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• David Cameron and George Osborne refuse to rule out further tax cut for millionaires

  05-04-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor ­has already swollen the take-home pay of high earners with a cut from 50p to 45p - and he plans to reduce it further to 40p
  
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• Newborn baby in need of life-saving transplant is saved by mother's twin sister who donated part of her own liver to save her tiny niece 

  05-04-2015 23:52 via
  
  Star Reader underwent a liver transplant taken from her aunt Shanell's organ in November after being diagnosed with Biliary Atresia within days of being born in Barnsley, West Yorkshire.
  
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• NHS crisis: Shock figures reveal worrying GP shortage as almost 500 surgeries close in just 5 years

  05-04-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Maureen Baker, from the Royal College of GPs, highlighted the "severe shortage" after Labour found 484 surgeries closed between 2009 and last month
  
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• Asda forced to recall faulty dummies for fear of second baby choking incident in two years

  05-04-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The supermarket giant was alerted to a possible fault  after a customer complained on Facebook 
  
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• Watch extraordinary moment passengers rock subway train to rescue trapped pensioner

  05-04-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A 70-year-old had become stuck between the platform and the train on a Moscow subway
  
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• Labour and Tories clash over 45p top rate of tax after Osborne repeatedly says threshold is 'not one of our priorities' and he ducks calls to rule out cut to 40p 

  05-04-2015 23:33 via
  
  George Osborne has avoided calls to rule out further help for the UK's top earners, offering vague answers when asked whether those raking in more than £50,000 could see the rate lowered.
  
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• Boy, 16, dies after falling from cliffs in Northumberland

  05-04-2015 23:32
  
  A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has died after falling from cliffs in Northumberland.
  
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• Tax chaos for pension raiders as HMRC makes inaccurate charges

  05-04-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Those still in work or who retired before the start of the tax year will pay an "emergency" levy and may need to reclaim thousands of pounds
  
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• SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon offers Ed Miliband chance to 'lock David Cameron out of Downing Street'

  05-04-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Scottish National Party leader made the statement to the Labour Party leader today, following claims she would prefer Mr Cameron in Number 10
  
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• Cairo bomb blast kills policeman

  05-04-2015 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A bomb blast in an upmarket district of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, kills a policeman and wounds several other people.
  
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• Watch footage of huge fire near Manchester City's football stadium

  05-04-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Enormous plumes of smoke could be seen for miles from the Etihad Stadium with locals in east Manchester being urged to keep all windows and doors locked.
  
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• Mum of teenage girl arrested by counter-terrorism police says she 'had been playing a joke'

  05-04-2015 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 16-year-old-girl was held after police swooped on her home in Longsight in Manchester on Friday night - 24 hours after a 14-year-old boy was arrested in Blackburn
  
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• Danny Alexander interview: I heard a senior Tory tell a Lib Dem colleague 'You take care of the workers and we'll take care of the bosses'

  05-04-2015 23:04
  A senior Conservative minister told a Liberal Democrat cabinet colleague: “You take care of the workers and we’ll take care of the bosses” in a private Whitehall meeting to discuss the Coalition Government’s priorities.
  
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• How Poundland founder who grew up with family motto 'if you don't work you don't eat' gave his parents £25million when he sold the company...and now his wife gives him pocket money

  05-04-2015 22:59 via
  
  Steve Smith, 52, who lives in a £6.5m mansion in Shropshire, opened his first Poundland in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990 and sold the firm 10 years later for £50million, giving his parents half of the profits.
  
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• Energy drinks like 'legal highs'

  05-04-2015 22:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Drinks such as Red Bull make children hyperactive in class, teachers warn as they call for more restrictions on the drinks
  
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• British superbug outbreak 'could kill 80,000'

  05-04-2015 22:47 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A Government report warns that tens of thousands could die because of new strains of bacteria and viruses resistant to drugs
  
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• What a load of cobbles: Fury after historic road is ripped up to make smoother surface for cyclists

  05-04-2015 22:43 via
  
  Cobbles on the road, which runs alongside the Bristol Floating Harbour and dates back to the 19th century, will be lifted from their current place and cut in half before being relaid again.
  
