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• Ten promises made by the Conservatives

  08-05-2015 23:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The election is wrapped up and the Convervatives have won a majority. Will they stick to the promises they made in order to take power? Here are ten to look out for
  
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• Election results: Were you still still up when Ed Balls, Vince Cable and Jim Murphy lost?

  08-05-2015 23:56
  
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• Will the country ever truly be a United Kingdom again?

  08-05-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brian Reade says Labour, the Tories and Lib-Dems are finished so history and logic suggest the union will soon die too
  
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• Alastair Campbell admits he believed his own general election propaganda about Labour leader Ed Miliband

  08-05-2015 23:48 via
  
  Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell admitted he was 'wrong' to think Labour would win.He blamed it on failure to have a proper leadership contest when Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair.
  
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• Southwark shooting: Innocent woman shot in leg during street brawl

  08-05-2015 23:41
  
  POLICE are hunting for a gunman after a woman was shot in broad daylight in central London.
  
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• Bitter battle for Labour leadership - but who will emerge victorious?

  08-05-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Frontrunners include shadow health secretary Andy Burnham and shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper. Expect the race to get going soon
  
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• Parents 'bribe daughters with drugs to make them do chores and schoolwork'

  08-05-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joey and Chad Mudd are alleged to have given cannabis to the girls aged 13 and 14, as a "bargaining tool"
  
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• Dazzled by Australia's precious opals

  08-05-2015 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Already legally defined as Australia's "National Gemstone", the country's precious opals are punting for a new international designation - that of Global Heritage Stone Resource.
  
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• 'Ukip candidate' outside Downing Street bottled by angry campaigner - but all is not as it seems

  08-05-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This hilarious video seems to show a  violent altercation outside the Prime Minister's residence - but is it for real?
  
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• Royal baby: Prince Charles hopes his granddaughter Princess Charlotte will 'look after me when I am very old'

  08-05-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prince of Wales says that the royal family's new arrival is 'beautiful' adding that he was 'really hoping for a girl'
  
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• Prince Charles admits he is 'thrilled' with Princess Charlotte as he was hoping for a girl

  08-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The proud prince says his granddaughter is 'beautiful' as he chats to well-wishers in Dorset
  
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• 'My beautiful granddaughter Princess Charlotte will look after me,' says cheeky Charles

  08-05-2015 23:30
  
  PRINCE Charles has spoken publicly for the first time about his new granddaughter Princess Charlotte and confessed he wanted a girl to look after him when he is old.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon's glance suggests trouble as SNP issues warning to David Cameron

  08-05-2015 23:28 via
  
  Scotland has become a virtual one-party state following an astonishing performance from the SNPthat could see the party win as many as 56 of the 59 seats available in the country.
  
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• Family awarded $21 million after 'fatal hospital mix-up sees surgeons drill holes in mum's brain by mistake'

  08-05-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bimla Nayyar died after she went in for treatment on her jaw and ended up without the right side of her skull
  
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• Rotherhithe shooting: Woman blasted in the leg as she becomes caught up in street fight

  08-05-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a gunman after he fires bullet into the innocent woman's leg during a brawl 
  
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• 'Steaming drunk' Brits on Ryanair flight bound for Magaluf arrested after causing chaos on plane

  08-05-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The plane's crew called the police to report the boozed-up Brits after they caused havoc
  
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• General Election 2015: David and Samantha Cameron celebrate his crushing election victory with meal at posh London club

  08-05-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Champagne was no doubt on the menu tonight after Cameron's Tories defied the polls while Labour and the Lib Dems suffered an electoral bloodbath
  
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• Mhairi Black becomes youngest MP since 1667 after winning general election seat for SNP

  08-05-2015 23:10 via
  
  Mhairi Black, a 20-year-old student has pulled off one of the biggest shocks by taking Paisley and Renfrewshire seat from Labour heavyweight and former cabinet minister Douglas Alexander.
  
