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• Best time ever to take out a mortgage: Home loan rates at record low after price war between lenders

  10-02-2015 23:54 via
  
  House buyers with a 40 per cent deposit can secure fixed rate mortgages of just 1.19 per cent according to new figures - although interest rates are likely to rise in the near future.
  
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• Prince Andrew uploads picture of the Queen with Edward and Sophie at their Buckingham Palace birthday party

  10-02-2015 23:51 via
  
  The Queen hosted a party in honour of the Earl and Countess of Wessex, who both recently turned 50, and the work they do to support a wide range of charities, at Buckingham Palace this evening.
  
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• Dale Cregan: Gran who ran drycleaners jailed for helping one-eyed murderer escape after killing

  10-02-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Patricia Kelly helped Cregan and two other men flee Tameside after they murdered David Short in his front garden in 2012
  
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• Karen Danczuk: 'Selfie' councillor offers lucky man Valentine's date for charity

  10-02-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour politician is considering offering 'one lucky' lothario the chance to join her for a romantic dinner after she starts an online charity auction for a date
  
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• Premier League in £5.14bn TV deal

  10-02-2015 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sky and BT Sport pay a record £5.136bn to show live Premier League football between 2016 and 2019 - 71% above the current deal.
  
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• HSBC tax avoidance schemes for wealthy clients earned bank millions of pounds

  10-02-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In letters seen by the Mirror, the bank's British private banking arm told one client about a scheme that was “effectively a cheap loan from the Government”
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko: 'Dreamer' suspected of murdering poisoned spy just 'wanted to be porno star'

  10-02-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Litvinenko was a Russian spy turned British spy who died in 2006 after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium-210 at London's Millennium Hotel
  
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• VIDEO: From above: Boston roofs buckle in snow

  10-02-2015 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As residents and emergency teams in Boston struggle to deal with 2ft (60cm) of fresh snow, the roofs of some buildings have collapsed under its weight.
  
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• Shoot 500 pheasants and save a Tory! How David Cameron raised £3m at bizarre fundraising ball

  10-02-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The secret Conservative Black and White Ball saw wealthy revellers clamour for luxury auction prizes while voters suffer savage austerity measures
  
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• Swansea's Garry Monk fears Saido Berahino backlash after West Brom put striker on ''naughty step''

  10-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  England U21 international who has upset his manager, team-mates and fans could have a point to prove on his likely return to the side on Wednesday night
  
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• NHS doctors taking bribes from private healthcare firms and hospitals, leading medic reveals

  10-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Simon Peck told a committee of MPs that  “profit-share” schemes made the NHS spend more and were not in patients’ best interests
  
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• The premature baby orang-utan that's just happy to be monkeying around

  10-02-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rieke the baby orang-utan is off-the-scales cute, despite being just 4lbs at birth
  
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• No selfie sticks, say US museums and art galleries

  10-02-2015 23:25 via
  
  Major US museums including the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian and the Guggenheim have all banned the 'distracting' gadget after a number of near misses with works of art.
  
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• Lift flight ban to Ebola countries, say MPs

  10-02-2015 23:25 via
  
  Commons Public Accounts Committee criticised the decision to suspend flights from Ebola-hit countries to the UK as having 'no basis in science' and warned it could have raised death toll.
  
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• Will you be a victim of digital pickpockets? Hacker reveals how easy it is to steal credit card numbers from thin air in SECONDS

  10-02-2015 23:20 via
  
  David Bryan, a security specialist at Chicago's Trustwave, was able to steal credit and debit card details by standing just six inches (15cm) away while a transaction was being made.
  
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• NY policeman charged over shooting

  10-02-2015 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A police officer is charged over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in a block of flats in New York City, according to a lawyer in the case.
  
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• Prince Andrew uploads picture of the Queen and the Earl and Countess of Wessex at party in Buckingham Palace 

  10-02-2015 23:16 via
  
  The Queen hosted a party in honour of the Earl and Countess of Wessex and work they do to support a wide range of charities at Buckingham Palace this evening, which was attended by 375 guests.
  
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• History retold in David Cameron-style 'Chataramas' - how other leaders might have handled the big decisions

  10-02-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After a Tory insider revealed the PM can't be bothered with detailed briefings, Brian Reade reimagines the laid-back meetings that could have changed the course of history
  
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• Mid Staffs campaigners: Don't trust Labour on the NHS

  10-02-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  As Sir Robert Francis QC prepares to publish the findings of a damning inquiry about the treatment of NHS whistleblowers, the campaigner who exposed Mid-Staffs says a Labour government would mean a return to 'the bad old days of cover-up'
  
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• London rioters have committed 6,000 more crimes since being released including murder and rape

  10-02-2015 22:53 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Criminals prosecuted for involvement in the English riots have been blamed for a wave of 6,000 other crimes
  
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• Church of England: Rural churches could disappear within ten years

  10-02-2015 22:52 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Church of England has warned that local churches could disappear across large parts of rural Britain in less than a decade
  
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• We are urged to hate 'scroungers' but the real cheats are banks and rich customers

  10-02-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alison Phillips says so called scroungers like those in Benefits Street are small fry compared to the super rich encouraged to get away with millions by the banks
  
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• Vile dog-abusing thug jailed for six months after CCTV catches him BURNING and BEATING his terrified pet

  10-02-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The fiend lashed the terror-stricken Staffie 30 times with a metal chain and held a cigarette lighter to the dog's ears
  
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• Smile, you're on Street View! Wedding day captured on Google cameras

  10-02-2015 22:49 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A couple's wedding day has been immortalised after their celebrations were caught on camera by Google
  
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• Litvinenko murder suspect 'wanted to be a porn star'

  10-02-2015 22:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  One of the men suspected of murdering poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko wanted to be a 'porn star', the inquiry into the former spy's death has heard
  
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• Fawlty Towers hotel forced to close after rescue plan is rejected

  10-02-2015 22:39 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Torquay hotel which inspired the Fawlty Towers sitcom has been forced to close after councillors refused it an essential lifeline
  
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• Tributes to tipper truck death girl

  10-02-2015 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tributes are paid to a four-year-old girl who was killed when she was struck by a truck while walking with her grandmother in Bath.
  
