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• VIDEO: Leaders' debate: The worm's results

  02-04-2015 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ahead of the leaders' debate the pollsters IPSOS Mori gathered a special audience for the BBC to watch the exchanges and give their instant reactions to what was said.
  
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• General Election TV debates: How each leader performed in the ITV discussion

  02-04-2015 23:56
  
  Leaders of Britain's seven main political parties went head-to-head tonight in the only live TV debate of the 2015 general election campaign.At the two-hour event in Manchester, the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Ukip, Greens, SNP and Plaid Cymru clashed on the deficit, the NHS, immigration, and the future of Britain's political system.Here is how each of them fared.
  
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• Crooks steal £259k of BBC equipment including 87 laptops and a CAR

  02-04-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Another £49,300 worth of equipment was lost by staff around the world
  
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• Ed Miliband wins leaders debate says one poll, but others produce a mixed result

  02-04-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Polls pubished immediately after the leaders debate finished produced a mix of results, with no leader delivering a knock-out blow
  
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• One-punch killer floored innocent man outside sports bar hours after his own grandad's funeral

  02-04-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gordon Robson, 26, has been jailed over his attack outside a Tyne and Wear bar where he had been drinking in his grandad's memory
  
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• No game changer? Well, perhaps one

  02-04-2015 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC political editor Nick Robinson examines the leaders' performances in Thursday's debate, how the TV event might affect both the election and the future of UK politics.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon verdict: How did the SNP leader score in the ITV Leaders Debate?

  02-04-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Our columnists rate the Scottish National Party leader after her debate with David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, Natalie Bennett, Leanne Wood and Nigel Farage
  
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• Probe launched after deaths of seven babies and three mums at two Greater Manchester hospitals

  02-04-2015 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The deaths occurred over an eight-month period at Royal Oldham Hospital and North Manchester General Hospital
  
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• Boy, 13, who killed foster mum heard voice in his head telling him to 'stab her'

  02-04-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The boy was jailed for seven years for knifing 34-year-old Dawn McKenzie, who took him into her home in South Lanarkshire
  
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• Teenager Ko equals LPGA Tour record

  02-04-2015 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lydia Ko equals the LPGA Tour record with her 29th consecutive under-par round in the first women's major of the season.
  
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• Election debate 2015 sketch: Two hours of stress, strife and sweat

  02-04-2015 23:41 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The leaders of seven political parties battle it out in a head-swimmingly hectic night of live televised bickering... but did any of them do enough to win?
  
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• Leaders debate verdict: Nicola Sturgeon's TV win could leave David Cameron in charge by default

  02-04-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The SNP leader showed exactly why they are such a threat to Labour and risk leaving power with the Conservatives
  
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• Marks and Spencer pins fightback hopes on a Seventies-style skirt worn by Alexa Chung

  02-04-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Boss Marc Bolland claimed “a lot” of customers had joined a waiting list for the much-hyped £199 suede skirt, which goes on sale in mid-April
  
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• Gang of thugs who battered 81-year-old woman with metal bar jailed at the Old Bailey

  02-04-2015 23:27 via
  
  Jermaine Kellman, Marvin Sempler, Clinton Jackson and Darren Lewis targeted the couple in their 80s after the gang were tipped off that money was kept in their Welwyn Garden City home.
  
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• Nigel Farage lost the leaders' debate - and the women were the winners

  02-04-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood impressed on the big stage, but Nick Clegg must be fearing the worst
  
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• David Cameron pummelled over the NHS, the economy and 'extreme' spending cuts in ITV Leaders' debates

  02-04-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The crucial leaders’ debate saw the PM outnumbered as Ed Miliband, the SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon and even Nick Clegg accused him of plotting “extreme” spending cuts
  
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• Typhoon jets escort plane into Prestwick Airport as it loses communications

  02-04-2015 23:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Italian civilian aircraft was escorted into the airport in Ayrshire after experiencing technical difficulties
  
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• ITV Leaders Debate: Did the programme have too many politicians battling on TV?

  02-04-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Did the ITV Leaders' Debate make good television for you?
  
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• Bristol Academy Ladies 0-4 Chelsea Ladies

  02-04-2015 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chelsea Ladies record a dominant win against Bristol Academy to continue their perfect start to the WSL 1 season.
  
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• Who is Savage's player of the year?

  02-04-2015 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With voting for the PFA Player of the Year award about to close, Robbie Savage reveals who he thinks should land the prize.
  
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• General election leader's debate: how did presenter Julie Etchingham do?

  02-04-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  ITV presenter had the prim authority of a primary school teacher - which is more than can be said for the participants of the leaders' debate, says Andrew Pettie
  
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• Watch as heckler confronts David Cameron over homelessness during Leaders Debate

  02-04-2015 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cameron looked shocked as member of the audience gave her a piece of her mind during the Leaders Debate
  
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• Childminder's husband caught with more than 221,000 indecent images of children jailed

  02-04-2015 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Ramsay, 68, admitted seven charges of possessing and downloading indecent images of victims as young as five
  
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• Bank Holiday getaway crash as millions face Easter travel misery

  02-04-2015 22:52 via
  
  One man has died and a woman is critically injured after their car overturned and crashed into a ditch on the A303 in Hampshire as millions of drivers took to the roads to try and beat the 'Easter rush'.
  
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• Leaders' Debate: Joey Barton compares Nick Clegg to Jimmy Savile in bizarre Twitter outburst

  02-04-2015 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We know the mouthy footballer likes to tweet what he thinks, but he's surely gone too far this time
  
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• Chinese observation deck hanging over a 2,350 foot cliff opens in Yunyang county

  02-04-2015 22:51 via
  
  The world's longest skywalk has opened on a 2,350 foot cliff in China. The £3.7m tourist attraction has overtaken a similar structure at the Grand Canyon in the US, boasting incredible views.
  
