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• Nigel Farage promises to be as outspoken as ever when he resumes as Ukip leader

  11-05-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The controversial politician spoke out who after he was quickly reinstated as party leader following his attempt to resign in the wake of his general election defeat
  
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• Benefits Street: Police to examine drugs scenes as controversial show returns for second series

  11-05-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The show returned for the first episode of its new series tonight and appeared to show drug dealing on the Tilery estate in Stockton-on-Tees
  
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• Katie Hopkins tells Benefits Street stars to take responsibility as hit show makes return

  11-05-2015 23:55
  
  KATIE HOPKINS has waded into the welfare debate yet again as she told the stars of the new series of Benefits Street to "own their problems."
  
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• Sally Bercow is one of the most notorious political wives of our time - but she's not alone

  11-05-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As long as politics has existed there have been scandals - and here are some of the most controversial
  
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• Airline passengers 'screamed in terror' as high winds battered flight coming in to land

  11-05-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Retired engineer Edward Bond said some passengers were traumatised by the “heavy landing” as their Thomson Airways service from Alicante returned home
  
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• Teachers at asbestos-riddled school launch charity after Government refuses to fund improvements

  11-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ash Lea special school in Cotgrave, Notts, does not have wheelchair access, toilets fit for purpose, cooking rooms, IT facilities or science labs
  
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• House nets owner whopping £130 AN HOUR as it benefits from £10m price rise

  11-05-2015 23:30
  
  A HOUSE on a "prestigious street" has earned its owners an astonishing £130 AN HOUR in the last eight years after it was put up for sale for £13million.
  
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• Bungling council workers move car onto double yellow lines - then slap it with parking ticket

  11-05-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clair Morris' Mazda X5 was moved by council workers painting double yellow lines but only as far as an illegal spot on the other side of the road
  
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• Bev Unwin returns to Coronation Street to say her farewell to old pal Deirdre Barlow

  11-05-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The scenes will be especially poignant because actress Susie Blake was a friend in real life to Anne Kirkbride, who died in January
  
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• 'Shoplifting addict' used blond wig and deerstalker hat disguises in series of slick raids

  11-05-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Seven members of a gang were sentenced for the organised spate of shop thefts, having drawn up a 'shopping list' of items to steal
  
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• Pictured: Man with bad cough spewed out this 'wriggling critter'

  11-05-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Graphic designer Phil Lyndon 52, felt the need to hack up what he thought was a "large flem ball" - but was amazed to discover what he coughed up was in fact a 5mm long bug
  
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• Co-op bust up in the boardroom as shake-up leads to legal action threat

  11-05-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Midcounties has warned it may take legal action against the group over the appointment of three new directors
  
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• Benefits Street, series 2 episode 1, review: 'self-absorbed'

  11-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The return of 'Benefits Street' was an exercise in navel-gazing
  
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• Liberal Democrats could change name to 'the Liberals', under Tim Farron

  11-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Tim Farron, a former party president and foreign affairs spokesman, is tipped to throw his hat into the ring on Wednesday when nominations close
  
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• Declan Donnelly: I know my dad is proud of me but I'm so sad he can't see me get married

  11-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The telly favourite, 39, who this week won two TV Baftas with his screen partner Ant McPartlin, will marry Ali Astall – his manager of 10 years – in August
  
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• Carl Froch on how baby number three could end his career as his children are his Achilles heel

  11-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The four-time world ­champion says he is not sure he wants to "risk everything" by stepping back into the ring after his third child arrives
  
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• World War Two hero has stolen medals replaced - 30 years after callous theft

  11-05-2015 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Norman Patterson, 93, who served during the Second World War, had his star and defence medals taken during a burglary at his home in the 1980s
  
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• Second World War hero has stolen medals replaced - 30 years after callous theft

  11-05-2015 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Norman Patterson, 93, who served during the Second World War, had his star and defence medals taken during a burglary at his home in the 1980s
  
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• Meet the three-year-old girl with debilitating condition so rare it has no name

  11-05-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Grace Calvert is unable to talk, walk or stand unaided and needs constant care from her parents Lee and Michelle
  
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• Mick and Linda welcome a new baby in EastEnders but is he really the little one's father?

  11-05-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Carters face more heartache on the soap after rape by Dean Wicks leaves them wondering whether to have a paternity test
  
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• Dressed for success: Women banish Monday morning blues with wardrobe choice

  11-05-2015 22:55
  
  WOMEN look their best at work at 10.06am on a Monday, according to a survey.
  
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• Princess Anne attacks 'inhumane' suffering of horses

  11-05-2015 22:53 via
  
  In a foreword to a new book the Princess Royal,- who is President of the World Horse Welfare society, said 'inhumane' transportation of horses is the 'greatest suffering' the animals can face.
  
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• How the Express predicted a Tory election win

  11-05-2015 22:43
  
  THE Daily Express was the only national newspaper to predict an outright Tory win at the General Election.
  
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• Walmart exposed for sourcing bottled water from California capital

  11-05-2015 22:40 via
  
  Labeling on the retail behemoth's Great Value brand bottles and jugs reveals they're filled with Sacramento municipal water.
  
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• Police chief Sue Sim who led hunt for Raoul Moat cleared of misconduct

  11-05-2015 22:40 via
  
  Sue Sim, who is retiring as head of Northumbria Police, rose to public prominence during the hunt for crazed killer Raoul Moat in 2010 when she held her position in a temporary capacity.
  
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• Norman Lamb first out of the blocks to replace Nick Clegg as Lib Dem leader

  11-05-2015 22:40 via
  
  Mr Lamb, the popular MP for North Norfolk and former health minister in the coalition, this evening became the first Lib Dem MP to throw their hat into the ring to replace Nick Clegg as party leader.
  
