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• Windies stun England to tie series

  03-05-2015 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Indies tie the series with England at 1-1 after reaching a target of 192 to win the final Test in Barbados by five wickets.
  
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• Two men killed after light aircraft crashes into Scottish hillside as it attempts to land during poor weather

  03-05-2015 23:47 via
  
  Two men have died after a light aircraft, which was due to arrive at Dundee Airport yesterday lunchtime, crashed into a Scottish hillside during heavy rain and winds of up to 35mph.
  
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• Royal baby born: Recap as the wait for the princess to be named began

  03-05-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate Middleton and Prince William have welcomed visitors following the birth of their little girl on Saturday
  
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• Drinking out of bins and stripping off: Thousands of students at prestigious Cambridge University celebrate the start of the summer term with fancy dress and traditional drinking games that leave them unable to stand

  03-05-2015 23:40 via
  
  More than 2,000 undergraduates from Cambridge University descended on the city's Jesus Green for the annual 'Caesarian Sunday' drinking party today.
  
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• Care home worker 'found half-naked in bed sexually abusing elderly resident'

  03-05-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ryan Otey, 27, is accused of attacking the 76-year-old woman who had "limited mental faculties," police said
  
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• Old school Dennis Skinner is a breathe of fresh air leading up to the General Election

  03-05-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Maguire says Beast of Bolsover is a breath of fresh air when national campaigns are sterile, with David Cameron and Ed Miliband wrapped in cotton wool
  
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• Old school Dennis Skinner is a breath of fresh air leading up to the General Election

  03-05-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Maguire says the 'Beast of Bolsover' is a breath of fresh air in an election where the national campaigns are sterile, with David Cameron and Ed Miliband wrapped in cotton wool
  
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• David Cameron is using the Scots as the Hammer of Labour

  03-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Maguire says who is Prime Minister matters hugely and no voter should think he or she has a free hit, especially in Scotland
  
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• Arctic mission monitors ice shift

  03-05-2015 23:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's David Shukman reports on a mission to monitor how ice cover is changing in the far north.
  
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• Ethiopian Jews protest in Tel Aviv

  03-05-2015 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews protest against police brutality and racism in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, leading to violent clashes.
  
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• Kate Middleton wears Jenny Packham dress to leave hospital after having royal baby

  03-05-2015 23:24 via
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge wore a Jenny Packham shift when she emerged from Lindo Wing yesterday, the same designer behind the blue polka dot number after the birth of Prince George.
  
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• Nepal earthquake: Hungry villagers dive on food aid as relief effort hit by delays

  03-05-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Supplies are slowly starting to get through as crisis deepens in the earthquake-hit region
  
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• Son of Antique Roadshow's Eric Knowles killed in motorway crash

  03-05-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Seb Knowles, 26, was killed on the M40 in Buckinghamshire around 3.30am on Friday after his Mercedes collided with a lorry
  
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• Delia Smith: I'm backing Labour to save the NHS. It can't be treated like a supermarket

  03-05-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  She warns that another Tory government would be a “recipe for disaster” for the health service
  
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• Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn split

  03-05-2015 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former world number one golfer Tiger Woods and his skiing champion girlfriend Lindsey Vonn have split up, they have announced.
  
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• General Election 2015: David Cameron may attempt to form minority Tory government

  03-05-2015 23:08
  
  David Cameron might attempt to form a minority Conservative government after the election even if he failed to secure a coalition agreement or a majority of MPs in the House of Commons, it has emerged.
  
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• Dog owner watches in horror as coyote runs off with pet Yorkshire Terrier clamped between its jaws

  03-05-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The predatory critter was caught on camera stealing off with the much smaller canine from the garden of a house
  
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• Doting grandparents who married just two weeks after they met 60 years ago have both died of cancer seven days apart

  03-05-2015 23:07 via
  
  Loving grandparents Mary, 79, and Chris Scott, 82, from Swindon, Wiltshire, who married two weeks after meeting at a ballroom in 1956, have both died from cancer just seven days apart.
  
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• Murphy one frame up in final thriller

  03-05-2015 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shaun Murphy holds a narrow 9-8 lead over Stuart Bingham after a thrilling first day of the World Championship final at the Crucible.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon refuses to rule out independence referendum over Trident

  03-05-2015 22:51 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The First Minister refuses to disclose to the final Scottish leaders' TV debate whether a decision to renew Trident next year would meet her test for another referendum.
  
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• Scots leaders clash on spending cuts

  03-05-2015 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland's political leaders go head-to-head in a live TV debate and clash over public spending cuts in the next UK parliament.
  
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• Police 'extremely concerned' for missing schoolgirls

  03-05-2015 22:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Sammy Clarke, 14, and Siobhan Clarke, 15, were last seen leaving school on Friday in Essex to meet up with their 20-year-old male friend
  
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• Perthshire plane crash: Two found dead in wreckage of light aircraft which went missing in bad weather

  03-05-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were alerted when the plane failed to land in its scheduled slot at Dundee airport
  
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• Caravan, A Great British Love Story

  03-05-2015 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The very British world of caravanning
  
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• Shock as rugby league star Danny Jones dies after sudden heart attack during match

  03-05-2015 22:39
  
  RUGBY league fans are in shock after Welsh international Danny Jones died following a cardiac arrest on the pitch today.
  
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• General Election 2015: SNP would vote down a Labour budget, says Nicola Sturgeon

  03-05-2015 22:36
  
  The SNP will vote down a future Labour government’s Budget if it holds the balance of power at Westminster, Nicola Sturgeon has said.
  
