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• Gay pride march could BAN Ukip after protest over party's first-ever inclusion in London parade

  04-06-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More than 2,000 people signed a petition against Ukip being at Pride in London, with veteran activist Peter Tatchell saying it's 'not appropriate'
  
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• Watch horrifying moment hero pushes suicide bomber away from entrance to mosque before device explodes

  04-06-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  CCTV shows a bomb blast moments after the attacker dressed in a burqa is being dragged away from the mosque entrance by a guard
  
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• Former beauty queen wins £3m in acrimonious divorce battle which cost £1m in legal fees

  04-06-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Russian-born Ekaterina Fields, 42, thanked her vast legal team after the favourable outcome against estranged lawyer husband Richard Fields
  
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• Hobbit fever hits Sussex: Plans for £104million holiday resort with Lord of the Rings-style homes unveiled

  04-06-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Director of the project Bill Dunster said: "It will look stunning" - and locals are excited too
  
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• Police hunt neighbour from hell who plays full-volume 80s hits in the middle of the night

  04-06-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tiffany fan Stephen Parry, 43, will be trying to get away into the night as magistrates release a warrant for his arrest
  
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• Villiers backs 'phantom budget' plan

  04-06-2015 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern Ireland's secretary of state says a DUP proposal for a so-called "phantom budget" in the absence of a Stormont deal on welfare is well worth pursuing.
  
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• Appeal to abandon £7,000 MP pay rise

  04-06-2015 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Downing Street has launched a fresh appeal to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to abandon plans for a £7,000 pay rise for MPs.
  
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• Mirror Group Newspapers confirms it will appeal against level of phone hacking damages awards

  04-06-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The firm said it believed 'the basis used for calculating damages is incorrect and the amounts excessive'
  
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• US hit by 'massive data breach'

  04-06-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US government agencies have been hit by "massive breach" affecting millions of federal workers, officials said.
  
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• Conwoman goes on the run after getting jail term for tricking pensioner out of her life savings

  04-06-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Julie Whitehead, 53, was sentenced to eight and a half years for defrauding Rose Walker out of more £5,000
  
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• VIDEO: Singer hits out at austerity cuts

  04-06-2015 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The singer Charlotte Church hits out at the government's austerity measures saying it is 'not acceptable' that the most vulnerable in society will suffer.
  
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• Couple bullied at school over their weight become bodybuilding champions - now their tormentors ask them for tips

  04-06-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jordan Saunders tipped the scales at 11 stone at just 11-years-old, making her a target for cruel school bullies
  
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• Patrick Stewart says Ed Miliband shouldn't have resigned - and walking away was his 'biggest mistake'

  04-06-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Star Trek and X-Men star said the ex-Labour leader 'made some mistakes' but he 'did some terrific things' and should've stuck it out
  
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• Malala's childhood home was one of the most dangerous places in Pakistan but she still bravely went to school

  04-06-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Until last year the Pakistani Taliban had Swat Valley under brutal control and any rejection of their reign was met with beheadings, shootings, bombings
  
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• Brave Malala's hitmen secretly FREED just weeks after their 25 year prison sentences

  04-06-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wight of the 10 Taliban thugs were not convicted and their secret trial was a pathetic sham and just TWO are serving a sentence
  
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• Hilarious reaction from GCSE maths students after their 'impossible' Edexcel exam

  04-06-2015 23:13
  
  STRESSED GCSE maths students found their exam so difficult they are trending on social media.
  
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• 'Terror cell' targeted anti-Islamist

  04-06-2015 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two men who plotted to "randomly" behead Boston police officers had initially planned to target a conservative blogger.
  
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• ‘Yes, I did kill her’: Shocking moment mum of children found dead in freezer 'confesses' in courtroom outburst

  04-06-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bodies of her children Stephen, nine, and 13-year-old Stoni, were discovered in the family’s home earlier this year
  
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• ‘Yes, I did kill her’: Mum of murdered children found in freezer confesses during shock courtroom outburst

  04-06-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bodies of her children Stephen, nine, and 13-year-old Stoni, were discovered in the family’s home earlier this year
  
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• Parents outraged as schoolchildren told they could be expelled for not using £15 rucksack

  04-06-2015 23:02
  
  PARENTS have been left outraged after their children were told they could be expelled from school for not using specific rucksacks that cost £15.
  
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• Facebook slammed over refusal to remove 'child abuse video'

  04-06-2015 23:02
  
  CHILD abuse charities have blasted Facebook for refusing to remove an “appalling” video showing a naked newborn baby being flung around by its head.
  
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• 'My jealous partner said I'd never have another man, then he doused me in petrol and set me on fire'

  04-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Becky Major's jealous boyfriend doused her in petrol, set her on fire and then walked out of her flat as she burned, screaming in agony
  
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• Alton Towers rollercoaster crash: Seriously hurt victims waited 38 minutes for paramedics after 999 call delay

  04-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A total of 16 were injured, four seriously, when a carriage on The Smiler ploughed into a stalled cart at 50mph on Tuesday
  
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• Parents falling for allergy myths is leaving children malnourished

  04-06-2015 22:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  While 40 per cent of people claim to have a food allergy, only five per cent actually do
  
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• Parents falling for allergy myths

  04-06-2015 22:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  While 40 per cent of people claim to have a food allergy, only five per cent actually do
  
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• There is more cocaine in London's sewer system than any other European city, study shows

  04-06-2015 22:58
  
  A new study appears to show how widespread cocaine use is in London, as scientists say sewage from the capital has the highest concentration of the drug in the whole of Europe. 
  
