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• 'Hard Sun' Episode 4 Review: 8 Burning Questions We Have Now

  27-01-2018 23:01
  With just two episodes to go, you’d be forgiven for thinking we’d have more answers than questions when it comes to what on earth is going on in ‘Hard Sun’. That, readers, is not the case.While Saturday’s (27 January) episode - the fourth of six - did tie up a number of loose ends, it’s fair to say that the hour’s worth of action presented even more questions.With Hard Sun looming and the end of the series in sight, we’re still genuinely
  
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• Rape Case Collapses Due To Police And Prosecutors Failing To Do ‘Basic Stuff’, Attorney General Says

  27-01-2018 22:44
  A lack of resources is a “factor” in disclosure failings that have led to collapsed rape trials, but those cases are mainly the result of police and prosecutors not acting as expected, the Attorney General has said.The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced it was reviewing all live rape and sexual offence cases after a string of defendants facing rape allegations had the charges against them dropped when critical evidence emerged at the 11th hour.The cases have rocked confidence
  
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• Theresa May told: raise your game in three months or face revolt

  27-01-2018 21:30 via theguardian.com
  Senior Tories have given the prime minister a deadline amid concerns she is leading party to ‘utter destruction’Senior Tories have given Theresa May just three months to improve or face a renewed attempt to oust her, amid concerns she is leading the party towards “utter destruction”.In a sign of the fragility of the prime minister’s leadership after another week of cabinet infighting, figures inside the party said that a disastrous performance in May’s local e
  
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• On Brexit, Jacob Rees-Mogg is right: Britain risks vassal status

  27-01-2018 19:00 via ft.com
  During a transition period, the UK will surrender the privileges it currently enjoys
  
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• Man Charged With Murder After Death Of 22-Month-Old Toddler Ella-Rose Clover

  27-01-2018 18:35
  A man has been charged with murder after a 22-month-old girl died from unexplained injuries.Michael Wild, 28, of Somerton Avenue, Wythenshawe, is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, Greater Manchester Police said.Ella-Rose Clover was rushed by ambulance on Sunday afternoon from Somerton Avenue, in Wythenshawe, to hospital after reports she was having a medical episode, The Press Association reports.Medics could not save her life after her arrival and she
  
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• Compensation Lawyers To Be Banned From Advertising Or Approaching Families In Hospitals

  27-01-2018 16:54
  Lawyers looking to drum up compensation claims against the NHS will be banned from advertising or working in hospitals from next month.From February, law firms and claims management companies will be denied office space or advertising opportunities and NHS England said “every effort” should be made to prevent them from approaching patients or families in hospital without permission, The Press Association reports.The health service spent £1.7 billion on clinical negligence claim
  
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• Greg Clark Says Britain Is 'Absolutely, Unambiguously' Leaving The EU

  27-01-2018 16:31
  The business secretary has insisted Britain is “absolutely, unambiguously” leaving the European Union.Greg Clark intervened after Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg warned Theresa May if she delivers “Brexit in name only”, with a status quo transition period, the Conservatives will lose the next election, the Press Association reported.Rees-Mogg, chairman of the influential European Research Group of backbench Tory Eurosceptics, also told the Prime Minister “the leader is im
  
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• London City Airport Jet Has To Manoeuvre To Avoid Party Balloons In Takeoff Near Miss

  27-01-2018 15:46
  A bundle of party balloons caused a business jet’s flight crew to shout “watch out!” and take avoiding action shortly after take-off from London City Airport.The Cessna 560 reached an altitude of 2,300 feet when the near miss occurred, the UK Airprox Board (UKAB) said.One of the pilots on board spotted a group of 20 black and yellow balloons up to three metres wide approaching the aircraft and shouted “watch out!” to their colleague, The Press Association reports.Au
  
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• Kabul Bomb, Hidden In Ambulance, Kills At Least 95 People And Wounds 158

  27-01-2018 15:10
  A bomb hidden in an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded 158 in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday when it blew up at a police checkpoint on Saturday.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide blast, a week after they claimed the attack on the city’s Intercontinental Hotel in which more than 20 people were killed.An interior ministry spokesman blamed the Haqqani network, a militant group affiliated with the Taliban which Afghan and Western officials consider to be behi
  
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• Troubled children at risk from mental health proposals, warn therapists

  27-01-2018 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Fears that green paper on better care in schools will take scarce resources away from young people with the most serious problemsYoung people with the most serious mental health problems will be harmed by flawed government plans to boost services in schools for troubled children, ministers are being warned.Under-18s who self-harm or are at risk of suicide are among those with complex conditions who could lose out on vital help because of proposals outlined in a recent green paper to tackle
  
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• Jonathan Reynolds MP Gives Brilliant Response To Holocaust Denier

  27-01-2018 14:22
  When Jonathan Reynolds was found himself being criticised by a Holocaust denier on Twitter, the Labour Co-operative MP gave what can only be described as an absolute masterclass in how to handle the situation.Reynolds, who represents Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley, Longdendale & Dukinfield, quoted a tweet in which a user claimed the Holocaust was “one big lie”.Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. I signed the book of remembrance & told my kids why we must always call out hate, before
  
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• Brexit: Three ministers write 'continuity' letter

  27-01-2018 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  UK firms will still trade under "unchanged" EU rules after March 2019, they say in a joint letter.
  
