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• Hungry sea lion pulls man off boat as he poses with a big fish

  06-04-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Celebrations were cut short after bagging his prize catch - with the man having to be taken to hospital
  
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• Pontins fight knocks out two women in Southport

  06-04-2015 23:49 via
  
  Police were called after teenagers started 'running riot' and women threw chairs at one and other during the fracas at Southport Holiday Park, Merseyside.
  
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• Blood test using sound to detect cancer could replace biopsies

  06-04-2015 23:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The device uses acoustic waves to separate circulating blood-borne tumour cells from white blood cells
  
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• Teaching union votes for strike action over education cuts which could see jobs axed

  06-04-2015 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Whoever wins next month’s general election will be on a collision course with the National Union of Teachers
  
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• English-speaking man found wandering streets in Polish city does not know name, nationality or why he's in Poland

  06-04-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After authorities were alerted by concerned citizens he was taken to a mental health unit at a nearby hospital and could not tell doctors his name, where he was born or where he lives
  
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• English-speaking man found wandering streets in Polish city does not know his name, nationality or why he is in Poland

  06-04-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After authorities were alerted by concerned citizens he was taken to a mental health unit at a nearby hospital and could not tell doctors his name, where he was born or where he lives
  
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• Gertrude Weaver: World's oldest person dies just five days after gaining title

  06-04-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The record holder died at a nursing home in Arkansas, USA after being crowned the world's oldest person on April 1
  
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• Facebook investigates offensive Hillsborough tragedy page that mocks victims, leaving Liverpool fans 'hurting and angry'

  06-04-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fans are campaigning to have the group taken down after it mocked victims of the tragedy which claimed 96 lives
  
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• Sir Ranulph Fiennes' Sahara epic: Our greatest explorer bothered by blisters on Marathon des Sables

  06-04-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Briton has survived in unimaginably cold conditions, losing several fingers to frostbite attempting a solo trek to the North Pole – but he’s not so keen on 50C heat
  
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• Outrage as hundreds of seals secretly slaughtered by Britain's fish farming industry

  06-04-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Seal cubs are being left to starve to death as the protected animals are being secretly shot along Britain's coast
  
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• Swinging Sixties pop group 'attended Jimmy Savile paedophile brothel' according to secret police report

  06-04-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scotland Yard tried to suppress 1964 document which told how band visited brothel along with "well known disc jockey'
  
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• David Cameron poised to raise VAT by 2p if Tories win the election, claim Labour

  06-04-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ed Balls accused the PM of a secret plot to raise the sales tax to 22% after May 7 – because Chancellor George Osborne’s economic figures don’t add up
  
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• Let's hope she remembered her suncream! Dog walker forgets her clothes as we bask in Easter heatwave after temperatures hit 21C 

  06-04-2015 23:25 via
  
  The walker kept only her sun hat on for her walk along Pedn Vounder Beach, Cornwall accompanied by her two dogs. Meanwhile, the UK enjoyed a blast of summer weather this weekend.
  
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• Video shows incredible first moments of life caught on camera during pioneering baby fertility treatment

  06-04-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thanks to the groundbreaking treatment, Sally and Stephen Morley are now proud parents of little Pixie
  
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• General Election 2015: Was it REALLY a good idea for Nigel Farage to make so much time for a beer festival?

  06-04-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Heckler column brings you all the political gossip from the General Election campaign trail
  
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• Jihadi bride’s father admits taking her on fiery street protests

  06-04-2015 23:18
  
  A MUSLIM father who mixed with hardline hate mobs then blamed police when his 15-year-old daughter joined Islamic State has admitted taking her to fiery street ­rallies.
  
