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• As sales of motorbikes soar among women over 60 whats behind the remarkable rise of the blue rise bikers

  15-02-2015 23:57 via
  
  Christine Langton, 64, from London (right), took up riding motorbikes when she turned 60 and has gone through seven bikes since. Joy Smith, 68, from London (left), also started riding when she retired
  
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• Labour is rich in the kind of support that really counts

  15-02-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror's Kevin Maguire says fairness is Labour’s home turf and the party is suddenly playing at home
  
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• Piano tuner who counts Queen as a customer and was given a Royal Warrant admits he cannot play the instrument

  15-02-2015 23:41 via
  
  Gordon Bell has been tuning pianos since he was 16, is one of only three piano experts with a Royal Warrant, which he was awarded in 2008.
  
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• 'Crying dog' found abandoned at a railway station after owner 'fled in taxi'

  15-02-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Photos of the dog have been shared on social networks leaving many people angry at the sad pooch's treatment
  
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• David Cameron will encourage Britain's enemies if he cuts defence spending, warn former Nato chiefs

  15-02-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Cutting defence after the election would strengthen Britain's enemies, it has been claimed
  
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• War hero neglected by hospital who only ever referred to him as a number

  15-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fred Tolhurt's granddaughter said: "When my granddad was mentioned by any nurses, he was ‘bed 17’ – utterly dehumanised, no longer a person, simply a number, a statistic"
  
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• Labour devises 'Ribena test' to assess UKIP threat in 50 seats considered most at risk

  15-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Risk assessments' have been carried out on individuals’ potential of turning UKIP purple at the General Election on May 7
  
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• ISIS behead 21 Christians in shocking video warning to 'people of the cross'

  15-02-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Masked thug with North American accent leads the vile killings which left the sea red with blood
  
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• Rape victim judge branded 'extremely foolish' for getting drunk feared she was pregnant after ordeal

  15-02-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 18-year-old virgin was left bleeding in a back alley by attackers Kristofer McLaren and Craig Whitelaw, both 21
  
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• Rugby mascot who sang God Save The Queen before England match becomes online 'legend'

  15-02-2015 23:10 via
  
  Harry Westlake, from Plymouth, Devon, bellowed the national anthem before England's Six Nations clash with Italy in a heartfelt performance praised by players, fans and team bosses.
  
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• Young workers face 55pc tax charge in retirement

  15-02-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Middle-class savers in their 30s who are contributing to pensions should be wary of shock tax charges in retirement, experts warn
  
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• Revealed: more than 500,000 home care visits last less than five minutes

  15-02-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Minister calls for overhaul of home help services after councils admit to rising numbers of fleeting visits, raising fears vulnerable people are being forced to choose between being washed or fed
  
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• Pensioner wants cancer conman's restraining order lifted - because she MISSES him

  15-02-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Margaret Hounslea, 87, wants to see fraudster Terence Dixon - who she calls her 'grandson' - even though he has now been jailed TWICE for fleecing her
  
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• Labour leader Ed Miliband's 'manifesto for the economy' backed by business chiefs

  15-02-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Red Ed will set out his ‘manifesto for the economy’ on Monday with a raft of pledges including a hike in the minimum wage and a cut to business rates
  
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• Rape victims' compensation cut because of past offences such as using MOBILE PHONE while driving

  15-02-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two victims each had £2,200 cut from payouts for injuries suffered during horrific sex attacks as they had convictions for TV licence evasion and theft
  
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• Landlords shunning foreigners because of their accents, after new rules preventing illegal migrants from renting

  15-02-2015 22:55
  
  Landlords are preparing to turn away tenants just because they have a foreign accent, as a consequence of new rules making it an offence to let rooms to illegal migrants.
  
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• People with nut allergies told to temporarily avoid supermarket curries and products containing cumin

  15-02-2015 22:52
  
  People with nut allergies have been advised to avoid supermarket curries and other products containing cumin until an investigation by government food watchdogs has been completed.
  
