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• Michael Gove urged to suspend use of 'joint enterprise' laws amid claims they are used predominantly against black people

  11-07-2015 23:50
  A group representing the families of more than 600 prisoners jailed under joint enterprise laws – which means a jury can convict by association – will call on the new Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove, to halt the controversial prosecutions.
  
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• Vets caught ripping off pet owners by charging hefty fees for medicines they could buy cheap online

  11-07-2015 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Sunday People investigation found that dog arthritis drug Metacam is available for £17.65 online but some vets are charging customers £80
  
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• World entering era of global food insecurity with malnutrition and obesity side by side within countries, says leading food expert

  11-07-2015 23:37
  The world is entering an era of global food insecurity which is already leading to the “double burden” of both obesity and malnutrition occurring side by side within countries and even within the same families, a leading food expert has warned.
  
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• Freddie Starr plans to emigrate to Spain for fresh start after 'year of hell'

  11-07-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The comic, 72, is said to want to quit Britain after losing his libel case against woman who claimed he groped her as a child
  
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• Man arrested after woman raped in city centre car park

  11-07-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with the offence
  
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• Tunisia beach killer and Jihadi John were taught to kill at the same ISIS training camp

  11-07-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Seifeddine Rezgui, who slaughtered 30 British tourists in the attack, was trained at the Libyan base as sick video beheading fanatic Mohammed Emwazi
  
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• Poetic tribute to HM’s loyal Tony the Flag

  11-07-2015 23:29
  
  THE Queen called in her faithful flag man at Windsor Castle and presented him with a long-service medal – after learning that he had just days to live.
  
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• Bosnia condemns attack on Serbia PM

  11-07-2015 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bosnia's presidency condemns an attack on Serbia's prime minister at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.
  
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• Ken Clarke's wife loses cancer battle: David Cameron leads tributes to former Chancellor's 'rock'

  11-07-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to the Tory heavyweight's wife Gillian who is believed to have died on Thursday
  
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• Brits flock back to sunny Spain as terror and turmoil hit holiday spots in Tunisia and Greece

  11-07-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bookings are up 4% in a year at the Costas as they shed their trashy 1970s image just in time to benefit from problems blighting rival sunshine destinations
  
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• Yvette Cooper: Yes, I'm a working mum, but that's not why I should be leader

  11-07-2015 23:12
  
  Yvette Cooper has described as “bonkers” the suggestion that an MP without children could not be prime minister, after one of her allies sparked a row by saying she was backing the shadow Home Secretary because she was a “working mum [who] understands the pressures on family life”.
  
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• Northern Ireland authorities refuse to reveal details of paedophile with links to former government adviser on national security grounds

  11-07-2015 23:05
  Authorities in Northern Ireland are refusing to reveal what they know about a notorious convicted paedophile with close links to a former government adviser on the grounds of “national security”, despite official assurances that two major inquiries will uncover the truth about an alleged child sex-abuse ring involving leading members of the establishment.
  
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• Defence chiefs flog military kit from tanks to ships as cuts shrink the Armed Forces

  11-07-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tanks, armoured vehicles, trucks and helicopters are on sale as the Government prepares to reduce the Army to its smallest size since the Napoleonic wars
  
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• My journey from cancer hell to the joy of twins, by Tory hoping to become the new Boris

  11-07-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Philippa Roe, the Westminster City councillor who joined the race for London Mayor this week, tells The Telegraph why she ditched the City for politics
  
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• Toddler dies in horror accident after being hit by car in busy city centre

  11-07-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Frantic medics battled to save the tot after she was hit this morning
  
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• Victoria’s Secrets: Queen’s KNICKERS sell for £12k at auction

  11-07-2015 22:39
  
  A PAIR of Queen Victoria’s bloomers have fetched a record-breaking £12,090 at auction.
  
