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• Early men and women were equal, say scientists

  14-05-2015 23:58
  
  Study shows that modern hunter-gatherer tribes operate on egalitarian basis, suggesting inequality was an aberration that came with the advent of agriculture
  Our prehistoric forebears are often portrayed as spear-wielding savages, but the earliest human societies are likely to have been founded on enlightened egalitarian principles, according to scientists.A study has shown that in contemporary hunter-gatherer tribes, men and women tend to have equal influence on where their group lives and who
  
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• Charlize Theron says Mad Max could become REAL if we do not tackle climate change

  14-05-2015 23:56
  
  ACTRESS Charlize Theron has expressed her fears that the planet could became a post-apocalyptic landscape, similar to that seen in her new film Mad Max, unless global warming is tackled.
  
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• The real-life Spidermen: Incredible video shows torturous assault course being completed at jaw-dropping speed by soldiers

  14-05-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The super-fit competitors launch themselves up ladders and over high walls before dropping from 12ft up and continuing their breakneck running without missing a stride
  
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• Tractor driver suffers miracle escape after train smashes into vehicle at level crossing

  14-05-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The driver escaped with only minor injuries following the collision in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire at around 6.15pm this evening
  
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• Controversial fast-track trade bill clears procedural hurdle in US Senate

  14-05-2015 23:44
  
  Senators vote 65-33 to start debate on TPP billDemocrats secure votes on Africa trade rules and currency manipulationThe US Senate moved ahead with an important procedural vote to allow President Barack Obama to “fast-track” a controversial free trade deal on Thursday.By a vote of 65-33, the Senate voted to start debate on a bill that would allow Obama to submit the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) to Congress on an up-or-down vote. The trade agreement is a key priority of the Obama
  
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• Prince Charles defiant over Black Spider memos: 'Not giving Government my perspective would be dereliction of duty'

  14-05-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He told close aides he believed he had done “nothing wrong” but some critics have said senior royals should not get involved in matters of public policy
  
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• Poppy seller Olive Cooke jumps off bridge after being plagued by charities

  14-05-2015 23:41 via
  
  After her husband, Leslie, was killed in action in 1943, Olive Cooke, pictured in 2013, dedicated her life to fundraising and is believed to have sold around 30,000 poppies over 75 years.
  
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• Student treats car so badly stepfather gives away filthy vehicle for FREE to get rid of it

  14-05-2015 23:40
  
  A STUDENT treated her car so badly her stepfather put it up as a free prize just to get rid of the run-down and filthy vehicle.
  
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• Police detective Paul Greaves 'stole £113k seized from suspected drug dealer'

  14-05-2015 23:38 via
  
  Paul Greaves, 56, of Nottingham, is accused of stealing £113,000 from a locked exhibit store in the old wine cellar at Warwickshire Police's old base in Leek Wootton.
  
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• Man in Lake District hamlet ordered to pay £600k bill after terrorising neighbours

  14-05-2015 23:37 via
  
  Steven Young, pictured, subjected his neighbours Peter and Lesley Raymond to a campaign of nuisance and harassment after they bought his former family home, Lin Cragg Farm in Cumbria.
  
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• Hounded to death by cold callers: Poppy seller, 92, jumps off bridge after being plagued for cash by charities

  14-05-2015 23:35 via
  
  After her husband, Leslie, was killed in action in 1943, Olive Cooke, pictured in 2013, dedicated her life to fundraising and is believed to have sold around 30,000 poppies over 75 years.
  
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• Gran-of-four threatened to shoot bank staff in £2,000 hold-up to fund her slot machine addiction

  14-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Victoria Horrocks, 45, used a carrier bag and a note saying 'keep shush, fill bag or I shoot' after queuing at a Natwest bank
  
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• Linda Robson on comeback: I'm getting lots of work because producers want older Birds again

  14-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 57-year-old actress is busier than ever 26 years after finding fame as bubbly Essex blonde Tracey Stubbs in hit sitcom Birds Of A Feather
  
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• Leadership hopeful Liz Kendall says Labour must offer reform of public services to win back power

  14-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Shadow Health Minister has emerged in the dark horse in the race as she throws down the gauntlet to the party's left over the economy
  
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• Labour leadership hopeful Liz Kendall says party must offer reform of public services to win back power

  14-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Shadow Health Minister has emerged in the dark horse in the race as she throws down the gauntlet to the party's left over the economy
  
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• 'Horror' tests on rabbits on increase including fever injections and smearing bacteria on exposed muscles

  14-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In one year 11,895 were subjected to ­deliberate injury such as broken bones and impact wounds or injected with viruses, fevers and infections
  
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• Nato foreign ministers sing 'We are the World' after Ukraine and Libya talks

  14-05-2015 23:27 via
  
  Like a group of embarrassing in-laws at a wedding, Nato foreign ministers have locked hands and arms to sing a cringeworthy rendition of 'We are the World'.
  
