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• Ultimo bra's Michelle Mone reveals how jealousy and violence killed her marriage

  20-02-2015 23:57 via
  
  Michelle Mone says her drive to stay at the top contributed to the bitter breakdown of her marriage, drove her to binge-eat and drink and lost her friends — Rod Stewart among them.
  
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• Parents of two-year-old with rare brain tumour accuse NHS of handing her a 'death sentence'

  20-02-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Freya Bevan needs to go to the US for treatment but her parents have been told the NHS will not pay for the trip
  
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• Karen Danczuk claimed she poses for sexy snaps because she was abused

  20-02-2015 23:52 via
  
  Karen Danczuk explained this week that the constant stream of ‘selfies’ she posts online have their roots in the rapes she suffered from the age of six at the hands of a family friend.
  
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• YouTube videos suggest alcohol makes you funny and popular, study claims

  20-02-2015 23:51 via
  
  Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh studied 70 popular alcohol-related videos on YouTube looking to see how alcohol was depicted, and in what context it was shown. Stock image pictured.
  
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• Man jailed for ordering shooting of dad which left him paralysed after 'trivial' row in fast food restaurant

  20-02-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim was shot in the back by Aidan Harris-Bennett's henchman as he tried escape after the row
  
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• Britain's first gay prison wedding slammed as 'marriage made in hell' by murder victim's brother

  20-02-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marc Goodwin and Mikhail ­Gallatinov - both serving life sentences for kiling other gay men - plan to tie the knot at maximum security Full Sutton Prison next month
  
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• CCTV images of racist Chelsea fans in connection with Paris train incident released

  20-02-2015 23:46 via
  
  The appeal for information on the incident at Richelieu-Drouot station came as Chelsea confirmed it had suspended two more people, taking the total to five.
  
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• Greece saved from disaster - for two days

  20-02-2015 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Greece believes it has been given permission by the Eurogroup to ease up on austerity - although there will be months of fraught negotiations on a new financial settlement for this recession battered country.
  
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• Fatcat bosses of HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds and RBS to pocket £25m in cash and perks

  20-02-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bosses of the big four have been awarded bumper packages despite banks being mired in scandal or owing billions to the taxpayer
  
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• Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Pimping case against ex-IMF chief concludes - but no verdict for four months

  20-02-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It means the former International Monetary Fund chief will have to wait until mid-June to learn whether he is guilty of a crime which could see him go to prison for a decade
  
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• VIDEO: UK schoolgirls 'on way to Syria'

  20-02-2015 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three missing east London schoolgirls are feared to be travelling to Syria via Turkey, police say.
  
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• Starbucks UK launches sophisticated food and wine menu

  20-02-2015 23:37 via
  
  The coffee chain, which has more than 700 outlets in the UK, is offering a range of hot and cold meals as well as wines and beers to customers in its newly renovated Stansted Airport outlet.
  
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• Brave little girl will finally be able to ride bike after NHS agrees to pay for life-changing surgery

  20-02-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Four-year-old Erin Jones has a condition which means the muscles in her legs are so tight she had to have leg splints and a wheelchair
  
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• Tory Mark Menzies' rent boy ready to name another Conservative punter

  20-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tory MP Mark Menzies' rent boy Rogerio Santos says he has another customer from the Conservative party
  
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• Immigration Street star says residents are happy hard working and entitled to live there

  20-02-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shop worker Andy Holden claims Derby Road in Southampton is nothing like Benefits Street in Birmingham as some people have as many as three jobs
  
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• Model and former beauty queen has teeth knocked out after brutal attack outside nightclub

  20-02-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Miss Sunderland Rebecca Mason was attacked by Daniel Jackson outside Ruba in the north-east city
  
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• UK weather: Gales, floods, snow, rain and rare super tides forecast as Moon's orbit causes havoc

  20-02-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency teams are on standby in many areas as the nation faces a five-way battering from gales, floods, snow, rain and huge tidal surges
  
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• Scotland's Ethie castle 'haunted' by murdered cardinal hits market for £1.65million

  20-02-2015 23:14 via
  
  Ethie Castle, near Arbroath, is said to be haunted by the ghost of murdered Cardinal David Beaton. According to legend, his ghost can still be heard in the corridors at night.
  
