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• Wartime grenade gives gardener a brush with death when he hits it with his wheelbarrow

  14-08-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Keith Goddard found the Mills bomb from World War I in his Bournemouth garden – right where he sticks his washing line pole in the ground
  
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• Love-struck man goes to extraordinary lengths to track down nurse he met on top of Mount Snowden

  14-08-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  When Jonathan Crowley-Volpato was climbing Snowdon in North Wales, he met an "awesome" nurse
  
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• Aldi and Lidl pledge fairer milk deal for farmers as protests make supermarkets rethink pricing

  14-08-2015 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The discount chains have joined the major supermarkets in raising their price – though it remains below what farmers say it costs them to produce
  
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• Body in car boot: Two arrests and murder probe launched after woman found dead

  14-08-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police have not revealed the make and model of the car in which the woman’s body was found and the woman’s body is yet to be formally identified
  
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• 'Sozzled' police officer sent to Magaluf to tackle British drunks joins the party

  14-08-2015 23:44
  
  A BRITISH police sent to Magaluf to tackle drunk holidaymakers has boasted on Facebook about getting "sozzled" while off duty, it has been reported.
  
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• Cecil the lion: Dentist Walter Palmer tried to BRIBE guides to 'cover-up' his illegal bear hunt

  14-08-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The millionaire, now in hiding, shot the huge bear during a September 2006 hunt in the forests of northern Wisconsin
  
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• Missing Connie Ditto: Mum vanishes after texting husband to say she was having head x-rayed

  14-08-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Connie Ditto, 41, complained of headaches after a fall last week - she checked into a clinic but vanished before seeing a doctor
  
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• Euromillions results: Winning numbers for Friday August 14 2015

  14-08-2015 23:41
  
  THESE are the winning Euromillions numbers for the draw on Friday August 14 2015.
  
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• Mum felt 'too fat to shop' after store 'told her they didn't have clothes in her size'

  14-08-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shop owner claimed they have had clothes ruined by women trying on clothes that are too small for them and he does see what he has done wrong
  
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• Northern Ireland security alert as bomb explodes near MI5’s County Down headquarters

  14-08-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The area was cordoned off and an investigation is under way into the attack, which saw a postal van torn apart outside a police barracks
  
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• Grieving family mourns transgender 'princess' who died in her sleep aged just 21

  14-08-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nicole Lax fought off bullying, name calling and beatings to become the beautiful woman she always knew she was
  
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• 'Homeland Security UFO video': Footage from aircraft shows mysterious fast-moving object rising from the sea

  14-08-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The UFO was reportedly estimated to have been travelling at around 90mph under water and 120mph in the air
  
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• Ferret becomes a father 20 years after its death as conservationists use frozen sperm

  14-08-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The artificial insemination project offers new hope that the black-footed ferret can be brought back from the verge of extinction
  
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• John Prescott denies sexual assault on MP's wife because she's 'built like bloody barn door'

  14-08-2015 23:10 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Peer and former deputy prime minister vehemently denies allegations that he stuck his hand up a former MP Austin Mitchell's wife's skirt, saying "the f**cking house" would have fallen down if he had.
  
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• Stella McCartney drops sick wool supplier which skins sheep ALIVE

  14-08-2015 23:05
  
  STELLA McCartney has dropped her wool supplier after horrific video footage has exposed extreme animal cruelty on sheep farms in Argentina.
  
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• GRAPHIC CONTENT: Stella McCartney drops sick wool supplier which skins sheep ALIVE

  14-08-2015 23:05
  
  STELLA McCartney has dropped her wool supplier after horrific video footage has exposed extreme animal cruelty on sheep farms in Argentina.
  
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• RAF destroys ISIS explosives in latest air strikes against terror group

  14-08-2015 23:01
  
  THE RAF has successfully destroyed an Islamic State explosive haul in their latest set of airstrikes against the terror group, the Ministry of Defence announced.
  
