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• Heartbreaking notice invites public to funeral of abandoned baby found dead on cycle path

  28-04-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The remains of the six-week-old baby boy were discovered on an old railway path in the Seafield area of Edinburgh in July 2013
  
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• Bernie Sanders to challenge Hillary Clinton from the left in 2016 election

  28-04-2015 23:52
  
  Independent senator from Vermont will provide progressive test for Clinton as a Democrat in battle for party’s presidential nominationBernie Sanders, the Vermont senator whose clarion warnings on climate change and full-throated calls for banking reforms have made him a favorite among progressives, plans on Thursday to announce that he will challenge Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for US president, his advisers have indicated.“Bernie for a while has said he’s going to make a
  
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• Lindsay Sandiford: Brit death row gran 'deeply saddened' by Indonesia executions

  28-04-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lindsay Sandiford, who is facing death by firing squad for drugs offences, described the deaths as "senseless" and "brutal"
  
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• The Giro d'Italia will be the defining race of Richie Porte's cycling career

  28-04-2015 23:45
  
  If the Australian is to go the distance in Italy he will need to shrug off a wayward record over three weeks that has blighted his pastTo a dull reception on the deserted slopes of the Col d’Eze in March, Richie Porte became a two-times champion at Paris-Nice after a dominant ride in the final day’s mountain time trial. Less than a week later he notched another major win, further south in Catalonia, overshadowing three Grand Tour winners no less, to collect another narrow but deserved overal
  
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• Nigel Farage takes to the streets of Ramsgate as he stakes his political future on South Thanet win

  28-04-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror columnist Paul Routledge follows the UKIP leader on the campaign trail to assess the competition and the mood among the local voters
  
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• Watch Michael Fallon dodge Trident questions as Labour accuse Tories of 'playing politics with nuclear deterrent'

  28-04-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  On six occasions the Defence Secretary refused to confirm whether they would vote with a minority Ed Miliband government to renew the system
  
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• Nigerian army 'rescues 200 girls and 93 women' in strike against Boko Haram

  28-04-2015 23:42
  
  Hostages in process of being identified but army spokesman says they are not those kidnapped from Chibok last year
  Nigeria’s military has claimed to have rescued 200 girls and 93 women from a notorious Boko Haram stronghold, but an army official said they were not those kidnapped from Chibok a year ago.“Troops have this afternoon captured & destroyed three camps of terrorists inside the Sambisa forest & rescued 200 girls & 93 women,” defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said in a
  
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• Bayern Munich miss all their penalties in Borussia Dortmund defeat

  28-04-2015 23:39
  
  • Bayern Munich 1-1 Borussia Dortmund (Dortmund win 2-0 on pens)
  • Relive the action with Gregg Bakowski’s MBM report of the matchThe holders Bayern Munich slumped out of the German Cup, losing 2-0 on penalties to Borussia Dortmund in the semi-final after failing to score any of their spot-kicks as their hopes of repeating their 2013 treble were dashed.Bayern, who won the Bundesliga title on Sunday, missed all four of their penalties after a 1-1 draw following extra time as Dortmund, beate
  
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• Nick Hewer: The trouble with our trains is red tape peacocks and commuters

  28-04-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lord Sugar's former advisor on The Apprentice tries to sort out Britain's rail chaos with former colleague Margaret Mountford
  
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• Filthy hospital ward 'cleaned' by private firm fuels fears Tory privatisation putting public at risk

  28-04-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  G4S, handed a new contract at Lister Hospital, vowed to “rectify the issues” highlighted in our photos showing bags of clinical waste strewn across wards
  
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• Karen Buckley funeral: Heartbroken friends cry in the rain as murdered student is laid to rest

  28-04-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Karen’s dad John also broke down as his only daughter’s coffin was carried from their local church
  
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• Labour plans for maths until 18 'best protection' against unemployment

  28-04-2015 23:30
  
  Academics and policymakers endorse plans after report finds a quarter of adults in England have maths skills of a 10-year-oldLabour’s plans to ensure all pupils in England continue to study maths past the age of 16 have been endorsed by leading mathematicians and policymakers, who argued that improved numeracy skills were the “best protection” against unemployment for young people.Without the language of maths you are disenfranchised from making critical decisions Continue reading...
  
