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• 200 years after Waterloo - the battle when we gave Napoleon the Wellington boot

  17-06-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Historian and veteran BBC presenter Peter Snow imagines what the Battle of Waterloo must have been like
  
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• UK weather: June nights could be coldest since records began as summer takes time to heat up

  17-06-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  June is on course to be the coldest month in 24 years - with the coldest nights since records began
  
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• Would YOU eat this nightmarish all-red burger? Burger King is selling bizarre bun in Japan

  17-06-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The strange-looking delicacy is called the Aka Samurai burger. Tasty!
  
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• Colombia's Farc blows up pipeline

  17-06-2015 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 16,000 people in northern Colombia are left without water after Farc rebels blow up an oil pipeline, contaminating a river, authorities say.
  
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• Masked thug threatened to 'slit throat' of colleagues during brutal robbery at Iceland store where he worked

  17-06-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam Mackie was just 19 when he targeted his workmates working the night shift at the branch
  
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• Berkeley balcony collapse: Investigation into disaster that killed six students 'points to water damage being the possible cause'

  17-06-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Workmen tasked with dismantling the site said that the wood from he balcony "just crumbles in your hand"
  
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• Royal Ascot: Frankie Dettori celebrates 50th winner with Denise Lewis as Queen dazzles in blue

  17-06-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her Majesty's three horses failed to win but she still helped some punters land the cash thanks to her choice of outfit
  
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• Mother slams school for banning daughter from taking time off to pursue TV career

  17-06-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Catheryne Berry claims her daughter Darcey Hutton, 13, is
  being denied work as an extra because staff at Walkden High have
  refused permission let her miss lessons
  
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• Two thirds of modern mums are too busy to cook from scratch (but dads are helping out)

  17-06-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Only 30 per cent of UK mums choose to copy their mothers by cooking a meal from scratch every night, a new survey reveals
  
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• England v Colombia: Women's World Cup 2015 – live!

  17-06-2015 23:05
  
  Women’s World Cup updates from the crucial Group F clash in MontrealWomen’s World Cup interactive wallchartEmail [email protected] or tweet: @ianmccourt 10.05pm BST 46 mins No half-time subs to tell you about by the way. Meanwhile, Williams curls a lovely long ball over the top, down the right, finding the run of Carney. Carney controls and in turn looks to play in Scott. Colombia neutralise any danger. Neutralise. What a sinister sounding word. 10.03pm BST 45 mins Here we go again
  
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• Noisy sex couple stabbed neighbour with rake after he complained to police about their boisterous romps

  17-06-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers were called by a neighbour sick of hearing the couple’s screams and yells of passion
  
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• Labour leadership debate: Jeremy Corbyn odds shorten after contenders clash in first TV hustings

  17-06-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Corbyn, Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall and Yvette Cooper argued over everything from welfare to immigration in the BBC Newsnight special
  
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• Pension 'exit' penalties cut so over-55s can withdraw cash

  17-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Telegraph campaign: Hundreds of thousands to benefit as George Osborne outlines plans for a charge cap on 'excessive' fees of up to 20 per cent
  
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• Margaret Thatcher's personal papers: in pictures

  17-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Margaret Thatcher's handwritten accounts of her time in Number 10 will be saved for the nation after her family donated them to reduce inheritance tax bill
  
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• Crackdown on rip-off pension charges as fees to get at your own money soar

  17-06-2015 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  George Osborne has caved into pressure over rip-off pension fees and vowed to probe the soaring charges
  
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• Brave teenager whose arm was bitten off by shark vows injury won't 'bring him down'

  17-06-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hunter Treschl, 16, has vowed to live as normal as he can after losing his left arm in second shark attack off Oak Island in North Carolina
  
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• 'World's oldest gambler' aged 100 credits taking a flutter and glass of gin for her longevity

  17-06-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dora Franklin will be toasting her century with a flutter on the horses and a glass of gin
  
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• Salisbury Plain crash: Road collision involving three troop carriers leaves military personnel with 'life-changing injuries'

  17-06-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Up to 20 people were involved, with four suffering serious injuries and the other 16 described as "walking wounded"
  
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• Labour leadership hustings: Liz Kendall promises 'fresh start' as candidates clash over future of the party in televised debate

  17-06-2015 22:52
  Liz Kendall appealed to Labour members to elect her as leader to give the party a “fresh start” as she declared that her main rivals Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham had “baggage” from serving as Cabinet ministers.
  
