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• Man appears to take selfie in front of major road smash that left three people in hospital

  13-07-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Firefighters had to work for more than an hour to rescue one young woman after the crash in north London
  
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• Police officer had sex with prostitute after she was arrested in brothel raid

  13-07-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unnamed officer was accused of raping the young woman after he returned to her apartment following the raid - but he was let off with a fine after prosecutors declined to bring charges against him
  
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• Protein found in healthy hair can speed spread of cancer when present in skin

  13-07-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keratin 17, which is also in fingernails, should not occur in healthy skin and when it does it encourages tumours to grow aggressively, researchers said
  
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• Healthy nails and hair could speed up the spread of cancer, warn researchers

  13-07-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keratin 17, which is also in fingernails, should not occur in healthy skin and when it does it encourages tumours to grow aggressively, researchers said
  
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• Female weightlifter dramatically collapses while trying to lift DOUBLE her bodyweight

  13-07-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old Venezuelan narrowly avoided injury, but recovered to go on and win the silver medal at the Pan Am games in Ontario
  
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• Three youths accused of throwing stones at teenager before he fell 50ft from a bridge cleared of all charges

  13-07-2015 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The youths have been found not guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent and grievous bodily harm by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court
  
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• What puts the Great in Britain? Marmite, chavs and Rik Mayall's rude plaque

  13-07-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A new book by an expert on explaining Britain to foreigners looks at the quirks and eccentricities that make our nation such a unique and special place
  
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• Watch 'aggressive' dive-bombing seagulls whose airborne attacks on postman have halted mail deliveries in coastal town

  13-07-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Residents inWern Las in Belgrano near Abergele have gone without postal deliveries after the birds started attacking the Royal Mail worker
  
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• Bahrain rights campaigner released

  13-07-2015 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab is pardoned by King Hamad after serving three months of a six-month prison sentence, reports say.
  
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• Cruel care home bosses served writ for missed payments on bedridden dementia patient

  13-07-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sarah Wroclawski, 85, cannot speak, walk or feed herself – and does not even recognise her family – yet SHE was handed the writ as she lay bedridden
  
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• Celebs pen powerful open letter to MPs calling for them to vote NO to changing fox hunting laws

  13-07-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The star names include TV presenter Paul O’Grady, comic Ricky Gervais, TV wildlife expert Chris Packham, ex-Dr Who star Colin Baker and fashion designer Stella McCartney
  
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• Drug baron El Chapo escaped from Mexican prison 'riding motorbike on rails through mile-long tunnel'

  13-07-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Twitter accounts linked to Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman have since taunted the Mexican authorities - and threatened billionaire US presidential hopeful Donald Trump
  
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• No charges for Hillsborough QC after being arrested over an alleged assault

  13-07-2015 23:27
  
  ONE of Britain’s leading defence lawyers has been told he will face no charges after being arrested over an alleged assault.
  
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• England ace Raheem Sterling threatened by racist Twitter trolls over Manchester City move

  13-07-2015 23:24
  
  VILE Twitter trolls who posted sick threats against England footballer Raheem Sterling's three-year-old daughter are tonight being hunted by police.
  
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• Judge leading child abuse inquiry will pocket £2.5m of taxpayers money

  13-07-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Justice Lowell Goddard’s annual pay will be £360,000, a yearly £110,000 allowance and free flights to New Zealand
  
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• Thousands of healthy foxhounds - including pups - are clubbed to death or shot if they're 'unsuitable'

  13-07-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hounds showing signs of weakness are shot in the head or clubbed to death while tiny, week-old puppies are executed if they are not considered strong enough
  
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• 'ISIS-inspired' policeman's son arrested by FBI anti-terror agents over 'pressure-cooker bomb attack plot'

  13-07-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alexander Ciccolo, 23, was detained on gun charges after allegedly buying two pistols and two rifles from an undercover FBI confidential informant
  
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• Alton Towers: Financial experts predict cut in company profits following rollercoaster crash

  13-07-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Merlin, which owns the theme park, has had its profit expectations downgraded by Barclays in the wake of the Smiler smash in June
  
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• The paedophiles who never abuse children: Anonymous treatment programme has dealt with more than 400 men

  13-07-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The radical policy has been turning heads in Germany, where it now has 11 centres and more than 5,000 potential applicants
  
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• Terrified mum fights off bedroom burglar in just her underwear

  13-07-2015 23:18
  
  A BRAVE mum fought off a burglar in a terrifying stand-off wearing only her underwear.
  
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• Ex-Ukip MEP jailed for expenses fraud amounting to almost £500,000

  13-07-2015 23:11
  
  A FORMER Ukip MEP who fleeced the European Parliament out of almost £500,000 while campaigning against sleaze was jailed for five years today.
  
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• Meet the kitten who thinks she's a dog after being adopted by a husky

  13-07-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rosie steals dog food and even goes for walks with her husky friends wearing a lead
  
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• Teenage rugby star drowns during summer tour in Canada

  13-07-2015 23:04 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  An 'extremely popular and talented' grammar schoolboy has died during a rugby tour of Canada
  
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• One in seven children have not seen a dentist by the age of eight

  13-07-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Amid fierce debate about whether a "sugar tax" should be introduced on fizzy drinks, new polls suggest 1 million children do not have a dental check-up before they are eight
  
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• Juror faints after hearing 'shocking and distressing' evidence in Majella Lynch murder trial

  13-07-2015 23:00
  
  A murder trial has been paused after a juror fainted due to the distressing nature of the alleged crime.
  
