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• See inside Donald Trumps amazing gold-plated private Boeing passenger jet

  28-07-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The plane has room for 43 passengers and can fly at speeds of more than 500mph
  
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• Sandra Bland prison footage released by police to dispel rumour she was dead when she arrived

  28-07-2015 23:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Questions have been raised over apparent abnormalities and inconsistencies in the 28-year-old's mugshot and arrest documents
  
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• US man 'regrets' killing African lion

  28-07-2015 23:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  American dentist Walter Palmer says he "regrets" killing a well-known lion in Zimbabwe and insists he thought it was legal.
  
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• Thirty teachers banned from the classroom for having ex with pupils in just six months

  28-07-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The number of teachers being barred for sexual offences, sleazy behaviour and affairs with pupils has nearly trebled in a year
  
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• Why major changes to the House of Lords would give this country what it deserves

  28-07-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We need a Constitutional Convention to look at the Lords and other much-needed reforms says Baroness Royall, ex-Labour leader in the Lords
  
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• Police hunt Parliament knife breach woman

  28-07-2015 23:35 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Woman who tried twice to breach Palace of Westminster defences before dumping knives nearby sought by police
  
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• Twitter boss 'not satisfied' with growth

  28-07-2015 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter's revenue and earnings for the second quarter have beaten expectations, but co founder Jack Dorsey says he is "not satisfied" with its user growth.
  
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• Mexico dismiss Herrera as coach

  28-07-2015 23:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mexico sack coach Miguel Herrera after allegations that he punched a journalist two days after the country's Gold Cup win.
  
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• Man, 21, arrested on suspicion of murdering young mother who was four months pregnant

  28-07-2015 23:32
  
  A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a pregnant mother-of-one was found stabbed to death in her flat.
  
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• Confessions of a soap star: Robin Askwith moves from Coronation Street to Emmerdale

  28-07-2015 23:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The veteran of a string of Seventies sex comedies will be in the thick of things when a travelling fairground brings disaster to the village
  
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• Grade II listed stately home turned into £5 million cannabis farm by criminal gang

  28-07-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were stunned at the size of the operation - with criminals using 10 rooms
  
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• Egypt factory fire kills at least 25

  28-07-2015 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fire started by an exploding gas canister kills at least 25 people in the Egyptian capital Cairo, officials say.
  
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• Alison Joyner: Woman funded luxury lifestyle by ripping off her family in £720,000 fraud

  28-07-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alison Joyner left her mother facing eviction from her care home and stole £12,000 from her father-in-law before going on the run
  
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• Muhammad Yusuf: Hundreds turn out for elderly stranger's funeral after his body lay unclaimed in morgue for months

  28-07-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "It was a wonderful moment of coming together with old people, young people, white, black, Asian, Middle Eastern"
  
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• Euromillions results: Winning numbers for Tuesday July 28 2015

  28-07-2015 23:18
  
  THESE are the winning Euromillions numbers for the draw on Tuesday July 28 2015.
  
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• Lord Sewel could have had everything but couldn't resist a grubby thrill

  28-07-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alison Phillips says no matter how great a man's achievements the power of the thrill will always lead them astray
  
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• Cecil the lion: Dentist who paid £35k to shoot 'friendly' big cat has blamed his GUIDES for the kill

  28-07-2015 23:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dentist Walter Palmer, who paid £35,000 to butcher Cecil the lion also claims he was unaware of the lion's fame
  
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• Virgin Galactic crash 'caused by pilot error' says official investigation

  28-07-2015 23:08 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Virgin Galactic's training company was critcised for not having safety procedures in place to prevent the accidental unlocking of SpaceShipTwo's braking system by co-pilot
  
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• Gaddafi's son sentenced to death

  28-07-2015 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A court in Libya sentences Col Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, and eight others to death over war crimes linked to the 2011 revolution.
  
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• VIDEO: Massive hunt for 'lion' in Milwaukee

  28-07-2015 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Authorities in Milwaukee are search for what appears to be a lion, after grainy footage of a large animal was captured by a member of the public.
  
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• Police in Julie Pacey murder DNA breakthrough

  28-07-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Detectives investigating the unsolved murder of a mother-of-two have obtained DNA which they believe could help them catch her killer
  
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• Government using 'smoke and mirrors' to add MI5 budget to defence to meet NATO target

  28-07-2015 23:00
  
  THE Government's handling of the defence budget has been branded an "utter charade" after it emerged minsters would have to include spending on MI5 in order to meet stringent NATO targets.
  
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• Revealed - only NHS doctor in 4,000 who 'opted out' of weekends actually chose to work MORE

  28-07-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Hunt's declared war on doctors who 'opt out' of working weekends. But the tiny number who actually do leave his claims in tatters
  
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• Newcastle United fans sell alternative Toon shirt WITHOUT Wonga label in protest at owner Mike Ashley

  28-07-2015 22:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The supporters' group says the shirt is a "viable" option for children as parents may not want them to advertise a money lender
  
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• Bungling police officer left voicemail on mother's phone TEN DAYS after she died in crash

  28-07-2015 22:46
  
  A BUNGLING police officer left a voicemail for a tragic car crash victim TEN DAYS after she died, having been left to bleed out in her car for 72 hours because patrols did not respond to a 999 call.
  
