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• Birkirkara 1-0 West Ham (3-5 on pens)

  23-07-2015 23:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Ham scrape through to the Europa League third qualifying round after beating Maltese side Birkirkara on penalties.
  
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• Hilarious human water bomb explosion is captured with slow motion camera

  23-07-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Slow Mo Guys are back with a new video
  
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• ISIS execute four tailors in Iraq - because they wouldn't sew Afghan militants uniforms

  23-07-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Kurdish official said that ISIS' executioners ruthlessly dispatched the rebellious tailors in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul
  
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• By Davy Crockett's hat! Famous frontiersman perfectly recreated in mountain forest

  23-07-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The remarkable mirage, in the Glacier Mountains, bears an uncanny resemblance to the American folk hero.
  
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• Watch double amputee war hero walk on pair of artificial legs for the first time

  23-07-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sgt Rick Clement, 35, of the 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, has posted a video of him walking on a pair of artificial legs - which has had a million views
  
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• Amputee war hero's inspiring video showing him walking on crutches is viewed a MILLION times

  23-07-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sgt Rick Clement, 35, of the 1st Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, has posted a video of him walking on a pair of artificial legs - which has had a million views
  
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• Ecstasy use on rise among young people but cannabis remains most popular drug in Britain

  23-07-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Home Office report also found that the use of legal highs remains “generally low” compared with established substances such as weed, cocaine and ecstasy
  
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• Watch mammoth giant squid try to steal fishermen's catch from underneath their noses

  23-07-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The incredible stand-off reveals the true size of the mammoth sea creature
  
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• Donald Trump visits Mexican border

  23-07-2015 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump tours the US-Mexico border in Texas, an area he vows to secure if he is elected US president.
  
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• Government relaxes airport Ebola screening as virus oubreak eases in West Africa

  23-07-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Public Health England says there are no longer any specialist staff at Birmingham or Manchester but measures are still in place at Heathrow and Gatwick
  
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• Amazon surprises with profit jump

  23-07-2015 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon shares have surged more than 14% in after-hours trading after it reported better than expected sales figures.
  
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• Heathrow Airport braced for its busiest ever day for departures

  23-07-2015 23:31
  
  Britain’s brittle transport infrastructure faces its greatest test this weekend. The UK’s biggest airport is braced for its busiest-ever day for departures, while drivers heading for the West Country are being warned of delays exceeding two hours on 25 July.
  
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• Barack Obama says Britain must stay in EU

  23-07-2015 23:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  US president says Britain is 'best partner', but risks losing its influence on the world stage if it leaves the European Union
  
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• Thousands of new mothers 'forced out of jobs every year because of employer discrimination'

  23-07-2015 23:28
  Tens of thousands of women are forced out of their jobs in Britain every year because of discrimination by employers against pregnant women and new mothers, the biggest research study of its kind has found.
  
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• Tens of thousands of pregnant women and new mothers forced out of jobs every year because of employer discrimination

  23-07-2015 23:28
  Tens of thousands of women are forced out of their jobs in Britain every year because of discrimination by employers against pregnant women and new mothers, the biggest research study of its kind has found.
  
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• Watch marching band surprise cancer patient at hospital and help her celebrate end of chemotherapy in style

  23-07-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When Ann Trachtenberg told her niece how she dreamed of finishing her treatment she never imagined she would work on setting it up
  
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• A real Burger King - Prince William has his personalised Whopper delivered to Kensington Palace

  23-07-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince William is officially a Burger King
  
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• Theresa May vows to 'get to the heart of' revelations MI5 covered up VIP Westminster paedophiles

  23-07-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Home Secretary has been left shocked by 1980s documents which alluded to a senior MP with a 'penchant for small boys'
  
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• Baffled Brits abroad pick the wrong loo because we can't read foreign languages

  23-07-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With toilet mix-ups not the only howler we commit when we head overseas, it might be an idea to learn the word for 'sorry' before you get on the plane
  
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• Watch 10,000 tonne freight train smash into stretch limo hired for teen's birthday

  23-07-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Luckily all the youngsters had escaped the vehicle after it became stuck on a level crossing and no one was hurt in the terrifyingly smash
  
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• Numbers of butterflies and birds fall dramatically due to lack of woodland management

  23-07-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Farmland bird populations have more than halved since 1970 while there are 48% fewer butterflies in the same period
  
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• 'What's Jeremy Kyle's number?' 'Emergency' call to police disclosed in bid to stop time wasters

  23-07-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It was clearly an emergency for this confused member of the public
  
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• Councils spent £100 MILLION helping people hit by the bedroom tax last year

  23-07-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Discretionary housing payments went a staggering £40m over budget in 2014-15 as people struggle to pay rent.
  
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• How well you will do in your GCSEs is decided at BIRTH, new research reveals

  23-07-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Scientists analysed the genetic data of 12,500 twins to see if nature or nurture most affected exam results
  
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• UK weather: More than one month's worth of rain could fall in a day on Friday

  23-07-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The South could see huge downpours while the North looks like it will be spared from the rain and will see brighter and sunnier spells
  
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• Teenager's body found on top of Eurotunnel train

  23-07-2015 22:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Body of male, who is thought to have been a migrant trying to reach Britain from France, found on roof of Eurotunnel train
  
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• Seagull menace: Truth about Britain's new Public Enemy No1 following spate of attacks

  23-07-2015 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gulls appear to be getting out of control - but how bad is the problem and what can be done about it?
  