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• Child sex abuse inquiry: Labour MP Tom Watson says MI5's files are 'key' to probe

  11-07-2015 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Watson, leading the campaign to expose decades of child abuse by VIPs, says the inquiry needs full access to the British intelligence agency's secret documents
  
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• 'More cadets will save city youth’, says David Cameron advisor

  11-07-2015 22:32
  
  PLANS to expand cadet forces to 550 state schools will “save Britain’s inner city youth from gang culture and Islamic radicalism”, says a former adviser to David Cameron.
  
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• Professor Harald zur Hausen: Nobel scientist calls for HPV vaccination for boys

  11-07-2015 22:31
  
  The UK should vaccinate all boys against the cancer-causing human papilloma virus (HPV), the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered the link between HPV and cancer has said.
  
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• Unions call in the lawyers as Tories prepare strike ballot reforms

  11-07-2015 22:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Conservatives to launch attack on Labour's union funding and strike ballots within days as union sources tell Telegraph they are considering legal action
  
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• HS2: Plans revived to connect London terminus of High Speed Two with Channel Tunnel Rail Link

  11-07-2015 22:26
  
  Plans to build an underground travelator to connect the London terminus of High Speed Two (HS2) with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link have been revived by the team behind the proposed £42.6bn HS2 railway.
  
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• Rebecca Marshall: Meet the world's first apprentice bee farmer

  11-07-2015 22:26
  
  I’m walking gingerly through a bee farm with the sound of a million honey bees buzzing in my ears. It’s so loud that I feel as if I’m in a horror film – and my instinct is to run for it when several insects fly too close to my protective headgear.
  
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• Northern boost to the UK economy

  11-07-2015 22:22
  
  THE Northern Powerhouse will put the region on the world stage and could add £44billion a year to Britain’s economy.
  
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• Stella Creasy: Co-operative Party backs Walthamstow MP for Labour deputy leadership

  11-07-2015 22:17
  
  Stella Creasy’s attempt to secure the Labour deputy leadership has received a boost after she was endorsed by the Co-operative Party.
  
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• Shameless thug drags 91-year-old man out of car and drives off during vile robbery

  11-07-2015 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pensioner saw the car as his lifeline and was just a short distance from his home when he was targeted
  
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• Forget French and Mandarin - Arabic is the language to learn, says the British Council

  11-07-2015 22:17
  
  The 10-year-old was looking at the card in front of him which showed an image of a fish. “Samak,” he said decisively.
  
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• Head bouncer deals cocaine at top Marbella club where footballers and celebrities hang out

  11-07-2015 22:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ray Tappins was caught on hidden camera slipping our investigator a bag of white powder saying: 'It's good stuff. You can have however much you want.'
  
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• Danny Alexander: George Osborne just helped himself to the Lib Dem's best policy ideas

  11-07-2015 22:10
  
  The Treasury deliberately masked the impact of policy changes on Britain’s households by “completely changing” how George Osborne’s budget was officially measured, according to the former chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.
  
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• Hygiene off the menu for pampered peers

  11-07-2015 22:10
  
  THEY are used to the finer things in life. But peers of the realm have been served from kitchens in the House of Lords deemed “in need of improvement” by health inspectors, writes Caroline Wheeler.
  
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• Marxists behind misery of London's strikes

  11-07-2015 21:49
  
  ENDORSING revolutionary heroes, posing with guns in Soviet regalia and calling for the overthrow of the capitalist regime, their behaviour would not be out of place in a student bedroom.
  
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• John 'Goldfinger' Palmer used cash from unsolved shotgun raids to rise to top of crime world

  11-07-2015 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brink’s-Mat suspect rose from the streets of Birmingham to become a major player in the underworld
  
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• Shocking moment woman drives wrong way down slip road in Tamworth

  11-07-2015 21:41 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lorry driver captures the moment a motorist drives the wrong way down an A5 bypass slip road in Tamworth, Staffordshire
  
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• Nadia Forde's rugby star boyfriend saw dad jailed for pushing mum to her death

  11-07-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The I'm a Celebrity star, who is mourning her mother's death, is dating rugby union player Dominic Day, who was 13 when his mum died at the hands of his dad
  
