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• Liverpool-Roma: Two Men Arrested After 53-Year-Old Critically Injured At Anfield

  24-04-2018 23:58
  Two men from Rome have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a Liverpool supporter was left fighting for his life following an altercation between fans ahead of the Champions League semi-final at Anfield.The man, believed to be from Ireland and with his brother, is being treated for his injuries at Walton Neurological Centre, where his condition is described as critical, Merseyside Police said.The 25-year-old and 26-year-old were arrested after police launched an operation to trac
  
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• Liverpool-Roma: Man Arrested After ‘Serious Assault’ At Anfield

  24-04-2018 23:58
  Police have arrested a man following “a serious assault” after reports a Liverpool fan was attacked ahead of the Champions League semi-final first leg against Roma at Anfield.Merseyside Police posted a message on Tuesday evening, confirming an incident had taken place near to the Albert pub, which is close to the stadium, and appealing for video footage.Such video footage appeared to exist, with clips posted to Twitter showing clashes between supporters, ambulances in attendance and
  
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• Corbyn meeting on anti-Semitism dubbed ‘missed opportunity’

  24-04-2018 23:50 via ft.com
  Jewish groups say words no longer enough from Labour leader
  
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• Alfie Evans Allowed To Return Home, But May Not Travel To Rome For Treatment

  24-04-2018 23:27
  A judge has ruled that terminally-ill Alfie Evans may be allowed home, but will not be allowed to go to Rome for further treatment.Mr Justice Hayden described the 23-month-old at the centre of a life support battle as “courageous” and a “warrior”, but said the case had now reached its “final chapter”, he told a High Court hearing in Manchester.He rejected claims by Alfie’s father, Tom Evans, 21, that his son was “significantly better” than fi
  
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• Windrush scandal spreads to other Commonwealth countries

  24-04-2018 22:57 via ft.com
  Amber Rudd faces scrutiny from MPs as new cases of threatened deportation emerge
  
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• UK explores producing own satellite system after EU’s Galileo snub

  24-04-2018 22:30 via ft.com
  Britain could seek €1.4bn refund as tempers flare over post-Brexit security access
  
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• Kogan criticises Facebook over use of ‘honour system’

  24-04-2018 21:37 via ft.com
  App builder tells MPs social network knew user data could be passed to third parties
  
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• Jewish Groups Brand Crunch Meeting With Jeremy Corbyn 'Disappointing Missed Opportunity'

  24-04-2018 21:20
  Leading Jewish groups have branded a crunch meeting with Jeremy Corbyn a “disappointing missed opportunity” to tackle anti-Semitism within the Labour Party.The Jewish Leadership Council and the Board of Deputies, who led protests against Corbyn’s approach to the problem in Parliament Square last month, said he had failed to agree with the “minimum level of action” suggested by them.They accused the Labour leader of hiding behind “procedural excuses”
  
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• Capita fails to win central government work since January profit warning

  24-04-2018 21:14 via ft.com
  Outsourcers struggle with slowdown in new contracts, rises in minimum wage and council cuts
  
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• Donald Trump And Emmanuel Macron's Blossoming Bromance In 5 Weird Moments

  24-04-2018 21:11
  When Donnie met Manu, it looked like the beginning of a fine bromance.Theresa May perhaps doesn’t want to hear it, but US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron appear to have struck up the defining ‘special relationship’ of the late 2010s.“You are our oldest ally and you are truly one of our great allies,” said Trump, not holding back, during a White House news conference.“We will always be there for you.”While the ‘Friends&rs
  
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• Britain will have to pay EU divorce bill ‘no matter what’

  24-04-2018 20:55 via ft.com
  Payment due under international law and even without trade deal, MPs told
  
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• Theresa May Post-Brexit Customs Plan Is ‘Completely Cretinous’, Jacob Rees-Mogg Says

  24-04-2018 20:14
  Theresa May’s plan for a post-Brexit customs deal has been labelled ‘completely cretinous’ by Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg.The leading backbench Brexiteer ridiculed the Prime Minister’s proposal to collect tariffs on behalf of the EU as pressure grew in Cabinet for her to dump the idea.Rees-Mogg also lashed out at the House of Lords for trying to keep the UK in a customs union, warning that they were ‘playing with fire’ as unelected peers and risked ‘burning
  
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• Windrush issue spreads to other Commonwealth countries

  24-04-2018 19:34 via ft.com
  ‘Hostile environment’ policy also affecting those from African and Asian nations
  
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• Clark clears Melrose Industries’ £8bn GKN takeover

  24-04-2018 19:20 via ft.com
  Business secretary secures binding undertakings on future of target’s defence business
  
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• Courtney Act Praises ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 10 For Conversation About Race And Backs The Vixen

