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• James Bond film Spectre suffers new setback as two crew members are injured in high-speed stunt

  18-02-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Filming on the 007 blockbuster was halted when a racing car ploughed into one victim and left him trapped under the vehicle.
  
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• Manchester terror suspect cross examines New York bomb plotter in bid to prove innocence

  18-02-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Abid Naseer, accused of plotting to blow up the Arndale Centre cross-examined Afghan bomb plotter Najibullah Zazi
  
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• Husband and wife lose an amazing 23 STONE after getting his 'n' her gastric bands

  18-02-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wayne and Helen Hart used to have a £200-a-week takeaway habit but just look at home trim they are now
  
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• Chelsea fans face three years in jail and lifetime ban following Paris Metro racist video

  18-02-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The football world has united to condemn the supporters and to call for them to be banned from matches
  
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• Chelsea fans could face three years jail and lifetime ban following Paris Metro racist video

  18-02-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The football world has united to condemn the supporters and to call for them to be banned from matches
  
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• Woman, 25, arrested at Heathrow on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences

  18-02-2015 23:40 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The woman, who was travelling with her one-year-old son, was also arrested on suspicion of child neglect and child abduction
  
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• After getting Jon Snow stoned on skunk, Dr Christian Jessen wants to feed celebrities MAGIC MUSHROOMS

  18-02-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The presenter of the forthcoming Drugs Live show would to do a follow-up on the effects of hallucinogenics - but doubts the Home Office will allow it
  
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• 'Locked-in' man defies doctors who said he would not reach second birthday to turn 18

  18-02-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Angelo Evangelou suffers from a rare form of Spinal Muscular Astrophy
  
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• Derek Brockwell: Prisoner who escaped from hospital after stabbing two guards is found outside Wetherspoons pub

  18-02-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 53-year-old was caught by armed police officers in Belfast City Centre this evening
  
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• Former teacher admits string of sexual offences against children

  18-02-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The predatory sex offender has been told to expect a substantial sentence after molesting four children
  
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• Luis and Kian King: Juvenile Krabbe Disease victims' mum in plea to help save her twin boys

  18-02-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Luis and Kian, seven, desperately need a double bone marrow transplant as the disease, which quickly ravages the nervous system, is making them worse by the week
  
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• Cineworld fined after two staff at cinema given electric shocks by popcorn machine

  18-02-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Staff turned off the wrong machine after an employee was given a shock which led to another worker suffering the same fate
  
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• Councillor rapped for retweeting picture of photocopied BREASTS

  18-02-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Bertin, an Independent member of Vale of Glamorgan council, was ruled at a disciplinary hearing to have acted inappropriately in republishing the picture
  
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• Charlene McCluskey missing: Police searching for mum last seen leaving pub find body in woodland

  18-02-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 29-year-old was last seen leaving the Richmond Inn pub in Portswood, Southampton last Wednesday
  
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• Video: Dangerous driver 'gambles with his life' in high-speed chase in Crawley

  18-02-2015 23:05
  
  Police have released dramatic footage showing a dangerous driver “gambling with his life” as he is pursued in a high-speed chase, which reached up to 118mph.
  
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• Brave dog who tried to save owner from burning building is out of hospital

  18-02-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Firefighters burst down the door of a burning home to find owner Ben Ledford on the floor with his boxer dog Carmen trying to shelter him
  
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• Paedophile jailed after being caught by vigilante group who snared him in online grooming trap

  18-02-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Twisted John Rudd thought he was going to meet a 14-year-old girl but was instead greeted by two men
  
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• Woman arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of terrorism offences and child neglect, as she travels with her baby son

  18-02-2015 22:53
  A woman has been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences and child neglect, as she was travelling with her baby son.
  
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• Even Tories can't stomach smear tactics used by party against Labour

  18-02-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Home Secretary Theresa May and Esther McVey MP say it's wrong of the Conservatives to try and smear Labour and should contest election based on policy
  
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• Jennifer Mills-Westley 'had no chance of defending herself' when she was beheaded in Tenerife

  18-02-2015 22:47 via
  
  Jennifer Mills-Westley, originally from Norwich, was murdered by Bulgarian schizophrenic Deyan Deyanov while she was shopping in a supermarket in Tenerife in 2011.
  
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• Australia's great GST debate gathers steam

  18-02-2015 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will have to tread carefully before increasing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), says Sydney-based writer Julian Lorkin.
  
