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• Shocking pictures show migrants protecting themselves with emergency blankets on the rocks off Italian coast

  14-06-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The group, pictured in Ventimiglia, spent the night near the sea at the French-Italian border, after being refused entry into France
  
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• NHS spending on temporary staff jumps by £1BILLION in two years

  14-06-2015 23:54
  
  THE NHS is forking out a staggering £47,000 a MONTH for just one agency worker - as ministers warn that spending on locum staff is “unsustainable”.
  
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• Paedophile Rolf Harris shamed by victim's retaliation song: 'You’re just a sex offender - sing that'

  14-06-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brave Wendy Wild, 54, was abused when she was seven and used the lyrics to describe the Australian's despicable attack at a junior disco
  
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• Have F1 drivers ever raced flat out?

  14-06-2015 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With Lewis Hamilton being asked to “lift and coast” and strategies dominated by tyres, just how much racing do drivers actually do?
  
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• Frisbee fail? Watch these two holiday makers completely miss point of beach game

  14-06-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Just when you thought some beach games couldn't get any easier, these two manage to ruin it
  
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• Manhunt underway after pregnant woman in her 20s found stabbed to death in Bradford house

  14-06-2015 23:34
  
  A manhunt was underway after a pregnant woman in her 20s was found stabbed to death in a house in Bradford.
  
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• Video games are 'better source of physical exercise than playing outside' new study claims

  14-06-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Video games could be the source of both physical and mental exercise of the future, according to experts
  
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• Unison 'could review Labour support' if party lurches to the right following election defeat

  14-06-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  General secretary Dave Prentis warned Labour there were 'no sacred cows' and said the union may not even back any of the party's current leadership candidates
  
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• Murder investigation launched after body found with stab wounds in Bradford

  14-06-2015 23:30
  
  POLICE have launched a murder investigation after the body of a woman was discovered with fatal stab wounds.
  
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• Matilda the alien cat: Meet the glassy-eyed moggy with 30,000 Instagram followers

  14-06-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matilda was born with a condition that makes her eye lenses detach progressively, giving them a glassy 'alien' look
  
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• Officers stumped as police van has head-on collision with marked squad car on otherwise empty road

  14-06-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Investigators are confused as to how the incident happened, with two officers lucky to have made it out in one piece
  
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• Strange moment as two police cars smash into EACH OTHER on quiet road

  14-06-2015 23:07
  
  POLICE chiefs are investigating how two marked vehicles crashed on a quiet country road.
  
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• NHS trust pays temporary boss £47,000 a month

  14-06-2015 23:06 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A Telegraph investigation has revealed how Barts NHS trust is paying Ian Miller £47,000 a month despite the Health Secretary ordering a clamp down on paying temp staff huge salaries
  
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• Immigration officer stole suspect's credit card during raid to buy daughters presents

  14-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lee Sutton was spared jail after claiming he was desperate for money to buy presents for his children's birthdays
  
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• How Gamechangers transforms young lives: Sally lived in squalor but she's now model pupil

  14-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Helping the struggling family allowed the 11-year-old girl who played truant to finish top of her class and become a Premier League mascot
  
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• Is this a ghost? Hospital worker takes Snapchat picture of 'dead girl' outside children's ward

  14-06-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrew Milburn sent the image of a hospital corridor by Snapchat, but says he didn't realise it appeared to show an unexpected visitor
  
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• 110 new Conservatives join European Union sceptics

  14-06-2015 22:56
  
  THE Government will try to head off a humiliating Commons defeat over the EU referendum today.
  
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• Labour must be ruthless enough to ditch leader they haven't even chosen yet

  14-06-2015 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire says the party may have paid the price for holding on to Ed Miliband and must be ruthless if appears his successor can't win
  
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• North Korea's dictator Kim Jong-Un pictured laughing hysterically - as he inspects vegetable patch

  14-06-2015 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The images come just days after leaked photos from the country showed one of its most famous hotels on fire
  
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• Yorkshire Ripper 'Wearside Jack' hoax to be made into a new British film

  14-06-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  I’m Jack – The Movie will tell the story of John Humble whose tape recording claiming to be the murderer duped detectives and allowed Peter Sutcliffe to kill three more women
  
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• Pride of Britain 2015: Coach tour finishes with some brotherly love from real Whizz-Kidz

  14-06-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Mirror's 1,000-mile coach tour of Britain seeking nominations for the nation's unsung heroes visited its final destinations Glasgow and Newcastle
  
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• Want your children to keep fit? Let them play computer games

  14-06-2015 22:27 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A study suggests that video games - often blamed for youngsters' lack of exercise - may in fact provide moderate or intense physical activity
  
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• ISIS threat to tourists puts off TWO-THIRDS of Brits from holidaying in TURKEY

  14-06-2015 22:24
  
  THOUSANDS of holidaymakers could cancel their trips to Turkey this summer amid fears over the threat Islamic State poses to tourists, Express.co.uk can reveal.
  
