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• Archaeologists begin excavating skeletons from cemetery disturbed by Crossrail construction

  09-03-2015 23:59 via
  
  Archaeologists have started excavating 3,000 skeletons from the ancient Bedlam burial ground, which is at the site of the new Liverpool Street station that will serve the London Crossrail network.
  
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• Parents warning to smokers after daughter died in flat fire 'after falling asleep with lit cigarette'

  09-03-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to 23-year-old Emma Waring, tragically killed after a blaze tore through her home
  
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• A young couple bag house for just £1 - and now it is worth £60k

  09-03-2015 23:54
  
  A YOUNG couple who bagged Britain's cheapest house for just £1 have seen its value rocket to £60,000.
  
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• Antony Costa: My baby's eyes rolled back - we feared she was dying

  09-03-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Why the singer urges every parent of a newborn to get first aid training
  
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• Ayrton Senna: Inside the £7million former home of the F1 legend as it goes on sale

  09-03-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The estate agents marketing the property have dubbed it an ideal purchase "for the sophisticated and discerning buyer"
  
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• Racist thug caught on camera by his OWN home CCTV system after attack on cabbie

  09-03-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Asian driver had knocked on Mark Wilson’s door to ask for the money after he went into his home in Preston without paying
  
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• Couple 'falsely claimed £42,000 benefits while earning income from three companies and sending children to private school'

  09-03-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sarah and Leslie Grant had children at a top private school and paid £2,000 a month in rent, but deny they were claiming benefits they weren't entitled to, a court has heard
  
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• Police probe after Instagram picture appears to show teenager posing on railway tracks during rush hour

  09-03-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The student posted the shot this morning with the caption 'mind the gap'
  
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• Inside the ancient art of falconry

  09-03-2015 23:27 via
  
  These incredible pictures show the ancient art of falconry as it is still practiced in the harsh mountainous region that straddles the border between Russia, China and Kazakhstan.
  
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• Let It Go: Frozen sequel 'not in the works right now' co-creators say

  09-03-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Directors of the Disney smash hit Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck have denied rumours Frozen 2 is happening any time soon
  
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• Missing Syria schoolgirls: Parents discover checklist for journey in girl's bedroom

  09-03-2015 23:22
  
  The parents of one of the three London schoolgirls feared to have fled the country in order to join Isis in Syria have discovered a handwritten list detailing the items the girls needed in order to make their trip.
  
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• Sarcasm gives call centres in Manila the edge

  09-03-2015 23:19 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Call centres in the Philippines believe they have the edge in the international battle to attract Britain's customer complaints and it's all down to an unlikely secret weapon: sarcasm
  
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• Apple Watch prices and apps revealed

  09-03-2015 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple reveals that its smartwatch collection will range in price from £299 to £13,500 depending on the materials used.
  
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• Twelve cars, eight homes and 68,000 cups of tea... what a lifetime of consumption adds up to

  09-03-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We also consume 15,000 pints of milk, 568kgs of fat, over 10,000 bars of chocolate and say over 100,000,000 words
  
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• Ukrainian soldiers turn former classrooms into military barracks for rest

  09-03-2015 23:14 via
  
  Battle-weary Ukrainian soldiers have converted a school into a military barracks where they are sent to catch up on their R&R before being shipped back to the front line.
  
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• Crufts 2015: Watch owner of winning dog cause furore by picking up her pet by the tail

  09-03-2015 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  But Rebecca Cross, reacting after 30,000 signed a petition against the way she handled Knopa, says: "It's just a habit"
  
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• Joan Collins: I nearly died after eating a prawn - my face swelled up like a football

  09-03-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the second part of an exclusive interview with the Mirror, the screen legend relives her near-death experience from an undiagnosed allergy to shellfish
  
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• Thousands of cancer patients being denied radiotherapy because of Government's broken promise

  09-03-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Government promised to purchase at least 12 new radiotherapy machines during this parliament - but have bought only four
  
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• Family of Deepcut death soldier demand new inquest after being given 16,000 pages of unseen evidence

  09-03-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The family of Private Geoff Gray, 17, insist he was murdered after he was found with two gunshot wounds to his head while on guard duty at the Surrey barracks in 2001.
  
