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• British Army teen soldier 'deserts Cyprus base to help the Kurds fight ISIS'

  19-02-2015 23:56 via
  
  The 19-year-old is understood to be a private serving with the 2nd Battalion of The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and is the first UK soldier to have abandoned the Army to fight ISIS jihadists.
  
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• Dale 'Deezy' Gordon funeral: Hundreds of mourners pay final respects to murdered rapper

  19-02-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of flowers and messages of respect were left by mourners, while a 'Bro' and 'Deezy' flower arrangement decorated the horse-drawn carriage and funeral cars.
  
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• Pictured: Driver gets stuck on 'notorious' tram tracks in Manchester

  19-02-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The car is the 12th in less than three months to become lodged on tram tracks in the area
  
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• Moment Speaker's wife Sally Bercow was winched off a mountain after ski accident pictured

  19-02-2015 23:46 via
  
  Mrs Bercow was on a skiing holiday with her three children when she tumbled on a red route at the Austrian alpine resort of Lienz - just a couple of days into her holiday.
  
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• Pady Power's Oscar Pistorius advert was last year's most complained about

  19-02-2015 23:34 via
  
  The Paddy Power ad promised to return bets if the Paralympian, who shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentines Day 2013, is also the most complained about of all time.
  
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• Killers to marry in first gay prison wedding and one was jailed for a homophobic murder

  19-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Psychopath Mikhail Ivan Gallatinov, 40, will next month tie the knot with gay-bashing killer Marc Goodwin, 31
  
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• British Gas boss denies £439m profit is ''outrageous'' as ''we have a lot of customers''

  19-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The firm made a 4% profit margin – equivalent to £42 on every dual fuel customer - which Iain Conn thinks is perfectly acceptable
  
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• Bobby Moore in FIFA 15: England's World Cup-winning captain outshines today's stars in EA game

  19-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The centre-half, who was paid £12-a-week, has been immortalised in the game's Ultimate Team Legends and scores better than players now on £150,000+
  
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• Bank bonuses to run into BILLIONS as population continues to feel after-effects of bailout crisis

  19-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bumper payouts could include £2.2billion for staff at HSBC amid controversy over its Swiss banking arm, accused of helping super-rich customers evade tax
  
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• Axeman Lloyds bank boss set for £7m bonus after overseeing thousands of job losses

  19-02-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Antonio Horta-Osorio, rewarded for helping turn the firm’s fortunes around, has just begun a second, three-year wave of cost cutting
  
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• Pictured: Amazing photo of Jeep bumper 'ice sculpture' that left a driver's parking frozen in time

  19-02-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  People have been left stumped as to how the ice formed and did not break when the person drove off
  
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• Savers get nothing in return for rip-off fees in 'pension fraud'

  19-02-2015 23:20 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Savers are being charged extra fees for investment expertise when their Isas and pension funds are doing no more than track the FTSE
  
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• Banksy Spy Booth mural: Iconic artwork by famous street artist granted listed status by council

  19-02-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The artwork appeared overnight on a street in Cheltenham town centre - just a few miles from the UK's surveillance network GCHQ
  
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• Bespectacled ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi used to be a SECRETARY

  19-02-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Newly-declassified US military files reveal details of his life before he became head of the brutal terrorist organisation
  
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• Woman fought off attacker who smashed her on the head by grabbing genitals "and squeezing"

  19-02-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unnamed woman was on the phone to her sister when two men knocked on her door claiming to have been in an accident
  
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• Banksy artwork gets listed protection

  19-02-2015 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Banksy mural painted on a Cheltenham house gains listed protection after council planners agree to grant it retrospective planning permission.
  
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• How the RAF has always been ready to face the Russians

  19-02-2015 22:55 via
  
  These fascinating photographs from Imperial War Museum archives were assembled in full colour by historian Ian Proctor, and chronicle the history of the RAF after the Second World War.
  
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• Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Fiorentina

  19-02-2015 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tottenham face a battle to stay in the Europa League after being held to a round of 32 first-leg draw at home by Fiorentina.
  
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• Leonie Granger 'posed with Mehmet Hassan before luring him to death in honeytrap murder'

  19-02-2015 22:53 via
  
  Leonie Granger, 25, can be seen cosying up to Mehmet Hassan, 56,  just hours before he was tied up and kicked to death for his Mayfair casino winnings in a London flat in March last year.
  
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• GB women lose team pursuit title

  19-02-2015 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's women are beaten as Australia set a new world record in the Track World Championships team pursuit final.
  
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• Cameron Comey: Search for missing 11-year-old schoolboy feared to have fallen into river ends for third day

  19-02-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A massive search operation is underway to find Cameron Comey who went missing two days ago while playing with his brother
  
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• Male suicides reach highest level in 10 years and the recession is to blame

  19-02-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Office for National Statistics said there were 19 suicides for every 100,000 men in 2013, the the highest since 2001
  
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• Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall join Chinese New Year celebrations

  19-02-2015 22:47 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prince Charles narrowly avoided becoming embroiled in a linguistic dispute over whether it was the year of the goat or the sheep
  
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• This cow is definitely in the frame for bike theft as the silly moo gets her horns stuck

  19-02-2015 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The dozy animal seemed a little puzzled after somehow getting her head wedged in a roadside bicycle
  
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• VIDEO: Dutch fans clash with police in Rome

  19-02-2015 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fans of Dutch football club Feyenoord clash with police in Rome ahead of their team's Europa League match on Thursday night.
  