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• Soldier uses eBay to find stolen bike - being flogged by corporal from his barracks

  11-07-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that a soldier at the Sir John Moore Army Barracks in Winchester, Hants, is being investigated for an alleged theft
  
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• Jordan Begley: Mum hails 'fantastic' verdict after inquest jury finds police Taser caused son's death

  11-07-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dorothy Begley, 47, was speaking after the jury ruled the stun gun played a "material part" in her 23-year-old son's death two years ago
  
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• Twins' face-rift as sisters spend thousands on cosmetic treatments in battle to look younger

  11-07-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tracy Williams and Tina O'Sullivan, 47, were born just 20 minutes apart and have spent £26,300 on cosmetic procedures over the past three years
  
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• Jimmy Greaves takes first steps since stroke as pals hail 'encouraging' signs in football legend's recovery

  11-07-2015 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pals of the former Chelsea, Tottenham and England striker have issued a heartfelt plea for donations towards the cost of the 75-year-old's vital physiotherapy
  
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• Tears and joy as cancer-stricken Courtney Terry weds childhood sweetheart with daughter at her side

  11-07-2015 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mum married the love of her life Billy Webb in a beautiful fairtyale ceremony which also saw father and daughter vow to care for each other after she dies
  
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• Blaze-hit Manchester Dogs' Home set to open doors again after rising from ashes

  11-07-2015 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Almost 60 dogs perished in devastating blaze 10 months ago but the charity has bounced back bigger and better than ever
  
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• I’m selling my hero mother’s medals so her tragic, brave tale will live on...

  11-07-2015 21:30
  
  WARTIME spy Violette Szabo is one of only four women to have been awarded a George Cross.
  
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• Woman who was viciously raped at knifepoint in her own bed: 'I met attacker in prison and forgave him'

  11-07-2015 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rosalyn Boyce, who has bravely waived her anonymity, said: “I realised that the attack was about power and control. But now I am the one who has the control.”
  
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• Man found dead at T in the Park festival as police probe filmed attack

  11-07-2015 21:27
  
  A MAN has been found dead at the T in the Park festival.
  
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• 'My husband assaulted me and came out as gay ... how come he gets half my pension?'

  11-07-2015 21:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clare Dorling fears she and their young son will be left homeless after judge ruled she must hand over £40,000 to abusive ex
  
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• 'Our boobs are toxic timebombs': Ruling on faulty implants leaves victims with nowhere to turn

  11-07-2015 21:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Implants made by PIP since 2001 contain industrial-grade silicone and are prone to rupturing - but avenues for justice and compensation have now been closed
  
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• Pay increases for rail bosses despite delays

  11-07-2015 21:22 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  More than 50 executives at Network Rail earn more than the Prime Minister in face of upgrade failings
  
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• Senior nurse arrested after 80 bottles of morphine tampered with at hospital

  11-07-2015 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police called in after checks found powerful painkiller had been removed and replaced with water
  
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• Charles Bronson: Notorious jailbird pens letter to fellow criminal congratulating him on vow to 'go straight'

  11-07-2015 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reformed Stephen Sayers, who with his brothers ran Newcastle’s underworld, was a known villain who has served more than 10 years behind bars  
  
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• Tall, dark, handsome and unstoppable. No wonder the British just love Roger Federer

  11-07-2015 21:17 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Fans wll be witness to perfection on Sunday as they watch seven-time Wimbledon title holder Roger Federer in the final
  
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• Students from abroad face ban on UK work

  11-07-2015 21:10
  
  FOREIGN students from outside the EU will not be allowed to work while studying in Britain under new government rules.
  
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• Greek chaos ‘boosting campaign for UK exit’

  11-07-2015 21:01
  
  THE Greek crisis has seen support for Britain leaving the European Union soar, according to organisers of the £20million referendum “No” campaign, which is funded by some of the country’s richest entrepreneurs and business leaders.
  
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