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• Ant McPartlin's Rep Shuts Down 'Bulls***' Scarlett Moffatt Romance Speculation

  27-01-2018 12:40
  A representative for Ant McPartlin has hit back at “bullshit” speculation that he could be romantically involved with Scarlett Moffatt.Over the weekend, several media outlets ran stories based around tweets from fans, pondering whether Ant and Scarlett could be more than friends, after the two were photographed together during the National Television Awards on Tuesday (23 January).However, a spokesperson for Ant has already dismissed the rumours outright, telling Metro they
  
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• Man Arrested After Woman Found In Car With Gunshot Wound

  27-01-2018 12:12
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found in a car with a gunshot wound to her neck.Police said they received several reports that a shot had been fired on Farmers Gate, Newport, Shropshire, at just before 11.15pm on Friday.When officers arrived they discovered the injured woman, who was in her 50s, in the car. Paramedics attended but she was declared dead at the scene, the Press Association reported.A 45-year-old man, from Newport, was arrested on farmland near Sutt
  
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• 'Call Me By Your Name' Director Suggests Sequel Would Tackle AIDS Crisis

  27-01-2018 11:37
  ‘Call Me By Your Name’ director Luca Guadagnino has revealed his intention for a sequel to his Oscar-nominated film, which would address the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.Based on the novel of the same name, the film version of ‘Call Me By Your Name’ takes place several years earlier than the story in the book.However, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Luca has said he hopes to move Elio and Oliver’s stories along in a second film, which would pick up several ye
  
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• Go easy on HMRC staff. We're battling against Brexit chaos

  27-01-2018 11:32 via theguardian.com
  The decision to leave the EU has left us with a vastly increased workload. So spare us a thought at this taxing time of yearWorking for HMRC was never going to be a popular choice – even my own parents were disparaging when I opted to dismiss stockbroking and begin my lifelong affair with all things tax. Lots of people will be filing their tax returns at the moment and the press are ready to jump on us at every available opportunity – whether for call handling times, to discuss the w
  
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• Hammersmith Flood: 70 Rescued By Fire Crews In West London

  27-01-2018 11:15
  Seventy people had to be rescued by emergency services after becoming trapped by a huge flood in west London.Fire crews had to evacuate stranded people by boat on Friday night after a burst water main caused streams of water to flow down the road.The rising water left many trapped in restaurants and cars.Water levels rose to nearly 20 inches in places, with flooding stretching across an area of about 650 metres by 100 metres.London Fire Brigade said it had sent 49 firefighters to the scene, and
  
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• Grammys 2018: Elton John Says Ed Sheeran Snub Is A 'Travesty'

  27-01-2018 10:50
  Ed Sheeran’s lack of nominations at this year’s Grammys hasn’t gone unnoticed by one of his biggest celebrity fans, Elton John.Following the release of his second album, ‘x’, Ed found himself up for a multitude of Grammys, including Album Of The Year, and went on to take home Song Of The Year for ‘Thinking Out Loud’ in 2016.However, when the nominations for this year’s Grammys were announced back in November, some were surprised to note that Ed had
  
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• Three Teenagers Dead After Car Hits Bus Stop In Hayes

  27-01-2018 10:10
  Three teenage boys have died after a car ploughed into a bus stop.Police were called to Shepiston Lane in Hayes at 8.41pm on Friday night following reports of a road traffic collision near a petrol station.A group of teenagers were standing near a bus stop when a car, a black Audi, is believed to have collided with three of them, according to the Metropolitan Police.Despite the efforts of paramedics, all three boys were pronounced dead at the scene.The victims are all believed to be teenage male
  
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• Police Seek Second Man In Connection With Car Crash That Killed Three Teenagers

  27-01-2018 10:10
  Police are seeking a second man in connection with a car crash that killed three teenage pedestrians in west London on Friday night.A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a black Audi, believed to be travelling at speed, mounted the pavement on Shepiston Lane, Hayes. It is understood the three victims, named locally only as George, Harry and Josh, had been on their way to a birthday party at a nearby football club with friends when they were killed.Now t
  
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• 'You can hug someone without copping a feel': cleaning up UK politics

  27-01-2018 10:00 via theguardian.com
  The MP activists trying to change Westminster• The campaigners shaking up film and TV• Actors, directors and producers changing theatre• Fighting the supermarkets for equal pay
  • Sportspeople pushing for a level playing fieldJess Phillips raises her voice: “I am not going to give up until it changes.” Nine pairs of eyes flick towards her, as the Labour MP adds, “I know enough to take a political party down.” For a second or two the response is silence,
  
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• 'Celebrity Big Brother': YouTubers Break Into House For Second Time In A Week

  27-01-2018 09:55
  The ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house was the site of a break-in for the second time in a week, Emma Willis confirmed last night (26 January).Earlier in the week, YouTube *sigh* pranksters Ally Law and Ryan Taylor shared footage they’d obtained from inside the house, after sneaking their way into the premises.But despite being removed from the house, it seems the pair gave it another go during the most recent live eviction.During a live segment, during which infamous internet perso
  
