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• EU Gives Theresa May 10-Day Deadline Over Brexit Concessions

  24-11-2017 22:28
  Theresa May has been given 10 days to offer further concessions on issues including the Brexit divorce bill and the complex matter of the Northern Irish border if she wants European Union leaders to agree to trade talks, reports the Press Association.The Prime Minister hopes a crunch summit in Brussels next month will give the green light to move on to the next stage of the Brexit process, covering future trading arrangements and a possible implementation period to avoid a cliff-edge for busines
  
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• Oxford Circus Incident Sees Mail Online Slammed For Using 10-Day-Old Tweet

  24-11-2017 20:24
  The Mail Online has been slammed for “spreading panic” after circulating a 10-day-old tweet while an incident unfolded near Oxford Circus.Oxford Circus Tube station was evacuated amidst chaotic scenes Friday evening after police were alerted to “a number of reports of shots fired”.Many people uploading pictures and videos of people running along Oxford Street into Oxford Circus. More @BBCNews pic.twitter.com/ZIBALO8lHt
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• Ingram Pinn’s illustration of the week: Shaky ground

  24-11-2017 20:07 via ft.com
  Small cheer for some in the UK Budget, but a growth downgrade leaves the government on weak foundations
  
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• Theresa May warned not to drag out Brexit talks on Irish border

  24-11-2017 20:04 via ft.com
  While more optimistic about breakthrough, diplomats fear Dublin and London far apart
  
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• The political dullards masquerading as leaders

  24-11-2017 19:41 via ft.com
  Where are the public intellectuals in this age of reality TV?
  
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• A shared history means Britain and Ireland remain intertwined

  24-11-2017 19:26 via ft.com
  A solution to the border question is possible with a little imagination
  
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• Brexit: May still has 'huge challenge' to move talks to trade, says Tusk

  24-11-2017 19:25
  European council president says UK has 10 days to offer a way forward for EU leaders to decide sufficient progress has been made for moveTheresa May still faces a “huge challenge” in persuading the EU to move the Brexit negotiations on to discussions about trade and a transition period in December, the president of the European council, Donald Tusk, has said.Following a face-to-face meeting with the British prime minister in Brussels on Friday, Tusk struck a sombre note just weeks fr
  
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• Eight Reasons Why The Government Should Publish The 58 Brexit Sectoral Studies

  24-11-2017 19:07
  I think that most of us know the Leave promises by heart by now. An extra £350 million a week for the NHS, new trade deals ready to be signed on the day of departure from the EU, and an ability to keep the exact same benefits as the UK currently has inside the Single Market and Customs Union once we are outside. The lies and deceptions of the ‘Leave’ campaign leading up to the Brexit referendum were many – and they been exposed.As reality unfolds, the Government are doing
  
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• Peer threatens to resign whip after disability post scrapped

  24-11-2017 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Lord Shinkwin has threatened to resign the Conservative whip over a decision to scrap the post of disability commissioner.
  
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• Oxford Circus Incident: Tube Station Evacuated Amid Scenes Of Panic

  24-11-2017 18:47
  Oxford Circus Tube station has been evacuated amidst chaotic scenes after police were alerted to “a number of reports of shots fired”.Armed police have responded “as if [it] is terrorist related” but the nature of the incident is yet to be confirmed.The Met Police said in a statement: “To date police have not located any trace of any suspects, evidence of shots fired or causalities. Officers continue to work with colleagues from British Transport Police in the
  
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• Has The New British Vogue Changed The Media Landscape?

  24-11-2017 18:39
  The first time Vogue came on my radar was in 1999. I was 22, pretty much fresh out of university and I had landed a job at a small fashion PR consultancy, a stone’s throw from Vogue House.I was so ill-equipped for the job, that in hindsight, I think I was like the Andy-experiment from The Devil Wears Prada film. I didn’t have the clothes, the connections, or the curve-less figure. But I did have a degree from a top university, drive and determination, and I LOVED magazines. I got the
  
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• Brexit: May says positive vibe but EU warns of 'huge challenge'

  24-11-2017 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  But the EU says it will still be a "huge challenge" to move onto the next phase of talks next month.
  
