Saturday, 30 September 2017

Marilyn Manson crushed by prop on stage in New York



Rock star Marilyn Manson was injured during a concert in New York when a large prop fell on him on stage. The prop - two large guns held together with metal scaffolding - fell as he was performing at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday.

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Monarch must secure package holiday licence by midnight



Monarch Airlines is in emergency talks to renew its licence to sell package holidays, it is understood. It has until midnight on 30 September to reach an agreement to temporarily extend its ATOL licence with the Civil Aviation Authority.

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Austrian ban on full-face veil in public places comes into force



Legislation banning full-face Muslim veils in public spaces has gone into effect in Austria. The government says the law, which says faces must be visible from the hairline to the chin, is about protecting Austrian values.

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Pep Guardiola: Manchester City lucky to have 'humble' Kevin de Bruyne



Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says the club are "lucky" to have a player like "humble" Kevin de Bruyne. The Belgium midfielder scored the winner in City's 1-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

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Who's that girl? GCSE student wows at conference



It was a moment that caught the Labour party conference off-guard. Sixteen-year-old Lauren Stocks had just received her GCSE results and wanted to talk about the toll that changes to the exams had taken on her and her classmates.

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Brooms and penguin toys heading to Antarctica



Brooms to clean bird droppings, along with thousands of toy penguins, are among tonnes of items being shipped out to the UK's most remote post office. Each year, four scientists become postmasters, manning the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust's post office at Port Lockroy in Antarctica for four months.

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Prince Harry hopes to expand Invictus Games



Prince Harry says he hopes to expand the Invictus Games in the future, saying the "sky's the limit". He launched the Paralympic-style competition for injured servicemen and servicewomen and veterans in 2014.

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Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: Chantilly makes for spectacular stand-in



Story highlights Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe takes place at Chantilly on Oct. 1 Usual venue Longchamp being redeveloped Richest flat race on turf (CNN)The majestic Chantilly estate north of Paris is sport's most spectacular temporary home.

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How the Soviet Concorde crashed and burned



Written by When the Soviet rival to the Concorde made its first foreign appearance at the Paris Air Show in 1971, everyone was impressed. In the heated race to develop a supersonic passenger jet, it was the USSR who got off to a head start.

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Catalan referendum: Separatists defiant as voting day arrives



Catalan leaders insist that voting will go ahead in the coming hours for a regional independence referendum banned by the Spanish government. Spain has drafted in extra police to stop the referendum going ahead, raising fears of confrontations.

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The people who race bikes with dogs



It's the start of the bikejoring season, so we went to Stourport-on-Severn in Worcestershire to meet the people who use their dogs to race bikes.

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100 Women: Are women hitting a glass ceiling, or climbing a broken ladder?



Men continue to outnumber women in senior leadership roles around the world - but reports suggest this isn't the only inequality problem in the workplace. Women say they feel left out of social events, face sexual harassment and get criticised for being aggressive.

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Father of accused in Kim Jong Nam's murder: 'My daughter was being used'



Rancasumur, Indonesia (CNN)Asria Nur Hasan was preparing goods to sell at the local market when the phone rang unexpectedly this past March. Journalist Risyiana Muthia reported from Indonesia. CNN's Joshua Berlinger reported and wrote from Hong Kong.

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Show and tell for breast cancer patients



There they get to meet survivors who have had mastectomies and reconstructive surgery.

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Your pictures: Camouflage



Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week, it is "camouflage". Dan Brakke: "Barred owls are common in the US state of Missouri. This fellow was in our back yard one morning, staring into our kitchen window.

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Birmingham's bearded heroes



The Bearded Broz are a volunteer group that help residents in the West Midlands, offering practical help and an emergency food service. They shot to fame with the Birmingham bin strike, when they helped local residents clear their rubbish.

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'We're scared of our adopted son'



What do you do if your child frightens you? What if they seem unable to feel empathy and don't care about punishment? Children with what psychiatrists call "Callous Unemotional Traits" are more likely to go to prison and may, in extreme cases, become psychopaths in adulthood.

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Is Europe's ghostliest train station about to rise again?



It was one of the world's most opulent railway stations, sitting imposingly on the French-Spanish border - but then it fell into disrepair. Now, writes Chris Bockman, the building is showing new signs of life.

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2022 Commonwealth Games: Services 'not affected' by event bill



Services will not be affected by the financing of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham City Council says. The authority is struggling to resolve a long-running pay dispute with its bin workers, but is confident it can be the major contributor towards a potential £180m local bill for the Games.

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BBC Three's Overshadowed: The vlogging drama tackling anorexia



BBC Three drama Overshadowed is a little different to most TV shows - it's made up entirely of the vlogs of its lead character, Imogene. It's through these videos that her followers begin to notice all is not well in her life.

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Sex abuse victims 'failed' by criminal payout scheme



The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority is to be investigated over concerns it is failing child sex abuse victims, the Victims' Commissioner has told 5 live Investigates.

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Ruth Davidson: UK is too 'London-centric'



Ruth Davidson is to demand Scotland benefits more from being part of the Union with a plea for more government jobs to be relocated north. The Scottish Conservative leader will say the UK "continues to be far too London-centric" with "enough civil servants to fill Wembley Stadium".

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Newspaper headlines: May targets young voters to see off 'coup'



Newspaper headlines: May targets young voters to see off 'coup' Image caption The prime minister's pledge to freeze tuition fees dominates the Sunday papers. "That's more like it Mrs May" is the verdict in the Sunday Express.

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Irish abortion law: Tens of thousands march for change



Tens of thousands of people have marched through Dublin to demand change to the Republic of Ireland's abortion laws. The March for Choice is the first major demonstration since the Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Leo Varadkar said he wanted to hold a referendum on abortion next Summer.

