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Peugeot-Citroen agrees deal with GM to buy Vauxhall-Opel 6 March 2017 From the section Business Image copyright Vauxhall The French company that owns Peugeot and Citroen has struck a deal to buy General Motors' European unit, including Vauxhall. PSA Group and GM announced the sale ahead of a press conference in Paris. The deal has raised fears of job losses at Vauxhall's UK factories, which employ 4,500 workers. With GM's Opel and Vauxhall operations, PSA would become Europe's second largest carma…
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Security services 'prevented 13 UK terror attacks since 2013' 6 March 2017 From the section UK Image copyright AFP Security services have prevented 13 potential terror attacks since June 2013, the UK's most senior counter-terrorism police officer has revealed. Assistant commissioner Mark Rowley also said there were 500 live counter-terror investigations at any time. He disclosed the figures as he launched an appeal, Action Counters Terrorism, for the public to report suspicions. Information from …
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Security services 'prevented 13 UK terror attacks since 2013' 6 March 2017 From the section UK Image copyright AFP Security services have prevented 13 potential terror attacks since June 2013, the UK's most senior counter-terrorism police officer has revealed. Assistant commissioner Mark Rowley also said there were 500 live counter-terror investigations at any time. He disclosed the figures as he launched an appeal, Action Counters Terrorism, for the public to report suspicions. Information from …
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Security services 'prevented 13 UK terror attacks since 2013' 6 March 2017 From the section UK Image copyright AFP Security services have prevented 13 potential terror attacks since June 2013, the UK's most senior counter-terrorism police officer has revealed. Assistant commissioner Mark Rowley also said there were 500 live counter-terror investigations at any time. He disclosed the figures as he launched an appeal, Action Counters Terrorism, for the public to report suspicions. Information from …
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Budget 2017: No 'spending sprees', Hammond warns 5 March 2017 From the section UK Politics Related Topics Brexit Image copyright Reuters Image caption Philip Hammond said the economy had "confounded expectations" but warned against "complacency" There will be no "spending sprees" in Wednesday's Budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond has warned. Writing in the Sunday Times, he sa…
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NHS workers march against 'hospital cuts' 4 March 2017 From the section UK Image copyright Reuters Tens of thousands of people - including NHS workers, campaigners and union representatives - marched in London to protest against "yet more austerity" in the health service. Protesters on the #OurNHS march wanted to draw attention to plans which could see hospital services in nearly two-thirds of England cut back. Union leaders say many NHS services "are on their knees". The Department of Health say…
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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to visit Russia By James Landale Diplomatic correspondent 4 March 2017 From the section UK Image copyright AFP Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is to visit Moscow in coming weeks, the Foreign Office has announced. His meetings will focus on the relationship between the UK and Russia, as well as issues involving Syria and Ukraine "where we continue to have significant differences", it said. The Foreign Office said the UK "will engage with …
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Sleep problems mounting in children By Jenny Kleeman BBC Panorama 4 March 2017 From the section Health Media captionThe parents of restless toddler Elise try out a new bedtime routineHospital attendances in England for children under 14 with sleep disorders have tripled in 10 years, according to NHS data analysed by BBC Panorama. Ten times more prescriptions of common sleep medication melatonin have also been written for children and adults under 55 over the same period. Poor sleep in children has been linked to a greater risk of obesity, lower immu…
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Sinn Féin close the gap on DUP in NI Assembly 4 March 2017 From the section Northern Ireland Election 2017 Image copyright PA Image caption Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt is to resign after a poor Assembly election result for his party The Democratic Unionist Party has been narrowly returned as the biggest party but Sinn Féin was the biggest winner in the NI Assembly election. The party has come within a seat of drawing level…
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Sleep problems mounting in children By Jenny Kleeman BBC Panorama 4 March 2017 From the section Health Media captionThe parents of restless toddler Elise try out a new bedtime routineHospital attendances in England for children under 14 with sleep disorders have tripled in 10 years, according to NHS data analysed by BBC Panorama. Ten times more prescriptions of common sleep medication melatonin have also been written for children and adults under 55 over the same period. Poor sleep in children has been linked to a greater risk of obesity, lower immu…
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Sleep problems mounting in children By Jenny Kleeman BBC Panorama 4 March 2017 From the section Health Media captionThe parents of restless toddler Elise try out a new bedtime routineHospital attendances in England for children under 14 with sleep disorders have tripled in 10 years, according to NHS data analysed by BBC Panorama. Ten times more prescriptions of common sleep medication melatonin have also been written for children and adults under 55 over the same period. Poor sleep in children has been linked to a greater risk of obesity, lower immu…
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Northern Ireland election turnout 'highest since 1998 Good Friday Agreement' 3 March 2017 From the section Northern Ireland Election 2017 comments Image copyright Liam McBurney Image caption Sinn Féin's Órlaithí Flynn was the first MLA to be elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly The turnout for the Northern Ireland Assembly election is the highest since 1998 - the first Stormont election after the Good Friday Agreement. …
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Northern Ireland election turnout 'highest since 1998 Good Friday Agreement' 3 March 2017 From the section Northern Ireland Election 2017 comments Image copyright Liam McBurney Image caption Sinn Féin's Órlaithí Flynn was the first MLA to be elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly The turnout for the Northern Ireland Assembly election is the highest since 1998 - the first Stormont election after the Good Friday Agreement. …
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Two British medics killed working for IS By Steve Swann, Daniel Sandford & Mohanad Hashim BBC News 1 March 2017 From the section UK Image copyright Other Image caption Ahmed Sami Khider, from London, appeared in an IS recruitment video Two British medics who were part of a large group of students who left their studies in Sudan to join so-called Islamic State have been killed in Iraq. The BBC und…
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Uber has lost its attempt to prevent its drivers being forced to take English language tests. The ride-hailing app went to court in August last year after Transport for London (TfL) said that drivers should have to prove their ability to communicate in English. Uber argued that the standard of reading and writing required by the test was too high. The US firm said it would appeal the "unfair and disproportionate" new rule. The ruling will also apply to all minicab firms in London. "TfL are entitled to require private hire drivers to demonstrate English language compliance," said Judge John Mitting as he rejected Uber's claim. Tom d…
