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• General Election 2015: Poll shows how Tory lies will kill NHS with privatisation and charging

  19-04-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A damning survey found a third of the party's councillors wants a bigger role for private firms in the health service and many bigwigs wanting us to pay to attend A&E
  
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• Manchester Marathon: Winner of woman's race had NEVER ran any marathon before impressive victory

  19-04-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Georgie Bruinvels, 26, from Aldershot, amazingly finished seven minutes ahead of any other woman on the course
  
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• Terminally-ill cancer sufferer says NHS is refusing her life-saving drug 

  19-04-2015 23:55 via
  
  Jemma Peacock (pictured with her daughters Kacie and Willow), from West Sussex, suffers from a rare form of stomach cancer, but a drug which could prolong her life is no longer being funded by the NHS.
  
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• Dad of girls locked in bedroom so mum can live with child abuser blasts social services

  19-04-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'There is no-one from social services monitoring it. Where are the children when their mother is having a shower or a bath? The whole thing is just a shambles,” fumes angry father
  
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• Now that's a tight squeeze! Mercedes squashed front AND back by buses in four-vehicle pile-up 

  19-04-2015 23:46 via
  
  The driver and passenger of the Mercedes were treated at the scene of the crash in Goodge Street, central London this morning, police said. The car had been sandwiched between two 'Boris Buses'.
  
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• Never-before-seen pictures of Captain Scott's doomed expedition on their way to the South Pole sell for £36,000 

  19-04-2015 23:46 via
  
  The 52 negatives show Scott and his team setting off for the South Pole at the expedition base camp. They have now been sold for £36,000 at auction in Devizes, Wiltshire, to an unnamed buyer.
  
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• See the heart-stopping moment a baby hippo gets caught in a fight between two adults - and is tossed into the air as if it was a doll 

  19-04-2015 23:43 via
  
  The calf's mother watched in horror as the hippo was flung into the air before being dragged along the surface of the water in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa.
  
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• Violence erupts at South Korean demo denouncing government handling of ferry disaster that killed 300 a year ago 

  19-04-2015 23:35 via
  
  Officers in Seoul were forced to use water cannons and pepper spray to break up thousands of protestors, led by relatives of the 304 people who tragically died in the ferry disaster last year.
  
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• General Election 2015: Your country needs YOU to shape Britain's future by registering to vote today

  19-04-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  You only have until midnight on Monday night to register to make your voice heard on the NHS, education, immigration and austerity
  
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• UK weather: Glorious sunshine all week before chance of SNOW in the north

  19-04-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sun-seekers in for a treat as temperatures to hit 20 degrees but forecasters warn wintry conditions will be back in May
  
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• Monster earthquake could hit Britain as new 'super deep' fault lines discovered

  19-04-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As well as the capital the regions most at risk are Kent and the Home Counties, Essex, and Scotland, according to reports
  
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• Watch the moment Ukip councillor assaults man

  19-04-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Watch the moment David Braniff-Herbert is assaulted by Ukip councillor Tom Andrews
  
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• Sarah Groves murder accused: I didn't kill her - I saw somebody on bed and ran

  19-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard de Wit told former policeman Mark Williams-Thomas he did not stab British backpacker Sarah 45 times on an Indian houseboat in 2013
  
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• General Election 2015: Labour claims Tories have 'hidden agenda' on NHS charges

  19-04-2015 23:00
  
  Labour has accused the Conservatives of having a hidden agenda to bring in charges and privatise the NHS as it begins a week of campaigning on health.
  
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• Football player sacked for sex with fan in manager's dug-out

  19-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Striker Jay Hart and female supporter were filmed having sex after his non-league side Clitheroe FC suffered defeat
  
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• Ann Maguire: Widower of teacher stabbed to death in classroom to hold charity run

  19-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nearly 2,000 schoolchildren will participate in the fun run organised in her memory by husband Don this Friday
  
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• Vigilante mob 'attack suspected paedophiles after luring them to meetings posing as underage girls'

  19-04-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police say the gang arranged to meet two separate men who thought they were hooking up with teens they had groomed online
  
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• Vigilante paedophile hunter arrested over blackmail allegations

  19-04-2015 22:33 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The 25-year-old man from Wigan is being held by Greater Manchester Police on suspicion of assault and blackmail
  
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• We hope they remembered to wear something under their kilts! Queen meets the Canadian Highlanders as part of World War One commemorations

  19-04-2015 22:23 via
  
  The Queen was joined by her husband the Duke of Edinburgh today as she met the Canadian Highlanders at Canada House in Trafalgar Square, London, for First World War commemorations.
  
