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• Former Tory co-treasurer Peter Cruddas did offer access to David Cameron for donations say appeal judges

  17-03-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Court of Appeal judges have reduced £180,000 libel award against Times Newspapers to £50,000 after the paper appealed against libel claim
  
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• Secret to more sex revealed: Women need sleep while men need porn

  17-03-2015 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Studies have found that women are more likely to want sex if they've had a good night's sleep whereas men are better off watching soft porn
  
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• Labour star on fight to become MP: Horrific past means local threats don't intimidate Naz Shah

  17-03-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Domestic abuse, arson attacks and a mum jailed for killing the man who raped her - a dead bird on her doorstep is nothing by comparison
  
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• Driver pulled from burning car by good Samaritan after horror smash brought on by hypoglycemia

  17-03-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fire chiefs at the scene believed the man could have died if it were not for the actions of the unknown saviour
  
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• Waitrose magazine includes Taste of Israel advert and is slammed online

  17-03-2015 23:45 via
  
  The supermarket chain's monthly food magazine 'Waitrose Kitchen' contained a 32-page brochure called Taste of Israel.
  
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• Kate, Duchess of Cambridge presents the Irish Guards with St Patrick's Day shamrocks

  17-03-2015 23:41 via
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were at the Mons Barracks in Aldershot for the traditional St. Patrick's Day parade. Pregnant Kate, 33, was chic in a coat by Catherine Walker.
  
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• Independent Question Time live: Homes 'must be built on green belt' to help solve housing crisis, claims Labour MP

  17-03-2015 23:38
  Britain must build on the green belt if it is to have any hope of solving the current housing crisis, a senior Labour MP has said.
  
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• Atlético Madrid beat Bayer Leverkusen on penalties: Champions League – as it happened

  17-03-2015 23:35
  
  A deflected first-half Mario Suárez shot and some hopeless Leverkusen penalties saw Atlético Madrid reach the Champions League quarter-finals 10.35pm GMT So Atlético Madrid are in the Champions League quarter-finals! And it’s hard to argue, based on the last couple of hours, that they don’t deserve to be there, but though they certainly looked brighter and more enterprising than Leverkusen, they created approximately naff all, got a lucky deflection to score from a poor shot, and it
  
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• Budget 2015: The death of the annual tax return

  17-03-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  George Osborne will use the Budget to announce a cut in unnecessary HMRC red tape for millions of people
  
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• Schoolboy, 15, wins competition to design new £1 coin

  17-03-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Bi-metallic coin will be most secure in the world, says Treasury
  
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• New 12-sided pound coin to be unveiled ahead of budget announcement

  17-03-2015 23:30
  
  Featuring a rose, leek, thistle and shamrock, the Royal Mint believes the new coin will be the most secure in the world against counterfeiting
  Chancellor George Osborne will unveil a new 12-sided pound coin featuring the four symbols of the UK – a rose, leek, thistle and shamrock – emerging from a royal coronet, ahead of his budget on Wednesday.
  Related: The new pound coin: national nostalgia booster and crimebuster Continue reading...
  
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• Metropolitan Police Chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe facing probe over child abuse 'cover-up'

  17-03-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Britain's top cop was an Assistant Chief Constable at Merseyside in 1998 when the force uncovered claims one of Tony Blair’s ministers was a suspected paedophile
  
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• George Osborne unveils the new one pound coin design celebrating four nations

  17-03-2015 23:28
  
  A NEW one pound coin celebrating the four nations of the United Kingdom was unveiled last night by Chancellor George Osborne.
  
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• Stuck On You: Lionel Richie fans trapped in lift after watching US singer in concert

  17-03-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The fans were stuck for around 45 minutes after the music legend had performed in Cardiff
  
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• 'I shopped drug addict son for mugging pensioner - now he's killed himself in jail'

  17-03-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sharron Lewis blames herself for 24-year-old son Sheldon Woodford’s death but remains convinced she was right to give him up to police
  
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• Four more 'Iraqi spies' become the latest victims of ISIS savagery

  17-03-2015 23:22 via
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The images, given the disturbing title 'Harvesting of Spies', were taken in the Iraqi province of Salahuddin and published on social media.
  
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• Women with vaginal piercings to be classed as having suffered female genital mutilation

  17-03-2015 23:21 via
  
  Under new NHS rules to be introduced next month, any woman whose labia or clitoris has been pierced must be recorded as suffering FGM, a procedure which is illegal in the UK.
  
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• Friend says he gave handgun to Boston Marathon bomb suspect

  17-03-2015 23:19
  
  Stephen Silva says Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made excuses for not returning weaponProsecution say gun was used to kill MIT police officerA close friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev testified on Tuesday that Tsarnaev borrowed a gun from him two months before the 2013 attack and “kept coming up with excuses” for not returning it.
  Related: Tsarnaev defense focuses on 'the why' as jury faces question of life or death Continue reading...
  
