Real World News
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Sensible, family-loving teens behind pregnancy rate drop 18 July 2018 Image copyright Getty Images Teenagers are becoming less likely to have sex, preferring to spend time with their families and having romantic relationships online, a study suggests. A…
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A convicted gangster has taunted cops by posing outside a police station after allegedly sneaking back into the UK on a private helicopter. Sam Walker, 34, gloated on camera about escaping the country on a helicopter and fleeing to Sierra Leone in order to evade arrest earlier this year. The drug dealer, from Liverpool, now claims to have flown back into the UK, landing in a field before being driven away in a car. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/fugitive-gangster-sam-walker-taunts-cops-with-instagram-post-showing-him-outside-police-station-a3889501.html
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Millions to face hosepipe ban in north-west England 17 July 2018 Related TopicsUK heatwave Image caption Carlisle and north Eden Valley are exempt from the forthcoming ban England's first hosepip…
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Helsinki summit: Trump says no reason for Russia to meddle 16 July 2018 Related TopicsTrump-Putin summit Image copyright Reuters Image caption The two leaders met with only translators as witness…
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Brexit campaign group 'broke electoral law', says Electoral Commission 17 July 2018 Image copyright Reuters Brexit campaign group Vote Leave has been fined £61,000 and referred to the police after an Electoral Commission probe said it broke electoral law…
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Millions to face hosepipe ban in north-west England 17 July 2018 Related TopicsUK heatwave Image caption Carlisle and north Eden Valley are exempt from the forthcoming ban England's first hosepip…
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Brexit: Government scrapes through Customs Bill vote 16 July 2018 Related TopicsBrexit The government has narrowly avoided a defeat on its Customs Bill after agreeing to Brexiteers' demands to change its wording. MPs voted by 305 to 302 to support an amendment that critics said would undermine Theresa …
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Iran nuclear deal: US rejects EU plea for sanctions exemption 16 July 2018 Related TopicsIran nuclear deal Image copyright AFP Image caption European companies have invested heavily in Iran's ene…
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15 July 2018 Donald Trump told Theresa May she should "sue" the EU rather than negotiate, she has told the BBC. The US president said on Friday at a joint press conference that he had given her a suggestion but she had found it too "brutal". Asked by the BBC's Andrew Marr what it was he had said, she replied: "He told me I should sue the EU - not go into negotiations." She defended her blueprint f…
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A man and a woman who received £125,000 after falsely claiming they lived in Grenfell Tower have pleaded guilty to fraud. Illegal immigrants Elaine Douglas, 51, and Tommy Brooks, 52, told authorities they had lived on the high rise's 19th floor. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/grenfell-fraudsters-face-jail-after-claiming-£125k/ar-AAy1iVk?ocid=spartandhp
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Trump to play golf at Turnberry as protests continue 14 July 2018 Related TopicsTrump UK visit Image copyright PA Image caption US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived at h…
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13 July 2018 Related TopicsUS Election 2016 Image copyright CBS The US justice department has indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for hacking Democratic officials in the 2016 election. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said the dozen accused used spear phishing emails and malicious software in the cyber-attacks. Special Counsel Robert M…
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Donald Trump: US-UK relationship is 'highest level of special' 13 July 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump on Brexit story 'fake news' Donald Trump has insisted the US-UK relationship is "the highest level of special", hours after he told the Sun Theresa May's Brexit plan would kill a trade deal between the countries. S…
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Syria war: Anti-IS strike 'kills many civilians' 13 July 2018 Related TopicsSyrian civil war The US-led coalition says it "may have" carried out an air strike in an area of eastern Syria where scores of civilians were reportedly killed on Thursday. Fifty-four people, including at least 28 civilians as …
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Donald Trump: Theresa May and I have 'very strong' relationship 13 July 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump on 'very good relationship' with UK Theresa May and Donald Trump's relationship is "very, very strong", the US president has said, following his controversial comments on Brexit. Speaking at the PM's country retrea…
