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• Davey Jones: Gypsy preacher's funeral draws 5,000 people and brings village to a standstill

  20-07-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mr Jones, 60, was a minister of the Light and Life Gypsy Church for more than ten years before he died earlier this month
  
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• Man held after train hits crossing

  20-07-2015 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is arrested after a train with 40 people on board ploughed into a car on a level crossing in Staffordshire.
  
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• Burger King PAY for one couple's wedding - but there's a very special reason why

  20-07-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joel Burger and Ashley King announced they'd be tying the knot in April - unfortunately they won't be sharing a double-barrelled surname
  
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• Spending review plans due in November

  20-07-2015 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government's spending review to set out £20bn worth of departmental budget cuts over the next five years will take place on 25 November.
  
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• The shocking sugar levels in so called health foods revealed

  20-07-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Our probe into the hidden sugar found that some of the chains’ own label savoury products might make them better suited to the confectionery aisle
  
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• Are these breathtaking pictures the best selfie stick photographs ever taken?

  20-07-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The telescopic camera-holders, also known as monopods, are a common sight wherever tourists or teenagers roam
  
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• Harrods worker - 'sacked for eating a customer's unwanted cake' - £1MILLION unfair dismissal claim

  20-07-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Restaurant supervisor Juan Mackenzie, 35, said he tried it only to confirm whether the £7.50 slice was too dry
  
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• Harrods worker - 'sacked for eating a cake customer's unwanted cake' - £1MILLION unfair dismissal claim

  20-07-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Restaurant supervisor Juan Mackenzie, 35, said he tried it only to confirm whether the £7.50 slice was too dry
  
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• Bouncer gives Rogers 'ear problem'

  20-07-2015 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Rogers is likely to have sustained a "delayed ear problem" when he was struck on the helmet in the second Ashes Test.
  
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• Flashmob breaks out at airport surprising holidaymakers with beautiful rendition of Beyonce song

  20-07-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The stunt was organised by police to raise awareness of a local women's charity tackling domestic abuse in Liverpool
  
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• Turkey 'ISIS' attack: Death toll of horrifying suicide bomb rises to more than 30

  20-07-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Most of those killed in the border community of Suruc were young students enjoying the sun as many ate lunch with friends
  
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• Welfare cuts vote: Welfare bill that will cut welfare spending by £12bn passed in parliament with a majority of 184, despite large Labour revolt

  20-07-2015 23:39
  The government's bill that will cut spending on welfare by £12 billion has been passed in the House of Commons, with 308 votes to 124.
  
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• Welfare cuts vote: Welfare bill that will cut welfare spending by £12bn passed in parliament with a majority of 184

  20-07-2015 23:39
  The government's bill that will cut spending on welfare by £12 billion has been passed in the House of Commons, with 308 votes to 124.
  
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• VIDEO: Rubik's champion wins in 5.695 seconds

  20-07-2015 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian Feliks Zemdegs has taken the Rubik´s Cube world title for the second year at the 2015 World Championship in Sao Paulo.
  
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• Philae comet lander falls silent sparking fears ground-breaking data lost forever

  20-07-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists fear the probe may have moved and may no longer be contactable
  
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• Sacked Porsche dealer who "ruined girls' lives" in head-on crash is jailed for dangerous driving

  20-07-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam Hill was “stressed and distracted” after being fired over a theft allegation when his Audi A6 hit a Ford Fiesta carrying friends Beth Tyson and Kate Hunter
  
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• Prison standoff as inmates hold protest on roof

  20-07-2015 23:34 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Two inmates at HMP Buckley Hall in Rochdale hold protest on prison roof
  
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• Guardiola runs for Catalan office

  20-07-2015 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Barcelona football manager Pep Guardiola is to stand as a pro-Catalan independence candidate in Spanish elections.
  
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• Children treated after fire at flats

  20-07-2015 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two children and three adults have been taken to hospital after a fire at a multi-storey block of flats in Glasgow.
  
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• Want to know why your ears pop, you get brain freeze and cry chopping onions? Read on

  20-07-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ever wondered why you get goose bumps? Or sleep starts? Well, we have the answers here - along with how you can stop them
  
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• Transplant bride Kate Jakes facing fourth liver operation in five years

  20-07-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate Jakes made headlines five years ago when a plane carrying the liver for her life-saving transplant operation crashed at Birmingham Airport
  
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• Defiant transplant bride Kate Jakes, 22, facing fourth liver operation in five years

  20-07-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate Jakes made headlines five years ago when a plane carrying the liver for her life-saving transplant operation crashed at Birmingham Airport
  
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• Actor who claimed Ken Clarke abused him as a teenager 'a persuasive fantasist'

  20-07-2015 23:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Benjamin Fellows has gone on trial at the Old Bailey accused of perverting justice by making false allegations against the former Chancellor
  
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• Grooveshark creator, 28, found dead

  20-07-2015 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Co-founder of recently-shut down music streaming website is found dead in his Florida home, local police have said.
  
