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Brexit explained: what happens when the UK leaves the EU?
From hard Brexit and hard borders, to soft Brexit or the Chequers deal – here’s everything you need to know.
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Corbyn would back members on second referendum
The Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will back a second referendum on the Eu if that’s what his party decide at the Labour party conference. He spoke out after a survey revealed that 86 percent of Labour members would back another Brexit vote. But it’s far from guaranteed that a firm policy on…
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Positive Professor, Steven Pinker on how the world is actually getting better
Now is the best time to be alive. You might not think so with populists on the march across Europe, wars raging around the world and an unfolding refugee crisis. But the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker claims our life is actually getting better. Matt Frei met him at the ‘How The Light Gets In’ philosophy…
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What happens when the doctor becomes the patient?
‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer’ gives an insight into what happens when the doctor becomes the patient.
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‘I set up Trump Tower meeting’: Rob Goldstone interview
At the heart of the Mueller investigation was a meeting between Trump aides and a Russian lawyer promising “dirt” on Hillary Clinton – a meeting set up by an email, from a man who now says he wishes he’d never sent it. British-born music publicist Rob Goldstone says that with hindsight, he would read that…
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Brexit decisions loom large at Labour conference
At the Labour conference, the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell wanted to focus on the party’s plans to drive through radical nationalisation once it takes office, a future he said he was proud to call socialism. But he couldn’t escape questions about Brexit. We ask him if a people’s vote on the final deal would include an option to remain…
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Trump facing showdown with deputy attorney general
There’s been plenty of political drama in Washington, and this time it’s Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein at the centre of the chaos. Reports that he was summoned to the White House to either resign or be fired sent the capital into a frenzy, mainly because he is the man in charge of the Mueller investigation into the Trump campaign’s dealings…
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Inquiry opens into NHS contaminated blood scandal
Almost 3,000 people died in what’s been called the worst scandal in the history of the NHS. It all happened in the 1970s and 80s, when patients were given blood contaminated with HIV or Hepatitis C. Despite allegations of a cover-up, it’s taken until now for a public inquiry to begin. The opening day heard…
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Brexit: Consequences of No Deal – from jets to pets
From disrupted flights to months of preparation before travelling with a pet: the possible future without a Brexit deal has been laid out by government officials. A tranche of new documents has been released, revealing the government’s contingency plans. Business and farming leaders have already warned of “devastating effects” and “an explosion of red tape”.
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Video emerges of allegedly British man captured in Syria on suspicion of being a member of Islamic state
A video has emerged allegedly showing a British man who has been captured in Syria on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State militant group. The man says he is Anwar Miah and is from Birmingham. He claims he’s been working as a medic at the ‘general hospital’ in the region controlled by…
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Ship’s engineer miraculously survives for two days after Tanzania ferry disaster
The Tanzania ferry disaster is now thought to have claimed more than two hundred lives. But one man, the ship’s engineer, miraculously managed to survive for two days after sealing himself inside an airpocket in the overturned hull. He’s recovering in hospital. Anja Popp reports.
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Design Museum’s annual awards offer a glimpse into the world of tomorrow
A library made of ice-cream containers, self-healing skin for prosthetic limbs and a boot – to be worn on Mars – made from mushrooms and human sweat. These are just some of the wide-ranging nominees of the Design Museum’s annual awards and they offer a glimpse into what the world of tomorrow might look like.…
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Farage pushes for hard Brexit on tour
The politicians are planning a ‘major betrayal’ of those who voted for Brexit. That’s why Nigel Farage, the former UKIP leader, says he’s back on the road with a new Brexit Battle Bus. Today the bus pulled up in Bolton and alongside Mr Farage were the former Brexit secretary David Davis and Labour’s Kate Hoey.…
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Attack on military parade in Iran
Gunmen have killed at least 25 people and injured more than 50 others during a military parade in the Iranian city of Ahvaz.
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Questions over US Deputy Attorney General’s comments on secret recordings of Trump
Did the US Deputy Attorney General suggest that someone should secretly record President Donald Trump?
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May demands respect after EU rejects her Brexit plan
Tonight the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, responded to Theresa May saying “a compromise is still possible”. That followed the broadside from Theresa May this afternoon demanding respect, explanations for why her plan isn’t acceptable or a better idea. Otherwise it’s no deal. No wonder the pound fell instantly. We speak to Conservative MPs…
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Brett Anderson on Suede’s resurrection
After success came excess and break-up, followed by reformation. Now more than 20 years on, Suede have released their eighth album.
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Former young offender Sephton Henry: ‘I’ve been to prison seven times and I’m still not rehabilitated’
Sephton Henry, a former young offender who now works with the charity Gangsline, and Dr Heidi Hales, who is an adolescent psychiatrist, discuss the youth justice system.
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Lost Childhood: ‘culture of violence’ for young offenders
The epidemic of violence in our jails is not just confined to adult prisons.
