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• Facebook relationship status reveals mother running £30,000 benefit scam

  15-06-2015 23:47
  
  A MOTHER who falsely scrounged £30,0000 in benefits was busted after welfare bosses checked her Facebook relationship status.
  
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• Devastated children miss Disneyland trip because 'heartless' school says there is 'no room' for them

  15-06-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While their excited classmates enjoy themselves in France this week, the boys are being made to carry on with normal lessons after their names were pulled out of a hat
  
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• Dionne Warwick sings on as she comes to terms with the tragedies of Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina

  15-06-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The soul legend tells the Mirror she's no diva as she prepares to wow fans on a UK tour, insisting that 'God has a plan for everybody'
  
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• Dionne Warwick on Bobbi Kristina and Whitney Houston double family tragedy: "Now I don’t fear death at all"

  15-06-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The soul legend tells the Mirror she's no diva as she prepares to wow fans on a UK tour, insisting that 'God has a plan for everybody'
  
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• SNP loses full fiscal autonomy bid after vote delivers crushing defeat in the Commons

  15-06-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MPs voted 309 to 60 against full fiscal autonomy - which would allow the Scottish Parliament to give itself permanent new powers on taxes and spending
  
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• Drunk driver is jailed over death crash

  15-06-2015 23:25
  
  A DRUNK driver who caused a head-on crash which killed a 20-year-old woman has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.
  
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• Schoolchildren's intelligence is 'boosted by being surrounded by green spaces and playing fields'

  15-06-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A study of 2,500 seven to ten year-olds finds green spaces boost attentiveness and intelligence in class
  
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• Desperate refugees caught between Islamic State gunmen and Kurd forces on Turkish border

  15-06-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The formerly safe border crossing is controlled by IS who forced fleeing civilians back to their homes to seek shelter there
  
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• Dinosaur behaviour should be a climate change wake-up call for us today, experts warn

  15-06-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Why giant plant-eating dinosaurs took so long to populate the tropics has been a long-standing mystery - but now scientists may have the answer
  
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• Dinosaur behaviour is a climate change wake-up call for humans today experts warn

  15-06-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Why giant plant-eating dinosaurs took so long to populate the tropics has been a long-standing mystery - but now scientists may have the answer
  
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• Four in 10 Brits immune to flu symptoms raising hopes of new vaccine

  15-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Researchers at UCL and Oxford University discovered that around half of people have developed a high level of immunity from previous infections
  
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• David Cameron to reassure Tory MPs over EU referendum spending to head-off rebellion

  15-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Tory leadership to reassure Eurosceptic MPs over public money spent on campaign as PM warned he has 'damaged' relationship with backbenches
  
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• Rita Ora rejects The Voice as she agrees to sign up to X Factor with £1.5m offer

  15-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Beeb insider raged: "Rita seems to have chosen cash over credibility"
  
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• Fears that Mr Big may be luring British teens to become suicide bombers

  15-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British terror cops have been hunting for a sinister Isis recruiter since two ’ordinary Yorkshire lads’ vanished overseas
  
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• Microsoft's 6 most important Xbox announcements at E3 2015

  15-06-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New games, old games and new ways of playing old games were the highlights of Microsoft's E3 show
  
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• Michelle Obama lands ahead of meeting with Prince Harry and Number 10 tea party

  15-06-2015 22:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  All three generations of the Obama-Robinson women have landed in the UK
  
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• Black woman strip searched by male police officers and left naked in cell awarded £37,000 damages

  15-06-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cops removed every item of her clothing while a camera broadcast her ordeal at a police station
  
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• Tbilisi flood: Harrowing new pictures show extent of death toll as animals are buried Georgian zoo

  15-06-2015 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Bears, lions and wolves are among the carcasses being buried after they either drowned in the killer floods or were shot
  
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• Tbilisi flood: Harrowing new pictures show extent of death toll as animals are buried at Georgian zoo

  15-06-2015 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Bears, lions and wolves are among the carcasses being buried after they either drowned in the killer floods or were shot
  
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• David Cameron faces embarrassing climbdown as Tory rebels oppose plan to relax referendum rules

  15-06-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister had wanted to axe the 28-day 'purdah' period limiting government announcements which could affect the outcome of the crunch vote
  
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• Ghostly hands 'spotted in Google Street View image of picturesque Victorian mansion'

  15-06-2015 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This Queen Anne house may look like a bargain, but be warned, it comes with some very unusual houseguests
  
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• Jeb Bush runs for President: Third member of same family wants place in White House

  15-06-2015 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jeb Bush today vowed to follow in the footsteps of his brother George - America's 43rd President - and dad George, America's 41st
  
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• Order of the Garter: Queen leads ceremony honouring those who have excelled in public service

  15-06-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her Royal Highness was joined by other members of the Royal Family for the annual event including the Duke of Edinburgh
  
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• Labour leadership race turns nasty with 'new Taliban' jibes aimed at Liz Kendall

  15-06-2015 22:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Liz Kendall’s backers are apparently being dubbed the “New Labour Taliban”
  
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• 12 members of a Bradford family feared to have travelled to Syria

  15-06-2015 22:00
  
  Three British sisters are feared to have travelled to Syria with their children, some as young as three years old.
  
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• 12 members of a Bradford family feared to have crossed into Syria

  15-06-2015 22:00
  
  Three British sisters are feared to have travelled to Syria with their children, some as young as three years old.
  