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• United KINK-dom: British couples revealed to be most sexually adventurous in EU

  10-02-2015 22:29
  
  BRITISH couples are the most sexually adventurous in Europe, a huge Fifty Shades of Grey-inspired sex poll has revealed.
  
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• Eurovision organisers have invited AUSTRALIA to take part

  10-02-2015 22:22 via
  
  Organisers said they are inviting an act from Down Under to be fast-tracked to the final this May in Vienna, in a special move to mark the 60th anniversary of the competition.
  
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• Lesbian teacher who had phone sex affair with pupil jailed for a year

  10-02-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Helen Carter, 40, shared explicit pictures and coded messages with the teenager and kissed her, court heard
  
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• Capita accused of using major government contract to short-change small companies, driving some out of business

  10-02-2015 22:19
  
  The controversial outsourcing giant Capita is facing an investigation into allegations that it used a major government contract to short-change small companies, resulting in some going out of business.
  
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• 'Beautiful' jihadi posed with gun-wielding children

  10-02-2015 22:17 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A London jihadi's bride-to-be said that he looked beautiful when he posed with heavily armed infants
  
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• Visa red tape will be cut to help businesses, Theresa May announces

  10-02-2015 22:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Home Secretary has announced sweeping changes to the visa system to attract greater foreign investment
  
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• Red tape on visas to be cut to help businesses, Theresa May announces

  10-02-2015 22:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Home Secretary has announced sweeping changes to the visa system to attract greater foreign investment
  
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• Romanians spoof Rich Kids of Instagram accounts with replacements of expensive goods

  10-02-2015 22:09 via
  
  You don't need helicopters or diamond rings to have fun - that's according to a group of Romanians who have spoofed the Rich Kids of Instagram with pictures featuring replacements for their flashy goods.
  
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• HSBC tax dodgers: Rich get away with it while poor are punished

  10-02-2015 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Government are only too keen to penalise working class and poor people so how come the super rich get away with tax dodging, asks Ros Wynne-Jones
  
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• Bath lorry crash: Tears of sorrow on a dark day as village goes into mourning

  10-02-2015 22:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Weston was consumed by grief as it came to terms with the awful tipper truck tragedy
  
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• Vince Cable proposes cutting Holocaust compensation scheme in austerity drive

  10-02-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Scheme to compensate victims of Nazis whose property was seized by Britain during war may be shut down
  
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• Former Labour minister challenges Tory MPs to COW-MILKING contest

  10-02-2015 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  German-born Gisela Stuart reminisced about her Bavarian upbringing as she told the Commons she was knowledgeable about the countryside despite representing a city-based constituency
  
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• Premier League TV rights bonanza should benefit working-class fans left on sidelines

  10-02-2015 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Columnist Dave Kidd says it’s not as if cheap ticket prices lead to failure. Just ask affordable Bradford - they stuffed Chelsea in the FA Cup last month
  
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• Nigeria to investigate 'camp abuses'

  10-02-2015 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Nigerian authorities announce they will investigate allegations of rape and trafficking at camps for people displaced by Boko Haram's insurgency in the northeast.
  
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• Bath lorry crash: Parents warned council ''someone is going to be killed'' months before tragedy

  10-02-2015 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mitzi Steady, 4, was the youngest of four people killed when a 32-tonne truck careered out of control on a dangerous hill near Weston All Saints Primary School
  
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• Support team to tackle A&E times

  10-02-2015 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Scottish government is sending in a support team to help cut A&E waiting times at the Royal Alexandra hospital in Paisley.
  
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• Former Balloch nurse dropped baby on pavement on her way to buy vodka

  10-02-2015 21:25 via
  
  Rachel McIntyre, from Balloch, near Inverness, had taken the four month old child with her to a local shop to buy the vodka when witnesses saw her holding the baby by the ankles, over her shoulder.
  
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• Cost of resettling evicted islanders could be £420m

  10-02-2015 21:24 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The cost of resettling islanders evicted from the Chagos Archipelago to make way for a US military base could be almost half a billion pounds according to new research
  
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• Hackers reveal tool to bypass WhatsApp privacy settings

  10-02-2015 21:23 via
  
  The software, created by Dutch developer Maikel Zweerink, exploits a ‘design flaw’ in the service’s optional status feature which lets other users know whether someone is online.
  
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• Premier League TV rights: Gary Lineker demands affordable football as average live match now worth £10MILLION

  10-02-2015 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As football bosses celebrated the cash bonanza the Match of the Day host tweeted his desire that clubs cut ticket prices as "the game's awash with money"
  
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• Microsoft patches 'China spy bug'

  10-02-2015 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft has released a patch to close a bug believed to exploited by hackers who targeted US military and government networks.
  
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• Robert Peston suffers torrent of Twitter abuse over new 'Hugh Grant' haircut

  10-02-2015 21:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The BBC's Economics Editor has spoken out about the waves of online abuse he has suffered after he changed his appearance - but insisted that women have it harder
  
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• Robert Peston suffers torrent of Twitter abuse over new haircut

  10-02-2015 21:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The BBC's Economics Editor has spoken out about the waves of online abuse he has suffered after he changed his appearance - but insisted that women have it harder
  
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