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• Tablets in more than half UK households five years after they were launched

  27-05-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The hand-held devices have soared in popularity among 35 and 54 year olds and 34 per cent of children aged between five and 15 own one
  
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• The Queen causes a stir on social media with mention of the phrase 'psychoactive drugs'

  27-05-2015 23:57
  
  It may not be known as a source of much amusement, but the Queen's Speech managed to cause something of a stir online today when Her Majesty mentioned the phrase “psychoactive drugs”.
  
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• Queen's Speech raises a few smiles online with mention of the phrase 'psychoactive drugs'

  27-05-2015 23:57
  
  It may not be known as a source of much amusement, but the Queen's Speech managed to cause something of a stir online today when Her Majesty mentioned the phrase “psychoactive drugs”.
  
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• Santorum joins race for US president

  27-05-2015 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rick Santorum, a Christian conservative who came second in the 2012 Republican primaries for president, launched a second campaign for the White House.
  
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• Tories' first Queen's Speech in two decades pledges union-bashing and savage welfare cuts

  27-05-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cameron prepares a full-scale assault on workers' rights and austerity for the young, with child benefit frozen and housing benefit axed for 18-21-year-olds
  
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• Watch Leroy the dog performing slam dunks and even painting portraits as he shows off his incredible skills

  27-05-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The capable canine can be seen in this video sorting laundry, giving his owner a kiss and performing a range of incredible tricks on command
  
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• Watch Leroy the amazing dog perform slam dunks and painting portraits in his amazing box of tricks

  27-05-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The capable canine can be seen in this video sorting laundry, giving his owner a kiss and performing a range of incredible tricks on command
  
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• Cornwall motorist returns home to find her car infested with 5,000 bees

  27-05-2015 23:51 via
  
  Kelly-Marie Knowles, 26, was attacked by a hive as a child so was shocked to return back from a walk to find literally thousands of the insects on the back of her red Peugeot 206 (pictured) in Cornwall.
  
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• London anti-austerity protest: Recap of updates as thousands demonstrate against Tory cuts

  27-05-2015 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thousands of protesters are marching against Tory austerity measures in the Queen's Speech - and there's a heavy police presence
  
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• Group of 40 squatters given marching orders to leave Mayfair property

  27-05-2015 23:50 via
  
  The group, who have been squatting in an office block at 16 Grosvenor Street, in the Mayfair area of London, had been granted more time to take legal advice - but today a judge ordered them to leave.
  
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• Watch tearful little girl's hilarious reaction after being told she was getting a THIRD brother

  27-05-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Filmed bawling her eyes out in the back seat of a car, the young girl says through tears: “I just had two brothers already
  
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• Recap - Fifa officials arrested in Zurich as part of corruption and bribery probe

  27-05-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Swiss police carried out a dawn raid at the five star Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich this morning as Fifa gathered for its annual meeting
  
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• Stunning photos show Milky Way in all its glory in the night sky over Britain

  27-05-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jon Scott uses radar and weather maps to find the best place in the UK to capture the beautiful sight
  
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• Scotland's most expensive property this year goes for £2.25m

  27-05-2015 23:37 via
  
  The owner could make up to £50,000-a-week by renting out the end of terrace house (pictured left) - which also boasts views over the first fairway - during major competitions at St Andrews.
  
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• Former Thomas Cook boss makes £3m offer to grieving parents of Bobby and Christi Shepherd

  27-05-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The holiday firm has been criticised for its handling of the tragedy which saw two children die from carbon monoxide poisoning
  
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• Michael Jopson and his son killed in Bank Holiday car crash in Cumbria

  27-05-2015 23:35 via
  
  Loving father Michael Jopson, 25, and his son Tony, 18 months old, from Old Tebay, Penrith, died after a crash on Monday and two-month old Logan was seriously injured but is now stable.
  
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• Why Fifa scandal is sport's biggest

  27-05-2015 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport's Matt Slater examines what sets the Fifa fiasco apart from the litany of previous sporting scandals.
  
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• BB King funeral: Thousands line streets of Memphis as fans say goodbye to blues legend

  27-05-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The blues icon died at his home earlier this month, aged 89, and a funeral procession led fans past a series of sentimental landmarks
  
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• Taylor Swift and Beyonce join Angela Merkel and the Queen on powerful women list

  27-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The German Chancellor has topped the table for the tenth year running, beating US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton into second place
  
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• Fifa arrests will make no difference until septic Sepp is booted out of football

  27-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror chief sportswriter Dave Kidd says rooting out corruption in football's governing body will take more than the events of a single dramatic day
  
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• Fifa arrests: FBI claim to have unearthed 'World Cup of Fraud' as Sepp Blatter clings on

  27-05-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The president of football's governing body may yet face questioning as a warrant was issued for the arrest of his former deputy Jack Warner
  
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• Brothers Dwight and Derrell 'murdered 17-year-old by crushing him against railings'

  27-05-2015 23:27 via
  
  Dwight Callender and his brother Derrell, murdered Johnson Ndjoli, pictured, by ramming him with their white van and crushing him against railings in south east London, the Old Bailey heard.
  
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• Michael Davies: Pensioner missing 'without medication' while on holiday on Isle of Wight

  27-05-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Davies was last seen on CCTV in the early hours of Wednesday while on a break with his wife
  
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• Michael Davies: Fears for missing pensioner after 71-year-old disappears while on holiday in the Isle of Wight

  27-05-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Davies, from Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, was visiting the island with his wife as part of a coach holiday when he vanished
  
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• Nasdaq index closes at a record

  27-05-2015 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Nasdaq stock index rallied to a record after technology and healthcare stocks advanced.
  