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• Gibraltar stabbing: Police believe suicide mother killed children and ex-pat partner John Shannon

  05-04-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Liverpool man was found dead alongside the bodies of Anarda De La Caridad Perez Friman, and his two children, police confirmed
  
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• UK defence cuts will have profound effect, warns US diplomat

  05-04-2015 22:41 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Proposed cuts in British defence spending could not come at a worse time, says former US ambassador to the UN
  
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• Easter weather: UK hotter than Athens with Easter Monday temperatures set to reach 21C

  05-04-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The early blast of summer comes after highs of 20.5C today, which was the hottest day of the year so far
  
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• Rock band has £10k worth of equipment nicked and turns to the internet for help

  05-04-2015 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The group had amps, guitars, pedals and their PA stored in the van as they were preparing for an early morning start for a performance in Manchester
  
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• Mum of 11 claiming £38k in benefits 'planning £10,000 Las Vegas trip'

  05-04-2015 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cheryl Prudham has previously hit the headlines for claiming thousands in child allowances, tax credits and housing benefit with her husband Robert
  
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• Downton Abbey fans rejoice as Fellowes hints at TV return for a young dowager

  05-04-2015 22:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  As the period drama comes to a close, Lord Fellowes hints that the Dowager Countess may make a return
  
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• 'Atom smasher' Large Hadron Collider restarted as scientists eye secrets of dark matter

  05-04-2015 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The world was astounded by the discovery of the Higgs boson - could the invisible material that binds galaxies together be next?
  
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• Honest taxi driver finds £10,000 in his cab - then hands it back to grateful passenger

  05-04-2015 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Relieved car dealer Adrian Quinn says cabbie Mohammed Nisar is his "best friend in the world" after his amazing show of honesty
  
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• Teenage schoolchildren arrested on suspicion of plotting to commit terror atrocity

  05-04-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A boy of 14 from Blackburn and a 16-year-old girl from Longsight in Manchester were quizzed by anti-terrorism police before being released on bail
  
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• Woman ‘lucky to be alive’ after 50ft Snowdonia fall

  05-04-2015 21:55
  
  A woman who fell 50 feet down a cliff edge in Snowdonia before landing on two friends hiking below was “lucky to be alive”, after she was among a number of walkers who had to be rescued in hazardous conditions by emergency helicopters over the Easter weekend.
  
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• 'Grossly incompetent' libor scandal banker hands £50,000 to Tory party

  05-04-2015 21:49
  
  The Conservatives have accepted a £50,000 election campaign donation from a senior city banker accused of being “grossly incompetent” by the party’s own chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards.
  
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• Mega-rare WHITE albino lobster goes on show in Britain after being saved from dinner table

  05-04-2015 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unusual sea creature was destined for a seafood restaurant until staff at Sea Life Manchester showed clemency, snapping it up for an exhibition
  
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• Energy drinks fuelling rise in bad behaviour in schools, warn teachers

  05-04-2015 21:39
  
  Caffeine-packed energy drinks are fuelling a rise in bad behaviour in the classroom as youngsters consume excessive amounts of these “readily available legal highs” that could even encourage use of illegal drugs, campaigners will warn on Monday.
  
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• Easter eggs could become a luxury as chocolate prices are set to soar

  05-04-2015 21:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Cocoa prices are expected to double by 2020 amid growing world demand for chocolate and farmers switching to higher-return crops
  
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• Chris Sussman reveals BBC is now so touchy gags sometimes even have to get rubber stamped by the Director General 

  05-04-2015 21:27 via
  
  Chris Sussman, executive editor for comedy, revealed particular jokes have to go through 'quite a lot of layers' to be approved - including some being seen by Lord Hall (left). It comes after a 'difficult few years'.
  
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• Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says murdered Kenyans are ''martyrs'' in Easter Sunday sermon

  05-04-2015 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He said at Canterbury Cathedral: "They are witnesses, unwilling, unjustly, wickedly, and they are martyrs in both senses of the word"
  
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• Mother of four from Birmingham stranded in Tenerife after thieves stole her passport ID during family holiday and 'Ryanair staff refused to fly her home in case she was an illegal immigrant'

  05-04-2015 21:19 via
  
  Loushanna and Shawn Craig, from Erdington, had gone away to the island for a three-day break, but they were marooned on the island for up to two weeks after her biometric ID was stolen.
  
