and peace vigil

  08-02-2020 18:18
  
  A week on, Streatham attack marked by march and peace vigilSadiq Khan and local MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy joined community members in show of unity
  
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• Activist dressed as stick of celery highlights climate change at Irish polling station

  08-02-2020 17:04
  
  The move targeted politicians Danny and Michael Healy-Rae over their views on climate change.
  
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• UK rail firms reduce services as Storm Ciara approaches

  08-02-2020 16:02
  
  UK rail firms reduce services as Storm Ciara approaches. Network Rail restricts most trains to 50mph and Grand Central warns of cancellations
  
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• Doctor wanted for remote isle ... fainthearted need not apply

  08-02-2020 15:55
  
  Doctor wanted for remote isle ... fainthearted need not applyColonsay, jewel of the Inner Hebrides, is looking for a new GP. The successful candidate will need a taste for adventure
  
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• President and party leaders cast votes in Irish General Election

  08-02-2020 15:36
  
  No party is expected to reach the 80-seat threshold to enable it to govern on its own.
  
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• Thai soldier kills at least 10 in shooting rampage

  08-02-2020 15:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Gunman still at large in north-eastern city after opening fire at temple and shopping mall
  At least 10 people have been killed and many others injured in a mass shooting carried out by a Thai soldier who remains at large in the north-eastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima. The soldier, who livestreamed the shooting on social media, opened fire at different locations in the city, more than 155 miles (250km) from Bangkok. Continue reading...
  
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• Thornberry and Long-Bailey clash at Labour leadership hustings

  08-02-2020 15:09
  
  The Labour frontbenchers swiped at each other during the meeting in Nottingham.
  
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• Emmanuel Macron, pilloried at home and abroad, is Europe’s best hope

  08-02-2020 15:02 via theguardian.com
  
  As nations around the world fall to populist leaders, France’s president is busy seeking a lonely mandateEmmanuel Macron’s work rate puts others to shame. As a slouching Boris Johnson hosted a boozy private party in Downing Street on Brexit eve, France’s busy-bee president was issuing a statesmanlike appeal to the British people. Macron called for the opening of a new chapter in what he described as an “unrivalled” relationship forged in “blood, freedom, coura
  
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• This much I know | Marc Almond

  08-02-2020 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The singer-songwriter, 62, on examining mortality, living with trauma, and learning to become a druidWhile my childhood was broken, it wasn’t totally miserable. I had fantastic grandparents, who I adored. I had a nervous breakdown at 17 when my parents divorced, and was sectioned for two months. But I try and put a positive spin on everything. After that, I got accepted into Leeds art college, where I met David Ball – and we started Soft Cell.You never expect something like Tainted L
  
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• Republican lawmaker is about to regret messing with drag queens | Arwa Mahdawi

  08-02-2020 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A Missouri representative has filed a bill that takes aim at Drag Queen Story Hour, establishes censorship and punishes librariansWho’s afraid of the big bad drag queen? Missouri, apparently. A Republican lawmaker in the conservative state has introduced a bill that could jail librarians who host a Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) or let kids check out “inappropriate” books.Ben Baker’s Parental Oversight of Public Libraries Act, filed last month, would establish a panel of pa
  
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• Peter Carey on True History of the Kelly Gang: ‘At 56, I wrote what my younger self could not have managed’

  08-02-2020 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Thirty years after discovering an inspirational letter by bushranger Ned Kelly, Carey found the voice for his Booker prize-winning novelIn 1961 I failed my first-year science exams at Monash University in Melbourne. In the aftermath I got a job in advertising and read Joyce’s Ulysses. I was surrounded by copywriters who would soon be novelists. One of them, Barry Oakley, took me to see Sidney Nolan’s series of Ned Kelly paintings. It was 1964, around the time when Gabriel Garcí
  
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• Anna Meredith review – a careering getaway ride from musical convention

  08-02-2020 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  Mixing musical styles with skill and verve, the classical composer turned left‑field pop artist’s exhilarating live show is a feast of sonic possibilitiesIn 2016, shortly after the release of her celebrated debut, Varmints, Anna Meredith revealed her top tip for composers. “Learn to play Happy Birthday. As soon as people hear you’re a musician they’ll ask you to play it, and I’m always the muppet using one finger going ‘ner-ner-ner&rsqu
  
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• Veteran actor Orson Bean hit and killed by car in Los Angeles

