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• Teacher sacked after 'wish you were here' text to girl from his bath

  18-03-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The male teacher was sacked from Richmond School in North Yorkshire and could now face disciplinary action over the allegations
  
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• We’re a nation hooked on sugar because the food industry puts profits before our health

  18-03-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With the sweet stuff now seen as the chief culprit behind our obesity crisis, Mirror columnist Fiona Phillips investigated the true cost of Britain’s sugar addiction for a new documentary. Here she gives her shocking conclusion...
  
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• Watch weird video of velvet worm squirting slime jets like lawn sprinkler

  18-03-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Step back - this strange creature can propel slime up to a foot away
  
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• 'I went looking for my birth mother and found I had been conceived by rape'

  18-03-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Kiessling’s birth mother had considered aborting her before deciding to give her away more than 40 years ago
  
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• Top Gear's Richard Hammond and James May REFUSED to film without Jeremy Clarkson

  18-03-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A BBC executive revealed ­discussions were held about putting out the final few episodes with mainly recorded segments and the two co-stars filming the studio parts
  
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• Man banned from gun show for selling shocking racist target practice posters

  18-03-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Caricature pictures of black people were printed on targets under the words "Running N***** Target" and on sale for just 10 cents
  
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• Health alert as potentially lethal smog hits Britain

  18-03-2015 23:38 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A potentially dangerous cloud of air pollution has led to a health alert and warnings of lifethreatening asthma attacks
  
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• Harry Potter: University chemistry teacher shares same name as Professor Snape

  18-03-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Timothy J. Snape is a senior lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Central Lancashire
  
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• Disabled 64-year-old heartbroken after being dumped by Tunisian toyboy husband shortly after he arrives in UK

  18-03-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In this week's episode of Channel 5's Holiday Love Rats Exposed, Patricia's sad tale sees her fall for her toyboy online, before being left after their wedding
  
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• No peace for Palestine as right wing Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu wins fourth term

  18-03-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election comes after he vowed there would be no Palestinian state and critics says Palestine will continue to be occupied
  
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• Great British Bake Off leaves me cold says Monty Python legend Michael Palin

  18-03-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Life of Brian star who now makes travel documentaries says the popular baking show is a turn off
  
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• Queen's meets sports stars to celebrate 50 years of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust

  18-03-2015 23:24 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Buckingham Palace hosted sporting names from across the decades who have been helped through the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
  
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• Queen meets sports stars to celebrate 50 years of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust

  18-03-2015 23:24 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Buckingham Palace hosted sporting names from across the decades who have been helped through the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
  
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• Petition over sentence of driver who killed two cyclists reaches 100,000 target

  18-03-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Morland , 30, and Kris Jarvis, 39, were killed by motorist Alexander Walter during a police chase
  
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• See inside luxury private jet ferrying Prince Charles and Camilla across the United States

  18-03-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales arrived in America on Tuesday night and has already begun his tour of the country after an apparently luxurious journey
  
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• Budget 2015: George Osborne hands out sweeteners to rich and £30BILLION cuts to the poor

  18-03-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Critics warned the Budget, which handed sweeteners to high earners, would leave the NHS, schools, defence and social care all at risk
  
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• Tiny flat in exclusive Kensington will cost you £500 a month

  18-03-2015 23:19 via
  
  The one-bedroom studio, marketed as 'cosy' and located in the 'up market area of West Kensington', in London, comes furnished with a bed at the top of a ladder and a kitchenette.
  
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• Is this the most hated job in the US?

  18-03-2015 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The appointment of a new US attorney general is being held up, but the position has long been controversial - and the reasons are mostly political.
  
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• Someone is trying to behead cyclists by stringing up razor-sharp wire at head height

  18-03-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police issued a warning over the 'extremely dangerous' stunt discovered by passers-by in Kesgrave, Suffolk
  
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• Inside Heir Force One: Luxury Airbus A320 Head Of State carrying Prince Charles to US

  18-03-2015 23:10 via
  
  This is the luxury private jet chartered by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall for their trip to Washington to meet with US President Barack Obama at an estimated cost of £250,000.
  
