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• This is Da Vinci – the adorable horse with a horse on his back

  22-07-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The seven week old equine, Vinny to his friends, has another incredible marking - a heart on his bum.
  
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• Come Fry With Me: Restaurant that serves only CHIPS opens in trendy east London

  22-07-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Come Fry With Me, a Shoreditch (obviously) takeaway that only serves CHIPS will open later this month
  
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• Kendall and Cooper say they would not serve in Jeremy Corbyn shadow cabinet

  22-07-2015 23:45
  
  Fellow candidates and Chuka Umunna threaten to refuse Labour frontbench roles, while Andy Burnham says it is more important to avoid ‘factional politics’The surprise frontrunner in the Labour leadership contest, Jeremy Corbyn, found himself facing a potential exodus of talent from the front bench if he became party leader with Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper and Chuka Umunna all saying that they would not serve in a shadow cabinet led by him.Labour’s leadership battle turned increasingly nasty
  
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• Tattooed former student could face jail after posting 'revenge porn' picture of woman on Facebook

  22-07-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jesse Hawthorne, 23, admitted publishing a sexually explicit photograph of a woman online without her permission
  
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• I nominated Jeremy Corbyn to spark debate but I don't think he can win a General Election

  22-07-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shock front-runner for Labour leader is a deficit denier and it's not too late for the other candidates to challenge him, says Frank Field
  
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• Man handed parking ticket within 60 seconds after helping disabled mother with shopping

  22-07-2015 23:33
  
  A MAN was handed a parking ticket within 60 seconds after stopping to help his disabled mother with her shopping.
  
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• Arsène Wenger on retiring: ‘Sir Alex has his horses. I have no horses’

  22-07-2015 23:30
  
  Arsenal’s manager is as eager as ever as he looks ahead to the season with few thoughts of stopping and a belief his side can challenge for the titleArsène Wenger is looking very relaxed. His Arsenal are having a successful pre‑season tournament in Singapore and he is looking forward to the new season. His team finished the last campaign strongly and, with the addition of a world-class goalkeeper in Petr Cech, there is genuine belief around the club that they can challenge Chelsea and
  
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• Hoof dunnit? Learner driver appeals for help to track down HORSE which trashed his motor

  22-07-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ashley Rodd fears his Vauxhall Corsa will be written off after horse rider galloped off without leaving any insurance details
  
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• Stjarnan 1-4 Celtic (1-6 agg) | Champions League qualifying second leg

  22-07-2015 23:24
  
  • Stjarnan 1-4 Celtic
  • Finsen 7; Biton 33, Mulgrew 49, Griffiths 88, Johansen 90Ronny Deila, the manager, said Celtic will have to improve if they are to continue their Champions League quest after overcoming the part-time Icelandic side Stjarnan, eventually with ease, in their second qualifier.The Scottish champions travelled to the tiny Samsung Vollur stadium with a 2-0 advantage from last week’s first leg in Glasgow but found themselves under some unexpected pressure after only seven m
  
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• Young dancer scarred for life following bottle attack was 'only 2cms from death'

  22-07-2015 23:23
  
  A YOUNG dance teacher left scarred for life following an unprovoked bottle attack by a drunken thug has revealed she only avoided death by 2cms.
  
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• Who ate all the pies? Put your shirt on Aston Villa fans after super-size 6XL unveiled!

  22-07-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Premier League club is one of only three sides offering the huge shirt to its largest supporters
  
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• Festival-goer hits upon hair-raising method of smuggling booze into gigs

  22-07-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At gigs it is unthinkable to try and endure the vile toilets, being soaked in sweat (other people’s) and self-indulgent guitar solos without a couple of fortifying drinks
  
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• Baby boom means state schools hitting a 3.3m peak - highest in 20 years

  22-07-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The trend dramatically reverses ten years of falling school rolls because of rising birth rates since 2002, but teachers’ unions warn it is a “wake up call” for the government
  
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• 'Alzheimer's miracle drug has saved my life': Trial Brit's joy as dementia slowed by new cure

