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• Unopened bottle of whisky taken to WWI front line expected to make at least £2000 at auction

  23-06-2015 23:59
  
  An unopened bottle of whisky which was taken to the front line of the First World War is to be auctioned, with a starting price of £2,000.
  
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• Severe delays at Paddington Station after two people killed by train

  23-06-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Services to and from the major London rail hub have been delayed following the incident at Ealing Broadway
  
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• Severe delays at Paddington Station after two killed by train

  23-06-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Services to and from the major London rail hub have been delayed after the pair - believed to be an adult and a child - died at Ealing Broadway
  
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• Watch: Teen soldier tries to fight off two armed thugs before they steal his new motorbike

  23-06-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tom Joiner, 17, suffered head injury after being attacked on the drive of his nan's house in Walsall
  
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• Watch moment brave teen soldier fought two armed thugs as they tried to steal his new motorbike

  23-06-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tom Joiner, 17, suffered head injury after being attacked on the drive of his nan's house in Walsall
  
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• Tragic eight-month-old baby may have died after overheating in cot

  23-06-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An inquest heard that little Max Potter was wrapped in blankets at home while the heating on which may have caused the baby's death
  
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• Edmonton beheading: Friend who shared room with machete maniac 'can't believe he's still alive'

  23-06-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ryan Lowe-White, 17, shared a room with Nicholas Salvador the night before he went on the rampage and beheaded pensioner
  
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• Shocking video shows Royal Mail van catch fire then EXPLODE

  23-06-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Flames took hold just after postie got out - moments later his van blew up
  
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• As Calais migrants storm UK-bound lorries Brits advised to lock car doors and windows

  23-06-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The French port descended into chaos on Tuesday after striking ferry workers set up blockades near the terminal stopping hundreds of vehicles entering the port
  
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• How not to drive around horses: Video showing rider's reaction to motorist goes viral

  23-06-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Posted on Facebook by Hellen Theckston-White, the video, taken from the saddle, shows the low-rider trike reverse out of a space in front of as she trots along, before driving away
  
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• Adams Stokes: Dad denies shaking his baby daughter to death

  23-06-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Little girl was found 'pale, unresponsive, blue, floppy, warm to the touch and in cardiac arrest' court hears
  
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• Dangerous dogs law must be changed in memory of little Reggie

  23-06-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The laws about dog ownership are failing little babies like tragic Reggie writes Alison Phillips
  
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• Abandoned Shar-Pei puppy has FACELIFT to save his sight after huge wrinkles almost covered his eyes

  23-06-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Benny the Shar-Pei underwent surgery to save his sight and hearing
  
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• Meet Ricky the puppy who survived cruel Yulin dog and cat eating festival

  23-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ricky was named after comedian Ricky Gervais, who said: "Little Ricky is one of the lucky ones – he’s now safe"
  
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• Labour leadership: Andy Burnham considered the contender most likely to improve party's general election chances

  23-06-2015 23:00
  
  Andy Burnham is the Labour leadership contender most likely to improve the party’s chances at the next general election, according to a survey of 2,000 people for The Independent by ORB.
  
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• Brits sitting on £35BILLION fortune of junk gathering dust in our garden sheds

  23-06-2015 22:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The average shed contains around £2,000 of hidden treasure from family heirlooms to musical instruments and DIY equipment
  
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• London Cycling Campaign activist calls for cars to be banned from parts of central London following the ninth cyclist death this year

  23-06-2015 22:54
  A cycling activist has called for cars to be banned from central London's busiest roads, following the tragic death of a cyclist at Bank junction on Monday.
  
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• London Cycling Campaign activist calls for cars to be banned from central London following the ninth cyclist death this year

  23-06-2015 22:54
  A cycling activist has called for cars to be banned from the busy roads of central London, following the tragic death of a cyclist at Bank junction on Monday.
  
