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• Grant Shapps should be SACKED in cabinet reshuffle, David Cameron urged by senior Tories

  09-05-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The PM is expected to resume his shake-up tomorrow to fill five gaps left at his top table by Lib Dems who lost
  
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• Former Turkish President Evren dies

  09-05-2015 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  General Kenan Evren, the leader of Turkey's 1980 military coup and then president of the country, has died at the age of 97.
  
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• Labour Party leadership contenders: From Chuka Umunna to Andy Burnham - who will take the reigns?

  09-05-2015 23:57
  
  Tristram Hunt is poised to throw his hat into the ring in the contest to succeed Ed Miliband as Labour leader and rebuild the party after last week’s bitter election defeat, The Independent on Sunday has learnt.
  
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• Michael Gove made Justice Secretary in David Cameron's first entirely Tory cabinet

  09-05-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Gove will move to Justice department, while Nicky Morgan stays as Education secretary
  
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• Ukip and Greens lead calls for electoral reform - but what are the alternatives?

  09-05-2015 23:56
  
  The apparent perversity of the election result has prompted renewed demands for a change in Britain’s voting system. Those demands are led by an unusual alliance of Ukip and the Green Party. Nigel Farage, in his resignation speech as Ukip leader, referred to the fact that his party had a single MP despite the same number supporting it as the SNP and Lib Dems combined: “The first-past-the-post system is bankrupt, because one party can get 50 per cent of the vote in Scotland and nearly 100 pe
  
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• Labour lost the election 5 years ago and here's why

  09-05-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tories and Lib Dems worked tirelessly to sow the seeds of a myth which grew into a publicly accepted ‘fact’
  
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• Tom Watson: Labour must convince working people we are on their side

  09-05-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The campaigning MP says the simple truth is Labour supporters were let down by their own party
  
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• Naz Shah interview: Labour's new MP for Bradford West on beating rival George Galloway - and considering legal action against him

  09-05-2015 23:53
  Naz Shah has emerged victorious after what she describes as a nasty smear campaign against her during the general election by rival George Galloway, and says she is considering legal action against him for calling her a liar.
  
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• David Cameron tries to convince backbenchers he has changed leadership style in attempt to head off rebellions

  09-05-2015 23:45
  David Cameron will try to convince backbenchers that he has changed his leadership style, in an attempt to head off parliamentary rebellions that would wreck his legislative programme. 
  
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• VIDEO: Moscow: Fireworks at V Day celebrations

  09-05-2015 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Moscow celebrates the World War Two victory anniversary with a grand concert and fireworks in the evening.
  
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• Election 2015 second place results MAPPED: How it all could have been so different

  09-05-2015 23:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  General Election 2015 results: Runners-up map shows Ukip finishing second in 120 constituencies...
  
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• Election 2015 second place results: How it all could have been so different

  09-05-2015 23:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  General Election 2015 results: Runners-up map shows Ukip finishing second in 120 constituencies...
  
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• Victory Day: Watch Russian missile tank catch fire during Putin's elaborate war celebrations

  09-05-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The BUK weapon became a mass of flames after its engine caught fire due to an oil leak
  
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• General Election 2015: 6 Tory controversial plans after David Cameron reignites fox hunting row

  09-05-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From boundary changes to housing reform, the Prime Minister's his other plans are also set to cause controversy
  
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• Labour must regain Britons' faith that they can improve everyone's lives with simple and clear message

  09-05-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Many of the party's usual voters could not bring themselves to support Ed Miliband. We demand a leader who will enable them to return to the fold
  
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• Sunbed addict: I'll keep topping up my tan even if I get SKIN CANCER like my gran

  09-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charley Jean, 19, hits sunbed six times a week, pops tanning pills and uses creams to stop herself looking pasty
  
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• 'Pure evil' Bedroom Tax will hit one million more people as Tories launch 100-day welfare blitz

  09-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cameron will hit society's most vulnerable the hardest as he finally begins to identify his £12billion of welfare cuts
  
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• Michael Gove will become Justice Secretary after helping to cement Tory victory

  09-05-2015 23:30
  
  FORMER Education Secretary Michael Gove has been rewarded with a return to the heart of Government after his instrumental role in the election campaign.
  