  22-07-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Roy Fuller, 81, took part in a trial of solanezumab, which scientists today revealed can slow the decline of brain cells by a third
  
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• 16-year-old girl appears before magistrates faced with two terror charges

  22-07-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Manchester teenager is accused of possessing a recipe of explosives and a copy of the Anarchy Cookbook
  
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• Next Labour leader: 7 things we learned from the LBC leaders debate

  22-07-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Drugs, ABBA, the ghost of Ed Miliband - the LBC Labour leadership debate had it all
  
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• British seaside resort revival sees Southend become a magnet for British AND foreign visitors

  22-07-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Strictly speaking, this is not in fact the seaside. When you stare out from the beach at Southend-on-Sea you’re looking across the Thames estuary to a view of the decommissioned Grain power station in Kent.
  
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• Watch shocking moment golfer tees off - and accidentally hits seagull

  22-07-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man immediately cowers in shock after the ball hits the bird and feathers go up in the air
  
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• Watch woman fry egg on windowsill as temperatures soar to 40C in Gibraltar

  22-07-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It turns out that it's egg-straordinarily easy to cook eggs in the sun
  
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• Labour row: Jeremy Corbyn poll lead will not spark 80s-style split, says Roy Hattersley

  22-07-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The peer, who was deputy leader when Neil Kinnock led the fight against militant members, says the party rebel is just 'a 24-hour sensation'
  
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• Hero passerby rescues mum from blazing house before catching daughter who jumped from window

  22-07-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brave Wayne Morris fought back smoke at the house in Heywood to rescue the mum
  
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• Watch dad's spectacular football fail which almost wipes out his own son

  22-07-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It's probably best this father sticks to refereeing from the comfort of his sofa
  
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• Labour tearing itself apart as shock poll puts maverick left-winger Corbyn ahead in leadership race

  22-07-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The party descended into panic as leading figures blasted the surprise front-runner and threatened to remove him if he won the contest
  
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• £260,000 for my mother’s George Cross is a record

  22-07-2015 22:55
  
  THE George Cross awarded to a Second World War heroine, tortured and executed by the Nazis, was sold for a record price at auction.
  
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• Warlord Productions liquidated after '£3m of money raised to make film goes into sales reps' pockets'

  22-07-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Caine and Ray Winstone were billed as due to star in 'Henry 5' but their agents told me that they have nothing to do with the project
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn triumphs on LBC debate as Tony Blair warns against him

  22-07-2015 22:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Former Prime Minister Tony Blair warns the party could be out of power for 20 years in the leftwinger wins the leadership race
  
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• Middlesborough FC fan taking police officer's helmet was 'just a joke', court hears

  22-07-2015 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pair who were two of many who took part in a pitch invasion were charged with going onto the playing area at a football match
  
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• MI5 'helped Margaret Thatcher cover-up paedophile Tory MP's activities' new documents reveal

  22-07-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour MP Simon Danczuck said the newly unearthed documents prove 'the full weight of the British establishment, including MI5, colluded in a cover-up'
  
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• Laura Kuenssberg replaces Nick Robinson as BBC's political editor

  22-07-2015 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 38-year-old journalist was the BBC's chief political correspondent during the 2010 election.
  
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• Wannabe spooks stampede GCHQ for coveted places at new summer spy schools

  22-07-2015 22:30
  
  BRITAIN'S top-secret spy centre GCHQ is enrolling dozens of elite university science students into it's first-ever cyber school.
  
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• Two thirds of people will not receive new full rate state pension

  22-07-2015 22:25 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Two in three people who reach retirement age next year will receive less than the full 'flat-rate' state pension, it has emerged
  
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• Little girl, 7, BANNED from school disco after her mum missed £2.50 payment deadline by one day

  22-07-2015 22:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ellen Delaney is not allowed to go to the end of term party because mum Georgina Edwards forgot to pay up and confirm her attendance in time.
  
