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• Callous thieves steal £3,800 from FOOD BANK before trashing centre as they leave

  02-02-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The burglars came in through the roof of the centre - which provides essential support for the poor - and also took several items of new clothing
  
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• Gang jailed for 15 years for battering US student on Brick Lane

  02-02-2015 23:57 via
  
  U.S. student Francesco Hounye, 23, had only been in Britain for three days when he was left permanently scarred after being attacked by the gang as he walked home in Shadwell, east London.
  
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• Stan Lock: Schoolboy forced to learn alone because of charity head shave returns to class

  02-02-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stan Lock had raised an amazing £17,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support after news of his isolation broke
  
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• Leeds General Infirmary apologises to family of boy who died after heart operation

  02-02-2015 23:51 via
  
  Leeds General Infirmary has apologised to the family of 11-year-old Bradley Brough, from Upper Poppleton, near York, who died two days after undergoing heart surgery in October 2010.
  
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• Libyan MPs revoke anti-Gaddafi law

  02-02-2015 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Libya's internationally recognised parliament revokes a controversial law that banned Gaddafi-era officials from taking part in politics.
  
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• Boots tycoon is tax dodger with 'unholy alliance' with Tories says Ed Miliband

  02-02-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour leader hits back after the boss of one of Britain's companies blasts his plan for the country
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Calculating Cameron does his sums in the margins

  02-02-2015 23:36
  
  Asked yesterday at Kingsmead School, in Enfield, by the man from 5 News what “nine eights” were, David Cameron decided to pass.
  
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• 'Evil' husband who left screwdriver in wife's eye in vicious attack found guilty of murder

  02-02-2015 23:32
  
  AN "evil" husband who left a screwdriver in his wife's eye socket after killing her in a vicious attack has been found guilty of murder.
  
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• Max Norman: Family of dad killed in avalanche in Scottish Highlands pay tribute to 'amazing person'

  02-02-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Father-of-three Max Norman, 41, was one of two men who went missing on Friday night after they failed to return from a climb on Coireag Dubh Mor
  
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• Coalition minister at centre of abuse claims insists 'I did NOT drug a boy for sex'

  02-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The politician said he worked at the school at the time of the alleged ­incident many years ago but had “no ­recollection” of ever being alone with any pupil
  
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• Mass murderer Charles Manson's wedding plans are cancelled as couple fail to use wedding license

  02-02-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 80-year-old and bride-to-be Afton Elaine Burton were granted permission late last year to get hitched
  
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• Energy bills could be lower - Which?

  02-02-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Recent cuts in consumer energy bills could have been much bigger and made much earlier, research from consumer body Which? has found.
  
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• Couple who split up because of a MOUSTACHE finally reunited after 27 years

  02-02-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Teenager Alan Dawson fell for Elaine Sunshine as soon as he saw her on his paper round but it took almost three decades for them to get together because of his facial fuzz
  
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• Whitney daughter 'fighting for life'

  02-02-2015 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, is "fighting for her life", her family says, two days after she was found unconscious.
  
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• Blast hits Nigeria election rally

  02-02-2015 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A female suicide bomber blows herself up in the north-east Nigerian city of Gombe, minutes after a rally by President Goodluck Jonathan.
  
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• Francesco Hounye trial: Gang who bottled, punched and kicked American student in savage street attack are jailed

  02-02-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Francesco Hounye had only been in Britain for three days when he was left permanently scarred after being repeatedly kicked in the head by the gang in London's East End
  
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• Pensioner who killed cyclist is spared jail

  02-02-2015 22:34 via
  
  Marjorie Tappenden, 73, admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Snaresbrook Crown Court after mowing down former semi-professional cyclist Kevin Lane, 52, in east London.
  
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• Phoenix Nights' Ted Robbins laughs off heart scare from hospital bed after collapse on stage

  02-02-2015 22:33 via
  
  Mr Robbins, 56, collapsed on stage during a live show at Manchester Arena on Saturday. Speaking from his hospital bed he joked the heart scare was an attempt to upstage co-stars in the play.
  