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• Animal sentience: Social media reaction to fake news claims

  24-11-2017 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Conservatives say the party has been a victim of fake news and some social media reports did not reflect reality.
  
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• I Never Expected To Feel Loneliness As A New Mum

  24-11-2017 18:20
  Helen De Soyza is a marketing manager at Action for Children, and a mother of two. Despite having an amazingly supportive husband, family and group of friends, she suffered loneliness after the birth of her second child.
  In this vlog for HuffPost UK, Helen talks about when she first realised she was feeling lonely, how her experience proved loneliness can happen to anyone, and discusses what helped her in time of need.Find more info at Action for Children and the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness
  
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• These Soap Bars For Your Face Will Make You Rethink Your Cleanser

  24-11-2017 18:09
  After years of being shunned by many beauty gurus in favour of liquid and foaming alternatives, right now bar soap is making a comeback as a facial cleanser.African Black Soap and bars made with eggs whites or natural ingredients are currently at the forefront of beauty editors and bloggers minds - and the best news is they’re often relatively inexpensive.Dr. Amy Wechsler told Into The Gloss that she uses ‘Dove Sensitive Skin Soap or Purpose Cleansing Bar’ to clean her fac
  
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• Oxford Circus Incident: Police Stand Down Terror-Style Response After Reports Of Shooting Spark Mass Panic

  24-11-2017 18:05
  Oxford Circus Tube station was evacuated on Friday evening amidst chaotic scenes after police were alerted to “a number of reports of shots fired”.Met Police including armed officers responded “as if [it was] terrorist related” but have since said their response “has now been stood down”.A big thank you for bearing with us whilst we and @metpoliceuk responded to #OxfordCircus.
  Armed officers were quickly on scene, no evidence of gunfire found. The ar
  
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• Animal Sentience Debate: What Is Really Going On With The Amendment To The EU Withdrawal Bill?

  24-11-2017 17:51
  Following a vote in the House of Commons last week, MPs were accused of failing to recognise animals as sentient beings.Sentience is the capacity for one to feel or perceive things.The news led to outrage from animal welfare campaigners and industry experts, with many decrying the government’s alleged decision not to recognise that animals have the ability to feel.But the vote in the House of Commons led to confused and mixed reports, with subsequent news articles having to be amended in a
  
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• Bad Sex in Fiction: Sir Vince Cable 'too good' to be considered for award

  24-11-2017 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The Liberal Democrat leader's novel Open Arms isn't shortlisted for the prize, despite "many" nominations.
  
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• Nigel Farage 'Plays Race Fear Card' With Inaccurate Story About Swedish Joggers

  24-11-2017 17:11
  Nigel Farage has regurgitated an inaccurate story propagated by Breitbart and Infowars as an example of just how perilous Sweden has become because of immigration.The former-Ukip leader relayed the revelation that a small town on the country’s eastern coast is now so dangerous locals have the option of being accompanied by armed police.Residents of Oskarshamn in Sweden will now be accompanied by armed police officers while out jogging. How did Europe let this happen? pic.twitter.com/oGwauh
  
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• Brussels warns of limits to UK’s legal reach

  24-11-2017 17:11 via ft.com
  Britain’s status as international law centre expected to diminish after Brexit
  
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• Raped: My Story – The Response

  24-11-2017 17:04
  On the build up to a ground breaking documentary such as Raped: My Story you never quite know how the general public will feel and react to a taboo subject as this. Personally I didn’t quite expect the overwhelmingly positive reaction that we received.Wednesday 22nd November came round quicker than I expected. All of a sudden it was there sat on my doorstep waiting to be let in and show the world what it had to offer. I woke up with a controllable amount of anxiety as I prepared myself for
  
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• Lord Holmes: Restaurant owner 'denied blind peer access'

  24-11-2017 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Blind peer tells debate on disabled access he was stopped from going into a restaurant because of his dog.
  
