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Corbyn accused of failng to crackdown on anti-semitism in Labour Party

The Labour Party leader recently apologised for apparently showing support for the creator of an anti-semitic mural in London’s East End six years ago.

26/03/2018

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Madame Tussauds unveils Royal Balcony experience

Madame Tussauds in London officially opened its royal balcony on March 26, and confirmed a Meghan Markle waxwork is on the way

26/03/2018

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Facebook launches apology campaign after data leak scandal

The social network, which boasts 2.2 billion active users, has issued adverts in major UK and US newspapers apologising for their “breach of trust”.

25/03/2018

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Puppets from "Isle of Dogs" go on display in London

An exhibition presenting the puppets and the set of "Isle of Dogs", the latest film of U.S. director Wes Anderson, opened on Friday (March 23) in London.

25/03/2018

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Police spies helped create employee ‘blacklist’ for UK companies

Workers who complained of safety violations were reported by police spies and prevented from getting another job in the construction industry, an investigation has uncovered.

24/03/2018

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Research laboratory denies making nerve agent used in Salisbury spy po

Porton Down said the laboratory had the “highest levels” of controls and security.

24/03/2018

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UK regulators search Cambridge Analytica offices following Facebook da

Britain is investigating whether Facebook, the world's largest social media network, did enough to protect data.

24/03/2018

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How about a life-sized cake-alike of your loved one?

If you have more money than you know what to do with, then read on.

23/03/2018

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Watch: Top Gear scoops world record for fastest tractor

Motor show Top Gear scooped the unusual Guiness World Record after reaching a top speed of 87.271 miles per hour (140 kph) with a modified farm vehicle.

23/03/2018

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Theresa May welcomes EU’s Brexit transition offer

EU leaders have formally adopted guidelines for negotiating post-Brexit relations and approved a transition offer for the UK, clearing the way for the next phase of talks.

23/03/2018

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Police officer discharged from hospital after Salisbury nerve agent at

Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey said “normal life for me will probably never be the same.”

23/03/2018

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The Squash: Art with a pumpkin-flavour at Tate Britain

Turner-Prize nominated Anthea Hamilton is the brainchild behind the new installation

22/03/2018

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UK's post-Brexit passports to be printed by Franco-Dutch firm

Brexit supporters are furious after a bid to show Britain's independence from EU with blue passports looks to have backfired.

22/03/2018

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Laws may have been broken in use of Facebook data during referendum

Evidence given by a former Facebook operations manager points to breaches in electoral law, according to Labour MP Jo Stevens.

21/03/2018

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Farage returns to Thames to make fisheries protest

Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tory Brexiteers launch protest over transition period but cry off boat trip after Tory whips get tough, leaving Nigel Farage to get his hands dirty, dumping fish in the river opposite Westminster.

21/03/2018

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Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO in data row

Cambridge Analytica has suspended its CEO, Alexander Nix, in the evolving row over the improper use of the personal information of over 50 million Facebook users.

21/03/2018

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Arise Sir Richard Starkey

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is knighted more than two decades after Paul McCartney.

20/03/2018

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'I am not a fish thrower', Jacob Rees-Mogg protests

'Am I going to change my name to Captain Haddock?', Eurosceptic Jacob Rees-Mogg asked, denying reports he'd throw dead fish into the Thames to protest against the delay in leaving the Common Fisheries Policy.

20/03/2018

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Cambridge Analytica fallout reaches Brussels

The Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica scandal has set off a political bomb in Brussels with both the European Parliament and European Commission condemning the companies' methods, if they are confirmed.

20/03/2018

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Russian diplomats leave UK amid spy poisoning crisis

Some 23 Russians and their families departed the Russian embassy in London on Tuesday. They were expelled after the UK blamed Moscow for the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia

20/03/2018

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Fantasy locations mysteriously appear on UK road signs

Gotham City, Middle Earth and Narnia have all been added to roundabout signs in a sleepy Oxfordshire town.

20/03/2018

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Facebook's Zuckerberg summoned to UK Parliament committee

The tech giant's CEO has been summoned after the Cambridge Analytica scandal

20/03/2018

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French nanny murder: Boyzone singer says he 'never' knew victim

Boyzone singer Mark Walton says he never met murdered French nanny Sophie Lionnet and first heard her name from police.

20/03/2018

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John McEnroe backs BBC in gender pay row

Former tennis star, John McEnroe has backed the BBC in a gender pay row over the difference between the salary he received for his commentary at the Wimbledon championships, compared to that received by female tennis champion Martina Navratilova.

20/03/2018

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Car recovered in Skripal poisoning case

Police have recovered a car near Salisbury in the UK. The vehicle is thought to have been used to collect poisoning victim Sergei Skripal's daughter Yulia from the airport on 3 March.

20/03/2018

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Video showing Putin projected onto UK Foreign Office is a fake, govern

A video purporting to show Vladimir Putin's face being projected onto the British Foreign Office in London on the night of the Russian elections is fake, according to the UK government.

19/03/2018