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• Pictured: Paedophile jailed by appeal judges after original suspended sentence deemed too soft

  05-05-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thomas Michael Murtagh, who abused two young girls in the 1960s and 1970s, had "waited years" for the police to come knocking
  
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• Assisted suicide trial: 'I feel I've murdered you' said woman who bought lethal gas for friend

  05-05-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A court was told Amelia Caller, 22, who denies assisting suicide, knew Emma Crossman planned to kill herself
  
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• UK weather: Iberian plume set to waft in warmer temperatures after this week's gales

  05-05-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Met Office predicting milder temperatures from Sunday as wet and windy weather continues this week
  
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• Ukip sacks candidate Robert Blay for threatening to shoot his Tory rival

  05-05-2015 23:46
  
  Ukip’s penultimate day of campaigning appeared to spontaneously combust after a series of embarrassing incidents, including the suspension of a parliamentary candidate who was recorded threatening to shoot his Conservative rival.
  
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• General Election 2015: Ukip sacks candidate who threatened to shoot his Tory rival

  05-05-2015 23:46
  
  Ukip’s penultimate day of campaigning appeared to spontaneously combust after a series of embarrassing incidents, including the suspension of a parliamentary candidate who was recorded threatening to shoot his Conservative rival.
  
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• First baby born on the NHS owes the lives of her own children to our amazing health care

  05-05-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aneira Thomas was the very first baby born on the NHS after the clocks chimed midnight on July 5, 1948
  
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• Astronomers discover galaxy with the most ancient light seen by human eyes in the known universe

  05-05-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  University scientists used three different telescopes to spot and then calculate the age of the blurry infant galaxy - which is 13.1 billion light years away
  
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• Diet drug blamed for death of boxer Lance Ferguson- Prayogg who collapsed after he left ring 

  05-05-2015 23:40 via
  
  Father-of-one Lance Ferguson-Prayogg, 32, lost consciousness after losing the fight against Shaun White at The Forum in Nottingham last June. He died in hospital two days later.
  
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• Police raid Newcastle owner Mike Ashley's HQ as they step up investigations into Craig Whyte and Charles Green Rangers takeovers

  05-05-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police Scotland confirmed that officers had searched a property in Derbyshire but would not comment further
  
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• SNP suspends ringleaders of mob who confronted Jim Murphy and Eddie Izzard

  05-05-2015 23:36 via
  
  Hard-line separatists James Scott (pictured in Glasgow today) and Piers Doughty-Brown were suspended by the SNP for their party in yesterday's angry confrontation of Jim Murphy yesterday.
  
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• Bristol Council mocked for double yellows that are just 39 inches long

  05-05-2015 23:35 via
  
  Mayor of Bristol George Ferguson defended the tiny yellow lines, pictured, claiming they will help stop inconsiderate parking, but businesses claim the council's anti-motorist agenda will scare away shoppers.
  
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• Jesus as a boy: Italian police unveil photofit based on evidence from Shroud of Turin

  05-05-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The image was released in conjunction with a TV show surrounding forensic studies on the shroud
  
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• Remember those killed by Tory austerity when you cast your vote on Thursday

  05-05-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ros Wynne-Jones says this election is the story of how ordinary people who had nothing to do with causing the financial crisis have paid for the recovery in blood
  
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• It's 'unethical' for doctors to do private and NHS work, says top cardiologist

  05-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Private practice creates the "perverse incentive" to increase NHS waiting times
  
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• Coronation Street bosses deny there's a crisis on the cobbles as top stars quit the soap

  05-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fans have been left in shock after big-name stars Alison King and Craig Charles announced that they were quitting the cobbles within days of each other
  
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• Nightclub boss faces 'years in jail' after using business as a 'lair to sexually assault young women'

  05-05-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The owner of Cardiff's Charlie Browns bar was seen raping a university student on CCTV
  
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• Lesbian couple refused entry to G-A-Y while out celebrating hen party with friends

  05-05-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jes Stretton and Charlotte Bamber say their night was ruined when bouncers at the Manchester Gay Village club refused them entry - because they were a hen party
  
