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• Twitter shuts down ISIS supporters and jihadists as MI5 launch anti-terror social media crackdown

  24-01-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Up to 400 accounts were closed by Twitter overnight on Tuesday in a mass cull organised by the British security services and America's CIA
  
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• Greg Plitt memorial: Recap of updates as service held to remember fitness guru

  24-01-2015 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The TV fitness instructor, actor and ex-Calvin Klein model, 37, was struck and killed by a train in Los Angeles, California last week
  
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• Japan fights back at Jihadi John with MEMES

  24-01-2015 23:46 via
  
  After Jihadi John threatened to kill hostages Haruna Yukawa and Kenji Goto this week, the Japanese public responded by creating darkly comic internet memes mocking ISIS.
  
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• Lungu wins Zambia presidential poll

  24-01-2015 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Defence Minister Edgar Lungu wins Zambia's presidential election for the governing Patriotic Front with 48.3% of the vote.
  
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• Islamic State publishes list of heavy-handed punishments

  24-01-2015 23:43 via
  
  Islamic State has published a list of punishments ranging from 80 lashes for drinking alcohol to death for committing blasphemy. The Sharia code of conduct will be enforced in areas it controls
  
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• Prince in bid to overturn China's ban on processed pork

  24-01-2015 23:42 via
  
  Prince William is being urged to champion British pork when he visits China. If the country overturns its current ban on importing processed pork products, UK farmers could gain £15 million a year.
  
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• 100 days to General Election: We asked 100 people how they'll vote and about their key concerns

  24-01-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Our 'snapshot of the nation' approach confirms there is everything still to play for when we go to the polls
  
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• Attempt to recover AirAsia jet's fuselage from ocean floor fails

  24-01-2015 23:30 via
  
  Indonesian authorities have failed in their first attempt to raise the fuselage of the crashed AirAsia jetliner to the water's surface after lifting balloons used in the operation deflated.
  
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• Top Tory Leon Brittan 'photographed entering underage sex den during police investigation'

  24-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former MP for Cleveland and Whitby is said to have been snapped by officers on a 1986 surveillance operation focusing on rent boy orgies
  
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• Tom Watson: Leon Brittan child rape investigation must continue despite his death

  24-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The campaigning Labour MP says while many people knew of the allegations against the former Home Secretary and chose to remain silent, he will not
  
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• Leon Brittan abused me and other children at Westminster VIP paedophile parties: What witness told police

  24-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former Home Secretary who died last week was at the centre of allegations involving an establishment paedophile ring operating in Westminster
  
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• Leon Brittan abused me and other children at Westminster VIP paedophile parties: What child-sex victim told police

  24-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former Home Secretary who died last week was at the centre of allegations involving an establishment paedophile ring operating in Westminster
  
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• The flag of victory: Kurdish fighters fly 75-metre flag from pylon after liberating strategic Syrian strong-hold from ISIS

  24-01-2015 23:26 via
  
  Pictures of the eye-catching yellow, red and green flag on top of Mistenur Hill (pictured), which can be seen for miles around, have been circulating on social media today.
  
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• Safety fear as EU make our railways go metric, forcing staff to calculate speeds and distances in both miles and kilometres during change-over 

  24-01-2015 23:21 via
  
  Britain’s rail network is to go metric on the orders of EU bureaucrats – sparking safety fears that the move could cause chaos and lead to more accidents. Miles and yards will be banished from signs.
  
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• Slimmers warned not to fall for diet pills £1million-a-year trial scam

  24-01-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Firms take hundreds of pounds in payments before online customers have had the chance to try the pills
  
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• She's got 1,000 pairs of shoes and wants £135,000 of holidays a year. Now the woman leaving Laura Ashley insists...Yes, I do deserve a £200m divorce

  24-01-2015 23:16 via
  
  Pauline Chai, 68, is seeking half the estimated £440 million fortune built up during the marriage. Now she has started roceedings to jail her estranged husband for failing to pay maintenance.
  
