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It's time for the EU to be realistic about a trade deal, writes DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Britain's departure shows the EU is not the end of history and it is perfectly possible to get off the train, however clumsy our departure may have looked.




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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson is wrong to make a jibe at Margaret Thatcher

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson's reference to 'society' in Sunday night's video was a rebuke to Margaret Thatcher's controversial remarks, made in an interview in the late Eighties.




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Universities are begging for bailout after years of over-expansion, says DOMINIC SANDBROOK

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Have you ever wondered what a perfect storm looks like? Just take a look at Britain's universities. Crippled by corruption and greed they stand on the brink of disaster.




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Ex-The Block star Suzi Taylor back behind bars after allegedly breaching bail conditions 

The 49-year-old was arrested on Monday night and spent the night behind bars.




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Steve Irwin's 'hot niece' Rebecca Lobie strips down during isolation

Rebecca Lobie's revealing photos have seen her rack up over 100,000 followers on Instagram.




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Relieved Australians wave from a bus after being rescued from Nepal amid coronavirus lockdown 

The 222 Australian citizens and 28 New Zealand nationals and permanent residents are scheduled to arrive in Brisbane on Thursday.




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Qld Man shot dead after setting himself on fire McDonald's doused a woman in petrol before fleeing

Emergency services rushed to a home in Sunnybank Hills, in Brisbane's south on Monday night, after receiving reports of a domestic violence incident.




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The makeup hack that involves applying setting spray AND powder before you put on your foundation

A makeup artist has tested out a viral trend of putting setting spray and powder on your face before foundation in a 'backwards' move that fans are saying 'helps increase the coverage'.




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'Bored' Rebecca Lobie flaunts bust in another skimpy bikini

Like many other Australians, Rebecca Lobie has been hunkering down at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Sexual sadist who strangled a woman to death is set to be released after taking anti-sex drive drugs

Mark Richard Lawrence, now 58, stalked 29-year-old Julia Ann Muirhead, strangled her with a tea towel and slit her throat in Brisbane on Boxing Day in 1983.




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Queensland childcare centre shut down after being visited by someone infected with coronavirus

Families from the Early Birds Jimboomba Education and Childcare, south of Brisbane have been informed after the patient attended the centre unaware they had the virus.




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Queensland education minister says Schoolies may be CANCELLED because of COVID-19

Ms Grace spoke on Brisbane's Hit105 radio on Tuesday morning and said the annual party will be subject to the advice of experts closer to the date.




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Woman who accused MP of inappropriate behaviour towards her teenage daughter apologises

Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan sued Heather McKeown for $350,000 in the Brisbane District Court on January 23.




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Beautician says 50% of the industry are still operating under the table in Australia

A Queensland woman has lifted the lid on Australia's rogue beauticians, revealing many in the industry are operating illegally from home in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown.




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Darling Downs Zoo could be forced to close for good due to coronavirus lockdown 

Darling Downs Zoo, south-west of Brisbane in Queensland, is closed temporarily due to the pandemic.




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Footage emerges of Tones and I performing Dance Monkey before stardom

Toni 'Tones and I' Watson shot to fame with the catchy hit Dance Monkey, which has topped the charts in more than 30 countries.




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Amber alert after six-week-old baby girl taken from home near Brisbane

The girl was taken from a home in Narangba, north of Brisbane, by Aedan Carroll at around midday on Friday.




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From naked to Beatles costumes: The weird and wonderful ways Aussies are taking bins out in lockdown

Creative Australians are adorning costumes to take out the bins as a form of entertainment during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Dietitian shares the healthy five-ingredient banana bread she swears by for beating sugar cravings

A dietitian has shared the five-ingredient healthy banana bread she swears by for beating sugar cravings - and it's as easy to make as the unhealthier three-ingredient counterpart.




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Sunshine Coast Great grandfather to fund coronavirus vaccine by selling lavish beachside penthouse

Research into coronavirus treatments has been boosted by an unlikely benefactor - an 82-year-old great-grandfather who is selling his multi-million dollar beachside penthouse.




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MasterChef Australia: The story behind Poh Ling Yeow's bizarre nickname

The origin of MasterChef Australia fan favourite Poh Ling Yeow's unusual nickname, 'Train Tracks', has been revealed.




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Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler on his struggle to become a manager in England

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Fowler has the necessary coaching qualifications, but every attempt to find work in England was rebuffed. He applied for four League One jobs but was never interviewed.




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Queensland couple allegedly robbed at knifepoint by teenagers during Anzac Day dawn service

A 62-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman allegedly had their phones and green Toyota Camry stolen by four teenagers on Saturday morning at their home in Rangeville, Queensland.




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Steve Irwin's 'hot niece' Rebecca Lobie flaunts eye-popping cleavage

Rebecca Lobie has been hunkering down at her Queensland home amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Missing 13-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes nearly a month ago and hasn't been seen since

The 13-year-old was last seen running from a home on Yugumbri Cresent in Logan, south of Brisbane, at midday on April 1.




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Wannabe influencer who brags about his luxury lifestyle admits to stealing Skittles and Milo

Daniel Langanis from Wishart in Brisbane appeared in Holland Park Magistrates Court on Tuesday after he was caught stealing from Woolworths Garden City at Upper Mount Gravatt.




