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• Iain Duncan Smith's flagship benefit made year of promises to cancer sufferer but he's still waiting

  03-02-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The failure of the Personal Independence Payment has left 180,000-plus people with no support - one of them is Malcolm White
  
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• Paedophile who groomed girls online and spoke of wanting a child bride is jailed

  03-02-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eddie Piwko claimed he was simply discussing his fantasies and he would not act on them
  
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• Shrien Dewani threw a tantrum over my Anni's coffin says honeymoon bride's father

  03-02-2015 23:50 via
  
  Today, for the first time, Anni's father Vinod Hindocha tells the story of the four agonising years he has waited to hear the truth about his daughter's death in a South African township on November 13, 2010.
  
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• Five big questions for Samantha Cameron and 'tax-dodgers' Smythson

  03-02-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister's wife Samantha Cameron is helping to sell handbags for firm that left the UK and moved to Luxembourg tax shelter
  
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• David Cameron how do you feel about your wife working for tax avoiders?

  03-02-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the Prime Minister boasted about racking down on firms on who flee the UK to avoid paying tax he faces fresh questions about his wife's job
  
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• Alan Barnes: Kind-hearted Katie Cutler is now fundraising for a severely ill toddler

  03-02-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katie Cutler, 21, launched an online fund for Alan after reading about his attack, and donations now stand at more than £324,000.
  
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• Teenager cut off his own HAND to try and cure internet addiction

  03-02-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 19-year-old from Nantong in the Jiangsu province was rushed to hospital after using a kitchen knife to severe his left hand.
  
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• Drug addict who blinded busker after throwing liquid in his face jailed for five years

  03-02-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Greg Aitken, 22, was left in agony after George Kerr threw the ammonia-like liquid in his face while he busked in Glasgow's West End
  
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• There's enough appreciation for lifestyle and freedom Britain enjoys, says study

  03-02-2015 23:32
  
  GRATITUDE is becoming a forgotten virtue, with most people failing to show appreciation for what they have.
  
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• David Cameron accused of ''risking very survival of UK'' with veto for English MPs

  03-02-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown blasted the proposal while other critics said it would play into the hands of Alex Salmond and the Scottish National Party
  
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• Muath al-Kasaesbeh: Latest updates after Jordanian pilot 'burned alive by Islamic State'

  03-02-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Graphic images claiming to show the brutal execution of the young pilot have emerged online
  
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• Watch: Train's extreme near-miss with Land Rover at level crossing in Wales

  03-02-2015 23:22 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Train and 4x4 clip each other on a level crossing in Wales in shocking dashcam footage released by police
  
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• Harper Lee: fact or fiction?

  03-02-2015 23:18 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  As the author breaks 55 years of silence to announce the publication of a second novel, we take a look at some of truths and conspiracy theories
  
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• Chinese teacher wakes up after stroke speaking English but no Chinese

  03-02-2015 23:16 via
  
  Liu Jieyu, 94, had been unconscious for a fortnight after suffering a stroke, which doctors had feared she may not recover from, when she woke up in the southern China hospital speaking perfect English.
  
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• Paris design company Studio NSL allegedly posts anti-Semitic job advert 

  03-02-2015 23:15 via
  
  Paris agency NSL Studio has denied posting the advert on Monday - which sparked more concerns over rising anti-Semitism in France in the wake of attacks on the Jewish deli in January.
  
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• Jordan to execute six ISIS prisoners in retaliation to Jordanian pilot being burnt alive

  03-02-2015 23:03 via
  
  The footage, which is titled 'Healing the Believers Chests' appears to show the captured airman wearing an orange jumpsuit as a trail of petrol leading up to the cage is seen being set alight.
  
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• Shoppers snap up drinks bargains at Aldi and Lidl

  03-02-2015 23:01
  
  SHOPPERS at supermarkets Aldi and Lidl are snapping up drinks bargains and proving that the British notion of class is no longer holding them back, according to a new report.
  
