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• Karen Buckley: Thousands of mourners gather at funeral home to pay final respects to murdered student

  27-04-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mourners began arriving from early afternoon at the funeral home in Mallow, Ireland, ahead of tomorrow's funeral service
  
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• Sherlock exhibition: Thousands of fans turn up to get a glimpse of star of hit show Benedict Cumberbatch

  27-04-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As many as 6,000 followers turned up to world’s first convention for fans of the show – which promises them a chance to meet their idol
  
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• Bosnia gunman 'kills police officer'

  27-04-2015 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A gunman attacks a police station in Bosnia, killing an officer and injuring two others before being shot dead, officials say.
  
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• Britain battered by snow, sleet and gale-force winds as Arctic blast brings spring to a halt

  27-04-2015 23:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Weather takes a turn for the worse as hopes of a sunny May bank holiday weekend are dashed
  
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• Petrol sales plummet as hard-pressed motorists steer clear of 5p a litre price hikes

  27-04-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Motoring groups warn that volatile oil prices will continue to cause problems as falling consumption leaves the Treasury £174million down in fuel tax for March
  
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• Abandoned poodle vets could not identify due to filthy matt of hair finds new home

  27-04-2015 23:35
  
  AN ABANDONED poodle whose hair was so matted and filthy vets were unable to work out his breed has been given a new home.
  
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• Millionaire property developer admits damaging historic country mansion

  27-04-2015 23:29 via
  
  Kim Davies bought the Elizabethan manor in rural Wales where Cecil Frances Alexander wrote the lyrics to All Things Bright and Beautiful.
  
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• Tory MP wants patients to wait even longer at A&E

  27-04-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Conservative MP Phillip Lee said people should be kept in A&E for four hours to free up casualty wards
  
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• Tories want patients to wait even longer at A&E

  27-04-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Conservative MP Phillip Lee said people should be kept in A&E for four hours to free up casualty wards
  
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• Can't stick to a diet and lose weight? Blame your brain - not your lack of discipline

  27-04-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Don't listen to mean old Katie Hopkins - scientists have claimed some people's grey matter make it impossible for them to resist yummy food
  
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• Midwife admits blunders which lead to deaths of two babies at scandal-hit hospital trust

  27-04-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marie Ratcliffe failed to carry out routine procedures and communicate with doctors at Furness General Hospital in Cumbria
  
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• Ocado becomes first supermarket to stock goat kid meat

  27-04-2015 23:20 via
  
  Goat kid meat is soaring in popularity becuase of celebrity chefs and upmarket restaurants featuring it on their menus.
  
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• London Marathon Everpresent group dwindles down to 12 members after gruelling Sunday run

  27-04-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One of the 14 remaining Everpresents, Dave Fereday, 77, dropped out before the 35th event started and 56-year-old pal Patt Dobbs quit just past the six-mile mark
  
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• General Election 2015: Prospect of Labour-SNP coalition makes one in four voters less likely to support Ed Miliband, says survey

  27-04-2015 23:11
  The prospect of a post-election deal between Labour and the Scottish National Party makes one in four voters less likely to support Ed Miliband’s party, according to a new survey.
  
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• Ed Miliband promises rent controls and stamp duty cut for first-time buyers

  27-04-2015 23:11 via
  
  The Labour leader set out plans to scrap stamp duty for first-time buyers, curb rent rises and prioritise homes for local people, but also wants to ban developers hoarding land which could be built on.
  
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• Disorder causes felines to have seizures when hearing high pitched sounds

  27-04-2015 23:05 via
  
  Vets from Hertfordshire and University College London found seizures could be triggered by crinkling tin foil or a metal spoon clanging in a ceramic feeding bowl, for example.
  
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• James Holmes trial: Batman cinema gunman 'listened to techno on headphones to drown out screams'

  27-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the trial the 27-year-old’s finally begun today prosecutor George Brauchler painted a graphic picture of the scene
  
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• Why looking at food could temporarily turn off cravings

  27-04-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Anew study in the journal Nature suggests that simply looking at food could turn off cravings for a short time
  
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• GPs 'should be sued' for failing to diagnose dementia

  27-04-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Leading dementia expert provokes outrage for advising families to sue if their loved one suffers a late diagnosis
  
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• Ex-EastEnder Glynis Barber on how quitting breakfast and giving up gluten changed her life

  27-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former Blake's 7 and Dempsey And Makepeace star went to a nutritionist for help with her joint pain and says the results have left her trim and energised
  
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• Colorado cinema gunman 'was sane'

  27-04-2015 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who shot and killed 12 people in a cinema in 2012 was found sane by two experts immediately following the attack, prosecutors say.
  
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• Teacher at Sir Chris Hoy's old school leaves thousands to charity and friends

  27-04-2015 22:59 via
  
  Mary Cowan, 92, stated in her will that £700,000 of her £2million fortune should be left to charities and friends, with £325,000 put towards a bursary at George Watson's College in Edinburgh.
  
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• Mark Manning missing: Police investigating murder of former bomb disposal expert issue appeal one year after disappearance

  27-04-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mark Manning was last seen on April 19 last year before his family reported him missing three days later
  
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• Suspected shoplifter hurt in 20ft plunge from store window

  27-04-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shocked witnesses said the man 'somersaulted' through the air before crashing on to the pavement
  
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• Judge ignores 'soft' advice and jails killer who stole £26k ring for 17 years

  27-04-2015 22:55
  
  A JUDGE blasted a report that recommended a violent killer who robbed a woman pensioner should escape jail – and instead do community service.
  