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• Fifa officials 'corrupted football'

  27-05-2015 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US prosecutors accuse Fifa officials of racketeering, fraud and money laundering involving tens of millions of dollars over a 24-year period.
  
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• Is Britain's Hardest Grafters reality show a new low for BBC?

  27-05-2015 23:16 via
  
  The programme, which has the working title Britain's Hardest Grafter, will see 25 people compete in a series of challenges with the aim of being crowned the hardest worker.
  
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• Holli Cheung: Sleeping with my son in the room woke up my heart after cardiac arrest

  27-05-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Holli Cheung, 36, was left fighting for her life at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital after being struck down by a rare virus, myocarditis
  
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• Holli Cheung consultant: Jordan's bit of magic turned despair into joy

  27-05-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Holli Cheung, 36, was left fighting for her life at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital after being struck down by a rare virus, myocarditis
  
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• FBI charts 24 years of football's bribery and corruption

  27-05-2015 23:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The US Department of Justice said the 14 people they arrested had run a scheme 'to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer'
  
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• Why the Americans took on Fifa

  27-05-2015 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why the US is policing a global game
  
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• Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2-3 Sevilla

  27-05-2015 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sevilla become the first side to win the Europa League on four occasions by securing a thrilling win over Dnipro.
  
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• VIDEO: Texas dam reaches dangerous levels

  27-05-2015 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Flood waters flow over a dam southwest of Dallas as a large part of the southern US continued to reel from floods brought on by powerful storms.
  
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• Kyle Ingram: Thug jailed after smashing victim over head with 42in TV during drink-fuelled rampage

  27-05-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kyle Ingram, 25, hit one person over the head with the television four times and stabbed another victim in the stomach
  
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• Sepp Blatter faces questioning as FBI swoop on 14 football officials

  27-05-2015 22:54 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Fifa president could be interviewed by the Swiss attorney general who is conducting an inquiry into the Qatar World Cup bid
  
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• Hillary's 'everyday pantsuit tee'

  27-05-2015 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaign-themed products aren't limited to bumper stickers and yard signs any more. But is there a secret strategy behind Rand Paul's "filibuster starter pack" and Hillary Clinton's pantsuit t-shirt?
  
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• England's Hartley gets four-week ban

  27-05-2015 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England hooker Dylan Hartley is given a four-week ban for headbutting and is unavailable for the first game of the World Cup.
  
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• Joy Division singer Ian Curtis' home will become museum to celebrate star's legacy claims new owner

  27-05-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hadar Goldman paid almost twice the asking price for the Macclesfield home and is aiming to get a blue plaque put up
  
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• Queen's Speech protests: Arrests as thousands descend on Whitehall in angry rally against Tory cuts

  27-05-2015 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An organiser claims 2,000 activists voiced their anger outside Downing Street before a group mobbed 'fascist' UKIP MP Douglas Carswell
  
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• Government plans to block porn websites could breach EU law

  27-05-2015 22:40
  
  GOVERNMENT plans to block pornographic websites could contravene European law, it has emerged.
  
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• Hay Festival 2015: What Ed Miliband really got up to in Ibiza

  27-05-2015 22:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The defeated Labour leader called his former chief-of-staff "most days" to discuss his political legacy, reveals The Telegraph's Mary Riddell
  
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• What time is the Google IO 2015 keynote? How to watch the announcement in the UK and what to expect

  27-05-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Google's Sundar Pichai will take to the stage in San Francisco tomorrow - here's everything you need to know if you want to follow the announcements from the UK
  
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• VIDEO: Cold sore virus could treat skin cancer

  27-05-2015 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A virus that normally causes cold sores could treat skin cancer, researchers believe.
  
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• Travellers to net £400k after Banksy paints on the side of their TRAILER

  27-05-2015 22:31
  
  RICHES await a pair of travellers who allowed a then-unknown artist to paint the side of their trailer - when it turned out to be Banksy.
  
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• Car seat removed from sale after 'baby flies out and lands on gear stick'

  27-05-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  Tesco and Asda have stopped selling the Kiddu Lane 123 Car seat after a horrified family filmed a video of them describing the alleged incident
  
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• Kerry Noble: Fraudster who swindled her own gran out of £78k - ordered to pay back just £370

  27-05-2015 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heartless Kerry Ann Noble was jailed for two years last October for what a judge called a "grave and gross breach of trust"
  
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• Kamil Dantes stabbed parents to death during psychotic episode after smoking cannabis for years

  27-05-2015 22:21 via
  
  Kamil Dantes, 28, left his disabled father, Leszek Dantes, and mother Malgorzata, both 54 and originally from Poland, with more than 30 wounds each at their home in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
  
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• Pensioner George Robson dies from a stomach ulcer due to 'medical neglect'

  27-05-2015 22:20 via
  
  George Robson, 75, of Shirley, south east London, died after staff at King's College Hospital failed to prescribe the correct medication, a coroner ruled.
  
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• Fancy 'sinking a few'? Take a look around the submarine-themed pub designed using scrap metal

  27-05-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Submarine bar in Cluj, Romania, has just opened complete with control panels, periscopes, radars and torpedos
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Watching the Queen's Speech, I was convinced Lord Winston’s moustache came from a theatrical costumier

  27-05-2015 22:14
  The setting, the parliamentary equivalent of Royal Ascot, didn’t seem right for an allegedly “one nation” Queen’s speech. Do those 40-odd sparkling peers’ wives sprinkled along the red benches actually own their tiaras? Either way, once the Queen had sat down after entering with her modest entourage of pages and about a dozen blokes dressed in ludicrously garish armorial finery, called things like Fitzalan Pursuivant Extraordinary and Richmond Herald (Not a local newspaper but an, er,
  
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