uk-hotdailynews: 2015-08-19 U.K. U.K.

Harriet Harman considered halting Labour leadership campaign
Telegraph.co.uk
Harriet Harman considered attempting to halt the Labour leadership contest amid concerns that controversy around the voting process could leave the result open to a challenge in court. Sources close to the acting party leader said she is so alarmed by ...
Why Jeremy Corbyn's campaign is a rational response to 30 years of failure   Irish Independent
Hard-left unions weigh return to Corbyn-led Labour   Financial Times
Labour calls in lawyers over its leadership contest   Belfast Telegraph
Irish Times
Scottish Daily Record
PPP Focus.com
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English Children 'Among World's Unhappiest'
Sky News
Only South Korean youngsters are unhappier, according to a survey that finds those in Romania and Colombia are the happiest. 23:31, UK, Tuesday 18 August 2015. A girl struggles with her homework. A teachers' union blames the pressure children are ...

Children losing battle to be happy   The Times (subscription)
Pupils in England among world's most unhappy: and is behind Ethiopia and Nepal   Daily Mail
Schoolchildren in England 'among world's unhappiest'   Belfast Telegraph
Yorkshire Post
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Iain Duncan Smith criticised over made up quotes on benefits leaflet
Belfast Telegraph
Iain Duncan Smith has been accused of misleading the public after welfare officials were forced to delete a series of made up quotes from a benefits leaflet. Ads by Google. Mr Duncan Smith faced sharp criticism after the Department for Work and ...
Fake quotes is a new low in the reform of welfare   Belfast Newsletter
Welfare office made up quotes from 'happy benefits claimants'   The Times (subscription)
Iain Duncan Smith under pressure after lying staff invented fake claimants to ...   Mirror.co.uk
The Independent
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London student killed in Thai blast
Sky News Australia
A London law student was among at least 20 people killed in a bomb blast at a popular Hindu shrine in Bangkok. Vivian Chan, 19, is thought to have been travelling with a friend who was also killed in the bombing which rocked the Thai capital on Monday.
London student killed in Bangkok blast near Erawan shrine   Telegraph.co.uk
London student, 19, among Bangkok bombing dead   The Guardian
British teenager killed by Bangkok bomb   The Times (subscription)
Channel 4 News
Belfast Telegraph
Sky News
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David Cameron urged to give asylum to Afghan interpreters
Telegraph.co.uk
David Cameron must "urgently" offer sanctuary to Afghan interpreters including a translator who worked for him, the head of the defence select committee has said. Julian Lewis said it is "extraordinary" that the government is refusing to give asylum to ...
Blood and bullet holes prove that Afghan translators are in danger from ...   Daily Mail
Afghan interpreter is killed trying to reach safety in Britain   The Times (subscription)
Afghan interpreter abandoned by the UK is executed by the Taliban   Metro
Express.co.uk
The Sunday Times
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Sex offences on trains and stations reach record level
BBC News
The number of recorded sexual offences on trains and at stations has risen 25% to a record level, British Transport Police figures suggest. BTP recorded 1,399 sexual offences in 2014-15 in England, Scotland and Wales - up 282 on the previous year.
Steep Rise In Sex Crimes On Britain's Railways   Sky News
Sex offences increase on British railways but recorded crime is down   Belfast Telegraph
Local rail crime down again   104.7 Minster FM

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