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    Dino Dippy prepares for UK tour

    A museum's famous 112-year-old dinosaur is set to leave London for a national tour. Dippy the diplodocus, a 70ft long (21.3m) plaster-cast sauropod replica made up of 292 bones, is set to leave the Natural History Museum in Kensington later this year. A six-person team will start a...
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    3.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off Scarborough. Knocks cooking oil onto the floor

    A 3.8 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of North Yorkshire. The tremor was detected about 100 miles (150km) east of Scarborough in the North Sea at 18:52 GMT on Tuesday. A British Geological Survey (BGS) spokesman said people may have experienced a "minor tremor", but the quake...
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    British forces have first year since 1968 with no one killed on operations

    The Armed Forces have marked their first year in nearly five decades without a soldier, sailor or airman being killed on operations. Ministry of Defence figures show that 2016 was the first year without the death of a serviceman on operations since 1968. The end of Britain’s fighting in...
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    UK's ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, resigns

    The UK's ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned. Sir Ivan, appointed to the job by David Cameron in 2013, had been expected to play a key role in Brexit talks expected to start within months. Brexiteers have welcomed the resignation of the Remainer, with former Ukip leader Nigel...
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    Hundreds of killer Japanese Samurai may have been secret Christians

    Hundreds of killer Japanese Samurai may have been secret Christians who expressed their faith with codes hidden in their sword hilts, researchers have found. The deadly warriors were banned from following religions after feudal Japan introduced strict anti-Christian measures in the 16th...
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    Why the EU's hypocrite-in-chief is an example of the hubris that could tear it apart

    He is the Eurosceptic gift that just keeps on giving. Indeed, he is possibly the greatest weapon at the Brexiteers' disposal — more so even than Nigel Farage or Boris Johnson, or those bonkers EU regulations on the correct shape of bananas. But for how much longer? Because time is now...
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    Lost city of Trellech: Man discovers medieval town in his field

    A history fan who spent his £32,000 life savings buying a field because he believed there were secrets hidden below the soil has been proved right after unearthing a lost medieval city in Monmouthshire. Stuart Wilson bought the 4.6 acre plot of land in South Wales more than a decade...
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