general ELECTION 2017 LATEST
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UKIP leader Paul Nuttall will stand for Parliament in June election
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Theresa May will be the next Prime Minister, Tony Blair predicts
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Zac Goldsmith: voters have 'moved on' from Brexit
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Boris Johnson brands Corbyn a 'mugwump' in 'crass' attack on Labour
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Peter Mandelson: ‘Look before you leap’ the best approach to Brexit
Highlights
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Homeowners living near HS2 route could be eligible for £22,500 payout
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The 'national scandal which dwarfs PPI' facing new home buyers
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Homes along the Elizabeth line: west London's hot tip for City workers
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Prime market drives biggest London house price dip in 8 years
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Buyer found for £20m village where 'time has stood still'
Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
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1/30 Usually it's a crying baby
Jeremy Corbyn the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party holds one-year-old Angelo during a campaign event in Harlow, Essex. This picture appears turn on its head the usual cliche of MPs on the campaign trail end up holding a crying baby
Neil Hall/Reuters
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2/30 Huddled mass
Amnesty International hold a protest with 100 Statues of Liberty, to mark US President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, outside the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London
Yui Mok/PA
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3/30 Incognito
A male model painted by 31-year-old Israeli artist Avi Ram, from Airbrush Hero, poses for a picture at the Tower of David in Jerusalem's Old City
AFP/Getty Images
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4/30 Scratch just under the chin
Zoo Keeper Jess Stockton scratches Brazilian Tapir Arturo at the Melbourne Zoo in Australia
Julian Smith/EPA
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5/30 Fighting the cold snap
Waitrose partner Paul Hewitt tends to one of hundreds of candles which were lit in the vineyard of Waitrose's Leckford Estate farm in Hampshire to protect the grape vines from the late spring frost, as the cold snap continues. The candles are used to create air movement and stop the frost from taking hold around the vines
Andrew Matthews/PA
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6/30 Hanging around
One of The Flying Frenchies, stars of the new film The Free Man, rehearses at BBC Broadcasting House
Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images
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7/30 Stroke
A stand-up-board rider paddles on the Emmarencia Dam as mist rises off the water in Johannesburg, South Africa
Kim Ludbrook/EPA
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8/30 You'd have to be a bit La La
Dancers from Bandaloop aerial dance troupe perform to a medley of songs and dances from the movie La La Land off the side of Los Angeles City Hall, during La La Land Day festivities
Reed Saxon/AP
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9/30 London remembers the ANZACs
The shadow of a soldier falls on the Australian War Memorial during an Anzac Day dawn service at the Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner
Dominic Lipinski/PA
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10/30 Haring around London on the morning commute
Three white rabbits posed for selfies with commuters at London Waterloo and on the Underground to promote Alice's Adventures Underground. The Olivier nominated show opens tonight at The Vaults and runs until 23 September 2017
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11/30 Golden heroes
Olympians Jason and Laura Kenny after they received their CBEs for services to cycling from Princess Anne during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace
John Stillwell/PA
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12/30 Protest the penguins
On World Penguin Day, scientists demanded more protection for the Antarctic wilderness to help halt species decline
AFP/Getty Images
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13/30 A face only a mother could love
Clyde waits to be judged during the 38th annual Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest in Des Moines, Iowa. The pageant kicks off the Drake Relays festivities at Drake University where a bulldog is the mascot
Charlie Neibergall/AP
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14/30 Charles in charge
The Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland, drives the steam train "Salmon" during his visit to the Royal Deeside Railway in Banchory
Andrew Milligan/PA
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15/30 You're kidding me
Sgt Daniel Fitzpatrick of the Belfast Police Department in Belfast, Maine drives around with two lost goats in his police car looking for their owner
Sgt. Daniel P. Fitzpatrick II/Belfast Police Department via AP
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16/30 Gleaming spire
The sun reflects off St George Wharf Tower, also known as the Vauxhall Tower in London. The capital is set to be gripped by a cold snap as temperatures plunge towards freezing, the Met Office has warned
Jeremy Selwyn
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17/30 Protest
A demonstrator returns a canister of tear gas towards security forces during anti-government protests in Caracas, Venezuela
Fernando Llano/AP
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18/30 Just Bazaar
US model Stephanie Seymour's photograph is projected onto the Empire State Building's north facade to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Harper's Bazaar Magazine in New York
Jason Szenes/EPA
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19/30 Mirror balls
Two visitors walk between three spheres of the art installation '24 Hours in Singapore' by Baet Yeok Kuan, an interactive audio sculpture near the city's Asian Civilisations Museum. The arrangement of a total five spheres made of stainless steel is not only offering unique views when looking at them from various angles, they also play audio recordings of the daily life in Singapore
EPA / Wallace Woon
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20/30 I think we're going to need a bigger boat
Residents view the first iceberg of the season as it passes the South Shore, also known as "Iceberg Alley", near Ferryland Newfoundland, Canada
Jody Martin/Reuters
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21/30 Colourful life
A woman poses for a photographer in a buttercup flower field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel
Amir Cohen/Reuters
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22/30 Stepping into history
Prime Minister Theresa May as she stepped out of 10 Downing Street to declare she wanted a snap General Election to be held on June 8
Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images
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23/30 'Anyone seen my husband?'