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• The Alice in Wonderland mansion... with a surreal price tag to match: £4.25million five-storey townhouse which inspired Lewis Carroll is up for sale

  24-01-2015 23:14 via
  
  The ivy-strewn tunnel outside the five-storey Regency townhouse in Lewes Crescent, Brighton, is said be the inspiration for the hole Alice fell down at the start of Alice in Wonderland.
  
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• Speed limit could be raised to 80mph as 'smart motorways' rolled out

  24-01-2015 23:05
  
  THE SPEED limit on British motorways could be raised to 80mph, the Transport Secretary has suggested.
  
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• Thirteen former SAS soldiers face trial over 'shoot-to-kill' deaths of IRA suspects in a series of covert operations 30 years ago 

  24-01-2015 23:03 via
  
  Senior police officers are investigating claims that the elite troops executed terror suspects in cold blood in a series of carefully planned covert operations, the Mail on Sunday can reveal.
  
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• RSPCA set to close TV's animal Hospital as donations dry up: Clinic made famous by Rolf Harris to shut after struggling with negative profile

  24-01-2015 23:03 via
  
  The closure of Putney Animal Hospital, made famous by Rolf Harris (pictured with costar Edwina Silver) comes as it struggles with dwindling donations and a negative profile.
  
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• I turned in the rock star child rapist. So why was I put on trial? Ex-lover of depraved Lostprophets star says she tipped off police 6 YEARS ago...but they accused HER of sex crimes

  24-01-2015 23:02 via
  
  Joanne Mjadzelics 39, who lives in Doncaster, first reported her suspicions that ex-boyfriend Ian Watkins was a predatory paedophile to the police and social services in 2008.
  
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• How to be a Wolf Hall know-it-all: Yes, you love it, but are you a bit lost? Where's Norfolk? Who's Suffolk? Why's everyone called Thomas? Don't fret, here's a handy guide to all the history you need to know

  24-01-2015 23:01 via
  
  While millions have praised the performances and lavish production of Wolf Hall, some have been left scratching their heads over the facts of Tudor history.
  
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• NHS turns to Poland and Australia for paramedics in desperate staff shortage

  24-01-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A national shortage of paramedics has forced NHS ambulance trusts to hunt abroad for trained staff
  
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• Prop Jones retires from Wales duty

  24-01-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales and British and Irish Lions prop Adam Jones has retired from international rugby, the Sunday Times newspaper reports.
  
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• Ukip general secretary calls for NHS to be privatised and compares it to Nazi Germany

  24-01-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a serious of astonishing remarks, Nigel Farage’s top aide Matthew Richardson condemned the NHS as “the biggest waste of money in the UK”
  
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• NHS worker sacked over ISIS Facebook rants and HIV adultery claim

  24-01-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Abdurrahman Siddique was dismissed from Hammersmith Hospital on Friday hours after the Sunday Mirror contacted bosses with our findings
  
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• US planes targeted by bomb threats

  24-01-2015 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are searching two aircraft at Atlanta's airport after they were targeted by "credible" bomb threats, US officials say.
  
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• Arsenal set to secure Paulista deal

  24-01-2015 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Villarreal defender Gabriel Paulista is set to join Arsenal with striker Joel Campbell moving the other way on loan.
  
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• Rockets kill 30 in eastern Ukraine

  24-01-2015 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eastern Ukraine rebels have launched an offensive on the city of Mariupol, one of their leaders says, as rockets kill and injure dozens in the port city.
  
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• Leon Brittan: Ex-Labour MP Barbara Castle said former Home Secretary was man 'she could not trust'

  24-01-2015 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former cabinet minister said the Tory peer was "a powerful man with many secrets"
  
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• Disabled man with mental age of seven barred from Legoland over child protection fears 

  24-01-2015 22:25 via
  
  The Legoland Discovery Centre in Manchester's Trafford Centre has been accused of 'discrimination' by the families of disabled men for its policy that bars adults from visiting the attraction without a child.
  