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• Cancer-stricken Jak Trueman dead two days after fulfilling his last wish

  02-02-2015 22:30 via
  
  Jak Trueman, 15, was applauded by tearful classmates from West Calder High in West Lothian after keeping his promise to take girlfriend Hannah Boyd, 14, to the prom on Saturday night.
  
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• Bird flu confirmed in chickens at British farm

  02-02-2015 22:29
  
  A case of bird flu has been detected at a farm in Hampshire.
  
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• Sick Islamic terrorists pushed man off building for being gay – then stoned lifeless body

  02-02-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a series of photographs released by the religious fanatics, the terrified man sits blind-folded on a plastic chair as a grinning executioner takes pictures of the crowd below
  
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• See woman 'humiliate man who touched her on plane' by berating him in front of passengers

  02-02-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The alleged attacker sinks into his seat as he asks for forgiveness in two videos uploaded to the internet
  
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• Bird flu detected at British chicken farm as officials act to prevent spread of disease

  02-02-2015 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Birds at the unnamed breeding farm in Hampshire are being culled and an 1km poultry restriction zone has been imposed
  
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• Grace Taylor: Teenager died after accidentally strangling herself with dressing gown cord

  02-02-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tragic Grace, 13, was found slumped in a wardrobe by her twin Ellen as they tidied their bedrooms - and died in hospital two days later, an inquest heard
  
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• Man tossed 'stepson' under speeding train after fearing his ex would not bring child up properly

  02-02-2015 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Estate agent Sandeep Bhaire planned to kill himself but suddenly changed his mind after seeing four-year-old's arm sliced off
  
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• New Saudi TV 'off air' after launch

  02-02-2015 21:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New Saudi Arabian pan-Arab news channel Alarab stops scheduled broadcasting less than 24 hours after going on air from studios in Bahrain.
  
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• The 'Pickpocket Queen of Birmingham' Margaret Johnson shouted 'I'll be back' as she was jailed

  02-02-2015 21:18 via
  
  Margaret Johnson, 38, preyed on distracted parents and vulnerable pensioners before stealing their handbags and purses in a string of thefts around Birmingham last month, a court heard.
  
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• Lava Lamp inventor's daughter-in-law drowned after falling into the River Avon

  02-02-2015 21:15 via
  
  Christine Craven-Walker, 70, was found after a huge police search near her £4.5million home in Little Somerford, near Chippenham, Wiltshire.
  
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• Heartbroken family of 11-year-old who died after heart surgery finally get apology

  02-02-2015 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bradley Brough, from Upper Poppleton, near York, died two days after heart surgery at the hospital in October 2010
  
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• Kane Boyce 'murdered girlfriend by stamping on her head over Facebook password'

  02-02-2015 21:09 via
  
  Kane Boyce is accused of murdering Paula Newman in 'a violent rage' at the home they shared in Croydon, south London, after allegedly becoming convinced the 20-year-old was cheating on him.
  
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• Bird flu detected among chickens on a British farm

  02-02-2015 21:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A case of bird flu has been confirmed in chickens at a farm in Hampshire although the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs insist it is a 'low severity' case
  
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• Lucy Hubbocks: Brave toddler recovering after battling one-in-a-billion brain tumour the size of satsuma

  02-02-2015 21:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lucy Hubbocks is only one of 10 children in the world to be diagnosed with a pituitay blastoma
  
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• In pictures: Living beside the tracks

  02-02-2015 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The families living right beside a railway track
  
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• State funding per pupil will drop under Tories, David Cameron admits

  02-02-2015 21:04
  
  David Cameron has admitted that state funding per pupil would fall in real terms over the next five years under the Conservatives despite their pledge to protect the £48bn-a-year schools budget.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: Cockerell's crowing ruffles feathers in Parliament

  02-02-2015 21:03
  Parliament’s senior staff are not altogether pleased with Michael Cockerell, the journalist whose four-part television series on how the place works begins tonight.
  
