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• Together again: Inseparable sisters, 90, die within days of each other

  25-01-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The devoted spinsters could not live without each other, say family
  
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• Greece elections take EU back to brink: Hard-left Syriza party set for victory at polls

  25-01-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Syriza, which has vowed to end years of painful austerity, look on course to win 150 seats – just one short of an overall majority
  
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• Morecambe Bay NHS Trust turf war between doctors and midwives 'has cost 30 lives'

  25-01-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An investigation into the Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust is expected to say patient safety was compromised because the two groups were at loggerheads
  
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• OK, I got the message! I'm going: Penguin pinches elephant seal's behind after it strayed on to their bit of beach in Antarctica

  25-01-2015 23:54 via
  
  The young seal suffered a painful pinch on the behind as the gentoo penguins on Antarctica's South Shetland Islands saw off the intruder.
  
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• Eight million families £1,330 better off under flagship tax plan where two working adults can double the benefit

  25-01-2015 23:54 via
  
  Ministers will hail the figures as evidence of the major overhaul in the personal tax system but they risk fuelling a row over the Government's decision to target support at two-earner families.
  
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• Legoland row: Nearly 2,500 sign petition calling for attraction to allow entry to disabled adults and carers

  25-01-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The campaign was started by the mother of 20-year-old Anthony Lewis, who was turned away because of a 'no adults without children' policy
  
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• Hoax caller put through to David Cameron's phone after claiming to be GCHQ chief

  25-01-2015 23:53
  
  A HOAX caller was put through to David Cameron's mobile phone after claiming to be the head of GCHQ.
  
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• Syriza’s historic win puts Greece on collision course with Europe

  25-01-2015 23:44
  
  Greek voters reject EU austerity for radical alternative of far-left party, which falls just short of an overall majorityEuropean politics has been plunged into a volatile new era following a historic victory in Greece’s general election by far-left radicals committed to ending years of austerity.More than five years into the euro crisis that started in Greece in October 2009 and raised questions about the single currency’s survival, Greek voters roundly rejected the savage spending cuts and
  
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• Euan Coulthard: Diver travels more than 170 miles to help search for missing Durham student

  25-01-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Within minutes the former Army vet had found a body that police believe to be Euan's
  
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• Jessica Ennis-Hill ready for fight to recapture greatness

  25-01-2015 23:30
  
  • Ennis-Hill has the desire, says British Athletics’ Neil Black
  • Olympic heptathlon champion preparing for comeback
  • Ennis-Hill aims to defend gold at Rio 2016Jessica Ennis-Hill is confident she can recapture her greatness as she prepares to return to competitive action after the birth of her first child, according to the British Athletics performance director, Neil Black. But Black has admitted that it may take until 2016 before the Olympic heptathlon champion returns to her very
  
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• We moved in together 36 hours after we met - 22 years later we're still in love

  25-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A chance meeting in a Coventry cafe was the start of a whirlwind romance which Tina and David Challenor would not swap for the world
  
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• Muscle drug is new danger: Numbers injecting steroids more than double those on heroin

  25-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police tackling drug dealers cashing in on the growing demand confiscated a dose of anabolic steroids every 13 seconds
  
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• Home Office won't name foreign killers and rapists on the run in the UK - to protect their privacy

  25-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror made an unsuccessful Freedom of Information request about the names of 58 missing “high harm” criminals and the details of their offences
  
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• Government obliged to protect rapists and murderers: Home Office won't ID foreign fugitives

  25-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror made an unsuccessful Freedom of Information request about the names of 58 missing “high harm” criminals and the details of their offences
  
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• 101 days to General Election: Here are 101 promises broken by ConDem Coalition government

  25-01-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cameron and Nick Clegg have let us down on the economy, cost of living, NHS, education, the community, defence, border and the environment
  
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• Search under way for missing windsurfer who failed to return to shore in foggy conditions

  25-01-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man was part of a group of four windsurfers near the mouth of the River Lune in Lancashire when he disappeared
  
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• Army general says he is planning to come out: 'I'm gay, and plan to fight military homophobia'

  25-01-2015 23:29
  
  A married Army general has said he is planning to come out as gay to highlight what he claims is continuing widespread homophobic discrimination in the armed forces.
  
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• Pictured: Open air SWIMMING POOL to be built in middle of the Thames...for £10milion

  25-01-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The proposed plan mean those in the capital could be frolicking in the river by as early as next year
  
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• Tsipras declares end to 'vicious cycle of austerity' after Syriza wins Greek election – live updates

  25-01-2015 23:20
  
  Official projection puts Syriza just short of outright majority Syriza says ‘hope has won’Result could plunge Europe deeper into crisisPM Antonis Samaras congratulates Alexis Tsipras on Syriza’s victory
  GuardianWitness: your hopes and fears for the future of GreeceGuardian briefing on the Greek election
  10.20pm GMT Here’s a preview of the Guardian’s front page on Syriza’s win.Guardian front page, Monday 26 January 2015: Syriza’s historic win puts Greece on collision course with Eu
  
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• Manhattan Home Depot shooting: Employee 'shoots colleague then kills himself' in front of terrified shoppers

  25-01-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The gunman, 31, reportedly shot dead his 38-year-old victim before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide.           
  
