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• Amazing video shows nerve-wracking moment driver uses rickety wooden planks as 'bridge' to board ferry

  26-05-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stunned onlookers cheer and screech as the large vehicle inches its way onto the vessel
  
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• Northern Ireland Assembly votes down Welfare Reform Bill and leaves power-sharing Executive facing total collapse

  26-05-2015 23:54
  
  Northern Ireland's faltering power-sharing Executive has lurched towards another crisis after the Assembly voted down a bid to implement welfare reforms in the region.
  
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• Northern Ireland rejects £600m Tory welfare cuts plan that would 'attack most vulnerable in society'

  26-05-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sinn Fein and the SDLP refused to approve the Coalition's Welfare Reform Bill - but are being warned they'll be left with a budget black hole
  
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• LISTEN: 'Lovely': Lottery winner's calm response after bagging £8m

  26-05-2015 23:49
  
  THE National Lottery has released a recording of the phone call when a man was told he had won £8million and replies with just: "lovely".
  
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• Anti-Alistair Carmichael campaign raises £20,000 in bid to unseat memo-leaking Lib Dem MP

  26-05-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Furious voters want to oust the MP through the courts after he denied leaking a memo smearing Nicola Sturgeon - then admitted he had after all
  
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• Meet Sir Jonathan Ive - the Brit who has risen through the ranks to become Apple's chief design officer

  26-05-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir Jonathan is the man behind the iWatch, iPhone, iPad, iPod and – going right back to the start – those Apple iMacs coloured like a sweetshop
  
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• Lawyer offers 50 cows, 70 sheep and 30 goats to marry President Obama's daughter

  26-05-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kenyan Felix Kiprono said Malia would learn how to milk a cow and cook
  
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• Immigrant drug dealer who was kicked out of UK THREE times is jailed for savage attacks

  26-05-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ardit Hoxha used a brick, knife, metal bar and hammer to terrify his victims
  
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• Ardit Hoxha: Immigrant drug dealer who was kicked out of UK THREE times is jailed for savage attacks

  26-05-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ardit Hoxha used a brick, knife, metal bar and hammer to terrify his victims
  
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• Ryanair readies for take-off in its bid to replace easyJet as Britain's biggest airline

  26-05-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Irish carrier has a 16% share of the market and is determined to become the first European operator to carry 100m passengers a year
  
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• Finance boss slapped with record £75m fine for mis-selling 'death bonds'

  26-05-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Investors lost at least £330m after being missold investment products linked to life insurance policies by defunct firm
  
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• Jed Allen: 'Wolverine' killer was driven to murder by a terrible secret in his family

  26-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 21-year-old's body was found in woodland in Oxfordshire after his mother, step-father and six-year-old sister were found stabbed to death
  
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• Northern Ireland lurches to crisis as Assembly vote down welfare reforms

  26-05-2015 23:28 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The fall of the legislation means the administration faces a budgetary black hole of around £600m
  
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• Music night to raise money to bring back body of British holidaymaker who died in Cambodia

  26-05-2015 23:28
  
  THE family and friends of a British holidaymaker found dead in Cambodia are holding a live music night - to try and raise funds to help bring his body home.
  
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• Desperate mums grab nursery places while they are pregnant

  26-05-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mums-to-be are registering their children for nursery places much earlier with some before their children are even born and one woman who wasn't even pregnant
  
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• Sean Heiss who strangled mother to death caught on camera fleeing to Spain

  26-05-2015 23:21 via
  
  Ex-Waitrose worker Sean Heiss, 30, of St Mark's Hill, London, allegedly killed his mother Margaret Sheehy, who was known as Margot,on the afternoon of June 12, 2012 before fleeing to Spain.
  
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• Brits who want to die with some dignity abroad are unable to because they cannot AFFORD it

  26-05-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nearly 300 people from the UK have travelled to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland to end their lives
  
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• Jeffrey Spector's grieving family say they are 'prouder than ever of dad' in heartbreaking tribute

  26-05-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wife Elaine and daughters Keleigh, Courtney and Camryn told how goodwill messages flooded in after his story touched the hearts of Mirror readers
  
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• Jamie Oliver gets epic 40th birthday Star Wars surprise

  26-05-2015 23:16 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was caught unawares by his office staff, who threw him a rather brilliant birthday surprise
  
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• Grandfather dies from aneurysm after NHS fatally misdiagnoses him with muscle strain

  26-05-2015 23:15
  
  A GREAT-GRANDFATHER tragically died after doctors fatally misdiagnosed a ruptured aneurysm as a muscle strain.
  
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• Yorkshire cave with waterfall twice the height of NIAGARA FALLS opened up to adventurers

  26-05-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gaping Gill cavern in North Yorkshire is closed to the public for most of the year but this week daredevils can descend into the 650-ft chamber
  
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• Incredible Yorkshire cave with waterfall twice the height of NIAGARA FALLS is opened up to adventurers

  26-05-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gaping Gill cavern in North Yorkshire is closed to the public for most of the year but this week daredevils can descend into the 650-ft chamber
  
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• Ukip official David Soutter faces allegations he tampered with selection process

  26-05-2015 23:13 via
  
  Senior party official David Soutter, a close ally of Nigel Farage, is under increasing pressure to step down as Ukip’s head of candidates over claims he had a relationship with Natasha Bolter.
  
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• Horrifying footage shows bulls goring terrified spectators after escaping from ring and ploughing into crowd

  26-05-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  WARNING graphic footage shows raging animals goring people with their horns before throwing them up into the air like rag dolls.
  