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• Tories and David Cameron savaged by former Prime Minister John Major in huge election blow

  05-05-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Speaking at the exclusive Tory Reform Group annual dinner, the former PM attacked Cameron’s failure to tackle growing inequality and poor educational standards
  
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• Fatcat Tories in final £1.4million funding push to try and secure election victory

  05-05-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Property tycoons, an oil baron, hedge fund and investment managers and even an aristocrat donated 10 times what Labour received in the same period
  
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• How new DVLA driving licence changes could leave you stranded at an airport abroad

  05-05-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Motoring experts are warning that the changes could have a huge impact on your summer holiday
  
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• Bad news building for Tories on eve of General Election as construction sector slows

  05-05-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Output slowed to a near two-year low in April, figures from Markit and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply revealed
  
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• General Election 2015: Women would suffer £7.8bn of £8.6bn cuts to tax credits and child benefit under Tories, say Labour

  05-05-2015 23:09
  Women would suffer £7.8bn of £8.6bn of cuts to tax credits and child benefit the Conservatives would implement if they retain power, Labour have claimed.
  
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• General Election 2015: Women would suffer £7.8bn of £8.6bn cuts to tax credits and child benefit under Tories, Labour says

  05-05-2015 23:09
  Women would suffer £7.8bn of £8.6bn of cuts to tax credits and child benefit the Conservatives would implement if they retain power, Labour have claimed.
  
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• Nick Clegg says voters must back Liberal Democrats to avoid 'shambles' of second General Election

  05-05-2015 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clegg, thought to favour a second deal with the Tories over Labour, said only his party could offer “stability” in the event of another hung Parliament
  
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• General Election 2015: Post-election 'shambles' looms as 70 per cent of voters say SNP should not be able to veto UK government policies

  05-05-2015 23:06
  Fears that the next government will be hamstrung by claims that it lacks democratic legitimacy have been intensified by new research for The Independent suggesting that seven out of 10 people believe the Scottish National Party (SNP) should not be able to veto any UK government policies if they do not affect Scotland.
  
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• Teacher at George Osborne's former school admits to indecent images of children

  05-05-2015 23:05 via
  
  Anthony Fuggle, pictured, admitted 13 charges relating to possession and making indecent images of children. The 58-year-old taught classics at Colet Court in Barnes, south west London.
  
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• Saudis' UK-made war jets outnumber RAF's

  05-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Saudi Arabia has twice as many British-made warplanes than those that are available for the entire Royal Air Force
  
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• David Cameron to declare victory on Friday without a coalition deal

  05-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prime Minister will insist Conservatives are legitimate winners if finish as the largest party, as George Osborne warns of fresh economic crisis
  
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• Flying DRONES being used to smuggle drugs, weapons and mobile phones to prisoners in jail

  05-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ministry of Justice figures have revealed at least seven attempts to smuggle goods to lags have been uncovered in the last year
  
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• Ed Miliband's impassioned plea to ex-Labour voters to 'come back home to where your heart is'

  05-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a stirring message, the party leader calls on those thinking of voting Lib Dem, Green or UKIP to help him “get rid” of David Cameron
  
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• Heartbreak at death of young mum whose cancer was dismissed as signs of pregnancy

  05-05-2015 22:57
  
  THE family of a young mother whose cancer symptoms were blamed on pregnancy have been left with “nothing” after losing her and their life savings to the disease.
  
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• Pakistan gives last-minute stay of execution to Shafqat Hussain

  05-05-2015 22:56 via
  
  Shafqat Hussain (pictured) was due to be executed tomorrow but his lawyers have argued that he was only 14 when he was inhumanely tortured for days before he gave a 'false confession'.
  
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• Trial of Benefits Street's Black Dee on drug and gun charges delayed by 'non-viewer' jury selection

  05-05-2015 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The trial of Samora Roberts, 33, will now begin on Wednesday after the judge insisted on jurors who had not seen the programme
  
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• Raheela Imran whose throat was slit by husband Imran Sharif pictured

  05-05-2015 22:53 via
  
  Father-of-four Imran Sharif, 44, of Slough, Berkshire, slashed his wife Raheela's neck in a fit of jealous rage before he hid the murder weapon, stashed his blood-stained clothes in his car and went to work.
  