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• Aftermath of chemical plant fire causes wall of foam to flood canal

  06-04-2015 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Environment Agency are investigating the impact on local wildlife after the white suds covered a stretch of water in Clayton near the Etihad stadium
  
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• David Cameron's plan to 'destroy' the Liberal Democrats

  06-04-2015 23:10 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Prime Minister, talking to the Telegraph, outlines his strategy for winning on May 7: destroy Lib Dems in the South, take a couple of Labour seats, and win back Ukip voters
  
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• Actress Haydn Gwynne on Broadway injury: I thought Billy Elliot had kicked me

  06-04-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Best known for TV shows including Sherlock, Haydn is currently starring in West End musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. But her acting hasn't always been pain-free
  
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• Airline passenger banned from flight because PEASE PUDDING may have been Semtex

  06-04-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Geordie was leaving Newcastle Airport for a short flight to Gatwick with some of the traditional North east delicacy in his hand luggage
  
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• Nigel Farage on the NHS: Half of voters agrees that HIV patients cost UK too much money

  06-04-2015 23:01
  Nigel Farage was last week slammed by a HIV-positive migrant for attacking the number of foreign nationals who receive treatment on the NHS. But a poll has since suggested that half of voters agree with the Ukip leader.
  
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• Nigel Farage on the NHS: Half of voters agree that HIV patients cost UK too much money

  06-04-2015 23:01
  Nigel Farage was last week slammed by a HIV-positive migrant for attacking the number of foreign nationals who receive treatment on the NHS. But a poll has since suggested that half of voters agree with the Ukip leader.
  
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• Nigel Farage on the NHS: Half of voters agree HIV patients cost UK too much money

  06-04-2015 23:01
  Nigel Farage was last week slammed by a HIV-positive migrant for attacking the number of foreign nationals who receive treatment on the NHS. But a poll has since suggested that half of voters agree with the Ukip leader.
  
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• Benefits Street delayed in case 'poverty porn' influences General Election voters

  06-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It was decided that the content of the second series had the potential to influence voters as it shows families struggling to get by on benefits
  
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• Alarm over sudden drop in female life expectancy

  06-04-2015 22:58 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Official statistics show a drop in life expectancy for female pensioners, which experts say could be linked to cutbacks in care and lifestyle habits of baby boomers
  
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• David Cameron tells Ukip voters - it's time to come home

  06-04-2015 22:58 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Cameron has urged Conservative supporters who have defected to the UK Independence Party to "come home", pleading with them not to use their vote in the general election as a "protest"
  
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• Cop who crashed patrol car into police HQ reveals despair that led him to 'lose everything'

  06-04-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He wanted to confront police bosses on cutbacks and the lack of welfare for officers - but the Iraq veteran had reached breaking point
  
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• The most unusual Easter traditions from around the world

  06-04-2015 22:54 via
  
  Hundreds of people in southern Germany braved the snow for a traditional Easter Monday procession on horseback, while men doused women with water while wearing traditional costumes in Hungary.
  
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• Headteachers are just big bullies, schools union says

  06-04-2015 22:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The National Union of Teachers said headteachers were increasingly taking out their Ofsted worries on their staff
  
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• Ears a way for Barack Obama to look silly while he rabbits on

  06-04-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The president speaks at the White House Easter Egg Roll unaware the Easter Bunny was sneaking up behind him
  
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• Boston Bomber trial: Jury hears screams of innocents injured by blast in graphic video

  06-04-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The video, taken by a man injured in the blast, captures the chaos of the immediate aftermath, with a voice screaming: "We're on fire here. We're on fire"
  
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• Lots of Facebook friends? Doesn't mean you're popular

  06-04-2015 22:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Only introverts - who make up one per cent of the population - have a true reflection on social media sites of how many real friends a person has
  
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• Footballing wizard Harry Kane comes from a line of Harry's Potters

  06-04-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He may be a superstar now but ancestry experts say Harry Kane came from humble origins and a long line of Potters
  
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• Cancer makes body grow weaker by 'imitating diabetes', scientists discover

  06-04-2015 22:28 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Around a fifth of cancer deaths happen when patients become too weak to withstand chemotherapy and radiotherapy
  
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• Half a million more people summoned to court over unpaid council tax, after benefits scrapped

  06-04-2015 22:28
  
  Half a million more people were summoned to court last year over unpaid council tax, after benefits protecting low-income families from paying it were scrapped.
  