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• Almost a quarter of new psychosis cases linked to super-strength 'skunk like' cannabis

  15-02-2015 22:50
  
  Nearly a quarter of new cases of psychosis are linked to high-potency “skunk like” cannabis, new research shows.
  
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• Almost a quarter of new psychosis cases linked to strong 'skunk like' cannabis

  15-02-2015 22:50
  
  Nearly a quarter of new cases of psychosis are linked to high-potency “skunk like” cannabis, new research shows.
  
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• Sleigh bells win! Contestants take part in traditional sleigh racing in Poland that includes skiers being pulled along by the reins of a galloping horse 

  15-02-2015 22:43 via
  
  Participants took part in sleigh racing, as well as being pulled along by galloping horses as part of the Highlander Parade, which takes place annually near Zakopane in the Tatra Mountains in Poland.
  
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• Inside Gaza: I’ve seen so much blood - living here is like waiting to die

  15-02-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Six months after the ceasefire, amid the devastation of Gaza City, artist Ayman Abu Jouri tells Mirror reporter Chris Hughes that dead bodies "no longer horrify me"
  
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• Westbourne Park deaths: Son 'kills himself after murdering his mum and dad'

  15-02-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stunned neighbours said the couple, from Morocco, were lovely and enjoyed spending time with their family
  
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• Miss Saigon, David Tennant and Billie Piper dominate the Whatsonstage theatre awards

  15-02-2015 22:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  It was the revival of Sir Cameron Mackintosh's hit musical, Miss Saigon, that dominated the evening
  
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• Organiser of anti-Jewish rally arrested over anti-Semitic tweets to Labour MP

  15-02-2015 22:28
  
  A prominent, far-right activist who styles himself as a “Nationalist, Fascist and supporter of White Rights” has been arrested following a police investigation into anti-Semitic tweets sent to a Member of Parliament. 
  
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• 'We go out and bounce for a while': Gerry Adams reveals he trampolines naked with his dog as part of his exercise regime 

  15-02-2015 22:24 via
  
  In a wide-ranging interview on Irish radio, the Sinn Fein president revealed that he enjoys the unusual hobby along with his dog saying it saves him from having to take his pet out for a walk.
  
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• Copenhagen shootings: Security tightened in UK as Europe put on copycat terror attack alert

  15-02-2015 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Armed police are to be deployed at GCHQ in response to the increased terrorism threat level of "severe" with an attack at the listening post “highly likely”
  
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• Baby P’s mother back in jail ‘for naked pictures’

  15-02-2015 22:12
  
  Baby P’s mother is back in prison after allegedly selling pornographic photographs of herself online.
  
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• Cancer patient fulfilled dying wish to marry former college sweetheart he dated 30 years earlier in Valentine's Day ceremony 

  15-02-2015 22:03 via
  
  Former concert pianist Paul Williamson, who has mouth and throat cancer, married his old college sweetheart Anne Hope, both 48, in an emotional ceremony in Solihull, West Midlands yesterday.
  
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• Rugby mascot: I memorised national anthem to join England on pitch

  15-02-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  He has become an internet sensation and sparked a hashtag trend on Twitter for his devotion to the national anthem, so it should be no surprise that six-year-old Harry Westlake has plans for greatness
  
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• Islamic State releases video purporting to show beheading of 21 Egyptians in Libya

  15-02-2015 22:00 via
  
  The 21 Egyptian men, who were kidnapped in Libya last month, can be seen being forced onto their knees before they are beheaded by the ISIS militants standing behind them
  
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• Shocking video shows policeman force handcuffed man's head onto desk

  15-02-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  PC Gregory Hawskswell claimed he feared for his safety when Mark Cheesman looked at him
  
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• PM to enshrine foreign aid commitment in law, despite opposition from the Tory right

  15-02-2015 21:53
  
  It has taken almost five years but ministers are finally set to deliver on their promise to enshrine overseas aid spending in law.
  
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• Labour’s war on tax avoidance: Get a receipt from your gardener

  15-02-2015 21:52
  
  People should always ask for receipts when they hand over money for the smallest job in the house or garden, the shadow Chancellor has insisted.
  
