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• Supermoon solar eclipse: Sky-gazers to be treated to two celestial events before Spring equinox

  06-03-2015 23:59
  
  Sky-gazers will be in for a celestial treat before the Spring Equinox, as the deepest solar eclipse since 1999 and a Supermoon will fall on two consecutive days - a phenomenon known as a Supermoon eclipse
  
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• Dying groom weds bride after following overwhelming generosity of 'kind hearted' strangers

  06-03-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Kitchen, 27, who has been battling a rare type of cancer for over a year, wed his long-term girlfriend Nicole at the Christie in Manchester.
  
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• Three charged over US data breach

  06-03-2015 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US authorities charge three men for their roles in what they claim is one of the biggest data breaches in American history.
  
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• Benefits cheat clairvoyant knows what his future holds and it's definitely jail

  06-03-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Timothy Abbot, 53, of Stafford, admitted the 16-year scam at Stoke crown court, which saw him claim £70,000 in benefits
  
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• Planespotter's wife in plea to David Cameron to help release husband from Dubai prison hell

  06-03-2015 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Conrad Clitheroe’s wife Valerie says they have paid out £9,000 for legal fees and she has today written to the prime minister asking for his help
  
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• General Election 2015: How each party will tackle the NHS

  06-03-2015 23:53 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Where does each political party stand on the health service ahead of General Election 2015? Michael Wilkinson rounds up the key events and compares party policies
  
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• Two right knees: Man given joint for WRONG LEG in 'never event' surgery

  06-03-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Homerton University Hospital in Hackney, East London, has launched an investigation after a swab was also left unnoticed inside a woman for nearly a week
  
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• Thug who slashed ex-girlfriend and her new lover with Stanley knife has appeal thrown out

  06-03-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Ferguson caused horrific injuries in the vicious attack in Slade Road, Erdington, Birmingham
  
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• David Cameron plans massive expansion of free schools if Conservatives win election

  06-03-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister is set to announce on Monday plans for at least 153 new ones on top of the 255 already open
  
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• Cheltenham Festival: Female jockey to chill in men’s room and ''look away'' when they change

  06-03-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rising star Lizzie Kelly, aged 21, will go head-to-head with her hero Tony McCoy at the big meeting which kicks off on Tuesday
  
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• Neighbours to give Venezuela food

  06-03-2015 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Foreign ministers from the regional Unasur bloc promise to help Venezuela overcome a shortage of food, medicine and other products.
  
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• Woman spy's lost story of how she watched people shot at her feet in Nazi camp

  06-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Odette Sansom's story reads like the film script it later became as she witnessed horrific torture, death, a dramatic escape and romance
  
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• 'Vladimir Putin is menace we cannot ignore': Former defence ministers issue British Army cuts warning

  06-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour’s Bob Ainsworth and Tory MP Sir Peter Luff have told the Mirror that Europe’s borders face a “real military threat” from Russia
  
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• Judy Finnigan: 'Drink problem rumours were started by someone jealous of our success'

  06-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former This Morning presenter Judy Finnigan has had a stellar career - but it hasn't come without its problems
  
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• British Army soldiers must pay back £3m after MoD salary blunder

  06-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The overpaid troops did nothing wrong but many have to pay back as much as £19,000 - leaving them having to get bank loans
  
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• Becky Watts: New picture shows tragic teenager smiling at stepbrother accused of her murder

  06-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nathan Matthews playfully hugs a friend at the wedding of his mum Anji and Becky's dad Darren Galsworthy just 19 months ago
  
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• Driver dressed as Superman smashes up his 4x4 in the middle of a busy city centre street

  06-03-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man jumped out his truck in central Melbourne in Australia and started attacking it with a pole
  
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• Muslim rights activist who defended Jihadi John refuses to condemn female stoning

  06-03-2015 23:23
  
  THE Muslim activist who described Islamic State murderer Jihadi John as "beautiful" has refused to condemn the stoning of adulterous women.
  
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• White and Gold Dress: Owner of THAT dress breaks silence on Ellen DeGeneres show

  06-03-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cecilia Bleasdale, who bought the £50 dress for her daughter's wedding, told how she argued with her daughter Caitlin over the colour
  
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• Two charities cease funding Cage

  06-03-2015 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Advocacy group Cage is no longer being funded by two charities, according to the Charity Commission.
  
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• Fulham 1-5 Bournemouth

  06-03-2015 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bournemouth return to the top of the Championship on goal difference with an emphatic win over 10-man Fulham.
  
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• Boy, 13, admits murdering builder after row outside block of flats

  06-03-2015 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted stabbing 53-year-old Christopher John Barry in Edmonton, north London
  
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• Hidden camera captures cruel carers 'mocking and abusing dementia gran'

  06-03-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two carers apparently swear and laugh at great grandmother Freda Jobson, who is asked if she is a witch and has ever practised black magic
  
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• Mortgage chaos for thousands of people moving home

  06-03-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Borrowers who move house this year face unfair penalties and could be forced onto more expensive deals, a Telegraph investigation finds
  
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• 'My number plate could have cost £1m'

  06-03-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The most expensive number plate sold at a DVLA auction
  
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• London Underground bans poster for Jewish play 'Bad Jews'

  06-03-2015 22:47 via
  
  Transport for London decided that posters of Joshua Harmon's acclaimed production, Bad Jews, contravened its policy following an investigation by the advertising regulator.
  
