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• Britain throws weight behind plans for flying-doctor unit to tackle world diseases

  06-06-2015 23:40
  
  Britain will this week throw its weight behind ambitious plans to establish the world’s first specialist rapid response unit to tackle outbreaks of infectious diseases with the potential to kill millions.
  
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• Christina Broom: The photo pioneer finally getting the exposure she deserves

  06-06-2015 23:39
  
  At less than five feet tall, Christina Broom may not have cut an imposing figure, and nor is she a household name, yet her photographs captured some of the most momentous and extraordinary events of the early 20th century.
  
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• Over £100m worth of gold going to waste inside millions of unused mobile phones, says study

  06-06-2015 23:39
  
  A total of four tons of gold – worth more than £100m – is going to waste inside millions of unused mobile phones in the UK, according to new research.
  
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• Major international effort needed to fight criminal gangs using 'hackers for hire', says anti-cybercrime boss

  06-06-2015 23:38
  
  A major international effort is needed to defeat cybercrime and disrupt the criminal gangs who are using “hackers for hire” to hit sensitive financial and government targets, the UK’s anti-cybercrime boss has warned.
  
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• Green Deal: Big Six electricity providers to blame for failure of energy-saving scheme, says architect

  06-06-2015 23:38
  
  The architect of the Government’s much-criticised household energy efficiency scheme has blamed the Big Six electricity providers for its failure.
  
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• Green Deal: Energy efficiency programme may be axed amid austerity drive

  06-06-2015 23:38
  
  Spending on energy efficiency and the clean-up of Britain’s old nuclear reactors is set be significantly reduced as part of the Government’s austerity drive.
  
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• Labour to set up 'business forum' in effort to understand election defeat

  06-06-2015 23:38
  
  Chris Leslie, the shadow Chancellor, is to conduct an inquest into why Labour lost the support of businesses in its heavy election defeat last month.
  
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• Man stuns shoppers in supermarket car park trying to sell shark - while it's still alive

  06-06-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shark wasn't in a tank of any kind, just dumped on the concrete floor for any potential customers to snap up
  
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• Good Morning Britain star among thousands of Brits conned in fake holiday scams

  06-06-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Presenter Sean Fletcher paid £3,420 for a villa trip to Italy only to find the money had gone to a fraudster who had hacked into the owner's website
  
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• Friendship blooms as a group of residents bunch together to deck out their street with hanging baskets

  06-06-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Contenders for our Cultivation Street contest hope for success after they created a floral display to fix a mess made by sewerage works
  
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• D-Day: 150 British war veterans cross Channel to attend 71st anniversary service in France

  06-06-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The veterans travelled to Normandy to honour their comrades who, on June 6, 1944, helped to strike a decisive blow against the Nazis and bring freedom to Europe
  
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• Digital Monuments Men' wage online war against Islamic State looting

  06-06-2015 23:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Skills once used to track terorrists are now being used to track stolen antiquities and smugglers through the digital bazaars of the Middle East
  
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• SNP to demand MPs be allowed on influential Defence Select Committee

  06-06-2015 23:12
  
  The Scottish National Party is set to flex its newly-won Westminster muscles by demanding that two of its MPs are allowed on the influential Defence Select Committee.
  
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• Charles Kennedy gave all he had for politics and history will be as kind to him as he was to others

  06-06-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charles Kennedy was one of the most successful Liberal leaders of all time, says former Labour deputy leader, John Prescott
  
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• Former cop fears 'cover-up' as he alleges link between sex beast Sidney Cooke and young boy's murder

  06-06-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former Chief Superintendent Roger Stoodley says he was furious when the the CPS refused to follow up his suspicions over the 1984 killing of Mark Tildesley
  
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• Nigel Farage says UKIP will 'fight the ground game' for the campaign to leave European Union

  06-06-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The eurosceptic party leader says it is time to 'get cracking' on the No campaign as he plots series of public meetings
  
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• Brian May and Downton Abbey star Peter Egan call on government to block planning permission to breed beagle dogs for experiments

  06-06-2015 23:01
  Queen guitarist Brian May and Peter Egan, a star of Downton Abbey and 80s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles, have called on the government to block planning permission to breed beagle dogs for experiments.
  
