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• Independent Live debate: Labour under fire for deficit as panel lets rip at previous government

  15-04-2015 23:48
  
  The second Independent Live debate was dominated by health and, to a lesser extent, the deficit. At the end there was a nod towards Europe.
  
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• Man nearly burned to death after soaking car in alcohol and accidentally torching it - to kill BEDBUGS

  15-04-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scott Kemery, 44, was airlifted to hospital with first and second-degree burns, police said. Someone told him if he saturated the bugs with alcohol, it would kill them
  
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• British paratrooper fighting for life after bumping into colleague during jump and landing 'very badly'

  15-04-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unnamed solider had performed a jump on Sunday while at Fort Bragg in North Carolina when he was knocked unconscious
  
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• Kingstonian keeper banned for seven games and fined after jumping into crowd to confront fan

  15-04-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rob Tolfrey has been hit with a lengthly suspension by the Football Association for the incident that occurred during the Ryman League clash with Bognor Regis
  
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• Halal pick 'n' mix goes on sale in northern towns with big Muslim populations

  15-04-2015 23:46
  
  MORRISONS supermarket is trialling a halal pick and mix counter so that Muslim shoppers don't have to check the ingredients of their sweets before buying.
  
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• Horrifying footage shows woman being swept from cliff face by giant wave

  15-04-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The video shows the 21-year-old standing on an exposed ledge above the raging sea below before suddenly being engulfed by a freak wave
  
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• SOS for fish and dogs after temperatures soar

  15-04-2015 23:40 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  More than half a million fish are at risk of being suffocated by unprecedented levels of toxic algae due to warm weather
  
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• Revealed: The codes and symbols burglars are using to mark homes before raids

  15-04-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Alarmed house' 'wealthy' and 'nothing worth stealing' are among the signs which have been published by police
  
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• Cameron's war hero faces being turfed off allotment

  15-04-2015 23:37 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Veteran who survived the D-Day landings is threatened with eviction from his allotment in Prime Minister's constituency
  
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• Chicken David Cameron sends in spin doctors to lobby journalists at Thursday's BBC leaders debate

  15-04-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour are privately furious the BBC are allowing the Tories to influence reporting there, saying: "They've concluded their spin doctors will do a better job than the PM"
  
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• General Election 2015: Andy Burnham warns future of NHS hangs in the balance on May 7

  15-04-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour's health secretary urged delegates at Unison’s health conference to put aside “DIY jobs” over the next weeks because “now is the time to fight for the NHS”
  
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• The Lib Dem manifesto at a glance

  15-04-2015 23:36
  
  THE Liberal Democrats today released their manifesto with Nick Clegg focusing on the fact he believes next month's election will produce a coalition.
  
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• Former England footballer Sol Campbell turns white to encourage minorities to vote

  15-04-2015 23:36
  
  FORMER Arsenal and England star Sol Campbell has turned his skin white as part of a hard-hitting campaign to encourage minorities to vote in next month's elections.
  
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• General election 2015: Has smooth operator Michael Gove had Botox to help him get ahead?

  15-04-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Heckler column brings you all the political gossip from the General Election campaign trail
  
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• Watch: Ed Miliband on how battle with brother David was hard for their 'stoical' mother

  15-04-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour leader says of David Miliband: "We’ve come a long way since then. He’s got his life in New York. He’s much happier than being here in a slightly awkward position"
  
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• Nigel Farage would make James Bond redundant under UKIP's plan to scrap MI6

  15-04-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The party's manifesto revealed UKIP would merge the organisation with MI5 and GCHQ to form a joint 'National Intelligence Agency'
  
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• Crime tsar investigated after she awarded half a million pounds to her own charity

  15-04-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police Crime Commissioner Vera Baird, a former Solicitor General, allocated £500,000 to Victims First Northumbria
  
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• David Cameron's election bribes will cost EVERY family £1,493, warn Labour

  15-04-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The PM has vowed to splash £25billion on the NHS, childcare aid and tax cuts - but has yet to reveal where the cash will come from
  
