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• Architect 'raped blind date, saying girls say no, but they don't mean it'

  14-04-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Graduate Adam Leheup, 34, insisted on having sex with the 25 year-old despite her shouting: "No, no," the Blackfriars Crown Court jury were told
  
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• Gran, 92, saves friend, 75, from a robber by ramming him with scooter

  14-04-2015 23:56 via
  
  Eileen Mason, 92, and Margaret Seabrook, 75, had been to a lunch club meeting in Swindon, Wiltshire, when an 'evil looking' man tried to rob them of the contents of their scooter baskets.
  
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• 'Teflon Don' ordered to pay back just £1 of the £816,000 he made from murdering wealthy heiress

  14-04-2015 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Graham was last year jailed for life with a minimum of 32 years for killing lover Janet Brown for her money
  
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• Nurse accused of murdering patients tells court he never meant to kill them

  14-04-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Victorino Chua gives his first evidence at his trial and denies giving patients dangerous doses of insulin that triggered hypoglycaemic episodes in 21 patients, leaving three dead
  
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• Let it grow! Frozen album is biggest seller of 2014

  14-04-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The soundtrack to the Disney smash-hit sold a cool 10m copies last year, almost 4m more than closest rival
  
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• From Doctor Who to Doctor Evil: Time Lord Peter Capaldi set for child murder storyline

  14-04-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The dramatic season opener is based on a line muttered 40 years ago by Tom Baker’s Doctor in Genesis of the Daleks
  
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• Stepping Hill hospital deaths: Victorino Chua denies poisoning and murdering patients

  14-04-2015 23:45
  
  A nurse accused of murdering three of his hospital patients and poisoning others has denied in court that he contaminated medical products with insulin.
  
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• Stepping Hill hopsital deaths: Victorino Chua denies poisoning and murdering patients

  14-04-2015 23:45
  
  A nurse accused of murdering three of his hospital patients and poisoning others has denied in court that he contaminated medical products with insulin.
  
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• Firefighters rush to Coronation Street set after emergency call - but it was soap stars filming dramatic explosion

  14-04-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Huge flames and smoke could be seen coming from the ITV Studios but it was a false alarm as soap filmed special effects for a storyline
  
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• Thieves steal UKIP fliers after raiding van - but LEAVE valuable tools sitting next to them

  14-04-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The apparently politically-motivated thieves broke into the van which is daubed with UKIP posters but weren't interested in the valuables inside
  
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• ISIS Brits thrown into Syria jails for trying to escape and return home

  14-04-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Foreign fighters arriving in Syria and Iraq are told to burn their passports but some softer Britons were sickened by the violence and depravity against prisoners
  
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• Ricky Hatton's trainer Bob Shannon charged with alleged sex attack on underage girl

  14-04-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bob Shannon has been charged after Greater Manchester Police received reports last June regarding an alleged sexual assault on a girl under 16
  
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• Teenager has made £40,000 in just TWO WEEKS by setting up online ad website

  14-04-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Wilson, 19, who will go to University College London to study business information systems in September, set up Milliondollarbillboard.club and has already made more than £40,000
  
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• Pictured: The haunting car graveyards where classic vehicles are left to rot

  14-04-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The German artist has travelled the world to find hundreds of abandoned vehicles that could be worth tens of thousands of pounds if restored
  
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• David Cameron's Good Life vision backed by real-life Margo Leadbetter

  14-04-2015 23:18 via
  
  Sheila Elkan, 84, lives in the house in Hillingdon, north-west London, that featured as the Leadbetters' home in the classic 1970s TV series.
  
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• Clydesdale Bank slapped with record £20.7m fine for 'serious PPI failings'

  14-04-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The hefty penalty is the largest ever imposed by the UK's financial regulator and up to 93,000 customers may now be entitled to compensation
  
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• Expecting quadruplets at 65: Doctors blast OAP 'showbusiness' pregnancy but she says ''live and let live''

  14-04-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A moral earthquake has erupted around the world while doctors claim Annegret Raunigk’s body is not equipped to grow four babies
  
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• High Court judges halt conference questioning right of Israel's existence

  14-04-2015 23:07
  
  HIGH Court judges have refused to let academics hold a conference questioning the right of Israel to exist.
  
