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Russia-Trump inquiry: Russian foreign minister dismisses FBI charges 17 February 2018 Related TopicsUS Election 2016 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Russian foreign minister called for "facts" before commenting furtherRussia's foreign minister has dismissed as "blather" the charges levelled by the FBI special counsel against 13 Russians for election meddling. Sergei Lavrov said at a maj…
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XXIII Olympic Winter Games Venue: Pyeongchang, South Korea Dates: 9-25 February Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, Red Button, Connected TVs, BBC Sport website and mobile app. Full coverage times Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold defended her Winter Olympic title with a gold medal in the women's skeleton as team-mate Laura Deas claimed bronze. It took Britain's medal count on Saturday to three, after Izzy Atkin claimed a ski slopestyle bronze. Yarnold, having won gold at Sochi 2014, headed into the final run 0.02 seconds behind Austrian leader Janine Flock. But the 29-year-old clocked 51.46 seconds to go first, and a poor run from Flock saw Deas jump into bronze. It wa…
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Atkin finished 6.6 points off the gold medal position XXIII Olympic Winter Games Venue: Pyeongchang, South Korea Dates: 9-25 February Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, Red Button, Connected TVs, BBC Sport website and mobile app. Full coverage times Izzy Atkin won bronze in the women's ski slopestyle to claim Great Britain's second medal of the Winter Olympics. The 19-year-old, born in the United States, scored 84.60 on a strong final run to claim a first British Winter Olympic medal on skis. Switzerland's Sarah Hoefflin won gold with a score of 91.20 while her compatriot Mathilde Gremaud took silver. Fellow Briton Katie Summerhayes finished seventh in the final. T…
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By Claire Wilde, Paul Lynch and Annette Belcher BBC Shared Data Unit 16 February 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionA group of people in the Yorkshire Dales decided to drive their own busesBritain's bus network has shrunk to levels last seen in the late 1980s, BBC analysis has revealed. Rising car use and cuts to public funding are being blamed for a loss of 134 million miles o…
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Pakistan: Zainab Ansari's killer gets four death sentences 17 February 2018 A court in Pakistan has given a 24-year-old man, Imran Ali, four death sentences for raping and murdering a six-year old girl last month. Zainub Ansari's body was found on a rubbish dump in the city of Kasur, south of Lahore, on 9 January. Her murder triggered outrage across the country, including riots against alleged police incompetence …
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Atkin finished 6.6 points off the gold medal position XXIII Olympic Winter Games Venue: Pyeongchang, South Korea Dates: 9-25 February Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, Red Button, Connected TVs, BBC Sport website and mobile app. Full coverage times Izzy Atkin won bronze in the women's ski slopestyle to claim Great Britain's second medal of the Winter Olympics. The 19-year-old, born in the United States, scored 84.60 on a strong final run to claim a first British Winter Olympic medal on skis. Switzerland's Sarah Hoefflin won gold with a score of 91.20 while her compatriot Mathilde Gremaud took silver. Fellow Briton Katie Summerhayes finished seventh in the final. T…
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Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article 16 February 2018 Image copyright Tom Daley Image caption Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black have been married for nine months Center Parcs has announced it has stopped advertising in the Daily Mail. It took the decision after its advert appeared in a…
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Center Parcs pulls Daily Mail ads over Tom Daley article 16 February 2018 Image copyright Tom Daley Image caption Tom Daley and Dustin Lance Black have been married for nine months Center Parcs has announced it has stopped advertising in the Daily Mail. It took the decision after its advert appeared in a…
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Theresa May warns EU not to block post-Brexit security deal 16 February 2018 Related TopicsBrexit Image copyright Getty Images Theresa May will warn EU leaders that public safety will suffer if they allow "political doctrine and ideology" to hamper post-Brexit security arrangements. The prime minister will say she wants a new partnership of unprecedented "depth and breadt…
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Theresa May warns EU not to block post-Brexit security deal 16 February 2018 Related TopicsBrexit Image copyright Getty Images Theresa May will warn EU leaders that public safety will suffer if they allow "political doctrine and ideology" to hamper post-Brexit security arrangements. The prime minister will say she wants a new partnership of unprecedented "depth and breadt…
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Russians charged over US 2016 election tampering 16 February 2018 Thirteen Russians have been charged with interfering in the US 2016 election, in a major development in the FBI investigation. Three of those named have been accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five have been accused of aggravated identity theft. The announcement was made by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating alleged Russia…
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Merkel 'curious not frustrated' after Theresa May meeting 16 February 2018 comments Related TopicsBrexit Image copyright Reuters Angela Merkel has said she is "not frustrated" by the Brexit process but is "curious" to know more about the UK's aims after meeting Theresa May. The German chancellor said she hoped to establish "common ground" on trade issues in the co…
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Merkel 'curious not frustrated' after Theresa May meeting 16 February 2018 comments Related TopicsBrexit Image copyright Reuters Angela Merkel has said she is "not frustrated" by the Brexit process but is "curious" to know more about the UK's aims after meeting Theresa May. The German chancellor said she hoped to establish "common ground" on trade issues in the co…
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It has always been seen as one of the most innocent of childhood pursuits, a rite-of-passage physical challenge fondly recalled in adult life. But now killjoy councillors in London are threatening a clampdown on tree climbing in dozens of public parks - with the threat of a £500 fine to back it up. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-borough-of-wandsworth-to-issue-fines-of-up-to-500-for-climbing-trees-flying-kites-or-playing-a3768126.html Going a bit OTT in my mind we have all done it in our time and it wont stop kids today .
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This is the shocking moment a crazed killer ran through the streets in his underwear after stabbing a French tourist to death. Nicholas Foy, 39, was seen running through the streets of Eltham on August 11 last year after a 24-hour drink and drugs binge. The father-of-three murdered a random stranger while suffering a paranoid delusion that there was a bomb planted in his foot has been jailed for life. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/shocking-moment-crazed-knifewielding-killer-runs-through-london-streets-topless-after-stabbing-a3767936.html