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• Five Tory years will be hard on families, vulnerable people and the NHS, so it's Labour's job to fight back

  26-05-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With our membership of the EU and the future of the Human Rights Act hanging in the balance, it's vital that we offer a strong and effective Opposition
  
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• Air France flight AF953: Investigation launched after passenger jet nearly crashes into mountain

  26-05-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  French investigators have opened a probe after plane carrying some three dozen people on board narrowly avoided hitting the highest mountain in central Africa
  
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• Beauty turns beast: Former Miss Swansea avoids jail for punching girl in club toilet

  26-05-2015 23:05
  
  A SHAMED beauty queen has promised a judge she will give give up alcohol - because it turns her ugly.
  
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• Herpes-based drug 'cures' patients of skin cancer

  26-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The new therapy has far fewer side effects because it is harnassing the body's own immune system
  
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• Genetically engineered virus 'cures' patients of skin cancer

  26-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The new therapy has far fewer side effects because it is harnassing the body's own immune system
  
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• George Clooney: plastic surgery and dying your hair actually make you look older

  26-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The actor has said he thinks men's attempts to reverse the signs of ageing actually backfire
  
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• John Mills, major Labour donor, considers backing Liz Kendall

  26-05-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Businessman behind JML household products says Liz Kendall is "brave" for pledging to protect defence spending
  
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• Hi-tech funerals usher in an era of photo-booths, video calls and recorded messages from the deceased

  26-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A poll found that more than half of us are not comfortable with the changes to the traditional service but confirms the futuristic developments are here to stay
  
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• 'Finding love gave me the strength to accept my scars and the terrible tragedy that gave me them'

  26-05-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bobby Mutasa always hated the face staring back at her from the mirror but now she has finally accepted herself
  
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• Drunk Rowhedge man rescued by RNLI from River Colne

  26-05-2015 22:53 via
  
  The 45-year-old (circled) left the Anchor pub on the banks of the River Colne in Rowhedge, Essex and tried to row home in a 10ft boat, only to fall overboard and get stuck in the mud.
  
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• Jeffrey Spector's love of life was the driving force behind his decision to end it so soon

  26-05-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Father Jeffrey Spector made the heartbreaking decision to end his own life in Switzerland after being diagnosed with an inoperable spinal tumour that would paralyse him
  
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• 'Canal Boy' is locked away for £50,000 ramraid at Mercedes HQ

  26-05-2015 22:42 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Clinton Bowen, who was sent on a three-month tax-payer funded holiday to steer him away from crime, is back behind bars
  
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• 'Canal Boy' is locked away for £50,00 ramraid at Mercedes HQ

  26-05-2015 22:42 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Clinton Bowen, who was sent on a three-month tax-payer funded holiday to steer him away from crime, is back behind bars
  
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• Kidney girl's plight touches David Cameron as he orders NHS to review her case

  26-05-2015 22:42
  
  A SCHOOLGIRL who wrote to David Cameron asking him to help her get lifesaving treatment is to have her case reviewed on his orders.
  
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• Tragic last picture of dentist pals hours before drowning accident claimed two of their lives

  26-05-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mohammad Kamran Shabir and Lyace Ali, both 35, died after getting into difficulties swimming in the popular Blue Lagoon in Comino, Malta
  
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• Amaranth: the new quinoa which lives at the bottom of the garden

  26-05-2015 22:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The seeds of the common plant 'Love-Lies-Bleeding' are as nutritious as quinoa and easy to harvest, Adele Nozedar tells The Hay Festival
  
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• Cycling legend Brian Robinson awarded compensation after collision

  26-05-2015 22:33 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The first Briton to win a Tour de France stage still rides 80 miles a week at the age of 84
  
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• Filipino child who was filmed being dragged on a LEASH is taken into care

  26-05-2015 22:32 via
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The naked young boy is crouched over a bowl of what looks like dog food. Campaigner Lurleen Hilliard spotted the horrifying images on Facebook.
  
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• BBC chiefs STILL on fat cat salaries that dwarf David Cameron's pay

  26-05-2015 22:31
  
  MORE than 100 BBC bosses still earn six-figure salaries despite the promise to offer viewers better value for money.
  
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• Clare Humble: Terrified neighbour of 'black widow' murderer reveals campaign of violence that left her fearing for life

  26-05-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clare Humble battered her neighbour and issued chilling threats against her frail father
  
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• Dad's attempt to set up a chocolate fountain goes horribly wrong

  26-05-2015 22:25 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A dad tried to salvage his manliness after his chocolate fountain span out of control
  
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• The £80m bedroom tax toll: Councils dish out huge emergency funds to stop people becoming homeless

  26-05-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scottish councils alone gave £50.5m in 'discretionary housing payments' in 2014/15 - £3.3m more than they were expected to need
  
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• Peter Craig: Super fit newlywed killed after freak collision with cyclist while in marathon training

  26-05-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Peter Craig was thought to have suffered from just minor cuts and bruises but later died of brain injuries
  
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• Didcot murders: Jed Allen was 'known' to police before killings

  26-05-2015 22:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Thames Valley Police refused to say what he had done
  
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• Global warming is back on the increase say scientists as world temperatures soar to new highs

  26-05-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Carbon dioxide levels are at record levels and experts warn this could mean climate change passing out of safe levels, with knock-on effects around the globe
  
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• Police chief scraps controversial youth commissioner scheme after just two years

  26-05-2015 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  The £15,000-a-year post, which hit trouble over revelations of the first appointment's history on Twitter, will be replaced by an advisory group
  
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