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• Hay fever alert: Pollen levels set to EXPLODE this week

  14-06-2015 22:23
  
  POLLEN and pollution “explosion” this week is set to cause misery for asthma and hay fever victims.
  
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• Events mark 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta

  14-06-2015 22:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Events in Runnymede celebrated 800 year since the Magna Carta which included a 200 boat floatila down the Thames
  
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• Love rat sent look-a-like to paternity test for his mistress's baby to avoid having to pay maintenance

  14-06-2015 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 'manipulative and dishonest' 25-year-old sent a doppelganger to the court-ordered paternity test so the DNA wouldn't match
  
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• Health experts warn: Cervical cancer screening MUST be extended to 65's and over

  14-06-2015 22:03
  
  NHS cervical cancer screening should be extended to women aged 65 and over, say health experts.
  
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• Statins could be a cheap and powerful miracle cure for prostate problems

  14-06-2015 21:53
  
  STATINS could be a miracle cure for 2.5 million British men suffering with prostate problems.
  
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• Magna Carta: The competing forces that cry out for a constitutional convention

  14-06-2015 21:50
  
  Eight hundred years after Magna Carta, which first gave us the idea that government rests on law, The Independent has been drawing together the threads of constitution as it is today, highlighting the supremacy of parliament, the Union with Scotland and our relationship with Europe.
  
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• Jurassic World in record weekend

  14-06-2015 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fourth instalment in the Jurassic Park series has become the first film to take more than $500m on its opening weekend.
  
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• British spies recalled after new Edward Snowden leak

  14-06-2015 21:38
  
  BRITISH spies were recalled from missions yesterday after Russia and China decoded top-secret documents stolen by US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
  
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• Heartbreaking pictures capture final happy moments of family 30 minutes before father dies in river

  14-06-2015 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Wadud Abdul had been celebrating his 36th birthday with his wife and two children when tragedy struck
  
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• Prince George kicks a ball and plays with toy car at charity polo match

  14-06-2015 21:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The relaxed afternoon was a world away from the pomp and pageantry of Saturday, when the young prince watched the Trooping of the Colour for the first time
  
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• Leader leadership: John Prescott leads calls to keep left-winger Jeremy Corbyn on ballot

  14-06-2015 21:28
  
  Labour MPs are being urged today to rally behind Jeremy Corbyn, the left-wing challenger for the party leadership – not to get him elected but to make sure he at least gets the chance to take part in the full-blown election.
  
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• Labour leadership: John Prescott leads calls to keep left-winger Jeremy Corbyn on ballot

  14-06-2015 21:28
  
  Labour MPs are being urged today to rally behind Jeremy Corbyn, the left-wing challenger for the party leadership – not to get him elected but to make sure he at least gets the chance to take part in the full-blown election.
  
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• ISIS paid millions by billionaire godfather of people smuggling ring named the 'General'

  14-06-2015 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Libya-based Mafia boss Mered Medhanie is masterminding the shocking trail of misery in which thousands flee Africa on death boats across the Med
  
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• United Airlines flight UA958: Passengers put up in military barracks after plane grounded while crew stay in hotel

  14-06-2015 21:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Babies and children among those given just two thin sheets to keep warm as cabin crew stay in comfy hotel
  
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• David Cameron is already plotting for 2020 – and his own legacy | Matthew d’Ancona

  14-06-2015 21:11
  
  He did not even expect a majority, yet the prime minister now believes he can redefine modern ConservatismWhen Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s chief of staff, was asked what his main objective was after the 1997 landslide general election, he famously replied that he wanted to win again. David Cameron did not expect to secure a majority in May. But having done so, he is already instructing his cabinet colleagues, individually and collectively, to map out “the road to 2020”.Remember: he will
  
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• Global cybercrime has infected the very soul of capitalism with evil

  14-06-2015 21:00
  
  The global financial system could have been designed to make life easy for tech-savvy crooks and criminals. And the damage they are causing is incalculableAs we lug our heavy satchels on to the stage, there is a moment of mutual recognition. A cop, a security specialist, a man in the electronic-payments business and a journalist: we’ve all learned that you don’t check your laptop into a cloakroom, no matter how swish the venue.“I’m off to the Far East tonight,” says the security guy. �
  
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• REVEALED: The £350k legal bill YOU paid for convicted Philpott child killers

  14-06-2015 21:00
  
  CHILD killers Mick and Mairead Philpott cost taxpayers £350,000 in legal aid, it has been revealed.
  
