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Shadow home secretary says Jeremy Corbyn will have earned right to lead Labour party without interruptions if he renews mandate
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Although 9.4% difference is at narrowest point since 1970 Equal Pay Act the report deems progress too slow with wide gap in fields dominated by women
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Finance ministers offer to explain Lisbon treaty to him ‘in good English’
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Local Government Association says conversion to academies could cost millions in fees, and £80m a year in lost tax
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One in five adults have gone under the needle, according to a poll, and this event showcases the broad appeal of body art
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Eighty years on from the day anti-fascists clashed with Oswald Mosley’s blackshirts in the Jewish East End of London, David Rosenberg tells the story of the long struggle to protect the giant artwork
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Officers have some documents that could help them piece together a fuller picture of the double murderer’s life
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The Labour leader’s team feel sacrifices from both sides of the party divide will be needed after the ballot results are announced
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Gentrification is a familiar story in the capital – but now even the 1% are being squeezed out. What do the stories of Peckham, Holland Park and Chelsea tell us about the new reality?
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Brighton’s Bobby Zamora, West Ham’s Mark Nobel and Rio Ferdinand, now retired, present project to build 1,300 homes near Luton
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NHSNHSTwo in five children in England failed to visit an NHS dentist in past yearExperts urge parents to limit sugary foods and call for revenue from planned sugar tax to go towards improving dental health
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CrimeCrimeBecky Godden case shines light on issue of UK's missing womenWomen account for half of the 2,100 people who become long-term missing every year, but a lack of central database hampers search efforts
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A man, believed to be a free runner, jumps between two houses on a building site in West Park, Darlington
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Whatever the critique, Corbyn is cruising to another victory. The question is: what happens next for a divided Labour party?
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Police are investigating footage they believe was shot in east London showing an elderly man being violently kicked to the ground by a masked attacker
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Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Thursday, the vice-chancellor of Oxford University, Louise Richardson, says she has serious concerns about the future of university’s research funding, following the EU referendum
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A British Airways flight needs three attempts to successfully land at an airport on St Helena in April, as high winds force it to abort landing
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CCTV shows the moment a pharmacy is burgled in Heathway, Dagenham, east London
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According to the University of Glasgow, the Scottish poet’s songs were ‘tailored for the parlours of the middle classes’, and would have been performed in that setting on Baroque harpsichords, rather than in a pub like today
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Revealed One in seven UK takeaways have failed food hygiene tests
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