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The championship parade Philadelphia has dreamed about and agonized over – year after year, decade after decade, across generations of… Via: Philly feting 1st Super Bowl title with parade

• Labour leader fears racism may overshadow Russia event• Corbyn urges Tottenham fans to abandon ‘Yid Army’ chantJeremy Corbyn has urged England players to walk out during World Cup matches in Russia this summer if that is the only way they feel racist abuse will be taken seriously.The Labour leader Read more

Britain’s central bank has dropped a clear signal that borrowing costs will rise this year – possibly in MayGovernor Mark Carney’s press conference – highlights start hereBank of England leaves rates on holdSays interest rates could rise faster than expectedPound jumps towards $1.40 1.46pm GMT Jeremy Cook of World First Read more

The early champion of online free speech turned a childhood friendship with Bob Weir into some of the band’s most distinctive songsAnyone with a passing acquaintance with the Grateful Dead will know that the central songwriting partnership was that of Jerry Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter. But there was another Read more

Social media company makes $91m profit in fourth quarter of 2017 on revenues of $732mTwitter has posted its first quarterly profit in the company’s near 12-year history, although a clampdown on fake accounts meant it lost users in the US.The San Francisco-based social network, which went public five years ago, Read more

Police recorded 61 deaths in 16-24 group and a total of 215 fatal stabbings in England and WalesThe number of teenagers and young adults stabbed to death in England and Wales reached the highest level for eight years, official figures show.Police recorded a total of 215 fatal stabbings in the Read more

MP lauded after turning tables on 74-year-old broadcaster Via: John Humphrys taken to task by Jo Swinson over Carrie Gracie remarks, in live BBC interview: 'Have you apologised, John?'

Bob Geldof's Live Aid concert in 1985, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969 all score highly in new survey Via: England's 1966 World Cup final win named landmark moment most Brits wished they had witnessed

'The circumstances surrounding her death are unclear at this time', say Durham officers Via: Police investigate 20-year-old student's death outside nightclub

After losing a bid to overturn a UK arrest warrant, it is unclear how the controversial whistleblower will come to leave the Ecuadorian embassy Via: Julian Assange: What is his current legal predicament? How could the Wikileaks Founder leave Ecuador's embassy?