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Husband, 35, who stabbed his 23-year-old wife 20 times is jailed

An Indian man has been jailed for stabbing his wife more than 20 times during a frenzied attack at their Brisbane home after she asked for a divorce.




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Drunk driver who went on tequila bender managed to avoid a two-year ban through legal loophole 

Hefeng Li, 30, was found asleep at the wheel on Padstow Road at Eight Mile Plains, in Brisbane's south, by police at about 11pm on March 21.




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Steve Irwin's 'hot niece' Rebecca Lobie flaunts her ample assets in a racy swimsuit

Rebecca Lobie has hunkered down at her Queensland home amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Steve Irwin's 'hot niece' Rebecca Lobie shows off shapely derrière

The 32-year-old isn't shy when it comes to showing off her sensational figure.




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Nicholas Crilley's housemate Jeromy Lee Harris charged with being an accessory to torture

The housemate of a man who raped, beat and lit a woman on fire over 23 days is behind bars himself accused of being an accessory to torture.




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Hannah Clarke's parents reveal why her death won't be in vain after she was murdered alongside kids

The Brisbane mother-of-three, 31, was killed along with her three children after her abusive husband, Rowan Charles Baxter, set their car alight on the school run on February 19.




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Rory Stewart announces he is running to be Mayor of London

Rory Stewart today announced he will run as an independent candidate to be Mayor of London after he revealed he is standing down as an MP and has resigned from the Conservative Party.




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Boris Johnson restores the Tory whip to 10 Brexit rebels

Boris Johnson has restored the Tory whip to 10 of the 21 former Conservative rebels who were expelled after backing a bid to block a No Deal Brexit.




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Tories begging Brexit Party candidates NOT to stand in their seats, chairman of Farage's party says

There have been calls from some Brexiteers for an informal electoral 'pact' between Nigel Farage's party and the Tories. Downing Street has so far rejected the idea.




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10 battleground seats could decide 2019 December general election

These are 10 of the key battleground seats which are likely to determine the UK's Brexit fate at the next general election.




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MPs pay tribute to Speaker John Bercow at his last PMQs

Boris Johnson tore into John Bercow this afternoon with a series of jibes as the Commons Speaker oversaw his final Prime Minister's Questions session.




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Humiliated Jacob Rees-Mogg 'to be sidelined during election campaign' over Grenfell gaffe

He is facing calls to resign after suggesting victims of the fatal 2017 inferno who followed firefighters' instructions to 'stay put' in their flats as the building burned had lacked 'common sense'.




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Conservatives lead Labour by 10 points a WEEK before election

Boris Johnson and the Tories have a 10 point poll lead over Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party with the general election now just one week away.




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Michael Gove gives out No10 phone number as he is grilled over PM's Andrew Neil dodging

Michael Gove gave out the No10 phone number live on radio as he was pushed over whether the PM is running scared of the interview.




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Twitter mocks John Bercow as he appears tearful on Sky News

After the exit poll predicted a large Conservative majority taking Westminster, Mr Bercow appeared in the television studio, and viewers said he looked on the verge of tears.




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Both Tory and Labour rebel MPs lose their Commons seats

Voters last night were merciless in expelling Tory rebels and Labour carpetbaggers including Dominic Grieve, David Gauke, Chukku Umunna and Anna Soubry.




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The Conservative party PR team behind Boris Johnson's victory

The Tories put into place a tight-knit team featuring a mixture of old-school campaigners and younger upstarts skilled in the dark arts of social media. The result was the electoral equivalent of a bludgeon.




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UK may be under EU control past 2020 as new trade deal struck

Boris Johnson says he will refuse to extend the Brexit transition period beyond the end of next year but EU politicians are considering asking for it to be pushed back themselves.




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Withdrawal Bill and £33billion for the NHS to be top of Her Majesty's address to parliament 

The Queen's Speech on Thursday, setting out the Government's agenda for the new Parliament, will give legislative force to the policy priorities which secured Mr Johnson's landslide win.




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How Boris Johnson became the Conservatives' unlikely hero

Boris is celebrating this morning as the most powerful Conservative Prime Minister since Thatcher - but for years it looked like his complicated personal life could derail his vaunting ambition.




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Downing Street abandons Big Ben Brexit bongs cash appeal

Number 10 today suggested Parliamentary decision-makers were standing in the way of the plan to formally mark the moment the UK leaves the EU on January 31 at 11pm.




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Sales of new petrol and diesel cars could be BANNED by 2035 - five years earlier than planned

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps had announced a desire to speed up the current plan for a prohibition which would favour electric replacements by 2040.




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John Bercow reveals he was 'drawn' towards controversial Tory MP Enoch Powell in the 1980s 

Powell was sacked from the Tory shadow cabinet in 1968 for his 'rivers of blood' speech which warned of the dangers of unchecked mass immigration.




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US concerns about Huawei 'WILL be raised during Brexit trade talks' with UK

US concerns about the UK's decision to grant Huawei a role in building Britain's 5G network will be raised during Brexit trade talks between the two sides, it has been claimed.