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• Tight squeeze! Mum stuck in car park for half an hour because of selfish driver

  17-02-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephanie Adams, 27, was left unable to get into her Vauxhall Corsa after this shocking piece of parking in Nottingham.
  
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• Royals 'nightmare after Princess Diana's death' revealed in letter written by Prince Philip

  17-02-2015 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince Philip wrote it to niece Princess Margarita of Baden five days after the fatal car crash on August 31, 1997
  
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• Sex abuse victims given right to fight MI5 silence over abuse cover-up allegations

  17-02-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kincora Boys’ Home is not included in a London-based abuse inquiry which has the power to force the intelligence group to testify
  
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• Daily Telegraph commentator resigns

  17-02-2015 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Daily Telegraph's chief political commentator Peter Oborne resigns, accusing the paper of a "form of fraud on its readers' for its coverage of HSBC and its Swiss tax-dodging scandal.
  
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• Youth rearrested over Oisin death

  17-02-2015 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police investigating the death of Fermanagh schoolboy Oisin McGrath rearrest a 17-year-old youth on suspicion of manslaughter.
  
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• Stanley Evans: Man charged with robbery after frail 93-year-old is knocked to ground for a £5 note

  17-02-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former movie cameraman was taking his shopping trolley back to his block of flats when he was grabbed and pushed over
  
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• Ferguson faces bill for film 'tax dodge'

  17-02-2015 23:25 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Celebrities such as Sir Alex Ferguson and Sven-Goran Eriksson have been branded "tax dodgers" by ministers
  
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• Billionaire named in tax scandal files coughs up £50k to have dinner with David Cameron

  17-02-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dozens of mega-rich donors attended exclusive “Dinner with Dave” events between October and December 2014
  
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• British paedo persuaded girl aged 5 to perform sex act on him during Skype call with FBI

  17-02-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The American law enforcement agency traced Michael Spencer to an address 4,000 miles away in Skegness, Lincs
  
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• Adorable video catches 'cutest ever fight' as panda cubs play in mass brawl

  17-02-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The young bears are seen slapping, biting and tackling each other in front of a delighted crowd
  
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• Kanye West in a hoodie after dressing daughter North in bulletproof vest he designed

  17-02-2015 23:15 via
  
  Kanye West's new clothing collection for Adidas is causing quite the buzz.
  
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• Mark Faulkner who carried teen's coffin at funeral convicted of stealing from memorial fund

  17-02-2015 23:12 via
  
  Mark Faulkner took more than £1,200 from a fund dedicated to the life of Lewis Edge who died in a fall from the Runcorn/Widnes Silver Jubilee bridge in Cheshire in July 2012.
  
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• Energy investigation: 95pc of Big Six dual fuel customers 'pay too much'

  17-02-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Competition and Markets Authority expected to say that millions of households have paid between £158 and £234 a year too much for their energy by failing to switch supplier
  
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• Ben Elton's backing Labour: 'I made loads telling k*** jokes I SHOULD pay mansion tax'

  17-02-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The comedian also called on Myleene Klass to pay her share of the tax after she "made loads taking a shower in a bikini"
  
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• Pictured: Confused hawk smashes through man's window and trashes his bedroom

  17-02-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Drew Arnold had just got out of bed when he suddenly heard a crashing sound before seeing the huge bird in his room 
  
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• Russian warship spotted off coast of Britain by Royal Navy submarine

  17-02-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Royal Navy spokeswoman said the Russian ship’s movement through British waters on its way home was “not hostile or out of routine” as she returned home
  
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• Heroin sold to kids as young as FIVE amid 122 suspected school drug offences in county

  17-02-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A suspect was also investigated for supplying amphetamines, a class B drug, at an infant or junior school in the southern county in 2011
  
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• Australian jihadis Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar appear to star in sickening new Islamic State beheading video

  17-02-2015 22:51 via
  
  Two of Australia’s most wanted jihadis Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar are suspected of starring in a sickening new Islamic State beheading video filmed in Syria.
  
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• YouTube sensation Zoella moves into £1MILLION mansion after 7MILLION fans subscribe to her channel

  17-02-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Zoe Sugg revealed she was moving into the £1million home with fellow internet star and boyfriend Alfie Deyes
  
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• Prices rising at slowest rate for 26 years but Bank of England boss warns it won't last

  17-02-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While cheaper petrol and food has been a boon for hard-up families, the Governor of the Bank of England hinted the falls could go into reverse
  
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• Man charged over mugging of 93-year-old pensioner

  17-02-2015 22:42 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A man has been charged with mugging a 93-year-old man after a CCTV appeal showed a robber taking a frail pensioner's wallet in an attack at communal entrance to flats in Soho, central London
  
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• Afghanistan war hero is senior female officer to be court martialed in the UK

  17-02-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lieutenant Colonel Angela Knock, a TA officer, was dismissed from the service and handed a suspended prison sentence
  
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• Afghanistan war hero is most senior female officer to be court martialled in the UK

  17-02-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lieutenant Colonel Angela Knock, a TA officer, was dismissed from the service and handed a suspended prison sentence
  
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• The British people who plan to die on first ever manned mission to Mars

  17-02-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Five Britons plan to give their lives to explore the Red Planet on historic first manned mission to Mars
  
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• Mars One project: Meet the five Brits who have made it onto the shortlist to space

  17-02-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Five Britons plan to give their lives to explore the Red Planet on historic first manned mission to Mars
  
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• Fifty Shades of Grey: It's thanks but no spanks Mr Grey as you're sending out the wrong message

  17-02-2015 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 'bonkbuster' has been a commercial smash, though the NSPCC is reporting that thousands of teenage girls are being forced into sexual activity by boyfriends
  
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• Derek Brockwell: Police launch Dublin manhunt for convicted robber after officers are stabbed

  17-02-2015 22:24
  
  A manhunt is underway tonight after a prisoner allegedly stabbed two prison officers and fled from a hospital in Ireland.
  
