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• Plea to Gurkha soldiers caught in £30m investment swindle

  24-05-2015 23:57
  
  GURKHA soldiers caught up in a suspected £30million investment swindle are being urged by detectives to come forward.
  
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• Britain's shame of keyboard warriors as online trolls cases rise 800% in a decade

  24-05-2015 23:57
  
  INTERNET troll cases have soared by eight times in a decade.
  
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• Britain's shame of keyboard warriors as online troll cases rise 800 per cent in a decade

  24-05-2015 23:57
  
  INTERNET troll cases have soared eight-fold in a decade.
  
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• Britain's shame of keyboard warriors as online troll cases rise 800% in a decade

  24-05-2015 23:57
  
  INTERNET troll cases have soared eight-fold in a decade.
  
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• Kidney patient meets donor’s family for first time 47 YEARS after her transplant

  24-05-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ellis Hook tragically died aged 18 in 1968 but his family consented for his kidney to be donated to Anne Whiteman who was told it might only last a decade
  
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• Headless Labour leadership hopefuls are putting rudderless party in a flap

  24-05-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  I’ve spoken to half-a-dozen across the party who complain that the race for the top job is disheartening
  
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• 'Beautiful Mind' mathematician killed

  24-05-2015 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Renowned mathematician John Nash, subject of the film A Beautiful Mind, dies in a New Jersey taxi crash with his wife.
  
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• Polish president concedes election

  24-05-2015 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski concedes the election to challenger Andrzej Duda after exit polls suggest he has lost the run-off vote.
  
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• The Great British Tattoo Show 2015

  24-05-2015 23:43
  
  There was a huge celebration of ink over the weekend as thousands of tattoo fans got together at the Great British Tattoo show.
  
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• From Game of Thrones to burlesque – the most stunning ink at this year's Great British Tattoo Show

  24-05-2015 23:43
  
  There was a huge celebration of ink over the weekend as thousands of tattoo fans got together at the Great British Tattoo show.
  
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• US: Iraqi forces lack will to fight

  24-05-2015 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter says the rout of Iraqi forces at Ramadi showed they lacked the will to fight against Islamic State.
  
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• Jed Allen Didcot murders: Police search is on for Wolverine fanatic

  24-05-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The manhunt for 21-year-old Jed Allen wanted in connection with the killings in Oxfordshire has continued today, with armed police sealing off an Oxford city centre park
  
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• Two golden retrievers snapped 'driving' their own car 

  24-05-2015 23:32 via
  
  Hannah Barrett, 20, from Loughborough, spotted a pair of dogs in the driver and passenger seat of a car looking like they were off for a quiet drive in thevillage of East Leake in Leicestershire.
  
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• Chelsea Flower Show tribute to WW2 hero: French helped Dad dodge Nazis on epic escape journey

  24-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Titled The Evader, John Everiss’s tribute featured the ghostly figure of an airman hiding in a bombed church filled with plants and flowers
  
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• Caesarean sections mean women are losing capacity to give birth, claims French doctor

  24-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Leading obstetrician Michel Odent claims the increase in women being induced will prevent future generations being able to give birth naturally
  
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• Invasion of the giant jellyfish

  24-05-2015 23:28
  
  GIANT jellyfish are swarming off Britain’s coast in unprecedented numbers.
  
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• Hotspots beside the sea where house prices are soaring

  24-05-2015 23:28
  
  BRITAIN’S love affair with the seaside has added £410 a month for a decade to the price of homes on the coast.
  
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• Mumbai Indians claim 2015 IPL title

  24-05-2015 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mumbai Indians win the Indian Premier League title after beating Chennai Super Kings in the final in Kolkata.
  
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• Asher-Smith sets British 100m record

  24-05-2015 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teenage sprinter Dina Asher-Smith becomes the fastest British woman in history - and says she can go quicker.
  
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• Rain deluge hits southern US states

  24-05-2015 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A deluge of rainfall bursts rivers and brings flood warnings to several southern US states, with Texas and Oklahoma the worst hit so far.
  
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• Who says comic books are just for kids? Adult fans come out to play as their favourite superheroes and villains at London expo 

  24-05-2015 23:11 via
  
  The ExCeL London Exhibition and Convention Centre hosted the 2015 MCM London Comic Con Cosplay Masquerade, with characters including Tank from the computer game Left for Dead (pictured).
  
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• Charities face block on sharing donors' details

  24-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Investigation prompted by death of poppy seller Olive Cooke, who received 260 charity requests in a month, could result in new 'opt-in' system
  
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• Tax sugary food to prevent child tooth decay, says top dentist

  24-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Mick Armstrong, chairman of the British Dental Association, accused food producers of upping sugar doses to aid bottom their line
  
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• Flamingo Land accident: Teenager injured after part of roller coaster ride falls off and hits her

  24-05-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A woman was also hurt when a metal foot-rail came loose and struck them as she queued below
  
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• Mum drops 10 stone... the equivalent weight of her slimming club leader

  24-05-2015 22:55
  
  A WOMAN who hit 23st 7lb is celebrating after losing 10 stone – the body weight of her slimming class leader.
  
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• Scotland should have right to veto British exit from Europe, says SNP representative

  24-05-2015 22:47
  
  The people of Scotland must be given the right to effectively veto the UK’s withdrawal from the EU to prevent the country being dragged out of Europe against its will, the SNP’s most senior representative at Westminster has said.
  
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• Incredible moment paralysed man uses 'psychic' robotic arms to drink beer independently for first time in 12 years

  24-05-2015 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A paralysed man has managed to pick up, hold, drink and put down a beer for the first time in twelve years
  
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• 11.5 million Britons must improve lifestyle or risk being struck down with diabetes

  24-05-2015 22:38
  
  AS MANY as 11.5million Britons must improve their unhealthy lifestyles or be struck down with diabetes, an “alarming” report warns.
  
