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• UK considers 5km drone exclusion zone around airports

  04-01-2019 23:00 via ft.com
  Ministers urged by pilots union to expand restrictions following disruption at Gatwick
  
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• May’s NHS reform plans run into Treasury concerns

  04-01-2019 23:00 via ft.com
  May to press on with £20bn blueprint in spite of worries over value for money
  
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• Farmers wary of government’s post-Brexit green push

  04-01-2019 23:00 via ft.com
  UK has a poor record in administering agri-environmental subsidy schemes
  
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• British schools explore post-Brexit EU expansion

  04-01-2019 23:00 via ft.com
  Demand for UK-style education expected to rise in Europe due to staff relocations
  
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• Eurosceptics hold firm against May’s Brexit deal

  04-01-2019 20:31 via ft.com
  PM struggles to make any progress in effort to win crunch Commons vote
  
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• May and Juncker speak as she struggles to break Brexit impasse

  04-01-2019 19:43
  No 10 refuses to provide details of call, with PM battling to obtain assurances on backstopTheresa May has spoken to Jean-Claude Juncker as part of her effort to obtain further written reassurances that the Irish border backstop in her Brexit deal would never come into force.The phone call between the prime minister and the European commission president on Friday was described by Brussels as “friendly” but Downing Street refused to provide any further details, as May struggles to bre
  
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• Pressure grows on Grayling over Seaborne Freight

  04-01-2019 19:08 via ft.com
  Companies House filings show directors’ links to wound-up groups
  
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• Martin Rowson on the deployment of a navy ship in the Channel – cartoon

  04-01-2019 18:18
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• The west ignores women’s rights over forced marriage

  04-01-2019 17:42 via ft.com
  The men and families who perpetrate forced marriage are spared, while the victims are fined
  
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• Dominic Cummings: brilliant eccentric or evil genius?

  04-01-2019 16:41
  Man at the centre of Brexit TV drama is a political strategist like no other, says its writer
  When Dominic Cummings found out he was to be the central character in a high-profile TV thriller about the Brexit campaign, he was suspicious. James Graham, the playwright behind the Channel 4 drama, said he “understandably had to persuade him it wasn’t a stitch-up job.”Others might have been delighted to be played by Benedict Cumberbatch. But then, Cummings has always followed his own
  
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• All at sea: An open letter to Sajid Javid

  04-01-2019 16:12
  
  The chief executive of Refugee Action demands action to help refugees and the British taxpayer after the home secretary's bizarre decision to call a 'major incident' on a trickle of boats heading to the UK.
  
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• Is Theresa May any closer to unblocking her Brexit deal?

  04-01-2019 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Is the prime minister any closer to getting MPs' backing for the UK's deal for exiting the EU?
  
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• Week in Review: 2019 is the year of the laughing stock

  04-01-2019 15:00
  
  Ministers' opening remarks for the new year make it very tempting to hide in bed and pretend none of it is happening.
  
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• Paul Whelan: Ex-US Marine held on suspicion of spying is UK citizen

  04-01-2019 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The foreign secretary warns Russia not to use British citizens as "chess pawns" after Moscow arrest.
  
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• Labour confirms expulsion of convicted MP Fiona Onasanya

  04-01-2019 13:30
  Party says MP who lied to avoid speeding charge was ousted before ChristmasLabour would actively seek to trigger a byelection in the Peterborough seat held by Fiona Onasanya if the party’s former MP received a sentence of less than 12 months having being found guilty of lying to police to avoid a speeding charge.The party’s chairman, Ian Lavery, said Onansanya had been expelled from the party and that officials were waiting on the outcome of her sentencing, due later this month, befo
  
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• Downbeat UK data points to stagnating economy

  04-01-2019 12:30 via ft.com
  Business and consumers delay purchases ahead of Brexit as house price growth slows
  
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• Downbeat UK data point to stagnating economy

  04-01-2019 12:30 via ft.com
  Business and consumers delay purchases ahead of Brexit as house price growth slows
  
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• UK grapples with post-Brexit Asian ambition

  04-01-2019 12:23 via ft.com
  Opportunities exist in south-east Asia but critics say London effort lacks substance
  
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• Brexit: The DUP says there is 'no way' it will back PM's deal

  04-01-2019 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  The party says it is "more alarmed" than ever about what the deal will mean for Northern Ireland.
  
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• Chinese ‘Jack The Ripper’ Executed For Murdering 11 Girls And Women

  04-01-2019 09:37
  
  Gao Chengyong was found guilty of multiple counts of murder, rape, robbery and the mutilation of corpses between 1988 and 2002.
  
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• Vote Leave’s Matthew Elliott on Channel 4’s Brexit: The Uncivil War

  04-01-2019 06:00 via ft.com
  Screenwriter James Graham has turned the campaign into a compelling story — and nailed my mannerisms
  
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• Brexit threat to European sovereign bond sales

  04-01-2019 05:00 via ft.com
  UK leaving EU without deal would jeopardise governments’ access to London banks
  
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• Reality Check: Are there alternatives to Dover?

  04-01-2019 02:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The transport secretary expects no disruption at Dover under any circumstances. What if he is being over-optimistic?
  
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• Brexit: Universities warn no deal is 'biggest-ever threat'

  04-01-2019 01:45 via bbc.co.uk
  University leaders say time is running out to avoid damage to funding and research from a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• Most Tory activists back no-deal Brexit over May’s deal

  04-01-2019 01:01 via ft.com
  Poll of Conservative grassroots shows little enthusiasm for PM’s withdrawal agreement
  
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• Most Conservative activists back no-deal Brexit over May’s deal

  04-01-2019 01:01 via ft.com
  Poll of Tory grassroots shows little enthusiasm for PM’s withdrawal agreement
  
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• EU student enrolment drops at top UK universities

  04-01-2019 01:01 via ft.com
  Decline in numbers adds to pressures ahead of Brexit
  
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• ‘Brexit: The Uncivil War’ — review

  04-01-2019 01:01 via ft.com
  Benedict Cumberbatch plays with sympathy the man who coined the ‘take back control’ slogan
  
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• Snoop Dogg Wants To Adopt This Abandoned Dog Named Snoop, And It Needs To Happen

  04-01-2019 00:54
  
  The pooch was dumped on the street in a heartbreaking viral video.
  
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