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• Former driving instructor jailed for 17 years after killing his wife in deliberate car crash

  07-05-2015 23:59
  
  A former driving instructor has been convicted of murdering his wife after he deliberately drove their car into a motorway embankment.
  
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• Teenage bone cancer survivor wears heels for first time after her leg is stretched to correct length

  07-05-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brave Sophie Hartley can now wear killer heels like her friends after one of her legs was lengthened over a four-month period
  
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• Scotland exit poll predicts SNP will wipe out Labour with big-name general election casualties

  07-05-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky would represent a loss of more than 40 seats for Labour and condemn Ed Miliband to defeat in his bid to become Prime Minister, writes Jeremy Armstrong in Glasgow
  
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• General Election 2015: SNP 'delighted at prediction' as exit poll forecasts party winning all but one seat in Scotland

  07-05-2015 23:55
  The “tectonic plates” of Scottish politics have moved in favour of the SNP, the party has claimed as the first exit poll of the general election predicted it would win all but one of the country’s 59 Westminster seats.
  
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• General Election 2015: SNP claims to have replaced Labour as the party of the working classes as exit poll forecasts victory in all but one Scottish seat

  07-05-2015 23:55
  A “sea change” has taken place in Scottish politics with the SNP eclipsing Labour as the party of the working classes, sources said as the first exit poll of the general election predicted it would win all but one of the country’s 59 Westminster seats.
  
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• Police probe claims of voter intimidation by ‘burly’ nationalists

  07-05-2015 23:55
  
  POLICE were last night investigating claims “burly” SNP supporters turned people away from a polling station.
  
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• Man pulls knife after being accused of stealing lap dancer's knickers

  07-05-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam Strong is given community order after admitting threatening behaviour after pulling knife when accused of stealing garment
  
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• Grandmother eating Nature Valley granola bar finds bag of COCAINE in the wrapper

  07-05-2015 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After testing the bag of white powder, police told the 60-year-old: "Congratulations, this is high-quality cocaine"
  
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• Captain Kidd's lost treasure, a 50kg ingot, discovered off the coast of Madagascar

  07-05-2015 23:51 via
  
  Soldiers have been guarding the 50kg bar on Sainte Marie Island, Madagascar, after it was brought ashore by divers led by US underwater archaeological explorer, Barry Clifford.
  
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• General Election 2015: Pound surges following shock exit poll that forecasts Conservatives as the largest party

  07-05-2015 23:49
  The pound surged instantly as the exit poll suggested a Tory election "win" and investors toasted the prospect of continuity in Britain's current austerity policies.
  
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• Silhouette of the Queen appears in image of volcanic plume of ash

  07-05-2015 23:49 via
  
  Amateur photographer Hernando Rivera Cervantes caught pictures of the Volcán de Colima erupting last month, set against a starry backdrop in south west Mexico.
  
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• General Election 2015: Five more years of Tory misery as exit polls suggest David Cameron has biggest vote

  07-05-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It means the PM who has subjected the country to savage public service cuts, a cost-of-living crisis could once again be propped up by a Lib Dem partner in a coalition
  
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• 22 years in jail for depraved, drug-fuelled killer of prostitute

  07-05-2015 23:48
  
  A MAN who murdered a prostitute and raped two other call girls beside her corpse while his young son slept nearby has been jailed for life.
  
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• 'Longer lasting sex' company preyed on vulnerable men with claims their penises would shrink

  07-05-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Advanced Medical Institute pressured clients who forked out £78 million on nasal sex spray but face potential claims for compensation
  
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• England football legend Jimmy Greaves is out of intensive care after his stroke

  07-05-2015 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 75-year-old former soccer ace and TV presenter is sitting up in his hospital bed, his family say as they thank his army of well-wishers
  
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• Libyan soldiers rape trial: Alleged victim told police 'They were horrendous, they weren’t human'

  07-05-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The soldiers, based at Bassingbourn barracks, deny attacking the man near the centre of Cambridge
  
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• We’ve found the lost treasure of Captain Kidd

  07-05-2015 23:44
  
  ARCHAEOLOGISTS believe they have solved one of history’s greatest mysteries by discovering Captain Kidd’s pirate treasure.
  
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• Boost for holidaymakers as pound soars

  07-05-2015 23:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  News of a likely Tory victory sends the value of the pound up against the dollar and the euro
  
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• General election 2015 RECAP on our live updates after the UK went to the polls

  07-05-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Millions of Brits have gone to the polls today in the most uncertain General Election for decades - look back at the dramatic events from a day of voting
  
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• YouGov exit poll predicts a much closer race to win the General Election

  07-05-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two predictions after voting closed today have very different views of how Parliament may be made up by tomorrow - and YouGov suggests it will be a much closer fight
  
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• Exit poll show Tories are on course to form the next government - and they might go it alone

  07-05-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  So what does the exit poll mean?  Sunday People political editor Nigel Nelson explains the first indication of the General Election result 
  
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• This Morning doctor Chris Steele examines male and female breasts live on air

  07-05-2015 23:35 via
  
  The show's doctor Chris Steele was shown examining a woman's breasts live on TV while being quizzed by host Amanda Holden on how to spot the signs of cancer.
  