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• Telegraph stands by HSBC coverage

  19-02-2015 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The Daily Telegraph newspaper publishes an editorial saying it "makes no apology" for its coverage of the HSBC tax scandal.
  
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• Nasdaq tech shares at 15-year high

  19-02-2015 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Energy stocks continue to drop as oil prices fall further, pulling markets lower, while technology stocks rally
  
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• Stepping Hill poison trial: Nurse accused of murder is a 'lovely man'

  19-02-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alleged saboteur Victorino Chua is accused of poisoning 21 patients using insulin at the hospital
  
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• Mystery surrounds the death of 20 swans found in one stretch of river

  19-02-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The RSPCA has asked the public to be vigilant after swans died on a stretch of the River Wear in County Durham in the past few weeks
  
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• Ukip trailing behind Conservatives in four general election battleground seats

  19-02-2015 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage’s party is “within striking distance” of them in the other key seats – Castle Point, Boston & Skegness and Basildon & Thurrock
  
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• Fast-food lovers rejoice! Burger King trials delivering orders to UK doorsteps

  19-02-2015 22:27
  
  FAST-food giant Burger King have today begun trialling a delivery service which sees orders sent straight to customers' doorsteps in the UK.
  
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• Senior MPs warn David Cameron the military can't cope with more defence cuts

  19-02-2015 22:24 via
  
  RAF Typhoon fighters were scrambled to escort two Russian Bear bombers spotted in international airspace off the coast of Cornwall, the Ministry of Defence has said. File photo.
  
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• Doncaster crash: Girl aged 11 killed after being hit by a car

  19-02-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The youngster was knocked down by the Citroen in Bentley, Doncaster, at about 4.35pm
  
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• Devon couple build pub with 2,000 glasses, one-arm bandits, bar games in their HOUSE

  19-02-2015 22:19 via
  
  Simon and Donna Randall built Randall's Tavern on two storeys of their Devon home, which boasts a games arcade, which features a 1960s fruit machine, table top Donkey Kong game.
  
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• David Cameron’s slashing welfare safety net - but he will pay price in General Election

  19-02-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror columnist Paul Routledge says the Tories' bash-the-poor, trash-the-fat, batter-the-boozers and smack-the-smackheads policy will backfire
  
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• Brother and sister died in horror head-on crash after tyre failed on car

  19-02-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Siblings Bobby Roberts and Jinny-Mae Cook were sent veering across the road into the path of another car
  
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• Man guilty of plot to behead soldier

  19-02-2015 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old man, who was on his way to behead a British soldier with a 12in knife when he was arrested, is found guilty of preparing a terrorist act.
  
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• Man who swore and barged commuter discovers same person is interviewing him for job

  19-02-2015 22:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man was trying to get off the train at London's Monument station when he thought someone was blocking his way
  
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• 'Make rape legal on private property': Shock 'call' from self-styled pick-up guru

  19-02-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Roosh V posted a blog called 'How to Stop Rape' in which he said making it legal on private property would make women more responsible for their bodies
  
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• Secret slimming strategies: How nation is tricking lardy partners into losing weight

  19-02-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tactics include buying their clothes a size too small, moving bathroom scales into a prominent position and leaving magazines open to show skinny celebs
  
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• Bobbi Kristina given tracheotomy to breathe as her condition remains unchanged

  19-02-2015 21:47 via
  
  The hole placed in her throat at an Atlanta hospital will allow Brown to continue breathing and lower the risk posed from infection, family says.
  
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• Great-gran reaches 110 and celebrates with fish and chips family feast

  19-02-2015 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Devon pensioner thought to be the UK's 15th oldest person treated her family to fish and chips to celebrate her 110th birthday.
  
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• Merciless woman found guilty of sadistic torture-style attack on popular homeless man

  19-02-2015 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 22-year-old was convicted her of attacking Adam Blythe and has been told she faces a lengthy prison sentence
  
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• Mum saves choking son thanks to safety advert she watched on Facebook

  19-02-2015 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Melanie Thys found Alex, 4, motionless and turning blue so repeated crucial techniques she’d recently learnt in a 40-second clip entitled The Chokeables
  
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• BSC Young Boys 1-4 Everton

  19-02-2015 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Romelu Lukaku scores his first Everton hat-trick to put the Toffees in control of their Europa League tie against Young Boys.
  
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• How to win the election: Political speeches are no longer delivered but 'framed' to ensure you hear the core message

  19-02-2015 21:15
  Looking over various lists of Great British Speeches, you spot something interesting. Almost none has been delivered during an election campaign.
  
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• David Fuller whose house was used for sex parties may become deputy Lord Mayor

  19-02-2015 21:12 via
  
  It was revealed two years ago that Liberal Democrat councillor David Fuller's home in Fareham, Hampshire, was being used as a venue for 'alternative' sex parties.
  
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• Barry Lategan who discovered Twiggy allegedly 'groped two women he scouted for photo shoots'

  19-02-2015 21:09 via
  
  Award-winning Barry Lategan, 80, whose subjects have included Margaret Thatcher, is accused of assaulting one of the victims after following her off a London bus.
  
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• Thugs admit violently attacking two men just because they were gay

  19-02-2015 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Calvin McLelland and James Knots launched their attack on Dillon Jeffreys and his partner Connor Sullivan after asking them if they were gay on a night out in Glasgow.
  
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• Tory activist resigns after branding his own Tweet to groups against domestic violence 'disgusting'

  19-02-2015 21:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Conservative candidate faced with a furious backlash over a social media post aimed at supporters of groups against male violence has quit.
  
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