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• Kevin 'Gerbil' Carroll murder: Gunman given life for gangland execution in Asda car park

  28-05-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  William Paterson, 35, will spend at least 22 years in jail before being considered for release after he fled the country following the daylight shooting
  
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• Millions face 5 days of rail strike hell as 16,000 workers vote to walk out over pay rise

  28-05-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Talks collapse as union bosses say firm's proposed pay rises are unfair in light of management bonuses
  
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• Head-on collision: Ram caught on camera smashing into car after it tries to stop animals battling

  28-05-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two animals were smashing heads with each other across a road when a driver decided to make a break for it
  
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• Furious rams caught on camera smashing into car after it gets in way of their fight

  28-05-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two animals were smashing heads with each other across a road when a driver decided to make a break for it
  
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• British police may investigate FIFA corruption claims as England threaten to pull out of 2018 World Cup

  28-05-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The FA is said to have a ''secret dossier'' on rival World Cup bids which may be handed over to the Serious Fraud Office
  
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• 'Fairytale' mansion that Mary Queen of Scots once called home goes on sale for £1.8 million

  28-05-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 24-year-old monarch stayed at Cowdenknowes in October 1566, just a year before she was forced off the throne
  
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• Jimmy Savile's Radio 1 DJ pal caught with hundreds of child abuse films and photographs

  28-05-2015 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Willis, 69, worked at the BBC under the name of Stevie Merike in the 1970s and later even stood for Parliament for the Liberal Democrats
  
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• Fifa property empires 'built on bribes'

  28-05-2015 23:37 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  More than a dozen sprawling mansions and beachside apartments were funded by Fifa corruption scandal, say US prosecutors
  
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• Watch shocking attack on screaming man who kicked on the floor over 'crackhead spliff'

  28-05-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The brawl happened outside the busy Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham and the footage is set to be viewed by West Midlands Police
  
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• Shocking footage shows woman kicking man to floor in front of stunned shoppers in row over 'crackhead spliff'

  28-05-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The brawl happened outside the busy Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham and the footage is set to be viewed by West Midlands Police
  
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• Playboy model April Summers speaks out about becoming a victim of a voyeuristic sex crime

  28-05-2015 23:34
  
  A model has bravely spoken out about being secretly filmed taking part in a sex act in an attempt to protect young models from the same fate.
  
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• British backpacker, 19, 'gang-raped by bikers in Thailand'

  28-05-2015 23:30
  
  A 19-YEAR-OLD British backpacker has been gang-raped by a group of bikers in Thailand, according to local reports.
  
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• Yasmin Gasimova: Eight hairy celebs giving the 'Hairy Student' a run for her money

  28-05-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  University student Yasmin Gasimova insists 'being hairy isn't scary' - but it seems celebs aren't scared to ditch the razor from time to time either...
  
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• Man takes swig of favourite pint only to find a slug in his mouth

  28-05-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Grant Knight spat the mouthful out but his wife reckons it has had a psychological impact on him
  
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• Man nearly swallows slug after taking swig of his favourite pint at party

  28-05-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Grant Knight spat the mouthful out but his wife reckons it has had a psychological impact on him
  
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• FIFA's night of no shame: Sepp Blatter won't quit after 'football's reputation dragged through mud'

  28-05-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 79-year-old will fight for re-election as president on Friday and says he cannot be blamed for the corruption scandal engulfing world football’s governing body
  
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• Grieving family of young woman forced to see her coffin dug up following pathologist error

  28-05-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tragic Gemma Wilkes, 23, died in July 2013 but when her mum Carrie Wilks, 42, received the full report of her death she noticed inaccuracies
  
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• Gemma Wilks: Grieving family forced to exhume woman's body 2 years after pathologist issued wrong cause of death

  28-05-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tragic Gemma Wilks, 23, died in July 2013 but when her mum Carrie Wilks, 42, received the full report of her death she noticed inaccuracies
  
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• Gemma Wilkes: Grieving family forced to exhume woman's body 2 years after pathologist's issued wrong cause of death

  28-05-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tragic Gemma Wilkes, 23, died in July 2013 but when her mum Carrie Wilks, 42, received the full report of her death she noticed inaccuracies
  