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• RAC: Millions of drivers may have been illegally charged for parking

  20-02-2015 23:13
  
  Millions of drivers who may have been have been illegally charged for parking overstays on private land could be eligible for a refund, according to the RAC Foundation.
  
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• 'Beast of Jersey attacked care home boys wearing Freddy Krueger style mask' inquiry told

  20-02-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Jersey care Inquiry heard how Edward Paisnel prowled the halls and rooms of La Preference children's home
  
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• VIDEO: Ohio red pandas frolic in the snow

  20-02-2015 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A zookeeper at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ohio in the US has filmed two red pandas playing in the snow.
  
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• David Cameron spends £1,900 of taxpayers money on parties with Claudia Schiffer and toff cronies

  20-02-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prime Minister delved into almost £2,000 of taxpayers money to wine and dine supermodel and other high profile guests
  
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• Ebola-hit Liberia to reopen borders

  20-02-2015 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liberia is to reopen its borders following a reduction in the number of Ebola cases being reported in the country.
  
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• EastEnders viewers complain to Ofcom claiming they've been misled over Who Killed Lucy?

  20-02-2015 23:05 via
  
  Ofcom received five complaints in total, with four people bemoaning being given 'false information' which 'misled'  them when trying to work out who killed Lucy Beale (pictured) last year.
  
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• Pedro the 43in-high Shetland pony finally gets a view

  20-02-2015 23:04 via
  
  Pedro the Shetland pony, aged 14 (pictured), lives at Ebony Horse Club in Brixton, London. At just 43in he was unable to see over his stable door - so local schoolchildren invented 'The Pedroscope'.
  
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• Watch shocking moment man fights with school pupils but ends up decked as teenagers battle back

  20-02-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The violence, which took place in broad daylight, only stopped when a woman, believed to work at a nearby chip shop, intervened
  
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• Is this the Galaxy S6? Concept video reveals stunning design

  20-02-2015 22:53 via
  
  A pair of designers has created what they believed Samsung's Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge will look like, based on the latest leaks.
  
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• Dami Judi Dench: The word 'old' is banned from my house

  20-02-2015 22:51 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Oscar-winning actress who turned 80 in December says that 'retirement' is the 'rudest word in my dictionary'
  
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• Chelsea fans launch fund to give racism victim an all-expenses paid trip to London

  20-02-2015 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Supporters sickened by the incident want to bring Souleymane S, his wife and children to Stamford Bridge to meet 'real fans'
  
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• Bromolla: Video footage shows apartment where 'mum kept her three daughters locked up'

  20-02-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 59-year-old is accused of keeping her daughters locked up for 10 years
  
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• Four-month-old foal Gizmo left to die in freezing field next to Ridgewell caravan park

  20-02-2015 22:42 via
  
  The sweet piebald cob called Gizmo is fighting for his life after he was found without his mother and seriously underweight near Ridgewell Caravan Park in Essex on Tuesday.
  
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• UN may name Syria 'war criminals'

  20-02-2015 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UN investigators say they are considering revealing the names of an estimated 200 individuals suspected of committing war crimes in Syria.
  
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• Jealous stalker camped out in ex-girlfriend's back garden to spy on her in terrifying harassment campaign

  20-02-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Andrews set up a hidden tent yards from Jemma Lewis's Birmingham home - and made chilling comments about when she took a bath
  
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• ISIS: Three British schoolgirls who went from model pupils to Islamic State fanatics

  20-02-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and an un-named 15-year-old flew to Istanbul, in Turkey, from Gatwick airport on Tuesday
  
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• Brit 'drug trafficker' arrested in Amsterdam after 12 years on run was identified by tattoo on his BUM

  20-02-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scott Coleman, 40, was tracked to the Dutch capital after being identified by a bulldog tattoo on his neck, a Liverpool badge on his right leg and a pair of lips on his buttocks.
  
