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• Driver fighting for his life after car crushed by tree in battering winds

  31-03-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 40-ft tree fell on top of the car in high winds in Birmingham and the trapped driver had to be cut free from the vehicle
  
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• Election 2015: David Cameron's is more focused on painting a false picture of Labour than the truth about the country

  31-03-2015 23:56
  David Axelrod, the strategist behind Barack Obama’s campaigns for the White House, likes to describe running for President as an “MRI of your soul”.
  
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• Election 2015: David Cameron's failure means he is more focused on painting a false picture of Labour than telling a real story about the country

  31-03-2015 23:56
  David Axelrod, the strategist behind Barack Obama’s campaigns for the White House, likes to describe running for President as an “MRI of your soul”.
  
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• US lifts Egypt weapons freeze

  31-03-2015 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Barack Obama has told his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al Sisi, that the US will resume military aid to Egypt, frozen since 2013.
  
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• Hammer-wielding thug attacks two terrified women and destroys their car in broad daylight

  31-03-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting suspects after the shocking attack which left the women with serious injuries
  
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• Jill Dando murder: Why police should start a fresh hunt in light of new evidence

  31-03-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ex-Surrey Police detective Mark Williams-Thomas combed through more than 52,000 documents to bring Mirror readers unseen evidence
  
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• Trials of journalists alleged to have paid money to public officials for private documents halted as CPS holds urgent review of its decision to prosecute

  31-03-2015 23:38
  The first of the eight trials involving journalists alleged to have paid money to public officials for private documents and due to take place between now and September, has been adjourned at the Old Bailey.
  
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• Jack Essex: Heartless thief who stole flowers from dead teen's memorial said they were from brother's funeral

  31-03-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Riyad Hantouli, 37, was caught on CCTV stealing the flowers which had been left in Manchester city centre in tribute to 18-year-old Jack Essex
  
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• Old Street Tube death: Wife of hero killed trying to save brother says he was 'the perfect husband'

  31-03-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  His family are "beyond heartbroken" following Sunday's shocking London Underground tragedy
  
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• Ed Miliband's zero tolerance: Labour leader's pledge to ban controversial casual labour contracts

  31-03-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  On Wednesday he will promise that anyone on the short-term deals will get the right to demand a permanent contract after three months
  
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• 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery

  31-03-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  In a letter to The Telegraph, senior executives from companies employing more than half-a-million people hail Conservative economic policies which they say show that "the UK is open for business"
  
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• Eleven of the 103 business leaders who back the Conservative Party, in pictures

  31-03-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Labour's ecomonic policies leave business leaders backing George Osborne
  
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• The signatories - Labour defectors, the retailers, the FTSE 100 bosses

  31-03-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The key business leaders who signed the letter to the Telegraph
  
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• Jill Dando secret files revealed: Murder defence team never saw key profiles

  31-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Top lawyer calls for inquiry as we reveal Jill murder defence team never saw key profiles
  
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• Downton Abbey could return as 1970s spin off after final season says creator Julian Fellowes

  31-03-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The scriptwriter has several ideas 'up his sleeve' and there is even talk of a movie when the series comes to an end at Christmas
  
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• Italy 1-1 England

  31-03-2015 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andros Townsend's second-half equaliser earns England a 1-1 draw against Italy in a friendly in Turin.
  
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• Murray reaches 500 career wins

  31-03-2015 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Murray reaches 500 career wins with victory over Kevin Anderson at the Miami Open, beating the South African 6-4 3-6 6-3.
  
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• Easter 'Blood Moon' to turn sky red this weekend - but was it predicted in the Bible?

  31-03-2015 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts predict the rare phenomenon will be visible in the skies between Friday and Sunday and one US pastor believes it could be a sign of Christ's return
  
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• Boston bombing defence finishes

  31-03-2015 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The defence in the Boston Marathon bombing trial rests its case against defendant Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged with 30 counts related to the attack.
  
