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• Watch emotional moment innocent man wrongly jailed for 30 years meets lawyer who put him behind bars

  21-04-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Glenn Ford was convicted of robbery and murder in 1984, but new evidence in the case exonerated him
  
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• Top Tory Grant Shapps accused of 'secretly editing Wikipedia to smear his political rivals'

  21-04-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The senior politician – or “someone under his clear direction” – used an alias to delete embarrassing information about himself, investigators for the website believe
  
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• Little boy given just three minutes to live makes miracle recovery

  21-04-2015 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alfie Hillman's parents were asked if they wanted to have an abortion after he was diagnosed with a genetic condition that it was believed would leave him with severe disabilities
  
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• British trader accused of causing 'flash crash' of New York stock market is arrested

  21-04-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Navinder Singh Sarao, 36, was held on behalf of US authorities who said he made £26.7million in May 2010
  
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• British trader accused of causing £500bn 'flash crash' of New York stock market is arrested

  21-04-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Navinder Singh Sarao, 36, was held on behalf of US authorities who said he made £26.7million in May 2010
  
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• US probe into police custody death

  21-04-2015 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Department of Justice opens an investigation into the death of a black man who died in police custody in Baltimore.
  
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• Doctors charged with manslaughter over death of primary school teacher

  21-04-2015 23:44 via
  
  Frances Cappuccini, 30, affectionately called 'Mrs Coffee' by pupils because of her surname, died from a haemorrhage after giving birth to her second son Giacomo in Kent on October 9, 2012.
  
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• Ed Sheeran raps about a 'gay, faggoty man' in film of homophobic slurs pulled from internet

  21-04-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The “freestyle battle” in 2011 saw him trading insults with fellow artist Devlin - Ed's spokesman said he was merely "sending up rappers who make homophobic remarks"
  
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• Millionaire company director stole £200 worth of meat and wine from Tesco

  21-04-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ronan Ghosh, 39, tried to smuggle the goods out of the supermarket by hiding them in a bag
  
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• VIDEO: The tribe defending Saudi-Yemeni border

  21-04-2015 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Saudi Arabia ends its bombing campaign against rebels in Yemen, the BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen gives his analysis on finding a political solution in Yemen.
  
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• Italian police arrest crew of latest migrant boat heading for Europe

  21-04-2015 23:35 via
  
  The crew of the luxury yacht were identified through the selfies and other photos their Syrian and Palestinian passengers had taken as the boat attempted to reach Europe.
  
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• Woman who died after falling down lift shaft was 'pushed by her two-year-old toddler'

  21-04-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her heartbroken husband said that the saddest thing is "not only is my wife now dead, but my son is facing the prospect of having to bear the guilt of her death for the rest of his life"
  
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• Roger Daltrey on life on the road with The Who, never taking cocaine and near death crashes

  21-04-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  His bandmates turned to hard drugs but Roger Daltrey was the dad of the band, he tells Halina Watts
  
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• Migrant drownings: Asylum seekers who make it to Italy face up to TWO YEARS in compound

  21-04-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror's Russell Myers visited the CARA Mineo in Sicily and heard tales of misery, overcrowding, warring gangs and excessive delays
  
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• Angry ex-girlfriend tried to strangle former partner with iPod lead after they broke up

  21-04-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chef Ann Malsbury flew into a rage at 21-year-old Lee Judson after he went to fetch his belongings from her Coventry home
  
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• Primary school kids are failing to reach healthy fitness levels

  21-04-2015 23:19 via
  
  Fit For Sport, which runs holiday camps and after school clubs across the UK, said parents and schools must do more to increase children's activity levels to ensure they stay healthy.
  
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• 'Ashamed' Tories quit Newsnight welfare debate at the last moment

  21-04-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Conservative Mark Harper agreed to appear alongside rivals and Benefits Street star White Dee, but cancelled on the BBC show with two hours to spare
  
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• Feckless father-of-40 is a 'model dad' says fiancee who is 'crazy' about him

  21-04-2015 23:14
  
  THE fiancée of notorious dad-of-40 Mike Holpin said they can't keep their hands off each other and revealed he wants MORE children.
  