  24-04-2018 19:11
  Courtney Act has shared her take on the current series of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’, praising the show for opening up a conversation about race, while giving The Vixen her backing. So far this series, The Vixen has clashed with her competitors on numerous occasions, but one disagreement, which took place in episode three of spin-off show ‘Untucked’, has received particular attention.During a clash with fellow contestant Aquaria, The Vixen told her rival that sh
  
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• Wales Needs World-Leading Eating Disorders Services, And Now Is Our Chance

  24-04-2018 18:48
  My childhood in Wales was full of happy memories. Yet, like the record numbers of young people facing mental health problems today, I encountered a roadblock in my teenage years that I’m still struggling to overcome today - an eating disorder.I was already in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) when anorexia reared its ugly, skeletal head. You’d have thought that this would’ve made for good outcomes, that the specialists I was already seeing would’ve been
  
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• The New Royal Baby And Why We Must Defend Our Monarchy

  24-04-2018 18:47
  According to Kensington Palace, “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a son at 11.01am” on Monday 23 April 2018. The arrival of the little prince is the latest in a run of stories that have caused royal news to take up more space in the British public discussion than normal. This upward trend in royal news shows no sign of ending, with Prince Harry’s wedding, the gradual retirement of the Duke of Edinburgh, and, as sad as it will be, the death of
  
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• Workplace Stress Is Killing Us - Here’s What We Can Do About It

  24-04-2018 18:46
  Within a year and a half of starting my first job, I had burned out. It was a crisis of self-care, as much as anything: I’d been working too many hours, and compensating with all the wrong things. I drank between seven and twelve cans of diet coke a day, which meant that I couldn’t sleep even when I had the time. I took steroids for more energy; at a certain point, even those stop working. At the office, I was so exhausted that I cried every time my manager left the room.Burnout does
  
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• Maternal Mental Illness Is A Global Issue - Complex, Prolonged And In Some Cases Devastating

  24-04-2018 18:18
  As the Duchess of Cambridge welcomes her third child, she looks the picture of happiness and now the proud mother of three. But as the nation celebrates I can’t help thinking of mothers who have suffered from various forms of maternal mental illness. Expectant mothers who have lost their baby mid-term, or been told that there is something wrong with the foetus. Women who dream of becoming mothers, enduring numerous rounds of IVF, but to no avail. And then there are mothers who face poverty
  
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• 'Love Island' Series One And Two Coming To Netflix UK Ahead Of New Series

  24-04-2018 18:15
  Our ‘long, hot summer’ is starting early this year, as Netflix has announced it will be streaming the first two series of ‘Love Island’. Fans of the ITV2 reality series - or indeed newbies wanting to get into it - will have the chance to catch up on all the action from series one and two, ahead of the fourth series launching in June. All 66 episodes will hit UK Netflix on Tuesday 1 May, meaning you will have around a month to binge them all before the Island is
  
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• 'Hidden Homelessness' Problem Could Be Ten Times Worse Than The Government Says

  24-04-2018 18:13
  The problem of families put in precarious, temporary accommodation when they are at risk of sleeping rough could be nearly ten times worse than the Government says, a new report has revealed.The charity JustLife Foundation has warned of a trend of “hidden homelessness” as it estimates around 51,500 households were living in B&Bs  in England in 2015/16. The Government says the total was just 5,870.JustLife said the Government’s figures only recorded people living i
  
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• A Dose Of Empathy Is All Some Patients Need

  24-04-2018 18:13
  A review of 28 trials published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine last week quantifies what many doctors already knew: empathic, positive communication benefits patients.Two true stories motivated me to do the review. Archie Cochrane reports the first. He was the only doctor in a prisoner of war camp during World War II. One night the Germans dumped a young Soviet prisoner in his ward. The soldier had pleurisy (holes in his lungs) and was screaming. Cochrane didn’t want to wa
  
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• The Labour Leader Is No Pacifist

  24-04-2018 18:05
  Last May, Corbyn made it clear stating, “I am not a pacifist. I accept that military action, under international law and as a genuine last resort, is in some circumstances necessary”. Yet numerous right-wingers have lined up to accuse Corbyn of standing by and opposing military action as a dogma. There arguments would have weight if it weren’t possible to look at the Labour leader’s record as a whole, or the ideas of the Labour left as a whole.Corbyn’s philosophy on
  
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• Princess Charlotte’s Floral Dress Sells Out After Lindo Wing Appearance

  24-04-2018 18:04
  The floral smocked dress worn by Princess Charlotte as she went to meet her new baby brother has sold out online.Confident Charlotte, who is just days away from her third birthday, was at ease in front of the world’s media at the Lindo Wing in London.She charmed the crowds on Monday, by turning to wave as she led her father the Duke of Cambridge up the steps to the hospital to meet the newborn baby prince.[SEE ALSO: 10 times Princess Charlotte won us over with her cuteness]Her blue Periwin
  
