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• Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn in virtual tie after heated debate

  20-11-2019 03:28 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Post-debate polling has shown viewers saw the debate as a close tussle.
  
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• Johnson plans big shakeup of government, civil service - newspaper

  15-12-2019 14:56 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to run a "revolutionary" government by sacking ministers, merging ministries and replacing civil servants with external experts, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.The newspaper cited sources as saying Johnson, who won a commanding majority in Thursday's election, could sack up to a third of his top team of ministers to focus work on providing for traditionally Labour-supporting voters in northern and central England who backed his Conservatives.It said the Br
  
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• ‘Angry’ residents queue for bottled water as home supplies cut for 48 hours

  15-12-2019 14:45 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Thousands have been affected by the issue, which began on Friday evening.
  
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• Negotiations to break Stormont impasse expected to begin on Monday

  15-12-2019 14:41 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Party leaders have expressed willingness to resume talks to restore Northern Ireland's Assembly.
  
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• Firefighters work through the night to extinguish Glasgow city centre fire

  15-12-2019 14:05 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Area Commander Garry MacKay described the blaze as 'very challenging'.
  
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• Telenor says Huawei will still play role in 5G rollout

  15-12-2019 13:21 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Telenorwill use equipment from Huawei [HWT.UL] in building Norway's 5G network, the telecoms operator said on Sunday, one of several companies to continue working with the Chinese company despite U.S. pressure.Huawei faces increased official scrutiny in Europe amid U.S. allegations that it poses a security threat.State-controlled Telenor on Friday picked Sweden's Ericssonto help roll out its fifth-generation (5G) telecoms network.
  
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• Towering chimney at power station on Thames demolished

  15-12-2019 13:05 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The original power station first started generating electricity in 1939.
  
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• Gove seeks to quash calls for Scottish independence vote amid Sturgeon warnings

  15-12-2019 12:56 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The SNP increased its share of the vote and increased its number of MPs to 47
  
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• Viable explosive found in garden

  15-12-2019 12:52 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The object was discovered in the Mayfield Village area of Newtonabbey.
  
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• Johnson eyes parliament vote before Christmas to "get Brexit done"

  15-12-2019 12:48 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will "get Brexit done" by Jan. 31 and then agree a new trade deal with the European Union by the end of 2020, cabinet office minister Michael Gove said on Sunday, vowing to deliver on the government's top priority.First, the Conservative leader must make good on his often-repeated promise to "get Brexit done" and then turn to realising another priority - to increase funding into Britain's much loved but struggling public health service, a pledge he plans to e
  
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• John McDonnell ‘owns’ Labour’s election ‘disaster’ as leadership race heats up

  15-12-2019 12:44 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Mr McDonnell followed the outgoing leader in apologising for losing dozens of seats across the North and the Midlands to the Tories on Thursday.
  
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• '2014 indyref was choice for a generation'

  15-12-2019 12:44 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Speaking to Sophy Ridge, government minister Michael Gove rejected the SNP's calls for a fresh independence referendum.
  
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• Doctors urge parents to vaccinate their children against flu

  15-12-2019 12:32 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Less than one third of children aged two and three have been vaccinated against the highly infectious disease, according to Public Health England.
  
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• Man in critical condition after being shot by police in Hull

  15-12-2019 12:26 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Man in critical condition after being shot by police in Hull. Officers say they were called to reports of man in possession of firearm in street
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon says Scotland 'cannot be imprisoned in the UK'

  15-12-2019 12:25 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Nicola Sturgeon says Scotland 'cannot be imprisoned in the UK'. SNP leader claims PM’s refusal of second Scottish referendum shows contempt for democracy
  
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• 'I own this disaster': John McDonnell tries to shield Corbyn

  15-12-2019 11:56 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  'I own this disaster': John McDonnell tries to shield Corbyn. Shadow chancellor suggests his preferred choice as new Labour leader is Rebecca Long-Bailey
  
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• 'I own this disaster': John McDonnell tries to shield Corbyn

  15-12-2019 11:56 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  'I own this disaster': John McDonnell tries to shield CorbynShadow chancellor suggests his preferred choice as new Labour leader is Rebecca Long-Bailey
  
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• Snow and sleet in northern England but rain expected in west

  15-12-2019 11:55 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  A fresh covering of snow has blanketed a swathe of northern England.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon warns PM refusing indyref2 will ‘not be the end of the matter’

  15-12-2019 11:37 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The Scottish First Minister and SNP leader spoke to Boris Johnson about the issue on Friday after he was returned to Downing Street.
  
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• Man shot by police in Hull street in critical condition in hospital

  15-12-2019 11:35 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Humberside Police said armed officers were called to Hessle Road after reports of a man with a gun.
  
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• Brexit law to return to parliament before Christmas - deputy FM Sunak

  15-12-2019 11:31 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to bring back Brexit legislation to parliament before Christmas, deputy finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday, adding that shortly thereafter the government would present a new budget.
  
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• Motherwell manager to appear in court over alleged disturbance

  15-12-2019 11:24 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Stephen Robinson denied any wrongdoing through a club statement.
  
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• I take the blame, says UK Labour's McDonnell of election "disaster"

  15-12-2019 11:18 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  John McDonnell, Labour's finance policy chief, accepted the blame on Sunday for the main opposition party's election "disaster" last week when many traditional supporters switched to back Prime Minister Boris Johnson.Asked when he would leave as finance policy chief, he said the new Labour leadership would most probably be in place early next year, adding he would back a woman leader and believed she should be a "non-London" lawmaker.
  
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• In Pictures: Winter wonderland illuminates Yorkshire nights

  15-12-2019 11:07 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  A theme park is offering a bright display of favourite characters and scenes from Alice In Wonderland.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn must resign within maximum of two months after Labour’s devastating election defeat, Neil Kinnock says

  15-12-2019 11:01 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Jeremy Corbyn must resign as Labour leader within a maximum of two months and “own” the party’s worst electoral defeat of the post-war era, Neil Kinnock has said.As Boris Johnson was returned to Downing Street on Friday with the greatest Tory majority since Margaret Thatcher’s 1987 landslide, the former Labour leader warned party members not to “seek excuses or alibis” in an attempt to explain the crushing defeat.
  
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• BA pilots report fumes in cockpit ‘five times in seven weeks’

  15-12-2019 11:00 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  The Boeing 777 aircraft has a capacity of around 336 passengers.
  
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• Michael Gove promises Brexit trade deal with EU by end of 2020

  15-12-2019 10:55 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Michael Gove promises Brexit trade deal with EU by end of 2020Minister says transitional arrangements will definitely stop on 31 December next year
  
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• British tourist, 50, shot dead in robbery outside Buenos Aires hotel

  15-12-2019 10:54 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  His 28-year-old stepson was also injured in the attack.
  
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• Johnson cannot keep Scotland in union against its will - Sturgeon

  15-12-2019 10:43 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Scotland's first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday that he could not keep Scotland in the United Kingdom against the country's will.Johnson and his government have repeatedly said they will not give the go ahead for another referendum on Scottish independence, but Sturgeon said after the Scottish National Party won 48 of Scotland's 59 seats in the UK parliament, her party had been given a mandate for one."If he thinks ... saying no is the end of the matter
  
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• Man charged with murder after boy, 15, found dead in Cheshire

  15-12-2019 10:31 via Yahoo News UK & Ireland - Latest World News & UK News Headlines
  
  Man charged with murder after boy, 15, found dead in Cheshire. Matthew Mason, 18, arrested hours after Alex Rodda was found dead in country lane
  
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