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• Eddie Howe writes new chapter for Bournemouth – now for the legacy

  28-04-2015 23:30
  
  With the Premier League looming it’s stadium logistics, squad rebuilding and a dream trip to childhood favourites Everton for Bournemouth’s manager
  • ‘Amazing journey does not seem real’
  • Bargain buys who powered promotion bid
  • We can survive in Premier League, says chairman Jeff Mostyn
  • Bournemouth all but promoted to after win over BoltonIt was approaching 11pm on Monday night by the time Eddie Howe, his back slapped raw with countless congratulations, extricated himself fro
  
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• Ed Miliband aims to engage non-voting youth with Russell Brand encounter

  28-04-2015 23:30
  
  Labour leader tries to shift campaign to higher gear by debating with comedian and then focusing attention on scale of tax credit cuts Tories would imposeEd Miliband is seeking to shift up a gear in his election campaign with the broadcast of a surprise conversation with comedian Russell Brand about the value of voting and a warning about to the threat to living standards posed by Conservative spending cuts.The Labour leader agreed to be interviewed on camera by the iconoclastic comedian, who ha
  
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• Bugsy Malone review – splurge-gun turf wars and cutesy molls

  28-04-2015 23:30
  
  Lyric Hammersmith, London
  The young cast strut, smoulder and hoof their hearts out, but this adaptation of Alan Parker’s 1975 film has nothing new to say about the gangster-movie traditionThis radically redeveloped theatre positively brims with youthful energy. Before the show, spectators get to tour the new, two-storey Reuben Foundation Wing where budding actors, dancers, musicians and film-makers ply their craft in ideal spaces. And the main stage is occupied by a re-creation of the celebrat
  
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• Traffic warden resigns after video shows her slapping ticket on taxi driver's cab moments after car crash

  28-04-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The clip, filmed in Manchester city centre, has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube
  
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• Traffic warden resigns after new video shows her slapping ticket on taxi driver's cab moments after car crash

  28-04-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The clip, filmed in Manchester city centre, has been viewed more than a million times on YouTube
  
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• Vietnam War by Associated Press photographers

  28-04-2015 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AP photographers mark 40th anniversary of fall of Saigon
  
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• Shocking effects of air pollution revealed: 600,000 die from it EACH year

  28-04-2015 23:21
  
  POISONOUS gases polluting the air has become a TRILLION pound problem, killing 600,000 people across Europe each year, according to a shocking new report.
  
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• Ed Miliband goes for grass roots politics in back garden speeches

  28-04-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader, again using his trusty travelling lectern, pledged to sort out David Cameron’s botched borders policies if he takes power next week
  
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• Granny molested by daughter's partner for THREE YEARS before she bravely told anybody

  28-04-2015 23:17
  
  A GRANDMOTHER was horrifically molested by her daughter's partner for THREE YEARS before she finally told anybody, a court heard.
  
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• Ed Miliband hires Bourne director Paul Greengrass to film portrait

  28-04-2015 23:15 via
  
  The five-minute party political broadcast was produced by the Labour-supporting Hollywood director Paul Greengrass, who teamed up with Matt Damon for the hit Bourne movies.
  
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• Ninety-year-old tortoise gets wheels for legs after rat attack - video

  28-04-2015 23:14
  
  A tortoise in Pembroke, west Wales, who faced a grim future after it was attacked by a rat during hibernation, has been given a new lease of life by its owners. They have aided their pet, named Mrs T, with wheels taken from a model aircraft to help with its mobility. The wheels are glued onto a frame that fits around Mrs T's shell Continue reading...
  
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• The families revealing everything they've ever bought online

  28-04-2015 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chinese families revealing their internet shopping habits
  
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• On the ground at the Nepal earthquake: Survivors' fury that 'no one has helped us'

  28-04-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirrorman Andy Lines reports from remote mountain villages where locals praying loved ones are still alive are angry at the absence of rescue teams
  
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• Karen Danczuk wants to be an MP to bring Parliament 'back to reality'

  28-04-2015 23:04 via
  
  The glamorous Labour councillor, who shot to fame after posting a string of selfie photographs on Twitter (right), said Parliament needed people like her ‘to bring it back down to reality’.
  
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• Cancer trial will see tiny radioactive balls delivered straight to tumour

  28-04-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Tiny radioactive balls will be delivered straight to the tumour in a groundbreaking trial in Oxford
  
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• Teddy Houlston, the newborn who gave his organs to save a life, inspires a surge in donors

  28-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daily Mirror joined the tot's family to launch TeddysStory campaign and NHS chiefs have been stunned by the response, with 15,000 signing up
  
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• ITV tells Towie cast not to plug controversial Protein World after 'sexist' Beach Body Ready ad

  28-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reality star Mario Falcone did a photo shoot for the company but now station bosses have banned their talent from taking money to tweet about the diet products
  
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• Fat cat bosses enjoy a £350,000 pay rise with Royal Dutch Shell chief the top earner on £19.5m

  28-04-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The High Pay Centre studied the reports of 57 major UK firms and revealed that David Cameron's ally Martin Sorrell was set to make £40m for last year
  
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• England’s Ben Morgan aiming at World Cup three months after breaking leg

  28-04-2015 23:00
  
  • Morgan broke leg playing for Gloucester in January
  • ‘My goal is to be available for World Cup warm-up matches’
  • Morgan to miss Six Nations campaign after breaking leg Ben Morgan expects to be fit to play in England’s World Cup warm-up matches as he recovers from a broken leg he suffered in January. The injury was so severe the Gloucester No8’s prospects of playing in the tournament were regarded as borderline but he has treated the biggest setback in his career as a positive.Th
  