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• Youngsters baffled by traditional jobs get electricians mixed up with musicians

  14-04-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new survey reveals nearly half of 16-35 year olds have no idea what most construction jobs are – and some experts warn this could make them miss out on lucrative careers.
  
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• Former Premier League star Delroy Facey told a player he could make 'easy money' by fixing game jury hears

  14-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It was claimed the ex-Bolton striker offered a Hyde FC player £2,000 to concede four goals in a match
  
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• Pensioner killed by floating waders as they fill with air and knock him into the water

  14-04-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The freak accident killed the British man as he was weeding a lake behind his holiday home in Florida, leaving him drifting on his side without a life jacket
  
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• Claudia Martins suffocated daughter by stuffing then hid body in suitcase 

  14-04-2015 22:56 via
  
  Mother-of-five Claudia Martins, 33, was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility by a jury at Bristol Crown Court.
  
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• Hatton Garden heist: Detectives to quiz jewellery boss who was out of country

  14-04-2015 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Manish Bavishi is believed to have been in Sudan at time of incident as officers hunt gang who spent two nights raiding his vault
  
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• Abdul Hadi Arwani: Second man, 61, arrested over murder of Syrian-born preacher found shot in car in London

  14-04-2015 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The preacher, who was a fierce critic of the Syrian Assad regime, was found dead with gunshot wounds to his chest in a car in north London
  
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• M3 crash: Huge grass verge blaze and vehicle collision causes travel chaos

  14-04-2015 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A van was left in mangled wreck following a collision with a lorry - but somehow the driver escaped serious injury
  
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• Daily Mirror wins Newspaper of the Year at prestigious London Press Club Awards

  14-04-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Your Daily Mirror scooped the top honours beating off competition from the Daily Mail and The Times
  
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• General Election 2015 explained: What are their backgrounds, gender, ages and race?

  14-04-2015 22:47
  
  No.3 Candidates
  
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• Real-life 'success kid' who made whole internet smile now needs help getting dad new kidney

  14-04-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  The famous meme of Sam Grimer's fist-clenching pose became notorious online - now the eight-year-old is hoping to raise £50,000 for his sick dad
  
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• General election 2015: Tories' manifesto takes the mic at slapstick launch

  14-04-2015 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Heckler column brings you all the political gossip from the General Election campaign trail
  
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• Thug shattered man's jaw with one punch outside snooker hall but avoids prison

  14-04-2015 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Warren Dwyer launched a ‘completely unprovoked’ attack on his victim in the early hours of Christmas Day, a court heard
  
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• Love is in the air! Plane flight path makes two giant hearts in the sky above Malta

  14-04-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Air Malta flight, AMC14JC, took off earlier tonight and did two circuits over the Mediterranean island - its flight plan creating two enormous hearts on Flightradar24
  
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• Karen Buckley: Parents 'desperate' for safe return of missing Glasgow student

  14-04-2015 22:20
  
  The parents of a student who vanished after leaving a Glasgow nightclub at the weekend have said they are “desperate” for her safe return.
  
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• Karen Buckley missing: Parents 'desperate' for safe return of missing Glasgow student

  14-04-2015 22:20
  
  The parents of a student who vanished after leaving a Glasgow nightclub at the weekend have said they are “desperate” for her safe return.
  
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• Meet Munroe - the DJ and party girl who was born a boy

  14-04-2015 22:20
  
  THIS is the DJ and party girl who is taking London by storm - and she's got a secret.
  