First lady Melania Trump, accompanied by the Easter Bunny, speaks from the Truman Balcony during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the Presidential abode
Carolyn Kaster/AP
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24/30 Horse of the Rising Sun
The sun is caught just above a horse statue at Newmarket Racecourse ahead of day one of the bet365 Craven Meeting
John Walton/PA
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25/30 Maunday Thursday
The Queen and Prince Philip at the Royal Maundy Service at Leicester Cathedral. The Maundy Service happens each year on Thursday before Easter Sunday where the queen distributes Maundy coins according to the number of years she has lived
Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
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26/30 Easter treat. Simples
Meerkats are given an Easter treat at London Zoo
Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images
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27/30 This is not going to end well
A gaucho is thrown of a wild horse during the Criolla del Prado rodeo in Montevideo, Uruguay
Matilde CampodonicoAP
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28/30 Cutty Spark
A firework display over the Cutty Sark marks the start of Sail Royal Greenwich, during which a number of tall ships will visit London
Victoria Jones/PA
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29/30 Myanmar Calling
A seven-year-old Myanmar punk (left) wearing a mohawk hairstyle sits in Mahabandoola park during a punk gathering ahead of the Thingyan water festival in Yangon, Myanmar
Lyn Bo Bo/EPA
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30/30 Who's that coming to the rescue?
Peter Capaldi, in costume as Doctor Who, and Pearl Mackie as his new companion Bill Potts, pose with a 3D alien landscape pavement painting, to celebrate the new TV series on the Southbank in London
Yui Mok/PA
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More than £137k spent on closed Holloway Prison site in six months
The Ministry of Justice spent more than £137,000 in just six months on utility bills for the closed Holloway Prison site, figures show.
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Londoners camp outside travel agent to bag £49 flights to Malaysia
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Panic as customers evacuated from Ikea after hoax 'bomb scare'
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East end school kids star in heart-warming film about tackling waste
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'Revolting' pervert sexually assaulted six women on the Tube
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Wintry flurries of snow hail and sleet fall in central London
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The contemporary British artists making waves at the Venice Biennale
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Banned Bolshevik books on show in journey through Russian Revolution
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Angela Hartnett brings the taste of Italy to our street food festival
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With an iris scanner and curved infinity display, Samsung's new Galaxy S8 is a game-changer
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Frankie Boyle lands new BBC2 topical news show
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New BBC documentary to celebrate Beatles' Sgt Pepper album
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New David Attenborough film urges Richmond visitors to ‘tread lightly’
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Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Animals: Everything you need to know
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Karen Gillan tips Helen Mirren to replace Peter Capaldi on Dr Who
Will Young starts new career as ‘mindfulness tutor’
The former Pop Idol winner is expected to speak at events up and down the country
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Dennis Quaid: ‘I’ve got more fire in my belly now than in my 20s’
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Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins pay tribute to Jonathan Demme
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Kate Nash bites back against label by raising £85,000 for new album
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Bollywood star Vinod Khanna dies, aged 70
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Russell Crowe transforms into ‘skincare man’ for Instagram debut
Margot Robbie leads best dressed guests at the TIME 100 Gala dinner
The gala was held to honour the world's most influential in New York on Tuesday
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Robe trip: why Kimonos are the jacket to covet right now
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Style elections: the no-brainer buys that win our vote
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73-year-old Lauren Hutton stars in Calvin Klein underwear advert
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Proenza Schouler features three transgender models in lookbook
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Bella Hadid on her bond with sister Gigi as she launches Dior campaign
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Glam Hyde Park hotel, empty for a decade, now for sale for £35m
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Forget lofts and parking, this is what London buyers want most...
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Famous Notting Hill movie house sold for £13.5m
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This is what £13m buys you in one of London's most exclusive buildings
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Carol Vorderman knocks £100k off her Somerset mansion for sale
You’ll be quids in but more likely a dullard with a first
In Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, the protagonist Charles Ryder receives advice from his cousin Jasper before starting his Oxford degree. “You want a first or a fourth,” he says. “Time spent on a good second is time thrown away.”
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Ivanka Trump is no feminist — but Merkel knows who she’s dealing with
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Never underestimate the ‘power of live’ on the London stage
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Labour’s balancing act on its Brexit policies
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Sarah Sands: In the driver’s seat: why cabbies favour Theresa May
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A sigh of relief as Le Pen falters but Macron will face many battles
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Matthew d'Ancona: Divided Labour is still showing the cracks
A united Tory party is focusing ruthlessly on Jeremy Corbyn’s weak leadership and lack of ordered strategy