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• Top Tory tells anti-fox hunt campaigner to 'get a life' after she contacted him about crunch vote

  13-07-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The animal rights campaigner was upset by David Cameron’s “sly, back-door” plans to allow an unlimited number of hounds to flush out foxes
  
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• Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn loses his cool over 'friendship' with Hamas

  13-07-2015 22:52 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Labour leadership candidate struggles to explain why he described the Islamist militant organisations Hamas and Hezbollah as 'friends'
  
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• Rendlesham Forest UFO sighting: New evidence 'proves authorities covered up paranormal activity'

  13-07-2015 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  US Army deputy commander Colonel Charles Halt is convinced 'we are not alone' after seeing UFOs at Rendelsham Forest
  
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• London flats worth £140million but not yet been built sell out in five hours as buyers queue overnight

  13-07-2015 22:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Investors from Britain and overseas were desperate to get their hands on some of the real estate in one of London's prime locations
  
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• Teennage rugby star drowns during summer tour in Canada

  13-07-2015 22:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  An 'extremely popular and talented' grammar schoolboy has died during a rugby tour of Canada
  
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• Hyde Park mansion set to become Britain's most expensive home after £280m bid

  13-07-2015 22:13
  
  A Hyde Park mansion that has been empty for almost three years – proving too expensive for even the richest oligarchs – may finally be sold.
  
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• Family told to leave Britain and go back to America despite investing £100,000 in village shop

  13-07-2015 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jim and Vaughn Cavanagh employ three part-time staff in the East Yorkshire village of North Ferriby - and they say they're devastated
  
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• Grimsby Town fan spared jail after attacking steward with an inflatable shark while celebrating goal

  13-07-2015 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A cop told the court that she saw Kenneth Meech, 50, striking Cgagi Gladyng with the inflatable toy while shouting: 'You can f***ing have it as well!"
  
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• Labour MPs set to defy Harriet Harman by voting against Tory welfare reforms

  13-07-2015 22:08
  
  Dozens of Labour MPs are preparing to defy their acting leader Harriet Harman next week and vote against Conservative welfare reforms.
  
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• Lesbian couple 'shocked and upset' after complaints about them kissing at food festival

  13-07-2015 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The couple said people called their actions "obscene" and "disgusting" - and eventually a security guard was called
  
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• Why one in six police officers is planning to leave the service

  13-07-2015 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Almost 16% of respondents in the poll of more than 30,000 police personnel admitted they intend to depart their roles
  
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• Fugitive drug lord El Chapo 'enjoys beer' less than two days after audacious prison escape

  13-07-2015 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two images appear to show cartel kingpin Joaquin Guzman – nicknamed El Chapo or Shorty – enjoying a beer in a seemingly public place and riding in an aircraft
  
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• Police probe launched after naked sex pest spotted in rural villages

  13-07-2015 21:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers were first called on Sunday following reports a man had been seen performing a sex act upon himself in a car
  
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• Naked sex pest: Police launch probe after series of indecent exposures in rural villages

  13-07-2015 21:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers were first called on Sunday following reports a man had been seen performing a sex act upon himself in a car
  
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• Fox hunting: SNP WILL vote against Tory plans to water down bloodsport ban

  13-07-2015 21:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The PM, who has a fragile majority of just 12, is now almost certain to lose the crunch vote in a victory for animal welfare campaigners
  
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• Eerie CCTV footage shows 'ghostly figure' walking down corridor in city centre wine bar

  13-07-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paranormal investigators have been called in to investigate after the weird footage weas captured on security cameras at the Dreamwater Lounge
  
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• NASA's New Horizons probe: Pluto is bigger planet than first thought - data from spacecraft reveals

  13-07-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The planet has been found to have have a diameter of 2,370km - fractionally larger than originally believe
  
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• Annie Marston: Terminally-ill young mum 'overwhelmed' with offers to help her stage dream wedding

  13-07-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Annie Marston had to bring forward her big day after being told she had just weeks to live - the public were more than willing to offer a helping hand
  
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• Fraudster daughter squandered war veteran father's life savings on botox and sunbeds

  13-07-2015 21:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The fraud, which left her father so penniless he could not afford a gravestone for his wife, was exposed by her own brother
  
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• Paedophile who kept girl in his car BOOT during horrific campaign of sexual abuse jailed

  13-07-2015 21:18
  
  POLICE allowed a paedophile who kept a young girl prisoner in his car BOOT to continue abusing her for more than a decade - despite the victim reporting it FOUR times.
  
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• Passenger arrested after trying to charge phone using train plug socket

  13-07-2015 21:11
  
  A PASSENGER has described the "ridiculous" moment police arrested him for using a plug socket on a train to charge his phone.
  
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• Pensioners cash in more than £750million thanks to soaring house prices

  13-07-2015 21:05
  
  RETIRED homeowners have cashed in more than £750million of their property wealth on the back of ­soaring house prices.
  
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• Why social mobility could be bad for your health

  13-07-2015 21:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The stress of overcoming prejudice and beating the odds appears to speed up ageing, scientists have found
  
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• Terrifying moment teens peer over edge of a 300ft high cliff just one gust of wind away from death

  13-07-2015 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The reckless youngsters were spotted sitting on the unstable chalk ledge at Cuckmere Haven on the Seven Sisters cliffs on the south coast
  
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• Fizzy drinks tax proposal: The less than sparkling truth about the health dangers of pop

  13-07-2015 20:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We guzzle six billion litres of carbonated drinks every year and as as doctors call for a sugar tax on them, new research shows our favourite summer thirst quencher can be a killer
  
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