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• UKIP magazine calls gay pride march 'parade of depravity'

  03-02-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christian supporters of the party wrote of the march’s “vulgarity and wickedness”
  
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• UKIP magazine brands gay pride march 'parade of depravity'

  03-02-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christian supporters of the party wrote of the march’s “vulgarity and wickedness” in a magazine
  
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• Dad of murdered Anni Dewani: 'Shrien threw a pizza party and it was so disrespectful'

  03-02-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anni Dewani was kidnapped and murdered while she was on honeymoon with husband, Shrien, in South Africa. He has been cleared of her killing
  
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• British couple stranded in New York with newborn baby son can FINALLY fly him home

  03-02-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katie Amos and Lee Johnston, both 30, just need doctors to give Dax, one month, the all-clear
  
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• Anni Dewani's devastated father talks about his daughter's murder and the terrible aftermath

  03-02-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anni Dewani was kidnapped and murdered while she was on honeymoon with husband, Shrien, in South Africa. He has been cleared of her killing
  
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• Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Former IMF chief 'promised to teach mistress sex games if she attended orgies'

  03-02-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Frenchman, 65, is accused of 'aggravated pimping' and potentially faces up to 10 years in prison
  
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• 'Packed lunches don't pay fuel bills': Read mum and council worker's scathing open letter to Ofgem

  03-02-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Speaking on behalf of all struggling families, mum-of-two Stacey Booth has told the energy watchdog to cut bills instead of doling out useless advice
  
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• Pope Francis apologises for press conference comment about large Catholic families 

  03-02-2015 22:40 via
  
  Pope Francis (pictured) has said he is 'truly sorry' for offending large Catholic families by saying that there was no need to breed 'like rabbits'.
  
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• Ukip MP Douglas Carswell mocked after Twitter post

  03-02-2015 22:33 via
  
  Douglas Carswell, the former Tory MP who defected to Ukip, has been mocked online after a message inviting people to play 'Hello Kitty World' was sent from his official Twitter profile.
  
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• Gary Kemp on Spandau Ballet reunion and burying old grudges

  03-02-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  Gary says, "I lived through hell when me and the band were enemies... we still talk about it but there are no tensions now"
  
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• Failed 'shoe bomber' Richard Reid describes 'tactical regrets' that mass murder mission failed

  03-02-2015 22:28 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  British terrorist shows no remorse for 2001 plane bomb plot and says he has 'no tears' for Charlie Hebdo victims in letters from Supermax prison
  
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• Steven Robinson whose arm was severed in accident invents prosthetic which lets him fly a PLANE

  03-02-2015 22:25 via
  
  Steven Robinson, from Leeds, lost his right arm after it was torn off by another rider's foot peg in a collision over 30 years ago, and early attempts to reattach and rebuild it were unsuccessful.
  
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• Radio boss wanted recruits to be 'blonde, have big boobs and blue eyes’ claims ex-staff

  03-02-2015 22:16
  
  A FEMALE executive was held as an example for recruits who should be blonde with “big boobs”, a tribunal heard.
  
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• Al Murray 'The Pub Landlord' hits the campaign trail in bid to stop Nigel Farage becoming an MP

  03-02-2015 22:15 via
  
  The star - whose comic creation is famed for extolling the joys of all things British - is standing in South Thanet for his newly-formed Free United Kingdom Party.
  
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• Dragons' Den star Kelly Hoppen's multi-million pound home renovations anger neighbours

  03-02-2015 22:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The interior designer's building works have cost thousands in lost rent, neighbours say, as they claim compensation
  
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• Reinventing the Royals documentary to be aired in original form following ''clearance of archive footage''

  03-02-2015 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The February 19 programme will feature claims that a PR expert was hired to improve the images of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles following Princess Diana's death
  
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• Hasbro releases Monopoly sets which include REAL money

  03-02-2015 22:05 via
  
  The makers of classic board game Monopoly are giving away 80 limited edition anniversary sets containing up to 20,000 euros in cash to celebrate 80 years since the game launched in France.
  
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• Pilot who took selfies while at controls 'crashed and died after becoming disorientated by flash'

  03-02-2015 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amritpal Singh and a passenger were both killed when the light aircraft plunged into a field
  
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• Aberdeen named 'most dismal town' in Scotland

  03-02-2015 22:00 via
  
  Aberdeen beat out contenders to take the Carbuncle Award, which is handed to a town that has continually let down its residents and has fallen behind in developing for the better.
  
