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Review into energy costs launched by government 6 August 2017 From the section UK Image copyright PA An independent review looking at ways to reduce energy costs has been launched by the government. The study will examine how the UK can keep household bills down while also meeting its climate change targets. Oxford University professor Dieter Helm, who is carrying out the wor…
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British model kidnapped in Milan 'to be sold in online auction' 5 August 2017 From the section UK Image copyright Polizia di Stato Image caption The woman was loaded into a bag and put into the boot of a car A British model was threatened with being sold in an online auction after being drugged and kidnapped …
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Bail of $30,000 set for accused Briton Marcus Hutchins 5 August 2017 From the section Technology Image caption Marcus Hutchins wanted to remain anonymous after the WannaCry outbreak, but his identity was revealed A judge in the US state of Nevada has recommended the release on $30,000 bail of a British computer expert. Prosecutors told the court that Ma…
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Extreme weather 'could kill up to 100,000 a year' in Europe by 2100 5 August 2017 From the section Europe Image copyright AFP Image caption Heat waves will cause most weather-related deaths if measures are not taken, the study says Extreme weather could kill up to 152,000 people each year in Europe by 2100 if…
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Helicopter sex film police crew cleared of misconduct 4 August 2017 From the section England Image copyright PA Image caption The cleared men clockwise from top left: Matthew Lucas, Lee Walls, Malcolm Reeves and Matthew Loosemore Four members of a police helicopter crew accused of filming naked sunbathers and…
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Australia terror suspect 'planted plane bomb on brother' 4 August 2017 From the section Australia Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Australian police have stepped up their presence at the nation's airports A terror suspect in Australia tried to smuggle a bomb on to a plane by planting it on his unsus…
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Family judge 'ashamed' by support for suicidal girl 3 August 2017 From the section UK Image caption Sir James said: "It is a disgrace... that a judge in 2017 should be faced with the problems thrown up by this case" Society should be "ashamed" for not protecting a suicidal girl in secure custody, a senior judge has said. The president of Family Division…
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US police 'closing in' on Oxford University murder suspect 4 August 2017 From the section UK Image copyright Chicago police Image caption Police warn the suspects Wyndham Lathem (left) and Andrew Warren are believed to be "armed and dangerous" Police in the US say they "have an idea" of the whereabouts of an …
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NHS cyber-defender Marcus Hutchins charged in US 3 August 2017 From the section Technology Image caption Marcus Hutchins wanted to remain anonymous after the WannaCry outbreak, but his identity was revealed The British cyber-security researcher who stalled WannaCry cyber-attack that hit the NHS has been arrested and charged in a US cyber-crime case. Mar…
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A motorist's dash cam filmed a number of high-performance cars travelling at speed down a motorway hard shoulder. Rachel Jenkins filmed it happening on her dash cam between junctions two and three of the M54, heading towards Telford, in Shropshire. She said she was amazed there were no crashes as the cars weaved in and out of the slow-moving traffic and described it as like a scene from the Fast and Furious movies. While some motorway hard shoulders in the West Midlands are often open to drivers, the hard shoulder of the M54 is not. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-shropshire-40818588/dash-cam-films-cars-at-speed-on-m54-hard-shoulder Some stupi…
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Trump 'pressed Mexico to stop talk of wall payments' 3 August 2017 From the section US & Canada Image copyright Getty Images US President Donald Trump urged the Mexican president to stop publicly saying he would not pay for a proposed border wall, according to transcripts. Mr Trump admonished Enrique Pena Nieto for publicly denouncing the wall during a 27 January phone cal…
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Family judge 'ashamed' by support for suicidal girl 3 August 2017 From the section UK Image caption Sir James said: "It is a disgrace... that a judge in 2017 should be faced with the problems thrown up by this case" Society should be "ashamed" for not protecting a suicidal girl in secure custody, a senior judge has said. The president of Family Division…
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Family judge 'ashamed' by support for suicidal girl 3 August 2017 From the section UK Image caption Sir James said: "It is a disgrace... that a judge in 2017 should be faced with the problems thrown up by this case" Society should be "ashamed" for not protecting a suicidal girl in secure custody, a senior judge has said. The president of Family Division…
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'Three Musketeer' jihadis get life sentences for UK terror plot 3 August 2017 From the section UK Image copyright West Midlands Police Image caption Naweed Ali, Khobaib Hussain and Mohibur Rahman were sentenced at the Old Bailey Three would-be jihadists who dubbed themselves the Three Musketeers have been jai…