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• Pioneering blood test can detect prostate cancer in just minutes - and it only costs 67p

  05-04-2015 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's hoped that the screening technique, which uses gold particles 10,000 times smaller than a freckle, could be used to detect all major cancer types
  
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• General Election 2015: Ukip claim to have another leader waiting in the wings

  05-04-2015 21:11
  
  Ukip has other potential leaders waiting in the wings if Nigel Farage fails to became an MP next month, one of the party’s best-known activists has claimed.
  
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• Alan Barnes calls for legal highs to be BANNED after it emerged his attacker was a user

  05-04-2015 21:09
  
  DISABLED assault victim Alan Barnes has called for legal highs to be BANNED after it emerged that his attacker was an addicted user.
  
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• Giant panda Lu Lu is a STUD after smashing own world record mating session just one day on

  05-04-2015 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lu Lu's eight-minute session with Zhen Zhen was the record for barely a day as he then copulated with another panda, Xi Mei, for an incredible 18 minutes
  
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• Mother of three jailed for conning 'traumatised' D-Day veteran out of £10,000

  05-04-2015 21:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Beverley Davis was supposed to be helping to care for 89-year-old former Royal Marine Ray Warren but tricked him into handing over his bank cards
  
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• General Election 2015: Web developers collecting the CVs of every candidate standing

  05-04-2015 21:03
  
  Two dedicated web developers are on a mission to collect the CVs of every candidate standing in next month’s general election – and some of the submissions would leave job recruiters spluttering into their coffee.
  
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• Sir Salman Rushdie accidentally shares his book tastes with the world

  05-04-2015 20:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Booker Prize-winning author says he was 'only fooling around' when he reviewed books on a public forum he believed was private
  
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• Red squirrels appear to be making a come back after finally returning to one of Britain's most stunning beauty spots after 16 years

  05-04-2015 20:56 via
  
  Native reds have been almost wiped out, except for a few pockets in the north of England, the Isle of Wight and Scotland. But now, reds have been spotted in Windermere, in the Lake District.
  
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• Woman given choice to terminate one unborn twin to save the other celebrates both surviving rare condition

  05-04-2015 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kirsty Dean found out twenty weeks into her pregnancy that her twins were suffering from twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
  
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• Woman asked to choose which unborn twin to save celebrates both overcoming the odds to survive rare condition

  05-04-2015 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kirsty Dean found out twenty weeks into her pregnancy that her twins were suffering from twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome
  
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• Return trip: Honest cabbie hands back £10,000 cash to passenger who left it in the back of his taxi 

  05-04-2015 20:54 via
  
  Mohammed Nisar, 55, had been driving sole trader Adrian Quinn to Walsall train station when the passenger hopped out of the car without his rucksack which had £10,000 in cash inside.
  
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• Easter Monday opening hours for Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose and DIY stores

  05-04-2015 20:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There's one day left of the four day Easter weekend - so make sure you know when all your favourite shops are going to be open
  
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• Lufthansa did not tell aviation regulator that Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz had previously struggled with depression

  05-04-2015 20:48 via
  
  Sources at the Federal Aviation Office (LBA) said they were never made aware of the 27-year-old's mental health issues and only learned about them following the disaster.
  
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• Drinking coffee could stave off Alzheimer's as scientists reveal caffeine fights 'cause' proteins

  05-04-2015 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A study by Dr Abhishek Mohan, of Old Dominion University, in Norfolk, Virginia, found that caffeine in coffee can halve the levels of destructive deposits
  
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• Husband and wife turned dieting into a competition - and lost 17 stone

  05-04-2015 20:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bryan Stevens watched his wife drop from a size 18 to a 10 so he responded by shedding an incredible 12 stone, half his body weight, in just nine months
  
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• Pension deregulation arrives, but cashing in the pot in one go is not quite as simple as you think

  05-04-2015 20:21
  
  There aren’t many “where-were-you-when-they-shot-Kennedy?” moments in personal finance, but I vividly recall listening to the Chancellor’s words on 19 March last year, when he changed my world in his Budget.
  
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