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Power station demolished three years after worker deaths
Four men were killed when the boiler house collapsed in February 2016.
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Work visa delays prove costly to foreign doctors, and the NHS
Doctors from outside the EU require a ‘certificate of sponsorship’ and biometric residence permit before they can apply for a work visa. Photograph: Photofusion/UIG via Getty ImagesForeign doctors are being prevented from starting work in the NHS by visa delays that risk putting further stress on hospitals
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Keyboard used on 10cc’s greatest hits to go up for auction
The original promotional video for I’m Not In Love featured Eric Stewart playing the Fender Rhodes electric piano.
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Search for six-year-old boy who fell into river to resume
Specialist search and rescue teams were joined by large numbers of volunteers scouring the river banks.
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Pig hearts could be transplanted into humans within three years – report
The news comes on the 40th anniversary of the first successful heart transplant.
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Special educational needs crisis deepens as councils bust their budgets
Protesters, in London in May, demanding action to address the crisis in education for young people with special educational needs and disabilities. Photograph: Dinendra Haria/LightRocket via GettyThe funding crisis in special needs education is deepening, with council overspends on support for children
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UK elderly suffer worst poverty rate in western Europe
Britain’s low basic pension, combined with means-tested supplements, puts thousands of older people at risk. The proportion of elderly people living in severe poverty in the UK is five times what it was in 1986, the largest increase among western European countries, according to a new study. The rise
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What the papers say – August 18
Brexit plans and pension outrage make Sunday's papers
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Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to be caretaker prime minister receives further blow
Sir Oliver Letwin said he would not be able to support a bid to put the Labour leader in Number 10.
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Detectives given extra 36 hours to quiz suspects in death of Pc Andrew Harper
The newlywed officer, 28, died of multiple injuries while investigating a burglary in Berkshire on Thursday night.
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Boris Johnson to tell Merkel and Macron there must be new Brexit deal
It comes as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reiterated his call for MPs to work together to prevent a no-deal withdrawal from the EU.
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Jeremy Corbyn vows to stop ‘influx of big money into politics’
The Labour leader said his party would ban donations or loans to political parties from non-doms and those not registered for tax in the UK.
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Carrie Symonds to accompany Boris Johnson to Balmoral
The Prime Minister’s girlfriend, 31, will attend the traditional weekend at the monarch’s Scottish estate.
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Muslim convert dubbed Jihadi Jack ‘stripped of British citizenship’
The Mail on Sunday reported that Jack Letts – a dual British and Canadian national – has had his UK citizenship revoked.
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'UK faces food, fuel and drugs shortages' in no-deal Brexit
Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard border in Ireland, official government documents leaked to the Sunday Times show. The Times said the forecasts compiled by the Cabinet Office set out the
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Courts to be able to impose knife crime orders, Home Office announces
The Government is under pressure to act on knife crime after a spate of vicious attacks on police officers and members of the public in recent days.
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PC Andrew Harper: tributes flood in for killed officer
Ten held as forensic teams continue search of site in Berkshire where officer was dragged to his death. Detectives were granted an extra 36 hours on Saturday to question 10 suspects arrested on suspicion of murdering a newlywed policeman who died after being “dragged for a distance” by a van after responding
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Search for six-year-old boy who fell into river to resume on Sunday
Specialist search and rescue teams were joined by large numbers of volunteers scouring the river banks.
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Carrie Symonds to accompany Boris Johnson to Balmoral
The Prime Minister’s girlfriend, 31, will attend the traditional weekend at the monarch’s Scottish estate.
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Muslim convert dubbed Jihadi Jack ‘stripped of British citizenship’
The Mail on Sunday reported that Jack Letts - a dual British and Canadian national - has had his UK citizenship revoked.
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Boris Johnson to tell Merkel and Macron there must be new Brexit deal
It comes as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reiterated his call for MPs to work together to prevent a no-deal withdrawal from the EU.
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The Businesses Stockpiling For A 'Disastrous' No-Deal Brexit
Warehouse capacity across the UK is being stretched to capacity as companiestry to plan for Black Friday and the Christmas period, both just a few weeksafter the October 31st deadline
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Parliament cannot stop Brexit, Johnson to tell Macron and Merkel
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the Westminster parliament cannot stop Brexit and a new deal must be agreed if Britain is to avoid leaving the EU without one. The United Kingdom is heading towards a constitutional crisis
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Jeremy Corbyn vows to stop ‘influx of big money into politics’
The Labour leader said his party would ban donations or loans to political parties from non-doms and those not registered for tax in the UK.
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Jeremy Corbyn pleads with MPs: back me now before it’s too late
Jeremy Corbyn: ‘The plan I set out last week is the simplest and most democratic way to stop no deal.’ Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty ImagesJeremy Corbyn has issued an urgent plea to MPs to unite to stop no-deal Brexit “before it’s too late”, amid cross-party demands for an immediate recall of parliament