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• Critics of Steffon Armitage’s England selection looking for ‘an excuse’

  28-04-2015 23:00
  
  • England players fear dressing-room unrest if Armitage selected
  • ‘He’s world class and a really good bloke,’ says Toulon team-mate
  • Stuart Lancaster should stand firm on Armitage, despite Australia’s change
  Claims that picking Steffon Armitage would undermine England team spirit at the World Cup have been dismissed as naive by the flanker’s Toulon club-mate Drew Mitchell. The Australian reckons Armitage would add a fresh dimension to the squad and says the Wallabies would pref
  
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• Bournemouth iDebate: Panelists discuss whether political chaos on May 8 would be a good thing for British democracy

  28-04-2015 22:48
  The i paper descended on Bournemouth to host the latest in a series of student iDebates. Students and members of the public were invited to listen to our panelists discuss the motion “Political chaos on May 8 would be a good thing for British democracy”.
  
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• Bali Nine: Eight drug smugglers killed by firing squad in Indonesia

  28-04-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The drug traffickers have been killed by Indonesian authorities despite international pleas for their lives to be speared
  
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• Bali Nine: Eight drug smugglers executed by firing squad in Indonesia

  28-04-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The drug traffickers have been killed by Indonesian authorities despite international pleas for their lives to be speared
  
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• Controversial 'Beach body ready?' advert to be pulled from Tube following furious backlash

  28-04-2015 22:40
  
  A WEIGHT-LOSS advert which has caused an angry backlash from the horrified commuters has been pulled by Transport for London .
  
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• Watch hilarious moment barefooted man chases runaway CAMEL along busy motorway

  28-04-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The hilarious scene was spotted by a young English family in Abu Dhabi
  
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• Royal Mail adds 'Mr and Mr' to online address options after gay discrimination claims

  28-04-2015 22:37
  
  GAY couples are to be officially recognised by the Royal Mail after bosses at the company agreed to introduce ‘Mr and Mr’ and ‘Mrs and Mrs’ titles to its website.
  
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• Wikileaks founder Julian Assange wins appeals fight over rape claims

  28-04-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The breakthrough comes after the Australian campaigner has been holed up in Ecuadorian embassy in London for three years
  
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• Wikileaks founder Julian Assange wins appeals fight

  28-04-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The breakthrough comes after the Australian campaigner has been holed up in Ecuadorian embassy in London for three years
  
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• Iain Duncan Smith fails to show up for General Election hustings in his own constituency

  28-04-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sister of David Clapson, the diabetic ex-soldier who died after having his benefits cut, was there to protest and said Tory ministers were too scared to defend their record
  
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• Serial killer Dennis Nilsen's house of horrors London flat goes on sale for bargain £300k

  28-04-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This is the second time in a year 23D Cranley Gardens has been on the market
  
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• Pictured: Inside Chernobyl exclusion zone where humans won't be able to live for 20,000 years

  28-04-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A daredevil scientist known only as Bioneard scaled missile defence towers, got bitten by 'radioactive' ants and ate contaminated apples
  
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• James Holmes trial: Pregnant wife told husband she'd look after baby after he was shot by Batman cinema killer

  28-04-2015 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nine-months pregnant Katie Medley was sat next to husband Caleb when he was shot in the head sitting in his cinema seat
  
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• James Holmes: Pregnant wife told husband she'd look after baby after he was shot by Batman cinema killer

  28-04-2015 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nine-months pregnant Katie Medley was sat next to husband Caleb when he was shot in the head sitting in his cinema seat
  
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• Disabled rights campaigner wins right to challenge country's top prosecutor over assisted suicide

  28-04-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nikki Kenward claims ruling by Alison Saunders to make prosecution of medics less likely is 'liberalising law on assisted suicide'
  
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• 'I went to bed as a 32-year-old single mum and woke up a 15-year-old schoolgirl'

  28-04-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Traumatised Naomi Jacobs believed she was still in 1992 and couldn't remember her own son or major events like 9/11 after suffering amnesia attack
  
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• Andy McSmith's Sketch: Russell Brand's interview with Ed Miliband went so well he might even vote

  28-04-2015 21:47
  
  There was a running joke on social media at Russell Brand’s expense, which went like this: you take a portentous Russell Brand quotation, and after it you cry: “Parklife!” In the one-minute trailer for the interview that Brand did with Ed Miliband, you hear him ask: “For me, what I have learnt is that because of geopolitical influences, because of global finance, it seems that it’s very difficult at a domestic level to leverage serious influence.”
  
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• Fat finger of blame points to us not diet billboards

  28-04-2015 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alison Phillips says people shouldn't be offended by adverts encouraging us to be healthy
  
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• Royal baby news: Did heavily pregnant Kate Middleton go swimming with George to try to induce labour?

  28-04-2015 21:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The heavily-pregnant Duchess is thought to have taken Prince George for a swim at Buckingham Palace
  
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