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• VIDEO: Lithuania 'already under attack'

  06-03-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Lithuanian president says her country is "already under attack" and conscription is being reintroduced in Lithuania as a response to threats in the region.
  
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• Ward wins epic to give GB 2-0 lead

  06-03-2015 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A thrilling James Ward comeback gives Great Britain a 2-0 Davis Cup lead over the United States in a mammoth tie in Glasgow.
  
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• The lavish lifestyle of India's royalty

  06-03-2015 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The lavish lifestyle of India's royal families
  
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• Flight MH370: Could it have been suicide?

  06-03-2015 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Struggling to explain the course of the missing plane MH370
  
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• Remains of climbers who vanished in avalanche 55 years ago found on Pico de Orizaba

  06-03-2015 22:30 via
  
  The bodies were found just 1,000 feet from the top of Pico de Orizaba, Mexico's highest mountain, this week, but have yet to be recovered because of fog hampering the rescue efforts.
  
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• Meet the real-life Spider-Man who hands out sandwiches to homeless people

  06-03-2015 22:30
  
  HE does whatever a Spider-Man can - including rolling up his sleeves and getting stuck in to help the homeless.
  
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• David Cameron's TV debates bluff called as broadcasters vow to go ahead with an 'empty chair'

  06-03-2015 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Standing by threats to “empty chair” the PM if he insists on chickening out, TV bosses told No10 that the three TV election shows must go on – with or without him
  
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• Polly Chowdhury: 'When my princess died, a part of our lives did too', says tortured child's dad

  06-03-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The father of eight-year-old Ayesha Ali spoke out after her mother was jailed for killing
  
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• ISIS: Harrowing pictures show terrorists hacking off the hand of a 'thief'

  06-03-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The harrowing footage, taken in the militant stronghold of Mosul in Iraq, shows the man being given pain-killing drugs before his horrifying ordeal begins.
  
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• David Cameron wants to overturn hunting ban if Tories win General Election

  06-03-2015 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Writing in the Countryside Alliance magazine, Mr Cameron said: “The Hunting Act has done nothing for animal welfare"
  
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• Builder's holiday nightmare as thieves steal £12,000 from bank account and splash cash on watches and perfume

  06-03-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Greg Fletcher, 50, was on holiday in Australia when crooks took the money.
  
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• Ed Miliband: No plans for SNP deal if Labour fail to win majority at election

  06-03-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader said the only choice at the election was between his Labour government or a Tory one that will hack public spending to the bone
  
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• Call to double monitors in Ukraine

  06-03-2015 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia and Germany call for the number of OSCE observers monitoring a truce in eastern Ukraine to rise from 500 to 1,000.
  
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• First edition of Charles Darwin book On the Origin of Species to sell for £70k

  06-03-2015 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The book - which contains Darwin’s theory of evolution - belongs to a collector whose hoard is worth £1m
  
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• Paranoid schizophrenic man admits stabbing parents to death in their home

  06-03-2015 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Timothy Brown, 47, admitted the manslaughter of Paul and Dorothy Brown on the basis of "diminished responsibility"
  
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• The identical twins who do everything in precisely opposite ways

  06-03-2015 21:55 via
  
  Naomi and Hannah Moxon, 19, from Peterborough, were babies when mum Karen made the discover after their teeth started falling out on opposite sides of their mouths.
  
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• Sinn Féin 'could be biggest party'

  06-03-2015 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deputy first minister tells the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis that he wants his party to be the biggest in Ireland, north and south of the border.
  
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• Alan Cartwright: Teenager charged with murder of schoolboy who was stabbed to death while riding bicycle with friends

  06-03-2015 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joshua Williams, 18, of Davenant Road, north London, will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' court tomorrow charged with murder and conspiracy to ro
  
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• Ebola outbreak: British nurse who contracted the illness to appear before regulator

  06-03-2015 21:44
  
  The British nurse who risked her life treating Ebola victims and came close to death when she contracted the disease herself has been summoned for a hearing by the nursing regulator over whether her symptoms were concealed when she arrived back in the UK.
  
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• British Ebola nurse appears on misconduct charge over whether symptoms were concealed

  06-03-2015 21:44
  
  The British nurse who risked her life treating Ebola victims and came close to death when she contracted the disease herself has been summoned for a hearing by the nursing regulator over whether her symptoms were concealed when she arrived back in the UK.
  
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• What is the most expensive age of our lives - 21 or 50?

  06-03-2015 21:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Do you think our outgoings are greater in frivolous young adulthood or middle age?
  
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• Green shoots: Bennett’s radio disaster fails to damp devotion of the party faithful

  06-03-2015 21:38
  
  As political speeches just weeks before elections go, the anxiety to get it right can be particularly acute. But for Natalie Bennett, the added pressure to deliver was clearly audible in her breathless delivery at her party’s annual conference today. 
  
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• RBS paid 72 employees more than £1million EACH despite £3.5billion losses

  06-03-2015 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  And among those three received between £4million and £5million and those on about £1.21million rose from 43 to 51
  
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• Corrupt policewoman who tried to blackmail Steven Gerrard is jailed for 22 months

  06-03-2015 21:36 via
  
  Helen Jones, 32, a former Pc with Merseyside Police, took the footage by 'flashing her warrant card' to the manageress of a bank to eventually extort money from the Liverpool star.
  
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