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• Alton Towers crash Vicky Balch: Second victim has leg amputated after undergoing seven rounds of surgery

  26-06-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dancer Vicky Balch, 20, had her right removed below the knee after surgeons had battled to save it
  
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• Alton Towers crash: Second victim has leg amputated after undergoing seven rounds of surgery

  26-06-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dancer Vicky Balch, 20, had her right removed below the knee after surgeons had battled to save it
  
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• ISIS slaughter 145 civilians in Syria as they retake key town of Kobani

  26-06-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The jihadists are believed to have stormed over the border from Turkey before besieging the city from three sides and 'firing at anything that moved'
  
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• VIDEO: Obama leads singing of Amazing Grace

  26-06-2015 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Obama concludes the eulogy in Charleston for his friend, the Reverend Clementa Pinckney, by leading the congregation in singing the hymn, Amazing Grace.
  
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• Mission to reunite Charles I's scattered art trove

  26-06-2015 23:51 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Royal Academy is embarking on one of its most ambitious exhibitions ever
  
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• Tunisia hotel attack: ISIS fanatics issued chilling warning in bullets before Sousse atrocity

  26-06-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A tourism campaign labelled 'I will come to Tunisia this summer' was mimicked by militants with ammunition and weapons
  
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• 'Shawshank' jail break: Fugitive killed in bloody shootout with cops while accomplice remains on run

  26-06-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brutal killer Richard Matt was cornered by armed police who opened fire as he tried to escape
  
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• Tunisia hotel attack: Desperate Britons take to Twitter to find family caught up in terror horror

  26-06-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  So far 37 people are confirmed dead - and at least five of this slain at the popular holiday hotspot are British
  
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• Tunisia hotel attack: My fiancé took 3 bullets for me and said 'tell our children daddy loves them'

  26-06-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hero Brit Matthew James acted as a human shield to save Sarah Wilson amid the horror of the ISIS beach attack which killed 37
  
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• Cats may have nine lives but mice don't, owners told

  26-06-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The number of animals killed each year by domestic cats in the UK runs into the millions
  
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• Women's rights campaigners plot drone flight to scatter abortion pills over Catholic Poland

  26-06-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dutch and Polish feminist groups are planning the stunt to highlight their opposition to strict laws against termination in the deeply religious country
  
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• My fear of jail for being a whistle-blower

  26-06-2015 23:23 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  "I was ecstatic," Georgina Halford-Hall told The Telegraph in her first interview since the ruling. "It means that we can tell people the story about what really went on."
  
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• Tunisia Hotel Attack: Shocking final moments of machine gun-toting terrorist caught on film

  26-06-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Killer seen stalking the streets with Kalashnikov before being shot dead by cops
  
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• Second Alton Towers victim loses leg

  26-06-2015 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old woman injured in the Alton Towers Smiler rollercoaster crash has had her right leg amputated below the knee, her lawyer says.
  
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• The making of a metrosexual gorilla

  26-06-2015 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The good-looking gorilla that captivated women in Japan and beyond
  
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• Watch Barack Obama singing Amazing Grace at funeral of Charleston massacre victim Clementa Pinckney

  26-06-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  During his address the President reiterated his intent to ensure there was crackdown on gun ownership in the States and also honoured the nine who died
  
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• 'Holy Grail' relic is recovered by police a year after it vanished in a house burglary

  26-06-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Nanteos Cup had been lent to a woman so she could use its supposed 'healing powers' to treat her illness when the theft took place
  
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• Can the Vulcan bring back the vroom?

  26-06-2015 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can Aston Martin's £1.5m car rev up its fortunes?
  
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• Ministers could force train companies to pay compensation for 15 minute delays

  26-06-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, suggests that he will now look at plans to pay customers facing delays on commuter services across the country.
  