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• Fugitive playboy caught in Cape Town after eight years on the run had 28 mobile phones

  14-05-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Raymond Nevitt, 51, will be hauled back to the UK to finally serve his sentence for business fraud
  
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• UK weekend weather: Fire up the BBQ for fun in the sun!

  14-05-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Storm the burger aisle, stock up the fridge with beer and wine and unleash the comedy boobs apron as this weekend is fine BBQ weather.
  
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• Kris Keeves who nearly killed infant son in drink-drive crash is spared jail

  14-05-2015 23:25 via
  
  Kris Keeves, 31, (right, with wife Becky) was a third over the alcohol limit when his Renault Laguna hit an oncoming Mercedes on the way to Tonbridge, Kent, leaving his son William (centre) fighting for his life.
  
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• SNP plotting second independence referendum as Cameron flies to Scotland for talks with Sturgeon

  14-05-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The party says public opinion has shifted since last year's no vote but a new poll would be 'indicative' only and have no basis in law
  
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• Bugatti Veyron's successor spotted being tested on German road

  14-05-2015 23:23 via
  
  Zooming along a German road, this disguised supercar is the successor to the Bugatti Veyron - and is rumoured to have a maximum speed of 288mph.
  
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• Question Time live: Updates as Nigel Farage, Jeremy Hunt, Tristram Hunt and Brian May face questions from the public

  14-05-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage will face the public after a troubled day for Ukip. Labour's Tristram Hunt, Tory Jeremy Hunt and Queen guitarist Brian May are all on the panel
  
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• Nigel Farage insists support is 'phenomenal' as he clings to Ukip leadership

  14-05-2015 23:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Party splits into two factions, with some of the most senior figures backing Ukip's only MP Douglas Carswell
  
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• IRA plotted to bomb Prince Charles and Camilla next week with string of Omagh-style devices

  14-05-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Security for their trip has been beefed up after police today found several devices packed with ­ball-bearings and scrap metal ready to launch a massacre
  
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• Elderly cancer patient finds himself starving and alone - 911 operator does something inspiring

  14-05-2015 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dispatcher Marilyn Hinson couldn't sit by after taking the heartbreaking call from 81-year-old Clarence
  
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• REVEALED: Scientists explain why the world was divided on the colour of #TheDress

  14-05-2015 23:10
  
  IT was the brain teaser that divided opinion and caused more arguments than any other dress in living memory.
  
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• Ukip in crisis: Nigel Farage faces calls to resign as he prepares for Question Time appearance - live

  14-05-2015 23:08 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Ukip sources say that Nigel Farage may walk away from his leadership for a second time. Latest updates as a crisis unfolds
  
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• Katie Hopkins stoops to new low as she bullies autistic nine-year-old girl over weight and calls her a ‘t***’

  14-05-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The motormouth enrages Twitter once again as she tweets through new Channel 4 show Born Naughty?
  
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• Watchdog exposes fancy dress costume loophole that left Claudia Winkleman's daughter suffering fire agony

  14-05-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Claudia appeared on the consumer show to talk about her daughter's horrific accident after her fancy dress Halloween costume caught fire
  
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• Tristram Hunt says he's 'certainly interested' in running for the Labour leadership

  14-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour's education spokesman confirmed his interest during filming for tonight's BBC Question Time
  
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• Nigel Farage says he hasn't resigned and rules out stepping down for a leadership contest

  14-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Ukip leader will ruled out stepping aside during filming for tonight's episode of Question Time
  
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• Stalker cop may escape punishment

  14-05-2015 22:53
  
  A STALKER policeman might not face punishment despite a “threatening” campaign against his ex-girlfriend after his lawyer argued such an outcome could breach his human rights.
  
