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• Drink (tap) water - not sports drinks, unless you really are a football star

  11-07-2014 01:01 via The Guardian
  
  Sports drinks are fashionable and considered healthy among teenagers, who drink them while watching TV, but they contain useless added sugar. Water is the better optionSports drinks - if they have a justification at all - are for people playing serious sport. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), they are useful only for "active individuals performing endurance exercise". That is not even a half-hearted kick-about of a ball in a park, let alone the spectator sport of
  
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• Woman raped while FaceTiming boyfriend who managed to get screenshot of attacker

  19-04-2019 11:55 via Mirror - News
  
  The teenage victim was on FaceTime to her boyfriend because she feared she was being followed as she walked through Leeds city centre
  
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• Teen sobs as she recounts sexual assault to police before being burned to death

  19-04-2019 11:34 via Mirror - News
  
  Nusrat Jahan Rafi, 19, holds her head in her hands as a cold-hearted officer says 'it's not a big deal' - weeks before she was tied up, doused with kerosene and set alight
  
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• Fire breaks out in tower block used as Del Boy's home in Only Fools and Horses

  19-04-2019 11:16 via Mirror - News
  
  Firefighters tackled a blaze at Harlech House, in Acton, the block of flats used as the Trotter's home in Only Fools and Horses
  
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• Trainspotting 2 actor Bradley Welsh 'assassinated after £130k of drugs vanished'

  19-04-2019 11:00 via Mirror - News
  
  Bradley Welsh was shot dead outside his Edinburgh home and it is claimed he had received a warning just weeks before
  
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• Raucous Bank Holiday revellers hit UK cities as scorching bumper weekend begins

  19-04-2019 10:59 via Mirror - News
  
  'Thirsty Thursday' kick-started the welcomed four-day weekend with thousands heading out for a night on the tiles in the cities of Blackpool and Birmingham
  
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• BBC admits Fiona Bruce's correction in Diane Abbott row didn't go far enough

  19-04-2019 10:44 via Mirror - News
  
  The exchange on BBC Question Time saw Bruce claim Labour were behind in the polls
  
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• Audi driver flees after 'losing control' and wrecking £130,000 SUPERCAR in smash

  19-04-2019 10:34 via Mirror - News
  
  The sports car was pictured with its front crumpled, a broken rear bumper and its fuel cap sprung open after the crash in Stretford, Greater Manchester
  
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• Guy who shouts 'Stop Brexit' at Parliament every day to stand in Euro elections

  19-04-2019 10:09 via Mirror - News
  
  Steve Bray began protesting in Westminster in September 2017 and has shouted at the Houses of Parliament every sitting day since
  
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• New MH370 report reveals rescuers 'were searching for missing plane in the WRONG place'

  19-04-2019 10:06 via Mirror - News
  
  Scientists said ignoring the net movement of floating objects could lead to major errors in searching for the missing plane
  
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• Final picture shows pilot dad flying into sunset one minute before fatal crash

  19-04-2019 09:43 via Mirror - News
  
  Skilled pilot and instructor Andy Walkden, 54, was killed after his paramotor crashed near Royal Birkdale Golf Course in Southport, Merseyside
  
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• Lyra McKee: Haunting final tweet of journalist shot dead 'by New IRA' in Derry

  19-04-2019 09:23 via Mirror - News
  
  Journalist Lyra McKee was shot in the head in Derry as a gunman fired shots at police in what is being treated as a "terrorist incident" allegedly committed by the dissident republican group New IRA
  
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• Councils accused of 'social cleansing' with £100 fines for rough sleeping

  19-04-2019 09:16 via Mirror - News
  
  Town halls are increasingly applying for orders which give them more power to crack down on acts associated with homelessness
  
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• UK weather forecast: Britain set for 'hottest Easter ever' with 26C heatwave

  19-04-2019 08:46 via Mirror - News
  
  The Met Office is predicting an Easter weekend heatwave with temperatures set to rocket to 26C with plenty of sun - and it could end up being the hottest Easter Sunday on record
  