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• 57,000 calls a day on pension reform

  15-04-2015 23:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Financial companies have reported an unprecedented surge in calls about the new pension reforms
  
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• Mum on run after attempting to scam free pub meal by planting child's hair in food

  15-04-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Louise Smith did not have enough money to pay for the dinner so concocted the ruse to get a refund from baffled chefs. A warrant has been issued for her arrest
  
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• Watch cyclist cheat death after being dragged to the ground in horror crash with moving truck

  15-04-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ruslan Bazarov suffered a broken leg and injuries to his pelvis and his bike was badly damaged
  
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• Watch bizarre moment hundreds of leaping carp 'attack' university rowing team as they train on lake

  15-04-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The students were practicing their strokes when the fish began propelling themselves out of river into the air - with some even leaping clean over the boat
  
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• Pictured: Police officer's horrific injuries after he was hit by van in dramatic car chase

  15-04-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrew Smith has now been jailed and banned from driving over the smash which left PC Joseph Smith needing facial surgery
  
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• Bradford City stadium fire: Sons of former chairman ''sickened'' by ''ridiculous'' claims linking father to eight other blazes

  15-04-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A total of 56 fans died when a stand caught fire at Valley Parade on May 11, 1985. A new book claims Stafford Heginbotham was linked to the prior blazes
  
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• Aldi shopper's horror after finding a live MOUSE in his bread

  15-04-2015 23:07 via
  
  Andrew Odell tweeted the supermarket a picture of the rodent crawling around inside the packaging of a loaf of bread (pictured). It is believed the bread had been bought from an Aldi store in Milton Keynes.
  
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• Joseph O'Riordan who 'stabbed wife' 'wrote letter from prison asking for suit'

  15-04-2015 23:03 via
  
  Joseph O’Riordan, 73, stabbed his 47-year-old wife Amanda eight times and left her with life-threatening injuries after he discovered she had been having an affair with a postman.
  
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• Karen Buckley missing: Massive police and fire presence at farm as 21-year-old man is detained by police

  15-04-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The fire engines and police vehicles were seen in the Stirlingshire countryside after officers shifted their focus from a park in Glasgow to a site several miles away
  
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• Nick Clegg: I won't stop would-be MPs from going to strip clubs

  15-04-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Liberal Democrat leader defends candidate who attended strip club, saying he is not the 'thought police'
  
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• Tragic airman travels the world after his death thanks to Facebook and the kindness of strangers

  15-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  CJ Twomey's ashes have been taken to almost 600 places after his mum launched an online appeal
  
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• Bradford City stadium fire: Survivor who lost grandma in tragedy can't believe former chairman started blaze

  15-04-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Karl Hepton, then 9, was lifted to safety by Nellie Foster, 64, before she perished with 55 other fans at Valley Parade in 1985. A new book claims Stafford Heginbotham was linked to eight prior blazes
  
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• Street fashion: Tokyo Camera Style

  15-04-2015 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Film cameras spotted on the streets of Tokyo
  
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• Czech immigrants 'were trafficked into UK by Roma family and forced to work for free'

  15-04-2015 22:46 via
  
  Five members of a Roma family are on trial accused of people trafficking at Plymouth Crown Court. Prosecutors allege the Czech immigrants were forced to work for free and 'treated like dogs'.
  
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• Neill Buchel friends jailed after battering Essex father to death

  15-04-2015 22:36 via
  
  Neill Buchel, 39, was kicked, punched and bludgeoned by Elvis Kwiatkowski and Chas Quye, both 36, before being cut into ten pieces and disposed of in a fishing lake in Dagenham, Essex.
  
