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    First planes to land on HMS Queen Elizabeth during Trump visit

    Britain will put on a display of military might when Donald Trump visits next month – with a flypast of its American-made fighter planes. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is drawing up plans for the US President to watch the first of the RAF’s £9 billion stealth fighter fleet land on new...
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    Lucky the lamb rescued after four days on cliffs

    A lamb which spent four days stuck on a cliff ledge has finally been rescued. The wayward animal, named Lucky, was trapped at the bottom of a 250ft cliff off Holywell Bay, Cornwall. Lamb on the rocks saved after four days BBC News 3 June 2018 Lamb on the rocks: Lucky managed to survive on a...
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    Remainers still don’t get it — we want to be British and get away from Brussels

    Lord Malloch-Brown has done us all a favour. With his pro-EU dribblings about appeasing Hitler, the silly old duffer has demonstrated that the real thickos are all on the Remain side... TONY PARSONS Remainers still don’t get it — we want to be British and get away from Brussels Brexit...
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    First colour-printed book returns home to St Albans

    A book thought to be the first to be printed in colour in the UK is returning to the city where it was produced for a new exhibition. The Boke of St Albans: Hawking, Hunting and Heraldry was printed by the "schoolmaster printer" at the St Albans Press in the city in 1486. It has been...
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    London Bridge terror attack victtims remembered one year on

    The UK's determination to overcome the threat of terrorism "has never been stronger", Theresa May has said a year on from the London Bridge attack. A service remembering the victims will be held at Southwark Cathedral later - one of a number of events taking place to mark the...
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    Captain Cook's Endeavour arrives in Whitby

    A replica of the ship Captain James Cook used to sail to Australia and New Zealand has arrived in Whitby, North Yorkshire, to form part of a new tourist attraction. The full-scale copy of Endeavour was towed 40 miles by sea from Middlesbrough, arriving late on Friday. Captain Cook's...
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    The incredible story of the sausage dog who blew up like a balloon

    A sausage dog blew up to three times its size after its windpipe was punctured - but owners have no idea how it happened. Vets had to stitch up the hole to deflate Trevor and stop his body filling with air like a balloon. Dramatic X-rays show the enlarged outline of his body, inflated by the...
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    The 18th Century adverts appealing for the return of runaway slaves

    The harrowing tales of black slaves who were whipped and branded in 18th Century Britain have been unveiled for the first time - from newspaper adverts. They are revealed in a new digital database of runaways that escaped from cruel merchants who grew rich on their forced labour...
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    The chilling perils of the EU’s latest bid to kill democracy

    There is little surprise that the Italian people are increasingly fed up with EU membership. Italy has struggled since adopting the euro currency 18 years ago. Deprived of the ability to manage its own economy, there has been no cumulative economic growth since then. In recent years...
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    What’s The New York Times’s problem with Brexit Britain?

    Nearly six years after Mark Thompson’s arrival, all sense of balance seems to have disappeared from The New York Times's coverage of the United Kingdom — and of Brexit in particular. If the BBC is often accused of anti-Brexit bias, it stands as a model of reason compared with the New York...
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    Nigel Farage to head 'Down Under' on Brexit tour

    Nigel Farage is to embark on a speaking tour of Australia, an experience his promoter promises will be "immersive and brag-worthy at the highest level". The ex-UKIP leader is taking his "evening with" show to Sydney, Adelaide and other cities in September. Promotional material for the...
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    Grenfell Tower fire: 'You do right by us and our children,' inquiry head told

    The head of the Grenfell Tower inquiry has been urged by a bereaved family member to "do right by us and do right by our children". Claudia Davis, the former partner of Steve Power, who died on the 15th floor, paid tribute to her "first love" on the...
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    Ariana Grande gets Manchester bee tattoo

    Ariana Grande has posted a picture of her new bee tattoo, a symbol of Manchester. This week the city marked the one year anniversary of the terror attack at the Manchester Arena where 22 people died, shortly after Ariana came off stage. Ariana Grande gets bee tattoo to remember Manchester...
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    We have to stop saying ‘Asian grooming gangs’

    The media’s use of ‘Asian’ to describe grooming gangs not only masks the ethno-religious identity of the perpetrators – it also throws Sikhs, Hindus, Pakistani-Christians and every other Asian under the bus. Gangs of Indian, Japanese and Korean men are not rampaging across Britain’s...
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    The doomed marriage of the ginger haired Duke of Sussex and his older bride

    A ginger prince who became the Duke of Sussex married his older bride, leading to a web of love, lies, deceit and royal disgrace which will last 40 years. No, not the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but the marriage of the only other royal couple to be Duke and Duchess of Sussex...
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    When royals marry ‘commoners’: a brief history

    Meghan markle isn’t the first ‘commoner’ to marry into the royal family. Here, historian Helen Carr considers other instances in history when royals have married outside of ‘blue blood’… When royals marry ‘commoners’: a brief history Helen Carr BBC History Magazine On Saturday 19 May Prince...
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    Duke of Sussex pub has new Harry and Meghan sign

    A London pub is celebrating the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in style, decking out their swing sign on the outside of their building with a new picture of the happy couple. The Duke of Sussex in Waterloo, south London, unveiled their new artwork on Friday after it was painted...
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    WWII bunker found in back garden

    A hidden World War Two bunker has been discovered under the back garden of a house in Middlesbrough. Chris Scott was having his Marton Avenue home renovated when he decided to investigate what he thought was a drain cover. But it turned out to be the entrance to a concrete-lined, two-room...
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    Liverpool and Real Madrid prepare to battle each other to be European Champions

    Around 350 million people are expected to watch around the globe as an English side takes on a Spanish side in European football's equivalent of the Super Bowl tonight. The might of Liverpool and Real Madrid clash in Kiev tonight in the Champions League final, with the winners being crowned...