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• Megan Huntsman: Mum who murdered six newborn tots could die behind bars

  21-04-2015 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 40-year-old stashed the tiny corpses in plastic bags which were then hidden in her garage
  
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• Poland to buy US Patriot missiles

  21-04-2015 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Poland announces a major deal to buy Patriot surface-to-air missiles from the US, amid rising tensions with Russia over the Ukraine crisis.
  
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• Hundreds of police officers sign open letter warning Tory cuts to force 'endangering public safety'

  21-04-2015 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The damning indictment of David Cameron is the biggest ever criticism of government policy by frontline officers, banned from taking an active part in politics
  
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• Dog looks like Steve Buscemi and could be all yours

  21-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With Ari currently living at a rescue centre, could you give this Steve Buscemi-looking dog a loving home?
  
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• General Election 2015: Ed Miliband says Rupert Murdoch is 'worried' Labour will win

  21-04-2015 23:00
  
  Rupert Murdoch ordered The Sun to step up attacks on Labour because he is “worried” that the party will win the election, Ed Miliband has said.
  
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• General Election 2015: Ed Miliband promises cancer tests in GP surgeries in every town if Labour wins power

  21-04-2015 23:00
  
  Tests for cancer would be carried out in GP surgeries in every town under a £150m-a-year plan to improve treatment if the Labour Party wins power.
  
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• General Election 2015: Ed Miliband promises cancer tests in every town if Labour wins power

  21-04-2015 23:00
  
  Tests for cancer would be carried out in GP surgeries in every town under a £150m-a-year plan to improve treatment if the Labour Party wins power.
  
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• Ed Miliband interview: 'There is only one party standing up for the integrity of the UK'

  21-04-2015 23:00
  
  “We are making the weather,” Ed Miliband smiles as he lists the issues on which he claims  Labour has set the election agenda – zero hours contracts, non-doms, fiscal responsibility, the NHS.
  
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• I changed my signature after the Queen commented on my messy handwriting, says Alex Salmond

  21-04-2015 22:58 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The former SNP leader recalls how the Queen told him: 'First Minister, you have the worst writing of any of my ministers'
  
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• UK arrest over US 'flash crash'

  21-04-2015 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A financial trader is arrested in the UK after US authorities allege he contributed to the 2010 Wall Street "flash crash" that wiped billons of dollars off the value of shares.
  
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• 'Very exciting' prostate cancer drug originally meant for women could cure 30% of all tumours

  21-04-2015 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Olaparib, the first cancer drug to target inherited genetic mutations, was licensed last December to treat women in Europe with ovarian cancer
  
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• In pictures: Stairway to Heaven

  21-04-2015 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Finding a final resting places in a crowded city
  
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• Barcelona 2-0 Paris St-Germain (agg 5-1)

  21-04-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Neymar's two goals see Barcelona coast past Paris St-Germain and into a third successive Champions League semi-final.
  
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• Head of Unite union embroiled in sexual discrimination and bullying claims

  21-04-2015 22:49
  
  The head of one of Britain’s biggest trade unions is embroiled in claims of sexual discrimination and bullying by a former female official accusing Len McCluskey, leader of Unite, of calling her a “scab.”
  
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• 'Killer' migrant boat captain nervously bites his nails as body bags containing the dead taken to shore

  21-04-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tunisian Mohammed Ali Malek allegedly stowed hundreds of desperate men, women and children fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa, aboard his vessel
  
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• Unease over police trial of hi-tech DNA machines amid fears that civil liberties could be infringed

  21-04-2015 22:40
  
  Police forces across the UK are trialling technology that allows officers to analyse DNA samples in custody suites, amid fears that civil liberties could be infringed and evidence compromised.
  
