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Inside London Fashion Week A/W 2018

Events and moments at the London Fashion Week as they unfold

21/02/2018

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Queen Elizabeth makes surprise London Fashion Week appearance

The monarch attended the runway show to give British designer Richard Quinn the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II award for British design.

20/02/2018

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Condom dresses feature at London Fashion Week

Some of the most bizarre designs were on show during the bi-annual fashion festival, which runs from 16 - 20 February.

20/02/2018

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Oxfam bosses face grilling by British MPs

The charity is at the centre of a scandal over sexual exploitation during aid missions

20/02/2018

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Siberian Husky Racing takes off in the UK

Husky Racing is normally associated with frozen landscapes and snow covered mountain tops but a dry land equivalent is gripping the UK as dogs and their owners battle to win the British Siberian Husky Championship.

19/02/2018

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Dark comedy Three Billboards scoops most prizes at BAFTAs

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, won five trophies at the ceremony, where many attendees wore black to honour victims of sexual abuse following the Me Too movement.

19/02/2018

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Husband of slain MP Jo Cox quits charities after misconduct claims

"My actions were never malicious but they were at times inappropriate," said Brendan Cox, the widower of murdered British MP Jo Cox.

18/02/2018

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UKIP in turmoil again after sacking leader Henry Bolton

Britain’s anti-EU party whose rise was the driving force behind the Brexit referendum is looking for its seventh leader in 18 months.

18/02/2018

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Former child refugee turned famous fashion designer to meet royals

Fashion designer Euphemia-Ann Sydney-Davies is about to meet the Duchess of Cambridge

16/02/2018

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Alzheimer's protein 'could be transferred by surgical tools'

Examination of old cases shows a protein present in Alzheimer's and stroke patients can be transferred during neurosurgery.

16/02/2018

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Grenfell Tower activists organise 'Three Billboards' stunt in London

Activists drove three signs around the British capital to "raise awareness around the lack of arrests" in the enquiry into the Grenfell Tower fires.

16/02/2018

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Expert says culture & legal loopholes behind America's gun carnage

Criminologist also blames American myth of "armed lawbringer" and patchwork approach nationally, with data on mental health or previous convictions often unavailable for background checks.

16/02/2018

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Oxfam Haiti ex-chief denies paying for sex as scandal rocks aid sector

One former aid worker and whistleblower warns the Oxfam scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. He calls for greater scrutiny of the international aid sector.

15/02/2018

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Feeling stressed? Why not try 'Doga'

Doga sessions combine people's love of dogs and yoga and help people relax, organisers in London say.

15/02/2018

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UK: ex-football coach Barry Bennell guilty of 43 child sex attacks

The former Manchester City coach has been convicted of assaulting 43 boy players, mainly in the 1980s - amid a series of abuse claims that have shaken the sport.

15/02/2018

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The Queen is taking Buckingham Palace plastic free

Her Majesty is thought to have been inspired to implement changes on her estates after a meeting with famous naturalist Sir David Attenborough.

15/02/2018

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Oxfam's finances threatened by scandal spooking sponsors

British charity sees government funding threat if it does not clean house.

14/02/2018

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IMF says UK could do better in annual report

UK PLC gets poor marks and Brexit is partially to blame says bank.

14/02/2018

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Brexit ‘not a V-sign from Dover cliffs’, says Boris Johnson

The most famous Brexiteer in the British government uses Valentine’s Day to reach out to ‘Remain’ supporters — but his speech is slammed as "nonsense" in Brussels

14/02/2018

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Driver quits Oxfam over Haiti sex scandal

British actress says she's been "horrified" by misconduct allegations and the charity's response

14/02/2018

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Forest Green Rovers — the first vegan football club in the world

Hailed by FIFA as the "world’s greenest football club", the Forest Green Rovers' vegan diets are credited with boosting the team into League Two.

14/02/2018

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Will UK interest rates rise as inflation outstrips wage growth?

Consumer price inflation in Britain is now three percent which is close to its highest level for six years.

13/02/2018

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Commonwealth group to discuss Queen's successor

There are reports the group is to meet shortly to discuss the future governance of the Commonwealth

13/02/2018

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Oxfam International Chairman Juan Alberto Fuentes Knight arrested

Fuentes Knight was arrested in Guatemala amid a local corruption probe, the attorney general's office announced

13/02/2018

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle meet Cruachan IV in Edinburgh

Prince Harry and his American fiancee Meghan Markle, who was dressed in a Scottish tartan coat, were welcomed enthusiastically in Edinburgh on Tuesday (February 13) on an official joint visit to Scotland ahead of their marriage in May.

13/02/2018

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Iraq re-construction to cost $88bn

Among the hardest-hit areas is Mosul, where fighting displaced more than five million people

13/02/2018