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• Watch: Firefighters frantically dig out driver who was buried alive by gravel in terrifying accident

  17-04-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This incredible footage shows the dramatic moment fire fighters frantically digged to free a driver who was buried alive after a construction truck toppled a tonne of gravel onto her car
  
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• General Election 2015: Yvette Cooper vows Labour will be smart on immigration

  17-04-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Clarke warns voters not to take the Conservatives seriously when it comes to their promises on immigration
  
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• Daily Mirror: We stand up for our readers and fight for a better Britain

  17-04-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the Daily Mirror wins Daily Newspaper of the Year Award at the prestigious London Press Club Awards we look at some of our best scoops and awards
  
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• Homeless couple forced to live in their car getting lives back on track thanks to kind businessman

  17-04-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Philip and Victoria Sherlock have been sleeping in their Ford Focus for three months after Philip lost his job and they were forced to leave their home
  
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• Professional Kate Middleton lookalike admits she finds Duchess of Cambridge "frumpy" and "boring"

  17-04-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jodie Bredo, 26, has been a Kate lookalike for six years and wishes Kate would “change her hair for once"
  
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• Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond accuses Argentina of bullying over lawsuit against drilling firms

  17-04-2015 23:40
  
  Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has accused Argentina of “outrageous” bullying after its government launched legal action against companies drilling for oil and gas near the Falkland Islands.
  
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• Top Gear bosses beg James May and Richard Hammond not to quit after Jeremy Clarkson’s axe

  17-04-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Station chiefs hope the two hosts will steady the wheel after the show loses its popular host – but other stations might want to hire the trio as a complete package.
  
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• Fury as Nigel Farage rules out minimum wage rise as it will see 'surge' in Romanian immigrants

  17-04-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UKIP chief has ruled out improving the lives of millions of Britons by boosting the £6.50 hourly rate
  
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• Scientists create bigger, faster-growing trees in a bid to beat climate change

  17-04-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts at Manchester University altered two genes to accelerate growth in poplar trees and say the research could help crop production and renewable energy
  
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• British owner of iconic Maze hotel slams plans to bull-doze it ahead of Rio Olympics

  17-04-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thierry Henry and Sylvester Stallone are just some of the stars to have visited the hotel
  
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• Celebrities urge young people to use their vote as Mirror steps up its #novotenovoice campaign

  17-04-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  X-Factor star Jake Quickenden and TOWIE's Lauren Bright gave their reasons why they'll be voting in the general election on May 7
  
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• Obese people fall into six distinct categories, study suggests

  17-04-2015 23:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Scientists call for bespoke treatment rather than a 'one size fits all' approach to tackling the epidemic
  
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• Karen Buckley: Hundreds gather for vigil in Glasgow to pay respects to tragic Irish student

  17-04-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A lone piper played Amazing Grace at the gathering and dozens of floral tributes and lit candles were left at the foot of the Scott Monument just hours after a man appeared in court charged with Karen's murder
  
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• See heartwarming moment couple surprise family and friends with newborn twin babies

  17-04-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sharon and Korey Rademacher were stunned when doctors told them they were expecting twins but they decided to pass the surprise on
  
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• Thug who shook girlfriend's seven-month-old is jailed for three years 

  17-04-2015 23:01 via
  
  Kealeigh-Anne Woolley (pictured) was just seven months old when she was left severely brain damaged after being shaken by Colin Heath. He was jailed at Birmingham Crown Court today.
  
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• Gas chamber reintroduced as method of execution in Oklahoma

  17-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Governor Mary Fallin has signed off on the bill which will allow the state to perform executions using nitrogen hypoxia
  
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• Double murder inquiry launched after bodies of two women believed to be mother and daughter are found at separate addresses half a mile apart

  17-04-2015 22:57 via
  
  One of the women, named locally as 27-year-old Sarah Fox and known as Foxy, was found dead with multiple injuries at an address in Bootle, Merseyside, at around 9pm last night.
  
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• Brain scans reveal rebellious attitude caused by separation from parents

  17-04-2015 22:55 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Southern California made the discovery after recording images of teenage brains as they responded to videos of peers and, separately, videos of their parents.
  
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• Playing a wind instrument 'helps you sleep'

  17-04-2015 22:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Learning to play a wind instrument could be the key to stopping snoring, it has been claimed
  
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• Truck full of BEES overturns on busy motorway, causing mass stingings and traffic chaos

  17-04-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Firefighters were forced to spray a mixture of foam and water on the bees to calm them down or kill them after temperatures rose and agitated them
  
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• Argentina to prosecute oil firms drilling around the disputed Falkland Islands

  17-04-2015 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Britain accuses its rival of “bullying” after the Buenos Aires government takes five firms to court after they drilled for oil and gas around the islands.
  
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• See moment armed thugs who were jailed for 27 years raid store while hiding under umbrellas

  17-04-2015 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Closing Time Gang targeted a staggering 13 businesses in just 55 days during a shocking crime spree
  
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• Karen Buckley parents joined by hundreds at Glasgow vigil

  17-04-2015 22:23 via
  
  The 24-year-old nursing student was found dead at a farm north of Glasgow after disappearing from a nightclub in the city during a night out with friends.
  
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• Noisy school cockerel gets expelled for waking the neighbours in the middle of the night

  17-04-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Billy’s early crowing set off the other animals on the school farm, prompting letters from locals who were desperate for a good night’s sleep.
  