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• Climate Change Could Lead To More Volcanic Eruptions, Warns Study

  24-11-2017 16:58
  Remember when Iceland’s volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted? By sending around 250 million cubic metres of ash into the sky it caused catastrophic levels of disruption to air travel resulting in many countries closing their airspace entirely.That could be just a taste of what’s to come however as a new study has warned that as climate change gets worse, we’re likely to see more of Iceland’s volcanoes go up in smoke.The study, carried out by the University of Leeds, exam
  
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• Grenfell Campaigners Erupt With Anger After Council Handed 'Regeneration' Cash In Budget

  24-11-2017 16:56
  Grenfell campaigners launched an attack on the Chancellor for handing Kensington and Chelsea Council “regeneration” cash in his Budget.The Tory-led west London local authority has been widely condemned for its response to the fatal June inferno, but Philip Hammond allocated it £28m in his Budget to support the bereft community.The money was for mental health services, a new green space and, controversially, “regeneration support”.Justice 4 Grenfell called it “
  
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• How Nigel Farage Is Stoking Anti-Migrant Fear With An Inaccurate Story About Swedish Joggers

  24-11-2017 16:55
  Nigel Farage has regurgitated an inaccurate story propagated by Breitbart and Infowars as an example of just how perilous Sweden has become because of immigration.The former-Ukip leader relayed the revelation that a small town on the country’s eastern coast is now so dangerous locals have the option of being accompanied by armed police.Residents of Oskarshamn in Sweden will now be accompanied by armed police officers while out jogging. How did Europe let this happen? pic.twitter.com/oGwauh
  
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• 19 Christmas Gifts For The Cheese-Lover In Your Life

  24-11-2017 16:51
  Everyone knows someone who’s obsessed with cheese. So why not ditch the socks and buy them something they’ll actually really want this Christmas?Luckily for you - and them - the internet is brimming with brielliant fromage-themed gifts: from cheese fondue sets, camembert bakers and hampers, to unique present ideas such as cheese necklaces and sassy tea towels.Prepare to want it all.Fondue Set, £38.99This copper effect fondue set is perfect for dinner parties and once
  
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• Teddy Given VIP Treatment By Cabin Crew After Four-Year-Old Girl Left It In An Airport

  24-11-2017 16:37
  Travelling with small children can be stressful at the best of times and losing something along the way can be catastrophic. Especially when said item is your four-year-old child’s favourite teddy bear.This is what happened to Donna Cuthbertson and her daughter Summer, who were travelling home to Orkney from Edinburgh airport on Monday 20 November, when they misplaced the treasured toy. When they got home Cuthbertson posted a plea on Facebook explaining that Summer removed Teddy
  
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• Labour MEP takes Farage to task for Soros witchhunt

  24-11-2017 16:10
  
  Labour MEP Seb Dance writes a furious email to Nigel farage over his use of a far-right trope that George Soros is trying to subvert democracy
  
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• The Eco Gift Guide: 14 Christmas Ideas That Won't Add To Our Plastics Pollution Crisis

  24-11-2017 16:08
  Blue Planet II viewers have been vowing never to use plastic again after the latest episode showed a pilot whale carrying her deceased calf, which is believed to have died due to plastic contamination.We dump more than 8m tonnes of plastic into our oceans every year. Seabirds are swallowing it, turtles are suffocating on it and it’s even getting into our drinking water.There’s something we can immediately do about this: stop buying so much of the stuff. The good news is there are som
  
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• Baby Names: Santa's Lists Of 'Naughty' And 'Nice' Children's Names Revealed In The Lead Up To Christmas

  24-11-2017 16:04
  Children names Freya and Ryan are most likely to be at the top of Santa’s “nice” list this Christmas.But those named Faye and Noah come out top on Father Christmas’ “naughty” list.The tongue-in-cheek lists, compiled by School Stickers, were pulled together by analysing the names of 52,000 children who were awarded the most and least reward stickers throughout the year at school.“Our annual ‘Santa’s naughty and nice list’ is ju
  
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• The 'Battle Of The Sexes' Is Not Over, Here Are 5 Areas Of Inequality Women In Sport Need You To Shout About

