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• John Woods: Off-duty police officer dies after car collided with articulated lorry

  11-03-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 42-year-old was driving on the A736 Lochlibo Road between Lugton and Burnhouse when his Kia collided with the HGV
  
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• NHS is prepared to lie to cut number of brain cancer services says MP

  11-03-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lib Dem Tessa Munt told the Mirror: “NHS England is determined to cut by half the number of brain cancer centres in England and seems prepared to lie to all of us to achieve that"
  
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• 'I would be dead if it wasn't for my wife donating her kidney - she saved me'

  11-03-2015 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Newcastle dad Joseph Elliot received the greatest gift he could from loving wife Carol - the gift of life
  
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• Top teachers could get 2% pay rise

  11-03-2015 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schools in England and Wales are to be given the power to hand top performing teachers a pay rise of up to 2% from September.
  
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• Chelsea 2-2 Paris St-Germain (aet)

  11-03-2015 23:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chelsea are dramatically eliminated from the Champions League as 10-man Paris St-Germain reach the quarter-finals.
  
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• 'I'm almost immune to it' Carol Kirkwood on receiving X-rated fan mail

  11-03-2015 23:37
  
  WEATHER presenter Carol Kirkwood has revealed she is regularly bombarded with pictures from men of their private parts - but insists she is "immune" to it.
  
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• European banks fail US 'stress tests'

  11-03-2015 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Santander and Deutsche Bank fail US "stress tests" designed to assess whether lenders can withstand another financial crisis.
  
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• Police prepare 'IRA rape' claim file

  11-03-2015 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Irish police confirmed a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions over the alleged sexual assault of two males in County Louth in the 1990s.
  
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• Cigarettes must be sold in plain boxes from May 2016 as Tories fail to overturn vote

  11-03-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Those against the decision say it will be exploited by smugglers and it  “vilifies” goods bought by well-informed adults
  
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• Two men shot in the back as parents collect their children from school

  11-03-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Children scattered in fear as the gunshots rang out in the street, with police investigating
  
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• Did loved ones reach out from the grave to save the lives of those closest to them?

  11-03-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have reported hearing a woman's voice guiding them to a car crashed into a river, but is this the only instance of help from beyond the grave?
  
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• Pictured: Hi-tech iPod spy camera being used by thieves at cashpoints

  11-03-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 'Lebanese Loop' style gadget was recovered by police officers in Manchester and is the latest gadget being used by thieves
  
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• How 'dodgy' donor was courted by Liberal Democrats

  11-03-2015 23:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Party candidate Ibrahim Taguri told Telegraph reporter to circumvent strict reporting rules by using back-dated cheques and family members
  
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• Sarah Payne memorial statue stolen from her former school

  11-03-2015 23:13
  
  A bronze statue of a young girl given to Sarah Payne’s former school in memory of the eight-year-old murder victim has been stolen.
  
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• 'A historic decision' MPs back plans for standardised cigarette packaging

  11-03-2015 23:12
  
  MPs have voted in favour of plans to introduce standardised cigarette packaging from May next year.
  
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• to do Lib Dem donor scandal: dodgy donation received by Nick Clegg's party

  11-03-2015 23:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Fake businessman told to use backdated cheques and give money via relatives in order to hide his name from official donor registers
  
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• Lib Dem donor scandal: dodgy donation received by Nick Clegg's party

  11-03-2015 23:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Fake businessman told to use backdated cheques and give money via relatives in order to hide his name from official donor registers
  
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• Body Worlds exhibition of anatomically dissected animals goes on display 

  11-03-2015 23:04 via
  
  Body Worlds: Animal Inside Out, in which animal carcasses are stripped of their flesh and displayed, opens today at Ambassador Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.
  
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• Danny Alexander and the private dinner with Telegraph's 'dodgy' donor

  11-03-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Fake businessman attended exclusive event for potential big-money backers led by Lib Dem Treasury chief, who told him: "I personally am very, very grateful"
  
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• Nato chief presses David Cameron to maintain defence spending

  11-03-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the Prime Minister had “assured me the UK would stay above 2%” of national income spent on defence
  
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• Charlie Hebdo: Rangers director Chris Graham accused of tweeting sexually explicit cartoon of Prophet Mohammed during Paris attacks

  11-03-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The image was allegedly sent to Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary as a taunt
  
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• Schoolboy who pulled knife on girl and threatened to stab her is suspended for just FOUR days

  11-03-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shocking incident at a primary school in the Dumfries area of Scotland has left the victim’s mum furious at the lenient punishment
  
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• VIDEO: Iraq making 'final push' on Tikrit

  11-03-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Iraqi security officials say government troops have retaken a large part of north-eastern Tikrit from Islamic State militants.
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson: BBC left red-faced after airing Top Gear repeat in which host fantasizes about punching man

  11-03-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The re-run comes just 24 hours after the controversial host was suspended by bosses over allegations of punching a producer
  
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• Plain cigarette packaging: Anti-smoking groups celebrate vote to enforce standardised

  11-03-2015 22:42
  
  Anti-smoking groups said they were “over the moon” as a vote to enforce standardised tobacco packaging was passed in the House of Commons.
  
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• David Cameron intervenes for Top Gear's Jeremy Clarkson after suspension

  11-03-2015 22:40 via
  
  Prime Minister David Cameron today said his children would be 'heartbroken' if Top Gear was taken off air following the suspension of host Jeremy Clarkson over a 'fracas' in Newcastle.
  
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• UK universities 'punch above weight'

  11-03-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK universities continue to punch above their weight in terms of their international reputation, suggests a new global table.
  
