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• Graphic anti-drone video ad to run on television near US air force bases

  01-04-2015 23:56
  
  Created by group of US military veterans who ask pilots to ‘refuse to fly’Version featuring images of wounded and dead children to run only after 10pmA group of US military veterans is hoping to put a stop to the use of drone strikes with a graphic TV ad campaign which will run near drone operating bases across the US this month.The 15-second television spots – thought to be the first anti-drone ads to run on US television – will air during the daytime throughout April in the Sacramento
  
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• Jackie Stewart warns Formula One not to let European races wither away

  01-04-2015 23:55
  
  • Scot condemns loss of German Grand Prix from schedule
  • ‘It sounds like me being a purist but you have to respect history’Formula One great Sir Jackie Stewart has bemoaned the downfall of the German Grand Prix and is urging the sport’s organisers not to forsake tradition for money as the number of European races dwindles. The German race was erased from the 2015 schedule because of financial problems and Bernie Ecclestone, commercial head of Formula One, has not felt able to guarante
  
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• Girlfriend of killer pilot Andreas Lubitz fears backlash when she returns home

  01-04-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "The hatred of the world is coming down on her. It’s very hard for the family to return"
  
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• Queen stunned by inventory of historical Royal gifts

  01-04-2015 23:48 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Queen remarked to guests: "You don't get gifts like that any more" as she was shown a trove of opulent past Royal gifts
  
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• Labour MPs accused of hypocrisy over use of zero-hours contracts

  01-04-2015 23:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Almost 70 sitting Labour MPs have been accused of using zero-hours contracts to pay their staff, according to reports
  
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• Canadian diplomat's teen son shot dead after botched drug deal in Miami

  01-04-2015 23:44
  
  Jean Wabafiyebazu – son of Canada’s consul general in Miami, Roxanne Dubé – was killed in shootout while younger brother and suspected dealer were arrested
  One teenage son of a Canadian diplomat was killed and a younger son is under arrest after they were involved in an alleged drug deal in Miami that turned into a gun battle.Jean Wabafiyebazu, the 17-year-old son of Canada’s consul general in Miami, Roxanne Dubé, was killed on Monday along with a suspected drug dealer following
  
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• General election 2015: Ed Balls' tailor-made election, Nigel Farage's James Bond app and David Little Britain's swim promise

  01-04-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Heckler column brings you all the political gossip from the General Election campaign trail
  
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• California restricts water as snowpack survey finds 'no snow whatsoever'

  01-04-2015 23:43
  
  Governor Jerry Brown orders unprecedented and mandatory water regulations on residents to reduce statewide water use as drought stretches into fourth yearThe governor of California has ordered unprecedented and mandatory water restrictions in the state as officials conducted a regular measurement of the Sierra Nevada snowpack and found “no snow whatsoever” amid the state’s ongoing drought. “This was the first time in 75 years of early-April measurements at the Phillips snow course that n
  
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• Businessman's fury over hotel 'accident' which left his £90,000 Jaguar supercar unroadworthy

  01-04-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mike Reilly, 55, left the hire car with valets at a Radisson hotel - but was called hours later and informed it was no longer drivable
  
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• Girl, 13, raped by schoolboy after being plied with booze in an abandoned building

  01-04-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The boy is set for a custodial sentence, but the victim's mother says her daughter will carry the mental scars for the rest of her life
  
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• Robert Williams: 'My stuff is way kitsch – to an abstract level'

  01-04-2015 23:34
  
  The artist who provided cover art for Guns N’ Roses’s Appetite for Destruction may still not be accepted by some in the art world – but that’s the way he likes it Nonconformity comes as second nature to Robert Williams. Famed as one of the original Zap Comix artists alongside Robert Crumb but perhaps best known for his 1979 painting Appetite for Destruction, which provided both the title and cover art for Guns N’ Roses’ debut album, Williams is a West Coast art icon and underground c
  
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• Shaun Cole: Devastated friends and family leave tributes outside home of soldier killed in Miami holiday horror

  01-04-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tributes were paid to the 22-year-old, including a football shirt from his beloved Hearts FC
  
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• Diplomat's son shot dead after taking mum's official BMW for 'showdown with drug dealer'

  01-04-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jean Wabafiyebazu, 17, went armed with 15-year-old brother Marc to meet a suspected drug dealer when the shootout occured
  
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• Barry George: I spent 8 years in jail now police must find Jill Dando's REAL killer

  01-04-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Barry George spent eight years in prison for Jill Dando's murder before being found innocent. Now he acks calls for police to find the real killer
  
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• Four dead in Mexico oil rig blaze

  01-04-2015 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An oil rig in Mexico is engulfed in flames after fire breaks out in a pump room, killing four and forcing workers to jump into the sea.
  
