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• Murder arrest over torso in suitcase

  07-06-2015 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 57-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman whose torso was found in a suitcase.
  
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• VIDEO: Obama urges UK not to leave EU

  07-06-2015 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barack Obama adds his voice to calls for Britain to remain in the EU, as the two leaders meet for talks at the G7 summit in Germany.
  
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• Britain heading for blood donor crisis as new numbers giving blood drops by 40%

  07-06-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Just 4% of people regularly donate blood, which means the NHS can no longer guarantee we will have all the blood we need
  
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• Barack Obama warns David Cameron Britain's special relationship with America at risk over military cuts

  07-06-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The US President said the PM “needed to find a way” to hit the Nato target to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence
  
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• Saudis uphold blogger's 1,000 lashes

  07-06-2015 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court upholds a sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for blogger Raif Badawi, despite a foreign outcry.
  
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• Dustbin Baby Michelle Rooney FINALLY tracks her mother down after 46 years

  07-06-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After years of desperate searching Michelle has finally found her mum, 70-year-old Angie Smith, who left her behind for fear of shaming her family
  
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• Flybe flight forced to return to airport after bee gets stuck instruments

  07-06-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The appropriately-named flight BE384 was travelling from Southampton to Dublin  when it hit insect trouble
  
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• VIDEO: On board HMS Bulwark as migrants rescued

  07-06-2015 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Royal Navy warship HMS Bulwark has rescued at least 500 migrants off the coast of Libya.
  
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• VE celebration event featured NAZI re-enactment group with swastikas and Luftwaffe uniforms

  07-06-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The event celebrated the 70th anniversary of VE Day but some of the 100,000 visitors to Brighouse, West Yorks, objected to the Northern Forties re-enactment group
  
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• Crews tackle major Rochester blaze

  07-06-2015 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A large fire has broken out at the Clipper Close Medway City Estate in Rochester, with witnesses reporting smoke can be seen for many miles.
  
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• Enormous black smoke cloud towers over Kent as firefighters tackle 20 tonne rubbish blaze

  07-06-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 10 pumps were called out to the Clipper Close Medway City Estate in Rochester, Kent tonight to fight the flames
  
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• Harriet Harman interview: Even Labour supporters were glad we didn't win the election, says interim leader

  07-06-2015 23:09
  
  Even people who supported Labour at last month’s election were privately relieved afterwards that the party did not win power, Harriet Harman has admitted.
  
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• Why Labour lost: Harriet Harman admits previous errors - but future power will depend on a new story to tell UK voters

  07-06-2015 23:08
  This is not the Harriet Harman we know. Her interview reveals a refreshingly frank acting Labour leader, substituting her usual defensiveness with a near-reckless candour about her party’s failures.
  
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• Carol Vorderman: Pride of Britain awards thank unsung heroes who make world better place

  07-06-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The glamorous host speaks of the past highlights of this amazing annual ceremony - and urges you to nominate people for this year's extravaganza
  
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• Pride of Britain winner Ted McCaffery: Night Olly Murs whisked me to Disneyland on private jet

  07-06-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  And as he met his cartoon heroes Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, the skies lit up with a firework display specially for him
  
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• 'Notorious heterosexual' Lucian Freud's letters suggest he had affair with Stephen Spender

  07-06-2015 23:03
  
  With 14 acknowledged children, perhaps 40 more unconfirmed, and more female lovers than is decent to count, Lucian Freud was as close to being a “notorious heterosexual” as it is possible to get.
  
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• Heathrow may ditch major UK routes if expansion plans not approved

  07-06-2015 23:02
  
  Heathrow is likely to ditch its domestic routes to Aberdeen, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Belfast and Newcastle if the the Airports Commission does not approve its expansion.
  
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• Sugar does not make children hyperactive, claims psychologist

  07-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Professor David Benton says it's a myth that sugary food and drinks make children hyperactive but parents expect children to misbehave
  
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• Gossiping is what makes us human, says Oxford professor

  07-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Gossiping about others is a vital part of life and could even keep us alive longer, according to evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar
  
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• Back me or resign: David Cameron's ultimatum to Cabinet rebels over EU referendum

  07-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prime Minister tells his ministers they will have to resign if they want to campaign and vote for Britain to leave the European Union
  
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• Highest earning locum walks away with £460,000 a year

  07-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  New figures on NHS payments for agency doctors show the ten best earners were due to receive £3m between them last year, with temporary medics typically paid 50 per cent more than those on the payroll
  
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• Barefoot, on stretchers and carried in mothers' arms: Royal Navy rescues 1,000 migrants

  07-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  HMS Bulwark rescue operation in Mediterranean shows Britain will not 'walk on by' says Cameron
  
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• Royal Navy's HMS Bulwark saves 1,200 desperate migrants in Mediterranean's biggest rescue yet

  07-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Desperate people fleeing misery from areas like Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia and Syria have been led to safety from seven rickety boats
  
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• Nurse's holiday ruined by easyJet who charged her a whopping £2,200 in luggage blunder

  07-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After working 60 hour weeks, Jo Bookleff-Browne joined friends for a few days in Crete, her first holiday abroad for 11 years
  
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• Invasion of the insects: Summer heatwave to bring explosion of creepy crawlies including mosquitoes

  07-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A cool, wet May followed by a blast of hot and humid weather will see pests which do not normally call the UK home thrive
  
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• French Alps murders: Police moving away from organised hit theory after trawling CCTV

  07-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Detectives have studied footage to see if any vehicle was following the al-Hilli family's burgundy BMW but have drawn a blank
  
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• Doctor Who to fight tallest ever Briton who plays alien living in Loch Ness

  07-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British former basketball ace Neil Fingleton, who is 7ft 7in, will play underwater creature the Fisher King
  
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• Obama issues defence plea to Cameron

  07-06-2015 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president has pressed David Cameron to maintain Britain's commitment to meeting the Nato target of spending 2% of GDP on defence.
  
