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• Tearful Chris Evans leads minute's silence tribute to stunt pilot killed in CarFest event

  02-08-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Whyman, who was married with a young daughter, was killed when his Folland Gnat node-dived and crashed
  
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• Police officer attacked by 'crazed man swinging sword' in sleepy seaside town

  02-08-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dozens of cops - including armed response teams - swarmed the town centre today to subdue the man swinging a claymore-type weapon above his head
  
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• 'Only Yvette Cooper can be trusted on national security' says Labour insider

  02-08-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a swipe at rival candidates, the Shadow Defence Secretary Vernon Coaker says only Yvette Cooper passes the test on national security
  
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• Bin Laden plane crash: Pictures show jet's final moments as witness claims 'pilot messed up'

  02-08-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aviation enthusiast Geoff Pierce took these dramatic images and said what he witnesses was "deeply distressing"
  
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• Bin Laden plane crash: Final moments of jet seen as witness claims 'pilot messed it up'

  02-08-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aviation enthusiast Geoff Pierce took these dramatic images and said what he witnesses was "deeply distressing"
  
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• Cilla Black dies, aged 72: Star who always felt like a friend in your living room

  02-08-2015 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Former singer and TV presenter Cilla Black dies at her Spanish home, aged 72
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's greatest enemy comes from within the Labour party

  02-08-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Maguire says Blairites are David Cameron’s useful idiots, doing the Tories’ dirty work
  
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• Pride of Britain: Mum who fought to find a cure for the illness that killed her boys

  02-08-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Karen Johnson lost both her sons to degenerative condition Hunter's syndrome but battled on to raise more than £2.6m to fund a treatment
  
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• RideLondon 2015: Cyclist dies while climbing highest hill in Surrey during sportive

  02-08-2015 23:21
  
  A 55-year-old cyclist collapsed and died while climbing the highest hill in Surrey during the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 event on 2 August.
  
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• Prudential RideLondon 2015: Cyclist dies while climbing the highest hill in Surrey during sportive

  02-08-2015 23:21
  
  A 55-year-old cyclist collapsed and died while climbing the highest hill in Surrey during the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 event on 2 August.
  
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• Prudential RideLondon 2015: Cyclist dies while climbing the highest hill in Surrey during race

  02-08-2015 23:21
  
  A 55-year-old cyclist collapsed and died while climbing the highest hill in Surrey during the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 event on 2 August.
  
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• Pizza Express under pressure from waiting staff to drop 8 per cent administration fee they lose on credit card tips

  02-08-2015 23:08
  Pizza Express chief executive Richard Hodgson is under pressure from waiting staff to drop an 8 per cent administration fee that they lose on credit card tips.
  
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• Michael Howard: Former Tory leader faces questions by SFO over oil deal corruption claims

  02-08-2015 23:03
  
  The former leader of the Conservative Party, Lord Howard of Lympne, is to be questioned by the Serious Fraud Office over the coming days in relation to a criminal investigation into an oil explorer where he is chairman.
  
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• British hospitals near bottom of league tables for botched ops

  02-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Research shows that hospitals in the UK have one of the worst records in the industrialised world for leaving surgical instruments in patients after surgery
  
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• New NHS death guidelines 'worse than Liverpool Care Pathway'

  02-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  One of the first medics to raise concerns about the now discredited Liverpool Care Pathway says new protocols to replace it are more dangerous, and could hasten patients' deaths
  
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• New death guidelines 'worse than Liverpool Care Pathway'

  02-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  One of the first medics to raise concerns about the now discredited Liverpool Care Pathway says new protocals to replace it are more dangerous, and could hasten patients' deaths
  
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• Andy Burnham’s parents tell us why their lad is the right man to lead Labour

  02-08-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum and dad Eileen and Roy warn Jeremy Corbyn will push Labour backward and say their son’s family values mean he really cares about Britain
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing star Darcey Bussell tells of struggle with dyslexia in new book

  02-08-2015 22:59
  
  STRICTLY Come Dancing star Darcey Bussell has revealed she hid in a cupboard at school because of her dyslexia.
  
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• Caught in the headlights? Woman 'tries to eat crack cocaine' while being arrested

  02-08-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Linda Blank, who was wanted for theft, posed for a surprised-looking mug shot after being arrested by police
  
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• Paul O'Grady mourns Cilla Black saying 'the fun has gone and the lights are turned down'

  02-08-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The presenter was one of Cilla's best friends and whatever she was doing he was usually by her side
  
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• Two bikers dead after separate crashes only 35 minutes apart on same road

  02-08-2015 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses after the two fatal incidents which took place this afternoon
  
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• Sea turtle tucks into jellyfish in rare glimpse of ocean nature

  02-08-2015 22:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A fisherman snapped the incredible creatures near his home in Lyme Regis, Dorset
  
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• Calais crisis: UK urged to take in more asylum seekers as fears grow that migrants may target Belgian ports

  02-08-2015 21:54
  
  Britain has been urged to take in more asylum seekers as fears spread that heightened security in Calais could result in Belgian ports being targeted next.
  
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• Flying ants: Twitter pictures show swarms of insects invading gardens during hot weather

  02-08-2015 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Many people have taken to social media to complain of huge numbers of the insects
  
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• Flying ants: Terrifying pictures show millions of insects invading Britain's homes

  02-08-2015 21:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Many people have taken to social media to complain of huge numbers of the insects
  
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• Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst dealers investigated as buyers left with nothing

  02-08-2015 21:31
  
  Police are investigating claims of fraud and theft involving a business run by a pair of prominent British art dealers who are believed to have sold up and moved to France.
  