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• Jonty Hurwitz creates world's smallest sculpture only for it to be accidentally CRUSHED

  09-03-2015 22:56 via
  
  Jonty Hurwitz, 45, from Chichester, West Sussex, spent months creating the sculpture which was less than 1mm tall and could fit in the eye of a needle. It was crushed by under a microscope.
  
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• Leeds bus stop rape: Victim struck 20 times over head with rock by sex attacker

  09-03-2015 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Terrified teenager managed to murmur "rape" to a passer by as she staggered across the road and collapsed 
  
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• Supermoon solar eclipse: Fears over power blackout as 35,000MW of energy will be lost

  09-03-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The rare occurrence is prompting fears in the science community, as Scotland prepares to lose 98% of its sunlight
  
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• Poisoned Crufts dog Jagger's owners tell killer 'you have killed our love'

  09-03-2015 22:47 via
  
  Aleksandra Lauwers and her husband William have shared heartbreaking photographs of their Irish setter Jagger and his 'best friend', their nine-year-old Jeremy at their home in Lauw, east Belgium.
  
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• Five ways to stay in power in Central Asia

  09-03-2015 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five ways to stay in power in Central Asia
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: Nadine Dorries throws the book at Barclay brothers over HMRC case

  09-03-2015 22:40
  
  Nadine Dorries, one of the more unpredictable characters in Parliament, has delivered a ringing attack on Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay, one of whose companies, Shop Direct, is suing HM Revenue and Customs for compound interest for overpayment of tax. She described the twins as “avariciously greedy... notoriously reclusive… notoriously aggressive… deeply hypocritical” and “bullies”.
  
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• Sketch: Margaret Hodge gets her teeth into former HSBC executives in train wreck Public Accounts Committee hearing

  09-03-2015 22:36
  Having seen captains of industry reduced to gibbering imbecility by Margaret Hodge, Rona Fairhead must have been apprehensive about appearing before the Public Accounts Committee today. But this was a train wreck beyond her worst expectations.
  
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• Sketch: Margaret Hodge gets her teeth into former HSBC executives in Public Accounts Committee hearing

  09-03-2015 22:36
  Having seen captains of industry reduced to gibbering imbecility by Margaret Hodge, Rona Fairhead must have been apprehensive about appearing before the Public Accounts Committee today. But this was a train wreck beyond her worst expectations.
  
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• The pound has surged against ALL its main rivals 

  09-03-2015 22:34 via
  
  Holidaymakers now have significantly more spending power in at least 14 major currencies, including the US dollar, the Australian dollar, the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc.
  
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• 'No tolerance' vow after Crufts dog death

  09-03-2015 22:34
  
  CRUFTS organisers have said sabotage will not be tolerated, amid "rumours" FIVE other dogs could have also been poisoned.
  
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• David Cameron 'could remain in office' after election if we get hung parliament, admits policy adviser Sir Jeremy Heywood

  09-03-2015 22:33
  Ministers who lose their seats at the next election could carry on in their posts for weeks if it results in a finely-balanced hung parliament, the Cabinet Secretary disclosed to night.
  
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• Apple Watch launch: internet reacts

  09-03-2015 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The internet reacts to the Apple Watch event
  
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• Catholic bishop sparks outrage claiming rape victims have abortions to 'get back' at their attackers

  09-03-2015 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran also likened homosexuals to people with Down's Syndrome
  
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• Rickshaw driver on Houses of Parliament roof 'caused £20k of damage'

  09-03-2015 22:26 via
  
  Braydon Liam Anderson, 23, accused of causing £20,000 of damage to the Houses of Parliament during an eight-hour stand-off on the roof has appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court today.
  
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• Couple 'sent children to £32,000-a-year private school and rented £2,000-a-month house while swindling £42,500 in benefits' 

  09-03-2015 22:23 via
  
  Sarah (pictured) and Leslie Grant, of Gloucester, are accused of claiming pension credits, housing benefit and council tax benefit without declaring that they had other income.
  
