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• Takata to address fatal airbag fault

  01-06-2015 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Japanese car parts maker, Takata, looks to replace a chemical used in its airbags, as it tries to fix a fault that led to six deaths and multiple injuries.
  
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• Lost in translation: The world's worst English language blunders revealed

  01-06-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  English may be the universal language but when its translated it can mean something completely different ...
  
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• VIDEO: Paris 'love locks' removed

  01-06-2015 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Close to one million locks weighing 45 tonnes are due to be cut off the Pont des Arts bridge over the next few days.
  
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• Britain's oldest sauropod dinosaur 'Alan' identified from fossil bone found in UK's Jurassic Park

  01-06-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The backbone originates from a group of dinosaurs that includes the largest land animals to have ever walked on Earth
  
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• Watch snoring man's hilarious reaction as he is hit over head with pillow by fed-up room-mate

  01-06-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Side-splitting footage goes viral after man thinks he is being shot at when he gets his rude awakening
  
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• VIDEO: Johnson praises PM's 'schmoozathon'

  01-06-2015 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In his first Commons speech since returning as an MP, Boris Johnson "reminds" David Cameron that he should be prepared to campaign for the UK to leave the European Union, if talks on renegotiating the terms of membership are unsuccessful.
  
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• Lawyer plundered more than £600,000 from elderly clients to pay for call girls

  01-06-2015 23:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The village solicitor raided the accounts of 13 clients aged between 67 and 100 and spent the money on 'pens, pottery, pornography and prostitutes'
  
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• Sir Terry Pratchett posthumously stars in hard-hitting Alzheimer's TV advert campaign

  01-06-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The author who lost his battle against the disease in March appears alongside Hollywood actor Seth Rogen and other TV personalities
  
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• 'Father' and 'son' MARRY each other after legally dissolving his adoption

  01-06-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adoption was the only way Bill Novak, 76, and Norman McArthur, 74, could be legally together before same sex marriage was introduced
  
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• 'Vigilantes' string up invisible throat-height WIRES to stop cyclists riding through wood

  01-06-2015 23:39
  
  A GANG of brutal vigilantes have been accused of "conspiracy to murder" after stringing deadly throat-height wires across tracks to stop cyclists riding through a wooded beauty spot.
  
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• Bra queen Michelle Mone: I quit Scotland because nationalists called me a 'slut' and a 'c***'

  01-06-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Ultimo founder first insisted she left her home of 43 years for business reasons - but now claims Scotland is a 'place consumed by hatred'
  
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• Boris: UK must be ready to leave EU

  01-06-2015 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK must be ready to walk away from the EU if sufficient reform is not achieved, Boris Johnson warns in his first Commons speech since returning as an MP.
  
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• Man charged with boxer's murder

  01-06-2015 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 32-year-old man has been charged with the murder of professional boxer Eamonn Magee.
  
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• Why women find it hard to lose weight and how they can overcome obstacles

  01-06-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  To stay in control, don’t just look at what you’re eating, but also why and when you do so
  
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• Gang of thieves steal nearly £1m-worth of goods in huge year-long burglary spree spanning 5 counties

  01-06-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The thieves targeted homes and businesses in Northumberland, Newcastle, Gateshead, North and West Yorkshire, stealing vehicles, machines and other possessions
  
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• Doctor 'failed Daniel Pelka who was victim of abuse', medical disciplinary hearing told

  01-06-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Mohammad Pathan should have seen Daniel Pelka within 48 hours of the warning by his school, Little Heath Primary in Coventry, the tribunal was told
  
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• Disgust as grieving parents denied access to their dead babies' ashes by crematorium

  01-06-2015 23:27
  
  DEVASTATED parents were denied their babies ashes by a crematorium, a shocking report has revealed today.
  
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• S Korea has first two Mers deaths

  01-06-2015 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman in her 50s and an elderly man become South Korea's first fatalities in an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, officials say.
  
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• Hedgehog found drunk in gutter after downing bottle of Advocaat

  01-06-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Animal centre staff said the hedgehog was the equivalent of the drunk collapsed in the gutter at 6am
  
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• Never mind 'just taking part' - parents want their children to COMPETE at school

  01-06-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New research showed nine out of 10 wanted their children to take part in sport or competitive challenges and learn the reality of wining and losing
  
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• Manchester United: Mobile phone shop offering discounted repairs - but only to Red Devils fans

  01-06-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The self-confessed 'die-hard Reds' have no problem giving the special offer to their fellow supporters
  
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• Want to stop menopause hot flushes? Then DON'T bother taking vitamin D say researchers

  01-06-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Researchers in America found women who took them had the same number of menopausal symptoms, such as hot flushes, as those who did not
  
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• Migrants trying to reach the UK in Calais injured during brawl

  01-06-2015 23:08 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Nearly 2,500 migrants from Sudan, Syria and other countries live in a makeshift village desperately trying to reach Britain
  
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• Legalise cannabis says Norman Lamb as Lib Dem leadership candidate declares 'war on drugs has failed'

  01-06-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb wants to see a world where the NHS is boosted by a 'cannabis tax' instead of drug gangs hoarding the cash
  
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• Liverpool close on deal for Milner

  01-06-2015 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool are set to hold talks with Manchester City's James Milner this week as they close in on the midfielder's signature.
  
