May 24, 2019

What the papers say – May 24

The end of Theresa May’s time in Number 10 – and when it will happen – makes headlines.

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Ukip deputy Mike Hookem quits role to run for party leadership

Ukip deputy Mike Hookem quits role to run for party leadership

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Shana Grice murder: disgraced stalking probe officer’s full name revealed

Shana Grice murder: disgraced stalking probe officer’s full name revealed

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University drop-out faces jail for knife attack on police officers

University drop-out faces jail for knife attack on police officers

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Voting begins as Ireland chooses MEPs

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Virtual reality system ‘better than gold standard tests’ for Alzheimer’s

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Theresa May’s legacy will be defined by Brexit chaos

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Theresa May’s closest ally pays tribute to her as departure draws closer

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Live updates as Theresa May expected to confirm departure date

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Tributes paid after death of bishop who served Motherwell for 30 years

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Harry takes to polo field in Rome for charity match

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10 things you might not know about Queen Victoria

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Tory MEP predicts party could be facing ‘total wipeout’ in European elections

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WikiLeaks urges Home Secretary to stop Julian Assange’s extradition to US

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Theresa May’s bumpy ride in the polls

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New record for UK flights expected on Friday

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New police chief for Northern Ireland to be appointed

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Dog walkers warned over risk of serious hand injuries

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Scotland poses a challenge for Boris Johnson, admits Tory MP

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Bicentenary of Queen Victoria’s birth marked by Kensington Palace exhibitions

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Tory leadership race: nine potential candidates for prime minister

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How will the contest to replace Theresa May work?

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Caledonian Sleeper staff to vote on strike action

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May 23, 2019

British woman dies on Edinburgh-bound Ryanair plane in Majorca

British woman dies on Edinburgh-bound Ryanair plane in Majorca

The Foreign Office said officials were supporting the woman’s family.

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Halfords hails success of scheme which trains female prisoners for jobs

Halfords hails success of scheme which trains female prisoners for jobs

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Man charged over graffiti at mosque

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‘Mrs May must go’: What the papers say on PM’s future

‘Mrs May must go’: What the papers say on PM’s future

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Jeremy Corbyn insists Labour ready to ‘sort things out’

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Polling stations close in Northern Ireland

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Cabinet ministers urge May to ditch her Brexit plan as she clings on to power

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#DeniedMyVote: EU citizens turned away from polling stations

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Government accused of creating hierarchy among contaminated blood victims

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Taoiseach holds meeting with king of Sweden during State visit

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Veterans honoured at royal garden party

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Herbal cannabis seized in Armagh

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange charged in US

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Youth projects to share more than £1.9 million

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Key Brexit legislation pushed back following backlash from MPs

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Judith Kerr: The author whose Tiger and Mog creations are a bookshelf staple

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Yacht missing for more than 24 hours found

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May meets with Cabinet colleagues to discuss her under-fire Brexit legislation

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Chimpanzees caught snacking on tortoises for first time

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Party leaders join Scots at polls to elect MEPs

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Watchdog accuses drugs firms of colluding to hike NHS prices

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Charles: Corporations have no excuse not to tackle climate change

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Home Office policy on age assessment of young asylum seekers ruled unlawful

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Traffic woe expected as 22m make bank holiday getaway

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Sumatran tiger Jambi dies at Edinburgh Zoo

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Man who died in altercation in Motherwell named by police

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Police on standby as Scots go to the polls in European election

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Scots voting in European elections almost three years after Remain vote

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Aberdeen’s ‘phenomenal’ new event complex named P&J Live

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Parties await fate as European polls close

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May’s days numbered after Cabinet mutiny over her Brexit plan

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Polls close after Scots turn out to elect MEPs

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Couple awarded £2,500 by court following car sale treatment

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Theresa May’s future: What happens now?

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Theresa May’s fate as PM could be decided on Friday

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Pregnant beaver found shot dead on riverbank

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Six airports shut as air traffic controllers strike

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Animals to ‘downsize’ over next century as humans destroy habitats, experts say

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Syrian forces ‘target Sky News journalist and crew’ in tank attack

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PM pulls Brexit Bill from Commons as pressure for her to quit intensifies

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New Lottery game sees first winners of £10,000 a month prize

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National police and fire services ‘failing to deliver savings as promised’

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Polling stations evacuated after Second World War bomb found on building site

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Spice Girls fan lists original Union Jack bus on Airbnb for £99 a night

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Just the ticket: Queen recalls first flight after her coronation

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Vodafone reveals 5G rollout plans

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Young people warned off drugs trade after friends shot dead in Dublin

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Britain ordered by UN to return control of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

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May urged to change law to ban politicians who promote rape or violence

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Sister of infected blood scandal victim ‘can’t grieve due to anger’

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Facebook removes more than three billion fake accounts

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Gardeners urged to count flowers in their lawns to help bees

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Theresa May’s future: What happens now?