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• Watch desperate robbers RAM police car in last-ditch getaway bid

  15-04-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Gourlay, Anton Richards, Charlie Johnson and Kyran Rooney were filmed trying to escape on the M42 after an armed robbery
  
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• Dog starts tripping on hallucinogenic drugs after munching dropped stash while on walk with its owner

  15-04-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Poor Twiglet began running around the house with his tail between his legs and his head down, "which he only does when he is being chased around by our other dogs"
  
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• German air traffic control calls for remote control technology

  15-04-2015 22:29 via
  
  Klaus-Dieter Scheurle, head of the Deutsche Flugsicherung authority, urged the aviation industry to develop the system which could help prevent a repeat of a Germanwings crash last month.
  
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• Bereaved mother stopped her ex-husband from going to their son's funeral by lying and arranging it in secret, court hears 

  15-04-2015 22:28 via
  
  Cathleen Hackney, 56, of Stoke-on-Trent, allegedly told two different funeral directors that there were no objections, including from her ex, to her son being cremated after his death in November 2010.
  
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• General Election 2015: Harriet Harman launches Labour 'women's manifesto'

  15-04-2015 22:27
  
  For a party committed to gender equality, arranging to have three of your most senior female shadow cabinet ministers coo over babies before floating rubber ducks in a water trough might seem like an odd way to launch your Women’s Manifesto.
  
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• Should I vote Conservative? Where David Cameron's party stands on key issues for General Election 2015

  15-04-2015 22:26
  After failing to win a majority in the 2010 election, David Cameron was forced to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats and has faced constant criticism from the right of his party over the obstacles this has created.  
  
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• Chef shot wild birds from his window then posted the kills on YouTube

  15-04-2015 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Feng Shou Yin turned sniper to target pigeons, blackbirds, a starling and a magpie
  
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• David Cameron: Tories are going for a majority in General Election

  15-04-2015 22:24
  
  DAVID Cameron is convinced the Conservative Party will form a majority Government after next month's General Election.
  
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• General Election 2015: Tory decline in Scotland

  15-04-2015 22:23
  
  The Conservatives once dominated Scottish politics. Support for the party rose rapidly during the 1920s, and peaked in the general election of 1931, when the Tories gathered more than a million Scottish votes.
  
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• I'm a failure if Conservatives don't win a majority, admits David Cameron

  15-04-2015 22:16 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Prime Minister says he will not have 'succeeded in what I want to achieve' if he does not have win a majority in May
  
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• Farm worker sacked for URINATING in field of vegetables set for Tesco shelves

  15-04-2015 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The employee was caught on camera by a disgusted member of the public on a field in Bennington, Lincolnshire
  
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• Salford headteacher Valerie Rutty stole thousands raised by pupils from fetes

  15-04-2015 22:06 via
  
  Valerie Rutty, 60, of Warrington, altered invoices by increasing the prices of work she had commissioned - then paid the difference between the actual sums into her own bank account.
  
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• Police detain man in connection with missing Karen Buckley's disappearance

  15-04-2015 22:05
  
  A 21-YEAR-OLD man is being held by police in connection with the disappearance of missing student nurse Karen Buckley.
  
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• Channel 4's Benefits Street gets 'makeover' from housing bosses

  15-04-2015 22:04 via
  
  Kingston Road in Stockton is the backdrop for the latest series of the Channel 4 documentary which divided opinion with its debut in Birmingham's James Turner Street.
  
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• Watch Ukip candidates spouting vile anti-Islamic hate messages at a far-right rally

  15-04-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Magnus Nielsen and Anne Marie-Waters were guest speakers at a weekend event organised by Mothers Against Radical Islam And Sharia, which has close links to the EDL
  
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• Redhaired schoolgirl, 17, banned from lessons because she's TOO ginger

  15-04-2015 21:55 via
  
  Emily Reay, 17, a pupil at Trinity School in Carlisle,claims she has sported the same colour of hair for the last three years. But now teachers have told her to tone it down or she will be banned from lessons.
  
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• George Galloway: Police launch investigation into claims he smeared rival Naz Shah over forced marriage claims

  15-04-2015 21:54
  Online “smears” against Labour’s candidate in Bradford West are being investigated as possible breaches of electoral law – amid an increasingly acrimonious local constituency campaign.
  
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