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• Leaderless Labour could turn to Afghanistan and Iraq veteran Dan Jarvis after election humbling

  09-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bookies today cut the odds on the 42-year-old Barnsley Central MP, a former major, succeeding Ed Miliband to 9-2
  
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• Labour's next leader: 'Steely Eyed Merchant of Death' and ex-TV beauty lead MPs' dream team

  09-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour's rank and file want ex-Para Dan Jarvis and Gloria De Piero to replace the 'Westminster chattering classes' who have lost the last two elections
  
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• 100 days of Tory cuts carnage as George Osborne plans to fast-track £12BILLION in savings

  09-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Now the party has a majority, the Chancellor plans to race ahead with his austerity cuts to meet his pledge of ­eliminating the deficit by 2018
  
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• Family of British backpacker killed in Nepal earthquake pay tribute to 'kind, happy and caring' son who died doing something he loved

  09-05-2015 23:24 via
  
  British backpacker Matthew Carapiet, missing in Nepal following last month's earthquake, has been confirmed as being among the dead. His family paid tribute to their 'kind, happy and caring' son.
  
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• Horror as gambler stabs himself with 10-inch kitchen knife at busy bookies

  09-05-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lonely gambler walked past counter and plunged blade into his own stomach in front of shocked customers and staff
  
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• 'We must save proud links to Labour' urges Co-operative party boss

  09-05-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The move follows a Co-operative Group proposal to withdraw up to £1 million a year of funding from the Labour-affiliated party.
  
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• EU considering labelling British food to pinpoint its source

  09-05-2015 23:23
  
  Food sold in British shops would show more detailed labelling under new rules being discussed this weekend at a food safety conference organised by the European Commission. Following the horsemeat scandal in 2013, EU rules were introduced to ensure better traceability of meat. All fresh meat must clearly state which country the animal was born, raised and slaughtered in.
  
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• ECB should 'hang heads in shame'

  09-05-2015 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-England captain Alec Stewart says the ECB should "hang their heads in shame" over the sacking of coach Peter Moores.
  
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• 'Grandstand end' to relegation fight

  09-05-2015 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnley down, "disaster" for Hull, but hope for others after another thrilling day in the Premier League's "edgy" relegation battle.
  
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• Tim Farron secures frontrunner status in bid to become Lib Dem leader

  09-05-2015 23:21
  
  Tim Farron has moved quickly to secure his frontrunner status for the Liberal Democrat leadership, writing in The Independent on Sunday that the party needs “a fresh start” after a disastrous general election. The party now has only eight MPs, down from 57 in 2010, after the Lib Dems were battered by the electorate for its record in the coalition government.
  
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• The election results were brutal for the Lib Dems - but the fight back begins today

  09-05-2015 23:19
  
  Let’s be blunt: last Thursday results for the Lib Dems were brutal – far worse than anyone expected.
  
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• General Election 2015: The winners and losers in the business world

  09-05-2015 23:18
  
  Winners
  
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• China firm on mass holiday to France

  09-05-2015 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Chinese company has paid for 6,400 of its employees to go on holiday to France for four days.
  
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• ADHD boy who was never invited to parties thrown surprise birthday bash by strangers after mum's Facebook appeal

  09-05-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The post prompted complete strangers to organise a get-together for his birthday - and the turn out was said to have been "astonishing"
  
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• Katie Hopkins: 'Laurie Penny should be bought lube and made woman of ISIS' after writer condones memorial graffiti

  09-05-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The left-wing writer said she was didn't "have a problem" with Women of WWII memorial being daubed with anti-Tory graffiti
  
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• Katie Hopkins: 'Laurie Pennie should be bought lube and made woman of ISIS' after writer condones memorial graffiti