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• Church of England to live-stream services for those who find it 'scary' to sit in pews

  01-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Streams in the desert: Church of England becomes unlikely convert to Periscope in bid to attract shy worshippers
  
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• Warning of heavy rain and gales

  01-06-2015 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A yellow warning of severe weather is in place across Wales.
  
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• Lloyds retail share sale confirmed

  01-06-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government has confirmed that it will launch a Lloyds share sale to the public "in the next 12 months".
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Boris Johnson irons out his maiden speech

  01-06-2015 22:48
  
  It had been billed as his “maiden speech”. But since he’s been an MP before and no one, not even Boris, can lose their virginity twice, it could not be so described.
  
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• Rocketing house prices predicted to hit 2007 high by property experts

  01-06-2015 22:48
  
  HOUSE prices are only £1,200 off their 2007 peak as the market speeds into its busiest season, official figures showed yesterday.
  
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• El Celler de Can Roca reclaims world's best restaurant crown

  01-06-2015 22:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Spanish restaurant El Celler De Can Roca has triumphed in the World's 50 Best Restaurants awards
  
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• A new era in cancer treatment?

  01-06-2015 22:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Results from clinical trials have had cancer specialists talking of this being a "game-changing" moment and a "new era" in cancer treatment. Are the claims justified, and what about the cost of the new drugs?
  
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• Student killed by a train as he fled cops who stopped him for smoking cannabis, inquest heard

  01-06-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Devante Keane, 20, wriggled out of his coat and ran into a garden before climbing a fence on to a railway line
  
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• Villagers win 30-year battle to remove 40ft hedge

  01-06-2015 22:39 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  It grew to 40ft and severely restricted the sunlight to neighbouring properties with one having to keep their lights on
  
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• Military cuts 'could weaken Britain's global importance' warns US Defence Secretary

  01-06-2015 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ashton Carter spoke out amid growing fears that the UK will fail to meet Nato’s target of spending 2% of national income on defence
  
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• VIDEO: Islamic State 'tortures' Syrian boy

  01-06-2015 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The group calling itself Islamic State is using children as young as 12 on the battlefield in the on-going conflict there.
  
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• KFC sues firms 'for claiming it sells genetically modified chickens with eight legs and six wings'

  01-06-2015 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The fast food giant claims three companies used a social media platform to spread the slurs and damage its brand
  
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• Dinosaur vertebra discovered in Yorkshire revealed to be 176 million years old

  01-06-2015 22:24
  
  Scientists have revealed that a prehistoric 15kg vertebra has been found to belong to the oldest sauropod [long-necked, long-tailed, tiny-headed] dinosaur ever discovered in the UK.
  
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• South Africa Lion Park attack: First picture of the car tourist was dragged from and killed

  01-06-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An American woman was killed earlier today at a lion park in Johannesburg, according to South African media reports
  
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• Milton Keynes Audi showroom collapse: Up to 20 cars damaged after part of building caves in

  01-06-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Part of the first floor over the workshop area of the showroom in Milton Keynes, caved in at midday today
  
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• Are you a giggler? If so you can blame your genes, scientists say

  01-06-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Researchers found people with a variant of the gene 5-HTTLPR, which affects the way serotonin works in the brain, smiled and laughed more
  
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• Two-year-old boy removed from parents' care after concerns over family's 'smoky house'

  01-06-2015 22:16
  
  A two-year-old boy has been taken from his parents’ care after a health visitor highlighted concerns about the level of cigarette smoke at his home.
  
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• Just the tonic! Gin sales jump seven per cent after trendy herbal versions hit shelves

  01-06-2015 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Britain's love affair with the old fashioned tipple has seen a seven per cent rise in sales thanks to new blends including coriander, juniper and lavender
  
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• ‘Adoption the only answer’ for boy, two, ‘harmed’ by parents’ smoking

  01-06-2015 22:10
  
  A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy has been taken from his parents' care after becoming ill from their constant smoking.
  
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• Campaigning doctor slams NHS 'privatisation' after agency firms recruiting backup medics enjoy boom in profits

  01-06-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cancer specialist and NHA party founder Clive Peedell said: 'They're reaping what they sow. They cut staff and now they're having to fill in the gaps'
  
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• Campaigning doctor slams NHS 'privatisation' after agency firms for backup medics enjoy boom in trade

  01-06-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cancer specialist and NHA party founder Clive Peedell said: 'They're reaping what they sow. They cut staff and now they're having to fill in the gaps'
  
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• Campaigning doctor slams NHS 'privatisation' after agency firms for backup medics enjoy boom in profits

  01-06-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cancer specialist and NHA party founder Clive Peedell said: 'They're reaping what they sow. They cut staff and now they're having to fill in the gaps'
  
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• Family of boy taken from family because they 'smoked too much' will have chance to say goodbye

  01-06-2015 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Family law solicitor Elspeth Thompson said the devastated parents will face a "heartbreaking time" as they are separated from their son
  
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• What’s the best day of the week to have sex, start a diet or quit smoking?

  01-06-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Just like certain times of day are better than others for doing things for your health, so certain days are also better than others
  
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• Terrified family forced to run for their lives after exploding can of deodorant sets their kitchen ablaze

  01-06-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Claire Shaw said she, her fiance Ian Bailey, and their three children were left badly shaken after the £1.46 L'Oreal Men Expert aerosol ignited when it fell off a table
  
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