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• Salmond rebuked over 'behave' remark

  04-06-2015 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is rebuked by Business Minister Anna Soubry for telling her to "behave yourself, woman".
  
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• Ghana petrol station blaze kills 150

  04-06-2015 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 150 people die in a massive fire at a petrol station in Ghana's capital, Accra, the fire service says, as the city grapples with serious floods.
  
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• Alton Towers 999 call delay revealed

  04-06-2015 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were not called until 11 minutes after the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash, it has emerged.
  
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• Gatlin beats Bolt's 100m Rome record

  04-06-2015 22:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Justin Gatlin beats Usain Bolt's Rome Diamond League record with 9.75 seconds in the 100m as Sally Pearson falls in the hurdles.
  
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• Boy born without ears fulfils life-long wish to wear sunglasses after undergoing 6-hour operation

  04-06-2015 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kieran Sorkin, 9, who was born with a rare condition had a new pair of ears created from his own ribs
  
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• Verstappen under fire from drivers

  04-06-2015 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen is taken to task by several drivers for his behaviour during and after his Monaco Grand Prix crash.
  
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• People-traffickers drive number of stowaways arriving in UK to double

  04-06-2015 22:39 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The number of stowaways entering Britain via ports on the south coast has more than doubled this year to 350 per week
  
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• Pensioner is suing NHS for amputating both of his legs - claiming operation was unnecessary

  04-06-2015 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Walter Watson was shocked to wake up in hospital and discover that both of his legs were missing following treatment
  
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• MPs' pay rise: David Cameron stung into U-turn after Labour leaders pledge to give cash to charity

  04-06-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has ordered a letter of protest as thousands sign petition against 'unfair and unjust' plan for a £7,000 salary hike
  
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• F1 boss will not visit Michael Schumacher as he wants to remember legend 'as he was'

  04-06-2015 22:28
  
  FORMULA One boss Bernie Ecclestone said he won't be visiting Michael Schumacher as the racing legend continues his painfully slow recovery.
  
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• Volunteers’ Week 2015: Celebrating the men and women who keep essential charities running

  04-06-2015 22:27
  
  Charities and community groups across the UK have thanked the millions of volunteers who devote their time and talents to helping others. Volunteers’ Week 2015, which concludes 5 June, seeks to recognise the contribution volunteers make in their communities.
  
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• Teenager hacked boy to death with samurai sword to 'win back respect' after his mum was roughed up

  04-06-2015 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Owen Whitesmith, 19, recruited a mob of up to eight hooded young men to target 18-year old Jon-Jo Highton, a court heard
  
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• Fifa 'paid to stop Henry legal action'

  04-06-2015 22:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  FAI chief executive John Delaney says Fifa paid to stop a legal case after Thierry Henry's handball against the Republic of Ireland.
  
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• The Drug Dare: Campaign urges people to upload drug-taking videos to YouTube to highlight "positive experiences"

  04-06-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Steven Casteel wants to be the "positive face" for drug culture - but is the campaign irresponsible?
  
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• Teaching assistant jailed over bomb hoax

  04-06-2015 22:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  She sent an email from the pupil's school account to her own account saying there was a bomb at the school
  
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• Alton Towers rollercoaster crash: Theme park offering Smiler staff 'professional support' in wake of accident

  04-06-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tuesday's crash has seen the Staffordshire attraction closed, with bosses not knowing when it will reopen
  
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• Angela Merkel: EU could consider amending treaties to convince UK to stay in union

  04-06-2015 22:19
  
  David Cameron won an early boost in his drive to win a new deal for Britain in the European Union when Angela Merkel said it could consider amending its treaties as the price for persuading Britain not to leave.
  
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• Test unravels history of infection

  04-06-2015 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US researchers claim to have developed a single test that is able to identify past exposure to every known human virus infection, using a single drop of blood.
  
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• Paedophile Information Exchange: Leon Brittan 'opposed banning pro-child sex campaign group'

  04-06-2015 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New papers show MP Geoffrey Dickens begged the late Home Secretary to outlaw the Paedophile Information Exchange - but his plea was rebuffed
  
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• Ruff justice: Police hold DOG identity parade so bite victim can point out her assailant

  04-06-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers lined up a collection of dogs so a teenager could identify the canine criminal that had sunk its teeth into her leg
  
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• Warming pause 'no longer valid'

  04-06-2015 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US researchers say new evidence casts doubt on the idea that global warming has "slowed" in recent years.
  
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• 'It was hard' Woman who sent off 1,200 unsuccessful applications lands job at McDonald's

  04-06-2015 22:02
  
  A WOMAN is lovin' it after she found a job at McDonald's after applying for 1,200 positions without success.
  
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• I herd you were moo-ving in: Baffled residents wake to find 15 cows in their quiet cul-de-sac

  04-06-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bizarre scene unfolded over the weekend when there street was briefly taken over by a bovine invasion
  
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• Alton Towers: 11 minute 'gap' between Smiler crash and 999 call

  04-06-2015 21:51
  
  EMERGENCY services were called 11 minutes after the tragic Alton Towers roller coaster crash which left four people seriously injured, it was claimed today.
  
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