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Brexit and Stormont deadlocks: Autumn brings packed political diary

Assam NRC: People queue to check they are on list

The churches trying to save Ethiopia's trees

Premier League: Why Nigeria's passion for English football continues

How migrants cross the Channel from Calais

How migrants cross the Channel from Calais

Hong Kong police storm metro system after protests

Hong Kong police raid metro system

Brexit: Michel Barnier rejects demands for backstop to be axed

Brexit: Michel Barnier rejects demands for backstop to be axed

Woman with house full of hedgehogs says 'no more'

Thai palace shares unusually candid images of king’s consort

Mat Dan: 'I became an accidental celebrity 6,000 miles from home'

Sheryl Crow on her final album, #MeToo and being an outsider in the 1990s

What we learned from the Harvey Weinstein documentary Untouchable

Wikipedia article of the day for September 1, 2019

Ofsted inspections for top-rated schools to be reinstated

Residents moved out of Coed Duon care home, Flintshire

Two men charged with Harry Baker's murder in Barry

Burning Man: Death at US festival treated as ‘suspicious’

NI faced highest cuts to school spending in UK, says IFS

Boy's reunion with lost cat moves him to tears

Assam NRC: What next for 1.9 million 'stateless' Indians?

Iran tanker row: US blacklists vessel 'bound for Syria'

Shambala: The festival that banned cow’s milk, meat and glitter

Shambala: The festival that banned cow’s milk, meat and glitter

Sajid Javid 'voiced anger' to PM over adviser sacking

Sajid Javid 'voiced anger' to PM over adviser sacking

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad: Trial date set for 'architect of 9/11'

Tottenham stabbing: Boy, 15, fighting for life after attack

DJ Arafat: Thousands pay tribute at Abidjan concert

Trade war: US set to hit China with new wave of tariffs

Buyers express interest in nationalised shipyard

'Finding my dad 30 years after I was taken from him'

Can you survive on foraged food?

Motsi Mabuse: Meet Strictly Come Dancing's newest judge

Torfaen mum feared losing autistic daughter over rent debt

Wikipedia article of the day for August 31, 2019

Motsi Mabuse: Meet Strictly Come Dancing's newest judge

Poland still counts losses from WW2 invasion

Great Barrier Reef outlook very poor, Australia says

South Western Railway strike: Workers begin four-day walkout

Climate change: Big lifestyle changes 'needed to cut emissions'

Russia swaps prisoners with Ukraine including filmmaker, says prosecutor

Tamil family's deportation from Australia halted mid-air

Google finds 'indiscriminate iPhone attack lasting years'

Google finds 'indiscriminate iPhone attack lasting years'

Mexico missing: The city where 'you can feel the fear'

Moscow protests: Students challenging arrest in Putin's Russia

Has President Trump's trade war cost China three million jobs?

'I would not have kept the baby': Fighting depression in pregnancy

Google finds 'indiscriminate iPhone attack lasting years'

Joshua Wong arrested: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist

Lib Dems hold off SNP to win Shetland by-election

Peterborough fire: Aerial footage shows huge smoke plume

Lib Dems hold Shetland in by-election

Man gored to death by bull at Spanish festival

Brexit: £3m fund to help UK nationals with EU forms

Brexit: £3m fund to help UK nationals with EU forms

How playing video games could you get a better job

'We live in LS Lowry's house... he might not approve of the colour scheme'

'We live in LS Lowry's house... he might not approve of the colour scheme'

Wikipedia article of the day for August 30, 2019

Hong Kong park lights up in sex abuse protest

Man arrested after shots fired at police in Swindon

Samsung heir faces South Korea bribery retrial

Huawei's next phone won't have Google apps

Samsung heir faces bribery retrial

S Korea ex-leader Park and Samsung heir Lee face bribery retrials

Huawei's next phone won't have Google apps

Micro Focus shares drop 22% on profit warning

Jessi Combs: US race car driver killed in high-speed crash

Fermanagh child abuse: Orange Order 'did nothing' over claims

Hong Kong: Protesters join MeToo rally against police

Lesbian couple 'jeered at by takeaway staff' in Nottingham

Climate change: Big lifestyle changes 'needed to cut emissions'

Calls for legislation to stop banks closing 'last branch in town'

Pinterest to direct vaccine searches to health sites

Puppy helps boy from Eastleigh cope with autism

Pinterest to direct vaccine searches to health sites

Haslingden street fight: Two men charged over man's death

Parkrun could 'trash' Torbay nature reserve, fear wildlife lovers

Kano on making 'great art', knife crime and Drake's Top Boy

Kano on making 'great art', knife crime and Drake's Top Boy

Last chance for PPI claims as deadline arrives

Wikipedia article of the day for August 29, 2019

Social care worker arrested on suspicion of child abduction

Can broadband stop depopulation in the Outer Hebrides?