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EU chief slams pro-Union video over ‘fake quote’

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Her books will live on forever – Judith Kerr remembered as she dies at 95

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LGBT lessons row primary school to close early over safety fears

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Man who brandished knife at Cheltenham Ladies Day avoids jail time

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Man arrested over school gate murder of father

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Ian Rankin gifts literary archive to nation

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Hospital staff filmed ‘torturing’ learning disability patients

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The Tiger Who Came To Tea author Judith Kerr dies aged 95

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Police face ‘orchestrated disorder’ near polling station in Londonderry

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange charged in US

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Schoolchildren to strike again in demand for action on climate change

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BP ploughs £1m into new exhibition spaces at art gallery

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Classroom of children a day could fall into poverty, think tank warns

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Travel websites still using unfair tactics ahead of summer holidays – Which?

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Newsreader Jane Hill returns to work after revealing breast cancer treatment

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Man arrested in connection with indecent assault of schoolgirl in toilet

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Russia ‘thought they would get away with’ Salisbury attack, says Hunt

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Paedophile football coach Bob Higgins guilty of sex attacks against teenage boys

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Education Secretary condemns protests outside LGBT lessons row primary school

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New child abuse compensation bid to be launched in NI courts

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Church of Scotland urges MoD not to destroy helicopter crash records

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Farage delivers warning to Westminster as he votes in European election

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New stamps to mark royal bicentenaries of Victoria and Albert

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Air traffic controllers go on strike over pay dispute

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Varadkar ‘hopes climber missing on Everest can be found’

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Judith Kerr remembered as a ‘true creative hero’ following her death aged 95

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Farage issues warning to Westminster as voters go to the polls

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Mel Stride: The tour guide who took over the Commons

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Finance Secretary to lead celebrations at Glasgow Caledonian University

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May 22, 2019

Female-voiced AI assistants reinforce gender bias – UN study

Female-voiced AI assistants reinforce gender bias – UN study

Most popular voice-powered speakers use a female voice by default.

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The last days of May? PM faces torrid time as Brexit showdown looms

The last days of May? PM faces torrid time as Brexit showdown looms

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Former doctor unveils jewellery range inspired by DNA

Former doctor unveils jewellery range inspired by DNA

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Edinburgh included among EE’s first 5G cities in the UK

Edinburgh included among EE’s first 5G cities in the UK

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These are the signs and symptoms of sepsis to be aware of

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String of firms that failed under controversial owner Greybull Capital

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More than 150,000 jobs lost in ‘devastating’ steel industry decline

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Flock of sheep stolen from Moray field

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Which of Sir Philip Green’s Arcadia stores are set for closure?

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I was treated like a leper, teenager who cared for mother tells blood inquiry

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Thousands of jobs at risk as British Steel goes into liquidation

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Charles meets woman rescued from Nazis in 1939

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Why has Theresa May’s ‘bold’ Brexit offer been received so badly?

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Female cyclist dies in crash with lorry

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Man jailed for blowing up home while estranged wife was inside

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Labour and Tories predicted to face drubbing in European elections

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May clings on as calls for her to quit gather momentum

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Niece urges ministers to ‘step in’ over NHS Tayside mental health services

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Venice In Oil: Banksy creates artwork for Biennale festival

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Jeremy Kyle guest in ‘suspected suicide’ amid concern about appearance on show

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Brexit Party lifts ban on Channel 4 News

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European elections: When, where and how to vote and other questions answered

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Staff at UK-based ARM ‘told to suspend business with Huawei’

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Nine overweight pets embark on weight-loss challenge

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Reward offered to locate remains of three of the Disappeared

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Children issue ‘do not disturb us’ plea to protesters amid LGBT lessons row

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Judge Curriculum for Excellence on whole senior phase, SQA boss tells MSPs

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‘You can’t cheat then?’ – Queen shown self-service till on ‘supermarket’ visit

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Sturgeon pledges commitment to renewables businesses in Scotland