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• Royal Navy rescues 110 migrants floating in the Med in first mission since being dispatched

  07-05-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  HMS Bulwark was deployed in wake of migrant crisis which has cost the lives of 1,800 people this year
  
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• Want to lose weight? Eat SIX meals a day say nutrition experts in new study

  07-05-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eating little and often - like Jennifer Aniston - could help dieters achieve a healthy weight loss
  
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• Pensioner outside Lindo Wing waiting for Princess Charlotte missed announcement

  07-05-2015 23:33 via
  
  Terry Hutt heard a huge cheer go up and realised that he had missed the announcement of Princess Charlotte's birth, after spending two weeks outside the London hospital.
  
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• General Election 2015: The best and the worst of the campaign in amazing pictures

  07-05-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  These are the images that defined the 2015 election and can never be deleted from our memories
  
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• Detonated device found in County Down

  07-05-2015 23:30
  
  In the latest of a series of violent attacks in Northern Ireland, a detonated explosive device has been found in County Down.
  
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• Charlie Hebdo: Al-Qaeda chief who claimed responsibility for Paris killings 'dies in US airstrike'

  07-05-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nasser bin Ali Al-Ansi's death has been announced by a jihadist monitoring group
  
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• Woman Spitfire pilot aged 92 takes to the skies to mark VE Day

  07-05-2015 23:24
  
  A WARTIME woman pilot has taken to the skies again in a Spitfire to celebrate VE Day.
  
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• Islamic cleric blames women for earthquakes because of the way they dress

  07-05-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hojatoleslam Kazim Sadeghi says women who dress provocatively cause earthquakes because they tempt people into promiscuity
  
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• General Election 2015: Lowest turnout in the country at Apathy Central - but why?

  07-05-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When Labour’s Lucy Powell won the seat in Manchester Central in a 2012 by-election, just 18% voted – the nation’s worst figure since the war
  
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• Fulham policeman tackles swarm of bees on pizza delivery motorbike

  07-05-2015 23:21 via
  
  Incredible images show the back of Basilico Pizza motorcycle in Fulham, London completely engulfed in yellow and black (pictured) as terrified locals try to run away from 'thousands' of bees.
  
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• London policeman rescues trapped baby by punching through car window

  07-05-2015 23:19
  
  A South London policeman used his hand to punch through a car window and rescue a trapped baby yesterday.
  
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• 14 years for thug who beat frail woman, 88, in her home

  07-05-2015 23:16
  
  A THUG attacked and robbed an 88-year-old woman in her home for just ?15 has been jailed for 14 years.
  
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• How to stop the glow of iPads and Kindles keeping you up with the blues all night

  07-05-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The light from handheld devices suppresses the melatonin that gets us to sleep but researchers think orange-tinted glasses could screen it out
  
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• Police investigate complaints voters were intimidated by SNP supporters

  07-05-2015 23:14 via
  
  Leader of the Scottish Tories Ruth Davidson has said two members of the public complained of intimidation while trying to vote in Annan in Dumfries and Galloway.
  
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• Election exit polls forecast 2015: who will win? 10.10 update

  07-05-2015 23:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  As polls close for general election 2015, we bring you the exit polls and earlier predictions
  
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• Princess Charlotte: Royal baby's bonnet was present bought in Spain by her nanny

  07-05-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mother of the live-in nanny for Duke and Duchess of Cambridge bought Princess Charlotte the bonnet from Spain.
  
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• Election exit polls forecast 2015: who will win?

  07-05-2015 23:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  As polls close for general election 2015, we bring you the exit polls and earlier predictions
  
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• General Election 2015: Who are the winners and losers after weeks of campaigning?

  07-05-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The results might not yet be in but here are the winners of the General Election 2015
  
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• General Election 2015: Live totaliser of parties' seats

  07-05-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Follow how Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, SNP, UKIP and other parties are faring in the battle for Number 10
  
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• Walk away your back pain: How a stroll could offer best cure

  07-05-2015 23:05
  
  A SIMPLE stroll is the easiest way to beat crippling back pain, experts say.
  
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• Was the inspiration for Pulp's Common People really Danae Stratou?

  07-05-2015 23:04 via
  
  Danae Stratou, the wife of Greek Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, studied at Central Saint Martins in London at the same time as Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker
  
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• Exit polls predict general election lead for Conservatives - but no majority

  07-05-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After the polls closed at 10pm, the first indications are the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats would have enough for a new coalition
  
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• Exit polls: Hung Parliament predicted in tightest election in a generation with Conservatives largest party

  07-05-2015 23:03
  Exit polls have predicted a hung Parliament, with the Conservatives the largest party in the tightest general election in more than 30 years.
  
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• Exit poll results: Forecast says Tories will win 316 seats - just 10 short of a majority, while SNP to take all but one seat in Scotland

  07-05-2015 23:03
  Exit polls have predicted a hung Parliament, with the Conservatives the largest party in the tightest general election in more than 30 years.
  
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• Businessman wins ban on friend revealing details of alleged sex party 

  07-05-2015 23:02 via
  
  The businessman - identified only as BUQ - is the Chief Executive Officer of a substantial group of companies and his former friend, known as HRE, was managing director of one of their subsidiaries.
  
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• The exit poll that will make Labour supporters happier than the BBC's one

  07-05-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour have a huge lead over the Conservatives in one poll
  
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• General election full results list and map 2015

  07-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Just the facts: easy to read full results of the 2015 UK election by constituency. We will be updating our results map live as the votes come in
  
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• General Election 2015: From the hugs to The Trews, what made the news in the campaign

  07-05-2015 22:54
  
  It has been one of the longest general election campaigns in history. Thanks to the Fixed Term Parliament Act, we have known the date of the election since September 2011 – the first time in British political history the date has been set in law independent of the Prime Minister’s control.
  
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