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• Is this the best wearable device on the market? Dailymail.com gives its verdict on the Apple Watch

  09-03-2015 22:21 via
  
  Apple’s Watch does what Pebble’s smartwatch failed at - create a beautiful, elegant device that works as a piece of jewellery, without even switching it on, says US technology editor Mark Prigg in Berlin.
  
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• Tiny Mayfair flat rented in record-breaking 40 MINUTES

  09-03-2015 22:17
  THIS is the tiny one-bedroom flat that went in a record-breaking 40 minutes - with the tenant paying £10,000 UPFRONT.
  
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• Electro Velvet song gets a "Birds Eye" mashup

  09-03-2015 22:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The UK Eurovision entry Electro Velvet gets a catchy mashup with an old Birds Eye food advert
  
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• Tories 'will charge NHS patients for treatment to pay for £70billion of cuts' claims Ed Balls

  09-03-2015 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls says David Cameron and George Osborne will privatise the NHS to fund their latest round of savage public sector cuts if they win in May
  
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• Private school objects to new McDonald's nearby as it will 'put off potential parents'

  09-03-2015 22:10 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Governors of 400-year-old Haberdashers School in Monmouth fighting new restaurant just 100 metres away because it would 'dissuade potential parents'
  
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• Apple Watch hands on review - a slick little timepiece with fitness and fashion at its core

  09-03-2015 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We got our hands on the Apple Watch at the launch event in Berlin - here are our first impressions
  
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• Caribbean police force 'kept death lists of suspected criminals and planted guns at scenes of police shootings to make them look legitimate'

  09-03-2015 21:46 via
  
  Shootings of suspected criminals in St Lucia (pictured) were allegedly 'staged by the police' but reported as murders by unknown assailants, investigators found.
  
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• Secret history of decorated Bomber Command hero John Collier uncovered

  09-03-2015 21:38 via
  
  John Collier was awarded three top medals for his heroic service during the Second World War, but rarely spoke of his incredible achievements after retiring to the New Forest, Hampshire.
  
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• BBC journalist Nick Robinson discharged from hospital today after successful operation to remove lung tumour

  09-03-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 51-year-old journalist, who announced last month that he was suffering from cancer, is now at home with his family recovering, his spokeswoman said
  
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• VIDEO: Being a working mum in Japan

  09-03-2015 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In Japan, it is still common for many women to want to give up their own jobs once they become mothers, but with average salaries relatively low compared to Japan's cost of living, it is a luxury few can afford.
  
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• Treasure trove of classic cars worth £20m snapped up by dealer

  09-03-2015 21:21 via
  
  John Collins bought the incredible collection of 27 cars which includes models from the likes of Ferrari, Mercedes, Porsche and Lamborghini.
  
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• Apple Watch launch RECAP: Smartwatch price, launch date and battery life revealed - as well as new MacBook

  09-03-2015 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At Apple's 'Spring Forward' media event in San Francisco at 10am local time CEO Tim Cook revealed the final details of the Apple Watch - and announced the launch of a new MacBook.
  
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• Poldark sweeps us away but not hero’s ‘dodgy’ scar

  09-03-2015 21:18
  
  IT may have won millions of viewers as the new must-watch Sunday night television programme.
  
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• Crazed sex attacker leaves girl for dead after bludgeoning and raping her

  09-03-2015 21:12
  
  A CRAZED sex attacker bludgeoned a teenager 20 times over the head with a rock or a brick before raping her as she lay unconscious.
  
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• Munir Hussain: Watch shocking car chase in which desperate criminal kingpin attempts to escape police

  09-03-2015 21:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The dramatic dashcam footage shows the banned driver speeding along the wrong side of the road as cops close in
  
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• 'Black Madam' rapper convicted of murdering dancer in botched procedure to give her 'a bigger booty'

  09-03-2015 21:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old break dancer hoped the operation would help in her quest to appear in more music videos
  
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