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• Dad who attacked son so violently he may have been left with life-long learning problems is jailed

  23-01-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sean Cottrell assaulted the baby while his girlfriend and her mum popped out to the shops for 15 minutes
  
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• Leon Brittan child sex allegations: Lord Gummer says anyone without real evidence should shut up

  23-01-2015 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leon Brittan's pal John Gummer slams "innuendo" around the Tory grandee and says people spreading rumours should "shut up"
  
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• Who's behind poisonous hate campaign targeted at Imran's weathergirl bride? Reham Khan's life picked apart by critics who see her cricketer-turned-politician husband as a threat against ruling Pakistan regime

  23-01-2015 23:49 via
  
  Two years ago she was a barely remembered regional TV weather girl in Britain - then she married Imran Rhan. Reham Kehan is now famous, but not all of the attention has been positive
  
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• Former Westlife singer Mark Feehily now selling crepes and coffees from a CATERING VAN

  23-01-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 34-year-old has set up his own catering business...but still has his sights on music
  
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• Tory cuts will leave public services 'weaker than just FOUR developed nations'

  23-01-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mexico, South Korea Switzerland and Chile have cut spending to 35% of their economy, as George Osborne plans to do by 2020
  
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• Leon Brittan faced cop quiz over claims he was at VIP parties where kids were abused

  23-01-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tory grandee died before probe into paedo network could quiz him over child sex allegations
  
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• Sharp rise in number of children adopted by gay and lesbian couples

  23-01-2015 23:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Last year 180 infants were adopted by gay couples and another 150 went to live with lesbian parents, according to the Department of Education
  
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• The top 10 blunders with priceless historical artefacts

  23-01-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After Tutankhamun’s beard came loose, staff at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo hastily stuck it back on with superglue and this isn't the first time a blunder has been inflicted on a priceless work
  
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• Rowan Atkinson is selling his McLaren F1 for £8million

  23-01-2015 23:39 via
  
  Comedian Rowan Atkinson bought the 241mph British supercar new in 1997 for a then staggering £540,000 – but he has since crashed the car twice. He insisted that he did not buy the F1 car as an investment.
  
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• NHS crisis: 4,000 beds blocked every DAY as patients have nowhere to go

  23-01-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Delayed transfers of care, or bed blocking, occur when a patient is clinically ready to leave but stays because there is no care at home or in the community
  
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• Man whose 'penis split in two and eroded' sues his insurance company

  23-01-2015 23:33 via
  
  A California man is suing his health care provider after he claims his penis completely split in half and eroded as a result of neglect.
  
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• Cambridge United 0-0 Manchester United

  23-01-2015 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  League Two Cambridge United hold Manchester United to a goalless draw to earn an FA Cup fourth-round replay.
  
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• Online abuse is one thing, to be threatened with rape is another: Chloe Madeley the terrifying moment when cyber-stalking went too far

  23-01-2015 23:31 via
  
  The daughter of Richard and Judy discusses her ‘odd’ relationship with her parents and her lost years ahead of her appearance in Channel 4's The Jump.
  
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• MH17 crash brought back chilling memories for Litvinenko's son

  23-01-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Speaking ahead of the inquiry into Alexander Litvinenko's death, the former KGB spy's widow Marina tells of her son's emotional response to the shooting down of the MH17 jet over Ukraine
  
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• The pitfalls of trying to find a decent savings rate

  23-01-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can things get any worse for beleaguered savers?
  
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• David Attenborough: The thought of things coming to an end makes me want to do more not less

  23-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He has been a fixture on our TV's for almost 40 years but the death of his beloved brother, Richard, is pushing David Attenborough to do more
  
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• Sarah Porter: Tragic mum dies after giving birth to 'miracle baby' while battling breast cancer

  23-01-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mum-of-three fought the illness for nearly three years but succumbed on Saturday aged just 30
  
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• Flags at half mast and fawning praise for King Abdullah's death sparks backlash

  23-01-2015 23:23 via
  
  The reaction has been slammed by human rights organisations who said King Abdullah's rule saw regular public beheadings and floggings – and homosexuality punished by death.
  
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• Shameless Tory MP takes FIVE free foreign trips in five months as he's 'winding down'

  23-01-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Arbuthnot skipped Commons sessions to enjoy the all-expenses-paid jaunts that cost £11,000 between July and November
  
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• Greek leaders in final poll pleas

  23-01-2015 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Greek party leaders are making their final appeals to voters before Sunday's general election, with the New Democracy party battling left-wing Syriza.
  
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• Mapp races to first bobsleigh gold

  23-01-2015 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Invictus Games competitor Corie Mapp wins gold for Great Britain in the first ever para World Cup bobsleigh race.
  
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• Tony Blair's grovelling letter to Colonel Gaddafi

  23-01-2015 23:02 via
  
  On official Downing Street-headed paper, Blair told the dictator he was ‘very disappointed’ Britain’s courts had blocked the deportation of five Libyan dissidents amid fears they would be mistreated.
  
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• Litvinenko inquiry: the proof Russia was involved in dissident's murder

  23-01-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  National Security Agency (NSA) obtained communications between key individuals in London and Moscow from the time that Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with radioactive material
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko: Murdered for unmasking 'Kremlin-backed' mobsters?