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• The Queen is getting a huge 18% pay rise but how DOES she make her money?

  23-07-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Accounts posted online for the year ending March 2015 reveal record profits for the Duchy, which will give the monarch a £2.4million increase
  
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• Swimmer dies after her throat is slashed by passing windsurfer in Gran Canaria

  23-07-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old was scuba diving off the coast of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, on the south east coast of the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria.
  
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• Watch naked daredevil skydive as nature intended naked from 10,000 feet

  23-07-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Howard Smith, 50, has already raked in a whopping £5,500 thanks to his nude exploits
  
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• Government pulls plug on Green Deal flagship home insulation scheme after it 'flops'

  23-07-2015 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The scheme was meant make homes more environmentally friendly and cut energy bills but only 10,000 people have signed up since 2013
  
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• Convicted child rapist messaged girl, 14, on Facebook before meeting her for sex

  23-07-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Convicted child rapist messaged girl, 14, on Facebook before meeting her for sex
  
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• Water ripoff! Posh hotel launches lavish aqua menu - and the most expensive is an eye-watering £26.45

  23-07-2015 22:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The luxury Merchant Hotel has even hired specialist water butlers to help diners choose the perfect drop of aqua for their meal
  
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• Motorist who died after driving wrong way down motorway may have suffered diabetic attack

  23-07-2015 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andi Patrascu, 43, caused a multiple collision when he drove down the wrong side of the A38 in Birmingham for more than a mile
  
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• Former pupil stockpiled arms to carry out mass murder at college, court is told

  23-07-2015 22:25
  
  A TEENAGE drop-out planned to carry out mass murder at his former college after building up an arsenal of weapons, a court has heard.
  
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• Shampoo bottle 'killer' took cocaine

  23-07-2015 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man accused of murdering a woman in a "perverted sexual assault" with a shampoo bottle went on a cocaine binge the night before she was taken to hospital, a court hears.
  
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• Commonwealth Games: Glasgow legacy is cashed in as residents move into athletes' village

  23-07-2015 22:17
  
  Ann Allan has lived in the east end of Glasgow for almost all of her life, but her new house is a bit different to the others – not least because a year ago, an elite athlete was probably sleeping in her living room. In March, the 74-year-old became one of the first residents of the Athletes’ Village, which it is hoped will become one of the most lasting legacies of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
  
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• VIDEO: Shark freed from fishing line

  23-07-2015 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A hammerhead shark has been freed from a fishing line on a crowded Florida beach.
  
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• Dozens of migrants 'drown off Libya'

  23-07-2015 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Up to 40 African migrants are feared to have drowned when their boat sank off Libya's coast, survivors tell UN and aid agencies.
  
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• Young mum dying of cancer is spending her final months fighting to save others

  23-07-2015 22:08
  
  A YOUNG mother diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer at just 21 is campaigning for the screening age to be lowered.
  
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• Spain raises the minimum age of marriage from 14 to 16

  23-07-2015 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The country had the lowest marrying age in Europe but the change to the law now puts it in line with most other nations on the Continent
  
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• Michael Gove spotted leaving hospital with a guide on how to bring discipline to prisons

  23-07-2015 22:05
  
  Not for Michael Gove the latest potboiler to while away the tedium of a visit to an accident and emergency department after he hurt his foot.
  
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• Liam Lyburd: Bitter teenager amassed weapons and planned mass murder at former college, court hears

  23-07-2015 22:05
  
  An “embittered” teenager planned mass murder at his former college after amassing a collection of weapons and explosives, a court has heard.
  
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• Eloise Parry: Student's diet pill death sparks calls for urgent review of the deadly tablets

  23-07-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shropshire Coroner John Ellery ruled Eloise Parry’s death had been accidental and he would be urging a review of the classification of DNP
  
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• BREAKING: Body of 'migrant trying to reach Britain' found on roof of Eurotunnel train

  23-07-2015 22:05
  
  THE body of a teenager believed to be a migrant trying to reach Britain from Calais has been found on the roof of a Eurotunnel train.
  
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• Body of 'migrant trying to reach Britain from Calais' found on roof of Eurotunnel train

  23-07-2015 22:05
  
  THE body of a teenager thought to be a migrant trying to reach Britain from Calais has been found on the roof of a Eurotunnel train.
  
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• Wells palace tradition in chaos as seven ducks killed by swans in front of tourists

  23-07-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Male swan attacks ducks that get close to nest at Bishop's Palace in Somerset, disrupting normally peaceful atmosphere in England's smallest cathedral city
  
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• Vicar on the run: Clergyman vanishes after jury finds him guilty of stealing £24k

  23-07-2015 21:58
  
  A VICAR is on the run after a jury found him guilty of pinching £24,000 funeral and wedding fees.
  
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• Better Iran deal 'a fantasy' - Kerry

  23-07-2015 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US Secretary of State John Kerry tells senators it is "fantasy" to think he could have achieved a better deal on Iran's nuclear programme.
  
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• 7 Jeremy Corbyn policies the public love - and 3 more that they hate

  23-07-2015 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Everyone says the public doesn't have any time for Jeremy Corbyn's policies - but is that really true?
  
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