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• Woman recovers wedding and engagement rings after losing them at sea

  26-07-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rachel Booth thought she had lost the precious items forever after they slipped off her finger while she played a game of catch in chest-hight water
  
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• NHS spends £1.8bn on staff redundancy pay-offs following Government restructuring

  26-07-2015 23:53
  
  About £1.8bn has been spent on NHS staff redundancy pay-offs since the Government’s restructuring of the health service, according to new figures.
  
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• VIDEO: 'I'll never dishonour the yellow jersey'

  26-07-2015 23:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tour de France winner Chris Froome tells spectators he will "always respect" the yellow jersey and "never dishonour it".
  
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• Oh dear: Residents left fuming after road workers leave 'penis shapes' outside their homes

  26-07-2015 23:45
  
  BUNGLING road repair workers have been slammed by furious residents for leaving "penis shapes" outside their homes.
  
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• Last of 'Britani Brigage Bangladeshi Bad Boys' who joined ISIS in Syria dies

  26-07-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Assad Ussaman, 25, has been reported dead by The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation
  
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• Last of 'Britani Brigade Bangladeshi Bad Boys' who joined ISIS in Syria dies

  26-07-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Assad Ussaman, 25, has been reported dead by The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation
  
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• Scouse 'Superman' branded super stupid in dangerous new craze

  26-07-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bizarre craze shows Liverpudlians hanging out of cars pretending to fly alongside, chatting to the passengers.
  
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• My 2020 vision is Labour could WIN next election - but this bloodletting is not helping

  26-07-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The prospect is sobering when Labour resembles a drunken pub brawl, leadership gangs hurling glasses and throwing chairs at each other
  
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• Ally Calvert: First pictures of tragic teen who died after 'taking laughing gas at party'

  26-07-2015 23:28
  
  TRIBUTES have been paid to a tragic teenager who died after allegedly taking laughing gas at a party.
  
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• Paul Massey: Clubland boss dubbed 'Mr Big' 'shot dead in his own back garden'

  26-07-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Father-of-five Paul Massey was gunned down in a series of blasts outside his Salford home, it is understood
  
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• Paul Massey: Businessman dubbed 'Mr Big' 'shot dead in his own back garden'

  26-07-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Father-of-five Paul Massey was gunned down in a series of blasts outside his Salford home, it is understood
  
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• Tour bus has roof ripped off after driver tries to go through low tunnel

  26-07-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Six passengers were seriously injured and a further 28 were hurt when the bus crashed near Lille in northern France
  
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• In matching sailing tops... it’s Team Cambridge

  26-07-2015 23:21
  
  IT was hardly jolly boating weather but the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were determined not to let two washed-out yacht races dampen the spirits yesterday.
  
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• Deadly blast rocks Mogadishu hotel

  26-07-2015 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 13 people are killed as a huge bomb explodes at a hotel in the Somali capital that is often used by officials and foreign diplomats.
  
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• Sex worker who shot attacker dead 'may have unintentionally killed serial killer'

  26-07-2015 23:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police found a 'kill list' on the body of man shot dead with his own gun, by a woman he tried to strangle, according to media reports
  
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• Nude swimmers join protests as public beach is closed for Saudi royal family

  26-07-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One resident who lives next to Mirandole Beach in Vallauris said: “The fact they are allowed to pay to shut it off is an outrage
  
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• Defiant corner shopkeeper fought off armed bandit with his bare hands after thug demanded money

  26-07-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite being battered repeatedly with a wooden weapon the 27-year-old sent the thug packing empty-handed
  
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• David Cameron's cuts mean 360,000 children couldn't visit a library last year

  26-07-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Library visits by children aged between five and 10 are down by 11% since Cameron came to power and began slashing libraries and opening hours
  
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• Cocaine worth £1million found in box of bananas by stunned Tesco worker

  26-07-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The young employee was unpacking the fruit when he discovered five bags, each weighing 1kg and containing a white powder believed to be cocaine from Costa Rica
  
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• Girl aged 7 killed and her parents seriously injured in motorway crash

  26-07-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her parents, a 35-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, have been taken to hospital after the incident on the M60 today
  
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• Security guard targeted by AXE-wielding man as he delivered money to shop

  26-07-2015 22:47
  
  A SECURITY guard was targeted by a man clutching an AXE as he delivered money to a shop.
  
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• 'Mr Big' Paul Massey 'shot' during armed incident in Greater Manchester tonight

  26-07-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were called out to reports of gunshots his evening, and it is reported that the father-of-five has been shot
  
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• UK weather: After the July washout get ready for an August heatwave

  26-07-2015 22:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experts reckon the gloom could be blown away by roasting air from mainland Europe in early August – with temperatures hitting 32C
  
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• Police in Newport considering 'safe zone' for sex workers after success of Leeds scheme

  26-07-2015 22:09
  
  Police are considering plans to make a part of Newport a designated area for sex workers to operate without fear of being moved on or arrested to ensure their safety.
  
