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• Calais chaos: Desperate migrants explain why they'll risk their lives to get to Britain

  30-07-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Each night some of the migrants walk for miles to risk their lives trying to clamber on to trains to cross the Channel Tunnel
  
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• Car boot bargain hunter snaps up £4,000 book signed by Dr Livingstone for just £1

  30-07-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Edward Davies presumed correctly when he thought the celebrated explorer’s signature meant his discovery would be a money-spinner
  
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• Porn actors and producers reveal trade secrets in hilariously graphic Reddit thread

  30-07-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The intimate insights came as answers to a question posed by Reddit user Whiskas2 who asked: 'Porn Actors of Reddit, what is something The viewers REALLY don't know?'
  
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• Labour accuses Tories of pushing tax credit cuts through Parliament without proper scrutiny

  30-07-2015 23:58
  
  Labour has accused the Government of railroading its £1,000-a-year cuts to tax credits for three million families through Parliament without proper scrutiny.
  
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• Officers at Sam DuBose scene involved in death of another unarmed black man

  30-07-2015 23:41 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Five years before University of Cincinnati officers Eric Weibel and Phillip Kidd corroborated the seemingly false account of an officer now charged with murder, they helped as Kelly Brinson was shocked and shackledTwo police officers who corroborated a seemingly false account of the fatal shooting of Samuel DuBose in Cincinnati were previously implicated in the death of an unarmed, hospitalised and mentally ill black man who died after he was “rushed” by a group of seven University of Cincin
  
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• Cat born with facial deformities so severe his owners were advised to put him down becomes Facebook star

  30-07-2015 23:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Norris, was born with a cleft palate which left him missing a sizeable part of his lip and meant his teeth were twisted and malformed
  
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• The Cobbler review – botched Adam Sandler fantasy comedy

  30-07-2015 23:40 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  This entirely dreadful yarn about a magical cobbler is up to Sandler’s usual standards, but you might have expected more from its directorIt stars Adam Sandler and, yes, cobbler’s in the title. Make your own jokes, because they’re otherwise lacking here: this botched fantasy – in which Sandler’s downtrodden Max discovers a magical stitching machine that allows him to literally walk a mile in his customers’ shoes – collapses amid its attempts to reshape a notionally sincere scr
  
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• How did the the Calais get so bad? What led to the escalating migrant chaos

  30-07-2015 23:35
  
  THE CALAIS migrant crisis has spiralled out of control in recent days but how did it get so bad?
  
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• Dave Black funeral: Rock stars, friends and family pack church to pay respects to Goldie guitarist

  30-07-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pals - including superstars like AC/DC’s Brian Johnson - paid their respects to the 62-year-old rocker who is best known for 1978 hit Making Up Again
  
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• Stella McCartney returns to Adidas as creative director for Team GB's 2016 Olympics kits

  30-07-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The iconic designer will reprise her role as creative director from 2012 with the brand new design to be unveiled in April 2016
  
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• West Ham 2-2 Astra Giurgiu | Europa League third qualifying round match report

  30-07-2015 23:11 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  • West Ham 2-2 Astra Giurgiu
  • Valencia 23, Zárate 51; Boldrin 71, Ogbonna 82 ogAn evening that promised so much for West Ham United ended in disappointment, acrimony and a dash of farce, with Slaven Bilic sent to the stands after contesting one too many of Adrien Jaccottet’s decisions in the closing stages and Astra Giurgi seizing control of this Europa League third-round qualifier thanks to a comical own goal from Angelo Ogbonna. West Ham’s European adventure is in the balance now and
  
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• Jack Susianta: Probe launched into why police officers failed to save drowning teenager

  30-07-2015 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jack Susianta was being chased by nine officers when he had apparently fled home after a row
  
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• Addict burns down dad's flat because he wouldn't buy her drugs - killing his disabled lodger

  30-07-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 28-year-old daughter admitted the manslaughter of partially-sighted Mark Carpenter, who was lodging in the flat
  
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• Addict burns down dad's flat because he wouldn't buy her drugs - and kills his disabled lodger

  30-07-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 28-year-old daughter admitted the manslaughter of partially-sighted Mark Carpenter, who was lodging in the flat
  
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• Judge wants to tag parents of two families suspected of wanting to join ISIS

  30-07-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sir James Munby says the move will protect the children from being taken abroad but will consult the Ministry of Justice before making the order
  
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• Leading children's charity with celebrity backers in police probe over 'crime allegations'

  30-07-2015 23:08
  
  A LEADING children's charity is being investigated by police officers specialising in sexual offences, exploitation and child abuse, it emerged tonight.
  
