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• The Sun brings back Page 3 - but was it all a stunt?

  21-01-2015 23:52 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The tabloid prints a picture of a topless model on page three under the headline 'clarifications and corrections'
  
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• The Sun brings back page 3

  21-01-2015 23:52 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The tabloid prints a picture of a topless model on page three under the headline 'clarifications and corrections'
  
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• Elderly couple found dead from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at caravan park

  21-01-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Francie and Nan O'Reilly, a "quiet and unassuming couple" in their mid-70s, were found dead in their "snug" mobile home in County Down, Northern Ireland
  
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• Cigarettes likely to be sold in plain packets by next year

  21-01-2015 23:46
  
  The Government has finally decided that cigarettes are to be sold in standardised packages in England.
  
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• All cigarettes likely to be sold in plain packets by next year

  21-01-2015 23:46
  
  The Government has finally decided that cigarettes are to be sold in standardised packages in England.
  
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• MP Jim Dobbin died after drinking so many shots during boozy meal in Poland

  21-01-2015 23:38 via
  
  The stalwart Labour MP had been invited by his hosts to drink a shot of powerful spirit with each course - as customary in Poland - which made him five times over the legal drink-drive limit.
  
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• Branded cigarette packets WILL be banned from 2016

  21-01-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The ban looks likely to go ahead - and supporters say the move will save thousands of lives
  
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• Incredible pictures of daring duo conquering tightrope over Victoria Falls

  21-01-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daring Reinhard Kleindl and pal Lukas Irmler walked a high line across Victoria Falls, the world's biggest waterfall
  
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• Almost 7,000 attacks on cops in SIX months - but they don't appear on official crime figures

  21-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The highest number of attacks were recorded in Northern Ireland but figures don't include The Met and Police Scotland so could be much greater
  
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• Toby the monkey consoles his sad friend Angelica with a loving hug

  21-01-2015 23:28 via
  
  Angelica the ape was filmed in her enclosure at the Zoological Wildlife Foundation in Miami, Florida, sorrowfully putting one hand to her eyes.
  
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• Tribute to Kirkbride at TV awards

  21-01-2015 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Coronation Street star William Roache leads a special tribute at the National TV Awards to on-screen wife Anne Kirkbride, who died on Monday.
  
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• Haribo stop selling 'RACIST' sweets after social media outcry

  21-01-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The confectionery manufacturer removed the sweets, shaped like black faces, from sale after a Twitter backlash
  
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• Former policewoman pleads guilty to selling a dangerous horse she claimed 'never put a hoof wrong'

  21-01-2015 23:25 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Carrie Vinson admitted to a friend that a horse named Fly had 'a screw loose' but falsely advertised him as 'well-mannered'
  
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• 'No learning' on periods - Radcliffe

  21-01-2015 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe says sport hasn't learned how to deal with elite athletes' periods.
  
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• American Sniper: An American hero?

  21-01-2015 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Was American sniper Chris Kyle really a hero?
  
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• Eric Pickles 'unlawfully discriminated' against gypsies, High Court rules 

  21-01-2015 23:21 via
  
  Mr Justice Gilbart, sitting in London, found both human rights and equality laws were breached by Mr Pickles and his department for 'calling in' cases normally considered by his planning inspectors.
  
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• Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Sheffield United

  21-01-2015 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tottenham beat League One Sheffield United in the first leg of their Capital One Cup semi-final at White Hart Lane.
  
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• Wolf Hall: Viewers slam 'boring' and 'dull' BBC drama but found their 'favourite Henry'

  21-01-2015 23:18
  
  IT was the most eagerly anticipated programmes of this year - but tonight viewers gave the first episode of the BBC's big-budget adaptation of Hilary Mantel novel Wolf Hall the thumbs down.
  
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• Jacqui Burke wins dispute with neighbours after she painted front door pink

  21-01-2015 23:17 via
  
  Jacqui Burke, 50, wanted to give her fashion school in Dunbar, East Lothian, a unique touch by painting the front doors in an eye-catching colour after she moved in last September.
  
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• Boy, 14, raped as he walked his dog in park

  21-01-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim was so traumatized he was only able to report the attack two months later
  
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• Why a cheaper pint of milk could kill off our beloved British dairy farms

  21-01-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Farmers say most shoppers would be happy to pay a few pence extra for a pint to preserve the traditional rural scene of cows grazing in the fields being replaced by industrial super-dairies that have more in common with battery farms
  
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• Is this the funniest post-#GamerGate games review yet?

  21-01-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Steve Hogarty's review of Infinifactory has brilliantly mocked the "actually it’s about ethics in games journalism" #GamerGate mob
  
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• Adam Koessler: Petition supporting dad arrested for giving dying daughter cannabis oil tops 150,000 signatures

  21-01-2015 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The milestone figure was reached after Mr Koessler was finally allowed to spend time with toddler daughter Rumer at the hospital where she is being treated for cancer
  
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• Watch: William Roache's emotional tribute to Anne Kirkbride at the NTAs

  21-01-2015 23:06 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  William Roache - who played Anne Kirkbride's screen husband Ken Barlow - has many of the audience in tears as he gives an emotional tribute to his late co-star
  
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• New papers in Andrew sex claims case

  21-01-2015 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US woman who has accused Prince Andrew of sexual misconduct has repeated the claims in fresh court documents.
  