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• Millicent Fawcett statue unveiled in London

  24-04-2018 17:49 via ft.com
  First statue of a woman to stand in space outside Palace of Westminster
  
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• Record Levels Of 'Microplastics' Have Been Found In The Arctic

  24-04-2018 17:31
  Particles known as “microplastics” have been found in record levels in the Arctic sea ice, raising concerns about the potential harm it could have on both marine life and humans.Samples from five regions of the Arctic Ocean found that there were up to 12,000 of the plastic particles per litre of sea ice.These tiny particles of plastic come from a range of sources including polyethylene, paints, nylon, polyester and cellulose acetate which is most commonly found in cigarette filters.T
  
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• UK competition watchdog chair signals accountants probe

  24-04-2018 17:30 via ft.com
  Andrew Tyrie observes their audit work could sometimes appear to be ‘money for old rope’
  
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• Treasury backs reduced £2 stake for fixed-odds betting terminals

  24-04-2018 16:39 via ft.com
  Bookmakers hit as government bows to anti-gambling campaigners
  
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• Children Are Alcoholism's Most Innocent Victims - And Deserve More Help

  24-04-2018 16:38
  Alcoholism casts a long shadow across our society, but its most innocent victims are the 200,000 children who pay the price for their parents’ drinking.The figures are startling. A child whose parent has an alcohol problem is twice as likely to struggle at school and five times more likely to develop eating disorders than other children.  They’re also three times more likely to consider suicide, and four times more likely to become alcoholics themselves, later in life.People lik
  
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• Millicent Fawcett Statue Is 'Absolutely Massive' For Women And Girls, Say Female MPs

  24-04-2018 16:26
  Standing in the shadow of the newly-unveiled statue of suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett - the first figure of a woman erected in Parliament Square - female MPs today heralded the addition as an “absolutely massive” step for women and girls.Tuesday morning saw hundreds of people gather in the square - which was adorned with the colours of the suffragist and suffragette movements - to catch a glimpse of the bronze statue, created by Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing.Booken
  
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• Daily Express Editor Admits Paper's Front Pages Have Been 'Downright Offensive'

  24-04-2018 16:10
  The editor-in-chief of the Daily and Sunday Express has admitted some of his paper’s previous front pages have been “downright offensive”. Giving evidence to the House of Commons home affairs select committee, Gary Jones admitted some of the publication’s stories had contributed to an “Islamophobic sentiment” within the media. Jones took over at the helm of the papers last month, having previously edited the Sunday Mirror and Sunday People and promis
  
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• UK inheritance tax receipts hit record £5.2bn

  24-04-2018 16:06 via ft.com
  Estates are not taking advantage of new property exemption, claim experts
  
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• Inheritance tax receipts hit record £5.2bn

  24-04-2018 16:06 via ft.com
  Estates are not taking advantage of new property exemption, claim experts
  
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• Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Used Britax Car Seat To Carry Royal Baby Home

  24-04-2018 16:06
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge carried the royal baby home in a Britax car seat. The couple, who welcomed their third child at 11.01am on 23 April, were pictured with the seat in the family’s first public appearance with the new royal baby as they left St Mary’s Hospital in London.The car seat is a Britax Römer Baby-Safe infant carrier, the same brand the couple used for Prince George and Princess Charlotte. “We are absolutely delighted to see t
  
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• Statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett unveiled in London

  24-04-2018 15:30 via ft.com
  Campaigner who fought for right to vote is first woman to have tribute in Parliament Square
  
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• All the nonsense Hannan, Redwood And Mogg have spoken about the customs union this week

  24-04-2018 15:26
  
  As the customs debate rages on, leading Brexiters fill the airwaves with disinformation. But are they lying, or just ignorant?
  
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• Ariana Grande's New Album: 2018 Release Date, Tracklisting And Everything We Know So Far

  24-04-2018 15:25
  We’ve made no secret of the fact that we’re huge Ariana Grande fans here at HuffPost, and like the rest of the world, we’ve been waiting with bated breath for her return to the music scene, following her smash 2016 album, ‘Dangerous Woman’.Fortunately, 2018 is the year Ariana blesses us with a new release. Here’s everything we know so far about what the chart-topping singer has up her sleeve...When is Ariana Grande’s new album out?So far, a release
  
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• Bin The Conspiracy Theories, From Whichever Quarter They Come

  24-04-2018 15:19
  The recent debate on antisemitism which took place in the House of Commons was heavily oversubscribed with many more MPs wanting to speak than there was time available. As one of those who missed out, this is roughly what I was planning to say:I am not Jewish and neither have I grown up with the shadow of antisemitism as an ever-present spectre. I did, however, experience a snapshot of what it is like to be on the receiving end of potentially violent antisemitism when, a few years ago, I was the
  