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• Tracy Kiss: 'Topless snaps for charity' mum gets huge £200k donation from young stranger

  28-05-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former glamour model hopes to help more than 200 charities after windfall
  
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• Royal Navy ship HMS Bulwark rescues 300 migrants

  28-05-2015 23:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  British Naval ship HMS Bulwark has rescued over 300 migrants crammed into a wooden boat
  
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• Britain protected 'state-sponsored serial killers' on both sides during Irish Troubles, BBC documentary claims

  28-05-2015 23:04
  
  The security forces protected “state sponsored serial killers” on both sides of Northern Ireland’s paramilitary groups who are responsible for some of the most notorious unsolved murders of The Troubles, according to a BBC Panorama documentary.
  
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• Michelle Cartwright: Pregnant woman's life saved by car crash after hospital scans revealed rare form of cancer

  28-05-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michelle Cartwright, 32, had to have her daughter five weeks early, so she could undergo life saving radiotherapy
  
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• Daughter of dead millionaire denies battering ice cream heiress in row over clothing

  28-05-2015 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mark Toney heiress Angela Marcantonio ended up with a punctured lung and severe bruising
  
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• Syria Islamists 'seize Idlib city'

  28-05-2015 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Islamist rebel coalition has seized one of the last cities in western Idlib province held by the Syrian government, activists say.
  
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• Michael Gove fails to rule out withdrawing UK from European Convention on Human Rights

  28-05-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour's Yvette Cooper asked the Justice Secretary three times about the Tory government's position but he dodged the question
  
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• Tories' legal highs Bill will ban almost every drug possible - and jail offenders for 7 years

  28-05-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  There'll be a 'guilty until proven innocent' law on all drugs, with the Bill so far-reaching it's having to specifically exclude alcohol and coffee
  
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• Widow with no family celebrates 100th birthday in style after Facebook appeal goes viral

  28-05-2015 22:23
  
  A WIDOW with no surviving family enjoyed a 100th birthday to remember after well-wishers threw her a surprise party.
  
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• Pensioner cheats death after neighbour's house COLLAPSES on top of his car

  28-05-2015 22:18
  
  A PENSIONER miraculously cheated death after tonnes of rubble fell on top of his car while he was still inside.
  
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• Bizarre video of monkey having make-up applied gets 30m online views - but slammed 'inappropriate' by critics

  28-05-2015 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Some have slammed the woman for doing it while others have said it was just a bit of fun
  
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• British 'backpacker raped in Thailand': Teenager 'abducted and sexually assaulted by biker gang'

  28-05-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The teenager reportedly told cops that the bikers raped her and stole her property before dumping her at a market
  
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• Google launches the Android 'M' operating system, Android Pay and Project Brillo at this year's Google IO conference

  28-05-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The as-yet-nameless Android 'M' won't have a new design but will be smoother, faster and more secure
  
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• Anger over Tory ex-farming minister's £90k salary at milk firm - for 50 days' work a year

  28-05-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scottish politicians slammed First Milk over the fees they pay Jim Paice and other directors, saying dairy farmers need all the cash they can get
  
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• David Cameron's ultimatum to Europe: Give us reforms or the UK will quit

  28-05-2015 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the PM flies around the EU for showdown talks, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says Brussels needs to make wholesale changes
  
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• Universities should ‘ditch degree ratings for point scores’, says advisory group

  28-05-2015 21:30
  
  Universities should scrap degree classifications and replace them with a US-style point score, according to a government advisory group.
  
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• Vicky the orangutan left smiling after being saved by specialist surgeon who operates on humans

  28-05-2015 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bornean Orangutans share 97% cent of the same DNA as us so a human ear, nose and throat specialist was drafted in to treat a cyst in her throat
  
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• A symbol of holding out

  28-05-2015 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tiny buildings that stand in the way of big developments
  
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• Orthodox Jewish sect accused of behaving like 'Saudi Arabia' after banning women from driving

  28-05-2015 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The ultra-conservative rabbis have claimed allowing women behind the wheel “goes against the rules of modesty”
  
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• EU referendum: David Cameron receives frosty welcome in Paris amid push for concessions

  28-05-2015 21:22
  
  David Cameron received a politely frosty welcome to Paris as he began his quest for concessions from EU leaders before the in-out referendum on British membership.
  
