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• Prince Charles' beloved godfather was not the only one killed in Mullaghmore

  20-05-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fishermen also pulled the Earl’s grandson Nicholas Knatchbull, 15, from the water along with “boat boy” Paul Maxwell, 14
  
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• See cop KARATE KICK handcuffed suspect in the head TWICE as fellow police officers stand by and watch

  20-05-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The police officer now faces four years behind bars after launching the shock attack
  
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• Police rush to reports of Bengal tiger on a car roof - turns out to be stuffed animal

  20-05-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Member of the public put the call in after thinking the wild predator was clinging to the roof of an SUV
  
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• Prince Charles says 'I understand agonies borne by so many in Ireland' after Lord Mountbatten loss

  20-05-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales visited Mullaghmore, the village where his beloved godfather was assassinated by the IRA
  
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• Vladimir Putin's lover Alina Kabaeva renews rumours she has given birth

  20-05-2015 23:54 via
  
  Former Olympian Alina Kabaeva appeared in public for the first time in weeks, looking 'overweight' and 'older', according to Russian media, reigniting rumours of a child with the Russian leader (pictured).
  
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• Tubular Bells star Mike Oldfield's son found dead at work aged only 33

  20-05-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dougal Oldfield was the son of the legendary musician whose debut album was one of the biggest selling records of all time
  
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• Neo-Nazi rally to go ahead in Jewish area as police left unable to stop them

  20-05-2015 23:48
  
  A NEO-NAZI protest is free to go ahead in the heart of one of Britain's largest Jewish communities - because police do not have the powers to stop it.
  
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• Travellers set up camp in grounds of posh private £25,000-a-term boarding school

  20-05-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  School bosses have launched legal proceedings to move the travellers on from the car park after their numbers swelled
  
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• Taylor Swift fan 12-year-old Emily Beazley dies from cancer just weeks before getting the chance to meet her idol

  20-05-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The brave little girl passed away on Monday but did manage to speak to the Shake It Off superstar recently
  
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• Doctors told they can perform c-section on mentally-ill woman WITHOUT her consent and 'chemically' restrain her

  20-05-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A judge said the measures should only be taken to protect the woman in her late 20s and her unborn child as a 'last resort'
  
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• Outrage as thug who paralysed girlfriend gets job at hospital where she is being treated

  20-05-2015 23:43
  A THUG whose vicious attack on his former girlfriend left her paralysed has landed a job at the hospital where she is being treated.
  
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• Wickham horse fair draws travellers for annual event

  20-05-2015 23:37 via
  
  Some two thousand people were expected in Wickham near Fareham, Hampshire, for the day-long event, with travellers from across the country gathering to sell and race horses.
  
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• Watch tractor driver create biggest wave you will ever see by driving through huge puddle

  20-05-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incredible explosion of water was captured on film in Shropshire
  
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• Tax junk and unhealthy food to cut soaring obesity rates, experts have urged

  20-05-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts have claimed a special tax has helped cut junk food sales in countries such as France
  
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• The London borough that has turned homeless people into 'criminals'

  20-05-2015 23:32
  
  Homeless people face being criminalised in a north London borough due to a ban on anti-social behaviour, a charity has warned.
  
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• Airbus warns about UK exit from EU

  20-05-2015 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the UK's big manufacturers, Airbus, warns that the UK should remain inside the EU to guarantee future investment.
  
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• MH370 investigators admit they're no closer to finding missing plane as search effort is doubled

  20-05-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mystery of the Malaysia Airlines flight continues to puzzle experts as the scope for the search greatly expands
  
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• Want to keep your flowers fresh? Then you need to WEE on them

  20-05-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists have found that urinating over a bouquet of daffodils or roses can make cut flowers last up to twice long
  
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• HSBC denying customer's claims his signature was forged by jailed fraudster 'financial adviser'

  20-05-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  The dispute has turned into a prolonged battle for compensation with the bank claiming the signatures used to transfer cash into pension funds are genuine
  
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• Chanel-Lee Easy: Heartbroken dad's devastation at sudden death of 16-year-old daughter

  20-05-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aspiring lawyer Chanel-Lee Easy died in her sleep from an underlying heart condition
  
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• Police who FAILED to stop child abuse given cash bonuses, claims Theresa May

  20-05-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Home Secretary said in the early 2000s pay was linked to hitting targets on car crime and burglary – while hundreds of girls were being abused in Rotherham and Sheffield
  
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• 'She's a disgrace' Viewers outraged at benefits mum of ten on £20k handouts

  20-05-2015 23:17
  
  TAXPAYING television viewers exploded with rage this evening watching how a mother of ten receives £20,000 in benefits handouts.
  
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• Free Calpol on the NHS? 'Secret' scheme means parents could avoid paying for child medicines

  20-05-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum Christine Davidsion's Facebook post about the NHS Minor Ailments scheme exposed a ‘secret’ moneysaver for struggling parents and went viral
  
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• Cheltenham man bit off student's ear and then spat it out as he gloated

  20-05-2015 23:08 via
  
  After spitting out part of the ear, Nicholas Holder seemed 'really pleased with himself', Gloucester Crown Court heard, having allegedly attacked Joshua Evans (pictured) after threatening to knife him.
  
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• New hope for arthritis suffers as drug promises ease of crippling pain

  20-05-2015 23:06
  Scientists have discovered a new method to treat crippling rheumatoid arthritis, bringing hope to millions of people left in agony by the devastating joint condition.
  
