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Theresa May's Cabinet meets as reshuffle continues 9 January 2018 comments Image copyright AFP Theresa May's cabinet is meeting for the first time after a reshuffle that triggered a ministerial resignation and was dismissed by Labour as a "lacklustre PR exercise". Justine Greening quit after refusing to move departments, and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt persuaded th…
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9 January 2018 Image copyright PA Toby Young has resigned as the head of a new university regulator after criticism over his previous controversial comments. Writing for the Spectator blog, Mr Young said his appointment had "become a distraction" from the "vital work" of the Office for Students. The right-wing journalist faced a backlash online after it was announced he had been appointed to the role. A petition calling for his dismissal gathered almost 220,000 …
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9 January 2018 Image copyright PA Toby Young has resigned as the head of a new university regulator after criticism over his previous controversial comments. Writing for the Spectator blog, Mr Young said his appointment had "become a distraction" from the "vital work" of the Office for Students. The right-wing journalist faced a backlash online after it was announced he had been appointed to the role. A petition calling for his dismissal gathered almost 220,000 …
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White House says 200,000 Salvadoreans must leave the US 8 January 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Immigrants rallied outside Congress in December The Trump administration has announced the US will cancel permits allowing nearly 200,000 people from El Salvador to live and work in the countr…
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Couple guilty of homemade bomb terror attack plot 8 January 2018 Image copyright Derbyshire Police Image caption Munir Mohammed and Rowaida El-Hassan were found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey in London A man and woman have been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in the UK using a homemade bomb. …
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Couple guilty of homemade bomb terror attack plot 8 January 2018 Image copyright Derbyshire Police Image caption Munir Mohammed and Rowaida El-Hassan were found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey in London A man and woman have been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in the UK using a homemade bomb. …
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Acid attacks: Retailers sign up to voluntary ban on acid sales 7 January 2018 Image copyright @PhieMcKenzie Image caption Nightclub attack: 22 people were injured when a man threw acid in London Some of the UK's largest retailers have agreed to voluntarily stop sales of acids to customers under 18 years o…
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I’ve arrived five minutes early for my shift in a hospital A&E department. I walk through the corridor behind the department, already crammed with hospital trolleys. I shut them out of my mind. I’ve still got five minutes of breathing space before they become my immediate reality ... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/05/nhs-doctor-let-patients-down-crisis
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Murdered woman was left without phone by police investigators 8 January 2018 Image copyright Family handout Image caption Katrina O'Hara died from two stab wounds to the chest at the hair salon where she worked A woman who was murdered by her ex-lover had her mobile phone seized by police days earlier, a …
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Barry Bennell: Ex-football coach admits six child sex offences 8 January 2018 Former football coach Barry Bennell has pleaded guilty to six charges of historic child sex offences. Mr Bennell, 63, who is now known as Richard Jones, admitted the charges at the beginning of a trial at Liverpool Crown Court. The ex-Crewe Alexandra coach is charged with a total of 55 offences, including 42 counts of indecent assault, 11 s…
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Barry Bennell: Ex-football coach admits six child sex offences 8 January 2018 Former football coach Barry Bennell has pleaded guilty to six charges of historic child sex offences. Mr Bennell, 63, who is now known as Richard Jones, admitted the charges at the beginning of a trial at Liverpool Crown Court. The ex-Crewe Alexandra coach is charged with a total of 55 offences, including 42 counts of indecent assault, 11 s…
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Barry Bennell: Ex-football coach admits six child sex offences 8 January 2018 Former football coach Barry Bennell has pleaded guilty to six charges of historic child sex offences. Mr Bennell, 63, who is now known as Richard Jones, admitted the charges at the beginning of a trial at Liverpool Crown Court. The ex-Crewe Alexandra coach is charged with a total of 55 offences, including 42 counts of indecent assault, 11 s…
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China oil spill sparks fears of environmental disaster 8 January 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption The crew of the vessel is still missing There are fears of a growing environmental disaster in the East China Sea as a tanker continues to leak oil two days after colliding with a cargo ship. The …
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Cabinet reshuffle: Theresa May set to refresh top team 8 January 2018 Image copyright PA Image caption The number of women in the cabinet is expected to rise from six at the moment Theresa May is to reshuffle her cabinet on Monday, with …
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7 January 2018 The prime minister has defended her record and set out her plans for the coming year, as she prepares to reshuffle her cabinet. Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, she defended NHS funding amid questions over the handling of winter pressures. She set out plans for the environment and parole reform after the decision to release sex attacker John Worboys. On the NHS, Labour said: "She hasn't got a plan to get those people off the trolleys and corridors". Theresa May confirmed a cabinet reshuffl…
