NEWS FOR 20/02/2019 (Wednesday the 20^th of February, 2019 - 1:08:04pm gmt)

• IS bride 'shocked' at 'unjust' removal of citizenship
  Posted on Tuesday, 19/02/2019, 6:48:00pm gmt
  Islamic State bride Shamima Begum has expressed her "shock" at the "unjust" decision of the UK government to remove her British citizenship.
  
  
• British girl, 9, dies after eating ice cream on holiday
  Posted on Wednesday, 20/02/2019, 11:40:00am gmt
  A nine-year-old British girl has died after eating an ice cream while on holiday in the Costa Del Sol with her family. 
  
  
• LGBT group drops Navratilova over 'transphobic' comments
  Posted on Wednesday, 20/02/2019, 9:19:00am gmt
  Tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been sacked as an ambassador for a group campaigning for LGBT sportspeople over "transphobic" comments.
  
  
• Burberry apologises for 'suicide' hoodie with noose around neck
  Posted on Wednesday, 20/02/2019, 9:46:00am gmt
  Burberry has apologised for showcasing a hoodie that featured a noose around the neck at London Fashion Week.
  
  
• Sainsbury's-Asda deal in jeopardy over price and quality concerns
  Posted on Wednesday, 20/02/2019, 7:06:00am gmt
  A planned merger of Sainsbury's and Asda has been thrown into jeopardy after the competition watchdog identified "extensive" concerns.
  
  
• Duchess of Sussex spotted in New York 'ahead of baby shower'
  Posted on Wednesday, 20/02/2019, 8:00:00am gmt
  The Duchess of Sussex has been spotted at several upmarket venues in New York ahead of her reported private baby shower.
  
  
• Plastic pollution: Flip-flop found in poo of endangered tortoise
  Posted on Tuesday, 19/02/2019, 2:33:00pm gmt
  A huge plastic clean-up operation is being organised on one of the most important turtle nesting islands in the Indian Ocean.
  
  
• Don't try this at home: Why grapes explode in the microwave
  Posted on Wednesday, 20/02/2019, 8:57:00am gmt
  Scientists have dug into a viral YouTube video from 2011 to solve the mystery of why grapes explode into fireballs when cooked together in a microwave oven.
  
  
• Nurses 'released cockroaches to get transfer from ward'
  Posted on Wednesday, 20/02/2019, 10:43:00am gmt
  Nurses at a hospital in Naples may have released cockroaches into a ward in order to get it closed, police have said.
  
  
• Police investigate Sir Philip Green over groping claims
  Posted on Wednesday, 20/02/2019, 7:50:00am gmt
  Police in the US say they are investigating Sir Philip Green after a fitness instructor claimed she was groped by the Topshop billionaire at a luxury resort.
  
  
• Three MPs quit Tory party to join breakaway group
  Posted on Wednesday, 20/02/2019, 1:05:05pm gmt
  Heidi Allen, Sarah Wollaston and Anna Soubry criticised the government's "disastrous handling of Brexit".
  
  

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