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• Esther Rantzen claims nobody ever tipped her off about Jimmy Savile

  18-03-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rantzen appeared in court as a witness during the trial of a woman accused of cyberstalking child abuse campaigner Shy Keenan
  
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• Budget 2015: Revealed - What George Osborne DIDN'T tell you about his budget

  18-03-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts confirmed the collapse in living ­standards under the hapless Tory Chancellor and warned wages will not recover until 2019
  
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• Hampstead 'witch doctor' who cheated £1.5m from wealthy victims ordered to pay back just £133,000

  18-03-2015 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  She targeted the sick and elderly claiming she could cure their illnesses and improve fertility by hanging money from the tree in Suriname in South America
  
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• I'm not a chav, says mum who attacked two teenage girls after 'her daughter was bullied'

  18-03-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joanne Higgs, who was found guilty of assault, said she snapped after her daughter suffered two years of bullying at her Manchester school
  
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• Arizona shooting spree: Raging gunman arrested after one killed and 'five others' injured

  18-03-2015 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police had been hunting the man since this morning after a series of shootings were reported in America
  
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• How to have the perfect shave - and why you shouldn't wash your face

  18-03-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts reveal the science behind what happens to your hair when you shave
  
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• Families of Iraqis shot dead by British soldiers could sue MoD for human rights violations

  18-03-2015 22:37 via
  
  A judgment stated that cases in which an Iraqi was either shot dead or wounded fall within the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights Act and could lead to more than 1,200 claims.
  
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• Tunisia Bardo Museum attack: Two Brits feared dead in the terrorist massacre

  18-03-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Terrorists disguised as soldiers ­brandishing Kalashnikovs and grenades hunted down ­terrified cruise ship travellers and picked them off in a hail of bullets
  
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• Tunisian guide describes 'staring death in the face' after gunmen fired on tourists

  18-03-2015 22:35 via
  
  A Tunisian tour guide has told how he 'stared death in the face' as gunmen killed 20 people at a popular Tunisian museum and took at least 30 people hostage, before being killed by police.
  
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• Vladimir Putin addresses 100,000 supporters marking one year since Russia seized Crimea

  18-03-2015 22:35 via
  
  Putin appeared on stage today at a celebratory concert by the walls of the Kremlin to make an impassioned justification for seizing the Black Sea peninsula.
  
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• Stephen Hawking, Sir Ian McKellen and Jessica Ennis-Hill answer plea for inspiring messages 

  18-03-2015 22:27 via
  
  Renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking was among a host of celebrities who answered a plea from a Southampton based law firm for inspiring messages.
  
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• Qatar Airways boss shames 'drunk' flight attendant in mass email to all her colleagues

  18-03-2015 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vice president Rossen Dimitrov sent the woman's colleagues a photo of her slumped on the floor, saying he was 'ashamed and disgusted'
  
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• Dieudonne M'bala M'bal escapes jail term for tweeting sympathy for terrorist in Paris massacre

  18-03-2015 22:24 via
  
  Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, 48, used the rallying slogan 'Je Suis Charlie' to make a joke relating to gunman Amedy Coudlibaly, who carried out the devastating attack on the kosher supermarket.
  
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• Kate Middleton's ASOS dress sells out in minutes

  18-03-2015 22:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge wears an ASOS dress sending shoppers into a frenzy as the same item of clothing sells out in minutes online
  
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• St John's Stoke church plans to dig up thousands of bodies to make way for car park

  18-03-2015 22:19 via
  
  St John's Stoke church, in Guildford, Surrey, wants to build a community centre in its graveyard and replace the current centre with a car park.
  