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Firebombing of Tory councillor’s car condemned by First Minister

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Inflation takes off on higher air fares and energy prices

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Charles gets taste of competition for his Duchy food range

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Oritse Williams rape trial jury asked to consider victim’s memory loss

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Farage reminded of claim ‘Remain vote would be end of British steel industry’

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George Best statue unveiled at Windsor Park

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Hunt for driver after pensioner left seriously injured in ‘nonsensical attack’

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Venue partnership will bring almost 1,000 shows to Edinburgh Festival Fringe

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House price growth ticks up, but London sees further falls

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Podgy Percy the pug picked out for pet slimming competition

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Technology used for bedtime stories, research suggests

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Charity raises concerns as hen harrier disappears in Cairngorms

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Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom resigns from Government over Brexit

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Pressure intensifies on Theresa May to resign as Andrea Leadsom quits Cabinet

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Workers fear for jobs as British Steel goes into liquidation

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Stout will spoil cup of tea, jokes Charles during Belfast visit

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Tories turn on May as she battles to save her Brexit deal

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Universal Credit changes ‘deeply alarming’, Amber Rudd warned

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Watchdog says its review of Brexit Party funding is ‘ongoing’

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Using a mobile phone while shopping increases bills by 41%, study finds

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Britain helped 16 Nato countries tackle Russia cyber threat, says Hunt

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Almost 70% of Scots choosing to holiday at home, new report suggests

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Many Britons missing out on benefits of local green space, charity warns

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Fresh calls for fatal accident inquiry after killer’s appeal rejected

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Charles rounds off NI public engagements meeting young people from across divide

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Road-rage killer Kenneth Noye to be freed from prison

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What the papers say – May 23

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Hospital staff filmed ‘torturing’ learning disability patients

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Desperate and dangerous: What the papers say about PM’s ‘new Brexit deal’

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M&S reveals falling profits and plans for another 110 store closures

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Man who had all four limbs amputated calls for mandatory sepsis training

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Theresa May’s leadership under pressure after Brexit deal backlash from Tories

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UK violating its human rights obligations, says UN poverty expert

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Teenager arrested in connection with rape of 17-year-old girl in lane

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Brexit preparations ‘costing Police Scotland £300,000 a week’

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Plans to grow whisky industry in sustainable way set out at conference

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Air departure tax U-turn sparks anger from aviation industry and tourism firms

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Care home operator fined after death of resident

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Police step up patrols after firebomb attack on councillor’s car

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Sir Philip Green’s retail empire to shut 23 stores, putting 520 jobs at risk

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Theresa May’s future: What happens now?

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Finucane defies loyalist threat as he starts work as Belfast mayor

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May’s leadership in the balance after Brexit plan comes under fire

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The right thing to do: MPs react to Andrea Leadsom’s decision to quit

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Four arrested over man’s death in street

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May pleads for Brexit support as her leadership comes under intense pressure

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UK Government must reverse austerity policies, says Communities Secretary

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Charles kicks off symbolic ‘game of two halves’ in Northern Ireland

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Consumer group warns over unsafe smoke alarms sold online

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Theresa May urges Jeremy Corbyn to back Brexit deal as Tories desert her

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Campaign group loses legal fight against home abortion

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EU elections: key timings

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Second EU referendum ‘could set precedent for new independence vote’

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Library book returned 52 years after it was borrowed

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Homeless pregnant women and children could be further protected

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Parents of ‘Jihadi Jack’ sent him money for his ‘grand adventure’, court told

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Emotional memorial service marks second anniversary of Manchester Arena attack

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Swedish royals begin state visit to Ireland

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Mitigating austerity ‘not sustainable’ for devolved governments, says UN

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Cadent to pay £24m and set up £20m fund after customer failings

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Osborne’s Evening Standard backs Lib Dems in EU elections

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Councils urged to be brave on workplace parking charges

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Decades of decline endured by steel industry

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PM in ‘outright denial’ over schools funding, claims Jeremy Corbyn

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Pret a Manger buys rival Eat to expand vegetarian brand

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British Steel going into receivership after Government talks fail

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Kirk has ‘vital’ role in Scotland’s national life, says First Minister

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Scottish Refugee Council chief ‘relieved’ after Home Office’s visa U-turn

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Man held after graffiti sprayed on mosque

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Davidson’s ‘conversion to arch-Brexiteer is complete’, Sturgeon claims

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Charles’s visit to NI ‘a challenge to dissident republicans’

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