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• Up to 500,000 desperate refugees wait in Libya for illegal death boats to Europe

  06-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The captain of HMS Bulwark, which is leading the British mission to save desperate ­passengers of unseaworthy vessels which have killed thousands, has issued the warning
  
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• Princess Charlotte photos: Prince George tenderly holds baby sister in four official pictures - taken by mum Kate Middleton

  06-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cradling sister Charlotte in his arms, the toddler prince looks lovingly at his newborn little sister as mum Kate snaps away on her camera
  
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• Princess Charlotte and Prince George photos bear striking resemblance to grandad Prince Charles and his sister Anne

  06-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The photo of their kiss looks remarkably similar to one taken 65 years ago – showing their grandfather Prince Charles, kissing his little sister, Anne, when they were the same age
  
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• London Road: How new film about Ipswich murder of five prostitutes captures a town dealing with immense tragedy

  06-06-2015 22:53
  
  She was shaking. A killer was on the loose and Jane was convinced she must have had sex with him.“I know, I know, it coulda been me, I keep thinking about that,” she said as we sat in a branch of Kentucky Fried Chicken near the football ground in Ipswich and she ripped open one sachet of sugar after another to pour into her tea. Twelve times. But it was the fear and not the sugar rush that was making her tremble.
  
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• Bettina Jordan-Barber: The ex MoD strategist who went to jail after telling The Sun about military shortages - and taking money for it

  06-06-2015 22:47
  Bettina Jordan-Barber is not your usual jailbird. The 42-year-old mother of two is from a background in which it’s more common to run a prison than experience it from inside a cell. But as she came to realise, everyone, including those from more privileged backgrounds, is only ever one bad choice or one mistake away from a jail sentence.
  
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• Battersea Park big dipper disaster in 1972: The funfair tragedy the nation forgot

  06-06-2015 22:43
  
  The look of terror on the face of the young girl before she fell to her death will forever remain ingrained on Carolyn Adamczyk’s memory.
  
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• Women film hilarious reactions to 'sexual harassment drive-by' as they try and turn the tables on men

  06-06-2015 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If you were hoping it would teach men a lesson about wolf whistling and leering, it really didn't
  
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• Meet the brave 26-year-old woman whose heart and lungs are aged 90

  06-06-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Holly Joiner-Mason feels like a bride for the day as she fears she won't live long enough for a real wedding as she battles rare disorder
  
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• Astronomer Royal: If we find aliens, they will be machines

  06-06-2015 22:28 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prof Lord Rees told the Cheltenham Science Festival the first contact with aliens will be through robots
  
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• HS2 more like High SPEND 2 as managers splash cash on goodies including £2k on USB sticks

  06-06-2015 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Self-help workshops, a £723 fancy office chair and £20 iPad cases are among the wasteful purchases
  
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• EU referendum: David Cameron accused of 'loading debate' to encourage UK to stay in union

  06-06-2015 22:28
  
  David Cameron has been accused by two of his former cabinet ministers of an “unwise and completely unacceptable” attempt to “load” the European Union referendum debate in a way that could favour Britain’s continued membership.
  
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• Loch Ness rival campsites wage 'glamping' war in bid to attract tourists

  06-06-2015 22:26
  
  One of Britain’s most coveted beauty spots, at Loch Ness the calm is usually  broken only by visitors scanning the distance in wishful hope of seeing a certain long-necked monster.
  
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• Victim abused by her step-father aged just six was then sent to a sex pest therapist

  06-06-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The brave 36-year-old helped to jailed her abuser step-father but was then assaulted by the therapist she turned to for help
  
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• Amazing footage shows newborn baby being rescued from cesspit after woman gives birth on public toilet

  06-06-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It appears the woman was using an Asian style toilet - basically a hole in the ground you squat over - when her child came out 'accidentally'
  
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• British warship races to rescue 3,0000 Med migrants as half a million more wait to cross

  06-06-2015 22:09
  
  A ROYAL Navy warship was speeding towards Libya today in a mission to rescue an estimated 3,000 migrants trying to make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.
  
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• British warship races to rescue 3,000 Med migrants as half a million more wait to cross

  06-06-2015 22:09
  
  A ROYAL Navy warship was speeding towards Libya today in a mission to rescue an estimated 3,000 migrants trying to make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.
  