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• Budget 2015 – tax avoidance: Door closed on popular legal loophole to avoid inheritance bill

  18-03-2015 22:18
  
  Taking a swipe at the personal tax affairs of Ed Miliband, George Osborne yesterday pledged to crack down on people who use a legal  loophole to avoid inheritance tax.
  
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• Commuters tell of moment girl, 3, fell through gap between Baker street Tube train and platform 

  18-03-2015 22:12 via
  
  The three-year-old girl had been standing on platform 2 at Baker Street station in central London with her nanny and another child when she fell between the platform and a northbound Metropolitan line train.
  
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• 'They opened up on anything that moved': Tunisian guide describes 'staring death in the face' after gunmen fired on tourists as they got off coaches in museum terror attack that left 22 dead 

  18-03-2015 22:10 via
  
  A Tunisian tour guide has told how he 'stared death in the face' as gunmen killed 20 people at a popular Tunisian museum and took at least 30 people hostage, before being killed by police.
  
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• Budget 2015 – comment: The best thing was that Osborne didn’t try to fix what isn’t broken

  18-03-2015 22:10
  
  It’s no surprise the hot money was pouring into the bookies for the Conservatives to be the largest party, as well as some heavy bets for an overall majority, while George Osborne was still walking tall and on his feet yesterday.
  
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• Shaw Taylor dead at 90: Pioneering presenter paved the way for Crimewatch shows

  18-03-2015 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pioneering presenter fronted ITV’s Police 5 for three decades until 1992, paving the way for BBC’s Crimewatch
  
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• New CCTV footage could help solve the case of missing Claudia Lawrence

  18-03-2015 22:10
  
  A MYSTERY man caught on CCTV lurking in the shadows may “hold the key” to the murder of missing chef Claudia Lawrence.
  
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• Budget 2015: Chancellor throws the kitchen sink at Ed Miliband with barbs for the Labour leader and perks for voters

  18-03-2015 22:04
  George Osborne tried to pull the rug from under Labour’s election campaign in a highly political Budget which also attempted to reassure voters who doubt Tory motives.
  
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• Budget 2015: What George Osborne said... and what he really meant

  18-03-2015 22:04
  
  What he said We choose, as the central judgement of this Budget, to use whatever additional resources we have to get the deficit and the debt falling. No unfunded spending. No irresponsible extra borrowing.
  
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• Fizzy drink addict who guzzled four litres of pop a day sheds six stone after going dry

  18-03-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rebecca Demaurie munched on 24 bags of crisps a day and drank 12 cans of fizzy drinks before ditching the junk food
  
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• Claudia Lawrence: Police release unseen CCTV footage of the night the chef vanished

  18-03-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Detectives released the previously unseen footage on the ­anniversary of her disappearance and they believe it could “hold the key” to cracking the case
  
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• Blundering college teaches wrong syllabus to students - and only realises weeks before their A-levels

  18-03-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Health and social care students at Solihull Sixth Form College could fail their exams if they do not take emergency classes over Easter
  
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• Childline founder says she WASN'T told about Jimmy Savile abuse in 1986

  18-03-2015 21:57 via
  
  Dame Esther was giving evidence in the trial of Penny Mellor, 53, from Wolverhampton, who is alleged to have sent hundreds of abusive tweets to campaigner Shy Keenan.
  
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• Toxic smog hits UK: Will your area be affected by the extreme air pollution?

  18-03-2015 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Health experts are warning the deadly smog could put thousands of ill and vulnerable Brits’ health at risk
  
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• Budget spending cuts: This chart shows the worst is still to come

  18-03-2015 21:55
  
  The enormous scale of cuts still to come is laid bare by this graph produced by the official spending watchdog, which predicted a “rollercoaster” journey ahead for the public purse.
  
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• Woman who makes placenta smoothies investigated

  18-03-2015 21:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Kathryn Beale who makes drinks blended with fruit and juices for new mothers, who have supplied her with their own placenta, is being investigated
  
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