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• How to get rid of flying ants: 6 tips after Britain's summer insect invasion

  02-08-2015 21:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  We bring you six top tips after people have been going crazy on social media about the seeming invasion of the pests
  
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• Declan Donnelly marries Ali Astall in Newcastle

  02-08-2015 21:10 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  TV presenter, and one half of Ant and Dec, Declan Donnelly has married his manager fiance Ali Astall in a star-studded ceremony in Newcastle
  
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• Remnants of the Nazi legal code is finally being purged from the statute books

  02-08-2015 21:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Justice chiefs want to make sure the laws are free of the language and ideas of Hitler’s regime, fearing they could affect the outcome of trials
  
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• Chris Leslie: Labour shadow Chancellor on why they lost the election and his reasons for backing Yvette Cooper

  02-08-2015 21:02
  
  “Why is that bloke on the telly? He does Gordon’s photocopying”. The cry went up among Gordon Brown’s inner circle in the early hours of May 2, 1997, as Labour won its landslide. The 24-year-old on the TV was Chris Leslie, because he had won  the safe Conservative seat of  Shipley, West Yorkshire.
  
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• Labour leadership contest: Liz Kendall issues five pledges to show her values in line with party

  02-08-2015 21:01
  
  Liz Kendall has sought to revive her campaign to become Labour leader by issuing five pledges that she says shows that her values are in line with those of the party.
  
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• Some tax credits recipients will keep only 7p of every extra pound earned, says new analysis

  02-08-2015 21:00
  Some people on tax credits will keep only 7p of every extra pound they earn following the cuts announced in last month’s Budget, a new analysis has revealed.
  
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• Post boxes to get electronic tags to stop thieves

  02-08-2015 20:56 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  More than 100 are stolen every year and officials believe there is a 'significant threat' of further disappearances in rural areas
  
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• Liz Hurley sells home for £9m (thanks to 200% rise in farmland prices)

  02-08-2015 20:53 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Farmland values rising faster house prices in Mayfair, estate agents say, as actress and model sells Cotswold home bought for £3.3m in 2002
  
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• Hikers in Lake District terrorised by vicious flock of SHEEP

  02-08-2015 20:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Patterdale Mountain Rescue were alarmed when two hikers reported they were under attack by wild animals
  
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• HS2: Significantly more ancient woodland at risk of being destroyed by rail line than previously thought, says new research

  02-08-2015 20:48
  Significantly more ancient woodland is at risk of being destroyed or damaged by the proposed High Speed Two rail line than previously realised, according to new research.
  
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• Landlord bars bowling club from pub green because they’re not downing enough pints

  02-08-2015 20:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 30-strong team have been told by the Heath House manager that they’re not putting enough cash across the bar and they’ll have to play elsewhere
  
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• Paul Massey: Widow of murdered 'Mr Big' still can't understand why he was gunned down

  02-08-2015 20:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Louise Lydiate revealed it has been the 'longest week of her life' as she struggles to find reasons for the brutal murder of her long-term partner
  
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• Woman arrested after another female stabbed minutes from Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge

  02-08-2015 20:35
  
  MURDER squad detectives are questioning the suspected female killer of a woman stabbed in an upmarket London street near Stamford Bridge stadium.
  
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• New food labels could expose 'true' sugar content

  02-08-2015 20:32 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A single serving of some processed foods can contain an entire day's worth of added sugar, but existing labels disguise this fact
  
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• State of emergency declared as wildfires run out of control and force thousands from their homes

  02-08-2015 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One firefighter has been killed as the blazes, triggered by lightning strikes, rage across miles of land parched dry by years of drought
  
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• Woman who helped partner con disabled neighbour is evicted from home

  02-08-2015 20:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Richard Teague and partner Natalie Bateman led the victim to believe they had come to collect a bag of belongings for someone
  
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• VIDEO: A look back at the life of Cilla Black

  02-08-2015 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A look back at the life of singer and TV star Cilla Black, who enjoyed a 50-year showbusiness career.
  
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• Coe wants 'robust' doping response

  02-08-2015 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lord Coe says the International Association of Athletics Federations will react robustly to allegations of doping in the sport.
  
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• Dear Coleen: My ex wants to get back together and start a family but can I trust him?

  02-08-2015 20:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He broke things off and said he wasn't 'feeling it any more' but now, just as I'm getting to know someone else, he's asking me to try again
  
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• TV star Cilla Black dies aged 72

  02-08-2015 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Singer and TV star Cilla Black, who enjoyed a 50-year showbusiness career, dies at her home in southern Spain.
  
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• Prudential RideLondon 2015: A spectacular day out – and this time I managed to not crash

  02-08-2015 19:50
  
  The London Marathon is an indelible feature of life in the capital, a symbol of the city as potent as Big Ben or Buckingham Palace. But with Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 on 2 August, the marathon’s two-wheeled counterpart is well on the way to acquiring comparable status.
  
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• Prudential RideLondon 2015: A spectacular day out – and this time I managed not to crash

  02-08-2015 19:50
  
  The London Marathon is an indelible feature of life in the capital, a symbol of the city as potent as Big Ben or Buckingham Palace. But with the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 on 2 August, the marathon’s two-wheeled counterpart is well on the way to acquiring comparable status.
  
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• Two 'pervy ghosts haunt' poledancing club after 'taking a fancy' to female instructor

  02-08-2015 19:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pair of ghouls apparently won't leave Wendy Reardon's club but she said: "I don't care what dimension you're in, if you watch, you tip!"
  
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• Dear Coleen: My girlfriend’s dad keeps harassing me and wants an underwear selfie

  02-08-2015 19:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  He starts his antics whenever my partner or her mum are out of the room and I’m already dreading Christmas when he’s coming to stay
  
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