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• Cops bought Dylann Roof a BURGER KING meal after his arrest for Charleston church shooting rampage

  23-06-2015 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The killer complained to officers he was hungry after being on run for 14 hours so they paid for his fast food snack
  
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• Berkeley balcony tragedy: Victim Eoghan Culligan's girlfriend shares heartbreaking poem as his body is laid to rest

  23-06-2015 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The funeral of Eoghan Culligan - one of the Irish students who lost their lives when a balcony collapsed in California - took place in Dublin this morning
  
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• Adult and child killed after being hit by train in London

  23-06-2015 22:49 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Two people - reported to be an adult and a child - have died after being hit by a rush hour train at Ealing Broadway station
  
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• 'My wedding will be day to remember but I will have forgotten it by the next morning'

  23-06-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christina Corp wakes up every morning with no memory of the previous day after a car crash left her brain damaged
  
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• Instagram has changed its search function - here's what it means for you

  23-06-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The update massively improves the photo sharing app's clunky search tool
  
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• Body of newborn baby found in River Taff - sparking police hunt for child's mother

  23-06-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  South Wales Police have appealed for help in finding the baby's mother who they say will need medical attention
  
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• Body of newborn baby recovered from Cardiff's River Taff

  23-06-2015 22:27 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  South Wales Police has appealed for help in finding the mother
  
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• Stephen Fry 'texted' Michael Gove to 'correct his grammar', Justice Secretary reveals

  23-06-2015 22:24
  
  Michael Gove, who will be remembered as the education secretary who was a stickler for old-fashioned education, has admitted that Stephen Fry has corrected his grammar.
  
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• George Moss: What do rappers do backstage? Clean out their wife's breast pump, obviously

  23-06-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  George Moss - an MC - posted a picture of himself backstage cleaning out the milk extracting apparatus
  
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• Japan police raid Toyota offices after American executive's drug arrest

  23-06-2015 22:14
  
  Julie Hamp arrested after allegedly mailing banned oxycodone to herselfFears that case could set back cause of diversity in Japanese businessPolice raided Toyota’s headquarters and its Tokyo and Nagoya offices on Tuesday following the arrest of a senior American executive on suspicion of drug law violations.A Toyota spokesman, Ryo Sakai, said the company could not comment on the raids because the investigation is ongoing. Continue reading...
  
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• England v New Zealand: Twenty20 – live!

  23-06-2015 22:11
  
  Updates from the one-off T20 international at Old TraffordBarney Ronay: a chance for England to show new brand of cricketEmail [email protected]. Tweet @NickMiller79 9.08pm BST 13th over: New Zealand 123-5 (Santner 6, Williamson 52) - target 192
  A pair of singles, the latter of which brings up a 50 for Williamson. A couple more, then Santner goes for a big slog-sweep hoik that falls just short of Stokes in the deep, before Williamson gets less on a dab than was anticipated, but still c
  
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• Listen to bizarre 999 recording of man telling police - 'I've run out of toilet paper'

  23-06-2015 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Devon and Cornwall Police have posted the call on YouTube where a man asks for emergency help after he ran out of toilet roll
  
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• Lord Richards: 'We need to approach Muslim extremism as we might approach World War Two'

  23-06-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lord Richards said extremism is a "real threat" to the world, as he condemned dithering politicians too reluctant to lead the way
  
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• Terminally ill teen marries childhood sweetheart just days before he dies

  23-06-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Omar Al Shaikh, 16, and true love Amie Cresswell made his final wish come true
  
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• Stunning footage shows Northern Lights making 'rare' appearance in the skies over CORNWALL

  23-06-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A photographer taking night time beach shots could not believe his eyes as he spotted the natural phenomenon
  
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• Man's nose is almost sliced off after party game involving a SWORD and a sausage goes horribly wrong

  23-06-2015 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: This video, apparently filmed at a party in America, shows a man lean back with a sausage in his mouth while his buddy wields the evidently heavy and sharp blade
  
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• Horrifying footage shows man's nose being nearly sliced off with a SWORD when party game went badly wrong

  23-06-2015 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: The footage shows a man leaning back with a sausage in his mouth while his buddy wields the blade
  
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• House of St Barnabas: Members' club and employment academy for the homeless celebrates first anniversary

  23-06-2015 21:45
  
  The House of St Barnabas, which juts out from the corner of Greek Street on London’s Soho Square, drips with history. For the three centuries it has been standing, social justice and the greater good have underpinned its existence in one way or another.
  
