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• Casualty chief struggling with stress of job hanged himself

  16-02-2015 23:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  At his inquest A&E colleagues told of work pressures and the strain he was under
  
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• MH17: Black and white memorial erected for Newcastle fan killed in Asian air tragedy

  16-02-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The headstone has been put up in Newcastle’s West Road Crematorium in memory of Liam Sweeney
  
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• Jewish community security training push to protect buildings and events after Paris and Copenhagen attacks

  16-02-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Community Security Trust said more than 300 British Jews volunteered as the deaths have heightened fears of an imminent threat
  
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• George Osborne advised viewer on how to avoid inheritance tax on The Daily Politics show

  16-02-2015 23:47
  
  Footage from an episode of The Daily Politics in which a fresh-faced George Osborne advises a caller on how to avoid inheritance tax has re-emerged, amid an ongoing political row over the HSBC tax scandal. 
  
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• Shocking video shows Jewish man spat at and insulted as he walks the streets of Paris

  16-02-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The journalist was conducting an experiment to see how safe the streets of the French capital are after a series of terror attacks in Europe
  
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• Lesley Gore, the singer, dies aged 68

  16-02-2015 23:40 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lesley Gore, who sang It's My Party and You Don't Own Me, has died age 68
  
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• Moment brawl breaks out between Liverpool and Manchester City fans

  16-02-2015 23:39 via
  
  CCTV footage shows Liverpool supporters clashing with rival fans from Manchester City inside Liverpool's Lime Street station last year after the Reds won 3-2 over their title rivals.
  
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• Thousands of bedroom tax victims also hit by cuts to council tax benefits

  16-02-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New research found that tens of thousands of those affected by the bedroom tax are also getting hit by cuts to council tax support
  
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• Mum killed herself the day after police dropped her NHS rape case probe

  16-02-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kylie Payne, 23, had befriended the man when he was admitted to the mixed ward at the mental health unit where she was being treated for depression
  
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• Lollipop ladies at risk: Eric Pickles 'hypocrisy' in criticising council's axing of road safety workers

  16-02-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Local Government Secretary slammed Birmingham City Council despite the Con-Dem coalition's slashing of the road safety budget by 40% since 2010
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko: Poisoned spy was 'investigating vodka brand in months before his death'

  16-02-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Litvinenko was looking into agriculture minister Alexei Gordiev's involvement with a row over the ownership of Stolichnaya vodka, an inquiry has heard
  
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• Jailed Islamic terrorist claims human rights were violated in prison

  16-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The claim has been made by 'liquid bomber' Tanvir Hussain, who is being held at Frankland Jail in Durham
  
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• Disabled RAF veteran punched out of mobility scooter and stamped on because thug tripped over his dog

  16-02-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Sandon had already apologised to the man after he tripped over a dog lead but now the veteran is recovering from a broken arm and fractured ribs
  
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• 'Stop playing games with the NHS' Britain's top doctor warns politicians

  16-02-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Mark Porter, chairman of the British Medical Association warned that “thousands of patients” were “waiting for real, evidence solutions” to the chaos in the health service
  
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• Crisis-hit NHS spends £1,200 a MINUTE on agency nurses because of savage cuts

  16-02-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The total bill was £667million in 2013-14 – a steep rise of 48% on the previous year, a Mirror investigation has found
  
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• Aberystwyth University students' union uses Nazi SS logo to advertise event

  16-02-2015 23:19 via
  
  Dozens of students at Aberystwyth University complained after spotting the resemblance between the double lightning bolt on the Bierkeller advert and the Siegrune used by Hitler's bodyguard.
  
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• One in five of us ignore obesity warnings and scoff junk food FIVE times a week

  16-02-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A survey has revealed more than a third of us also treat ourselves to chips, pizza and chocolate after a bad day
  
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• Outrage as fictional show imagines 'unjust' immigration raids if Ukip win General Election

  16-02-2015 23:14
  
  TWITTER went into meltdown tonight for a programme which envisioned what the UK would be like if Ukip emerged victorious at the 2015 General Election.
  
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• Police pull over car on M6 - find £50,000 worth of heroin under front seat

  16-02-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Zia Khan and Abdul Suffi were jailed for 11 years between them at Birmingham Crown Court
  
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• Police pull over car on M6 and find £50,000 worth of heroin under front seat

  16-02-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Zia Khan and Abdul Suffi were jailed for 11 years between them at Birmingham Crown Court
  
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• Ex-IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn aggravated pimping trial on verge of collapsing

  16-02-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Four prostitutes, the main prosecution witnesses, have dropped their civil actions as "they don’t think there’s the evidence to brand him a pimp"
  
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• Watch shocking moment Liverpool FC hooligan headbutts Manchester City supporter at train station

  16-02-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This is the shocking CCTV footage from April last year
  
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• Homeless man slams Selfridges after department store installs spikes 'to prevent rough sleepers'

  16-02-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Jones has challenged bosses of the upmarket store - who insist the spikes are to tackle people who smoke and litter - to spend a night on the streets with him
  
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• Egypt and the threat of IS in Libya

  16-02-2015 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Precise information about Egypt's role in Libya is hard to come by, says Jawad Iqbal
  
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• Duchess of Cornwall comes face-to-face with author of controversial Prince Charles book

  16-02-2015 22:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The pair had a "quick chat" at Southbank Centre in central London
  
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• Grandmother died from a stroke after teenager stole her purse as she called him a cab

  16-02-2015 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jean Thyer invited the 15-year-old boy into her home and gave him a map and a drink of cola when he claimed to be lost
  
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• Ben Needham: Mum of toddler who disappeared 24 years ago makes direct appeal to son

  16-02-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kerry Needham has written a message on her website asking for anyone who believes they might be Ben to get in touch, and telling her son that she loves him
  
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• David Cameron warns Libya not to harbour Islamic State terrorists after murder of Christians

  16-02-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister said: "I am appalled by the murder of Christians in Libya, a simply barbaric and inhumane act"
  
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• I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here 2015: 'Freddie you've had your fun now f*** off!': Cricket legend Andrew Flintoff admits to getting booted from PM Tony Blair's 10 Downing Street office

  16-02-2015 22:37 via
  
  He shocked Australian audiences when he was announced as the latest camper to enter the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here jungle.
  