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• Second Scottish independence vote 'inevitable due to broken promises and austerity' says Alex Salmond

  26-07-2015 22:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former SNP leader says David Cameron and George Osborne's policies and conduct since last year's referendum is putting them on collision course with the Scottish people
  
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• The 14million-to-1 daughter: Our miracle Martha beat meningitis TWICE in 5 months

  26-07-2015 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After the toddler overcame odds which match winning the Lotto jackpot, parents Nicola and Mitchell Norman said they felt like they'd won it
  
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• Private schools freeze fees to aid the 'squeezed' middle class

  26-07-2015 21:56 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Independent schools are slashing or freezing fees from next term as middle-class parents struggle to pay for their children's education
  
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• Secret plans to deploy soldiers on UK streets in the aftermath of a terror attack are 'shocking' and 'provocative', says peer

  26-07-2015 21:55
  Secret police plans to deploy more than 5,000 armed soldiers on British streets in the wake of a UK terror attack have been questioned by a prominent peer as a “provocative” act that could potentially endanger the public.
  
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• Baron John Sewel: Disgraced peer who allegedly snorted cocaine with prostitutes urged to quit Lords

  26-07-2015 21:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Married Lord Sewel was accused of “staggering” hypocrisy due to his role as head of the Lords standards watchdog, which sits in judgement over misbehaving peers
  
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• Froome completes historic Tour win

  26-07-2015 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Team Sky's Chris Froome becomes the first Briton to win the Tour de France twice as the three-week race finishes in Paris.
  
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• I will never dishonour Tour - Froome

  26-07-2015 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Froome says he will "never dishonour" the yellow jersey after becoming the first Briton to win two Tour de France titles.
  
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• Legal aid cuts: Criminal barristers' strike will go ahead despite last-minute feud with solicitors

  26-07-2015 21:33
  
  Criminal barristers across Britain will begin striking in earnest on Monday over cuts to legal aid, despite a last-minute feud with solicitors.
  
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• Bexley 'laughing gas' death: First pictures of teenager who collapsed and died 'after inhaling Nitrous Oxide'

  26-07-2015 21:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Friends said the 18-year-old, named locally as Ally Calvert, had recently left school and had hopes to be an electrician
  
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• From rugby player to businessman

  26-07-2015 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How a former Wallabies captain built a business empire
  
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• Heart-warming moment orangutan tries to kiss pregnant woman's bump

  26-07-2015 20:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Rajang, a 47-year-old orangutan, became "fixated" with Maisie Knight's bump during a visit to Colchester Zoo.
  
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• Fears grow for two young teenagers missing at sea for two days after 'going on fishing trip'

  26-07-2015 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A £6,400 reward has been offered to help find Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14-years-old
  
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• Secret plan to deploy 5,000 soldiers on UK streets in wake of major terror attacks

  26-07-2015 20:33 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Operation Temperer would be deployed in the event of a series of terror attacks on UK soil
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's team: the key figures backing the left-winger's leadership bid

  26-07-2015 20:27 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Meet Team Corbyn, the key advisers and supporters helping to manage the veteran MP's bid for the Labour leadership
  
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• Falklands veteran to return Argentine soldier's dog tag more than 30 years after fatal battle

  26-07-2015 20:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ellis hoped to return it to the family of Assistant Sergeant Ramon Gumersido Acosta to mark the 30th anniversary of the conflict in 2012, but could not trace them
  
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• Scotland Yard accused of covering up London Underground serial killer 'who slayed 18'

  26-07-2015 20:24 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A former detective has said that Scotland Yard covered up claims by a killer that he had pushed 18 people to their deaths on the Tube in the 1970s
  
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• Kate Middleton America's Cup: Recap updates as Duchess cheers on Ben Ainslie at sailing competition

  26-07-2015 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the Royal Naval Base to watch Britain's most successful sailor in action
  
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• Alice Gross murder: Parents left 'concerned, bewildered and angry' after coroner leaves file on train

  26-07-2015 20:03
  
  The parents of murdered schoolgirl Alice Gross have said they are "concerned, bewildered and angry" after the coroner investigating her death left a police file on a train.
  
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• Helicopter, armed police and dogs arrive at 'weapon incident' and find gardener using a rake

  26-07-2015 19:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Officers received a 999 call from a nearby nursing home and sent in the big guns - only to find the householder and a pal doing some landscaping
  
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• Lord Sewel could be first peer expelled under new rules after 'snorting cocaine with prostitutes'

  26-07-2015 19:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Police called in by House of Lords as Deputy Speaker resigns amid claims he took Class A drug at sex party with £200-a-night prostitutes
  
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• Profile: Lord Sewel and the 'Sewel Motion'

  26-07-2015 19:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Labour peer entrusted with piloting Scottish devolution measures through Parliament gave his name to a key aspect of politics
  
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• Kensington and Chelsea council wants crackdown on rev count of supercar owners

  26-07-2015 19:40
  They are loud, brash and kitted out to impress – and that’s just the super-rich owners.
  
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• British Gas faces fury over 50% profits increase despite paltry price cut

  26-07-2015 19:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The country’s biggest supplier made around £390million in the first six months of this year, up from £265million, but customers only got a 5% price cut
  
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• Haunting pictures of abandoned wax museum show stacks of spooky mannequins and limbless babies

  26-07-2015 19:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  American artist Ariston Santos De Leon took the creepy snaps at a museum that has seen better days
  
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• Remains found in ditch by workmen are those of a man, say police

  26-07-2015 19:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thames Valley Police said the man’s death is being treated as unexplained and an investigation has been opened
  
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• Labour chiefs dismiss MP's calls for leadership race to be 'halted' over hard-left 'infiltrators'

  26-07-2015 19:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bassetlaw MP John Mann says 'communists' and 'militant tendency types' thought to be supporting Jeremy Corbyn are warping the process
  
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