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Published   April 27, 2017 Share   Tweet   Pin it   +1 British Prime Minister Theresa May For the first time since Britain voted to leave the European Union, more people now believe that the decision was a mistake, an opinion poll released Thursday said. Asked “in hindsight, was Britain right or wrong to vote to leave the EU?”, the YouGov poll in The Times newspaper found that 45 percent said wrong (up two), while 43 percent said right (down three). ADVERTISING “This is the first time that more people have said the referendum came out with the wrong result, and suggests that the issue still divides the country,” The Times said. In the June 2016 referendum, 52 percent voted for Britain to leave the EU. YouGov found some 43 percent favour a so-called “hard Brexit” where Britain leaves the EU completely, while 36 percent backed a “soft Brexit” where Britain remains inside the European single market and retains open-borders EU imm...
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Joey Barton: Burnley midfielder banned for 18 months over betting

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3 minutes ago From the section Football Share this page Joey Barton was banned for one game in November for breaching Scottish Football Association rules on gambling Burnley midfielder Joey Barton has been banned from football for 18 months after admitting a Football Association charge in relation to betting. The 34-year-old has been fined £30,000 and warned about his future conduct after being charged with breaking FA rules for placing 1,260 bets on matches between 26 March 2006 and 13 May 2016. Barton said he is addicted to gambling. He plans to appeal against the length of the suspension, calling it "excessive". "I have provided the FA with a medical report about my problem - I'm disappointed it wasn't taken into proper consideration," he said. The midfielder bet on some matches in which he played but he stressed in a  statement on his website  that "this is not match fixing" and that at "no point in any...
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INTERVIEW I once died and woke up when about to be buried –Aroloye, Owa of Idanre

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