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• Jill Dando's murderer revealed: Crimewatch kill was ordered by Mr Big

  01-04-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mark Williams-Thomas, TV investigator and former police detective who exposed Jimmy Savile, concludes TV star died at orders of a Mr Big warning others off probing crime clan
  
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• Jill Dando's murderer revealed: Crime Watch kill was ordered by Mr Big

  01-04-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mark Williams-Thomas, TV investigator and former police detective who exposed Jimmy Savile, concludes TV star died at orders of a Mr Big warning others off probing crime clan
  
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• Top cop: Radical Islamists are attending terror training camps in rural Wales

  01-04-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit says it is aware that locations in Ceredigion, Powys and Pembrokeshire have been used for training purposes
  
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• CCTV shows last movements of Brighton student Janet Muller on night she was killed

  01-04-2015 23:15 via
  
  These are the last known movements of murdered university student Janet Muller, 21, whose body was found in the boot of a burning car in Ifield, near Crawley, West Sussex.
  
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• Rupert Murdoch's grandson James MacLeod: Why I'm voting Green

  01-04-2015 23:14
  
  Natalie Bennett has received a boost ahead of Thursday night leaders’ debate – an unexpected endorsement from the house of Murdoch.
  
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• Crash for cash's John Smith jailed for £1m fake whiplash scam

  01-04-2015 23:13 via
  
  Ringleader John Smith, 45, from Connah's Quay, North Wales, stage-managed several crashes around the Chester area over a three-year period, in a bid to create new claimants for his business.
  
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• 100 Mirror readers reply to 100 fatcat Tories: 'A Labour-led Britain will work for us all'

  01-04-2015 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The readers have written to the Mirror in a riposte to the business bosses who wrote an open letter to a right wing newspaper today
  
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• Teachers relying on GOOGLE TRANSLATE to set work for foreign pupils

  01-04-2015 23:07 via
  
  A union conference heard today that schools are struggling to cope with an influx of children arriving unable to speak English - forcing some teachers to use Google translate to make lesson plans.
  
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• Had a meeting? Just 6,239 to go! Survey finds how average British worker sits through thousands of work meetings in their lifetimes 

  01-04-2015 23:07 via
  
  One in five adults has admitted to catching forty winks during a work meeting and 70 per cent said they constantly zone out, a survey has found.
  
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• How blue skies leave the British feeling blue

  01-04-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Forget the winter blues: 17-year study concludes grey skies do not make Britons less happy - but they do feel less content at work on sunny days
  
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• David Cameron: Eton, Samantha and the PMQs

  01-04-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Here's what you need to know about the Conservative leader
  
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• Spectre: James Bond film's secrets from behind the scenes

  01-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Hiscock reports on the filming of the latest 007 blockbuster Spectre in Mexico City
  
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• Elderly investors make 'emotional' errors as brains age

  01-04-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Study offers warning to new generation of older savers who will use pension freedoms to manage own retirement funds
  
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• Andy Carroll's Angel of the SOUTH: England star gets 15ft replica of Tyneside landmark in mansion garden

  01-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The £85,000-a-week West Ham striker was born and bred in Gateshead and says it reminds him of home
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon: SNP leader in 60 seconds

  01-04-2015 22:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Watch how Nicola Sturgeon got into politics after studying law at Glasgow University, hating Margaret Thatcher, and becoming Scotland's first female First Minister
  
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• Holborn fire: Amazing pictures reveal blackout over central London following underground electrical blaze

  01-04-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Spectacular images show how the capital has been left covered in darkness as emergency services continue to deal with the incident
  
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• Thug jailed for assaulting girlfriend after cancelled New Year's party

  01-04-2015 22:50 via
  
  Joiner Steven Howie, 28, (pictured) of Dunfermline, left his girlfriend Karen Murray, 31, with 18 injuries after assaulting her in their room at the Carronbridge Hotel, in the Campsie Fells, Stirlingshire.
  
