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Doctors given 6 chances to pass GP examination

Trainee GPs who repeatedly fail exams will be given even more chances to resit, according to proposals.Health Education England announced draft plans to give doctors six chances to [...]

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British hero of Barcelona comforted Julian Cadman

The heroic British father who is believed to have cradled an Australian boy as he lay dying on Las Ramblas after the Barcelona terror attack has called on the 'common man' to fight [...]

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Samsung’s voice assistant is released in Australia

Samsung has released its long awaited voice-activated assistant, Bixby, in Australia - but it's not completely up to date with Aussie slang. While the assistant likely can't tell [...]

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Have you got a fiver worth £17,000 at home?

Fancy swapping an old £5 note for £17,000? Fear not: this is not a scam.The truth is that some banknotes are collectors’ items - and you could be in line for a windfall if you [...]

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The Queen ‘deeply hurt’ by criticism over Diana’s death

The Queen was deeply ‘hurt’ by public criticism of the way she handled Diana’s death but agreed to address the nation as part of her sense of duty.According to former senior [...]

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Prince William ‘hid behind hair’ at Diana’s funeral

The Duke of Cambridge has confessed to using his fringe as a 'safety blanket' when walking behind his mother's funeral cortege.In a new BBC documentary, William has spoken about hi [...]

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Louise Linton offers curt apology for Instagram argument

Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, has apologized for causing an Instagram farrago after a night of mockery on social media.Linton hit the headlines fo [...]

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Venus Williams turn over cellphone data from time of crash

Venus Williams' attorneys will turn over her cellphone records to lawyers representing the family of a 78-year-old Florida man who died after a June car crash with the tennis star. [...]

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Libby Purves on princes’ raw emotion over Diana

None of us who lived through that extraordinary week following the death of Diana — a week during which the monarchy was shaken to its ancient foundations — will forget it.We r [...]

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Study reveals states with most internet comment trolls

A new map has revealed just where in America the most prolific online trolls live - and when they post.Researchers from Disqus, an online commenting platform, worked with Wired t [...]

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Knife-wielding woman wearing a burqa robs Melbourne Subway

A woman wearing a full-face veil and beige gown entered a Subway with a knifeShe allegedly threatened the staff and demanded cash before getting into a carNo one was injured in the [...]

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photograph captures moment baby takes first breath

It takes courage to show the world the reality of childbirth for the beautiful, breathtaking and somewhat confronting process it is.But Perth mother, Jen Roberts, was proud to shar [...]

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Dirty dossier commissioner hands over 40,000 documents

Glenn Simpson, whose firm commissioned the infamous 'dirty dossier' on Donald Trump, has handed over a trove of information to Senate investigators. Simpson, a former Wall Street [...]

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Obama Afghanistan speech drew more viewers than Trump’s

President Trump's Monday night address on Afghanistan garnered approximately 27.7 viewers, Nielsen Media Research said.As far as Afghanistan speeches go, that didn't set a record.� [...]

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Kids who move from nanny to nanny have sleep issues

Inconsistent childcare arrangements can affect toddlers' sleep at night, a new study suggests.Consistent childcare arrangements - even complicated ones - didn't seem to affect youn [...]

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NYU reveal keypad that looks different to others

Have you ever been worried about a stranger looking at what you're typing on your phone, or looking over your shoulder while you punch in your pin code at the ATM?If you have, a [...]

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Barcelona attack: Police raid homes of terror suspects

Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment Spanish police raided the homes of four men suspected of carrying out the Barcelona terror attack.Heavily armed officers from the Mosso [...]

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‘Dreamworld’ law could see operators face 20 years jail

Industrial manslaughter laws, which carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, will be introduced in Queensland following the Dreamworld ride accident that killed four people.S [...]

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Lewandowski slams Collins: Trump ‘will be’ 2020 nominee

Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski insisted on Tuesday that the president will win his party's nomination for a second White House term, contradicting a GOP sen [...]

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Woman ‘eclipses’ tan pug puppy with black pug

The solar eclipse inspired many a meme as people got revved up for the phenomenon coast-to-coast - but none were quite as cute as this.As with many a dog owner, US-based Twitter us [...]

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Tillerson: We could still talk to North Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared to make a peace overture to North Korea on Tuesday, welcoming what he called the restraint it had shown recently in its weapons progr [...]

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Birmingham driver hurls racist abuse at Deliveroo courier

The incident was caught on the courier's helmet camera after he confronted the man about stopping in the middle of the road at New Street Station, BirminghamThe driver can be heard [...]

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Manchester boy is ‘crushed to death’ by iron gate

A four-year-old boy has been crushed to death after a 450lb iron gate fell on himAngelo Quirino, from Manchester, was visiting family members south of RomeAn investigation has been [...]

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Man had filed a wrongful death lawsuit prior to shooting

The man fatally shot in Ohio after police said he ambushed and wounded a judge in a shooting had filed a wrongful death lawsuit that could be thrown out next week. Nathaniel Ri [...]

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Does a mother’s weight determine her child’s metabolism?

Men and women who are overweight in their 'bachelor years' will likely have children with slow metabolism, new research suggests.At least a fifth of Western parents-to-be now start [...]

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Madagascar cyclone causes major shortage of vanilla

Madagascar produces nearly half the world’s crop of vanilla podsBut a shortage has forced some ice cream shops to stop serving the flavourOne firm charged £250 before the cyclon [...]

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Woman leaps to death from 12th floor of NYC hotel

A woman leaped to her death from a New York City hotel about 120 feet above ground on Tuesday.The woman jumped out of a window about 12 stories high at 1 Hotel Central Park on Sixt [...]

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Marla Maples spends time with Tiffany Trump in D.C.

Tiffany Trump and her mother Marla Maples are enjoying each other's company in Washington, D.C. as the president's youngest daughter prepares to start law school at Georgetown Univ [...]

Science & Technology

Google touts Titan security chip to market cloud services

Alphabet Inc´s Google this week will disclose technical details of its new Titan computer chip, an elaborate security feature for its cloud computing network that the company hope [...]

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Georgia police officer couple allegedly abuse adopted kids

Two Georgia police officers who are married have been arrested for allegedly abusing their adopted children.Tracy Jones, 47, and Rosemary Jones, 36, were arrested in Sylvester, Geo [...]

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New York man wants remains of collar-bomb killing woman

A man claiming to be the common-law husband of a woman convicted in a bizarre Pennsylvania bank robbery plot that killed a pizza delivery driver with a bomb locked to his neck want [...]

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Disabled woman is sexually assaulted on a bus in Morocco

Six boys aged 15 to 17 have been arrested over sexual attack on a bus Video shows the teens molesting woman with learning difficulties The victim can be seen crying and screaming [...]

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Gang of thieves caught robbing stores in New York City

A group of thieves stole thousands worth of goods from department stores like Nike and Jack Rabbit in Upper East Side Manhattan, police say.The robberies took place at least three [...]

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Five homes are on market on Stephen King’s Maine street

If you've ever wanted to live next door to the world's most famous horror novelist, now is your chance.Five homes on Steven King's street of West Broadway in Bangor, Maine, have hi [...]

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Police hunt bearded pervert in Chelsea jogging bottoms

10-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an Asian man aged between 40 and 45She was attacked by the man while she was walking through the woods in SurreyPolice released an e-fit [...]

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Teen who stopped traffic with dance in Saudi arrested

Teenager, 14, arrested by Saudi police after being filmed dancing in the street He went viral after video emerged of him doing the Macarena in Jeddah last year But officers say t [...]