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• Kincora scandal: Sex abuse victim wins right to pursue claims of MI5 collusion

  17-02-2015 22:23
  
  A victim of child sex abuse at the notorious Kincora boys’ home in Belfast has been granted permission to launch a legal challenge over the Government’s refusal to carry out a fully inquiry, amid allegations of collusion by MI5.
  
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• Boycotting Bali over the death sentence

  17-02-2015 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Death sentence for foreigners triggers social media spat
  
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• Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: We won't be blackmailed into accepting austerity measures

  17-02-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He told the country's Parliament: “We are working hard for... a deal without austerity, without the bailout which has destroyed Greece in recent years”
  
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• Up'ards lead annual Shrovetide game

  17-02-2015 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Up'ards lead the famous Royal Shrovetide Football game, which involves hundreds of people, after the first day of the two-day game in the Derbyshire town of Ashbourne.
  
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• Lucky punter wins £170,000 thanks to a 101st minute Leyton Orient goal

  17-02-2015 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The lucky 33 year-old put a single quid on a 10-game slip on Saturday, forecasting which team would win each match
  
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• Penguins cannot taste fish, say experts

  17-02-2015 22:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A new study has determined that penguins have lost their ability to taste certain distinctive flavours, including fish, over the years
  
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• What are the mystery 'alien' balls found on the ocean floor?

  17-02-2015 22:09 via
  
  Scientists from the Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Germany have stumbled on the largest patch of these mysterious manganese nodules ever found in the Atlantic.
  
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• Debrett's reinvents itself for the digital age

  17-02-2015 22:07 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Debrett's has shrugged off its stuffy history and repositioned itself as the etiquette guide for the digital age, offering tips on when not to use your phone
  
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• Madness star Suggs ''furious'' that picture of him auctioned to raise cash for Tory General Election warchest

  17-02-2015 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The frontman is trying to hunt down photographer Stephen Perry who donated the portrait to be sold at a champagne ball which raised £3m
  
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• VIDEO: On red carpet with Best Exotic stars

  17-02-2015 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dame Judi Dench and Celia Imrie at the Royal Gala premiere of the Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  
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• London estate agents earn £1.1billion in fees in one year

  17-02-2015 22:01 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Buyers in the capital paid out £9,384 on average in agent fees on each property sale - with the largest amount earned by estate agents being the £73million in Kensington & Chelsea.
  
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• Coalition 'two-tier' policies cutting off poor kids from arts at school

  17-02-2015 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Warwick University study found there has been a significant decline in the number of state schools offering arts-based subjects taught by specialist teachers
  
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• Dementia research: Drug firms despair of finding cure and withdraw funding after catalogue of failures

  17-02-2015 21:43
  Drug companies are retreating from the search for a dementia cure after “repeated and costly failures” to develop a breakthrough drug, a major report has warned.
  
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• Dementia research: Drug firms despair of finding cure and withdraw funding after a catalogue of failures

  17-02-2015 21:43
  Drug companies are retreating from the search for a dementia cure after “repeated and costly failures” to develop a breakthrough drug, a major report has warned.
  
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• Ex-Labour NEC chairwoman backs UKIP

  17-02-2015 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harriet Yeo, a former chairwoman of Labour's ruling National Executive Committee, says she has left the party to support UKIP at the general election.
  
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• Fears that 1 in 10 British students could be lured overseas by Ucas shake up

  17-02-2015 21:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Ucas has announced that prospective students will be able to apply to European institutions, raising fears of a brain drain of Britain's best and brightest
  
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• Toddler, 3, used lollipop lady to find his way home

  17-02-2015 21:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A three-year-old boy walked home alone 'using the lollipop lady' to find his way, causing his mother to endure 'the worst moment' of her life
  
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• WW2: Nazi SS guard faces 170,000 accessory to murder charges for working at Auschwitz

  17-02-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man has not been named by prosecutors in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia where it is hoped he will stand trial at Detmold State Court later in the year
  
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• Judge slams 'social engineering' by council that took baby away from father over ties to EDL

  17-02-2015 21:16 via
  
  Sir James Munby, pictured, said the approach taken by Darlington Borough Council, who removed a toddler from his father at birth, had been almost a textbook example of how not to pursue a care case.
  
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• Driver who crashed after taking 100 Valium tablets at party 'boasted' by putting accident pictures on Facebook

  17-02-2015 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gareth Rowlands overturned the Audi A4 before crashing into a block of flats as he drove home from a party 
  
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• VIDEO: Gas pipeline burns in Ukraine 'ceasefire'

  17-02-2015 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two days after a ceasefire was meant to begin in eastern Ukraine, it seems neither government forces nor Russian-backed rebels are honouring the truce.
  
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• ISIS burn 45 people to death in al-Baghdadi, Iraq

  17-02-2015 21:08 via
  
  Islamic State militants have burned 45 people to death in the western Iraqi town of al-Baghdadi, according to the local police chief.
  
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• Devon woman reunited with missing cat 8 years after he went missing

  17-02-2015 21:07 via
  
  Susan MacDonald, 49, (pictured) was distraught when her tabby cat, Malcolm, disappeared from her home in Rockbeare, near Exeter, in Devon in 2007  - 66 years ago in cat years.
  
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