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• Tamoxifen Side Effects Explained As 6 In 7 Women Say They Don't Use Drug For Breast Cancer Prevention

  24-04-2018 14:56
  Six in seven women at risk of breast cancer are opting out of taking a preventative drug called tamoxifen, a new study has found.Researchers said there were three main factors for why they avoided the drug: fear of side effects, distrust of medication in general and believing cancer was down to fate.Previous research found those at increased risk of the disease had a reduced risk of around a third after taking the drug, which led to its approval for  prevention. But what else do w
  
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• A critical showdown on Brexit looms

  24-04-2018 14:29 via ft.com
  May is buffeted by opposing forces over the Irish border and customs union questions
  
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• The EU is no protectionist racket

  24-04-2018 14:18 via ft.com
  Bloc has been energetic in seeking new or upgraded free trade accords
  
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• Cambridge Analytica: Academic Behind Personality Quiz Tells MPs That Alexander Nix Lied To Them

  24-04-2018 14:11
  The academic behind the personality quiz at the heart of the Facebook data scandal has accused the former head of Cambridge Analytica of lying to the parliamentary inquiry into fake news.Appearing before the inquiry on Tuesday, Dr Aleksander Kogan described testimony by Alexander Nix about work the pair conducted together as a “total fabrication”.Damian Collins, chair of the inquiry and the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee, asked Kogan to verify answers from
  
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• Matt Campbell’s JustGiving Page Raises Over £100k For Charity

  24-04-2018 14:08
  In the wake of Matt Campbell’s death, donations on his London Marathon JustGiving page have now reached over £100k.The chef, who appeared in the 2017 series of ‘Masterchef: The Professionals’, died in hospital after collapsing at the 22.5 mile mark of Sunday’s (22 April) race. Matt was running the marathon in memory of his father, Martin, and raising money for Brathay Trust - a charity his dad supported for 8 years.When the sad news of Matt’s death was announc
  
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• Matt Campbell Dead: London Marathon Runner’s JustGiving Page Raises Over £100k For Charity

  24-04-2018 14:08
  In the wake of Matt Campbell’s death, donations on his London Marathon JustGiving page have now reached over £100k.The chef, who appeared in the 2017 series of ‘Masterchef: The Professionals’, died in hospital after collapsing at the 22.5 mile mark of Sunday’s (22 April) race. Matt was running the marathon in memory of his father, Martin, and raising money for Brathay Trust - a charity his dad supported for 8 years.When the sad news of Matt’s death was announc
  
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• From HuffPost UK Comedy To The Brightside: How We're Expanding To Cover More Good News

  24-04-2018 13:49
   Donald Trump, Brexit, Russia: Let’s admit it - some topics that dominate the day-to-day news agenda can really drag us down. While these issues are, of course, interesting and important to cover, we listened to our readers who wanted somewhere where we could share good news, funny stories and uplifting tales of human kindness – away from the daily grind. And sorry guys but not JUST cat videos. The HuffPost UK Comedy Facebook page has a loyal and engaged audi
  
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• UK deficit returns to pre-crisis levels after decade of austerity

  24-04-2018 13:47 via ft.com
  Government’s headline level of borrowing falls to better than expected £42.6bn
  
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• 'Avengers: Infinity War' Reviews: Critics Are Already Loving Marvel's Huge Crossover Film

  24-04-2018 13:06
  ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is arguably Marvel’s most ambitious project to date, featuring more characters from the comic book world than we could even begin to name.With an all-star cast including Robert Downey Jr, Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson and Chadwick Boseman, it was pretty much a given that ‘Infinity War’ would be a huge smash at the box office, with the Avengers teaming up with the Guardians Of The Galaxy, and other beloved Marvel heroes.But after t
  
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• UK to back reduced stake for fixed-odds betting terminals

  24-04-2018 13:05 via ft.com
  Maximum bet to be reduced to £2 after government consultation
  
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• Why The British Youth Are Only Reluctant Remainers

  24-04-2018 13:01
  The youth have been robbed.A phrase repeated daily by Remain supporters as they point to a generation stripped of their rights to love, work, and marry in Europe. It is in these young people, who ‘voted overwhelming to Remain’ that the pro-EU campaigners pinpoint their hope, looking to them as a resource of passionate protesters ready to take their love of the single market to the streets.Yet in my experience, the response from young people against Brexit has been lukewarm at best. H
  
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• Lonely Millennials More Prone To Mental Illness And Unemployment, Study Suggests

  24-04-2018 12:59
  Lonely millennials are more likely to experience mental health problems than the general population, with the chances of experiencing depression or anxiety, or attempting suicide, more than doubling, new research suggests. According to the study, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, 7% of participants said they “often” had feelings of loneliness while between 23% and 31% said they had felt left out or lacking in companionship in the past. Those who identified as
  
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