  24-11-2017 15:42
  TV CoverageIn 2017 more women’s sport has been shown on TV than ever before, but the coverage still pales in comparison to the men’s.While in 2016 you could catch every single match in the men’s UEFA Euro 2016 tournament on terrestrial TV, this year you could only catch the England and Scotland games of the UEFA Women’s Euro on telly. If you wanted to watch any extra fixtures, searching for obscure links online was the only option.Kate Dale, who heads up Sport England&rsq
  
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• BMW Reveals 'Hyperloop' Style Superhighways For Cyclists

  24-11-2017 15:36
  Looking into the future can be fun for a number of reasons, one of which is so we can imagine a world where there are no cars, currency, and we’re all being transported around in tiny pods.BMW’s vision of the future is perhaps a little more realistic than that and sees a world where instead of being transported in tiny pods we’re actually all driving electric bikes along huge citywide tubes suspended in the air.Developed by BMW’s Group Technology office in China, the Visi
  
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• Is It Time To Replace Religious Studies With Politics In Our Schools?

  24-11-2017 15:34
  Currently, we assume that once we hit 18 years of age we suddenly become enlightened with all the political knowledge one needs to vote and engage. Of course, this not the case and the question of whether politics should be taught in our schools has been a talking point for decades, with young people and adults calling for better, practical political education with little to no change.As a 25-year-old, I am a firm believer that politics should be taught at secondary school level at the very leas
  
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• Question Time cut short as woman falls ill

  24-11-2017 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC TV show is curtailed after an audience member collapses.
  
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• The 'Battle Of The Sexes' Is Not Over, Here's 5 Areas Of Inequality Women In Sport Need You To Shout About

  24-11-2017 15:24
  TV CoverageIn 2017 more women’s sport has been shown on TV than ever before, but the coverage still pales in comparison to the men’s.While in 2016 you could catch every single match in the men’s UEFA Euro 2016 tournament on terrestrial TV, this year you could only catch the England and Scotland games of the UEFA Women’s Euro on telly. If you wanted to watch any extra fixtures, searching for obscure links online was the only option.Kate Dale, who heads up Sport England&rsq
  
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• Rita Ora Reveals She Underwent Egg Freezing, Here's What You Need To Know About The Procedure

  24-11-2017 15:24
  What is egg freezing?Egg freezing is the process of collecting some of a woman’s eggs and freezing them, preserving the eggs at their current “age” for a maximum of 10 years.These eggs are then thawed and used at a later date via fertility treatment in the hopes of helping a woman have a baby.Professor Geeta Nargund, medical director at Create Fertility explains the collection process.“It consists of daily hormone injections ‎for up to two weeks, followed by
  
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• Why ‘Stranger Things’ Is The Awesome Childhood Your Kids Should Never Miss

  24-11-2017 15:19
  Stranger Things is a supernatural walk down the memory lane for fans of the 80s’ sci-fi and thriller tales, and possibly a comeback of this style of life and growing up with a modern twist on it. Some of the most impressive times are when the show takes a diversion away from what you were imagining. Though, there are a few epitomes wandering around in the series that seemed to have been taken from other sagas you might be familiar with. Yet, later on they give it an interesting tweak
  
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• This Christmas Pop-Up Sells Much-Needed Items For Refugees

  24-11-2017 15:18
  With sales everywhere you look and fast-lanes in shopping centres facilitating a shopping frenzy, the festive period has become more about consumerism than the Christmas spirit.For anyone with Black Friday fatigue, the Choose Love pop-up shop offers an alternative and meaningful shopping experience, allowing people to give back by buying vital items needed by refugees.The shop, created by the charity Help Refugees, opened its doors on 24 November as an antidote to the Black Friday fren
  
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• Brexit becomes real for pharmaceuticals

  24-11-2017 15:18 via ft.com
  Chiefs are realising they risk leaving it too late to set up parallel EU infrastructure
  
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• Awkward EU red carpet moment for PM's aide

  24-11-2017 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Downing St's head of operations ran into a little trouble as he followed the PM out of the door in Brussels.
  
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• Gove attacks 'distorting' social media after animal sentience row

  24-11-2017 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael Gove questions the role of "raw and authentic" Twitter voices in debates on animal welfare.
  