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• The 'Rich Kids of Snapchat' have way more money than you - read it and weep

  30-07-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An obnoxious Facebook page is sharing a window onto the lives of those with wealth and youth - and it's pretty sickening
  
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• Southampton 3-0 Vitesse | Europa League third qualifying round match report

  30-07-2015 23:06 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  • Southampton 3-0 Vitesse• Pellè 36, Tadic 45 pen, Long 84Southampton had waited 12 years for this. During their darker days in League One when they were faced by the threat of liquidation, a return to the European stage could hardly have been imagined. How they enjoyed it and a Sadio Mané-inspired victory has moved them closer to the group phase of the Europa League.They must negotiate the return tie in Arnhem and then a two-leg play-off but this was precisely the sort of stirring,
  
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• Average Facebook user uses site 46 minutes a day - how do you fare?

  30-07-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The social network says that we're on there for nearly an hour every day in average - but where does your usage fall?
  
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• Iron Man-style robot exoskeletons to be built for kids with disabilities thanks to crowdfunding campaign

  30-07-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The amazing robotic suit might sound like science fiction, but one company is trying to make them real for kids worldwide
  
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• Bowel cancer patients will be 'thrown into dark ages' if drugs denied

  30-07-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Fifteen leading cancer experts have expressed fear that patients with advanced bowel cancer will have their lives cut short if life-extending treatments suffer further cuts
  
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• Army ready to act over Calais crisis

  30-07-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Emergency measures to tackle 'swarm' of migrants as holidaymakers head for Dover
  
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• Tories accused of trying to push through £3.4bn tax credit cuts without a Commons vote

  30-07-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Cameron is trying to sneak the measure in by statutory instrument but Labour’s Harriet Harman says MPs must get the chance to debate it
  
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• Gunman who laughed after shooting policewoman with sawn-off shotgun jailed for life

  30-07-2015 23:00
  
  A GUNMAN who left a policewoman with a shredded hand after blasting her with a sawn-off shotgun at point-blank range has been jailed for life.
  
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• Kleyo de Abreu: Police charge two men with 'reckless homicide' after Brit holidaymaker dies in bungee accident

  30-07-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Following her death this month, her heartbroken dad said: "I was very, very proud of her"
  
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• Mum 'lets child pee in bag in food court - then just leaves it on the floor'

  30-07-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The image of a mum helping out her little boy is one thing, but this woman doesn't even appear to clear up after her son when he's finished
  
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• Government refuses visa for anti-corruption artist Ai Weiwei who spent 3 months in Chinese prison

  30-07-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The government has been slammed for rejecting a 6-month visa for Ai Weiwei because he has a 'criminal conviction' - which he says isn't true
  
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• Dinner in a derelict flat is the latest fine dining fad restaurant

  30-07-2015 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Organisers of a new restaurant experience have convinced an unsuspecting flat owner to let them graffiti his flat and serve £35 a head posh dinners in it
  
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• Calais crisis: Watch moment hundreds of migrants tried to storm Eurotunnel terminal filled with terrified British holidaymakers

  30-07-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  French police used batons in a desperate bid to stop the 200-strong hoard of asylum seekers from getting to trains
  
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• Dramatic photos show rescue teams treating Smiler crash victims on makeshift scaffolding

  30-07-2015 22:38
  
  DRAMATIC photos released today show the moment victims of the horrific Smiler crash were treated in the aftermath of the rollercoaster disaster.
  