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• Wasps' Hughes banned for North blow

  31-03-2015 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wasps forward Nathan Hughes is banned for three weeks for "striking with the knee and/or shin" against Northampton.
  
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• General Election 2015: The masterminds behind the scenes

  31-03-2015 23:05
  
  Conservatives: Key players
  
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• Benefit cheat granddad jailed after cheating his way to £24,000 in handouts

  31-03-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dennis Scott, 65, claimed he was just scraping by - but did not declare that he had just sold a house
  
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• General Election 2015: Miliband promises an end to 'zero hours Britain'

  31-03-2015 23:01
  
  An end to “zero hours Britain” will be promised by Labour today as Ed Miliband seeks to compound David Cameron’s problems on the issue by accusing him of being out of touch with ordinary people.
  
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• Dad of A&E rapist Andrew Hutchinson was struck off as dentist for urinating in sink

  31-03-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alan Hutchinson, 60, was axed in 2009 for a string of hygiene breaches including failing to wash his hands
  
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• 40 children by 20 women: Feckless dad says he 'used baby son to pull birds'

  31-03-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mike Holpin - who already has at least 40 children - appeared on Channel 5 documentary 40 Kids by 20 Women and has spoken about his shocking lifestyle
  
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• Prosecutor injured in Istanbul courthouse siege has died in hospital after bloody end to stand-off which left two hostage-takers deaddemanding 'justice' for boy killed by police tear gas canister

  31-03-2015 22:50 via
  
  Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz has died from his injuries following a bloody siege which also left two hostage-takers dead in Istanbul.
  
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• Mehmet Selim Kiraz: Turkish prosecutor dies after security forces storm far-Left hostage siege at courthouse

  31-03-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two terrorists with the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party had published photos of the lawyer with a gun to his head
  
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• UKIP leader Nigel Farage in immigration policy U-turn

  31-03-2015 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He claimed today that net migration to Britain should be slashed to 30,000 a year after three weeks ago refusing to set an annual target
  
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• Twelve murderers and 10 rapists among hundreds of dangerous criminals on the run in UK

  31-03-2015 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ministry of Justice figures reveal 499 offenders have gone missing in last five years after they were released from prison on licence
  
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• Thug who beat Zoe Dronfield so badly she needed hypnosis is jailed for 10 years

  31-03-2015 22:35 via
  
  Mum-of-two Zoe Dronfield (pictured), 38, suffered a bleed on the brain and a neck wound after partner Jason Smith , 31, from Coventry, launched a ferocious eight-hour attack.
  
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• Jason Smith: Vile thug who attacked girlfriend with a meat cleaver is jailed

  31-03-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The fiend was found guilty of causing former lover Zoe Dronfield grievous bodily harm with intent
  
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• General Election 2015: Farage tackles immigration, as the Coastguard bars entry

  31-03-2015 22:25
  
  Genius. Where better for Nigel Farage to invoke the spirit of 1940 than at St Margaret’s Bay, where he could gaze across the Channel, framed heroically against the White Cliffs of Dover, while scanning the horizon for the invading multitudes?
  
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• Half of children have eaten insects but refuse vegetables

  31-03-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Children are only too happy to munch on creepy crawlies but won't go near veg according to new studies
  
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• Woman in fatal bus crash was officer

  31-03-2015 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman who died after being hit by a bus in Swansea city centre was an off-duty officer, police confirm.
  
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• Horrifying video shows shotgun-wielding thug shoving firearm in terrified petrol station worker's face during robbery

  31-03-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The raid left the victim "extremely distressed" with cops now hunting the robber
  
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• Sergeant Louise Lucas: Woman police officer dies after being hit by bus alongside eight-year-old daughter

  31-03-2015 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Devastated South Wales police force has paid tribute to 41-year-old Louise Lucas who died following the collision
  
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• Hillsborough disaster father gives evidence on police treatment

  31-03-2015 22:11 via
  
  Giving evidence at the inquest today, Francis Tyrrell said he was left 'flabbergasted' after being 'spoken to like criminals' when he went to identify son Kevin (pictured) after the April 1989 tragedy.
  