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• Harrods worker loses £1m unfair dismissal claim after he was 'sacked for eating customer's unwanted cake'

  22-07-2015 22:15 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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• Donald Macintyre's sketch: A realm of almost Confucian abstraction

  22-07-2015 22:07
  
  Everything was in place. The perma-tan. The suit and open-necked shirt. The glottal stop working overtime. (He now doesn’t even pronounce the “t” in “But”.) The trademark pregnant pause which answers a tricky question as eloquently as words. And the walk on to the podium to an ecstatic welcome.
  
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• Laura Kuenssberg replaces Nick Robinson to become BBC's first female political editor

  22-07-2015 22:07
  
  THE BBC is set to get its first ever woman political editor.
  
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• Drug dealer let off by judge because he gave up cannabis for Ramadan

  22-07-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Moumin Ali, 24, faced jail after being caught with 50 grams of pot but the strict Muslim managed to stop smoking the drug during the Islamic month of prayer
  
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• ISIS planning to use toy helicopters as bombing drones fear security chiefs

  22-07-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Toy 'drones' costing as little as £100 could be used to devastating effect and could even be used to drop bombs
  
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• Parenting tips from around the world: How different countries bring up their babies

  22-07-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In his book Planet Parent, author Mark Woods discovered that ways of raising children can vary dramatically from country to country
  
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• Heartwarming tale of businessman who treated homeless couple to a night in a luxury hotel

  22-07-2015 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  James Robinson was on a night out in Cardiff with friends when he met homeless couple John and Anna
  
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• JK Rowling hedge trimming causes traffic chaos for neighbours

  22-07-2015 21:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  JK Rowling has riled her neighbours who have complained that she is causing traffic 'chaos' by having her garden hedges trimmed
  
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• J K Rowling hedge trimming causes traffic chaos for neighbours

  22-07-2015 21:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  J K Rowling has riled her neighbours who have complained that she is causing traffic 'chaos' by having her garden hedges trimmed
  
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• Migrant baby boom will see demand for secondary school places rise by a fifth

  22-07-2015 21:44
  
  BRITAIN’S migrant baby boom will fuel a 20 per cent increase in secondary school pupils over the next decade, government estimates show.
  
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• Two ISIS leaders killed in roadside bomb - that the terrorists planted THEMSELVES

  22-07-2015 21:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The landmine killed Islamic State terror bosses Abu Malik and Abu abdul-Aziz, according to a Peshmerga official
  
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• Key Westminster figures named in newly released child abuse files

  22-07-2015 21:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Former Home Secretary Leon Brittan is among those named in the files which have been shared with police and will be passed to the Child Abuse Inquiry
  
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• Jessica Lawson: British girl, 12, drowns when lakeside pontoon collapses during school trip

  22-07-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 12-year-old has been named locally as Jessica Lawson, a pupil at Wolfreton School in Hull. She was on the wooden structure at a park in Liginiac, in the central Correze department, when she fell into the water
  
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• Man racially abused by Chelsea fans offers to help English giant 'eradicate' racism

  22-07-2015 21:22
  
  THE man who was racially abused and pushed off a Paris Metro train by Chelsea fans has said he will come to the UK and help "eradicate" racism if the club invites him.
  
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• Spanish judge investigating bungee tragedy will look at whether rope was too long

  22-07-2015 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The father of Kleyo De Abreau, who was killed when the stunt went wrong, has hit out at organisers and says 'something obviously wasn't in place'
  
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• Ai Weiwei to curate upcoming Royal Academy exhibition after China returns his passport

  22-07-2015 21:17
  
  Dissident artist Ai Weiwei will travel to Britain to personally curate his upcoming Royal Academy exhibition later this year – after the Chinese government unexpectedly returned his passport.
  
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• Football's most pampered dog? Chris Smalling's pooch's luxurious lifestyle revealed in pictures

  22-07-2015 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Manchester United defender's girlfriend has shared images of Miley on Instagram enjoying first class service
  
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• Monson inquest: Kenyan policeman accused of having 'blood on his hands'

  22-07-2015 21:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Sergeant Naftali Chege formally accused by lawyers acting for Alexander Monson's family of beating the former Malborough College pupil to death in police custody
  
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