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• 'Disabled' burglar caught carrying heavy TV from break-in after bunk bed injury claim

  17-03-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ryan Hough still won £2,750 in damages after the judge ruled that he had the ‘continuing effect' of a scar on his head
  
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• Claudia Lawrence: Police receive new information six years after chef went missing

  17-03-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Detectives say more arrests are imminent and have appealed for people who knew the chef but kept it secret to come forward
  
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• Man blasts best pal with shotgun after the pair argue over which brand of beer is best

  17-03-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clarence Sturdivant was angry that his friend preferred Busch to Budweiser and he began arguing with Walter Merrick
  
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• Labour supporter Jack Monroe switches allegiance to Green Party

  17-03-2015 23:10
  
  Food blogger and anti-poverty campaigner Jack Monroe has defected to the Green Party in protest against Labour’s stance on immigration.
  
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• Watch moment police officer smashes protesting van driver's window and takes his keys

  17-03-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 90-second clip titled 'Don't try to get smart with a Scottish police officer' has had more than 21,000 views
  
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• California tightens water regulations as drought enters fourth year

  17-03-2015 23:01
  
  Residents banned from watering lawns within 48 hours of rainstormRestaurants must not serve water unless customers request it Water regulators in California voted on Tuesday to outlaw watering the lawn within 48 hours of a rainstorm, the latest effort to spur Californians to conserve as the state enters its fourth year of drought. Facing a dramatic slowdown in voluntary conservation efforts by property owners, the state Water Resources Control Board also tightened conservation rules in other way
  
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• Wales’ Warren Gatland criticises number of tough opening Six Nations games

  17-03-2015 23:00
  
  • ‘The last 16 years have been very tough on England and Wales’
  • ‘A victory in your first game allows you to get a bit of momentum’
  • Wales make two changes in front row for Italy gameWales know a record Six Nations victory over Italy in Rome may not be enough to secure a third Six Nations title in four years, as they trail Ireland and England on points difference, and Warren Gatland has questioned how the fixture schedule is drawn up. The head coach asked why some teams are r
  
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• Greg Dyke labels increase in player pressure on referees as ‘pretty scary’

  17-03-2015 23:00
  
  • ‘We have written to clubs in top five divisions reminding them of the rules’
  • FA chairman says example should be set to grassroots and youth levels
  • Chelsea’s respect-to-referees record is poor but they are not aloneThe Football Association chairman Greg Dyke has called an increase in incidents where players crowd the referee “pretty scary” and warned of the potentially toxic effects at grassroots and youth level.As revealed by the Observer on Sunday, the number of clubs
  
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• Bingo mum with £6.4m addiction led double life to hide secret from family

  17-03-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jacqueline Balaam was finance officer at Cambridge College and falsified accounts to fund her £6million betting habit
  
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• Home secretary: Cyril Smith cover-up claims 'could lead to prosecutions'

  17-03-2015 22:59
  
  Theresa May asks for police whistleblowers to be offered immunity to testify against the late MP and any public figures allegedly involved in child sex abuse Theresa May has said the claims a police investigation into the late Liberal MP Cyril Smith was scrapped, and corruption blocked other historic police operations into child abuse, were “shocking and could lead to criminal prosecutions”. The Conservative home secretary also told a committee of MPs on Tuesday she hoped immunity from prose
  
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• Spurned NHS boss facing jail for poison pen campaign

  17-03-2015 22:58 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Karl Perryman wrote letters claiming Joanne O'Neill was a liar who had slept her way to the top after she spurned his advances
  
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• Michael Graves: the architect's best buildings and objects – in pictures

  17-03-2015 22:58
  
  Postmodern American architect Michael Graves, who died last week aged 80, injected more childlike exuberance into his buildings and product designs than any of his contemporaries – and produced some of the most divisive works of the period as a resultRead Michael Graves’s obituary Continue reading...
  
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• NHS boss Karl Perryman who stalked female colleague faces jail 

  17-03-2015 22:57 via
  
  Karl Perryman, 52, was the head of complaints and legal services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, Norfolk, when he turned on a female colleague who rejected his advances and gifts.
  
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• "She is with the angels": Devastated mum reveals heartache as brave baby daughter dies in her arms

  17-03-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Esmay Carter was born many weeks prematurely and was forced to battle countless illnesses during her short life
  
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• Controversial Texas prison faces closure after government cancels contract

  17-03-2015 22:52
  
  Willacy County prison was left uninhabitable after days of unrestFacility held 2,800 inmates, mostly undocumented migrantsThe Federal Bureau of Prisons has cancelled its contract with the private operator of the Willacy County, Texas, correctional facility after days of unrest left the site uninhabitable and resulted in 2,800 inmates being transferred to other prison facilities. The contract cancellation leaves the future of the notorious facility unclear.
  A spokesman for Management and Traini
  
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• Patrick Bamford strikes to give Middlesbrough vital win over Derby

  17-03-2015 22:50
  
  Patrick Bamford showed Derby County just what they are missing as he scored the goal that proved how deadly he can be as a central striker as Middlesbrough remained joint-top of the Championship.The England Under-21 striker, a Nottingham Forest supporter who spent last season on loan from Chelsea to Derby, scored the decisive goal between these promotion rivals midway through the second half. Bamford also scored when Middlesbrough beat these opponents at the Riverside in December and, at a time
  
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• Ros Wynne-Jones: Sheila was hounded to her death by 'cruel Government'

  17-03-2015 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ros Wynne-Jones wrote about Sheila over a year ago and how she was fearing she'd die if her benefits were stopped. Last Monday she died
  
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• Shocked tourists see horrific moment crocodile EATS man during Zimbabwe cruise

  17-03-2015 22:49 via
  
  The tour group and their guide were making their way down the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia when they saw crocodiles feeding.
  