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• Scottish plane tragedy: Probe begins into married couple's fatal Easter crash

  06-04-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Doctor Margaret Ann Rous and her husband engineer David Rous died following the crash on Saturday
  
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• The Beatles' first Yellow Submarine drawing to fetch £10k at Heritage Auctions

  06-04-2015 22:14 via
  
  The first ever drawing of The Beatles' famous Yellow Submarine which is dubbed the 'holy grail of memorabilia' is set to fetch more than £10,000 when it is sold at auction in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday.
  
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• Reddit reveals the trickiest English words to pronounce

  06-04-2015 22:11 via
  
  According to a thread started by a Reddit user, Worcestershire, specific, squirrel, brewery and phenomenon are five of the hardest words in the English language to pronounce.
  
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• General Election 2015: Tories hunt for a 'positive and eye-catching' message in last-minute manifesto rewrites

  06-04-2015 22:02
  The Conservatives have yet to finalise their manifesto less than a week before it is due to be launched, amid concern among some Tory MPs that the party is not putting forward a positive enough message to the electorate.
  
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• General Election 2015: Tories hunt for a more positive message in last-minute manifesto rewrites

  06-04-2015 22:02
  The Conservatives have yet to finalise their manifesto less than a week before it is due to be launched, amid concern among some Tory MPs that the party is not putting forward a positive enough message to the electorate.
  
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• General Election 2015: Tories desperately hunt for a more positive message in last-minute manifesto rewrites

  06-04-2015 22:02
  The Conservatives have yet to finalise their manifesto less than a week before it is due to be launched, amid concern among some Tory MPs that the party is not putting forward a positive enough message to the electorate.
  
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• Lib Dems' aeroplane banner stunt leads to most awkward photo of the campaign so far

  06-04-2015 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nick Clegg has hung his election hopes on the back of an aeroplane - and he looks excited about it
  
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• Video games bring new generation to classical music

  06-04-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Three of the top 20 from Classic FM's Hall of Fame poll are soundtracks to video games and another 9 make the top 300
  
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• Sad tale of alcoholic mum: I don't feel guilty that my habit cost NHS £100k

  06-04-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After leaving hospital in January, Julie Merner finally decided to quit the habit which has ravaged her liver with severe cirrhosis
  
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• Ouch! This is why you DON'T do a flip on a trampoline unless you know what you're doing

  06-04-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After this injury, he may not be trying the move again for a while
  
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• Ed Balls stumped by basic maths question live on TV

  06-04-2015 21:47 via
  
  Asked what seven times six equals, Labour’s shadow chancellor looked down at his feet and laughed nervously before eventually answering correctly following a ten second pause.
  
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• OAP police officer shoots a suspect dead after mistaking Taser for a handgun

  06-04-2015 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robert Bates shot and killed Eric Harris, 44, as he was being arrested on gun and drug charges
  
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• Chinese Casanova caught out when all 17 girlfriends are contacted by hospital

  06-04-2015 21:41 via
  
  Mr Yuan, from Changsha, had the accident on March 24. None of the women knew he had been seeing anyone else - some for up to nine years - and one woman even had a son with him.
  
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• General Election 2015: Meet the only candidate in the UK with his own election song AND beer

  06-04-2015 21:39
  
  Journalists, election candidates and other political geeks found the break over the Easter weekend so hard to bear that they invented a new game on Twitter.
  
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• Meet tot who ate her bedroom CARPET UNDERLAY due to rare Pica medical condition

  06-04-2015 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Over the last year Jessica Knight has eaten the sponge underlay beneath her bedroom carpet and foam padding inside an armchair
  
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