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Air France plane engine fails over Atlantic



An Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles was forced to make a sudden diversion when it lost part of an engine over the Atlantic. One of the four engines on the Airbus 380 flight AF66 failed west of Greenland on Saturday.

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Renoir painting stolen before auction near Paris



A small oil painting by French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir has been stolen from a sale room near Paris, the day before it was due to go up for auction.The piece was on display ahead of the auction in Saint-Germain-en-Laye when it was removed on Saturday.

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PM pledges help for young people on fees and housing



Theresa May is set to announce that tuition fees will be frozen at £9,250 in an overhaul of student funding. She told the Sun the move will be accompanied by a £4,000 increase of the repayment threshold to £25,000, saving some graduates £360 a year.

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Northern Lights and punchy parliament: Some stories you may have missed this week



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Billy Monger: Amputee teen racer walks Brands Hatch circuit



A teenage racing driver who lost the lower part of both his legs in a crash has walked part of the Brands Hatch circuit for charity.Billy Monger, from Charlwood, Surrey, hit the back of a stationary car at Donington Park on 16 April - three weeks before his 18th birthday.

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This Psychological Trick Will Make You Love Paying Your Taxes



Half the pain of paying taxes is having no control over where it goes. This Harvard professor has a great idea to give people more of a voice... and it involves just a very slight change in something as boring as a parking ticket.Read more at BigThink.com: http://ift.tt/2fZEJ8m

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Why some Catalans want independence



Four people in Catalonia's capital city, Barcelona, tell us what it means to be Catalan - and why some people there want independence from Spain.

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A sunken warship, a lost hero and the discovery that reunited an American family



(CNN)As Tony King tells his story, he pauses often. His memory is still sharp, but the words don't come easily. Maybe it's because he is turning 92. Or maybe he just hasn't talked about that day in a very long time. CNN's Nick Scott contributed to this story.

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Brexit transitional period unacceptable, says new UKIP leader



Theresa May has given away the UK's stance on Brexit and shown Britain does not want to leave the EU in "anything but name", UKIP's new leader has said. Henry Bolton said a two-year transitional period for leaving the EU was "unacceptable" and Britain must be prepared to "get out now".

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US has 'direct channels' to Pyongyang, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says



Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Saturday that the US has direct lines of communication to North Korea, and his immediate goal is to "calm things down" in the international standoff over the country's nuclear weapons program.

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Poynton lake death: Detective was 'tireless worker'



A detective found dead in a lake was a "tireless worker" and "popular figure" among colleagues, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has said.The body of Leanne McKie, 39, was discovered in the early hours of Friday in Poynton, Cheshire.

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What could Birmingham offer 2022 Commonwealth Games visitors?



The Qatar World Cup was due to be the context in which TV audiences existed in the summer of 2022 - wall charts and stickers, the lot. But then concerns over the searing heat kicked in and the tournament was shifted to winter.

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Volcano evacuees told to return to homes outside Bali 'dangerous zone'



CNN's Sandi Sidhu, Chieu Luu and Alexander Felton contributed to this report from Hong Kong. Journalist Mochamad Andri contributed to this report from Bali, Indonesia.

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Donald Trump's last 7 days are just mind-bogglingly bad



(CNN)It's beyond a cliche to say that a week in the presidency of Donald Trump feels like a month. It's also happens to be totally true.

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North Korea and US 'in direct contact', says Tillerson



The US is in "direct contact" with North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said. Mr Tillerson said Washington was "probing" the possibility of talks with Pyongyang, "so stay tuned".

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Here's why 25-34s aren't spending as much on fun



It says the "millennial generation" can't afford as many meals out or expensive coffees because of the cost of living. People in their twenties and thirties are experiencing a fall in their incomes and the rising cost of housing.

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Boris warned for quoting Kipling in temple



Boris Johnson was being filmed for a Channel 4 documentary when he recited some lines from a Kipling poem inside a Myanmar temple. He was warned by the British ambassador that the colonial-era poem could risk causing offence.

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Puerto Rico: Trump lashes out at San Juan mayor



Donald Trump has lashed out at Puerto Rico politicians over their criticism of US relief efforts on the island following Hurricane Maria. The category four hurricane a week ago killed 16 people on the island and left millions in need of aid.

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UK must be prepared for no deal on Brexit, says new UKIP leader



Britain must be fully prepared to walk away from the EU without a Brexit deal, new UKIP leader Henry Bolton has said. He said he would like Brexit to be a smooth transition, but stressed negotiations cannot be endless.

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Germany: Suspected 'baby food extortionist' arrested



Police in Germany have arrested a man on suspicion of contaminating adult and baby food in the hope of gaining millions of euros from supermarkets. The unnamed man, 55, was taken into custody on Friday evening in the Tübingen area south of Stuttgart.

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Catalan referendum: Police seal off polling stations



Spanish national police have sealed off 1,300 of 2,315 schools in Catalonia designated as polling stations for the banned independence referendum, the government in Madrid says. The move came as the Spanish authorities stepped up their attempts to stop Sunday's referendum.

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DJs celebrate 50 years of Radio 1 and 2



DJs from BBC Radio 1 and 2 have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the launch of the two stations with a joint simulcast. Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw and Radio 2's Tony Blackburn hosted the special 90-minute joint show, which featured music from the last 50 years.

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Lewis Hamilton on pole position as Sebastian Vettel starts at back in Malaysia



Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix as rival Sebastian Vettel suffered another blow to his title hopes. Two weeks after Hamilton opened a 28-point lead over the Ferrari driver with victory in Singapore as Vettel crashed out, the German will start last at Sepang.

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What Trump said before Price resigned



Just after President Trump called Tom Price a "good man", the White House announced the secretary of health and human services had resigned.

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