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• Henri Sueke: British doctor killed in crash just months after emigrating with his family to Australia

  28-05-2015 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dad-of-four Henri Sueke, 36, originally from Greater Manchester, was killed when his bike and a truck collided on a road in Sydney this morning
  
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• British doctor killed in Australia road smash just months after emigrating with his family

  28-05-2015 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dad-of-four Henri Sueke, 36, originally from Greater Manchester, was killed when his bike and a truck collided on a road in Sydney this morning
  
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• Readers recommend: songs that build

  28-05-2015 21:20
  
  ... up momentum, energy, intensity, layers, volume or sheer emotion. From a whisper to a scream, suggest music that grows in unusual or powerful waysWhat a song.* It begins with nothing more than a hint of stillness, a tiny flick of wind through grass, a gnat’s heartbeat, a cricket’s wink, a cat hair’s whisper in the imagination. Then, emerging from beyond the frequency at which human biology can detect sound, an indeterminate buzzing, perhaps of an insect, a rhythmic crunching, and a rust
  
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• France warns of 'dangerous' David Cameron stance on EU

  28-05-2015 21:20
  
  Prime minister’s attempt to renegotiate terms of Britain’s membership will be blocked, says French foreign minister, if he is seeking special status
  France has issued a blunt warning to David Cameron that his plans to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s EU membership before an in/out referendum are a “dangerous” process.One can’t join a football club and decide in the middle of the match we are now going to play rugby Related: The Guardian view on Cameron’s European diplomacy: tilti
  
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• Khorasan: are Syria's mysterious 'strangers with horses' a threat to the west?

  28-05-2015 21:18
  
  The US says the group is plotting, amid the civil war, to attack the west, while Islamist groups deny it even exists. What is it and what is it up to?In Idlib province, they are known as “the strangers with the horses”. Among the senior ranks of Jabhat al-Nusra, they are referred to as “our friends”. In Europe and the US, the small band of jihadis is known by the contentious name “Khorasan” and blamed for hatching plots to attack the west.All seem to agree on one thing: just what the
  
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• Andy Murray unconcerned despite time violations in French Open win

  28-05-2015 21:17
  
  • Murray cited twice in win over João Sousa
  • Scot will play Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in next roundThe umpires and players at the French Open are locked in a weird waltz – slow-slow, quick-quick slow – over the exasperating issue of time violations for tardy serving, and Andy Murray found himself at the centre of the debate on day five.Twice on Thursday the French chair umpire Pascal Maria warned him for not serving within the prescribed 20 seconds during his win over João Sous
  
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• Royal Academy of Arts' Tim Marlow: Bronze statue of lovers embracing at St Pancras station is a lesson in 'not how to do' public art

  28-05-2015 21:15
  A 30ft bronze statue of lovers embracing at St Pancras International railway station is a lesson in “how not to do” public art, a senior Royal Academy of Arts figure has claimed.
  
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• Royal Academy of Arts' Tim Marlow: Bronze statue of lovers embracing at St Pancras station is a lesson in 'how not to do' public art

  28-05-2015 21:15
  A 30ft bronze statue of lovers embracing at St Pancras International railway station is a lesson in “how not to do” public art, a senior Royal Academy of Arts figure has claimed.
  
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• Royal Academy of Arts' Tim Marlow: Bronze statue of lovers embracing at St Pancras station a lesson in 'not how to do' public art

  28-05-2015 21:15
  A 30ft bronze statue of lovers embracing at St Pancras International railway station is a lesson in “how not to do” public art, a senior Royal Academy of Arts figure has claimed.
  
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• First victims of Tory welfare cap: Family of 9 evicted from their home by bailiffs

  28-05-2015 21:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lee and Katrina Parker have been left unable to afford the rent on their four-bedroom house and feed their seven children by the cruel measure
  
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• Louise Aspinall: Schoolboy 'told pals about romps with teaching assistant and it made him feel famous'

  28-05-2015 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 13-year-old denies making up a story that Louise Aspinall became pregnant after one of their alleged sex sessions
  
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