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• New 'two strike' knife possession law will land an extra 1,000 offenders in prison a year

  07-07-2015 23:51
  
  The government is set to implement a 'two strike' system in an effort to cut knife crime, which will see repeat offenders being given mandatory six month prison sentences for carrying a knife.
  
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• Osborne's 'big' Budget

  07-07-2015 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Big. Very Big". That's how one well-placed insider responded when asked to describe the Budget.
  
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• Ben Hiscox: Footballer died after tackle sent him sliding off wet pitch and head first into clubhouse wall

  07-07-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At the inquest into Ben Hiscox's death the coroner said the FA may want to remind referees that if they see a dangerous pitch they should do something about it
  
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• 'There is no affair': Karen Danczuk denies cheating on MP husband in TV interview

  07-07-2015 23:33
  
  SELFIE QUEEN Karen Danczuk has denied cheating on her MP husband in her first interview on TV since announcing her marriage breakdown.
  
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• Vincent Kompany and Romelu Lukaku HeroRATS are being trained to detect landmines

  07-07-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Giant rats are put on a leash and sent out onto some of the most deadly ground on earth
  
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• Meet landmine-detecting rats called 'Vincent Kompany' and 'Romelu Lukaku' who are helping make former war zones safer

  07-07-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The giiant 'HeroRATS' are put on a leash and sent out onto some of the most deadly ground on earth
  
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• BBC Two series The Bank angers viewers who claim 'irresponsible' NatWest staff pressure man into extending loan

  07-07-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Bank: A Matter of Life and Debt has troubled viewers
  
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• BBC Two series The Bank angers viewers as 'irresponsible' NatWest staff pressure financially unstable man into extending loan

  07-07-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Bank: A Matter of Life and Debt has troubled viewers
  
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• Shocking video shows boy, 4, 'being forced to drink BEER' as men urge him on

  07-07-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In the video, which was circulated on social media, the child is apparently coaxed into drinking alcohol from a plastic cup
  
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• Fifa scandal: World Cup chief asked for favours from Qatar

  07-07-2015 23:22 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Harold Mayne-Nicholls, Fifa's then chief inspector, asked a Qatari government-backed sports development body if they could "evaluate and train" his son and nephew
  
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• Simon and Karen Danczuk's break-up is an ugly mess of selfies and saccharine emotion

  07-07-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The antics of this self-obsessed pair are like a Christmas episode of EastEnders and show what passes for true feeling on social media, says Alison Phillips
  
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• All day Sunday opening - the case for and against

  07-07-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Will the new ruling taking family time away from workers or is it much needed common sense?
  
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• 'Having my ear bitten off in a vile takeaway attack made me anorexic'

  07-07-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE. Kylie Price's weight plummeted in wake of unprovoked assault and she's not eaten proper meal since March 2013
  
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• Nadal grunts louder than me - Azarenka

  07-07-2015 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Victoria Azarenka defends her grunting on court and insists Rafael Nadal is louder than her.
  
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• Rainham fire: Smoke seen for miles as 80 firefighters tackle huge blaze

  07-07-2015 23:05
  
  FIREFIGHTERS are tackling are huge blaze tonight with smoke billowing from it that has been seen for miles.
  
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• China's stock market fall hits small investors

  07-07-2015 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's stock market fall hits small share buyers
  
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• Fat people 'are better at sniffing out food'

  07-07-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Yale University study shows obese people have a a heightened ability to imagine food smells linked to food cravings
  
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• Budget 2015: Maintenance grants for poorer students to be scrapped in next round of cuts

  07-07-2015 23:00
  
  Maintenance grants for university students from low-income families will be scrapped and converted into loans in the Government’s next round of spending cuts.
  
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• Budget 2015: Bank fines will pay for annual £10,000 reward for VC and GC winners

  07-07-2015 23:00
  
  Winners of the highest military and civilian honours for bravery will be given a £10,000-a-year reward from the nation, George Osborne has announced.
  
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• First British soldier to land in France on D-Day dies

  07-07-2015 22:58 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Norman Poole died last month aged 95, but had barely spoken of his exploits
  
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• Man with 'superhuman strength' filmed pinning two police officers to ground by their necks before fleeing

  07-07-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man manages to overpower a male and female officer in the disturbing incident caught on camera in North London
  
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• IMF warns against early US rate rise

  07-07-2015 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The International Monetary Fund warns the US Federal Reserve against raising interest rates this year.
  
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• Grandparents feared they wouldn't see family again after bungle banned them from Australia for three years

  07-07-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joe and Kath Denny claim they were given the wrong visa by airline staff when they landed in the country
  
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• Devastated grandparents banned from visiting grandchildren in Australia for THREE years following visa bungle

  07-07-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joe and Kath Denny claim they were given the wrong visa by airline staff when they landed in the country
  
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• Young woman 'plunges 40ft to her death after selfie attempt goes horrifically wrong'

  07-07-2015 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anna Krupeynikova, a 21-year-old, was out with pals when she reportedly leant against a fence to take a picture and fell
  
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• "This is what a new mum REALLY looks like": Mother's inspirational post-labour selfie goes viral

  07-07-2015 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sophia Cooper, from Birmingham, posted the picture on Facebook to fight back against images of celebrity mums sporting beach body ready physiques
  
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• New mum posts candid 'muffin top' selfie saying: 'this is what a new mum REALLY looks like'

  07-07-2015 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sophia Cooper, from Birmingham, posted the picture on Facebook to fight back against images of celebrity mums sporting beach body ready physiques
  
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• Incredible animation reveals London's busy skies

  07-07-2015 22:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  National Air Traffic Services' time lapse animation tracks thousands of flights taking off and landing in London's airspace in 24 hours
  
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• 7/7 bombings remembered: Mourners gather for moving ceremonies at St Paul's and across London

  07-07-2015 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brian Reade on the memorial events for the 52 people killed in the 2005 bombings – a day of grief made all the more poignant by the recent terrorist atrocities in Tunisia
  
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• Novak Djokovic reduces Wimbledon ball girl to verge of tears with angry centre court rant

  07-07-2015 22:24
  
  NOVAK DJOKOVIC reduced a young Wimbledon ball girl to the verge of tears today after yelling at her during an ill-tempered rant on centre court.
  