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• 11.5 million Britons must improve lifestyle or risk being struck down with diabates

  24-05-2015 22:38
  
  AS MANY as 11.5million Britons must improve their unhealthy lifestyles or be struck down with diabetes, an “alarming” report warns.
  
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• Topless model Ride Me All Day slogan that caused fury replaced by new slogan

  24-05-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bus company that ran sexist “Ride me all day for £3” slogan forced to make a new campaign making light of the gaffe
  
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• Government will not push through plans to make sackings easier, says Sajid Javid

  24-05-2015 22:32
  
  The Government will not revisit plans to make it easier for businesses to sack employees, Sajid Javid, the new Business Secretary, has indicated.
  
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• David Cameron announces pay freeze for ministers to ensure Cabinet 'plays its part'

  24-05-2015 22:26
  
  Government ministers will face a further five years of frozen pay, David Cameron has announced, insisting that the Cabinet “will all play [their] part” in balancing the books.
  
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• Two brothers among five students killed at same west London school

  24-05-2015 22:21
  
  Two brothers are among five former pupils from a west London state school – once nicknamed “the socialist Eton” – believed to have been killed fighting in Syria and Iraq.
  
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• Five former pupils of west London school 'killed fighting in Iraq and Syria'

  24-05-2015 22:21
  
  Two brothers are among five former pupils from a west London state school – once nicknamed “the socialist Eton” – believed to have been killed fighting in Syria and Iraq.
  
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• Sefton park funfair accident: Two children injured 'after part of ride crashes down on top of them'

  24-05-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kayleigh Davies, nine and Luke Beardsmore, ten, were on the 'Twister' when part of an illuminated sign came loose and hit them while the ride was in motion
  
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• War with Isis: Government quashes ex-Army head's call for 'troops on the ground'

  24-05-2015 22:17
  
  The Government has reacted quickly to quash any suggestion that Britain should send ground troops to fight Isis in Iraq and Syria after a former head of the Army urged ministers to “think the previously unthinkable”.
  
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• Ground-breaking Stokes thrills fans

  24-05-2015 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ben Stokes's memorable 85-ball century can help win back the public's affection for England, says Jonathan Agnew.
  
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• Labour leadership contest: Margaret Hodge tells 'union barons' to 'shut up' and stop interfering

  24-05-2015 22:11
  
  The head of Britain’s largest trade union should “shut up” and stop interfering in Labour’s leadership election, one of the party’s most-senior MPs says today.
  
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• Ministers' pay frozen for five more years

  24-05-2015 22:10
  
  GOVERNMENT ministers’ pay will be frozen for another five years, David Cameron announced yesterday, to show “we are all in this together.”
  
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• French film Dheepan wins at Cannes

  24-05-2015 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French director Jacques Audiard's film, Dheepan, wins the top prize at Cannes, the Palme d'Or.
  
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• David Cameron warned he faces backbench rebellion over plans to scrap Human Rights Act

  24-05-2015 22:03
  
  David Cameron will face ministerial resignations and a large backbench rebellion if he pushes ahead with plans to dilute Britain’s obligations under the Convention on Human Rights, senior Conservatives have warned.
  
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• Germaine Greer slams Elton John because his husband David Furnish is named as 'mother' on birth certificates of their two sons

  24-05-2015 21:58 via
  
  The 76-year-old activist said the couple's move was an example of how the concept of motherhood has 'been deconstructed' before going on to criticise the process of IVF.
  
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• Two directors of a British defence company being investigated by FBI over Afghanistan bribery allegations

  24-05-2015 21:56
  
  Two directors of a British defence company are under investigation by the FBI and UK police regarding allegations of bribery to secure multimillion-dollar contracts relating to Afghanistan, The Independent can reveal.
  
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• Two British men being investigated by FBI over Afghanistan bribery allegations

  24-05-2015 21:56
  
  Two directors of a British defence company are under investigation by the FBI and UK police regarding allegations of bribery to secure multimillion-dollar contracts relating to Afghanistan, The Independent can reveal.
  
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• Horrifying footage shows moment runaway tyre flies past shop front nearly killing unsuspecting woman

  24-05-2015 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While the man seems to take a nasty hit to the wrist, it could have been a lot worse for the woman
  
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• Return of leeching Lord Hanningfield - ready to resume claiming £300-a-day Westminster expenses

  24-05-2015 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The convicted fraudster was barred from the House of Lords after we revealed he was spending as little as 21 minutes in Parliament
  
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• The dark side of Mother Nature: Photographer captures spooky portraits of the animal world in extra low light pictures

  24-05-2015 21:43 via
  
  Czech wildlife snapper Petr Bambousek visited zoos in Prague and Pilsen to capture exotic animals using a special dark light to show lions, gorillas and lemurs from a different perspective.
  
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• Bridesmaids' advice for a happy wedding party revealed

  24-05-2015 21:39 via
  
  Bridesmaids shared their experiences of micro-managing bridezillas, homemade dresses and cheap jewellery on a Reddit thread after a bride-to-be asked for guidance with her wedding party.
  
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• Watch dramatic moment 'armed man' is tasered by cops after shouting 'I am your king' during tense standoff

  24-05-2015 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cops first used CS gas on the man, an attempted murder suspect, but then had to resort to using a taser
  
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• Illegal ravers in Lincolnshire injure 3 officers and a police dog who tried to break them up

  24-05-2015 21:36
  
  A male police officer sustained serious injuries after being struck by a car leaving an illegal rave last night, after police acted to disperse revellers.
  
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