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Italian populist Salvini sparks row over counting Roma 19 June 2018 Image copyright EPA Image caption Matteo Salvini has campaigned in the past for Roma camps to be bulldozed …
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Glasgow Art School fire: Council leader has hope 19 June 2018 Related TopicsGlasgow School of Art fire Image copyright PA There is "hope" for the future of Glasgow School of Art after it was gutted in a massive blaze, according to the leader of the city…
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Finsbury Park attack: Minute's silence held to mark anniversary 19 June 2018 Related TopicsFinsbury Park mosque attack Image caption The phrase #LondonUnited was projected on to the Muslim Welfare House overnight …
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Trump threatens additional $200bn in tariffs on China 19 June 2018 Image copyright AFP US President Donald Trump has threatened to levy a 10% tariff on $200bn (£151bn) of Chinese goods in a tit-for-tat trade row with Beijing. Mr Trump said he asked trad…
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Trump says US will not be a migrant camp 19 June 2018 Related TopicsUS migrant family separations Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe US teens training in border patrol President Donald Trump has said he will not allow the US to become a "migrant camp", as he stood by his administration's immigration crackdown. "The United Sta…
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US child migrants: Melania calls for end to Trump's separation policy 17 June 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Images and reports of hundreds of children as young as children and ba…
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Image caption The police specials were not trained to drive above the speed limit or activate the siren, a misconduct hearing heard Two special police officers who drove at more than 100mph despite not being trained to do so have been found guilty of gross misconduct. Special constable Terry Whinnett-James and acting special sergeant Umar Ajaz were responding to a burglary when the police car hit speeds up to 112mph. Neither was trained to drive above the speed limit nor activate the siren. An independent police panel said the officers, of Bedfordshire Police, should receive a final warning. The pair were despatched to a report of a burglary wh…
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Image copyright Thames Valley Police Image caption Lucas Broughton (left), 30, and Daryl Burrell, 31, absconded from HMP Spring Hill Two men have absconded from a low security prison overnight. Lucas Broughton, 30, and Daryl Burrell, 31, went missing from HMP Spring Hill near Aylesbury between 21:00 BST on Friday and 08:30 BST on Saturday. Broughton was serving a sentence for grievous bodily harm at the Category D prison and Burrell was serving a term there for robbery. Police have asked the public not to approach the men but call 999 "immediately". Broughton has a "distinctive" tattoo with the letters LB on his left arm and he is known to…
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NHS funding: PM calls for 10-year plan to spend cash By Nick Triggle Health correspondent 18 June 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The funding boost m…
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NHS funding: PM calls for 10-year plan to spend cash By Nick Triggle Health correspondent 18 June 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The funding boost m…
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Taliban rule out extension of Afghanistan Eid festival ceasefire 17 June 2018 Related TopicsEid al-Fitr Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTears, hugs and selfies as Afghan troops and Taliban mark a truce for Eid The Afghan Taliban have rejected calls to extend a three-day ceasefire declared for the Muslim Eid festival. A spokes…
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Macedonia name dispute: PMs watch as ministers sign 'historic' deal 17 June 2018 Image copyright AFP Image caption Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (right) met Zoran Zaev near the border betwee…
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By Nick Triggle Health correspondent 16 June 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Extra funding for the NHS in England has been announced by ministers in what they are calling a 70th "birthday present" for the health service. The spending plan…
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Spain prepares to welcome disputed Aquarius migrants 17 June 2018 Related TopicsEurope migrant crisis Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionOn board the Aquarius, people rest in cramped conditions Spain will welcome hundreds of migrants to Valencia on Sunday after they were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea and turned away by Italy …
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Cannabis oil row: Epileptic boy will have supply returned 16 June 2018 Image copyright PA Image caption Billy Caldwell, 12, has used cannabis oil since 2016 …