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• Dead man comes back to life after being dropped into an ice bath by doctors

  14-04-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dad-of-two Bulent Sonmez collapsed after suffering a massive heart attack and medics dumped him in the ice in a last-ditch bid to restart his heart
  
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• Brit Louise Shepherd crushed to death by falling tree in Bolivia

  14-04-2015 22:13 via
  
  Louise Shepherd, 31, from Cobham, Surrey, had been hiking through the remote Madidi national park in the north-western part of the country when a tree toppled onto her during a storm.
  
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• Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to find a gay cure

  14-04-2015 22:12
  In its first few minutes, the gathering at Westminster’s Emmanuel Centre could have been any church meeting: a room of about 100 people, mostly greying but with a smattering of awkward-looking youngsters, praying and singing a hymn together.
  
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• A look inside the gay 'cure' Transformation Potential conference that features videos about 'conquering' same-sex attraction

  14-04-2015 22:12
  In its first few minutes, yesterday’s gathering at Westminster’s Emmanuel Centre could have been any church meeting: a room of about 100 people, mostly greying but with a smattering of awkward-looking youngsters, praying and singing a hymn together.
  
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• Evangelical critics of gay marriage and women bishops meet in London to plot schism

  14-04-2015 22:02
  
  The Church of England is at risk of an unprecedented schism as conservative Anglican leaders gather to discuss forming a “parallel” church in protest against women bishops and gay marriage.
  
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• New drug could reverse the damage of multiple sclerosis

  14-04-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A new experimental drug, called anti-LINGO-1, has been found to repair myelin, radically improving nerve signalling
  
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• City worker denies raping date, reportedly telling her 'girls say no, but don't mean it'

  14-04-2015 22:00
  
  A CITY boy who arranged to meet his blind internet date at a central London landmark allegedly raped her hours later as he told her "girls say no, but they don't mean it," a court heard today.
  
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• General Election 2015: Veterans to get police jobs under Ukip plans

  14-04-2015 21:58
  
  Army veterans would be retrained as immigration officers under Ukip policy proposals targeted at voters who “believe in Britain”.
  
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• Photographer Dieter Klein captures rusting old vehicles in car graveyards

  14-04-2015 21:57 via
  
  German photographer Dieter Klein, from Cologne, travelled the world to find vintage cars left to crumble in leafy forests and fields, and came across a Jaguar XK120 worth £82,000 if restored.
  
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• Conservatives ahead in latest poll as Nigel Farage's Ukip drops by five points

  14-04-2015 21:55 via
  
  A new TNS opinion poll puts the Tories ahead on 34 per cent, up four points since the start of the election campaign with Labour down one point on 32 per cent.
  
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• 13 things you'll only know if you grew up in Ireland

  14-04-2015 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you're Irish then you really should know these things
  
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• Cops find huge cannabis factory hidden directly behind their police station

  14-04-2015 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The £100,000 farm was on a fourth floor flat just a few yards away from Plymouth’s main police station
  
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• General Election 2015: Natalie Bennett and Caroline Lucas launch Green Party manifesto that includes spend more, tax more and drive less

  14-04-2015 21:50
  Britain has hit “Peak Car”, with the younger generation preferring to be on public transport using their mobile phones rather than sitting at the driving wheel, the Green Party leader, Natalie Bennett, claimed on Tuesday.
  
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• Mother and ex-boyfriend in court over death of Cara Lee- Fanus

  14-04-2015 21:49 via
  
  Little Cara Lee-Fanus's mother Kirsty Lee (pictured in sunglasses behind a lawyer) appeared at Guildford Magistrates' Court today alongside Lee's ex boyfriend Alistair Wayne Bowen.
  
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• Neighbourhood Watch official hit with restraining order after row

  14-04-2015 21:43 via
  
  Married couple John and Karen Copleston claim neighbour Paul Phillips, 67, constantly harassed them in a petty dispute after they moved a gate at the back of their £210,000 house in Poole, Dorset.
  
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• Venezuela unfurls giant flag as a symbol of defiance against the USA

  14-04-2015 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Artists and activists created the 1,200 metre flag which was unfurled on the 13th anniversary of a failed attempt to overthrow former president Hugo Chavez.
  
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