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Antibiotic resistance plan to fight 'urgent' global threat 24 January 2019 Image copyright Getty Images Superbugs are as big a threat as climate change, the health secretary will say as he unveils a new five-year plan to tackle antibiotic resistance. Ov…
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Venezuela protests: 'Four dead' ahead of mass protest 23 January 2019 Related TopicsVenezuela crisis Image copyright Reuters Image caption Protesters are already out on the streets with hundreds …
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Four held over New York state 'plot' against Muslims 22 January 2019 Image copyright Greece Police Dept Image caption Vincent Vetromile, Brian Colaneri and Andrew Crysel (L-R) and a 16-year-old ar…
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US Supreme Court allows Trump military transgender ban 22 January 2019 The United States Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to enforce his policy of banning certain transgender people from the military. The court voted 5-4 to grant a Trump administration request to lift injunctions blockin…
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Emiliano Sala: Cardiff FC player on missing plane 22 January 2019 Related TopicsEmiliano Sala search Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Emiliano Sala signed for Cardiff City on Saturday …
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Taliban militants kill dozens at Afghan intelligence base 22 January 2019 Image copyright AFP Image caption Insurgents bombed the military intelligence base in Wardak province …
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17 January 2019 Duke of Edinburgh involved in car crash near Sandringham Estate but not injured, Buckingham Palace says This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts…
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France summons Italian envoy over Africa remarks 22 January 2019 Image copyright EPA Image caption Luigi di Maio accused France of fuelling migration by damaging the economies of African states …
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Russian rescue amid blaze on two cargo ships off Crimea 21 January 2019 Related TopicsUkraine conflict Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Russian rescuers have gone to the scene (file pic…
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Return to News 21 January 2019 A former professional footballer and professional rugby player are among three brothers who were given prison sentences for defrauding donors to their children’s charity, it can now be reported. Efe Sodje (pictured centre), 35, of Gatley, Cheshire, Bright Sodje (pictured left), 51, of Sale, Cheshire, and Stephen Sodje (pictured right), 43,of Abbey Wood, London, siphoned off more than £60,000 given to the Sodje Sports Foundation (SSF), a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation found. They were jailed in September 2017 for 18 months, 21 months, and two years and six months respectively at the Central Criminal Court in relati…
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Thugs have vandalised memorials to the heroes of RAF Bomber Command and Sir Winston Churchill in central London. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/police-investigating-after-thugs-hurl-white-paint-over-raf-bomber-command-memorial-a4044331.html Right SCUMBAG OR SCUMBABS who did this and hope the police catch the person or persons .
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6608935/Ex-Westminster-public-schoolboy-strapped-naked-frame-caned-24-times.html I am a bit confused why the UK government is stepping in to assist an offender in Singapore, because corporal punishment isn't used in the UK. So the lad is wanted in London on fraud offences, he flees the country (Great border control) to Singapore, where he begins a new life and starts to sell drugs. Once caught he is sentenced to 20 yers and the cane. The article talks of how he would get max 12 months if committed in the UK. I think the government need to watch the example, not prevent it, there is a reason why crime has spira…
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US shutdown: Trump to make 'major announcement' on Mexico wall 19 January 2019 Related TopicsUS government shutdown Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFederal workers queue up for free food US President Donald Trump says he will make a "major announcement" later on his Mexican border wall, an issue that has partially shut down gov…
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Mexico pipeline blast kills 66 and injures dozens 19 January 2019 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSuspected oil thieves have been blamed for rupturing the pipeline Mexican authorities now put the number killed in Friday night's oil pipeline blast at 66, with dozens injured. It is believed the blast occurred after the line was r…
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Image caption Windsor Davies (middle) starred alongside Don Estelle and Melvyn Hayes in It Ain't Half Hot Mum Actor and star of It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Windsor Davies, has died. Davies, 88, who was best known as the sergeant major in the TV series, died on Thursday, his family said. Born in Canning Town, London, he returned to his father's home village, Nant-y-Moel in Bridgend county, when World War Two broke out. His daughter Jane Davies said he and her mother, who died in September, left a family "who will all remember them with love, laughter and gratitude". The couple, who has been married for 62 years, had retired to France. They had five ch…