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• Meet The People Trying To Bring Syrian Refugees To Their Street In 2018

  27-01-2018 09:43
  “You can stand by and watch or you can do something,” says Deepak Sardiwal, speaking of the Syrian refugee crisis which UNICEF estimates has left nearly six million children and vulnerable people in need of humanitarian assistance, “It is the biggest emergency of our lifetime and we’ve become immune to it.”HuffPost UK is speaking to Sardiwal in a living room in Herne Hill, south London, surrounded by nearly thirty other citizen volunteers wh
  
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• Holocaust Memorial Day: Reject The Language Of Division, And Come Together To Commemorate The Past

  27-01-2018 09:20
  How many words have you read today? How many have you spoken? Or written? Or heard? Words are sometimes nothing more than the wallpaper to our lives -  in the background and often ignored. But words can also be the most powerful weapon we have.This year, the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust chose the power of words as the theme for the day, marked on 27 January, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. We chose this so that we can reflect on how significant and influential words have bee
  
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• Cosmic Catastrophes Are Almost Impossible To Prevent But You Shouldn't Fear Death From Space

  27-01-2018 09:19
  Imagine the worst thing that could happen to us and Earth. Perhaps you think of a global catastrophe, or pandemic diseases? Maybe it’s nuclear destruction, global wars or global warming? As an astronomer I have my own favourite hypothetical scenarios, with Earth facing a cosmic dangers from the depth of space. Even though they might not all wipe us out, they for definitely cause us a great deal of harm and trouble.Top of my list is a high energy solar flare. These events are high ener
  
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• Holocaust Memorial Day: The 5 Million Non-Jewish People Killed By The Nazis

  27-01-2018 09:08
  Six million Jewish people were murdered during the genocide in Europe in the years leading up to 1945, and the Jews are rightly remembered as the group that Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party most savagely persecuted during the Holocaust.But the Nazis targeted many other groups: for their race, beliefs or what they did.Historians estimate the total number of deaths to be 11 million, with the victims encompassing gay people, priests, gypsies, people with mental or physical disabilities, co
  
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• Air Pollution: Liverpool Family Reveal Impact Of Living In A Heavily Polluted Area

  27-01-2018 08:17
  Alexia, 34, has lived in Liverpool, one of the most polluted cities in Britain, all her life. Both she and her eight-year-old daughter, Tehya, have suffered from eczema and other allergies, which they say has been made worse by the polluted air they’re inhaling.“The smoke makes it harder to breathe and also the wind makes it harder to breathe as well,” Tehya told Huffpost UK.Liverpool has unsafe and illegal levels of air pollution particularly in the busy city centre and in sur
  
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• Toxic Air Is A Silent Killer In Britain's Poorest Communities, Experts Warn

  27-01-2018 08:16
  The UK’s poorest communities are being hit the hardest by air pollution - but data shortages mean its full impact remains hidden.Studies show people in areas where poverty is highest are more likely to live near a busy main road, have to send their children to a school with a ‘poisoned playground’ and suffer from debilitating health conditions, while struggling under “a wider picture of inequality”.Now experts are warning that councils are too cash-strapped to build
  
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• SZA On How She Plans To Follow 'Ctrl' And Using Her New-Found 'Loud Voice' To Create Cultural 'Ripples'

  27-01-2018 08:06
  SZA’s debut album, ‘Ctrl’, was one of 2017′s most critically acclaimed releases, and she’s showing no signs of slowing down. Ahead of her performance at this year’s Grammys, the singer spoke to us about what she plans to do differently second time around, and her new collaboration with Gap.If you’re not up to speed with SZA, now would be the ideal time to catch up.Having previously penned tracks for artists including Beyoncé, Travis Scott and Riha
  
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• Which Sports Bra Is Right For You? We Put Styles From Primark, Adidas And Every Second Counts Through Their Paces

  27-01-2018 08:01
  Far from being yet another thing you just throw on, like that much-loved reflective jacket, sports bras are one of the most crucial items of clothing to get right for your workouts.With prices ranging from £5 to more than £50 it can be hard to know what option is best, so we’ve put some of the latest styles - from high street favourites such as Primark and New Look and sports brands including Adidas and Every Second Counts - to the test.We challenged women of differen
  
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• UK Firms Will Move Abroad If Brexit Trade Deal Not Agreed Soon, Lords Warn

  27-01-2018 01:01
  UK firms will begin to activate their ‘Brexit contingency plans’ and move abroad if a trade deal with the EU is not agreed soon, a House of Lords committee has warned.In their latest report, members of the EU financial affairs committee say both Britain and Europe risk market fragmentation and financial instability if they can’t agree a deal on market access once the UK has left the bloc.Peers have called on the government to clarify what outcome it wants from phase two of Brex
  
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• Boris on manoeuvres and the case for the customs union

  27-01-2018 00:59 via ft.com
  Is the foreign secretary lining up for a leadership bid? Or just frustrated at Theresa May’s leadership?
  
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