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• England’s Morgan and Root pulverise New Zealand with fine centuries

  17-06-2015 22:49
  
  • New Zealand 349-7; England 350-3
  • England win by seven wickets to level five-match series at 2-2The blitzkrieg continued at Trent Bridge. There was seldom any shelter for bowlers and this time it was the English batsmen who enjoyed themselves the most. England had never chased more than 295 successfully in this country – against Pakistan in 2010 – but here they sped to their target of 350 with barely a tremor and with seven wickets and 36 balls to spare.In theory this England side bat
  
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• Deadly Berkeley balcony collapse likely caused by 'dry rot', investigation shows

  17-06-2015 22:47
  
  Poorly sealed support beams and water-damaged wood may have led to accident at Library Gardens apartment complex that killed six people and injured sevenBerkeley mayor Tom Bates said on Wednesday that the city’s investigation shows that water-damaged wood likely caused a balcony in California to collapse, killing six people and injuring seven others.Related: Students killed in Berkeley balcony collapse mourned in IrelandContinue reading...
  
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• England v New Zealand: fourth ODI – live!

  17-06-2015 22:46
  
  Live over-by-over updates from the ODI at Trent BridgeNew Zealand lead the ODI series 2-1Willey sticks to script in face of sudden-death scenarioEmail [email protected] or tweet @tomdaviesE17. 9.46pm BST The Australian team arrived in England today, but did anyone notice or care? This series could just go on and on and few would be bothered. That was an extraordinarily dominant and assured batting performance from England, combining both fierce hitting and efficient nudging and strike-r
  
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• Heavily pregnant woman who lost baby after sickening street attack 'was forced to wait hour for ambulance'

  17-06-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  London Ambulance Service has apologised after admitting police were forced to take Malorie Bantala to hospital themselves
  
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• Woman in critical condition after losing unborn child in stamping attack

  17-06-2015 22:42
  
  London graduate was 32 weeks’ pregnant when two men pushed her to the ground then repeatedly kicked and stamped on her stomach A woman is in a critical condition after two men pushed her to the ground and stamped on her stomach, causing her to lose her unborn child in what police called an “abhorrent and vile attack”.The 21-year-old victim, who has been identified as Malorie Bantala, was 32 weeks’ pregnant when she was attacked in Peckham, south-east London, on Monday evening. She was wa
  
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• Jordan Watson murder: Family pay emotional tribute to 14-year-old found stabbed to death in cemetery

  17-06-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are still hunting the boy's killer following the brutal attack on Monday evening
  
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• Syrian conflict: Baby and children pulled alive from rubble following latest 'barrel bomb' raid

  17-06-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Activists claimed President Bashar al-Assad’s latest raid killed 36 people in Douma, a rebel-held suburb near Damascus
  
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• Salisbury Plain crash: 21 military personnel injured in collision involving three troop carriers

  17-06-2015 22:36
  
  Up to five soldiers have suffered “life-changing injuries” after three military vehicles collided on Salisbury Plain, a few miles from Stonehenge.
  
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• Salisbury Plain crash: 20 military personnel injured in collision involving three troop carriers

  17-06-2015 22:36
  
  Up to 20 military personnel have been injured in a crash between three troop carriers on Salisbury Plain, police said.
  
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• 8 times rock stars and politicians have clashed over music

  17-06-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Neil Young's slammed Donald Trump for using 1989 classic Rockin' in the Free World - but it's not the first time music and politics have clashed
  
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• Tbilisi floods: 'Killer' tiger is shot - but another remains at large with bear and hyena

  17-06-2015 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The rare white tiger savaged one of a team of workers as they approached it in a warehouse, thinking it was dead
  
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• Just Cause 3 release date revealed at E3 - the game that's bigger than GTA

  17-06-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The latest Just Cause adventure boasts a massive 400-square-mile world to both explore and destroy
  
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• Dying mum-of-four records heartbreaking videos for the children she will never see grow up

  17-06-2015 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tragic Natalie Hunter is writing cards and recording videos for all of the special occasions she will miss in her family's lives
  
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• VIDEO: Shocking moment Tesco shoppers wrestle on floor to grab cut-price food

  17-06-2015 22:21
  
  THIS is the shocking monent a group of shoppers wrestled on a supermarket floor like "scavenging dogs" for cut-price food.
  
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• Salisbury Plain crash: British and Indian soldiers injured in army vehicle collision

  17-06-2015 22:20
  
  ABOUT 20 soldiers from both the Indian and British armies have been injured in a crash between three army vehicles during a training exercise in Stonehenge.
  
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• Blow up robot 'with penis' becomes online sensation after image posted showing inflatable's phallic appendage

  17-06-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Once fully inflated, this robot has a rather big surprise for you...
  
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• Blow up robot 'has penis': Inflatable toy leaves internet in hysterics

  17-06-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Once fully inflated, this robot has a rather big surprise for you...
  