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• Why making children living in care homes leave when they turn 18 needs to change

  15-02-2015 21:51
  
  Jemma Hooper was two years old when she was taken into care. Her parents struggled with addiction and the world she was born into, she says, was one characterised by drugs, chaos and fighting.
  
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• Spies feared hostile nations were controlling the weather

  15-02-2015 21:41 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  US government agents asked leading environmental expert to see how such attempts to control the weather could be detected
  
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• Half term horror on Britain's roads: Four more die in crashes on Sunday taking total to twelve in three days since holiday began

  15-02-2015 21:41 via
  
  Nathan Reeves, 23, has been named locally as one of three men who died when the Audi A3 they were travelling home in was involved in a collision with a coach on the M1 in Flitwick, Bedfordshire.
  
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• 'I was too fat to fit on a roller coaster so I lost 9 stone'

  15-02-2015 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ewen Lewis couldn’t believe how big he looked in a fairground photo so he decided to overhaul his diet and lifestyle, even transforming himself into a triathlete
  
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• Unwanted dog abandoned at Eastbourne train station was so sad 'he was crying'

  15-02-2015 21:23 via
  
  A black Staffie-type dog was abandoned outside Eastbourne Railway Station, tied to the railing and left with just a tray of water by his owner who fled in a taxi. He appeared to have tears in his eyes.
  
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• American Benjamin Miller gored by bull at Ciudad Rodrigo's Carnaval del Toro in Spain yesterday

  15-02-2015 21:19 via
  
  Benjamin Miller was hurt at Ciudad Rodrigo's Carnaval del Toro yesterday. The Georgia native had a three-hour operation to repair his thighs, sphincter and back
  Miller is recovering in an intensive-care unit.
  
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• Wanted criminal who openly taunted police on Facebook is caught

  15-02-2015 21:16 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Logan Rhys James, 19, is arrested after being on the run for a week, boasting that police would not be able to find him
  
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• Super strong cannabis responsible for quarter of new psychosis cases

  15-02-2015 21:13 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Risk of developing psychosis up to five times greater for those who smoke 'skunk' cannabis every day
  
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• Ethnic minority performers win four prizes at the WhatOnStage awards

  15-02-2015 21:08
  
  Ethnic minority performers took home the four main musical acting prizes at the WhatOnStage awards tonight – to the delight of diversity campaigners.
  
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• India's 'macaroon queen'

  15-02-2015 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The young woman building an empire of cake shops in Mumbai
  
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• Good buy Norma Jean: First Marilyn Monroe picture sells for £3,000

  15-02-2015 20:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Snap was taken in March 1946 when the 19-year-old aspiring model visited photographer Joseph Jasgur's studio in Hollywood
  
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• Copenhagen shootings: First pictures of suspected gunman revealed

  15-02-2015 20:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein had only been out of jail for two weeks when he is thought to have launched his attack
  
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• Nightclub reveller electrocuted after falling over on railway level crossing

  15-02-2015 20:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old man was walking home from Thursday's nightclub in Chichester, West Sussex, when he was hit by 750 volts and died instantly
  
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• Logan Rhys James: Teenager who taunted cops with 'catch me if you can' boast is captured

  15-02-2015 20:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 19-year-old had taunted Gwent Police after the force posted his mug shot on their Facebook page appealing for information 
  
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• M1 crash: Family mourning victim also lost his cousin in another crash four months ago

  15-02-2015 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nathan Reeves, 23, was hit by a coach while sitting inside a broken-down car while cousin Shane Willett, 36, was killed when his crashed car burst into flames
  
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• South African student who survived triple axe murder of his own family may have been high on drugs at the time

  15-02-2015 20:36 via
  
  Henri van Breda, 20, was left with minor injuries following the horrific slaying of his parents and older brother last month at their upmarket security estate in the winelands outside Cape Town.
  
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• David Cameron persuaded the Queen to star in Olympic opening ceremony

  15-02-2015 20:31 via
  
  The Prime Minister raised the prospect of the monarch making a cameo appearance on behalf of Games chief Sebastian Coe. She immediately said yes and vowed to 'play' herself.
  
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