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• Vile carers lied to cover up scandal after vulnerable 87-year-old was dropped, leaving her with a broken pelvis

  01-04-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The evil pair have been jailed after the patient who cannot speak was seriously injured and howling in pain
  
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• UK weather: Watch Monarch pilot battle strong winds to land at Manchester Airport

  01-04-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Monarch Airlines insist the plane experienced a 'completely normal' landing despite its rocky appearance as it flew in to Manchester
  
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• Brazzers porn movie filmed on historic Epping Ongar Railway

  01-04-2015 22:34 via
  
  Parents in south west Essex have said they are reluctant to take their children to the Epping Ognar historic railway after it was used to shoot a 'hardcore schoolgirl porn' movie.
  
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• Labour hits back in business row with 'letter from the people' but faces accusations of hypocrisy as zero-hours boss is among backers

  01-04-2015 22:25
  Labour has hit back at the 103 business leaders who signed a letter supporting the Conservative party’s economic policy by publishing its own letter of support, signed by a mix of business chiefs, celebrities and workers on zero-hours contracts.
  
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• General Election 2015: There may not be enough Labour and Scottish Nationalist MPs to put Ed Miliband in power

  01-04-2015 22:23
  The total number of Labour and Scottish Nationalist MPs in the Commons after the election may not be enough to put Ed Miliband in 10 Downing Street, according to Labour’s Scottish leader.
  
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• Man who 'BELLY BOUNCED' elderly neighbour escapes jail

  01-04-2015 22:23
  
  A MAN who assaulted an elderly neighbour by "BELLY BOUNCING" her away from his home has escaped jail.
  
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• MH370: Missing Malaysia Airlines plane 'has been good for science', politician claims

  01-04-2015 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  West Australian premier Colin Barnett raised eyebrows when he said that "sometimes knowledge can come from unexpected sources"
  
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• General Election 2015: Nicola Sturgeon to use TV debates to deliver 'progressive alliance' against austerity

  01-04-2015 22:16
  Nicola Sturgeon will use her party’s first appearance in a UK-wide televised debate to insist the SNP can help deliver a “progressive alliance” that will end the “austerity” politics of the main Westminster parties.
  
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• Behind new Cadbury Puddles chocolate bar: Boffins show us how mint or hazelnut treats are made

  01-04-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Made with Dairy Milk, each bar has eight self contained, raised chocolate shaped puddles with mint or hazelnut fillings in a curved rather than an angular bar
  
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• UK weather: Bank Holiday weekend to be mix of sunshine and showers

  01-04-2015 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Conditions will become brighter as the bank holiday weekend progresses with temperatures set to reach 14C in southern areas
  
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• Holborn fire: Witnesses 'struggle to breathe' - as it happened

  01-04-2015 22:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Witnesses report 'chaos' as smoke seeps through drains after electrical blaze under pavement in Kingsway, central London, causes widespread evacuation - latest updates
  
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• Charlie Chaplin and Lita Grey divorce papers reveal cruel treatment

  01-04-2015 22:09 via
  
  The salacious details of the silent movie stars three year marriage to teenage bride Lita Grey are laid bare in their 50-page divorce papers that are set to go under the hammer in Plymouth.
  
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• General Election 2015: Britain could be without an effective government for six weeks after vote

  01-04-2015 22:09
  
  Britain could be without an effective government for up to six weeks after the election because of constitutional ambiguity and badly-drafted legislation that could result in further political chaos.
  
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• Bikram Choudhury: Celebrated yoga guru breaks silence to deny he raped or sexually assaulted six women

  01-04-2015 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Six women have filed legal action in the US against the founder of Bikram yoga after prosecutors refused to bring criminal charges
  
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• Germanwings crash: Who was hero pilot Patrick Sondenheimer?

  01-04-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The young captain and dad-of-two has been praised for his desperate attempts to get into the cockpit and save the passengers and crew
  
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• Duchess takes on the Duchy in the battle of the royal honeycombs

  01-04-2015 21:54 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Prince of Wales, who sells Highgrove Honey made on his Duchy Home Farm, is competing against the Duchess of Cornwall to conquer the market
  
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• Jim Davidson on Operation Yewtree arrest: ''There were demons in the air''

  01-04-2015 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  CBB winner adds: "It was the worst moment of my life"
  
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• Football fan banned after topless pitch invasion at Reading's Madejski stadium

  01-04-2015 21:44 via
  
  Charlie Sumner, 20, staged a one-man pitch invasion at Reading's Madejski Stadium during their quarter final replay with Bradford City last month.
  
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