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• Boy, 13, admits attempted knifepoint robbery after telling elderly couple out for seafront stroll: 'Give me your money'

  19-03-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At first, couple thought it was a joke when the boy confronted them in Porthcawl, Wales
  
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• Watch: Two burglars saunter out of house after burgling it - straight into a waiting cop

  19-03-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This remarkable footage, taken by a neighbour, shows the two men sauntering out of a house in Antioch, California.
  
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• Bolivia 'chickened out' of fixture

  19-03-2015 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nigerian football officials set up a friendly match against Uganda and say original opponents Bolivia "chickened out".
  
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• VIDEO: Rio water 'not clean' for Olympics

  19-03-2015 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC has seen evidence which suggests that Rio de Janeiro's polluted waters will not be clean enough for the 2016 Olympic Games.
  
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• Solar eclipse horoscopes: Russell Grant on how rare phenomenon will affect your health and love life

  19-03-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Astrologically, there is power and energy at the spring equinox and eclipses are major events too. These combined forces can have a deep and lasting effect
  
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• Afghan mob beats woman to death before burning her body 'because she set fire to Koran'

  19-03-2015 23:51 via
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Shocking video has emerged of crowds of men stamping on the 27-year-old, named only as Farkhunda, near a mosque in the heart of Kabul, Afghanistan.
  
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• Shocking footage shows man punching and slapping his two Labradors

  19-03-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A vigilant member of the public witnessed the animal cruelty and filmed it on their mobile phone
  
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• Woman who travelled to Turkey on twin's passport is held by counter-terror police

  19-03-2015 23:50
  
  A YOUNG British woman thought to have travelled to Turkey on her twin sister’s passport has been held by counter-terror police at Luton airport.
  
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• Nigel Farage: We turn other cheek and shrug off insults

  19-03-2015 23:50
  
  NIGEL Farage forecast a “very dirty, nasty” general election campaign over the next seven weeks last night as he welcomed two former Tory councillors to his UK Independence Party.
  
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• SNP’s oil lies unravel as Nicola Sturgeon admits: We got it wrong

  19-03-2015 23:49
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon yesterday admitted SNP predictions that an independent Scotland would enjoy a North Sea oil bonanza were “wrong”.
  
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• VIDEO: Charles meets Obama in Oval Office

  19-03-2015 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwell have met US President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington DC.
  
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• Ukip MEP Janice Atkinson's staff 'tripled restaurant bill to claim more EU expenses'

  19-03-2015 23:38
  
  A Ukip MEP, who infamously referred to a Thai woman as a “ting tong”, has been suspended from the party after “serious financial” allegations about her expenses.
  
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• US approves Amazon drone trial

  19-03-2015 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Federal Aviation Administration approves Amazon's plans to begin testing drones for online deliveries.
  
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• More than one million online frauds and crimes go unreported

  19-03-2015 23:37 via
  
  More than 1.1 million frauds and online crimes went unreported to the police in the last year, which critics say undermines the Government claims that crime is falling.
  
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• Tunisian toyboy husband who dumped disabled 64-year-old for life in UK branded 'ugly' on Twitter

  19-03-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Holiday Love Rats Exposed highlighted the plight of Patricia who fell for her toyboy online
  
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• The Queen tells Kristin Scott Thomas it will be 'quite a challenge' to play her

  19-03-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  Cornwall-born actress Dame Kristin is set to play the Queen on the London stage from April
  
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• Gun-wielding masked robbers flee when faced down by fearless post office worker, 72

  19-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A court heard how 72-year-old Carol Jones kept her cool and threatened to call the police when faced with a teenager and his accomplice wearing balaclavas and a paintballing mask.
  
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• Gun-wielding masked robbers flee when faced down by fearless 72-year-old post office worker

  19-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A court heard how 72-year-old Carol Jones kept her cool and threatened to call the police when faced with a teenager and his accomplice wearing balaclavas and a paintballing mask.
  
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• Hero police officers and firemen saved pair from drowning in canal using dog lead

  19-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two firemen and a police officer saved two men from drowning after pulling over to the side of the road to help
  
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• Goodbye, bell bottoms: the Royal Navy has got a 'cool' new uniform for the first time in 70 years

  19-03-2015 23:30
  
  Seventy years is quite a while to wait for a wardrobe overhaul – when it comes, it had better be worth it – but that's how long it has been, roughly, since the Royal Navy last had its uniforms revamped.
  
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• Did dementia OAP kill himself acting out Harold Shipman dream?

  19-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Albert Bevins, 85, who hanged himself at his care home, was prone to acting out his dreams, his inquest heard today
  
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• Thug who supplied gun which killed schoolboy Rhys Jones wants freedom to visit victim's estate

  19-03-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Yates tried to overturn the ban forbidding him from visiting the area where his gun-toting crew shot the 11-year-old dead
  
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• Patient with broken leg drove at other hospital visitors shouting racist abuse

  19-03-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daniel Pearson said he was in a foul mood due to pain, but he was jailed for six months at Cardiff Crown Court
  
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• These incredible pictures of attack choppers and tanks were taken in WILTSHIRE

  19-03-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Apache helicopters are seen hovering above a column of Army vehicles including Challenger 2, Warrior and FV 432's
  
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• Drink-driver who knocked down five-year-old boy had her toddler daughter in the car with her

  19-03-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Doctors say Myles Smith would have been killed had he not been wearing a helmet when hit by Carly Ann Fountain, 31
  
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• Superfit triathlete found dead in Spanish hotel room ahead of race