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• Andrew Shires in court accused of glassing Chloe Knapton in Holmfirth

  05-05-2015 22:52 via
  
  Andrew Shires, 37, from Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent following an attack on 21-year-old dancer Chloe Knapton last month.
  
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• John Joseph Shannon: Inquest into Brit found dead alongside baby daughter in Gibraltar flat begins

  05-05-2015 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police believe the 31-year-old and his four-year-old child were stabbed by his Spanish partner, who then took her own life
  
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• Criminal 'stole his own lawyer's mobile phone during court appearance'

  05-05-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bobby Heath, 25, was charged with the theft after appearing at Bexley Magistrates' Court
  
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• War veteran Edwin Mee found guilty of sexually abusing women

  05-05-2015 22:50 via
  
  Sergeant Edwin 'Jock' Mee, 46, formerly of Croydon, south London, abused his power to 'bully and groom' cadets after swapping the excitement of the battlefield for a 'dull' job as a desk-bound recruiter.
  
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• General election: Labour retain narrow lead but undecided voters could hold the key to victory

  05-05-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The findings of our Mirror/Survation poll make grim reading for Mr Cameron, who needs a late swing towards the Tories if he is to remain in Downing Street
  
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• Kate Middleton's Princess Charlotte's future face predicted by forensic artist

  05-05-2015 22:45 via
  
  Joe Mullins is an American forensic artist. He has created a glimpse of Princess Charlotte as a young girl by taking pictures of Kate and William and merging their facial features.
  
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• Westminster MPs to receive iPads as they swear into Commons

  05-05-2015 22:45 via
  
  Induction arrangements for new MPs will also see them given a Parliamentary 'buddy' to guide them around the Palace of Westminster when they arrive after the election.
  
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• Police officer suspended after accidentally shooting his own MOTHER at a wedding

  05-05-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kentucky Detective Cory Golightly was attending the service when he began adjusting his jacket. As he did his handgun fell and discharged sending a bullet ricocheting off the ground
  
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• Stinson Hunter claims another scalp as online predator is jailed for 15 months

  05-05-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hunter straddled the moving car in pursuit of of the paedophile
  
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• General Election 2015: Ed Miliband's unlikely journey from hapless geek to heart-throb

  05-05-2015 22:39
  
  Simply by happening to be on the 18.55 train from Chester to Crewe three Saturdays ago Debbie Jackson, 55, may have had more impact on this election than she imagined.
  
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• Mum in 'utter shock' after giving birth to her two children on the same days as Kate Middleton

  05-05-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 35-year-old said: "It is a huge coincidence - we just can't believe it"
  
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• ‘I keep thinking I have murdered you’ tragic text of woman accused of assisted suicide

  05-05-2015 22:33
  
  A YOUNG woman accused of helping her best friend to commit suicide bought her canisters of gas then texted her “I keep thinking I have murdered you”, a court heard.
  
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• Mediterranean migrants rescued from rubber dinghy as dozens die in journey

  05-05-2015 22:31 via
  
  News of the deaths came as the latest survivors (pictured) were plucked from overcrowded boats and taken to the Sicilian harbour of Pozzallo amid the escalating migrant crisis.
  
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• Former Rolling Stones star Bill Wyman's vintage car collection to fetch £65k at auction

  05-05-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bill Wyman drove Citreon Maserati and Mercedes-Benz to studio for recording of band's most celebrated work
  
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• Fat burning drugs caused boxer death

  05-05-2015 22:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lance Ferguson-Prayogg, who collapsed after a 'white collar' boxing match in Liverpool, had taken T5 weight loss drugs, inquest finds
  
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• CNN drone footage reveals scale of Kobane destruction in Syria

  05-05-2015 21:51 via
  
  The video, shot exclusively for CNN by cameraman Gabriel Chaim, was taken on board a drone as it was flown over obliterated buildings of the once thriving town.
  
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