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• EU referendum: Pro-Europe campaign unites to fight ‘No’ camp

  20-05-2015 23:02
  
  Supporters of Britain staying in the European Union will steal a march on the rival “out” camp next month by starting their campaign for the in/out referendum promised by David Cameron by 2017.
  
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• Can you solve this mind-boggling maths puzzle for eight-year-olds that has bamboozled teachers and parents?

  20-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Eight-year-old students in the town of Bao Loc in the Vietnamese highlands were reportedly set the challenge in class
  
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• Hatton Gardens heist cops believe they've caught the 'mastermind' behind jewel raid

  20-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man suspected of orchestrating the daring £60million raid is described by insiders as a “great strategist” who has a “brilliant mind”
  
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• Ben Needham's mum says a witness has come forward who claims to know about his disappearance

  20-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kerry Needham, 43, said a soldier contacted Greece’s version of Crimewatch after she made an emotional appeal
  
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• Randy seal keeps getting pregnant - even though she's on the Pill

  20-05-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sex mad Sija, originally from Belgium, has been moved from her sanctuary because she kept getting pregnant even though she's on contraception
  
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• Polly Hudson: necessity is the mother of invention and tired mums need inventions

  20-05-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Polly Hudson says she can no longer let not being able to BEAR the word Mumtre­preneur stop her from cashing in
  
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• Referendum: Bosses blast CBI chief for pro-EU call

  20-05-2015 22:52
  
  THE head of Britain’s leading big business organisation came under fire after urging company bosses to help stop the UK voting to leave the EU.
  
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• Coleen Nolan compares gay rights to supporting ISIS on Loose Women

  20-05-2015 22:50 via
  
  Many have called for the agony aunt and TV personality to resign. She made the regrettable comments in a discussion on the gay cake row in Northern Ireland.
  
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• NASA releases Ceres 'alien lights' extreme close-up pics but STILL can't explain the mysterious extraterrestrial illuminations

  20-05-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Will we ever work out why parts of this little-understood dwarf planet are emitting a weird glow?
  
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• Princess Beatrice on holiday in Bahamas with boyfriend David Clark

  20-05-2015 22:49 via
  
  Beatrice was photographed soaking up the sun on Great Guana Cay in the Bahamas as she enjoyed her 15th holiday in seven months. With her was boyfriend Dave Clark, 31.
  
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• Did London OAP tip-off CIA about the location of Osama Bin Laden?

  20-05-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Usman Khalid, a British citizen and retired brigadier in the Pakistan army, died last year aged 79 - but did he help the US military track down the late al Qaeda leader?
  
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• Bottlenose dolphins 'died as a result of Deepwater Horizon oil spill'

  20-05-2015 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dolphins stranded in the northern Gulf of Mexico since the spill have lung and adrenal gland injuries consistent with petroleum exposure
  
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• Shock after homeless blind man is robbed of his white stick by thug who ran off 'laughing and pretending to be blind'

  20-05-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'Lee' was outside The Co-Op when the thug swiped his stick
  
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• Theresa May orders police to step into line and stop 'crying wolf' about reforms

  20-05-2015 22:42
  HOME Secretary Theresa May went toe to toe with Police Federation chiefs today and warned the service faced more cuts.
  
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• Barclays and RBS two of six banks fined £3.6BILLION for rigging foreign exchange rates

  20-05-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Other banks punished by UK and US authorities include JP Morgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and UBS
  
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• Footballer Danny Simpson 'caught throttling the mother of his child'

  20-05-2015 22:39 via
  
  The Leicester City defender - the ex-boyfriend of popstar Tulisa - had both hands around his ex-girlfriend Stephanie Ward's throat when police arrived at her Manchester home, a court was told
  
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• Midlife crisis women: Glamour modelling, cattle herding and reality TV beat pop music and sports cars

  20-05-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new survey says listening to young people's music at 42 is a sure sign but these three women went to extremes
  
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• What about me: There’s just no time for ‘me time’ any more

  20-05-2015 22:33
  PRECIOUS “me time” is now so hard to find that seven million of us get fewer than 20 minutes a day, a survey says.
  
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• David Cameron thanks fox hunters for helping him win election in celebratory text message

  20-05-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The PM went out of his way to pay tribute to bloodsports enthusiasts who had campaigned in key constituencies to help boost the Tory vote
  
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• Girl, 14, charged after video of boy being punched in face goes viral 

  20-05-2015 22:29 via
  
  A 14-year-old girl has been charged with assault by beating after a video of a young boy being repeatedly punched in the face in Selsdon, Croydon was viewed more than 2.5million times.
  
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• Drum roll world record holder rushed to hospital after setting Guinness Book mark

  20-05-2015 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jayson Brinklet drummed for 12 hours, five minutes and five seconds and his wrist completely seized up
  
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• Pictured: The UK's most lavish treehouses costing more than £1million

  20-05-2015 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Secret rooms, flat screen TVs, air conditioning and zip wires are among the luxury features of the incredible designs
  
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• Erectile dysfunction less likely if you drink two cups of coffee a day

  20-05-2015 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists believe that caffeine triggers a series of effects that help relax the arteries in the penis, thus increasing blood flow
  
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• Lonely pensioner Eunice Wardle pens letter slamming community spirit

  20-05-2015 22:24 via
  
  Eunice Wardle, from Northenden, Manchester has lamented modern society's attitude towards the elderly, saying that at 86 years old she had become 'invisible' to her local community.
  
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• Mortgage customers can save thousands as lenders slash rates

  20-05-2015 22:20
  MILLIONS of homeowners are set to save thousands on their mortgage repayments as lenders cut interest rates to the bone.
  
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