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• I lost over 7 stone to become a carnival queen after my boyfriend proposed

  14-06-2015 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As a size 22, Natasha Williams-Faray didn’t think she would ever be able to wear a sexy carnival outfit
  
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• Let me be clear – Edward Snowden is a hero | Shami Chakrabarti

  14-06-2015 20:51
  
  The government, claiming Snowden has ‘blood on his hands’, is using scare tactics to shut down debate. It is a technique Liberty has felt the full force ofWho needs the movies when life is full of such spectacular coincidences? On Thursday, David Anderson, the government’s reviewer of terrorism legislation, condemned snooping laws as “undemocratic, unnecessary and – in the long run – intolerable”, and called for a comprehensive new law incorporating judicial warrants – something
  
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• Royal Air Force raids on IS leave ONE THIRD of fighter jets out of action

  14-06-2015 20:49
  
  MORE than a third of the RAF’s combat jets are not fit for frontline operations.
  
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• Alton Towers rollercoaster crash: First pictures of horror smash victim Joe Pugh in hospital bed

  14-06-2015 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joe was on the front row of The Smiler with his girlfriend Leah Washington when it smashed into another carriage and injured both of them
  
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• George Osborne to handle PMQs on Wednesday in Commons 'audition' for future Tory leadership bid

  14-06-2015 20:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor will take centre stage at the high-profile weekly session as Mr Cameron embarks on another leg of his EU renegotiation tour of European capitals
  
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• When pictures pose problems for an image-conscious public | Chris Elliott: Open door

  14-06-2015 20:36
  
  If one is “of the web” rather than just “on it”, taking a photograph of almost anything that catches your interest at any given moment feels as natural as breathing.A sunset, a chance meeting of friends, an incident in the street, all get recorded and often uploaded to social media. There is a hunger for images not just as a personal record but to share with family, friends and often strangers. My colleagues in rights and syndication tell me that in the past few weeks the Guardian has pu
  
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• Rolf Harris' victims hit back after the paedophile writes 'REVOLTING' song behind bars

  14-06-2015 20:36
  
  PAEDOPHILE Rolf Harris has been condemned as an arrogant monster after describing his victims as “woodworms” in a sickening song written behind bars.
  
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• The Guardian view on the international criminal court: no turning back on Omar al-Bashir | Editorial

  14-06-2015 20:33
  
  Surprise moves to detain Sudan’s leader in South Africa make this a test case for international law which the ICC cannot afford to loseAs surprises go, this was one for the diplomatic record books. As 50 heads of state gathered in Johannesburg for a summit of the African Union at the weekend, the international criminal court called on the South African government to arrest Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir. A local NGO, the Southern Africa Litigation Centre, turned to the judiciary to stop Mr
  
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• If we don’t raise a voice against sexism it will never go away | Zoe Williams

  14-06-2015 20:29
  
  The fall of Tim Hunt may be sad, but my clash with Alex Salmond shows misogyny is all too commonI arrive fresh from a bust-up with Alex Salmond on BBC’s Radio 5 Live, during which he told me that I didn’t understand Scottish idiom; and I thought I was being entertaining when I wasn’t – and I accidentally called him Alec. The topic was his “behave yourself, woman” instruction to the small business minister Anna Soubry.I have a news-led moral compass and thought I no longer cared, the
  
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• Greece nearing compromise deal on EU debts, suggests Alexis Tsipras

  14-06-2015 20:28
  
  After weekend of intense talks, Greek prime minister is thought to be hopeful of ‘viable’ but tough agreement before bailout accord is due to expire
  The Greek leader, Alexis Tsipras, indicated on Sunday evening that his negotiating team was nearing a compromise deal to avert Athens defaulting on its debts and being dumped out of the eurozone.After a weekend of intense talks with EU officials in Brussels, the final bid to keep Greece afloat will boil down to a tug-of-war deal over the country
  
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