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• Markets soar and close on a high after Conservatives trounce Labour in general election

  08-05-2015 23:10 via
  
  As exit polls predicted the Tories would win 316 out of 650 seats the pound jumped 2 cents on the dollar to $1.54, though traders warned it could slip back due to uncertainty over an EU referendum.
  
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• Green Party celebrates as Caroline Lucas retains Brighton seat in general election while leader Natalie Bennet fails

  08-05-2015 23:10 via
  
  Ms Lucas will continue as her party's standard bearer after winning 22,871 votes, against Labour's effort of 14,904 in the seat she took for the first time in 2010.
  
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• General election memes poke fun at Labour and Liberal Democrat woes as SNP sweeps Scotland

  08-05-2015 23:10 via
  
  As the night proved disastrous for Labour and the Lib Dems, an array of hilarious mock-ups appeared on social media including one which compared the electoral map with Maggie Simpson.
  
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• Ed Miliband's 8ft election plinth listed on eBay after Labour leader stands down

  08-05-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pranksters take to the Internet to mock the plinth's future after Ed Miliband steps down
  
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• Man, 25, arrested on suspicion of mother's murder as police scour river for her missing five-year-old son

  08-05-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Roberto Martinez-Marinero turned himself in to police who fear he may have thrown his mother's five-year-old son into a nearby river
  
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• If looks could kill! Nicola Sturgeon's glance suggests there may be trouble ahead as SNP issues warning to David Cameron after turning Scotland into a virtual one-party state

  08-05-2015 23:02 via
  
  Scotland has become a virtual one-party state following an astonishing performance from the SNPthat could see the party win as many as 56 of the 59 seats available in the country.
  
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• Ed Miliband resigns as Labour leader after general election defeat

  08-05-2015 23:02 via
  
  Ed Miliband today stood shoulder-to-shoulder with David Cameron and Nick Clegg to remember Britain's war dead - in his final act as Labour leader after their election disaster.
  
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• Husband ditched me for a younger model and now I've slept with 50 toyboys

  08-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kerry Bamblett, 45, is enjoying life as a cougar after giving her ex-husband the boot for cheating on her with the wedding beautician
  
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• Drug dealer caged after calling cops following gun attacks on his dad and brother

  08-05-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cocaine and amphetamines were found in the home of Karl Dukes when police turned up
  
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• Man jailed for causing death of teenager after crashing stolen car into tree

  08-05-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam Gouthwaite, 28, was sent to prison after 16-year-old Adam McGunnigle died in the crash
  
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• Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg quits after general election defeat

  08-05-2015 22:56 via
  
  The outgoing Deputy Prime Minister admitted his party had suffered a 'cruel and punishing night' in which he was one of just eight of the 57 Liberal Democrat MPs to survive.
  
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• Conservatives win majority at Election 2015 as Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage all resign

  08-05-2015 22:56 via
  
  The polls closed at 10pm as Britain delivered its verdict on five years of Conservative-Lib Dem coalition. Ed Miliband's hopes of returning Labour to power after five years in opposition.
  
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• Rob Dial: Loving father batting cystic fibrosis died while waiting for transplant that could have saved his life

  08-05-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  His heartbroken wife said: "He was an idol to so many people and had a lot of friends. He will be missed"
  
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• Nigel Farage QUITS after failing to get elected: Ukip wins just one seat in general election

  08-05-2015 22:50 via
  
  The straight-talking Ukip leader, whose party today became the country's third most popular, had promised to step aside if he did not succeed in becoming MP for South Thanet against the Tories.
  
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• David Dimbleby loses his cool as BBC lose out to Sky News in general election coverage

  08-05-2015 22:50 via
  
  His unexpected outburst came as the coverage returned to the studio after a break at about 4am, and a woman carrying a tray of mugs could then be seen trying to duck in the background.
  