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• Yemeni rebels seize President's palace in Aden - as Al Qaeda free hundreds of inmates during jailbreak in war-torn country 

  02-04-2015 22:50 via
  
  Rebels in Yemen have stormed President Abedrabbo Hadi's palace in Aden as Al Qaeda militants freed 300 inmates, including one of their leaders, in a jailbreak in Hadramawt.
  
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• Police raid Guernsey doctors' surgery after 'concerns' over deaths

  02-04-2015 22:50 via
  
  Police executed search warrants at the Eagle Medical Practice (pictured) and a private residential address on the island of Alderney after concerns were raised over the deaths of four patients.
  
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• British woman, 21, seriously injured after falling 50ft from balcony at student festival in Spain

  02-04-2015 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police said they were treating the fall from the fourth-floor hotel balcony during Saloufest, near Barcelona, as an attempted suicide
  
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• Poundland recalls plastic Easter eggs amid concerns 'confused' children might eat them and choke

  02-04-2015 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bargain shop pulled the eggs off shelves as "an extra safety precaution" after Trading Standards warned of the potential dangers to children
  
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• New Ebola jab to be used in West African countries

  02-04-2015 22:45 via
  
  Scientists hope immunisation is possible with just one injection after 'highly promising results' in the first 138 healthy adults who were vaccinated with various doses.
  
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• ''Julie Etchingham is dressed as Anne Robinson'': ITV Leaders' Debate takes a completely different turn on Twitter

  02-04-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Twittersphere weren't so much worried about who is going to lead the country tonight but more on the attire of the ITV news anchor
  
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• Snub for David Cameron as top business leaders distance themselves from newspaper letter backing Tories

  02-04-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pascal Soriot of drugs giant AstraZeneca had been trumpeted as one of 17 new industry leaders to add their names to a 103-signature letter praising the PM
  
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• Leaders debate sees David Cameron attacked from all sides over NHS and economy

  02-04-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister was outnumbered as leaders accused him of "extreme" spending cuts
  
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• VIDEO: Miliband: Cameron 'failed' the NHS

  02-04-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Ed Miliband says the National Health Service needs to be ''rescued'' from the Conservatives, while David Cameron insists there are more people being treated.
  
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• Nigel Farage attacked over immigration policy as migrants "didn't crash the economy"

  02-04-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The immigration question in tonight's Leaders Debate sparked a row over how to control Britain's borders
  
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• Anorexic girl Charlotte Cobbald died after injecting animal drugs

  02-04-2015 22:33 via
  
  Charlotte Cobbald, from Suffolk, took the deadly medicine, which her father Stephen had bought illegally, and injected it after saying she felt like a 'failure'.
  
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• Network Rail suspends steam trains

  02-04-2015 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Network Rail suspends a charter service using steam engines following the "most serious" case of a train failing to stop at a signal so far this year.
  
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• Policeman who had sex with women he met on duty in Stoke on Trent convicted of misconduct

  02-04-2015 22:32 via
  
  Adam Rushton, 37, took advantage of being a beat officer in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, to have sex with women, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
  
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• BBC staff refusing to relocate to Birmingham

  02-04-2015 22:27 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Only 31 out of 144 employees agree to relocate as Corporation faces a repeat of Salford
  
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• Shocking pictures of dogs stuffed in cages and bags as dognapping vigilante attacks sweep Vietnam

  02-04-2015 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At least 20 dog thieves have been killed in vigilante attacks in the last three years as snatching gangs target pet owners
  
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• Bearded woman gets laser treatment on NHS to finally get rid of hair for good

  02-04-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cheryl Howe, 32, from Morecambe, has to shave her face, breasts, stomach and legs to get rid of the excessive hair
  
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• Jonny's Generation: Young student Jonny Tudor thrust into Leaders Debate spotlight after Nick Clegg comment

  02-04-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After asking the first question in tonight's TV debates, Jonny Tudor has found himself the face for a generation as Twitter makes him a star
  
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• Pensioner died after being hit by her sister's car in Tesco car park

  02-04-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An inquest heard Molly Wood, 74, became trapped under her sister's car when it "lurched forward" after her sibling went to get a ticket
  
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• April Fool's Day: Law firm apologises to staff after fake memo saying they would not receive emails in evenings

  02-04-2015 22:19
  
  A major international law firm has apologised to its own staff after some reacted badly to an April Fool’s Day memo saying they would no longer be sent emails in the evenings and weekends.
  
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• General Election 2015: David Cameron's multi-millionaire mate Charlie Mullins tries to place £1m bet on victory

  02-04-2015 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Multi-millionaire Tory donor Charlie Mullins boasted he was so sure his mate David Cameron would win the election he’d tried to place a £1million bet on an outright election victory
  
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• VIDEO: Farage warning on 'health tourism'

  02-04-2015 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seven party leaders have been taking part in a live, two-hour televised general election debate.
  
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• Argentina vow on Falklands oil firms

  02-04-2015 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Argentine foreign ministry officials say they will prosecute oil companies operating near the disputed Falkland Islands.
  
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• Lorraine Cobourn terrified of yellow things after taxi crash

  02-04-2015 22:10 via
  
  Lorraine Cobourn, 51, from Oakwood in Deby, cannot even handle bananas following the incident in May last year that left her with a broken hip.
  
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• Who will pay for the Stevens NHS plan?

  02-04-2015 22:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Simon Stevens' five-year plan for the NHS received widespread support - but where are the commitments to fund his vision, asks Hugh Pym.
  
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