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• Corrie's Antony Cotton and his 'family' of soldier pals brew up support for forces charity

  26-06-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Coronation Street fans might be surprised to learn that the actor behind camp character Seanis in fact a passionate supporter of British soldiers serving in war zones
  
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• Tunisia hotel attack: Son takes to Twitter in desperate search for mum at terror resort

  26-06-2015 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  So far 37 people are confirmed dead - and at least five of this slain at the popular holiday hotspot are British
  
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• Millionaire 'dragged police officer who stopped him for speeding'

  26-06-2015 22:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Sir Harry claims his wife was suffering chest pains and had an urgent hospital appointment
  
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• Catholic nuns raise 'bias' issue over child abuse inquiry chairwoman

  26-06-2015 22:42 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The religious groups have expressed concerns that Susan O'Brien QC will end up acting as judge
  
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• Balloon crash sees 18 tourists hurt when the craft is blown off course and hits a power line

  26-06-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The accident happened on a dawn flight over Cappadocia in central Turkey, with the pilot suffering first degree burns after a fire broke out on board
  
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• UKIP brands David Cameron's EU negotiations a 'con job' after secret memo is leaked to the press

  26-06-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The note said the Prime Minister had deliberately avoided making too many demands of his fellow leaders and was firmly in favour of staying in Europe
  
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• Britain's hostility to lie detector tests 'misguided and irrational', says leading psychologist

  26-06-2015 22:06
  
  Widespread use of polygraph tests should be adopted to better protect children and other victims from sex abusers, a leading forensic psychiatrist claims.
  
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• £600,000 pay package for CPS chief Alison Saunders

  26-06-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  MP questions 'value for money' of £393,000 pension contribution - funded by the taxpayer - as part of Director of Public Prosecution's pay package
  
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• Twisted Tories are the REAL welfare cheats as they happily bankroll wealthy scroungers

  26-06-2015 21:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  From the Royal family's housing repairs to gifting West Ham the Olympic stadium, rich and well-connected scroungers are treated very differently to the poor
  
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• Pride in London: NHS to come under pressure to provide 'miracle' HIV prevention pill

  26-06-2015 21:53
  
  The NHS will come under renewed pressure to provide what is being described as a “miracle” HIV prevention, as thousands of people gather for one the world’s biggest LGBT Pride festivals.
  
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• Terror attacks: UK confirms 'at least five Britons dead' in Tunisia

  26-06-2015 21:40
  
  37 people dead in attack at beach resort, including 1 Irish woman
  Blast at Shia mosque in Kuwait kills at least 25
  Four arrested after decapitated body found after attack on gas factory in France 8.40pm BST Twitter user Conor Fulford has tweeted out a plea for help finding his mum using #FindSueDavey: #FindSueDavey #Tunisia haven't spoke to my mom since attack an phone has been handed in please RT !! pic.twitter.com/RfwQQv49le 8.37pm BST UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security Counc
  
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• Tunisia hotel attack: Terrified niece begs for information about 'missing' aunt in terror resort

  26-06-2015 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  So far 37 people are confirmed dead - and at least five of this slain at the popular holiday hotspot are British
  
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• Glastonbury 2015: Friday evening liveblog – Florence + the Machine, Mark Ronson and more

  26-06-2015 21:38
  
  It’s a Foo-less Friday, but we’ve got Florence headlining, the mystery replacements, and all the action from around the siteThursday at Glastonbury – as it happenedWednesday at Glastonbury – as it happenedFriday daytime at Glastonbury – as it happened 8.38pm BST And it is, indeed, the Libertines. You can watch them on the iPlayer if you so desire. The crowd appears to be pretty vast – it’s easy to forget that there’s a whole generation out there for whom they are touchstones of b
  
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• Britain on heightened security alert in wake of France, Tunisia and Kuwait attacks

  26-06-2015 21:35 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Counter-terrorism officials announce there will be extra security at London Pride and Armed Forces Day this weekend
  
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• Tunisia hotel attack: Mum-of-two Lorna Carty shot dead on gifted holiday as husband recovered from heart surgery

  26-06-2015 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At least 5 Britons are confirmed dead in the atrocity which has so far claimed 37 lives
  
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• Opium poppies as far as the eye can see - in BRITAIN, not Afghanistan

  26-06-2015 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This picture of a bumper crop of pale pink plants was taken in Dorset, where they are grown to produce medical morphine
  
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• Village cricket match ends with bowler knocking out batsman

  26-06-2015 21:32 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The fracas kicked off after "banter" between the two players escalated
  
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• Top Tories want more tax cuts for rich while George Osborne plans to hit working credits

  26-06-2015 21:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jacob Rees-Mogg, Lord Lamont and John Redwood want the top rate slashed to 40p, leaving the wealthiest better off as the country faces further austerity
  
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• Court of Protection: Press will still need judge's permission to attend hearings

  26-06-2015 21:27
  
  Cases heard at Britain’s most secretive court will remain largely closed to public scrutiny after the Government decided not to change the law which obliges the media to apply in advance if they would like to attend.
  