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• Mum with Crohn's disease left humiliated after Co-op 'refuse to let her use toilet'

  07-07-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "I was pleading with her to let me use the toilet and I was crying my eyes out because I was in so much pain"
  
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• Lorraine Barwell: Tragic prison officer died after suffering 'serious head injury' tests confirm

  07-07-2015 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mrs Barwell, 54, was allegedly attacked by a crown court defendant as she escorted him from London's Blackfriars Crown Court to a prison van
  
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• UK Weather: SNOW forecast for parts of Britain this week despite blistering heatwave

  07-07-2015 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Blistering sunshine last week saw parts of Britain bake in temperatures higher than 36C - but the white stuff is on the way for some
  
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• Baroness Flather accused of 'bigotry' over her views on marriages in Pakistani community

  07-07-2015 21:51
  
  A British-Asian peer has been accused of bigotry after she claimed that marriages between first cousins in Pakistani communities were leading to “absolutely appalling” disabilities among children.
  
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• Tom Hayes Libor trial: City trader tells court his bosses had full knowledge of his actions

  07-07-2015 21:45
  
  A former City trader accused of manipulating the Libor international lending rate has claimed all his actions were carried out openly in the full knowledge of his bosses.
  
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• Playing TETRIS could reduce post-traumatic stress disorder by blocking bad memories say experts

  07-07-2015 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Simple puzzle games could form a 'cognitive blockade' that helps to control upsetting flashbacks
  
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• Weight-lifting teen was killed by his onesie

  07-07-2015 21:36
  
  A TEENAGE fitness fanatic was choked to death by his onesie, an inquest has heard.
  
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• Ex-Stoke City footballer who claims he was abused by clubmate using goalkeepers' glove is accused of lying

  07-07-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  George Blackstock, 44, is claiming damages against the midlands club and former goalkeeper Peter Fox after allegedly being subjected to abuse in the 1980s
  
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• Twin teenage models handed ASBOs after terrorising neighbours with music and abusive language

  07-07-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tiffany and Taliah Sanderson, both 19, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, were given interim behaviour orders after plaguing neighbours for seven years
  
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• War with Isis: Tunisian ambassador issues stark call for new approach to combat fundamentalism

  07-07-2015 21:34
  
  Military action will never stop atrocities like the murder of 30 British tourists in Tunisia, the country’s ambassador to Britain has warned as he issued a stark call for a new approach to tackling Islamic fundamentalism.
  
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• Plymouth MP Johnny Mercer revealed as topless model in American shower gel advert

  07-07-2015 21:34
  
  Politics isn't known as the sexiest profession in the world, but that stereotype is being put to the test in a new Dove soap advert.
  
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• REVEALED: At least a third of hospitals ‘could go BUST’ in NHS debt timebomb

  07-07-2015 21:31
  
  AT least one third of NHS hospitals are at risk of going BUST, a frightening study has revealed.
  
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• Dad attacked cop just weeks after being spared prison following death of his baby daughter

  07-07-2015 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Johnson kicked and tried to bite the officer after he split up with the dead baby's mother
  
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• Calais in crisis: British supermarkets RUN OUT out of imported foods as strikes take toll

  07-07-2015 21:28
  
  BRITISH supermarkets are starting to run short of essential goods as the migrant crisis and strikes at Calais bring the country's supply chain to its knees.
  
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• Why scientists believe dementia 'could be reversed' after discovering new protein

  07-07-2015 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When scientists inhibited molecule B2M in lab mice tests showed their learning and memory had improved
  
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• Furious passenger films 'Uber cab bursting into FLAMES after crash' leaving him stranded in middle of a motorway

  07-07-2015 21:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Businessman Florian Pedemanaud , 32, claims he was left stranded on the M4 after the cab he was riding in caught fire following a crash
  
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• Ryanair reveals incredible new deal to mark 30th anniversary - and you won't want to miss it

  07-07-2015 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The firm's website is set to be swamped in the coming days as the airline revealed an incredible offer as it celebrates three decades since its first ever flight
  
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• ISIS: Shaggy reveals plan to defeat Islamic State... get them to listen to more of his music

  07-07-2015 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Boombastic himself said ISIS could go 'f*** itself' but that fighters 'are not going to want to cut somebody's head off' if they listen to his tunes
  
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• ISIS: Shaggy reveals genius plan to defeat Islamic State... get them to listen to more Shaggy

  07-07-2015 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Boombastic himself said ISIS could go 'f*** itself' but that fighters 'are not going to want to cut somebody's head off' if they listen to his tunes
  
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• Englishwoman fined for foul-mouthed 'anti-Welsh racist verbal attack' against traumatised retired nurse

  07-07-2015 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Irene Laird branded Gwladys Jones a "Welsh c***" after believing the woman's dog knocked her over
  
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