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EU fears influx of 'British champagne' after BrexitExclusive: Leaked paper shows concern firms could violate protections given to EU foodstuffs while UK products retain status -
English social care system for elderly facing 'complete collapse'Age UK report calls for urgent action, including cash injection in spring budget and development of long-term plan -
Turmoil as synod rejects report on same sex relationshipsClergy vote against report by 100 to 93 in blow to archbishop of Canterbury as he tries to chart course between apparently unreconcilable wings of church
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European commission issues 'final warning' to UK over breachesUK is one of five countries persistently contravening legal nitrogen dioxide levels with pollution from factories and vehicles
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UK fishermen may not win 'waters back' after Brexit, EU memo saysDocument obtained by the Guardian states existing quotas will remain despite promises made by leave campaigners
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UK school denies Juno Dawson visit was cancelled because she is transgenderHead teacher at St Mary’s in Preston says ‘complex themes’ of new novel Margot & Me necessitated caution but gender was never a consideration
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What the top 10 really tells usThe French bulldog is about to become the top breed in Britain, outrunning the overrated labrador, cocker and springer spaniel, and German shepherd. But for me, there will only ever be one top dog
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Missing wage rises give lie to picture of full employmentWith non-UK nationals representing most of 300,000 rise in number employed, labour supply is helping keep lid on wages
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Brexit weekly briefing: article 50 moves closer but EU dashes divorce deal hopesMPs vote overwhelmingly to trigger Brexit as Guy Verhofstadt suggests Brussels will not let UK leave ECJ’s jurisdiction in 2019
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MPs and peers launch manifesto in support of children of alcoholic parentsGroup behind initiative reveal feelings of shame and fear of own childhoods and call on government to tackle UK’s ‘secret scandal’
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How I feel about my decision to get cosmetic surgery – 10 years onOur readers talk about the procedures they have had done and whether now, looking back, they have any regrets
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NHSNHSAdding vitamin D to food reduces deaths, say scientistsMove would also save NHS money, argue authors of major study that shows vitamin D can reduce risk of respiratory infections
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CrimeCrime‘Why was my Aunt Phyllis murdered? I badly needed to know’The nephew of a woman killed by her lodger in Cheltenham in 1970 knew little about her death. Ageing, and in ill health, he asked two crime reporters to unravel the mystery
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Ukip leader denies responsibility for website Hillsborough claim – videoUkip leader Paul Nuttall tells Liverpool’s Radio City Talk on Tuesday that he did not lose any close friends at the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, contrary to a statement on his website
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Dozens of people fight in Wetherspoons pub in Wiltshire – videoPolice have launched a witness appeal after two men were injured and an officer was knocked to the floor in a mass pub brawl
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Joanne Lees reveals plan for Peter Falconio memorial – videoThe Briton talks to 60 Minutes’ Liz Hayes about her intention to erect a statue in memory of her murdered boyfriend
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Tom Watson: Labour is not ‘road-testing’ Corbyn successors – videoThe Labour party’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, discusses reports that the party is vetting potential successors to Jeremy Corbyn
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Paul Nuttall reacts to Hillsborough inquest verdict – archive videoIn this clip from the BBC’s Sunday Politics North West on 1 May 2016, Ukip leader Paul Nuttall responds to the inquest that ruled the 96 victims of Hillsborough were unlawfully killed
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What is the Dubs amendment? – video explainerLast year Lord Alf Dubs, who entered the UK as a six-year-old refugee, brought in the Dubs amendment to provide refuge for unaccompanied children – but government announces the commitment will now end
Low pay Debenhams tops government's list of shame