  09-05-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The left-wing writer said she was didn't "have a problem" with Women of WWII memorial being daubed with anti-Tory graffiti
  
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• Cabinet reshuffle: The MPs who could be in line for a promotion

  09-05-2015 23:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  We take a look at the rising stars who could have a place in David Cameron's new all-Conservative Cabinet
  
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• Stomach-churning video shows freerunner 'living life like a video game' by jumping from pillar to pillar on 43rd floor of Dubai hotel... without a safety net

  09-05-2015 23:13 via
  
  Russian stuntman Oleg Sherstyachenko gives his viewers a point-of-view ride as he leaps fearless across the tiny platforms on the side of the Sofitel Hotel in Dubai (pictured) - and he claims he was not scared.
  
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• Miracle tot enters record books with open heart surgery ONE MINUTE after she was born

  09-05-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Inspirational' Chanel Murrish is now officially the youngest ever open heart surgery patient
  
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• Betfred boss offers staff on minimum wage quick cash loans with 39.9% interest

  09-05-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ads for the loans, which do not reveal he is behind the firm, have been posted on BetFred’s staff intranet and on a Facebook site for gaming industry workers
  
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• Margaret Thatcher knew paedophile Tory's sick secret but STILL secured him a knighthood

  09-05-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former PM also recommended alleged abuser Leon Brittan and is claimed to have been aware of allegations about fellow knights Jimmy Savile and Cyril Smith
  
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• Labour is facing a decade in the wilderness, party grandees warn

  09-05-2015 23:03 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Blame falls on a series of strategic blunders, including "gimmicks" such as Ed Miliband's courtship of Russell Brand
  
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• Kellie Maloney on sex change: There were bits of my body that had no right to be there

  09-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In her first interview since the surgery in March, boxing promoter Kellie admits: “I was too scared to look at myself afterwards"
  
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• Alex Salmond: SNP landslide brings Scottish independence from the UK closer

  09-05-2015 22:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The SNP's landslide election win in Scotland is a "staging post" which will be used by the party to press for full independence, Alex Salmond has admitted
  
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• Michael Gove appointed Justice Secretary in David Cameron's reshuffle

  09-05-2015 22:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Former Education Secretary will oversee Conservative plans to abolish the Human Rights Act, while Nicky Morgan will remain in her post and Chris Grayling will become Leader of the House of Commons
  
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• Michael Gove appointed Justice Secretary in David Cameron's cabinet

  09-05-2015 22:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Former Education Secretary will oversee Conservative plans to abolish the Human Rights Act
  
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• Jimmy Greaves: 50,000 fans send get well messages for stroke victim star

  09-05-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Get well soon messages have flooded in from across the globe from fans, celebrities and fellow 1966 World Cup heroes
  
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• Sam Hallam: The man who spent over seven years in jail for a murder he did not commit

  09-05-2015 22:51
  
  "I used to get really angry. But now, I say to people I feel more angry than I did then,” says Sam Hallam, who spent more than seven years in jail for a murder he didn’t commit.
  
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• Football bad boy Ravel Morrison reunited with girlfriend he was accused of attacking

  09-05-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former Manchester United and West Ham player was pictured cuddling Reah Mansoor, 20, at Alton Towers
  
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• New US fighter jet on course to becoming ‘one of history’s biggest white elephants’

  09-05-2015 22:44
  
  A plane so technologically advanced that it would give Britain and the US air superiority in any future conflict and billed as the world’s most advanced stealth fighter jet, could be one of “the biggest white elephants in history”, according to a former defence minister.
  
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• Pervert jailed for sickening attacks on schoolgirl as brave victim breaks silence on abuse

  09-05-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sick paedophile caged for 15 years for abuse of girl that began when she was just nine-years-old
  
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• Let GPs offer mindfulness meditation to patients, say experts

  09-05-2015 22:40
  
  An ancient Buddhist approach to meditation rebranded as “mindfulness” should be made available to the millions of Britons who are suffering from stress, depression and anxiety, according to the Mental Health Foundation (MHF).
  
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