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• MP's pay rise: Why shouldn't those hardworking and dedicated politicians be paid more?

  06-06-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Politics shouldn't just be a field for people who already have money it should be for anyone who is passionate and can make a difference, says Mirror columnist Carole Malone
  
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• Prostitutes in Leicester City racist orgy say they were 'humiliated' by their ordeal

  06-06-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The women have gone into hiding after the scandal blew up during Leicester City’s end-of-season goodwill tour of Thailand
  
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• Princess Charlotte pictures: First images of fourth in line to throne released by Kensington Palace

  06-06-2015 22:00
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, has taken a temporary turn as Kensington Palace’s official photographer with snaps she has taken of five-week-old Princess Charlotte and her brother George set to be released to the press the evening.
  
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• Princess Charlotte photo: New picture taken by mum Kate Middleton shared on social media

  06-06-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The photograph - taken at their country home Anmer Hall - is one of a set of four official portraits being released today
  
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• Chancellor's Budget ding-dongs: George Osborne lays down the law

  06-06-2015 22:00
  
  George Osborne’s Budget speech in March was all about sunlit uplands. Now his party has won the election for which he wrote that economic statement, the Chancellor can talk about the rather less cheery reality, such as £3bn-worth of spending cuts for unprotected departments, which he announced this week.
  
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• Self-healing technology one step closer after scientists produce aircraft wings which fix themselves

  06-06-2015 21:58
  Even the researchers involved in the project describe it as “verging on science fiction”. A team of British scientists has produced aircraft wings that can fix themselves after being damaged, suggesting that self-healing technology will soon become commonplace.
  
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• Royal Navy to let sailors smoke e-cigarettes on nuclear submarines as 'they aren't fire risk'

  06-06-2015 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Medical officers believe allowing vaping on board would help personnel give up real cigarettes
  
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• 'Too fat to work' couple lose 13 stone and can make love for first time since they married

  06-06-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Steve and Michelle Beer were branded benefit slobs after appearing on a TV documentary but they've shed 13 stone between them after ditching kebabs
  
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• Cupar Children's Gala: Four children injured after inflatable slide is blown 150 yards in high winds

  06-06-2015 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to the Cupar Children's Gala at around 2.15pm after high winds carried the slide around 150 yards
  
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• New birth control method released for women - female condom with vibrator attached

  06-06-2015 21:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The creators claim women will prefer the  experience of using the VA w.o.w. Condom Feminine to not using a condom at all
  
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• Teenager 'stabbed four times' in front of horrified shoppers in broad daylight street attack

  06-06-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paramedics and police raced to the aid of the unidentified boy after he collapsed on a bench outside a Carluccio’s restaurant 
  
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• Drug dealers forcing addicts to JUMP from buildings as punishment for not paying debts

  06-06-2015 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Solicitor tells court how his client suffered a badly broken ankle and was surprised to find others in hospital with similar injuries
  
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• Conservatives will stand up for Britain if the EU lets us down

  06-06-2015 21:26 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Our new group, Conservatives for Britain, will prepare the ground for a campaign to leave the European Union, if Brussels refuses to give us the radical new terms that Britain needs, says Steve Baker MP
  
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• Alton Towers accident: Three trains got stuck on Smiler ride before last week's crash claims source

  06-06-2015 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ex-employee reveals empty trains failed to clear the 'Cobra Roll' loops during daily tests as theme park remains closed costing £2.5m
  
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• Calls for police investigation after 71-year-old security guard dies 'during marathon sex session'

  06-06-2015 21:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Locals isaid the deceased, named locally as Borniface Madu, had received an unknown female guest in his place of work
  
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• Woman at heart of Ukip sex scandal: I was naively seduced by power and the party used me

  06-06-2015 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Natasha Bolter, who was embroiled in TWO sex scandals, reveals that she DID sleep with married David Soutter but DIDN'T sleep with general secretary Roger Bird
  
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• Remains of British Germanwings crash victims are coming home, airline promises

  06-06-2015 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bosses at Kenyon International says each family will receive a coffin after the horrific task of recovering remains from the wreckage of Alpine disaster
  
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