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• Brian the horse fails police tests but has a bright future in dressage

  18-02-2015 22:37 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The horse enjoyed a wave of popular support after his name was deemed too mundane, but it appears he is more suited to show-jumping than the police
  
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• Australia's 'beautiful prison' in Papua New Guinea

  18-02-2015 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The asylum seekers shunted from Australia to Papua New Guinea
  
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• Pictured: Niagara Falls FREEZES as temperature hits 13 degrees below zero

  18-02-2015 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ever wondered what Niagara Falls looks like frozen? Check out our stunning picture gallery to find out.
  
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• Man battered with pole, dragged through street and forced into sex act because he had no cigarettes

  18-02-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The twisted beasts robbed the man and filmed him performing sex acts on them after he was unable to get cash out
  
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• Man battered, dragged through street and forced into sex act because he had no cigarettes

  18-02-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The twisted beasts robbed the man and filmed him performing sex acts on them after he was unable to get cash out
  
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• Labour vow to break up the big six energy companies in blow to fatcats

  18-02-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow Energy Secretary Caroline Flint said Labour would dismantle the big six if recommended by watchdogs
  
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• Withernsea woman who scooped £6.9m Lotto jackpot returned to work in a care home

  18-02-2015 22:21 via
  
  Deborah Lawton, 49, of Withernsea, near Hull, calmly returned to her care home job moments after she learned that she and her husband Paul had scooped a £6.9 million lottery win.
  
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• Schalke v Real Madrid: Champions League – live!

  18-02-2015 22:14
  
  Live updates from the 7.45pm GMT kick-off at the Veltins ArenaWednesday scoreboard: follow tonight’s goalsEmail [email protected] or tweet @JacobSteinberg 9.14pm GMT 70 min: Sometimes football is dull. I get that. I have watched more than my fair share. But the last 16 of the Champions League is not supposed to be this drama-free. That’s the theory anyway. 9.13pm GMT 69 min: Boateng shoots from 25 yards. Casillas yawns and pats the ball down. 9.11pm GMT 67 min: All of a sudden
  
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• Basel v FC Porto: Champions League – live!

  18-02-2015 22:14
  
  Live updates from the 7.45 pm GMT kick-off at St Jacob ParkSchalke v Real Madrid – live!Wednesday scoreboard: follow tonight’s goalsSend your emails to [email protected] | Or tweet @alansmith90 9.13pm GMT 67 min: Quaresma blasts over when he should have crossed from the right side of the box. Poor. Ruben Neves is on in place of Torres, who may have dislocated his shoulder. 9.12pm GMT 66 min: Torres has just walked off the pitch, asking to be substituted while pointing to his shoulde
  
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• The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 2015 episode two – live blog

  18-02-2015 22:14
  
  Abbey Clancy, Gok Wan, Jonathan Ross and Zoella attempt to bake something yummy for money. But can anyone’s effort match Dame Edna’s meringue Sydney Opera House last week? Follow the action here 9.14pm GMT Wossy is making the Royal Albert Hall, with an Italian meringue dome Meanwhile Zoe is making a Brighton beach hut. See, simplicity over ambition. I like that. Know your limits.
  9.12pm GMT Gok is also doing The Shard, but in an abstract view. Are there no other much-loved buildings? I fe
  
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• Deadly delays for 20,000 cancer patients as hospitals fail to meet waiting time targets

  18-02-2015 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Last year 20,755 had to wait more than the target 62 days after being referred by a GP – a quarter more than faced the same delay the year before
  
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• Downing Street accused of being 'systemically negligent' with national security secrets after name of ex-SAS officer finds its way into the public domain

  18-02-2015 22:11
  Downing Street has been accused of “systemic” negligence in its approach to the handling of sensitive information – by the body charged with keeping threats to national security out of the media.
  
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• Mum whose two-year-old will ONLY eat biscuits says doctors aren't taking his problem seriously

  18-02-2015 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Harvey-Jay Shields, two, weighs just 15lbs - the same as some three-month-old babies - because of his limited diet
  
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• Carmarthen search: Boy aged 11 'fell into notorious "whirlpool" part of river while playing with younger brother'

  18-02-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The search for the schoolboy who is believed to have fallen in the Towy River has been called off for the night and will resume again tomorrow morning
  
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• Paedophile John Rudd snared by Dark Justice who tricked him in video

  18-02-2015 21:50 via
  
  John Rudd went to meet a 14-year-old girl on the Millennium Bridge in Newcastle - but was confronted by men from the Internet group Dark Justice, who passed his information to the police.
  