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• Motörhead at Glastonbury 2015 review – predictable but greasily effective

  26-06-2015 21:24
  
  Pyramid stage
  Lemmy is 69 now, but Motörhead’s brand of full-throttle rock shows little sign of slowing down
  It’s the Other Stage that has grown a pair of Baphomet’s horns this year, but the hard rock invasion’s prime assault target remains the Pyramid stage. Following last year’s headline set from Metallica, Ian Fraser Kilminster marches on to the smoke-clogged stage looking for all the world like the undead Nazi cadaver of Robert E Lee, surveys a crowd noticeably diminished from Mar
  
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• Transgender inmate's rights violated through surgery denial, US court says

  26-06-2015 21:23
  
  Court overturned decision to dismiss Mia Rosati’s case in which inmate alleges California prison refusing to provide sex reassignment violates equal protectionState prison officials may be violating a transgender California inmate’s rights by denying her sex reassignment surgery, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday as it revived the prisoner’s lawsuit against the state.The ninth US circuit court of appeals did not rule on the merits of Philip Rosati’s case, but it said her allegation
  
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• Pilots sacked after letting busty model fly their plane during take off

  26-06-2015 21:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Actress Vicky Xipolitakis filmed herself flying the aeroplane as it took off from Buenos Aires in Argentina
  
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• Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France charity return to go ahead, says Thomas

  26-06-2015 21:16
  
  • Disgraced former Tour winner riding two stages for leukaemia charity
  • Former footballer Geoff Thomas confirms American will take partLance Armstrong will return to the Tour de France to ride two stages in the Massif Central region next month. The disgraced American, who was stripped of his record seven Tour titles for using performance-enhancing drugs, will ride alongside the former England footballer Geoff Thomas on stages 13 and 14.Thomas, who made the announcement in Birmingham on Frid
  
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• 7/7 bombings: Peace Journey to see young people retrace 200-mile route taken by bombers

  26-06-2015 21:14
  
  It was a route taken by three young men before one of the worst terrorist attacks Britain had seen for decades.
  
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• Surrey farmer claims he can't demolish the £1 million mock-Tudor "castle" because it is sold

  26-06-2015 21:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Robert Fidler has spent most of the past decade trying to save his Surrey mock-Tudor dream home
  
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• Sam Harry: Father hopes tragic toddler's eyes could reveal whether mum or boyfriend killed him

  26-06-2015 21:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police took the 19-month-old's eyes and part of his brain before he was cremated, hoping future tests on them could nail the killer
  
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• Man bitten in fifth shark attack in North Carolina in two weeks

  26-06-2015 21:11
  
  47-year-old man injured on back in surf on Hatteras IslandRed flags raised at Avon on Outer Banks to alert beachgoersAuthorities say a man has been bitten multiple times by a shark on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the fifth such attack in the past two weeks.Multiple media outlets reported that a 47-year-old man was bitten on the back on Friday while he was in the surf off Avon on Hatteras Island. Continue reading...
  
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• Glastonbury 2015: music, mud and mayhem

  26-06-2015 21:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  In pictures: the highlights of the festival so far
  
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• Nurse who smoked crack cocaine in telephone box struck off

  26-06-2015 21:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Police found the nurse openly smoking the addictive Class-A drug in a phone box in London's West End
  
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• 'Inept' head of family drug-dealing gang sentenced to nine years in jail

  26-06-2015 21:04
  
  Carl Honey-Jones, his wife, Donna, and four relatives lived a conspicuously lavish lifestyle while claiming benefits, Swansea crown court hears A couple who were part of a family-run multimillion-pound drugs ring spent £40,000 on their wedding and lived a lavish lifestyle while still claiming benefits, a court heard.Carl Honey-Jones, 31, described by a judge as the “inept” head of his family-run conspiracy, was brought before a judge, along with his wife and four other relatives, to be
  
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• Racist Twitter trolls launch attacks on Canadian environmentalist

  26-06-2015 20:58
  
  Attacks began after Faisal Moola messaged Tim Hortons and thanked them for dropping adverts by a company involved in pipeline project
  A prominent environmental scientist in Canada has become the target of racist attacks on social media after expressing his support for a fast food chain’s decision to stop running adverts by a company involved in a controversial pipeline project. Faisal Moola, an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, and a director of one of Canada’s largest environm
  
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