  19-03-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Popular sportsman Kevin Stephenson was described by pals as "a great man"
  
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• Number of Britons paying inheritance tax to almost double by 2020

  19-03-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Office for Budget Responsibility analysis shows the deaths of 64,000 people will lead to families paying inheritance tax in 2019/10 - far higher than 35,000 expected this year
  
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• Jean-Claude Juncker accuses David Cameron of confecting row to woo Ukip voters

  19-03-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Jean-Claude Juncker has privately accused David Cameron of confecting a row over business red tape in order to improve his electoral prospects at home
  
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• Green levies on energy bills to treble by 2020 because of renewable targets, official figures suggest

  19-03-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The cost of renewable energy subsidies will rise from £3.1 billion to £9.4 billion by the end of 2020 official figures suggest
  
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• Tale of two sweethearts: Man reunited with first love after 51 years tells of heartwarming joy

  19-03-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mary Kelligar was sweet 16, Jimmy Hayes was 18 and they began courting after falling for each other in the works canteen
  
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• 'Disruptive' stag party thrown off Ryanair flight to Benidorm after flight attendant 'couldn't cope with them'

  19-03-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 20-strong party from Wrexham claimed they lost £4,000 after the cabin crew member burst into tears and ordered them off the plane
  
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• Mum jailed over birthday stiletto attack despite pleading mercy to be with her daughter

  19-03-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nail technician Rekyer Henry struck her victim in the forehead after a night out drinking in Manchester ended with a fight
  
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• Tunisia Bardo museum attack: First pictures show savagery of gun and grenade slaughter that claimed 23 lives

  19-03-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The startling stills show glass cracked and holes gouged out of the wall by a storm of bullets when the men opened fire on innocent tourists at the popular site
  
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• Sally Adey: British mum killed in Tunisia terrorist massacre was retired solicitor on last-minute cruise

  19-03-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mrs Adey, 57, was among 23 people indiscriminately gunned down outside a museum - her husband Robert survived the attack
  
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• Falcons blamed for dip in mobile phone signals after nesting beside phone masts

  19-03-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Three pairs of birds were found on a church, hospital and an office block across London and calls are having to be re-routed
  
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• Ian Lam died after crowd goaded him to 'get on and jump' outside Telford shopping centre

  19-03-2015 22:30 via
  
  Ian Lam, 42, plunged 60ft to his death on Saturday from the top of the car park outside Southwater Shopping Centre in Telford, Shropshire, as people filmed it on their phones.
  
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• Harry Kirkham: Schoolboy, 16, dies after being hit by police car outside station

  19-03-2015 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The teenager went into cardiac arrest and died from his injuries in hospital
  
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• Royal Navy unveils its first new uniform in 70 years

  19-03-2015 22:29 via
  
  The Royal Navy's new uniform, which is all blue,will be the first new uniform worn by military personnel since World War Two but has been ridiculed and compared to the outfits worn by car mechanics.
  
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• Teen dies after being hit by police car

  19-03-2015 22:29
  
  A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has died after being struck by a police car.
  
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• Mick and Mairead Philpott had sex as their son lay fighting for his life, claims chilling documentary

  19-03-2015 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Channel 5 programme also uncovered the bragging about cash donations and the neighbours who are haunted by the tragedy
  
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• Police detective cleared of raping woman in hotel room during crime conference

  19-03-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  DC Nicholas Doherty, who insisted the one-night stand was consensual, was acquitted of two counts of rape by a jury
  
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• NY chokehold evidence to stay secret

  19-03-2015 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A New York judge refuses to make public the evidence a grand jury heard about the death of a black man held in a police "chokehold".
  
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• 'I was blinded by a solar eclipse 53 years ago' Man urges Brits to take care with eyesight

  19-03-2015 22:16
  
  A MAN left blind after looking directly at a solar eclipse 53 years ago is urging Britons not to look at the astronomical spectacle with a "naked eye."
  
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• Tracey Topliss: Abusive boyfriend who tried to cover up killing jailed for five years

  19-03-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
   
  The death of Tracey Topliss, 47, was initially treated as a tragic accident after Edward Metcalfe claimed she had fallen down the stairs.
  
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• Police hunt thugs who glassed barmaid and cracked man's skull in party boat fight

  19-03-2015 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The male victim is undergoing speech therapy to help restore his speech and suffers memory loss as a result of the beating
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: The curious case of the yellow budget box

  19-03-2015 22:11
  
  It was always going to be tricky explaining to curious passers-by what we were waiting for.
  
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• ISIS are guilty of war crimes and carrying out genocide of Yazidi people in Iraq, say UN

  19-03-2015 22:05 via
  
  Islamic State jihadists are committing genocide against the Yazidi minority in Iraq, UN investigators said. They have called for perpetrators to be brought before the International Criminal Court.
  
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• Father and son paddle through river of rubbish to earn just £2 a day

  19-03-2015 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  They were pictured taking their loot to junkshops where they desperately try to put food on the table
  
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• FIFA sets the date for 2022 World Cup final in Qatar - just a week before Christmas to avoid the Gulf's searing summer heat

  19-03-2015 22:03 via
  
  FIFA has confirmed the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar will take place on Sunday, December 18. The decision will allow the popular Boxing Day club matches to be played as usual.
  
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• Alexander Litvinenko's 'killer' to help inquiry into poisoned Russian spy's death

  19-03-2015 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former KGB agent Dmitri Kovtun is one of two men wanted over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Mr Litvinenko in London in 2006
  
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