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• Election choice: 200 more shocking reasons why you can't trust the Tories with the NHS

  03-05-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The second 200 of our stories from patients, medical staff and police of a Health Service struggling under the weight of Cameron's cuts and bungled reforms
  
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• VIDEO: China's old art of Peking Opera

  03-05-2015 22:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fu Wenyu is one of few young students trying to stop the old theatrical art of Peking Opera from dying out.
  
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• Last 'Irish pardon' soldier Phil Farrington dies aged 94

  03-05-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The WW2 veteran was involved in the Allied liberation of the Belsen concentration camp but was branded a deserter back home
  
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• BBC 'has chosen dream team' of Top Gear presenters to replace Jeremy Clarkson

  03-05-2015 22:25 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The new trio of presenters reportedly include former model Jodie Kidd and Life On Mars actor Philip Glenister
  
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• Election battle focuses on EU poll

  03-05-2015 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Cameron says he will "not bargain away" an EU referendum - as leaders lay out deal breakers for coalition talks.
  
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• Princess of Cambridge is already worth £80m as royal baby boosts economy

  03-05-2015 22:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince William and Kate's daughter expected to boost the economy by £1bn by the time she is 10
  
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• Some beards contain more poo than a toilet shocking study reveals

  03-05-2015 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  According to microbiologists, hairy faces could actually be dirtier than a loo because of the rancid bacteria that beards collect
  
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• Teenager, 16, who lost his voice when his windpipe was damaged during fight to save his life after heart attack six years ago has £100,000 operation to help him speak again

  03-05-2015 22:00 via
  
  Lewis Burns, from Glasgow, has only been able to communicate in a croaky whisper for the last six years - but could soon be able to speak once more thanks to the procedure.
  
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• Proposed changes for stressed ambulance staff could be 'catastrophic' for 999 patients

  03-05-2015 21:57
  
  STRESSED ambulance paramedics could be allowed to ignore urgent 999 calls if it's in the last hour of their shift - potentially putting seriously ill patients in danger.
  
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• Tiger Woods splits from girlfriend Lindsey Vonn as she blames their 'hectic schedules'

  03-05-2015 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Olympic alpine ski racer Vonn wrote on Facebook that Woods "and his beautiful family will always hold a special place in my heart"
  
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• Two people die in aircraft crash

  03-05-2015 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two people die after a light aircraft crashes near the Perthshire village of Abernyte, Police Scotland say.
  
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• Dramatic footage shows firefighters battling huge blaze which sent cloud of thick black smoke over city centre

  03-05-2015 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sixteen fire engines and three aerial appliances were at the scene of the inferno at a footwear factory
  
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• Elderly paedophile finally facing jail 30 years after his arrest

  03-05-2015 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Peter Farrands was found guilty last month of attacking two boys at the Folville junior school in the heart of Lord Janner’s Leicester constituency
  
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• General Election 2015: Tory election chief Lynton Crosby's firm planned to expand role of private healthcare in the UK

  03-05-2015 21:35
  A firm run by the Tories’ election chief, Lynton Crosby, devised a plan to lobby David Cameron to expand the role of private healthcare in the UK.
  
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• Thieves stole a pair of replica Ferraris from a car showroom then ditched them down the road when they ran out of fuel 

  03-05-2015 21:32 via
  
  Michael Jefferson, 29, and his accomplice smashed into the luxury car dealers in Brighouse, West Yorkshire, targeting two Ferrari GTO 250 replicas worth £60,000 each.
  
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• Freed women tell of Boko Haram horror

  03-05-2015 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former hostages held by Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria say some of their fellow captives were stoned to death by the militants.
  
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• General Election 2015: Your guide to what will happen after the election

  03-05-2015 21:25
  
  1. Labour “confidence and supply” government
  
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• Rugby player Jones dies after game

  03-05-2015 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Keighley Cougars rugby league player Danny Jones dies after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a game on Sunday.
  
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• General Election 2015: Fishing is on Nigel Farage's mind as he casts a line to the disaffected

  03-05-2015 21:16
  
  As the venue for Nigel Farage’s big election speech in Grimsby, the Victorian town hall was a good choice. Described in Pevsner’s Buildings of England as “both opulent and restrained”, it dates from the early 1860s when the town was rapidly rising to a dominance as the country’s premier fishing port, which it would sustain for most of the next century.
  
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• Jamie Oliver slams schools who let pupils get away with making fairy cakes as part of governments new compulsory cookery lessons 

  03-05-2015 21:09 via
  
  The 39-year-old chef has blasted the standard of cookery lessons being offered to schoolchildren and accused some schools of doing the bare minimum. He wants inspectors to check what is being taught.
  
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• Police search for missing Essex schoolgirls Sammy Clarke and Siobhan Clarke

  03-05-2015 21:08
  
  Police have launched an “extensive” search for two schoolgirls who went missing after arranging to meet a man two days ago.
  
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• Manhunt underway for father who 'kidnapped' his son, 3, from foster parents

  03-05-2015 21:08 via
  
  Robert Gurling (pictured) is only allowed contact with his three-year-old son under supervision but snatched the youngster yesterday. They were last seen in Great Notley near Braintree in Essex.
  
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• General Election 2015: Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg to be tackled over Living Wage plans

  03-05-2015 21:07
  
  Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg will be urged by religious and business leaders to ensure every UK worker earns at least the Living Wage.
  
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• Miriam Gonzalez Durantez: Everything’s on the menu, says Nick Clegg's wife – except politics

  03-05-2015 21:02
  
  International trade lawyer, wife of the deputy prime minister, mother to three boys, mentor to a quarter-of-a-million teenage girls, and now cook, food blogger, gardener and chocolate-maker: in the final stages of election campaigning Miriam Gonzalez Durantez has revealed so many strings to her bow that she can be heard from Glasgow down to Mid Wales, supporting the Liberal Democrat candidate for Montgomeryshire, Jane Dodds.
  
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