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• UK taxpayer to fork out £7million on Channel Tunnel security to stop Calais migrant crisis

  28-07-2015 22:45
  
  BRITAIN is being forced to shell out another £7million of taxpayers' cash to tackle the Calais migrant crisis – after the Government was slammed for its handling of the Channel Tunnel invasions.
  
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• Tesco's shock Ribena ban sparks Twitter backlash over 'hypocrisy'

  28-07-2015 22:42
  
  TESCO'S decision to stop selling Ribena, Rubicon and Capri-Sun has been blasted as "hypocritical" on social media sites today.
  
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• Andy Burnham: Lord Sewel shows up everything that's wrong with House of Lords

  28-07-2015 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham says if he takes power as Labour leader the House of Lords will have to be accountable at elections
  
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• Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit 'saved' thanks to massive internet fundraising campaign

  28-07-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Museum curators were stunned after discovering how bad condition the item was in
  
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• Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit 'saved' thanks to massive internet finding campaign

  28-07-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Museum curators were stunned after discovering how bad condition the item was in
  
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• Shocking video shows man falling into a bin lorry 'and being crushed to death'

  28-07-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The clip appears to show a man being crushed between the mechanical jaws of the machine
  
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• Tax relief on pensions may not be scrapped, George Osborne says

  28-07-2015 22:32 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Chancellor insists no decision has yet been taken on controversial plans to scrap pension tax relief
  
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• Cannibal arrested for feasting on hearts, livers and even brains of his family and neighbours

  28-07-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police believe the man – identified only as Ramesh BK – selected his victims before killing them for food
  
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• George Osborne: Britain should return to a trade relationship with the EU

  28-07-2015 22:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  In his first major interview since the General Election, George Osborne, the Chancellor, says that the 'central attraction' of EU membership is economic
  
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• Kieran McGrath: Five men charged with murder of 26-year-old found collapsed outside police station

  28-07-2015 22:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kieran McGrath was killed in what police believe was a drive-by shooting shortly after leaving a pub in October last year
  
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• Super-customised trucks modified with luxury gadgets and lights look like something out of Transformers

  28-07-2015 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The impressive vehicles are the creation of American filmmaker Steve Feldman, a Japanese business consultant and car fanatic
  
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• Lord Sewel quits House of Lords but David Cameron vows to create 50 more Peers at £1.3MILLION cost

  28-07-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Research for the Mirror reveals that creating these roles – which would include numerous Tory cronies and donors – would cost taxpayers at least £1.3million
  
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• Job-share MP candidates denied review

  28-07-2015 22:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two Green Party candidates from Basingstoke are refused a judicial review over their plans to become job-share MPs.
  
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• Brady 'damaged integrity' of NFL

  28-07-2015 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New England Patriots' Tom Brady damaged "the integrity" of his sport, the NFL say following the 'Deflate-gate' investigation.
  
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• Is this the world's tallest weed? Grandmother stunned as 9 FOOT thistle grows in garden

  28-07-2015 22:14
  
  A GRANDMOTHER was stunned after the 'tallest thistle in the world' measuring an astonishing NINE FEET sprung up in her back garden.
  
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• Yvette Cooper: Our choice is years of Tory rule under Jeremy Corbyn or a return to a Labour government

  28-07-2015 22:13
  
  Yvette Cooper has issued a stark warning to Labour members that they have “a choice of two futures” – many years of Conservative rule if the left-winger Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour leadership or a return to power if she gets the job.
  
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• 'Overbearing and critical' mother-in-law may have been a factor that led exhausted dad to assault baby, says judge

  28-07-2015 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The judge said the woman's mother had lived with the family and man gave up work to help care for the baby and two other children
  
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• Robbery victim jailed for life after stabbing to death aspiring rapper who raided his home

  28-07-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jaydee Dorsett, 20, murdered Isaiah Ekpaloba, 18, in a 'violent and sustained knife fight,' after the teenager, known as 'Profit' arrived to raid his flat
  
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• Cook seeking Edgbaston inspiration

  28-07-2015 22:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England captain Alastair Cook wants inspiration from the 2005 Edgbaston Ashes win before the third Test against Australia.
  
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• Vampire Sajid Javid comes from the working class so why is he bleeding us of all our rights?

  28-07-2015 22:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Democratic governments do not plunge their citizens into powerlessness but Britain's employees are suffering abuse, says Unite Union leader Len McCluskey
  
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• Florida man plotted 'US beach attack'

  28-07-2015 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 23-year-old man is charged with plotting to detonate a bomb packed with nails on a beach in Florida, according to the FBI.
  
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• Give me a barking old aristo over coke-snorting Lord Sewel any day

  28-07-2015 22:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The 'Lord Sewer' affair shows why we need urgent reform of the House of Lords
  
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• Burnham suggests new social care tax

  28-07-2015 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour should ignore "difficult headlines" and consider extra taxes to cover the rising cost of social care, leadership contender Andy Burnham says.
  
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• Brave teen with cerebral palsy has Geordie accent on his voice synthesiser so he can 'win women'

  28-07-2015 22:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lewis Fisher has cerebral palsy and cannot talk but frustrated at the transatlantic twang his electronic voice gave him has swapped his Stephen Hawking style sound for a native North East lilt.
  
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• Disneyland Paris faces pricing probe

  28-07-2015 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Disneyland Paris is facing a pricing probe following accusations that UK and German customers are being frozen out of promotions available in other European member states.
  
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