Can broadband stop depopulation in the Outer Hebrides?

Costco shoppers jostle for chicken at China's first store

Costco forced to shut first China store early due to crowds

Costco forced to shut first China store early due to crowds

Colombia drugs: Police seize 300kg of cannabis in coffin

Gaza violence: Suicide bombers kill three officers

Palestinian conflict: Diaries of childhood in Israeli military detention

Domestic abuse conviction rise in courts in Wales

Island mystery: 'How did my son die in Thailand?'

Javid pledges spending review cash for schools, NHS and police

Javid pledges spending review cash for schools, NHS and police

Double amputee from Birmingham to walk at NY Fashion Week

'Mushroom foraging saved me from my grief'

Bristol police scheme aims to give young drug dealers second chance

Brexit: Home Office advert banned for 'misleading' EU citizens

Social workers: 'I had a parent screaming foul names at me'

Northern Ireland ceasefires: 25 years of imperfect peace

Sudan crisis: Activists achieve 'big win' over generals

Has Kenya's plastic bag ban worked?

Wikipedia article of the day for August 28, 2019

Plastic waste: Is it time to cut back on holiday inflatables?

Sir Bradley Wiggins: 2012 Tour de France winner to train as social worker

Notting Hill Carnival: Crowds brave blazing heat

'Alarm bells' over private equity foster care firms, councils warn

Amazon fires: Brazil to reject G7 offer of $22m aid

KFC to trial plant-based nuggets and wings in US

Bandstands: The industry built on Victorian social engineering

A bewildering upbringing: Why Margo Perin was made to have a nose job at 13

The Kenyan school that was once a British detention camp

US Open 2019: Johanna Konta & Dan Evans advance but Harriet Dart & Cameron Norrie lose

Reading Festival: Man dies after being taken ill

Jet 2 Manchester to Madeira flight diverted due to 'unwell' pilot

Yang Hengjun: Australian writer faces spying charges in China

A bewildering upbringing: Why Margo Perin was made to have a nose job at 13

The robo racing cars accelerating driverless tech

The Kenyan school that was once a British detention camp

'Dangerous' AI offers to write fake news

Ministers and HS2 bosses knew railway over budget years ago

Dutch doctor faces trial in landmark euthanasia case

'Dangerous' AI offers to write fake news

Bank of mum and dad 'one of UK's biggest mortgage lenders'

Wikipedia article of the day for August 27, 2019

Bank of mum and dad 'one of UK's biggest mortgage lenders'

Strictly Come Dancing 2019 red carpet launch

Scotland's papers: Sex attacker who walked free is 'danger to girls'

World of Warcraft Classic: Hit game goes back to basics

Inside the selfie factory for influencers

Vast 'pumice raft' found drifting through Pacific Ocean

Amazon fires: G7 leaders close to agreeing plan to help, says Macron

Asian stocks drop as US-China trade war escalates

Asian stocks drop as US-China trade war escalates

Jeremy Corbyn risks scuppering no-confidence vote in PM, says Jo Swinson

Jeremy Corbyn risks scuppering no-confidence vote in PM, says Jo Swinson

Trump's regrets on China trade war 'misunderstood'

TV licence: Boris Johnson says BBC must 'cough up' for over-75s

Why is London really getting more theatres?

Ariana Grande 'overwhelmed' on return to Manchester at Pride

Ariana Grande 'overwhelmed' on return to Manchester at Pride

TV licence: Boris Johnson says BBC must 'cough up' for over-75s

TV licence: Boris Johnson says BBC must 'cough up' for over-75s

Who was Sir Oswald Mosley?

'The bank sent my safe house address to my abusive ex'

Swansea Valley landslides: Living on a 'moving mountain'

Climate change: Call for Scottish city centre ban on fossil fuel vehicles

'The bank sent my safe house address to my abusive ex'

Wikipedia article of the day for August 26, 2019

Carwyn Jones: Wales has "gone backwards" over sexual misconduct

Ireland's youngest parish priest, Fr Conor McGrath

G7: Trump praises Johnson as 'right man' to deliver Brexit

Why are retro sweets tasting success?

Malcolm McKeown murder: Two men charged

Stilettos to be burned in 'Essex Girl' play challenging stereotypes

Marcus Rashford racially abused: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says perpetrators 'hiding behind' profiles

Ashes 2019: England 'in with real shout' of third Test victory - Joe Denly

Why are retro sweets tasting success?