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• 'They gave my girlfriend 48 hours to live so we got married in the hospital waiting room'

  11-03-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jack Beniston was devastated when he was told his girlfriend has two days to live, so he proposed and they married in hospital
  
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• Headteachers to be given powers to grant top teachers higher pay rises

  11-03-2015 22:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says headteachers are to be given powers to issue two per cent pay rises to top performing teachers
  
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• Clarkson jokes about BBC suspension

  11-03-2015 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Clarkson makes light of his suspension by the BBC as an online petition for him to be reinstated tops 500,000 signatures.
  
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• Labour peer Lord Mandelson says election will 'almost certainly deliver us a stalemate'

  11-03-2015 22:11 via
  
  Lord Mandelson also stopped well short of offering his enthusiastic endorsement of Ed Miliband and once again attacked Labour’s proposed ‘mansion tax’ on expensive homes.
  
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• Former Apprentice contestant Chris Farrell punched taxi driver during row

  11-03-2015 22:08 via
  
  31-year-old Chris Farrell was thrown out of the taxi on November 22 after calling the driver a p****. He claimed he punched the man because he was being aggressive towards him and his girlfriend.
  
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• Greenwich shop workers wrestle axe-wielding raider to the ground

  11-03-2015 22:06 via
  
  These are the amazing scenes as two brave shop workers subdued axe attacker Errol Woodger while he tried to rob a convenience store in Greenwich south east London last year.
  
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• Fox-hunting lobbyists fronted by Otis Ferry target backing of Tory candidates in stealth campaign

  11-03-2015 22:05
  
  A pro-hunting group fronted by Otis Ferry is offering to supply canvassers to help Conservative candidates win parliamentary seats if they quietly agree to support repealing the fox-hunting ban.
  
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• Kim Davies who made series of complaints about child safety was wrongly spied upon

  11-03-2015 22:04 via
  
  Kim Davies, pictured, from Blackwood south Wales has been told she can continue as a teacher despite having been found to have breached confidentiality rules by a teaching council tribunal.
  
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• Plain cigarette packaging: One in four MPs who opposed measures have declared links to tobacco industry

  11-03-2015 22:04
  
  One in four of the MPs who voted against introducing plain cigarette packaging today have declared links to tobacco industries in the past, analysis has shown.
  
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• 'I’m going to eat you': Man threatened toddler, then bit his face - but avoids jail

  11-03-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Steven Crawford left a 2cm by 3cm bite mark on the boy’s cheek, then tried to hide the injury with a deerstalker hat
  
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• Top 100 world universities by reputation - in full

  11-03-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Universities in the UK have risen in international rankings published by the Times Higher Education. Check out the full table here
  
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• Britain climbs up world university rankings

  11-03-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  British universities have gained ground in top international rankings, published by the Times Higher Education, with Oxford and Cambridge muscling past big US names
  
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• Statue in memory of Sarah Payne is stolen from outside her school

  11-03-2015 21:58 via
  
  A bronze statue erected in memory of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne was stolen from Burhill County Primary School in Hersham, Surrey, this morning.
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson suspended: Star wanted steak but kicked off after he got cold meat and cheese platter

  11-03-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Top Gear presenter erupted because he was offered the cold dish, as well as soup, instead of a sizzling 8oz steak after a long day’s filming
  
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• Carefree Clarkson: Top Gear presenter cheers on Chelsea following BBC suspension

  11-03-2015 21:55
  
  HIS BBC career may be hanging in the balance - but Jeremy Clarkson looked carefree in the stands at Stamford Bridge tonight.
  
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• Sean Emmett whose wife fell to her death from Dubai hotel jailed for attacking girlfriend

  11-03-2015 21:53 via
  
  Sean Emmett, 45, of Molesey, Surrey, flew into a rage over the table manners of Lana Saoud, 25, after drinking eight pints of Guinness - throttling her and hitting her around the face.
  
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• Teachers to get a pay rise of up to 2% after Clegg claimed a 'fierce' row erupted between Tories and Lib Dems

  11-03-2015 21:53 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with MailOnline, Mr Clegg insisted the plan ‘wouldn’t cost the earth’ and the money should be found to reward teachers after years of austerity.
  
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• Do you live in Britain's most adulterous town? Top 10 cheating hotspots are revealed

  11-03-2015 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There is also hope for the romantics with figures also revealing the most faithful town in Britain
  
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• Joe Lawton: Tragic 17-year-old shot himself after drink-driving arrest because he 'thought he'd ruined his future'

  11-03-2015 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  His body was found at the family home alongside a charge sheet for drink-driving, handed to him by police two days earlier
  
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• Tycoon faces losing £2m to ex-wife decades after split

  11-03-2015 21:40
  
  JUDGES have opened the floodgates for former spouses to pocket the fortunes of their ex-partners decades after divorcing following a landmark legal ruling yesterday.
  
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• Cheltenham Festival photographer knocked off his feet after being struck by barrier hit by horses

  11-03-2015 21:26 via
  
  These are the dramatic scenes as a photographer suffers a suspected broken leg in Cheltenham after the bookies' favourite loses control and takes out a second horse just two jumps from home.
  
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• 1,000 people at crash deaths service

  11-03-2015 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 1,000 people attend a memorial service for the four people who died in a crash in Powys.
  
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• Jesamine Hearsum who sexually assaulted friend spared jail despite restraining order breach

  11-03-2015 21:24 via
  
  Jesamine Hearsum, 32, had stripped naked and attacked the woman during a hour-long hostage ordeal at her home in Stroud, Gloucestershire, after the victim refused to have sex with her.
  
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