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• Man in his 70s loses assisted-living subsidy after prostitute is found under bed

  11-05-2015 22:40 via
  
  Authorities say the man also went on booze runs for his neighbors in the assisted-living center in Norristown, Pennsylvania.
  
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• Louiza Covey, 25, killed in head-on crash between van and car

  11-05-2015 22:40 via
  
  Louiza Covey was killed when the Volkswagen Golf she was travelling in collided with a van in Dorset on Friday night. Her devastated family today said 'she was as beautiful inside as she was out'.
  
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• Kim Jong Un 'flies' a North Korean-made plane in video

  11-05-2015 22:40 via
  
  The footage, released by North Korean state television, claims to show the leader flying a small plane made in the country, but doesn't show him behind the controls whilst the plane is in the air.
  
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• Chef who shot birds and posted the videos on YouTube ordered to pay £2k

  11-05-2015 22:40 via
  
  Feng Shou Yin, 35, from Birmingham, filmed himself blasting pigeons, blackbirds, a starling and a magpie with an air rifle and a BB gun from his bedroom window before posting the footage online.
  
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• Watch these daredevils use JETPACKS to fly above Dubai like superheroes

  11-05-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Incredible footage shows daring manoeuvres including loop-the-loops and flying upside down
  
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• Doctor 'killed motorcyclist while drag racing in BMW nearly 30mph over speed limit'

  11-05-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anaesthetist Vincent Hamlyn, 33, and biker Kevin Morgan, 60, both jostled for position as they joined a dual carriageway, a court has heard
  
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• See final resting place of Mr Blobby - an abandoned tourist attraction left to ruin

  11-05-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The remains of Dunblobbin have been daubed with satirical graffiti, with one message telling Noel Edmonds to 'stop pretending Deal or No Deal is more than it is'
  
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• Sussex farmer turns down £275m offer for land to protect his area from new town developers

  11-05-2015 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Robert Worsley, from Twineham, said he wanted to leave a legacy for future generations as locals protest against plan for 10,000 homes
  
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• Magistrate lifts thug's bail conditions so he can holiday in Greece with girlfriend he drunkenly assaulted

  11-05-2015 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Craig Ward, 34, was given permission to go Kos with his partner Helen Denham despite previously beating her so violently she feared for her life
  
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• Newborn found abandoned on roadside in plastic bag named Maria by hospital staff

  11-05-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The tot was discovered by a passerby on Friday and police are anxious to trace the mother
  
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• Nagging wife arrested as long-suffering husband is sent to safe house

  11-05-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Britain's most notorious mithering wife Julie Griffiths has been dubbed Nagsbo after her incessant berating of husband Norman
  
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• Seven-year-old boy dies after falling into Quakers Yard river

  11-05-2015 22:15 via
  
  The child fell in at The Old Stone Bridge at Quakers Yard (pictured) near Merthyr Tydfil on Sunday at 6.30pm and was airlifted to University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, but later died.
  
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• David Miliband slams younger brother Ed for 'backwards' Labour campaign

  11-05-2015 22:12 via
  
  The former foreign secretary's intervention comes after his brother guided Labour to its worst election defeat in almost 30 years, finishing 99 seats behind David Cameron's Tories.
  
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• Blake Fowler's family admit defeat in battle to get justice

  11-05-2015 22:10 via
  
  Blake Fowler, from Southampton, died from severe head injuries after years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse, but the CPS have turned down his grandmother's appeals for his parents to face trial.
  
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• Closest-ever images of dwarf planet Ceres show the mystery spots in new light

  11-05-2015 22:10 via
  
  The discovery was made in the latest images of the dwarf planet sent back by the Dawn spacecraft on May 3 and 4 as it orbited 8,400 miles (13,600km) from its surface.
  
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• 'My daughter has been given a death sentence because of NHS red-tape - something MUST be done'

  11-05-2015 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bethany Henry's family are being forced to sell their home to pay for treatment to save the nine-year-old's life
  
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• Commuters face Network Rail strike chaos as Tory government faces showdown with unions

  11-05-2015 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The RMT and TSSA are set to ballot their members over a four-year pay deal as David Cameron threatens harsh curbs on industrial action
  
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• Mark Colborne 'allegedly planned copycat Anders Breivik terror attack'

  11-05-2015 22:01 via
  
  Mark Colborne, 37, had started stockpiling equipment and ingredients for making cyanide in his bedroom at the home he shared with his mother in Southampton, a court heard.
  
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• Men with high oestrogen more likely to develop breast cancer

  11-05-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Oxford University study reveals that men with naturally high levels of oestrogen are more likely to be among the 350 cases a year diagnosed with breast cancer
  
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• Pictured: Bloodied and brusied face of granddad, 78, run over by carjacker outside his own home

  11-05-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reginald Stocking was left lying in the middle of the street, his eye sockets broken and skull chipped in the brutal attack
  
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• Asteroid which killed the dinosaurs 'made the ocean acidic and caused the extinction of ammonites too'

  11-05-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The free-swimming molluscs went extinct at the time of the end-Cretaceous asteroid impact, according to a study by the University of Southampton
  
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• Tory minister arrives in work to find he's been reshuffled out

  11-05-2015 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Desmond Swayne arrived in work to find his gear in boxes and his pass no longer working
  
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• David Cameron gives Boris Johnson a seat in Cabinet reshuffle

  11-05-2015 21:56 via
  
  The Prime Minister announced the London Mayor will 'be attending political Cabinet' as he set out promotions for women and MPs who defied the odds to secure a Tory election victory.
  
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• Co-op Group members urged to keep historic link with the movement's political party

  11-05-2015 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The society's new board, brought in to make reforms after ran into financial trouble, wants to halt the £1m donation
  
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