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• Dad massacres family before shooting himself - but wounded daughter, 12, manages to phone police

  24-01-2015 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jonathan Walker, 34, blasted his two daughters, his girlfriend and her mother in the head before turning the weapon on himself
  
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• US planes targeted by 'bomb threat'

  24-01-2015 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are searching two aircraft at Atlanta airport after they were targeted by "credible" bomb threats, US media report
  
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• VIDEO: One second, two goals, two shocks

  24-01-2015 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the moment when both Premier League leaders Chelsea and champions Manchester City are dumped out of the FA Cup with goals scored in the same second.
  
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• John Prescott on privatisation: Sir Brian Souter donations show Norman Baker's brass neck

  24-01-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former Deputy Prime Minister says it’s time to cross-subsidise less profitable bus routes from profitable ones
  
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• Anne Kirkbride's first Corrie husband faces police abuse probe if he returns to UK for funeral

  24-01-2015 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Neville Buswell, who played Ray Langton for 12 years until 1978, is wanted for interview by cops in Lancashire over an alleged sex ­attack on a 12-year-old girl
  
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• Sturridge to return against West Ham

  24-01-2015 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Daniel Sturridge is to make his Liverpool return next week against West Ham, having been out since August with injuries.
  
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• Owner of ex-PM's Blair Force One jet revealed as former Labour donor

  24-01-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Jet used by Tony Blair belongs to Richard Caring, the owner of the Ivy and Annabel's, who once loaned the Labour party £2 million
  
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• The moment Amjad Bashir defects in person to David Cameron

  24-01-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Ukip's former star Amjad Bashir tells Tim Ross why he is pleased to be supporting David Cameron at the election, as the Prime Minister says he is "very proud" of his newest recruit
  
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• Prince Andrew flew on paedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein’s private 'sex' jet

  24-01-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke of York appears in the log book for the 13-seater Gulfstream allegedly used by the US billionaire to host mile-high romps with underage girls
  
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• Listen to Wealdstone Raider threaten to KILL fans in shock foul-mouthed rant

  24-01-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a 24-second recording, the cult can be heard hurling abuse at students - but the Raider says he's been 'plagued by dozens of abusive calls'
  
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• Aer Lingus 'to accept' new IAG bid

  24-01-2015 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Irish airline Aer Lingus is set to approve a takeover bid by British Airways owner IAG, the BBC understands.
  
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• 28 injured after M4 pile-up which caused major tail-backs for 'miles' 

  24-01-2015 21:35 via
  
  One woman was airlifted to hospital and 28 others taken by ambulance after the incident on the M4 near Cardiff, south Wales, which caused miles of tailbacks.
  
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• World leaders pay respects in Riyadh

  24-01-2015 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World leaders gather in Saudi Arabia to offer condolences after the death on Friday of King Abdullah at the age of 90.
  
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• Top Tory forced to grovel after being caught sending racist and sexist emails

  24-01-2015 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Messages from Peter Batty – the leader of a local Conservative party – included “jokes” containing the n-word
  
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• England pair Wood and Parling injured

  24-01-2015 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tom Wood and Geoff Parling have both suffered injuries before England's Six Nations opener against Wales on 6 February.
  
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• Massive search for missing dog Sylvia ends in tragedy after pet's body is found

  24-01-2015 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her body was discovered west of Caernarfon at the mainland entrance to the Menai Strait, a few miles across the water from where she’d vanished.
  
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• UKIP MEP suspended over finances

  24-01-2015 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UKIP MEP is suspended over financial and employment concerns, hours before he was due to announce his defection to the Conservatives.
  
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• UKIP MEP Bashir defects to Tories

  24-01-2015 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UKIP MEP has defected to the Conservatives, but his former party said it had suspended him over financial and employment concerns.
  
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• Greg Plitt memorial: Latest updates as service held to remember fitness guru

  24-01-2015 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The TV fitness instructor, actor and ex-Calvin Klein model, 37, was struck and killed by a train in Los Angeles, California last week
  
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