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• Baby April: Fundraising page launched to give hero who found abandoned baby girl get his 'dream wedding'

  19-04-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Warren Chadwick, 36, from Southport, Merseyside, rescued Baby April after finding her face down in a toilet bowl
  
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• Woman on pill gives birth on bathroom floor after showing no signs of pregnancy

  19-04-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keep-fit fanatic Nikki Kelly had no bump and was having monthly cycles when baby boy James arrived out of the blue
  
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• The Book-keeper of Auschwitz: Nazi war crimes trial of man who sorted condemned Jews' possessions during WW2

  19-04-2015 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Oskar Groening, cleared in 1948 of war crimes, is charged with being an accessory to 300,000 murders because his service records are entirely intact for that period
  
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• Teenage boy aged 15 arrested after young girl is sexually assaulted in McDonald's branch

  19-04-2015 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were called to the restaurant in Carmarthen, Wales, just before 10am this morning
  
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• Christian refugees formed human chain to avoid being thrown into sea by Muslim migrants 

  19-04-2015 22:03 via
  
  Fifteen men were arrested last week for the 'aggravated murder' of 12 Christians by throwing them into the sea. Others from the boat said they formed a 'human chain' to stop the men's attacks.
  
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• Zara Phillips hit the exercise bike after birth of baby Mia for Rio Olympics

  19-04-2015 21:59 via
  
  The 33-year-old, who is vying for a place on Team GB at the Rio Olympics, welcomed Mia Grace with husband Mike Tindall last year but admitted to being 'surprised' at how difficult it was to regain her fitness.
  
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• Thief who stole £60 from epileptic woman hunted by police

  19-04-2015 21:56 via
  
  Police have released a CCTV image of a woman (pictured) they want to trace after £60 was stolen from the handbag of a woman who suffered a violent fit at a shopping centre in Stourbridge.
  
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• Six-man grooming gang begins long jail sentences after being convicted for sexually exploiting children

  19-04-2015 21:56 via
  
  A gang of six men have been jailed for a total of 31 years after being convicted of a string of sexual offences against teenager girls in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
  
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• Death sentences upheld for 11 fans in retrial of defendants from Egypt football riot that left 74 dead 

  19-04-2015 21:54 via
  
  The riot erupted in February 2012 when supporters of Al-Masry - from the canal city of Port Said - and Cairo's Al-Ahly clashed after an Egyptianleague match.
  
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• 4/20 Hyde Park: Marijuana users descend on London park for annual smoke-in

  19-04-2015 21:47
  
  If it hadn’t been for the poor weather – and the distinct odour – you could have been forgiven for thinking it was steam rising from the crowd. It was, in fact, a cloud of cannabis smoke that billowed up from the 1,000 people gathered at Hyde Park in London at 4.20pm.
  
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• 4/20 Hyde Park: Cannabis users descend on London park for annual smoke-in

  19-04-2015 21:47
  
  If it hadn’t been for the poor weather – and the distinct odour – you could have been forgiven for thinking it was steam rising from the crowd. It was, in fact, a cloud of cannabis smoke that billowed up from the 1,000 people gathered at Hyde Park in London at 4.20pm.
  
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• 4/20 Hyde Park: Cannabis users descend for annual smoke-in

  19-04-2015 21:47
  
  If it hadn’t been for the poor weather – and the distinct odour – you could have been forgiven for thinking it was steam rising from the crowd. It was, in fact, a cloud of cannabis smoke that billowed up from the 1,000 people gathered at Hyde Park in London at 4.20pm.
  
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• Natalie Bennett's ex Jim Jepps wrote bizarre blog calling pedophiles 'complex'

  19-04-2015 21:24 via
  
  Jim Jepps used a blog to defend 'rape fantasies', describe paedophiles as 'complex human beings' and question why teachers who have relationships with pupils are put on the sex offenders register.
  
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• When Waitrose is cheaper than Poundland

  19-04-2015 21:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Budget store's smaller pack sizes can make foods deceptively expensive, research shows
  
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• Paedophile Raymond Handley's daughter says he should be put to death over assaulting girl

  19-04-2015 21:09 via
  
  Becky Handley, 20, who lives in Shrewsbury, discovered her father, Raymond Handley's grisly crimes against a child in a local newspaper article. She now wants to change her name via deed poll.
  