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• Anger as judge lets bedroom sex attacker walk free

  27-04-2015 22:55
  
  A BURGLAR who subjected a woman to a terrifying sex attack in her home walked free yesterday.
  
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• Pictured: UFO caught on camera above streets of New York

  27-04-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mysterious celestial object was photographed in the firmament above The Bronx on Saturday - with one terrified woman calling the emergency services to report a "flying saucer"
  
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• Rare Spitfire sale could fetch £2.5m

  27-04-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A rare RAF Spitfire once flown by a Great Escape veteran and painstakingly restored over five years could fetch millions of pounds for charity.
  
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• Google offers cash to Europe's media

  27-04-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google pledges €150m to support news organisations' efforts to earn money from their online coverage.
  
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• Can high pitched noises really be harmful to your cat?

  27-04-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts say cats can encounter something similar to audiogenic epilepsy, which occurs in humans when seizures are triggered by sudden noises
  
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• BBC accused of anti-Semitism after it says Jewish community live in a 'wealthy pocket'

  27-04-2015 22:45
  
  THE BBC have tonight been accused of anti-Semitism after it referred to a Jewish community as living in a "wealthy" pocket of an area.
  
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• Bucket collections to Premier League

  27-04-2015 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Remarkable rise of club who were minutes from liquidation
  
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• SNP's Nicola Sturgeon slams Ed Miliband for being 'bullied' by the Tories

  27-04-2015 22:39 via
  
  The Scottish First Minister, pictured speaking on Newsnight tonight, said Ed Miliband had allowed himself to be 'kicked around' by the Tories into ruling out a deal with the SNP after the election.
  
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• Are you a clean freak or a mucky pup? Take our test to find out

  27-04-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Polish up your knowledge about cleanliness by answering 15 questions - you may not be as clean as you thought
  
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• Pampered pets could pose a serious health hazard by carrying worms, tuberculosis and superbugs

  27-04-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As a new study says our animal friends are more likely to pass on infections than previously thought, we take a look at the dangers and benefits they could bring
  
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• Holidaymakers warned to take cash to Greece amid financial collapse fears

  27-04-2015 22:22 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Holidaymakers to Greece are being advised to take euros in notes and coins in case the escalating debt crisis forces banks to switch off cash machines
  
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• Chaos at Waterloo station from cancellations and disrupted service after person hit by train

  27-04-2015 22:19
  
  London's Waterloo station was hit by severe delays and cancellations after a person was hit by a train.
  
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• Naunihal Singh who slit the throat of daughter in law's father jailed for life

  27-04-2015 22:16 via
  
  Naunihal Singh, 54, woke up great-grandfather Ujjal Singh, 63, and slashed him with a kitchen knife at his son and daughter-in-law’s home in Crumpsall, Manchester.
  
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• Fraud 'posed as doctor to Liz Hurley, Jackie Collins and the Royal Family to con £160,000 out of patients'

  27-04-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joseph Valadakis is accused of peddling bizarre treatments including whale sperm massages, snail excrement creams and a secret machine to detect cancer
  
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• Andrew Jackson: Man killed after vicious assault outside market town's theatre

  27-04-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 43-year-old suffered a serious head injury outside Richmond's Georgian Theatre on Saturday and died in hospital today
  
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• Ex-Mirror man attacks Met police as Elveden charges dropped

  27-04-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Greig Box Turnbull said he felt “completely vindicated” after the “ill-conceived case” was dropped
  
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• British Army Gurkha engineers to fly to Nepal earthquake zone

  27-04-2015 22:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The dozen Gurkha troops are expected to be followed by more military liaison teams, as the United Nations warned a "massive" aid operation was now needed.
  
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• Colonel Tim Collins OBE: The inspirational soldier whose pre-Iraq speech is said to hang in the Oval Office

  27-04-2015 22:01
  
  Colonel Tim Collins OBE is a charismatic figure best known for an inspirational speech given to the troops under his command shortly before the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
  
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• Sound of crinkling tin foil can cause seizures in cats

  27-04-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Even deaf cats can end up unconscious after hearing the sound of crinkling tin foil, say vets
  
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• Lads end up in Spain after boozy night out in West Midlands

  27-04-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matt Weyman and three of his mates caught the first flight from Birmingham Airport in an impromptu trip to the Costa Del Sol
  
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• Defence contractor run by Colonel Tim Collins OBE under investigation for fraud in Afghanistan

  27-04-2015 21:58
  
  A defence contractor run by one of Britain’s best-known military figures is under criminal investigation by the US government’s watchdog against fraud and waste in Afghanistan, The Independent can reveal.
  
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• Moment thief steals sat nav from injured pensioner's crashed car in Manchester

  27-04-2015 21:53 via
  
  A man wearing purple shorts was photographed leaving the scene after a sat nav was stolen from a 73-year-old injured pensioner's crashed car in Hulme, Manchester.
  
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• General Election 2015: The ringing business endorsement of the Tories - organised by Conservative Central Office

  27-04-2015 21:46
  The Conservatives faced embarrassment after a letter signed by 5,000 small businesses endorsing their policies and attacking Labour’s handling of the economy started to unravel.
  
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• Inquest hears of 'most appalling tragedy' of children killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in Corfu bungalow

  27-04-2015 21:45
  
  A happy half-term holiday in Corfu became “the most appalling tragedy” when two young children died from carbon monoxide poisoning, a coroner has said.
  
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• Nurse who committed string of 'depraved' sexual assaults including rape of unconscious patients jailed for 18 years

  27-04-2015 21:38
  
  A nurse who filmed himself raping unconscious patients in A&E has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
  
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