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• Aaron Ramsey offers hope but Arsenal fall short and Monaco sneak through

  17-03-2015 22:47
  
  The lesson for Arsenal is they cannot leave themselves needing these kind of feats of escapology and expect to get away with it. Arsène Wenger’s side did their best to file this night among the great occasions of his long reign but ultimately it was just beyond them. It has become a recurring theme and, once again, glorious failure still amounts to failure.What a bewildering team they are when they can play with this amount of distinction yet lose to the same side 3-1 at home. No team h
  
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• Mali helicopter crash: Two Dutch airmen killed after chopper comes down during UN peacekeeping exercise

  17-03-2015 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A medical team travelled to the site of the crash but the men couldn't be saved
  
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• Monaco v Arsenal: Champions League – as it happened

  17-03-2015 22:44
  
  Arsenal exited the Champions League in the last 16 for the fifth year running, going out on away goals to Monaco despite a 2-0 victory in the second leg 9.44pm GMT Okay, so who had 2-0 to Arsenal? Everyone? All of you? Oh. They’ve done it again. What a team. Arsenal were extremely good tonight, but they are out of the Champions League on away goals. For the fifth successive year, they leave the competition in the last 16 and they have been made to pay for their slackness in the first leg. You
  
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• Police hunting this man after reveller has jaw and tooth broken in 'savage' nightclub attack

  17-03-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 22-year-old victim repeatedly punched in the head and face on a stairwell as he walked out of the Sakura nightclub at Deansgate Locks, Manchester, with his girlfriend.
  
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• Mother who knocked over teenage cyclist in Sheffield REFUSED to help him

  17-03-2015 22:36 via
  
  Taron Stead, 17, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, was cycling to work in early morning rush hour traffic when he was hit by a silver car and send flying from his brand new mountain bike.
  
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• Israel election: exit polls show deadlock between Netanyahu and Herzog

  17-03-2015 22:35
  
  Israeli prime minister appears to have recovered from low poll numbers ahead of the election as he claims ‘great victory’ on Twitter despite the tieBinyamin Netanyahu’s last-minute campaign to persuade voters not to abandon his Likud party appears to have succeeded as exit polls from Israel’s general election showed him deadlocked with his main rival, Isaac Herzog of the Zionist Union. Related: Israel elections: first exit polls report deadlock for Netanyahu and Herzog – live updates
  
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• St Patrick's Day sees the world go green in honour of the patron saint of Ireland

  17-03-2015 22:34 via
  
  More than 150 iconic landmarks around the world including the London Eye and Leaning Tower of Pisa will be floodlit with green light this evening to mark the patron saint of Ireland's national holiday.
  
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• Horrific video shows teen thrown into the air in violent collision with 'stolen' truck

  17-03-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 17-year-old is fighting for his life and has yet to open his eyes
  
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• Crocodiles eat man while horrified tourists look on during African sunset cruise

  17-03-2015 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tourists, said to be British, saw the "bottom half of a human" being devoured by crocs last month on the Zambezi river
  
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• Teachers' fury as Nicky Morgan accused of promoting Tory policies in personal letters to them

  17-03-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Teachers’ union NASUWT has lodged an official complaint demanding a probe to see if there has been a breach of ministerial protocol
  
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• Budget 2015: George Osborne to announce tidal power scheme

  17-03-2015 22:30
  
  World first proposed for Swansea Bay could increase government’s green credentials but chancellor is also offering subsidy for North Sea oil firmsGeorge Osborne will use the budget to unveil an ambitious and costly plan to build the world’s first tidal lagoon to generate green energy.The move comes alongside controversial measures to lower taxes for North Sea oil schemes in a bid to stem plummeting levels of UK oil exploration and production. Continue reading...
  
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• Video shows moment naked man gets tasered in his privates by cop

  17-03-2015 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stunned onlookers filmed the altercation that happened in the United States
  
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• Predatory PC Darren Heath admits abusing position to have sex with THREE women

  17-03-2015 22:28 via
  
  PC Darren Heath, 44, admitted abusing his position with Gloucestershire Police to have sex with three vulnerable women he met while on duty.
  
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• Israel elections: Netanyahu declares 'great victory' as exit polls show tie with Herzog – live updates

  17-03-2015 22:25
  
  Isaac Herzog leads prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu by slim marginNetanyahu appeals to right wing by rejecting Palestinian statehoodHerzog courts disaffection with long-serving prime ministerArab Joint List, Yesh Lapid and other parties vie for influence in outcome 5.23pm ET In addition to the high turnout of more than 70%, another thing for Americans to consider.The next Knesset will have a record 30 women according to the polls, calculates @amit_segal. Congress can only dream of being 1/4 wom
  
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