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• Video uncovered by Uncensored claims to provide proof 'there WERE aliens in Area 51'

  03-02-2015 21:59 via
  
  New Zealand-based magazine, Uncensored has done a frame-by-frame analysis and says it is authentic. However, it is in fact from the 2006 film Alien Autopsy starring Ant and Dec.
  
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• Customers could claim compo from price comparison websites if 'best deal' promise was broken

  03-02-2015 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Steve Weller, boss of uSwitch admitted he would look into making payouts after staff were caught plugging more expensive deals so they could earn commission
  
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• Outrage as disgraced MP Chris Huhne granted privileged access to Parliament following release from jail

  03-02-2015 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shamed Lib Dem quit as an MP and Energy Secretary after admitting perverting the course of justice
  
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• Having third parent DNA isn't the biggest problem for children like Peaches Geldof and Bobbi Kristina

  03-02-2015 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alison Phillips says nurture is far more likely to screw up kids' lives than nature as sad cases like
  
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• Yusra Hussien who fled Bristol last year to join ISIS in Syria 'has become a Jihadi bride'

  03-02-2015 21:47 via
  
  Talented student, Yusra Hussien, vanished when she was just 15 and is believed to have boarded a flight to Turkey in a bid to get to Syria in October with Samya Dirie, 17, from London.
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko's last words were 'I love you' to his devastated wife

  03-02-2015 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marina Litvinenko told a public inquiry in London he had “smiled so sadly” on the eve of his death in 2006
  
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• 'I did school run drunk and parents' night after vodka binge': Mum tells of booze addiction hell

  03-02-2015 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum-of-three Emma Bushen, who downed a bottle of vodka a day, took two overdoses before she hit rock bottom and decided to start afresh
  
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• Manchester United v Cambridge United: FA Cup fourth-round replay – live!

  03-02-2015 21:33
  
  FA Cup fourth-round replay updates from the 8.05pm GMT kick-offLive scoreboard! Keep up with all of the night’s goals and gamesLouis van Gaal: everything is against Manchester United in FA Cup tieAnd feel free to drop an email [email protected]’s way 8.32pm GMT So much for that respite! McNair spreads a ball out wide left for van Persie, who stands a ball up to the back post for Fellaini. The ball’s headed down into the centre, and turned into the goal from close range by Mata.
  
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• Mitchell Locke jailed for driving his BMW nine miles the wrong way round the M25

  03-02-2015 21:23 via
  
  Mitchell Locke, 20, (pictured) was caught on CCTV cameras speeding down the wrong way along the busy M25 through Kent and onto the A2 road, weaving through oncoming traffic.
  
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• Tower Hamlets mayor accused of election rigging 'compared rival to Oswald Mosley' 

  03-02-2015 21:21 via
  
  John Biggs pictured, was branded a 'John Bigot' when he stood up to Lutfur Rahman, Britain’s first elected Muslim mayor, it was said.
  
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• Harry Redknapp’s fall from England prospect to scrapheap in three years

  03-02-2015 21:20
  
  The QPR manager seemed to have lost his joie de vivre and it is far from certain that we will see him on the touchline again
  • Redknapp resigns as manager of QPR citing need for knee surgery
  • ‘No more cheque book,’ Fernandes says on deadline day
  • Who should QPR appoint to replace Redknapp? – pollIt was never going to be a happy ending for Harry Redknapp and Queens Park Rangers, a marriage that has often appeared strained and the divorce will be lamented by few. The final thro
  
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• Floor-plans drawn up by Andrew McGarry for 'reign of terror' on his wife revealed

  03-02-2015 21:19 via
  
  Andrew McGarry drew up floor plans of his ex-wife's home in Bolton so that her windows could be smashed, her house burgled and the property set on fire, a court heard.
  
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• Dragons' Den star Kelly Hoppen's basement extension has cost neighbours lost rent

  03-02-2015 21:17 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Dragons' Den star Ms Hoppen, given an MBE in 2009 for services to interior design, is spending a huge sum redeveloping a former auction house in west London into her dream new house.
  
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• Muslim student David Souaan who wanted ISIS flag to fly over Downing Street jailed

  03-02-2015 21:16 via
  
  Birkbeck College student David Souann, 20, (pictured) was jailed at the Old Bailey today after he was convicted of preparing for terrorist acts in war-torn Syria.
  
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