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• Inside Gaza: Four-year-old Hassan's pain after losing immediate family in blast that shattered his leg

  16-02-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The second day of Mirrorman Chris Hughes' dispatches from the aftermath of the Israel-Palestinian conflict relays more heart-wrenching stories
  
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• Disabled RAF veteran punched and stamped in "cowardly" and unprovoked attack

  16-02-2015 22:27
  
  A RAF veteran was knocked out of his mobility scooter and then punched and stamped on in a "cowardly" unprovoked attack.
  
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• Mum's horror after toddler goes missing from playgroup - only to find he walked 1.5miles home

  16-02-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gemma Trainor gives the nursery group her backing and reveals she was swayed by their caring attitutde
  
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• Pictures reveal bigger and better Large Hadron Collider

  16-02-2015 22:18 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The particle accelerator, which has been shut for maintenance since 2013, is bigger and better than ever
  
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• Lesley Gore dead: 'It's My Party' singer dies at the age of 68

  16-02-2015 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The New York singer, who also appeared as Catwoman in the cult 1960s TV show Batman, died of cancer her partner revealed
  
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• Ukip cannot be allowed to keep dodging the detail

  16-02-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  If the Tories are defeated on Thursday in Rochester, the margin matters a lot, says Iain Martin
  
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• 'The Car Lady of Chiswick' who died homeless is immortalised on Google Street View

  16-02-2015 21:51 via
  
  Anne Naysmith died last week after being hit by a lorry in west London - but can be seen on the website leaning on a wall beside her trolley in an image taken six months before her death.
  
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• 'Drink driver spotted swigging from can of Special Brew on the M60'

  16-02-2015 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police arrested the driver, who they say was drunk, for intent to supply class A drugs
  
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• Ed Miliband: Are George Osborne and David Cameron hiding to duck Lord Green HSBC questions?

  16-02-2015 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor has barely been seen since the HSBC Swiss tax evasion scandal broke seven days ago and it has not escaped the attention of the Labour leader
  
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• Drink driver ONE milligram over the limit on 21st birthday spared motoring ban

  16-02-2015 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thomas Gwillym failed a breath test and a urine test after police found him sitting in his Seat but not driving, a court heard
  
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• German rapper-turned ISIS extremist who starred in sick beheading video 'was being spied on for the FBI by his WIFE' 

  16-02-2015 21:20 via
  
  The female spy transmitted critical information about the rapper Denis Cuspert (pictured) and his ISIS colleagues before escaping to Turkey - where she was arrested and then turned over to the US.
  
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• Man who won first date on with 'will date anyone' sign stands woman up

  16-02-2015 21:20 via
  
  Paul Barry, 21, had managed to impress Jodi Thompson, 23, after he took to the streets of Southport, Merseyside, armed with his cardboard sign (pictured), but arrived late for their Liverpool date.
  
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• Weeds in the garden? Now officials can remove them without permission

  16-02-2015 21:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  New laws will make land owners powerless to stop environmental authorities tackling 'invasive' species such as Japanese knotweed and parakeets
  
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• Daniel Pelka murder: Judge scrutinising Coventry authorities accuses headteachers of poor child protection

  16-02-2015 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Hamilton was appointed a special advisor after Magdelena Luczak and Mariusz Krezolek were found to have starved, tortured and killed the four-year-old
  
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• Cambridge University finance officer facing jail over £300,000 fraud

  16-02-2015 21:03 via
  
  Jacqueline Balaam, 41, who worked at Pembroke College, falsified invoices to obtain a more than £285,000 from the college between June 2012 and January 2014, Cambridge Crown Court heard
  
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• Man charged with attempting to obtain a chemical weapon after anti-terrorism investigation

  16-02-2015 21:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Ammer Ali is accused of attempting to have a chemical weapon in his possession between January 10 and February 12 and is due to appear in court tomorrow
  
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• Beaten, stabbed and dumped in an abandoned house... then 14-year-old boy killers taunted his family on Facebook with gruesome clues about where he was buried 

  16-02-2015 21:01 via
  
  Gang members in northern Mexico stabbed Irvin Reyes, aged 14, to death and then dumped his body in a derelict house underneath the floorboards before revealing where he was on Facebook.
  
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• How DO planes fly in hurricanes but not thunderstorms? Computer simulation explains phenomenon

  16-02-2015 20:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It’s a phenomenon that seems odd - why can planes fly in hurricanes but not thunderstorms?
  
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• Former professional footballer cleared of raping woman after she had sex with his old teammate

  16-02-2015 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  Former Gillingham FC striker Nathan Nyafli, 21, was accused of forcing himself on a 22-year-old woman at a flat in Maidstone, Kent
  
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• Private firms keeping cut of hospitals' car park penalty ticket cash

  16-02-2015 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt pledged last year that hospitals should have pay-on-exit parking and waive fines if people overstay through no fault of their own
  
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• Rhyan Wilson: Teenager's killer facing life in prison after pleading guilty to murder at trial

  16-02-2015 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dannell Dunkley was expected to deny murder but dramatically changed his plea on the day his trial was due to begin
  
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