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• Firearms officer who posted pictures of children holding automatic weapons on Facebook faces disciplinary action

  30-07-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Blair McMaster, 39, posted the image of a boy and girl, aged about eight and six, clutching what appeared to be an M4 assault weapon and a Glock handgun
  
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• Tragic girl, 4, 'drowned in bath after slipping on mat while reaching for her toy ducks'

  30-07-2015 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is thought little Summer Shaw slipped on the bathmat and fell in used bathwater as she reached for the toys
  
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• TV star Linda Robson's nephew jailed for £3million smash and grab burkha raids

  30-07-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reece Dunford was the ringleader of a violent gang who used axes and sledgehammers to crack open display cabinets and make off with watches, gems, handbags and shoes
  
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• Office says sad farewell to Britain's oldest tea boy Jim Clements who has died aged 102

  30-07-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The former engineer got bored of retirement at 66 so he took a job with a security firm – and stayed there for more 30 years
  
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• There's a mainstream alternative to George Osborne's economics

  30-07-2015 22:13
  
  The Tories’ killer case at the election was the charge that Labour spent too much, caused the financial crisis, left an economic mess and want to do the same again. This is good politics but lousy economics. It worked a treat for the Tories and it is clear that George Osborne wants to replay the same political theme through to 2020.
  
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• Metropolitan Police to probe criminal allegations at children's charity Kids Company

  30-07-2015 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The organisation, which has faced questions over its finances, said it was not aware of the nature of the accusations
  
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• Tunisian beach massacre: Grandmother relives heartstopping moment killer's gun jammed as he loomed over her

  30-07-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Great-grandmother Angela Evans, 67,joined other victims in giving harrowing accounts of their ordeal on the beach as part of BBC Panorama documentary
  
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• British air strikes on Syria: Public back bombing campaign by margin of two to one, says poll

  30-07-2015 21:54
  
  The public supports extending UK air strikes against Isis into Syria by a margin of two to one, according to an opinion poll for The Independent.
  
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• George Galloway says he'll return to Labour 'pretty damn quick' if Jeremy Corbyn gets elected

  30-07-2015 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He claims the left-winger will save the party he was expelled from in 2003 - but Mr Corbyn shows no sign of wanting the 'appalling' ex-MP back
  
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• Calais chaos: Migrant clings to underside of a HORSE BOX and arrives at Sussex equestrian centre

  30-07-2015 21:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 26-year-old Sudanese migrant was only discovered when staff at the All England Jumping Course in Hickstead, West Sussex, were unloading horses and heard his cries for help
  
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• Suspected MH370 debris found on island will be sent to France to determine if it's from missing flight

  30-07-2015 21:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Oceanographer David Griffin, of Australia's national science agency, said the location of the debris is "consistent with where we think debris might have turned up"
  
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• I spent £12k on IVF but fear my dream of becoming a mum gave me cancer

  30-07-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lindsay and Jon Hall spent 12 years having 12 rounds of IVF to achieve their dream of three children - but soon after tragedy struck
  
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• Stockport baby death: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after injured two-week-old dies

  30-07-2015 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police were called to a house in Stockport where a baby girl had stopped breathing
  
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• George Osborne under pressure to reveal if meeting with Rupert Murdoch preceded announcement of BBC cuts

  30-07-2015 21:26
  
  George Osborne is under pressure to reveal if he held a private meeting with Rupert Murdoch days before the Treasury imposed a £650m budget cut on the BBC.
  
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• Cecil the lion: White House to consider extradition of dentist over animal's killing after 100,000 sign e-petition

  30-07-2015 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The petition argues that Walter Palmer should "face justice" for killing the country's "national icon"
  
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• Cecil the lion's head finally handed to police before it was shipped to home of Walter Palmer in America

  30-07-2015 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cecil’s head and skin were passed to the authorities in Zimbabwe in an effort to defuse international anger at the trophy-hunting death of Africa’s most famous lion
  
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• Shetland pony left scarred for life after 'sickening knife attack'

  30-07-2015 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Retired builder Francis Keaton arrived to feed Casper, his 11-year-old miniature Shetland stallion, in the morning but was shocked to discover he had been wounded overnight
  
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• EU referendum: Nigel Farage blasts Tory Eurosceptic 'moaners' for giving Yes campaign '13-mile start'

  30-07-2015 21:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Announcing a nationwide campaign in September, the UKIP leader said the No group needed to come together and put aside their "rather petty jealousies"
  
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• Massive support for House of Lords reform with just 12% backing it remaining as it is

  30-07-2015 21:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A Survation poll for the Daily Mirror found overwhelming support for a root-and-branch overhaul of the outdated Upper Chamber
  
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• Rosetta mission: footprints of Philae lander spotted on comet

  30-07-2015 21:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Footprints made by the Rosetta probe Philae have been seen for the first time as new details of the lander's first three days on the comet are published by scientists
  
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