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• Heavily-tattooed thug jailed over New Year violence which left club boss needing 21 stitches

  20-07-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Martial arts expert Steven Delaney lashed out in fracas after his pal was stabbed inside a posh nightspot
  
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• Alexander Monson inquest: police claim aristocrat's son was smoking cannabis on the night he died

  20-07-2015 23:01 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Inquest continues into British aristocrat's son's death in Kenyan police custody with police testimony that Monson was smoking cannabis when he was arrested
  
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• Welfare cuts: Andy Burnham's 'flip-flopping' is 'damaging' Labour

  20-07-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Andy Burnham, the frontrunner for the Labour leadership, has been accused of damaging the party by changing his mind on whether to oppose the Government's controversial welfare reforms
  
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• Alex Salmond accused of ignoring Scottish Parliament

  20-07-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Official records show the former First Minister, who is both an MSP and MP, has spoken more than 180 times at Westminster since the general election but only once at Holyrood
  
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• Hazel Blears: Cameron has at last woken up to Isil's poisoning of our young people's minds

  20-07-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Hazel Blears, Labour's former Secretary of State for Communities, praises David Cameron's new proposals to tackle extremism as "welcome and necessary"
  
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• Buckley Hall prison protest: At least two inmates hold protest on roof of category C jail

  20-07-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two men can be seen walking around freely across the sloping roofs of at least two buildings within the two perimeter fences which surround Buckley Hall Prison
  
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• Baby seal becomes stranded in field of cows

  20-07-2015 22:53 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A five-day-old pup was the centre of attention for bemused cows which gathered round to inspect their unusual visitor
  
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• Pictured: Cannabis plants start popping up in town centre flowerbeds as part of campaign to legalise drug

  20-07-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The group, which calls itself the Welwyn Garden City Cannabis Club, says it is a stunt aimed to highlight the benefits of cannabis
  
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• M8 fireball crash: Harrowing pictures show carnage following multi-vehicle horror smash that killed a man

  20-07-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 49-year-old victim was killed when two cars, a van and an articulated lorry smashed into each other sparking a huge fireball.
  
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• EU ministers fail to agree on how to redistribute 40,000 migrants

  20-07-2015 22:39 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  More than 32,000 migrants will be relocated but another 8,000 need to be allocated by the end of the year, the EU says
  
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• Testing at birth for 'greedy' gene could help curb obesity epidemic

  20-07-2015 22:30
  
  BRITAIN can beat its obesity epidemic by searching for a “greedy gene” at birth, scientists believe.
  
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• Obama pledges support for Nigeria

  20-07-2015 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US President Barack Obama pledges to support his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari in the fight against Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
  
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• Zach Johnson triumphs in Open play-off

  20-07-2015 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  American Zach Johnson claims his second major title with victory in a three-man play-off in the 144th Open Championship.
  
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• Brother of Fifty Shades of Grey author pays compensation to widow after wife killed in motorway crash

  20-07-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Grandmother-of-seven Mollie Haines died when her Nissan Almera was in a collision with a Porsche driven by Daniel Mitchell, brother of author E L James
  
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• Cat can't get the cream: Moggy is allergic to milk, chicken and even fish

  20-07-2015 22:21
  
  IT’S not much fun having nine lives if you miss out on life’s tastiest treats.
  
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• Ashley Madison hack: Meet one user who ISN'T worried if her details are published

  20-07-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  New Yorker Angela, 44, has hooked up across the US – and once in London – but says it is “almost impossible” she will be exposed
  
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• Mum of schoolboy who suffered severe sunburn on school trip says it was his own fault

  20-07-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Joshua Cunnah, 13, was hospitalised along with three other pupils on a school trip to Spain after they were burnt at a waterpark
  
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• Tory tax credit cuts: Will Labour vote for, against or abstain?

  20-07-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour's position on the Welfare Bill has confused many people. Here's what it all means, and what Labour plan to do
  
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• Sacked Harrods worker seeks £1m payout after chocolate cake dismissal

  20-07-2015 22:07
  
  A WORKER at Harrods is claiming £1million compensation after he was sacked for eating a £7.50 slice of chocolate cake sent back by a customer for being too dry.
  
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• Liz Kendall: Labour must shake off its 'nanny state' tag if it is to win back power

  20-07-2015 22:02
  
  Liz Kendall has warned that Labour must move away from interfering in people’s lives if it is to win back power.
  
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• Ashley Madison hacked: Time is running out for 1.2m cheating Brits hackers threaten to name and shame

  20-07-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The salacious website, which sells itself with the tagline “Life Is Short. Have An Affair”, fell victim to an online group calling themselves The Impact Team
  
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• VIDEO: How Johnson won The Open

  20-07-2015 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Sport looks at Zach Johnson's fantastic round on Monday as he secured the 2015 Open Championship at St. Andrews.
  
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• Queen Nazi salute footage: Probe over leak moves to British Film Institute

  20-07-2015 21:58
  THE probe into how footage of the Queen giving a Nazi salute as a child was made public has now moved to the British Film Institute, which today confirmed it had been digitising some of the royals’ home movies.
  
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• Bride who bought £40 camera for honeymoon horrified that ALL 300 pictures are dark, fuzzy or over-exposed

  20-07-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kirsty Fuller, 33, had hoped to capture the perfect photo diary of her trip to South America with new husband Richard Jackson, 37
  
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• 'Goodbye boobs': Cancer victim throws farewell party for her breasts before undergoing major surgery

  20-07-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Charlotte Young wanted to focus on the positives of having a double mastectomy - that it would cut the chance of her getting breast cancer again
  
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• Lowest-income families will be £1,350 worse off after squeeze on tax credits, figures show

  20-07-2015 21:54
  
  More than three million of the lowest-income families will be left an average of £1,350 worse off by the Government’s squeeze on tax credits, new figures have disclosed.
  
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