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• Neighbour 'stabbed woman 33 times' over noise her child was making

  15-06-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Trevor Gibbon complained about the noise from Alison Morrison son's skateboard
  
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• Woman strip-searched and left naked wins £37,000 from police

  15-06-2015 21:55 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  She was left naked in the cell for half-an-hour with the CCTV camera broadcasting the images back to the custody desk.
  
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• Meet the real-life bionic woman - mum saved from paralysis by being screwed back together

  15-06-2015 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Amanda Craig faced a complete lack of movement or even death as her spine began to deteriorate due to a degenerative condition
  
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• Policeman poses for SELFIES with Saturday night revellers saying 'it's good to help them enjoy themselves'

  15-06-2015 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sergeant Mark Shepherd spent his Saturday night shift posing for selfies with clubbers and posting them on his Twitter feed
  
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• Andy Burnham destabilised after Jeremy Corbyn squeezes onto the Labour leadership ballot

  15-06-2015 21:40
  
  The race for the Labour leadership election has taken a left turn after Jeremy Corbyn won a place on the shortlist after he was nominated by several MPs who will not vote for him.
  
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• Nigella Lawson fashion designer assaulted by ex in 'childish' row over TOASTER

  15-06-2015 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Katya Wildman, 39, shot to fame when Nigella Lawson bought twelve of her 'Bombshell' dresses
  
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• Eileen Charles: Brit holidaymaker found on fire by horrified partner in their Tenerife apartment

  15-06-2015 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mum-of-two died in hospital two days after being found ablaze by partner Anthony Tatam
  
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• Morbidly obese motorist who caused jogger's death says she's too fat to be jailed

  15-06-2015 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A lawyer for unemployed Linda Jenns, 49, told a court she might not survive a prison sentence for causing the death of Paul Stinton
  
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• David Starkey defends comparing SNP to Nazis - and says they're worse than the BNP

  15-06-2015 21:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The TV historian has refused to apologise despite the SNP branding him 'ignorant' and offensive - and instead heaped more abuse on the party
  
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• Three British sisters feared to have gone to Syria to join brother

  15-06-2015 21:20 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The sisters and their children, aged between three and 15, were due back in the UK on Thursday
  
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• Gary Lineker's wine stolen by thieves 'who wouldn't have even understood its value'

  15-06-2015 21:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  He admitted it had been probably been stolen 'by builders' during refurbishment at one of his properties
  
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• Andy McSmith's Diary: No expense spared for the returning Lord Hanningfield

  15-06-2015 21:06
  
  Lord Hanningfield, Parliament’s foremost expenses fiddler, is back in action. He was banned from the House of Lords, but that ban ended after the general election. Since coming back he has not spoken in the Lords chamber, or in Grand Committee, or tabled any oral or written questions. He is not a member of any Lords committee.
  
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• Stars turn out to toast 'The Real Deal' as mogul Richard Desmond launches autobiography

  15-06-2015 21:02
  
  A STAR-studded reception was held tonight to mark the launch of Express Newspapers Chairman Richard Desmond’s much-heralded new autobiography.
  
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• 'Asteroid apocalypse': ANOTHER massive rock that could wipe out mankind 'flying past Earth tomorrow'

  15-06-2015 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fears continue over a different asteroid predicted to 'smash into the Earth in September'
  
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• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: The Scots want fiscal control... just not quite now

  15-06-2015 20:56
  
  This Scotland Bill stuff is not for the faint-hearted. For when it comes to legislation on Scotland nothing is quite what it seems.
  
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• Eating fruit and vegetables can boost fertility - but men rarely take the advice

  15-06-2015 20:47 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The findings, showed that overall, women were more likely than men to have a healthy diet
  
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• Second shark attack 'could not have been stopped' says mayor after two teens have arms torn off

  15-06-2015 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 16-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl both suffered other serious injuries following the bloody assault in Oak Island, North Carolina, on Sunday afternoon
  
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• 'UFO spotted in Antarctica': Is this final proof of flying saucers on planet Earth?

  15-06-2015 20:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unknown black mark was spotted in Antarctica and has got alien experts excited
  
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• Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's widow Sarah Kyolaba dies in the UK aged 59

  15-06-2015 20:45
  
  Customers at Sarah Kyolaba’s modest hair salon knew her as “Ssenga” or “Aunty”. The gregarious Ugandan proprietor spoke rarely to her clients of the extraordinary life that had preceded her arrival in Britain some 30 years earlier.
  
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• Hackney fire: Recap after fire crews tackle massive blaze in east London

  15-06-2015 20:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dozens of firefighters fought the flames on Yorkton Street, Hackney, as thick plumes of black smoke can be seen rising over the capital
  
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• Thomas Evans: Mother of British Islamist 'killed fighting for extremists' says 'world has fallen apart'

  15-06-2015 20:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  British jihadist Tom Evans has reportedly been killed in brutal fighting in Kenya and his mother has told how she will remember her son
  
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• Commons staff member compared to Johnny Depp - then gets told and waves delightedly to fans

  15-06-2015 20:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Westminster staff and movie stars don't have much in common - so it was a rare 15 minutes of fame for this white bow-tied doorkeeper
  
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• Commons clerk compared to Johnny Depp - then gets told and waves delightedly to fans

  15-06-2015 20:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Westminster clerks and movie stars don't have much in common - so it was a rare 15 minutes of fame for this white bow-tied member of staff
  
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• Fracking in England could begin within a year after Lancashire project receives go-ahead

  15-06-2015 20:38
  
  Fracking could begin in England within a year, after Lancashire planning officials backed an application to extract shale gas for the first time since the technique was banned in 2011.
  
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