  08-02-2020 14:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Bean, 91, who starred in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman and Desperate Housewives, died on Friday night after collision in VeniceThe Los Angeles county coroner’s office confirmed Bean’s Friday night death, saying it was being investigated as a “traffic-related” fatality. The coroner’s office provided the location where Bean was found, which matched reports from local news outlets. Related: The real outrage about Iowa? The Democratic party silencing black voters | Karine Je
  
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• Harry and Meghan attend exclusive JP Morgan event in Miami

  08-02-2020 14:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Sussexes appear in one of their first engagements since stepping down as senior royalsThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended an exclusive JP Morgan event in one of their first engagements since stepping down as senior royals, a palace source has said.It is unclear whether the couple, who have pledged to become more financially independent, were paid for their roles as speakers at a summit the banking giant hosted in Miami on Thursday. Continue reading...
  
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• Political leaders cast their ballots for General Election 2020

  08-02-2020 14:47
  
  Leo Varadkar, Micheal Martin and Mary Lou McDonald cast their ballots as polling got under way.
  
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• Thornberry and Long-Bailey clash over late-night pizza eating remark at Labour leadership hustings

  08-02-2020 14:31
  
  Labour have got to stop being “cuddly hopeless Lefties”, leadership outsider Emily Thornberry has said.In an apparent swipe at the left-wing inner circle around Jeremy Corbyn, Ms Thornberry won loud applause from activists as she said Labour could not be reduced to “a protest movement”.
  
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• Storm forces cancellation of Galway culture event

  08-02-2020 14:28
  
  The fire-lighting spectacle had been expected to draw thousands of spectators but was called off due to the severe conditions.
  
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• In Pictures: Irish voters go to the polls in General Election

  08-02-2020 14:19
  
  If opinion polls prove correct, Sinn Fein is on course to challenge the 90-year duopoly of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.
  
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• Ireland v Wales: Six Nations 2020 – live!

  08-02-2020 14:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Six Nations updates from the 2.15pm GMT kick-offIreland face test of resolve against turbo-charged WalesAnd feel free to email Luke or tweet @LukeMcLaughlin 1.16pm GMT A storm is brewing in Ireland, but no-one knows exactly when it will hit. For a match between two sides aiming to add a fresh unpredictability to their respective attacking games, it seems a convenient metaphor.Both these teams know each other well, but both are operating under new head coaches who are looking to tweak well-establ
  
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• Kirk Douglas: why his finest role was as a cynical newspaper hack

  08-02-2020 14:05 via theguardian.com
  
  The actor, who died last week, will go down in history as Spartacus, but his powerful performance in Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Holeshould not be overlookedThe quiet newsroom of the Sun-Bulletin in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is just a temporary holding pen for Chuck Tatum, the restless and unprincipled reporter played by Kirk Douglas in the 1951 Hollywood classic, Ace in the Hole. Sacked from bigger newspapers for being unreliable, drinking on the job and much worse, Tatum persuades the paper
  
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• If China valued free speech, there would be no coronavirus crisis

  08-02-2020 13:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Country could have contained spread of disease if only it had learned lessons from Sars outbreak The death of the whistleblower Chinese doctor Li Wenliang has aroused strong emotions across China. Social media is awash with posts mourning the death of a martyr who tried to raise alarm over the coronavirus but was taken into a police station instead for “spreading false rumours” and “disrupting social order”.Grief quickly turned into angry demands for free speech. The tren
  
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• Everton v Crystal Palace: Premier League – live!

  08-02-2020 13:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Premier League updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-off10 things to look out for around Europe this weekendAnd feel free to email Barry or tweet @bglendenning 12.49pm GMT Everton take the lead! Theo Walcott curls a wonderful cross in from the left after a mistake in possession by Wilf Zaha and Bernard clips a wonderful half-volley past Guaita to put his side a goal up.12.46pm GMT 16 min: Palace win a free-kick wide on the right and Milivojevic curls the ball towards the far post, aiming for Christi
  
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• Storm Ciara: Met Office issues wind warnings as snow forecast for UK

  08-02-2020 13:36
  
  Storm Ciara: Met Office issues wind warnings as snow forecast for UKYellow wind warnings issued and ‘blizzard-like conditions’ expected next week
  
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• Thai soldier 'kills many' in shooting rampage

  08-02-2020 13:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Local media reports several shot dead and police say more wounded in north-east
  A soldier has gone on a shooting rampage in Nakhon Ratchasima in north-eastern Thailand, wounding a number of people, a police spokesman said.Local media said on Saturday that several people had been killed. Continue reading...
  