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• Aberdeen incident: Two people die after being pulled from sea at beach

  19-04-2019 08:17 via Mirror - News
  
  Emergency services were called to a report that two females were in the water - they were taken to hospital where they sadly died
  
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• Lyra McKee: First picture of journalist, 29, shot dead in Derry 'terror attack'

  19-04-2019 08:04 via Mirror - News
  
  Lyra McKee was killed when 'New IRA dissidents' fired towards police Land Rovers in the Creggan area of Derry, Northern Ireland
  
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• Bradley Welsh: Trainspotting 2 star given death warning just weeks before murder

  19-04-2019 07:46 via Mirror - News
  
  Police believed Bradley Welsh, who once featured in Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men, was targeted at his Edinburgh home to send a message to notorious gangster Mark Richardson
  
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• What is Good Friday? Meaning behind it, traditions and why people eat hot cross buns

  19-04-2019 07:02 via Mirror - News
  
  Christians commemorate the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday. Here's everything you need to know
  
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• Chilling 911 call of girl chained up in 'house of horrors' with 12 siblings

  19-04-2019 05:34 via Mirror - News
  
  The 17-year-old teen told the police that her siblings were chained to their beds and starved for days by their parents - David and Louise Turpin - in Perris, California
  
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• Two MILLION bottles of wine destroyed in devastating Bordeaux warehouse fire

  19-04-2019 05:03 via Mirror - News
  
  Fires broke out in the false ceiling which collapsed in the fire onto the wooden crates and pallets of alcohol, owned by Sovex GrandsChateaux
  
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• Derry: Sinn Fein condemns murder of woman, 29, and blames 'so-called dissidents'

  19-04-2019 04:38 via Mirror - News
  
  Sinn Fein deputy leader Michelle O'Neill condemned those responsible for the killing saying it was an attack on all the community
  
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• Meghan Markle and Harry's baby 'nicknamed after hotel where tot was conceived'

  19-04-2019 04:32 via Mirror - News
  
  Staff at the posh hotel have reportedly given Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's soon-to-be-royal baby an adorable nickname
  
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• Derry shooting: Rioters hurl petrol bombs at police cars in 'terror incident'

  19-04-2019 03:44 via Mirror - News
  
  Gangs of rioters are on the streets of Creggan, Derry, as police treat it as a 'terror incident'
  
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• Derry shooting: Witness describes horrific moment woman, 29, gunned down in riots

  19-04-2019 03:01 via Mirror - News
  
  Riots have broken out in the Creggan area of Derry as police pelted with petrol bombs and shots fired
  
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• School crisis as Brit teachers say they spend their wages on basics for pupils

  19-04-2019 01:00 via Mirror - News
  
  Books and stationery for pupils are being paid for by school staff as nearly half of teachers spend to support their students
  
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• Prince Charles wades into knife crime debate and 'deeds of darkness' on streets

  19-04-2019 00:41 via Mirror - News
  
  The Prince of Wales has called for those responsible to "face up to their crimes
  
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• Derry riots: Woman, 29, shot dead in night of violence with petrol bombs thrown

  19-04-2019 00:33 via Mirror - News
  
  Violence erupted on the streets of the Creggan area of Derry, Northern Ireland - photos show men in balaclavas hurling petrol bombs at police Land Rovers
  
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• Blacktip shark appears to be trying to SWALLOW another one whole

  18-04-2019 23:58 via Mirror - News
  
  Stunning pictures seem to show a cannibal shark attempting to devour another predator
  
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• Queen has 'very special relationship' with Prince Harry, royal insider reveals

  18-04-2019 23:56 via Mirror - News
  
  Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Sussex have a strong royal bond
  
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• Bus driver's quick actions saves terrified children as coach 'explodes in flames'

  18-04-2019 23:54 via Mirror - News
  
  Fire crews scrambled to the scene in Clydebank, near Glasgow, after the bus caught fire and sent smoke billowing
  
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