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• The disunited kingdom: Cameron must work quickly to stop a declining power fragmenting fast

  08-05-2015 22:36
  
  The 2015 general election was a watershed which will determine whether we are to remain together as one United Kingdom – and one United Kingdom that can look forward to a future with its closest European neighbours. As with the emergence of Irish nationalism a century ago, and the discovery that it could not be contained within the UK’s parliamentary system, the very boundaries of the nation are now in play. At a time of rapid global change and fast emerging rival powers, that is not in the
  
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• Stunned wardens called to help animal stuck in tree find pregnant dog inside

  08-05-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One-year-old mongrel Boo lost her litter of puppies but is now recovering in a shelter
  
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• General Election 2015: Paddy Ashdown handed chocolate hat on Question Time, then Alistair Campbell receives edible kilt

  08-05-2015 22:33
  In a moment of TV gold proving that elections aren’t exclusively serious affairs, former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown was handed a chocolate cake during Question Time after he said he’d eat his hat if exit polls were correct.
  
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• General Election 2015: Paddy Ashdown handed chocolate hat on Question Time, then Alastair Campbell receives edible kilt

  08-05-2015 22:33
  In a moment of TV gold proving that elections aren’t exclusively serious affairs, former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown was handed a chocolate cake during Question Time after he said he’d eat his hat if exit polls were correct.
  
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• Question Time election special recap: David Dimbleby and guests discuss the fallout from the general election

  08-05-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Guests including Alistair Campbell, Paddy Ashdown and Francis Maude picked through the wreckage of last night's election - here's how it went down
  
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• Woman buys second scratchcard with £2 winnings from first and scoops £250,000

  08-05-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Briony Elson says she 'felt lucky' following her boyfriend's little win so bought another ticket
  
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• General Election: Labour let the Tories control the narrative and must stop dodging the debate

  08-05-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After falling to a brutally efficient Conservative campaign, we need a fundamental, honest debate on who we are and what we represent
  
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• The 15 hours that changed the face of the UK with shock exits and a ballot box bloodbath

  08-05-2015 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The scale of Labour losses and Conservative victories was even more dramatic 15 hours of the polls closed when it emerged Mr Cameron had won a majority
  
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• Incredible images show underwater graveyard of World War Two planes at the bottom of Pacific Ocean

  08-05-2015 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The planes were pushed into the sea in perfect condition after the Pacific Campaign which pitted Allied troops against the Japanese
  
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• Beaming David Cameron's triumphant return to 10 Downing Street

  08-05-2015 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Cameron told jubilant party workers it was the “sweetest victory of them all”
  
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• Hackney driver swerves onto pavement before ploughing into female police officer

  08-05-2015 22:05 via
  
  22-year-old Michael Oluwafemi Adenibi was driving against traffic without a license or insurance when he struck PC Sue Thompson - sending her two metres into the air (pictured).
  
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• Having more sex DOESN'T make you happier and can make you miserable

  08-05-2015 22:05 via
  
  Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania found that sex is more about quality than quantity, and having sex too often can make some couples tired of it altogether.
  
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• Watch Paddy Ashdown being given a marzipan hat to eat on Question Time

  08-05-2015 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Lib Dem chair said he would "eat his hat" if last night's damning exit poll turned out to be true - a comment he was made to regret
  
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• Paddy Ashdown given marzipan hat to eat on Question Time: Watch moment Lib Dem chief gets his comeuppance

  08-05-2015 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Lib Dem chair said he would "eat his hat" if last night's damning exit poll turned out to be true - a comment he was made to regret
  
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• General Election: The Labour Party must regroup to offer hope where faith has faded

  08-05-2015 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tories won by a brutally efficient deceit to edge out Ed Miliband, who stood for justice and prosperity against David Cameron's rich elite
  
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• Convicted rapist left trail of destruction through London during police chase

  08-05-2015 21:56 via
  
  Chris Houson, 41, pictured, from Norwich, knocked a cyclist off his bike, careered into other cars and forced an elderly woman to dive into a bush for safety as he tried to avoid arrest.
  
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• Markets soar and close on a high after Conservative election victory

  08-05-2015 21:55 via
  
  As exit polls predicted the Tories would win 316 out of 650 seats the pound jumped 2 cents on the dollar to $1.54, though traders warned it could slip back due to uncertainty over an EU referendum.
  
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