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• The Media Column: Jon Snow and YouTube launch initiative to boost the youth vote

  19-04-2015 21:07
  
  The Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow has reported elections from emerging democracies and authoritarian regimes. But he cannot recall a British poll in which journalists have been so thoroughly obstructed from doing their jobs.
  
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• Dale Cregan 'goes on hunger strike to move to Ashworth Hospital'

  19-04-2015 21:00 via
  
  The 31-year-old stopped eating when he was moved to solitary confinement in HMP Manchester, formerly Strangeways, a month ago after being caught smuggling, sources said.
  
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• General Election 2015: The 'kingmaker seats' that will decide who becomes Prime Minister

  19-04-2015 21:00
  
  Forget Worcester Woman or Mondeo Man, the classic swing voter courted so assiduously by the parties at previous elections. The UK is changing so fast that a diverse new group of “kingmaker seats” will decide whether David Cameron or Ed Miliband is Prime Minister next month.
  
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• New pictures of Captain Scott's doomed expedition to South Pole sold for £30,000

  19-04-2015 20:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The collection of celluloid negatives show Scott's group preparing for their ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition which claimed their lives
  
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• 18th-century clockmaker John Harrison vindicated by 'perfect clock'

  19-04-2015 20:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Three centuries after he claimed his clock could solve the problem of longitude, proof John Harrison's design is accurate to the second for 100 days
  
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• Daughter of vile paedophile says 'bring back death penalty' after he sexually assaulted girl aged 8

  19-04-2015 20:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Becky Handley has disowned her father Raymond and vowed to change her surname after discovering details of his crimes
  
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• General Election 2015 explained: Gambling

  19-04-2015 20:39
  
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• Leanne Wood: Plaid Cymru leader whose politics were forged in the Valleys mining communities

  19-04-2015 20:28
  
  If last week’s leaders’ debate taught the voters anything, it is that a new political sisterhood has taken shape. In the absence of David Cameron and Nick Clegg, it was the Scottish Nationalists, Greens and Plaid Cymru who grabbed the centre of the Westminster stage – and marked their closeness with a group hug when the BBC credits rolled.
  
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• 25 pregnant Navy sailors airlifted from ships

  19-04-2015 20:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A total of 25 pregnant women were airlifted home from warships on emergency flights over the past nine years, a Freedom of Information request reveals
  
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• Out-of-touch Prime Minister David Cameron enjoyed secret day of blood sports with Chipping Norton set

  19-04-2015 20:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tory toff played a key role in "beating" to force defenceless game to fly so his rich and powerful chums could blast them out the sky
  
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• Asif Malik: Dramatic CCTV images show young British family at Dover before 'heading to Syria to join ISIS'

  19-04-2015 20:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An international manhunt for the Malik family - including four children aged between one and seven - is now underway
  
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• Royal China Club: Illegal shark fins discovered at exclusive London Chinese restaurant

  19-04-2015 19:53
  
  A stock of illegally imported shark fins has been confiscated from one of Britain’s most exclusive Chinese restaurants and destroyed by Trading Standards, following a report in The Independent.
  
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• Illegal shark fins discovered at exclusive London Chinese restaurant

  19-04-2015 19:53
  
  A stock of illegally imported shark fins has been confiscated from one of Britain’s most exclusive Chinese restaurants and destroyed by Trading Standards, following a report in The Independent.
  
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• Missing family may be headed for ISIS in Syria

  19-04-2015 19:47 via
  
  Asif Malik, 31, his partner Sara Kiran, 29, and their four children Zoha Malik, seven, Essa Malik, four, Zakariya Malik, two, and Yhaya Malik, one, from Slough, Berkshire, were last seen on April 7.
  
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• Dave Cameron claims UKIP might not get ANY seats

  19-04-2015 19:47 via
  
  Mr Cameron vowed to 'take to the streets' in the coming days to make the case for a Tory majority, after complaints that the campaign has become too sterile with few politicians actually meeting voters.
  
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• Bill Clinton speaks at ceremony 20 years since Oklahoma City bombing

  19-04-2015 19:47 via
  
  On April 19, 1995, a bomb parked in a car in central Oklahoma City killed 168 people, including 19 toddlers. It was the worst case of homegrown terrorism America has ever seen.
  
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