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Erdogan appears to concede Istanbul defeat after Ankara loss

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Erdogan appears to concede Istanbul defeat after Ankara loss ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey’s main opposition party said it won control of Ankara in Sunday’s local elections, defeating President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party in the capital for the first time, and challenged his party’s claim to have held Istanbul by the narrowest margin. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the opposition secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP), said CHP candidates took Turkey’s two main cities from the AKP and also held its stronghold of Izmir on the Aegean coast. Defeat for Erdogan’s party in…

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Golf - Kisner beats Kuchar in final of WGC-Match Play in Texas

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Golf - Kisner beats Kuchar in final of WGC-Match Play in Texas (Reuters) - Kevin Kisner and Matt Kuchar will meet in an all-American final at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play after dispatching their respective opponents in close Sunday morning semi-finals in Texas on Sunday. Mar 31, 2019; Austin, TX, USA; Kevin Kisner hits from the sixth tee during the semifinal round of the WGC - Dell Technologies Match Play golf tournament at Austin Country Club. Stephen Spillman-USA TODAY Sports Kisner upset Italian seventh seed Francesco Molinari 1-up, while Kuchar…

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Popular comedian races ahead in Ukrainian presidential election

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Popular comedian races ahead in Ukrainian presidential election KIEV (Reuters) - A comedian with a popular anti-corruption message but no political experience took the lead in the first round of Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, exit polls showed. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, 41, who plays a fictional president in a TV show, had consistently led opinion polls in a three-horse race against incumbent Petro Poroshenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Zelenskiy secured 30.6 percent of votes, compared with Poroshenko’s 17.8 percent, according to an updated exit poll released at 2300 (2000…

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Motor racing - Thai rookie Albon picks up first F1 points

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Motor racing - Thai rookie Albon picks up first F1 points MANAMA (Reuters) - Toro Rosso rookie Alexander Albon rode his luck to become the first Thai driver to score Formula One points since Prince Bira in 1954 when he finished ninth in Bahrain on Sunday. The 23-year-old, who started 12th, collected two points in only his second grand prix. “My start was very bad, I was a little bit safe into turns one and two,” he said. “Obviously we were a bit lucky with the Renaults, but I’ll take…

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Motor racing - Team by team analysis of the Bahrain Grand Prix

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Motor racing - Team by team analysis of the Bahrain Grand Prix (Reuters) - Team-by-team analysis of Sunday’s Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, listed in championship order: - - - - MERCEDES (Lewis Hamilton 1, Valtteri Bottas 2) Hamilton’s 74th career win, first of the season and third in Bahrain. It was also one of his luckier victories, handed the lead when Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc had engine problems. Mercedes have won the first two races one-two. Bottas scored his 1,000th point and leads Hamilton in the championship by a point….

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School LGBT teaching row: What is in the No Outsiders books?

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School LGBT teaching row: What is in the No Outsiders books? The No Outsiders programme was created in 2014 by Andrew Moffat, the assistant head teacher at Parkfield Community School in Birmingham. The programme aims to teach children about the characteristics protected by the Equality Act - such as sexual orientation and religion. Books used in programme include stories about a dog that doesn’t feel like it fits in, two male penguins that raise a chick together and a boy who likes to dress up like a mermaid. But some…

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Small firms face a series of new costs from Monday

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Small firms face a series of new costs from Monday Small firms have been hit with “blue Monday” as new costs and tax reporting requirements kick in. While some firms in England will benefit from cuts in business rates, other changes mean additional costs. These include new rules on accounting under the Make Tax Digital programme and auto-enrolment pension costs. “This truly is blue Monday for small business owners” and it comes at a time when confidence is already low, said the FSB small firms’ trade body. From 1 April,…

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Elon Musk, SoundCloud rapper

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Elon Musk, SoundCloud rapper How’s your weekend going? Good, good. Now, here, have a billionaire’s super autotuned rap track about a famous deceased gorilla: Tesla/Space X/Boring Company guy, Elon Musk has apparently uploaded a SoundCloud track titled “RIP Harambe,” about the 17-year-old Western lowland gorilla who was shot to death at a Cincinnati zoo in 2016 after a three-year-old boy climb into his enclosure. No word yet on precisely what role Musk played in the creation of the track, beyond releasing it on his “failed […] record label.” “This might…

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Minimum wage rates rise, but bills go up too

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Minimum wage rates rise, but bills go up too Two million UK workers on minimum wages are now receiving a pay rise - but a string of household bills have also increased. Workers aged 25 and over on the National Living Wage will receive £8.21 an hour from Monday, up from £7.83 - a 4.9% rise. Pay rises also take effect for younger workers on minimum wages. However, the pay rise comes as bills ranging from council tax to the TV licence fee become more expensive. Women represent an estimated…

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The Happy News: One woman's mission to 'make news less sad'

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The Happy News: One woman's mission to 'make news less sad' Emily Coxhead is the creator of the Happy Newspaper and quite possibly the most smiley person on the planet. Her publication, which subscribers get every three months, includes only positive news stories. She came up with the idea for the paper after she began feeling overwhelmed by certain things in the news. While Emily acknowledges people should be aware of what’s happening in the world, she says people should hear about the good things too. Video journalist: Megan Fisher…

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