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• Lufthansa knew of co-pilot depression

  31-03-2015 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Alps crash co-pilot Andreas Lubitz informed Lufthansa's flight school in 2009 of a "serious depressive episode", the airline says.
  
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• Great Wall of Vagina: Vulva artist creates sculpture using plaster casts of women's private parts

  31-03-2015 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British artist Jamie McCartney has unveiled the wall of 400 casts celebrating female anatomy at his latest exhibition in Boulder, Colorado
  
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• General Election 2015: No Queen’s Speech if no party wins majority

  31-03-2015 21:58
  
  The Monarch could absent herself from giving the traditional Queen’s Speech after the election if no party looks able to command a majority in the House of Commons, it emerged today.
  
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• Vicious thugs shove twigs into autistic teenager's mouth and force him to expose himself

  31-03-2015 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The vile gang filmed and posted the sickening attack on the vulnerable youngster on social media
  
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• George Osborne announces 'hat-trick of good news' as economic recovery strengthens

  31-03-2015 21:57
  
  GEORGE Osborne hailed a “hat-trick of good news” yesterday after a rash of official data showed the economic recovery is getting stronger.
  
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• Nigel Farage says immigration stops parents letting children play in street

  31-03-2015 21:51 via
  
  The Ukip leader used an election campaign launch beneath the White Cliffs of Dover to demand that net migration be cut to 30,000, despite saying earlier this month that he would not set a target.
  
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• It harms Labour's cause to pretend that there is no substance to the economic recovery

  31-03-2015 21:48
  
  George Osborne, more than most chancellors, is not a personality the public readily warms to. The “austerity Chancellor” has had to take tough decisions, as anyone in his position would have had to. Whatever it claims, had Labour won the last election it too would have had to cut into public spending, while the Liberal Democrats have obviously been complicit in everything that has been done by the Treasury.
  
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• Nick Clegg: The Tories waged an 'ideological fatwa' against wind farms and single mothers

  31-03-2015 21:48
  
  Nick Clegg has accused the Conservatives of trying to impose an “ideological fatwa” against wind farms as part of a “completely random” set of prejudices that also include the European Union and single mothers.
  
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• Scrap £26k cap on benefits claims says SNP's Nicola Sturgeon to end austerity

  31-03-2015 21:47 via
  
  First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she wanted to end the 'obsession of benefit caps' as part of any deal to lock the Tories out of power, as a new poll shows a 19-point swing from Labour to the SNP,
  
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• UK weather: 'Silly tourist' dangles over edge of Beachy Head cliffs in 45mph winds

  31-03-2015 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man was spotted lying at the top of Britain's highest chalk sea cliff as high winds battered the country
  
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• Railway Rapist David Mulcahy who is serving life demands police help his appeal

  31-03-2015 21:37 via
  
  David Mulcahy and his schoolfriend John Duffy became known as the 'Railway Rapists' after trawling train lines targeting lone victims in London and south east England in the 1980s.
  
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• Illegal immigrant Naseer Chawki jailed for Tube sex attacks to get £7,000 payout

  31-03-2015 21:34 via
  
  Naseer Chawki, who claims to be 34 and from Iran, was unlawfully detained for seven months as Home Office officials attempted to deport him from the UK for his two sexual assault convictions.
  
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• The Black Book of Carmarthen: Scholars left shaken after ultraviolet light reveals ghostly faces staring at them from medieval manuscripts

  31-03-2015 21:34
  Scholars researching one of the UK’s most important medieval manuscripts were left surprised if not a little shaken last year when the use of ultraviolet light revealed two ghostly faces staring out at them from one of the pages.
  
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