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• Firefighters refuse to take part in terror drill training

  21-01-2015 23:03 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Minister demands Fire Brigades Union calls off boycott of training for Paris-style gun massacres, in ongoing dispute over pay and pensions
  
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• Ministry of Defence spends £1.2bn of taxpayers' money on consultants to do job of sacked staff

  21-01-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 500 firms were paid millions in the past four years to work on defence equipment contracts, previously done by civilian staff
  
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• Protest head quits amid 'Hitler' row

  21-01-2015 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The head of Germany's "anti-Islamisation" movement quits after disparaging anti-refugee comments and a photo showing him apparently posing as Hitler emerge.
  
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• Prince Andrew allegations: 'Sex slave' accuser Virginia Roberts says 'I had dungeon romp with duke'

  21-01-2015 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old claimed paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein paid her $400 for "servicing" the Queen's middle son in New York
  
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• 'Deal reached' in Yemeni crisis

  21-01-2015 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yemen's embattled president has reached a peace deal with Shia Houthi rebels occupying key points in the capital Sanaa, reports say.
  
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• Celtic 4-0 Motherwell

  21-01-2015 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Celtic ease back to the top of the Premiership in style as Motherwell are torn to pieces at Parkhead.
  
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• England star Geoff Thomas: I got cancer bombshell while sat in traffic jam

  21-01-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former England footballer and Crystal Palace captain Geoff Thomas feared that his time was up after a lump in his stomach turned out to be leukaemia...
  
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• ITV's Romilly Weeks was photobombed by a squirrel outside Westminster

  21-01-2015 22:31 via
  
  The bizarre photobombing incident happened as ITV journalist Romilly Weeks reported from outside Westminster in London for the lunchtime bulletin.
  
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• NHS strike talks to resume on Friday

  21-01-2015 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Talks aimed at averting strikes by health workers in England next week will resume on Friday - after being adjourned on Wednesday evening - unions say.
  
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• Exeter-born couple born on the same day in opposite hospital beds later married

  21-01-2015 22:15 via
  
  Dave O'Callaghan and Jane Hammond didn't meet each other until they were 17 because they grew up on different sides of Exeter, but by 21 they were engaged, and at 22 they tied the knot.
  
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• PC death suspect held in Germany

  21-01-2015 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man wanted in connection with the death of police officer following a night out in Liverpool city centre is arrested in Germany.
  
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• Chilcot report: MPs demand a date for 'sexed down' Iraq War inquiry

  21-01-2015 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MPs will demand Sir John Chilcot should end further delays and set a clear “deadline for publication” for the long-awaited document
  
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• Race against time to stop British boy being deported to a country he has never even VISITED

  21-01-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Little Rafeeq Atanda is being held in a detention centre with him mum Bola and they will be deported to Nigeria on Friday
  
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• Lord Oakeshott gives cash to Labour and Greens to fight Tories in marginal seats

  21-01-2015 22:00
  
  A Liberal Democrat peer who was forced out of the party over his role in an attempt to depose Nick Clegg is to give £600,000 to Labour and Lib Dem MPs fighting the Tories in marginal seats.
  
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• Asda worker who stole store vouchers to cash in £400,000

  21-01-2015 21:58 via
  
  Accounts worker Jennifer Ward, 51, from York, used vouchers that she was supposed to destroy to fund a six-year crime spree, alongside her partner Alistair Lobban, 54.
  
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• BBC slammed for £89m a year headquarters that cost £1bn to build

  21-01-2015 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  National Audit Office (NAO) said the building - which costs £89m a year to run, accounts for a third of the annual £273m running costs of the BBC’s entire UK estate
  
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• Police arrest man in Germany on suspicion of murdering off-duty officer Neil Coyle

  21-01-2015 21:45 via
  
  Timmy Donovan, who was wanted on a European Arrest Warrant over the death of Pc Neil Doyle, was held on suspicion of murder, Merseyside Police said.
  
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• Santhosh Rajan trial: Widow, 91, died after suffering broken leg 'due to care home nurse's negligence'

  21-01-2015 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Fragile' Iris Teale died after suffering a bleed on the brain at the home in Sutton Coldfield, in the West Midlands
  
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• Ofgem to investigate gas and electricity costs faced by the poorest UK households

  21-01-2015 21:43
  
  The gas and electricity costs faced by the poorest households are to be investigated by the energy watchdog following warnings that some struggling families cannot afford to warm up food.
  
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• Fugitive suspect arrested in Germany over murder of off-duty police officer Neil Doyle

  21-01-2015 21:35
  
  A MAN wanted over the killing of an off-duty police offer has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Conor McColl, 16, drowned in water-filled quarry after smoking cannabis

  21-01-2015 21:34 via
  
  The death of a teenager at a disused quarry in Bedfordshire has been recorded as misadventure. Conor McColl, 16, drowned after smoking cannabis and trying to swim across the water-filled quarry.
  
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• 'My wife has become a man but it's made our marriage stronger than ever'

  21-01-2015 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Graham Hopwood was not surprised when his wife, Catherine, said she wanted to be a man and now they're happier than ever
  
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• Eurozone prepares for QE

  21-01-2015 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why the European Central Bank is widely expected to announce a bout of quantitative easing, and what this could mean for the eurozone.
  
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• VIDEO: HMS Victory 'rotting from the inside'

  21-01-2015 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flag ship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, is in urgent need of repair due to extensive water damage.
  
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• Happy at last: Dog shot in head with crossbow bolt recovers and finds loving home

  21-01-2015 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The horrific story of Ziggy, a two-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, now has a happy ending
  
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