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• DNA machines behind trialled by police create concerns over civil liberties

  21-04-2015 22:40
  
  Police forces across the UK are trialling technology that allows officers to analyse DNA samples in custody suites, amid fears that civil liberties could be infringed and evidence compromised.
  
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• Dealer ditches modern cars for business in vintage Model Ts

  21-04-2015 22:39 via
  
  Despite his newest models being nearly 90 years old, the businessman, from Buckinghamshire, is selling one every week, including to the TV and film industry who have used in shows such as Downton Abbey.
  
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• Shocking photo shows tragic dog being dragged along road by cruel owner's car

  21-04-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPH: Police have pledged to look into the photo after it was shared by thousands of people online
  
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• VIDEO: UK fugitive arrested in Spain

  21-04-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spain's Guardia Civil has issued video footage which shows police officers swooping on the Alicante villa of one of Britain's most wanted fugitives, and placing him under arrest.
  
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• General Election 2015: Going back to future with Jurassic John Major shows David Cameron out of ideas

  21-04-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sleazy Major was the Tory PM who launched a Victorian morality Back to Basics campaign then was humiliated when Edwina Currie revealed their affair
  
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• Kane Hutchison: Paedophile who 'pretended to be football agent to impress young boys' claims he was set up in prison letter

  21-04-2015 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 25-year-old has been given a four year jail sentence for inciting boys to engage in sexual activity
  
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• Antibiotic resistant superbugs could kill more than a MILLION people by 2025

  21-04-2015 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  According to the latest evidence, 400,000 people have already died since the emergence of large-scale antibiotic resistance in the last decade
  
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• Andy McSmith's Sketch: The communists are here – but they are too nice to scare anyone

  21-04-2015 22:24
  
  The first Communist Manifesto, written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848, began with the stirring sentence: “A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of communism.”
  
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• Granddad 'battered to death by woman after asking her to leave his house'

  21-04-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amanda Howard is on trial for killing Gerry Nott inside his own home after a drinking session turned violent
  
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• General Election 2015: On the campaign trail in Rochdale – the town globalisation left behind

  21-04-2015 22:18
  
  The Rochdale of recent times has attracted attention for only the worst of reasons: child exploitation and sexual predation.
  
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• Andy McSmith's Election Diary: Lord Ashdown turns the airwaves blue

  21-04-2015 22:08
  
  Nick Clegg’s friend Lord Ashdown set what is possibly a record for British political commentary yesterday when he used the word “bastards” seven times in a four-minute television interview. The bastards he had in mind are right-wing Tories who want to get Britain out of the EU.
  
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• RSPCA desperately trying to rehome 28 stray cats found in single house

  21-04-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The animal charity is urging owners to get animals neutered after removing nine dead kittens from a 'multi-cat' house
  
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• David Bulman repeatedly punched his wife in the face for not ironing

  21-04-2015 22:01 via
  
  David Bulman, 55, left his wife with a black eye after repeatedly punching her in the face outside their home in Clevedon, North Somerset. He was given a 12-month community order.
  
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• Thief stole iPhones, watches and jewellery from Virgin Active members worth £30k

  21-04-2015 21:59 via
  
  Rajul Patel, 35, targeted wealthy victims as they worked out at Virgin Active health clubs across London after obtaining memberships using the stolen driving licence of a gym-going doctor.
  
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• Armed police ram car in city centre rush hour and arrest attempted murder suspect

  21-04-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The drama unfolded yards from Liverpool Town Hall at 5.30pm today as police swooped on the 30-year-old, who was a passenger in a VW Golf
  
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• Mikaeel Kular's killing by mother could 'not have been predicted'

  21-04-2015 21:58 via
  
  Mother Rosdeep Adekoya, repeatedly beat her three-year-old son Mikaeel Kular (pictured) before stuffing his body in a suitcase and dumping it in woods in Kircaldy, Fife, in January last year.
  
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