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• Mission to Venezuela denied access

  25-01-2015 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Venezuelan authorities prevent the former presidents of Chile and Colombia from visiting jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.
  
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• Woman, 70, sentenced to three years' probation and 420 hours of community service after trying to cut off her husband's penis 

  25-01-2015 23:06 via
  
  Virginia Valdez pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a deadly weapon over the 2011 attack on Cesar Valdez, then aged 62, at their home in Palm Springs, California.
  
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• WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government

  25-01-2015 23:06
  
  Search giant gave FBI emails and digital data belonging to three staffersWikiLeaks told last month of warrants which were served in March 2012 Google took almost three years to disclose to the open information group WikiLeaks that it had handed over emails and other digital data belonging to three of its staffers to the US government, under a secret search warrant issued by a federal judge.WikiLeaks has written to Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, to protest that the search giant only
  
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• Premier League given a grim warning by the FA Cup fairytales

  25-01-2015 22:58
  
  Deloitte’s report showed the Premier League is the richest in the world. So shouldn’t its teams be doing better in the FA Cup and in European competitions?
  • Deloitte reveals world wealth rankings of football clubsIt was a weekend for football’s frog princes and ugly ducklings, when every fairytale seemed to come true. Bradford’s rags-over-riches comeback at Stamford Bridge provided the FA Cup with its greatest Cinderella story for years, but Middlesbrough’s surgical giant-slaying
  
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• Most burglary victims 'never feel safe in their homes again'

  25-01-2015 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The survey of 1,000 UK adults also revealed that the emotional impact increases according to what was taken
  
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• Policies for improving schools had ‘no effect’, finds parliamentary inquiry

  25-01-2015 22:47
  
  Committee says impact of coalition’s multibillion pound converter academy programme for raising performance in England is ‘inconclusive’The government’s flagship policies for improving schools – encouraging them to convert to academy status and establishing free schools – have had little or no effect, according to a major parliamentary inquiry to be published this week.On Wednesday, the House of Commons’ education committee is expected to offer an embarrassingly tepid verdict on th
  
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• Over one MILLION older people are “chronically lonely” new report warns

  25-01-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK said: “As the numbers of older people in our society increase, the problem is set to get even worse"
  
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• American international ski 'ambassador' killed in avalanche on Mont Blanc in black weekend that also saw six friends killed in another accident 

  25-01-2015 22:39 via
  
  The deadly period began on Friday when Dave Rosenbarger, a 38-year-old from Oregon, was caught in a tide of snow and ice on the Italian side of Mont Blanc.
  
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• Labour would expand 'crown jewels' to include World Cup and Euro football qualifiers

  25-01-2015 22:37
  
  England and Scotland qualifying matches for future World Cup and European Championship football tournaments could be broadcast on free-to-view channels, under Labour proposals to shake up UK broadcasting rights.
  
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• Vote Tory at the General Election? You've got to be kidding

  25-01-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Maguire says the good news for kids delivering Tory leaflets is they will struggle to win, so the minimum wage is safe
  
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• Hoax call put through to David Cameron from person claiming to be head of GCHQ

  25-01-2015 22:35
  
  A hoax caller was put through to David Cameron's phone after claiming to be the director of eavesdropping agency GCHQ.
  
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• Disabled Labrador Poppy given new lease of life on wheels

  25-01-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Devoted owner Peter Austin feared his beloved pet would be put down after vets warned she would never walk again
  
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• West Midlands Police: Cops 'called suspected domestic violence victim a “f****** slag” and “bitch” in voicemail message'

  25-01-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Now the officers could face criminal charges over the alleged chat left on the phone of Alex Faragher, aged 20
  
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• Specieswatch: Snowdrop

  25-01-2015 22:30
  
  The Flower of Hope or common snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, is showing itself in gardens and will soon be attracting visitors to woodlands and churchyards, where these first flowers of spring can grow in carpets of white.When it occurs in such profusion in Britain it is hard to believe that this bulb is variously classed as a critically endangered species, vulnerable or threatened in half a dozen European countries. But these classifications apply to the snowdrop in its native habitat. Left unmole
  
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• Aldi manager jailed after stealing £84k from store to buy 'flash' sports car and feed COCAINE HABIT

  25-01-2015 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Louise Mulholland, 35, drove around in "a flash sports car" and carried wads of stolen cash in her handbag before she was finally caught out
  
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• British holidaymakers on cruise forced to grab life jackets after ship catches fire during night

  25-01-2015 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The ship, carrying 785 guests and 356 crew from Southampton on an 18-night trip, left from Cadiz, Spain
  
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