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Tony Blair is at war with Ed Miliband over Labour's pursuit of net zero policies, a jury heard that friends filmed themselves chopping down the Sycamore Gap tree, and police are investigating 'massacre' plans after a crossbow attacker died following a rampage in Leeds.

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1 | Former PM Tony Blair at war with Ed Miliband over net zero

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2 | Friends filmed themselves chopping down Sycamore Gap tree, jury told

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3 | Police investigate Leeds 'massacre' plans as crossbow attacker dies following rampage

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4 | Mark Carney vows 'Trump will never break us' after historic election win

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5 | Three killed in Sweden shooting as police hunt suspect

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One of the reasons I am not inclined to move out of the family home is that my two twenty something kids are not yet established in their own. They have precarious employment and even more precarious rentals - my son was recently given 6 weeks to find a new place in London because the landlord decided to sell. A similar thing happened to my daughter and her boyfriend in Bristol. So I feel I have to be their safety net.

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