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• Daniel Moxen with 28 previous convictions who set fire to girlfriend on train avoids jail

  02-02-2015 21:02 via
  
  Daniel Moxen, 27, had started flicking his lighter on and off 'in frustration' while on the train from London Victoria to Redhill, Surrey, when the flame suddenly caught onto his girlfriend's cardigan.
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko inquiry: 'My husband knew Russian spies would murder him'

  02-02-2015 21:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The poisoned spy became a “marked man” and fled Moscow over a press ­conference he gave regarding the FSB, which was headed by Vladimir Putin
  
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• Woman admits possessing ANIMAL SEX photos including images of someone having intercourse with a DOG

  02-02-2015 21:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Twisted Amy Hickson, 20, possessed a range of 'grossly offensive' photos of people having sex with other animals as well as indecent images of children
  
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• Woman admits owning ANIMAL SEX photos including ones of people having intercourse with a DOG

  02-02-2015 21:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Twisted Amy Hickson, 20, possessed a range of 'grossly offensive' photos of people having sex with other animals as well as indecent images of children
  
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• Woman admits owning ANIMAL SEX photos including images of people having intercourse with a DOG

  02-02-2015 21:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Twisted Amy Hickson, 20, possessed a range of 'grossly offensive' photos of people having sex with other animals as well as indecent images of children
  
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• Gaza Strip zoo animals the other victims of the Palestinian conflict

  02-02-2015 20:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Warning: This story contains images that some people might find upsetting
  
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• Paedophiles have been on a police missing list for up to eight years, force admits

  02-02-2015 20:52 via
  
  Ten paedophiles have been on a Cambridgeshire police missing list for up to eight years. Despite not knowing where the sex offenders are, police have refused to name them.
  
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• 8 out of 10 councils using 'secret courts'

  02-02-2015 20:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Study warns the number and cost of cases in the Court of Protection is a matter for "serious concern"
  
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• 'Remarkable backstage pass' Rare photos of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones go on sale

  02-02-2015 20:41
  
  FANS of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones are being offered the chance to own a piece of music history in the form of extremely rare and intimate photographs of the two bands.
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko ‘thought Putin wasn’t up to the job in secret service’

  02-02-2015 20:36
  
  Vladimir Putin was a penpusher who lacked the experience and expertise of hardened KGB officers who had undertaken tough missions in the field, in the opinion of Alexander Litvinenko.
  
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• Blizzard alert! How do US cities compare in dealing with major snowstorms?

  02-02-2015 20:33
  
  Whether two inches or two feet, snowfall can wreak havoc on a city – as residents of Atlanta and Buffalo know all too well – or it can be a relative non-event. So how should a mayor best respond to a serious forecast of snow?American TV audiences were riveted last week by the sight of CNN anchor Don Lemon roaming the virtually vacant streets of New York in the news channel’s very own “Blizzardmobile”. In anticipation of the major snowstorm that had been forecast, mayor Bill de Blasio h
  
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• Landlord Richie Williams killed in fight with drinker who insulted quality of his beer

  02-02-2015 20:31 via
  
  Grandfather-of-ten Richie Williams, 64, who was the landlord of the Fur and Feathers in West Derby, Liverpool, died after receiving a fatal punch from Matthew Connah during an altercation.
  
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• Mum and daughter critically ill following house fire 'hours after Ouija board session predicted their deaths'

  02-02-2015 20:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Margaret Carroll and Katrina Livingstone, 37, are now being treated in hospital after the fire at their home near Consett, County Durham
  
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• Lutfur Rahman: Tower Hamlets mayor ran ‘corrupt’ election campaign, court hears

  02-02-2015 20:28
  
  A prominent London mayor fought a campaign of “intimidation, corruption and fraud” to win power, with voters told it would be “un-Islamic” not to support him and backers bribed with free food, a court has heard.
  
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• Rail passengers making innocent mistakes to be protected from prosecution

  02-02-2015 20:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Government proposals aim to make appealing against penalty rail fares fairer and more open
  
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