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• Official task force dedicated to tackling rogue landlords have never met, and don't plan to

  20-02-2015 22:23
  
  An official task force to tackle rogue landlords set up with great fanfare two years ago has not met once – and there is no plan for it to do so, ministers have admitted.
  
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• Dramatic rescue as boy pulled from ravine after falling 40ft and becoming trapped in mud

  20-02-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pictures show the moment the boy, thought to be about 11, was pulled free from his ordeal
  
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• Watch CCTV of 'Little Britain' shoplifter pretending to be disabled stand up from wheelchair to steal

  20-02-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leoni Clare was wheeled into a branch of Marks and Spencer before getting out of the chair to conceal items under her coat - like a character from Little Britain
  
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• Watch CCTV of brazen shoplifter pretending to be disabled stand up from wheelchair to steal

  20-02-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leoni Clare was wheeled into a branch of Marks and Spencer before getting out of the chair to conceal items under her coat - like a character from Little Britain
  
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• Duke of Rutland's daughters infuriate neighbours with wild 'all-night' parties

  20-02-2015 22:18 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lady Violet Manners, 21, and her two sisters Lady Alice, 19, and 17-year-old Lady Eliza are in hot water after a neighbour wrote to their father to complain about the 'awful' noise
  
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• Duke of Hamilton's daughters infuriate neighbours with wild 'all-night' parties

  20-02-2015 22:18 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lady Violet Manners, 21, and her two sisters Alice, 19, and 17-year-old Eliza are in hot water after a neighbour wrote to their father to complain about the 'awful' noise
  
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• Andy McSmith's Sketch: George Osborne could really learn from BBC's Wolf Hall

  20-02-2015 22:18
  
  There was an intriguing column in The Daily Telegraph recently by its finest ex-writer, Peter Oborne speculating that George Osborne had accepted that he would never be Tory leader, and had decided that come the next contest, he would vote for Boris Johnson.
  
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• Shell-shocked Ukrainian soldiers describe their terrifying retreat from Debaltseve

  20-02-2015 22:03 via
  
  The 'liberation' of the strategic port is a long-standing war aim of the separatists, who this week seized control of the railway hub of Debaltseve (pictured).
  
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• Paedophile ex-solicitor Martin Currier snared arranging to meet 13-year-old girl

  20-02-2015 22:00 via
  
  Former solicitor, Martin Currier, 51, pictured, will be sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court next month after he was convicted of attempting to meet a child after sexual grooming.
  
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• Premier League targets biggest ever signing as clubs urge fans to register as NHS organ donors

  20-02-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Big guns including Manchester City, Chelsea, and Everton will use their matchday programmes, social media and scoreboards to promote the Sign for Life campaign
  
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• The Ku Klux Klan's lasting legacy in Georgia as Selma hits screens

  20-02-2015 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  To viewers of the Malcolm X film Selma, the bad old days of black lynchings may seem like an age ago, but Christopher Bucktin discovers that in Georgia that Klan still casts a big shadow
  
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• BBC spendss more than £34.4million of licence fee cash on taxis in three years

  20-02-2015 21:53 via
  
  The figures, released following a Freedom of Information request, include more than £200,000 to pay for cabs ordered, only to be cancelled on arrival.
  
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• Police release images of three men in relation to Paris Metro racism incident

  20-02-2015 21:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Metropolitan Police are appealing for help to identify the trio
  
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• Royston Jones who tried to strangle his nurse wife to death is jailed for 15 years 

  20-02-2015 21:48 via
  
  Royston Jones, 39, attempted to murder Claire Jones at Nevill Hall hospital in Abergavenny, south Wales, after becoming convinced she was having an affair.
  
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• CCTV footage shows cruel owner punching dog in the head FOUR times in Norwich

  20-02-2015 21:43 via
  
  The RSPCA are hunting the callous owner who viciously attacked his dog in Jex Road, Norwich, at about 1.30pm on February 9.
  
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