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• Transgender Bob struggled to bond with his son but now he's Mum Roxy they're so close

  17-04-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Roxy Wallace's son, William, doesn't miss his "grumpy daddy" and adores his mummy Roxanna
  
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• Steven Gerrard ploughs cash into Liverpool restaurant venture despite being weeks away from LA move

  17-04-2015 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The ex-England skipper has ploughed money into the new swanky Vincent cafe in the Liverpool city centre
  
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• Paedophile policeman who tried to foster young boys jailed for possessing sickening child porn images

  17-04-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Childless David Robinson, 46, also had a bedroom at his home made into a child's bedroom, with Spiderman bedding, nappies and a Moses basket
  
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• 'Inspector Morse' Oxford Randolph Hotel ravaged by fire as guests are forced to flee

  17-04-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Some guests reported hearing that the fire, which raged for hours, began in the hotel's kitchens
  
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• Poor children more likely to succeed in South, says study

  17-04-2015 21:58
  
  Children from poor backgrounds are more likely to succeed in life if they grow up in London or the South than in the Midlands or North of England, according to new research by the Sutton Trust.
  
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• Britons drink tea when they're sad and lonely

  17-04-2015 21:56 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The average Briton enjoys 876 cups of tea each year, with the over-55s consuming 21 cups a week
  
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• Nurse with hundreds of child porn images on computer caught after trying to groom teen girls on Facebook

  17-04-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sick Paul Tuffin, 27, was arrested on a hospital ward after bosses at the website alerted them to his conversations with the youngsters
  
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• Tragedy as elderly couple die falling down the stairs

  17-04-2015 21:51 via
  
  Mary Murphy, 66, from Failsworth, Greater Manchester, was found dead at the bottom of the stairs in her home alongside the body of her 67-year-oldpartner John Wood
  
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• Faces etched with grief, the parents of murdered Karen Buckley join hundreds of mourners at city centre vigil as man appears in court charged with her murder

  17-04-2015 21:51 via
  
  The 24-year-old nursing student was found dead at a farm north of Glasgow after disappearing from a nightclub in the city during a night out with friends.
  
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• One Direction defector Zayn Malik breaks with the past with newly shaved head

  17-04-2015 21:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Zayn Malik surprised his fans as he debuted a shaved head hairdo at the Annual Asian Awards in London.
  
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• Gnome and away: Granny thief hunted by police after string of garden thefts

  17-04-2015 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Witnesses saw an elderly woman driving away in a Volvo estate after a string of thefts which saw plants, pots and ornaments taken from homes and a cemetery
  
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• Operation Elveden on brink of inevitable collapse as nine journalists have cases dropped

  17-04-2015 21:41
  
  THE Metropolitan Police's £20million Operation Elveden lies in tatters after charges against nine journalists accused of illegally paying public officials for stories were dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service.
  
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• General Election 2015: As a draw looms, Tories and Labour try to address their big weakness

  17-04-2015 21:39
  
  It was the week in which the Conservatives and Labour changed places in an attempt to tackle the weaknesses that prevent either of them edging ahead in this neck-and-neck election.
  
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• Holy smoke: America’s brand new fighter jet goes supersonic to wow the crowds

  17-04-2015 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The F-22 Raptor stealth plane is one of the latest hi-tech additions to the US armoury – and it took to the skies in Florida to put on a patriotic display
  
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• Royal Navy members charged with sex assault in Canada

  17-04-2015 21:34 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Four members of the Royal Navy have been charged with offences related to sexual assault, it has emerged
  
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• Navy four face sex offence charge

  17-04-2015 21:34 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Four members of the Royal Navy have been charged with offences related to sexual assault, it has emerged
  
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• The secret diary of an MP: Where’s the swank in launching our manifesto in Swindon?

  17-04-2015 21:33
  
  This week the first of my two election leaflets have begun to drop across the constituency, courtesy of Royal Mail. But as sudden as the crash of thunder which opens Shakespeare’s Tempest, disaster strikes.
  
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• Campaign to stop Jimmy Savile play starring Alistair McGowan being screened

  17-04-2015 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Campaigners say the disgraced former BBC presenter and disc jockey should be “erased” from public memory
  
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• General Election 2015: Will Danny Alexander weather the storm in new battle for Culloden?

  17-04-2015 21:30
  
  I was, they told me, to attach no significance to the fact that Team Danny Alexander was promising to take me canvassing at Culloden.
  
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• Boy aged THIRTEEN becomes one of UK's youngest murderers as he is jailed for killing woman, 47, after stamping on her face so hard it left a footprint on her cheek

  17-04-2015 21:30 via
  
  Petri Kurti, 12, has been jailed for the murder of Glynis Bensley (pictured)after jumping her in the street and kicking her in the face in Smethwick, West Midlands, last September.
  
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• Injecting fat into the knees 'eases osteoarthritis symptoms'

  17-04-2015 21:26 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Injecting stomach fat into the knees of osteoarthritis sufferers reduced symptoms by 75pc in two thirds of cases, according to new research
  
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• Oxford Randolph Hotel fire: Recap of updates

  17-04-2015 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fire crews spent hours battling a massive blaze in a historic hotel in Oxford
  
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• General Election 2015: David Cameron heads to Wales to shore up Tory support

  17-04-2015 21:21
  
  David Cameron notoriously claimed last year that Offa’s Dyke had become “the line between life and death” as he lambasted the quality of health care in Labour-run Wales compared with England.
  
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• Royal Navy sailors accused of gang raping woman in 'disturbing' attack in Canada

  17-04-2015 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The men are reported to have been in Canada for a hockey tournament when the alleged attack occurred
  
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• Transgender woman spared jail for brutal horse porn offences because of suicide risk

  17-04-2015 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dawn Love, aged 55, was caught red-handed with pornographic images of people having sex with horses and dogs when she took her phone into an 02 shop to be repaired
  
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• Judge spares transgender woman spared jail for brutal horse porn offences because of suicide risk

  17-04-2015 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dawn Love, aged 55, was caught red-handed with pornographic images of people having sex with horses and dogs when she took her phone into an 02 shop to be repaired
  
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