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• Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas gains places but loses time in Tour de Suisse

  17-06-2015 22:17
  
  • Welshman Thomas up to second but Thibaut Pinot opens up big lead
  • Sky man slips from nine seconds off pace to 47 on stage fiveTeam Sky’s Geraint Thomas lost ground in the Tour de Suisse on Wednesday as Thibaut Pinot won stage five to take the overall leader’s jersey.On the tour’s only mountain stage, the Welshman Thomas moved from fourth to second in the general classification but fell from nine to 47 seconds off the lead as he finished 43 seconds adrift of the FDJ rider Pinot. Cont
  
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• Labour leadership hopefuls clash but no clear winner in first televised debate

  17-06-2015 22:14
  
  Jeremy Corbyn, Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham face off over issues including immigration – but leave their audience short on specifics
  The four Labour leadership candidates clashed in the first televised hustings over the budget deficit, immigration, welfare and political strategy as the leftwing candidate Jeremy Corbyn urged his rivals to recognise that “the elephant in the room” remained Tony Blair’s decision to join the US-led war in Iraq.At the BBC Newsnight hustings deb
  
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• More than 20 soldiers injured in multiple crash at Salisbury Plain

  17-06-2015 22:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Air ambulances have taken 14 soldiers to hospital after a serious crash between three military vehicles during a training exercise near Stonehenge
  
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• Andy Burnham says NHS must learn from 'appalling' hospital blunder that saw grandfather die

  17-06-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leadership candidate said: "The family deserves answers and nobody else should ever suffer in the same way"
  
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• Woman promised ghost hunt was lured to deserted office by security guard and sexually assaulted

  17-06-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jailing the vile 44-year-old, the judge told him: "Of course there was no ghost - you enticed her there for your own sexual pleasure"
  
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• BBC Newsnight's Labour leadership hustings in Nuneaton - Politics live

  17-06-2015 21:58
  
  Rolling coverage of BBC Newsnight’s Labour leadership hustings in Nuneaton, with Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper, Liz Kendall and Jeremy CorbynVerdict from the Twitter commentariatSummary and analysis 8.53pm BST There are going to be endless Labour leadership hustings over the summer and, if you are already fed up with Andy Burnham’s tale about the man voting Ukip because he was the only person on his shift who spoke English, you had better get used to it. There was no obvious winner tonight, bu
  
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• Labour leadership debate: Recap updates after contenders for top job clash in first TV debate

  17-06-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn, Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall and Yvette Cooper clashed over everything from welfare to immigration in the BBC Newsnight special
  
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• David Cameron: I'm losing patience over delays to Chilcot's inquiry into the Iraq War

  17-06-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MPs have echoed the Prime Minister's angry calls for a report to be delivered from the six-year investigation into the 2003 conflict, which has so far cost £10m
  
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• Chilcot inquiry: David Cameron 'losing patience' over delays to publication of report into Iraq War

  17-06-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MPs have echoed the Prime Minister's angry calls for a report to be delivered from the six-year investigation into the 2003 conflict, which has so far cost £10m
  
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• There’s no reason to accept austerity. It can be defeated | Seumas Milne

  17-06-2015 21:53
  
  The Tories don’t have a mandate for what they’re set to unleash. Opposition has to go beyond parliamentIt would hardly be surprising if the large majority of British people who didn’t vote for the Conservatives were daunted at the prospect of what’s now in store for us. David Cameron and George Osborne can hardly contain their enthusiasm for the torrent of cuts and privatisations they are about to unleash. Related: My challenge to Labour: embrace a progressive, multiparty politics | Caro
  
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• Labour leadership hustings: Jeremy Corbyn wows audience with Left-wing agenda

  17-06-2015 21:53 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Fears of centrist Labour MPs and aides appear to be realised as far-Left candidate helped onto ballot gets most positive reaction during TV debate
  
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• Adorable pictures show penguin chick who had to wear elastic trousers after her legs grew out SIDEWAYS

  17-06-2015 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Little Pebbles has had to wear special elastic trousers to correct her wonky legs
  
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• Luxembourg avoids tax haven blacklist as Brussels announces reform plans

  17-06-2015 21:42
  
  European commission continues drive to combat ‘sweetheart deals’ granted to multinationals but critics say watered down proposals may open new tax breaksA blacklist of the world’s 30 worst-offending tax havens, published on Wednesday by the European commission, includes the tiny Polynesian island of Niue, where 1,400 people live in semi-subsistence — but does not include Luxembourg, the EU’s wealthy tax avoidance hub.Niue, situated east of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean, has appeared on ta
  
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• Americans need President Trump. He is their spirit animal of extremes

  17-06-2015 21:39
  
  The property billionaire has announced his candidacy but needs endorsements. Here is mine: Trump! The worst of America!When I was a kid, growing up in New York in the late 80s, Donald Trump just seemed part of the deal if you lived in the city, like bed bugs or head lice. All that hair, all that wealth and the obligatory trophy wife – he seemed like a natural part of the landscape of 80s Manhattan. So it is one of the weirder phenomena of my life that, 30 years on, Trump is still, somehow, a p
  
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