  23-01-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Alexander Litvinenko spent his last years investigating the depths of the criminal underworld, unearthing secrets he believed could destabilise Russia. But some think he dug too deep
  
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• First look at The Hard Problem - Tom Stoppard's first new play in nine years

  23-01-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Fans of Sir Tom Stoppard have been given a glimpse of The Hard Problem, his first new work in nearly a decade
  
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• Ministry of Defence squanders £30m on TV job ads as army personnel is slashed

  23-01-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Government has been trying to sign up thousands to replace trained personnel lost in heavy defence cuts
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko: Key moments of the life of a Russian spy

  23-01-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko was a husband, father, soldier and spy. Here are some of the key events of his life, before it was cut short by the polonium poisoning that shook the world
  
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• Coalition has created a 'jobs-led revolution', claims Iain Duncan Smith

  23-01-2015 22:56 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Work and Pensions Secretary says people are getting back into work because of Government welfare reforms
  
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• The Chilcot inquiry: The reckoning – the Iraq War by numbers

  23-01-2015 22:47
  
  After six years and nearly £9m, the report of Sir John Chilcot’s inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the Iraq war remains unpublished. Here is a summary of the war in numbers.
  
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• The Chilcot inquiry: The men that led Britain to war in Iraq

  23-01-2015 22:47
  
  1. Tony Blair
  
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• The Chilcot inquiry: The timeline of events from 9/11 to the latest delay in publishing the Chilcot report

  23-01-2015 22:47
  
  11 September 2001
  
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• The Chilcot inquiry: The timeline of events from 9/11 to the first post-Saddam parliamentary election

  23-01-2015 22:47
  
  11 September 2001
  
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• The Chilcot inquiry: Recriminations and inquiries – the aftermath of the Iraq War

  23-01-2015 22:47
  
  Recriminations
  
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• The Chilcot inquiry: From missing WMDs to 'shock and awe' – the invasion and occupation of Iraq

  23-01-2015 22:46
  
  Shock and awe
  
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• The Chilcot inquiry: September 11 and the road to the Iraq War

  23-01-2015 22:46
  
  Tony Blair was in a hotel room reading through the speech he was due to deliver to the TUC annual conference when Alastair Campbell came bursting in and insisted that he switch on the television. At 1.46pm British time, a Boeing 767 passenger airliner had hit the north tower of the World Trade Centre in New York. The south tower was hit 17 minutes later.
  
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• Watch mass brawl erupt in front of horrified shoppers

  23-01-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Security staff desperately tried to separate fighting groups at the Selfridges entrance on the lower level of the Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham
  
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• St Johnstone 1-1 Aberdeen

  23-01-2015 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adam Rooney's 25-yard strike salvages a point against St Johnstone as Aberdeen miss a chance to go top above Celtic.
  
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• NI parties not in TV debate plans

  23-01-2015 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New proposals for TV election debates do not include parties from Northern Ireland, it is confirmed.
  
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• Rugby parents told to not cheer and observe games in silence

  23-01-2015 22:38 via
  
  Rugby bosses in Yorkshire have introduced 'Silent Sundays' to discourage aggressive behaviour from parents on the sidelines after referees increasingly became the targets of 'verbal abuse' (file image).
  
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• Pictured: Iron Maiden star Steve Harris puts plush 11-bed mansion up for sale for £4.95million

  23-01-2015 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 58-year-old bass player is flogging Grade II-listed Sheering Hall, in Essex for the reduced sum after he failed to find a buyer at the original asking price of £7million
  
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• Saxo Bank faces £70m Swiss losses

  23-01-2015 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Danish currency trading specialist said it could afford to absorb losses if customers failed to meet their obligations
  
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• Judge slams Coronation Street's Rita for 'wasting court's time and money' on drink drive charge

  23-01-2015 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Barbara Knox, who has played Rita Tanner for 44 years, dramatically changed her drink drive plea to guilty
  
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• Muslim gang barred from gathering in large groups and burning flags

  23-01-2015 22:28 via
  
  Twelve men, from Luton and London, have been served with a three-year anti-social behaviour order that also prevents them from carrying flags or setting fire to items in protest.
  
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• BBC agrees Eos music payment deal

  23-01-2015 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC and the body representing Welsh musicians sign a contract regarding the broadcaster's payments to artists.
  
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• Dame Vivienne Westwood 'donating £300,000' to Green Party

  23-01-2015 22:15
  
  Fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood is reportedly planning to donate around £300,000 to the Greens, in a further boost to the party which has seen its ranks swell in recent months.
  
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• VIDEO: Double despair for Coulson

  23-01-2015 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cambridge United defender Josh Coulson heads just over against Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
  
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• Occupational therapist jailed after being drawn into boyfriend's drugs business

  23-01-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Four people sentenced over conspiracy to supply "party drug" M-Cat ordered over the internet from China
  
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• Fears over new Saudi king's 'wandering mind' as David Cameron faces a backlash

  23-01-2015 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cameron faced fury from all sides after ordering Britain to lower Union flags over the death of tyrant King Abdullah
  
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• Anti-terror police made 165 Syria related arrests in the UK last year

  23-01-2015 22:01 via
  
  The total number of arrests for terrorist offences in 2014 was 327, a 32 per cent increase on the previous year. The announcement comes as the UN paints a worsening picture of the war in Syria.
  
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• MoD 'paid back £400m underspend while Forces cut'

  23-01-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  MPs question how many personnel could have been saved if the MoD's budget had been better handled.
  
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