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• Jo Konta claims major scalp to announce arrival on British scene at Eastbourne

  23-06-2015 21:38
  
  • Russia’s world No8 defeated on grass 6-2, 6-4
  • Heather Watson also prevails against Elina Svitolina
  On a day when Eugenie Bouchard halted her nightmarish run of form and the defending champion, Madison Keys, was bundled out in two sharp sets by the Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic, Britain’s Johanna Konta hogged the limelight. She stunned the world No8, Ekaterina Makarova, with a wonderful display of forceful, cool and confident tennis.Konta won emphatically, 6-2, 6-4, to set up a third-
  
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• Lord Janner 'raped and tortured young boys INSIDE Parliament' claims Simon Danczuk MP

  23-06-2015 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour MP told said police had shown him allegations of "children being violated, raped and tortured, some in the very building in which we sit”
  
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• Rosetta comet-landing space mission extended by almost a year

  23-06-2015 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The European Space Agency made the decision after the probe's lander, Philae, woke up from hibernation
  
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• Dad was 'shot in head with his own gun in front of teenage daughter during struggle with police'

  23-06-2015 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Father-of-three Colin Berry died during a struggle with officers in his bedroom, an inquest heard
  
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• Bradford shooting inquest: Dad was 'shot in head in front of teenage daughter during struggle with police'

  23-06-2015 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Father-of-three Colin Berry died during a struggle with officers in his bedroom, an inquest heard
  
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• PC Neil Doyle death trial: Cop 'died from piledriver punch' on Christmas night out

  23-06-2015 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  PC Neil Doyle, 36, suffered fatal head injuries from the attack by a group of men, a jury heard
  
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• Calais crisis: Migrants exploit strike chaos as port and tunnel closed

  23-06-2015 21:20 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Illegal immigrants pose threat to Channel Tunnel - forcing all services to stop - as French ferry workers' strike shuts Calais port
  
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• Union in EU threat over PM's plan to curtail worker rights

  23-06-2015 21:14
  
  GMB union writes to all 27 EU states saying any successful negotiation to weaken employment rights would lead to a push from members for a no vote in the referendum
  Some trade unions could push for Britain to quit the EU if member states allow David Cameron to water down worker rights as part of his renegotiation, the GMB union has warned in letters to every European leader.The GMB, which has more than 631,000 members and is one of Labour’s biggest donors, wrote to all 27 EU member states to s
  
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• I was tough, but Chris Woodhead was tougher | David Blunkett

  23-06-2015 21:11
  
  The real legacy of the former Ofsted chief, who has just died, will be recognition of the importance of tough inspection and the need for transparency of informationChris Woodhead was incredibly brave. He did not let a diagnosis of motor neurone disease stop him driving forward with his usual tenacity for the things he believed in. But he was also always ready to take on issues and “tell it as he saw it”, even if this made him unpopular in some quarters.His strength was also his weakness. He
  
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• ISIS sex slaves: Former terrorist warns European women of horrors that await them in Syria

  23-06-2015 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Using the false name Um Asthma for fear of violent retribution from the brutal regime and its psychotic followers, she outlined the savage treatment of women in Syria
  
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• This is a deal that heaps more misery on Greeks | Vicky Pryce

  23-06-2015 21:07
  
  The price of averting Greece’s exit from the euro, and even the European Union, is further painful austerity – surely a recipe for social turmoilAfter months of fierce negotiations with its creditors, has Athens blinked? Fearful of the domestic reaction to a Greek default and the Grexit that would almost certainly have followed, its radical left, anti-austerity government gave ground and promised more tax increases and spending cuts. Not huge, but it seems almost enough. Eurozone leaders who
  
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• Put your money where your mouth is for a quid and join the Live Below the Line Challenge

  23-06-2015 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'I was originally reluctant to do it because I often interview people who can’t even afford to put the kettle on. I didn’t want to patronise them by living on rice and beans.'
  
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• Stagecoach faces criticism over accusations that Oxford bus driver did not stop to pick up Muslims

  23-06-2015 21:02
  
  The Stagecoach bus company has faced criticism over alleged incidents in Oxford when a driver appeared to not stop for Muslims waiting at bus stops.
  
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• Ben Rivers installation to take over former BBC Television Centre

  23-06-2015 21:02
  
  Artist and film-maker fills building set for demolition with mix of films and events inspired by writer Paul BowlesThere is avant-garde film-making, Moroccan literature and Berber storytelling in a new art installation opening in the BBC’s soon-to-be demolished Television Centre. Doctor Who’s Tardis, Daleks and Jan Leeming also feature.The unlikely mix can be found in a vast work by the artist and film-maker Ben Rivers, who this summer is taking over the now empty drama block at the BBC’s
  
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