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• Watch cheeky desert fox check coast is clear before grabbing mobile phone and legging it into burrow

  07-06-2015 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The phone's owner can't believe the nerve of the cute mammal as they frantically try to get the device back from the critter's lair
  
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• Kate Moss escorted off Easyjet flight

  07-06-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Supermodel Kate Moss is escorted off a plane at Luton airport after reportedly being disruptive.
  
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• Sugar giant Tate & Lyle: Get us out of the European Union, David Cameron

  07-06-2015 22:33
  
  BRITAIN’S last cane sugar refiner said yesterday that it would be better off outside the EU if David Cameron fails to secure reforms.
  
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• Is Charlie Charlie the new Slender Man craze that ended with a blood bath in the woods?

  07-06-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Charlie Charlie Challenge has inspired millions of ­youngsters to dabble with satanic rituals by using a simple Ouija board made from a sheet of paper
  
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• Dominic Doyle: Tributes to 21-year-old killed in the early hours of this morning as police launch murder probe

  07-06-2015 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were called out after a report of a large fight in the street at around 3am - two men have been arrested on murder related charges
  
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• Man critically ill after being stabbed in armpit at Holy Communion celebration as guests looked on

  07-06-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The attacker walked in and singled out victim who received one stab wound under left armpit while communion went on inside building
  
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• World's first Yogathon in aid of dementia

  07-06-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Yoga devotees and those who have never tried the ancient practice are to come together in the first charity 'yogathon' in aid of dementia
  
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• Britain looks to divert millions in aid to African countries to combat migrant crisis

  07-06-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cameron has ordered Department for International Development to draw up plans to help countries beef up border and coastguard forces and tackle poverty
  
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• The Independent Guide to the UK Constitution: What everyone should know about the most explosive political issue of our time

  07-06-2015 21:55
  A furious political row over human rights is on the boil. It is not about what those rights should be but over who makes the decision, whether the final arbitrator of the rights of a British citizen should be the British government, or a European court.
  
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• Hamilton eases to Canada win

  07-06-2015 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lewis Hamilton takes a controlled victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, fending off team-mate Nico Rosberg.
  
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• Former Wales health boss forced to move to England for cancer treatment

  07-06-2015 21:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mary Burrows is benefiting from a £200million-a-year fund covering drugs clinically proven, but not available under the NHS
  
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• Mediterranean migrant crisis: British warship HMS Bulwark rescues over 1,000 refugees

  07-06-2015 21:34
  
  A British warship rescued more than 1,000 desperate migrants making the perilous journey from Libya to Italy, in the Royal Navy’s biggest Mediterranean rescue mission.
  
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• Miracle of Stig: Kitten survives unhurt after being fed through shredder on industrial recycling machine

  07-06-2015 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A supervisor heard desperate miaows from inside the machine which separates rubbish and was astonished when the young cat popped out the other side
  
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• David Cameron warns President Obama: I can't promise to maintain defence spending

  07-06-2015 21:28
  
  David Cameron has warned President Obama that he can no longer promise the Government will keep its commitment to maintain Britain's defence budget in the face of futher austerity.
  
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• Road sign honouring Goldfinger singer Dame Shirley Bassey has typo in it - in Welsh

  07-06-2015 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The celebrated singer didn't appear to notice that there was a mistake in the Welsh translation of Dame Shirley Bassey Way
  
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• Diabetes injection reduces side effects of insulin and body fat, study shows

  07-06-2015 21:20
  
  A NEW daily jab to treat Type 2 diabetes reduces side effects of plain insulin and helps people shed the pounds
  
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• Storm in a teacup? French envoy denies turning up nose at Labour's tea and biscuits during meeting with Hilary Benn

  07-06-2015 21:19
  
  French diplomats have reportedly expressed dissatisfaction about being offered tea and biscuits during a meeting with Hilary Benn.
  
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• French diplomats unhappy after being offered tea and biscuits during Hilary Benn meeting

  07-06-2015 21:19
  
  French diplomats have reportedly expressed dissatisfaction about being offered tea and biscuits during a meeting with Hilary Benn.
  
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• Pictured: Crocodile and hippo fight furious battle over zebra dinner

  07-06-2015 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The large Nile crocodile was swimming its way back to base with the head of a zebra it had just downed at Sunset Damn in in Kruger National Park, South Africa, when it passed the a protective mother hippopotamus
  
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• Revealed: The Government blunders that left serial rapist Alan Wilmot free to strike again

  07-06-2015 21:14
  
  A string of serious errors by the Ministry of Justice and the Prison Service resulted in a dangerous serial rapist being moved to an open prison only to attack another woman while out on licence, according to a report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons.
  
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• Man held for questioning over Birmingham primary school teacher's death

  07-06-2015 21:14
  
  DETECTIVES were last night questioning a 24-year-old man over the murder of a retired primary school deputy head teacher.
  
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• 'Gluten-free' products recalled

  07-06-2015 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Major supermarkets recall a number of products advertised as gluten-free, warning they may actually contain gluten.
  
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