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• Shocking CCTV shows metal bar-wielding thug drag shop girl out of store after robbery

  18-02-2015 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are hoping to trace the man seen in the footage after he made off with £60 having threatened staff at a newsagent
  
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• The reason why this mother can't breastfeed her child will break your heart

  18-02-2015 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This caring mum cannot nourish her child because of AIDS.
  
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• Catholic priest Tony McSweeney accused of abusing boys 'was moved on by the church' 

  18-02-2015 21:40 via
  
  Father Tony McSweeney (pictured), 68, of Pease Pottage, West Sussex, allegedly molested three youngsters at Grafton Close Children’s Home in Hounslow, west London in the 1970s and 80s.
  
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• Greece gets lifeline as ECB agrees €3.3bn extra emergency funds

  18-02-2015 21:36
  
  Total funding on offer now €68.3bn as Greek banks come close to using €65bn of liquidity funds granted by European Central Bank The embattled Greek government has been thrown a modest lifeline by the European Central Bank after the ECB agreed to €3.3bn more emergency funds for the country’s banks. Related: When will Greece run out of money? Continue reading...
  
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• Greek bailout: US urges Athens to agree a deal - as it happened

  18-02-2015 21:35
  
  Rolling coverage of the ongoing Greek debt talks, as Athens announces it will apply for a loan extension on ThursdayECB raises Greek emergency liquidity cap Jack Lew tells Varoufakis to find constructive pathSummary: Greek loan application expected ThursdayEU commissioner: Greece can’t ditch bailout pledgesHere are Greece’s eurogroup proposals 8.23pm GMT OK, that’s all for tonight. A very quick recap of this afternoon’s developments.The US government has increased the pressure on Athens
  
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• Ukrainian troops pull out of Debaltseve under siege from Russian separatists

  18-02-2015 21:30 via
  
  Surrounded Ukrainian forces are beginning to pull out of the besieged eastern city of Debaltseve after several days of fierce battles with pro-Russia separatists.
  
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• Mum-of-two punched a robber who threatened to shoot her 10-year-old daughter

  18-02-2015 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The courageous mum has been honoured by police after she fought off an intruder who demanded belongings and threatened to kill her family.
  
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• Peter Oborne: what I have seen is unprecedented in a quality newspaper

  18-02-2015 21:22
  
  The political commentator talks about the response to his attack on the Daily Telegraph, his hopes for the future of the paper – and why the distinction between deer hunting and deer stalking mattersFor a step taken out of such forceful conviction, Peter Oborne’s decision to drop a bomb on the Daily Telegraph did not come easily.“I had huge reservations,” says the paper’s former chief political commentator of his decision to write an excoriating piece about the Telegraph’s leadership
  
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• Duchess of York's former dresser Jane Andrews to make new bid for freedom at parole hearing

  18-02-2015 21:12 via
  
  The former royal aide (pictured), who was jailed for murdering Thomas Cressman in 2000, will try to convince a Parole Board at HMP Send in Surrey that she no longer poses a danger.
  
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• Gruesome exhibition charts rise of forensic science from Jack the Ripper to Silent Witness

  18-02-2015 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new exhibition will show how forensics have been used for many years and how they have helped catch some of the world's most notorious criminals
  
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• Gruesome exhibit charts rise of forensic science from Jack the Ripper to Silent Witness

  18-02-2015 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new exhibition will show how forensics have been used for many years and how they have helped catch some of the world's most notorious criminals
  
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• That really is a stick up: Bungling crook tries to rob hotel with a TWIG

  18-02-2015 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Lawman was forced to flee empty handed after he left the hotel
  
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• US has accepted more than 500 Syrian refugees and plans to admit thousands more

  18-02-2015 21:05 via
  
  'We're likely to admit 1,000 to 2,000 Syrian refugees for permanent resettlement in Fiscal Year 2015 and a somewhat higher number, though still in the low thousands, in Fiscal Year 2016,' the State Dept. said.
  
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• Jeb Bush backs brother's NSA surveillance program 'to keep us safe'

  18-02-2015 21:01
  
  Presidential contender says of NSA dragnet ‘this is a hugely important program’, in sharp contrast to Republican rivals for the White HouseFormer Florida governor Jeb Bush delivered a full-throated defense of government surveillance programs on Wednesday, expressing a resounding faith in techniques pioneered by his brother, George W Bush, and staking out a position in sharp contrast with other prospective 2016 presidential candidates.Dragnet metadata collection by the NSA and similar program
  
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