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• "Your brother created ISIS": Jeb Bush blasted by student, 19, over George's Iraq war legacy

  14-05-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bush, who is expected to run for president and is the brother of former president George W. Bush, was at a town hall meeting in Reno, Nevada, when teenager Ivy Ziedrich launched her attack
  
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• Rio Ferdinand supported by ex-United boss Sir Alex as he lays to rest his 'soul mate'

  14-05-2015 22:46
  
  FOOTBALLER Rio Ferdinand laid his “soul mate” wife Rebecca to rest today supported by his former boss Sir Alex Ferguson and past and present Manchester United players.
  
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• Watch brilliant Star Wars prank starring Darth Vader which has victims running for their lives

  14-05-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A group of unwitting pedestrians get a taste of the 'dark side' in this hilarious hidden camera stunt
  
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• David Cameron says Prince Charles has 'every right' to lobby government ministers and expect his letters to remain confidential 

  14-05-2015 22:37 via
  
  The Prime Minister has told how he has relatively regular meetings and correspondence with Prince Charles, as he defended the heir to the thrones right to lobby politicians.
  
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• Twin British jihadi brides believed to fleeing ISIS claim they are safe and in Syria

  14-05-2015 22:35
  
  JIHADI brides from Britain who are believed to be fleeing from Islamic State have contacted with their family to them they are safe, it has been claimed.
  
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• Female college student found guilty of stabbing classmate in the face with a pencil and shouting 'I warned you not to mess with me' in attack which left victim covered in blood

  14-05-2015 22:33 via
  
  Lakima William-Thames, 20, screamed threats as she launched a viscious attack at two Lambeth College students in front of horrified onlookers on Clapham Common.
  
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• David Cameron has caused uncertainty for business with EU referendum, Bank of England warns

  14-05-2015 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Governor Mark Carney's call for the issue to be resolved with clarity and speed has added to pressure on the Prime Minister as the economy stutters
  
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• Outrage as Cameron gives former poll tax champion a peerage to serve as Scottish minister

  14-05-2015 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrew Dunlop was a key aide to Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s when she imposed the hated community charge on Scotland before rolling it out across the UK
  
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• Meadow Primary School pulls itself out of special measures

  14-05-2015 22:24 via
  
  In a bid to improve pupils' welfare, staff at Meadow Primary School in Balsham, Cambs, rolled out a pilot scheme which sees pupils giving back and hand massages after lunch and registration.
  
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• Watch fast food worker's act of kindness which has melted hearts around the world

  14-05-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ridge Quarles was filmed feeding a disabled customer as she was unable to feed herself
  
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• Ukip meltdown worsens as war of words sees one Farage advisor sacked and another resign

  14-05-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The party leader was under pressure to quit as chief of staff loses job and rival factions trade stinging attacks in the media
  
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• Aberystwyth students vote to ban Bibles from university halls of residence

  14-05-2015 22:18 via
  
  The Students' Union at Aberystwyth University claim the policy of putting Bibles in rooms could be 'offensive' to non-Christians, but Bible group's have branded the ban 'illiberal'
  
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• Hundreds of British extremists who fled to Syria have now RETURNED to UK, say police

  14-05-2015 22:15
  
  HUNDREDS of British extremists who fled to Syria have now RETURNED to the UK, police have revealed.
  
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• Everyone sneers at Charles’ letters – but I want to salute a polite and caring Prince

  14-05-2015 22:14
  
  Poor old Prince Charles. He talks to plants, he campaigns on behalf of the Patagonian toothfish, he’s a bit of a wally really.
  
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• JAILED: Thugs who stole iPhone from unconscious man and left him for dead

  14-05-2015 22:10
  
  TWO thugs who stole a mobile phone from an UNCONSCIOUS man as he lay dying from hypothermia have been jailed.
  
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• Former footballer Clarke Carlisle ate BURRITO while drink driving, court hears

  14-05-2015 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The ex-Premier League centre back, who smelled of booze as he was stopped by police, today escaped jail despite two drink-driving convictions
  
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• Mother found dead with her twin daughters had 'asked her husband for a divorce'

  14-05-2015 22:03 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Pullarkattil Rethishkumar is understood to have feared his family were being "corrupted" by Western morals, and wanted to move them back to India
  
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