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• This Beautiful Last Image Of Saturn Is How We Would See It Through Human Eyes

  24-11-2017 15:09
  Endings can often be bittersweet, none more so than those that remind us exactly what it is we’re going to be missing.And the Cassini spacecraft hasn’t disappointed with the legacy it left behind - a pretty amazing set of photographs that show Saturn in a way humans have never seen previously.In the last days of life, before the planned NASA suicide mission, Cassini was afforded greater proximity to the planet than ever before.Although this inevitably caused it to crash and burn afte
  
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• North Korean Defector ‘Is A Nice Guy Who Enjoys Watching CSI’

  24-11-2017 15:07
  A North Korean soldier who survived a hail of bullets as he made a desperate bid for defection is suffering nightmares about being returned to the Kim Jong Un regime.The young man, known only by his family name Oh, is a quiet, pleasant man who enjoys watching the crime series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the South Korean surgeon who saved his life told reporters.“He’s a pretty nice guy”, said John Cook-Jong Lee, who has been operating on and caring for the 24-year-old.Oh was
  
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• The Challenges Faced By Persecuted Religious Groups Preventing Them From Starting a New Life

  24-11-2017 15:05
  Over three years after Daesh unleashed its genocidal campaign against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, the groups have not been able to start a new life yet. Their homes have been destroyed and the reconstruction will take months if not years. However, the alternative, resettling to safe haven, has also been unsuccessful (with some exceptions). In a previous piece, I explained the recently released statistics suggesting that religious minorities subjected to religious persecution and
  
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• Liam Fox Attacks UK Companies For Not Doing Enough Trade

  24-11-2017 15:01
  Liam Fox has been slapped down by Downing Street after he claimed UK businesses weren’t doing enough to boost the economy.The International Trade Secretary claimed the reluctance of some companies to export was holding back the efforts to get the economy firing on all cylinders.He added there would be no point in signing free trade deals with countries after Brexit unless businesses “do an awful lot better” at exporting.One anti-Brexit business owner claimed Fox’s comment
  
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• Andrew Adonis on British and German politics and Brexit

  24-11-2017 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Looking at elections and politics in Germany and the UK, with Labour's Andrew Adonis.
  
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• Why We Need Monsters Like Mladić

  24-11-2017 14:58
  There was ever going to be only one verdict for General Mladić, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army, at the UN Tribunal at The Hague. Sentenced to life imprisonment primarily for his role in the genocidal massacre at Srebrenica in July 1995, one of the worst and most shameful episodes of barbarity in post-war Europe.“He is definitely the personification of evil for many, many survivors and victims” the ICTY chief prosecutor, said Serge Brammertz, on the eve of the verd
  
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• The Mladić Verdict: Better Than Nothing

  24-11-2017 14:53
  Sometimes, the bad guys do get caught. And sometimes, the bad guys do get kicked out. Not often enough, admittedly, and usually, it’s much too late, but still, I’d rather they were dealt with late than never.General Ratko Mladić, former commander of the Serb forces in Bosnia, will spend the rest of his life in jail after being convicted of crimes that the judge at his trial in The Hague called ‘among the most heinous known to humankind’. Robert Mugabe, the brutal, co
  
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• Why The EU Is More Racist Than Trump

  24-11-2017 14:51
  Razor-sharp barbed wire gleams in unrelenting sunlight. Rows of six meters tall, metal-meshed fencing tear through a dried-out, desert-like landscape. Armed border guards with a proven track-record of brutality are on 24h patrol. Not far away, police officers pose for a photo next to the statue of a fascist mass-murderer that graces a local public square.This is not some dystopian imagination of the wall Trump wants to build along the Mexican border in the desert badlands of Southern Arizona.It
  
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• Coleen Rooney Addresses Wayne Divorce Rumours In Revealing Facebook Post

  24-11-2017 14:49
  Coleen Rooney has put an end to speculation about her marriage to footballer husband Wayne, with an uncharacteristically candid post on her Facebook page.Over the past few months, Coleen and Wayne’s relationship has been at the centre of ongoing rumours, after he was pulled over in September for driving under the influence while at the wheel of a car owned by a woman he’d met earlier that night.Coleen had remained quiet on the reports surrounding her marriage, but she’s now bro
  
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