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• Coronavirus: five new cases in France are British nationals

  08-02-2020 13:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Child among ski chalet group who came into contact with Briton who had been in SingaporeTwo Wuhan deaths thought to be first of foreign nationalsFive British nationals including a child have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in France, after staying in the same ski chalet and coming into contact with a Briton who had been in Singapore, the French health minister said.Agnès Buzyn said none of the patients were in a serious condition. Continue reading...
  
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• Boeing's 2nd Starliner software glitch could have led to an in-space collision - Space.com

  08-02-2020 13:01 via news.google.com
  Boeing's 2nd Starliner software glitch could have led to an in-space collision  Space.com“Clowns Supervised by Monkeys” Boeing Puts Space Industry in Danger  CCN.comSecond Software Glitch in Boeing's Starliner Could Have Caused In-Space Collision  Sputnik InternationalBoeing's Starliner spacecraft full of software bugs: NASA  MENAFN.COMBoeing Starliner spacecraft almost destroyed by software glitches  New AtlasView full coverage on Go
  
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• Vickii Cornborough: ‘I was told rugby is for fun – go out and get another job’

  08-02-2020 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The England prop thought playing rugby full-time was a pipe dream but is now loving life on and off the pitchHow do you prepare to face your biggest rivals in the Six Nations? Watch the Donald Trump impeachment trial? That’s how Vickii Cornborough and Shaunagh Brown prepared for last Sunday’s 19-13 win against France. “Everybody else went out to a restaurant, but me and Shaunagh thought we should just have a night in and cook our own food,” Cornborough says. “We wat
  
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• Tom Gauld on snares for rookie writers of romantic fiction

  08-02-2020 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Take care with vampires and rein in those siblings – the illustrator surveys problematic plot points for bodice rippersContinue reading...
  
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• The week in classical: Alice’s Adventures Under Ground; Beethoven Weekender – review

  08-02-2020 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Royal Opera House; Barbican, London
  Gerald Barry brilliantly makes Lewis Carroll his own. And the Barbican delivers two unforgettable days of wall-to-wall BeethovenAnyone who views opera as a rarefied pastime should gatecrash a schools matinee. On Monday lunchtime at the Royal Opera House, the roar in the auditorium, pre-curtain-up for Gerald Barry’s Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, was as raucous as any playground. The collective “ooh” as the lights went down, and &ldquo
  
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• Exposing Malta's dark side: ‘Daphne's story is far from over'

  08-02-2020 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The story of our collaborative reporting on Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese journalist whose 2017 murder plunged her country into turmoil In December 2019, Malta’s PM Joseph Muscat resigned, driven from office by the constitutional and political crisis triggered by the murder of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Here, we talk to the Guardian’s investigative reporter Juliette Garside about her role in exposing the truth about what happened. Continue reading...
  
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• Ighalo to miss Manchester United’s Spain trip over coronavirus travel fears

  08-02-2020 12:58 via theguardian.com
  
  • Club fear travel restrictions may prevent Ighalo returning to UK
  • Striker is in Manchester after move from Shanghai ShenhuaOdion Ighalo will not attend Manchester United’s training camp in Spain this weekend, because the club fear travel restrictions relating to the coronavirus outbreak will prevent him returning to England.The 30-year-old striker touched down in Manchester last weekend, following his unexpected deadline-day loan switch from Chinese Super League side Shanghai
  
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• Bids on Tracy Brabin's off-the-shoulder dress pass £13,000

  08-02-2020 12:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Proceeds from online auction of House of Commons dress to go to Girlguiding charity Bids on an off-the-shoulder dress worn by Tracy Brabin in the House of Commons have passed £12,000 in a charity auction.The Labour MP was forced to defend her attire after the dress slipped off her shoulder when she leaned on the dispatch box because of a broken ankle on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• Bids on Tracy Brabin's off-the-shoulder dress pass £12,000

  08-02-2020 12:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Proceeds from online auction of House of Commons dress to go to Girlguiding charity Bids on an off-the-shoulder dress worn by Tracy Brabin in the House of Commons have passed £12,000 in a charity auction.The Labour MP was forced to defend her attire after the dress slipped off her shoulder when she leaned on the dispatch box because of a broken ankle on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• Bids on Tracy Brabin's off-the-shoulder dress pass £12,000

  08-02-2020 12:44
  
  Bids on Tracy Brabin's off-the-shoulder dress pass £12,000. Proceeds from online auction of House of Commons dress to go to Girlguiding charity
  
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