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• 'There is nothing sacred about suffering', insist faith leaders in assisted dying call

  14-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Bishops, priests and leading Rabbis break ranks with mainstream religious case opposition to assisted dying
  
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• Fracking: 6,000 square miles of England earmarked for shale exploration

  14-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Ministers set to award oil and gas exploration licences covering about 1,000 square miles and consult on plans to award further licences covering an estimated 5,000 square miles
  
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• David Cameron: Every school in the country could become an academy

  14-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prime Minister says the Tories will give all schools the opportunity to be free from the control of local authorities by becoming academies
  
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• Golf courses and sports centres dragged into VAT scandal

  14-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Exclusive: sports clubs are failing to pass on a tax discount in a situation reminiscent of the airport shop VAT scandal, The Telegraph learns
  
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• Three jailed for releasing £30,000 of wild boar

  14-08-2015 22:54 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Three men allowed more than 40 wild boar to escape during a burglary
  
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• VJ Day commemorations see Japan’s PM voice his grief at country’s actions in Second World War

  14-08-2015 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shinzo Abe offered his 'eternal, sincere condolences' but added that future generations whould not have to keep apologising for the horrors of the conflict
  
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• Bob Cole: Terminally ill pensioner texts friends telling them to ‘seize the time’ before ending his own life

  14-08-2015 22:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The terminally ill cancer patient went public about his intention to take his own life as part of a campaign in favour of assisted dying
  
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• The 'exercise hormone' does exist - and could even pave the way for obesity drug

  14-08-2015 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tests on mice have shown that the hormone activates genes that turn white fat into beige fat that can be converted into energy
  
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• Porn-free: York becomes world's first 'clean wi-fi' city by blocking public access to explicit sites

  14-08-2015 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The city has launched the government-backed 'Friendly WiFi' which means explicit material is blocked on free servers in the city
  
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• Watch air steward's hilarious take on flight safety demo - which left passengers in stitches

  14-08-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Passengers on a recent WestJet flight were rolling in the aisles after an air steward finished showing them exactly what to do in an emergency
  
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• Tiny Nicolas Sarkozy ridiculed after beach photographs make him appear TALLER than statuesque wife Carla Bruni

  14-08-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The snap was published on the front of Paris Match magazine and shows the usually mismatched pair on the sand in Corsica, the French Mediterranean island.
  
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• My big FLASH gypsy wedding: Guests give GOLD BARS as presents at lavish marriage reception

  14-08-2015 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Guests from Britain, US, France, Italy, Spain and Germany turned up to see the nuptials of Iasmina, 17, and Samuel, 18
  
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• Firefighters prise boy free of mantrap after his hand gets caught in museum display

  14-08-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The exhibit, thought to be hundreds of years old, was on show at Torquay Museum where the 10-year-old triggered the mechanism
  
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• Bob Cole dies at Dignitas saying 'I should've been allowed to do this at home'

  14-08-2015 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The assisted suicide campaigner ended his own life at the Swiss clinic 18 months after his wife Ann died the same thing
  
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• Michael Gove's MoJ cuts could see more children jailed, warns Youth Justice Board

  14-08-2015 22:00
  
  Levels of teenage crime and numbers of children behind bars could increase because of the Government’s austerity measures, the Youth Justice Board has warned ministers.
  
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• Prince George: Paparazzi could be mistaken for terrorists and SHOT, Royal security chiefs warn

  14-08-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The alert came as his parents William and Kate thanked UK media for not publishing unauthorised snaps of the prince
  
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• Murdered ISIS hostage Kay Mueller 'was raped repeatedly by militant group's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi'

  14-08-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ms Mueller was captured while working in Aleppo, Syria, in 2013 and the US believes she was raped and murdered by the Islamist group
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters have hope, which is enough to get you blackballed from Labour

  14-08-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Obviously a political party would be foolish to welcome hundreds of thousands of young and enthusiastic young supporters, writes Mark Steel
  
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• Tories' first 100 days 'a disaster for families, workers and NHS patients' say opponents

  14-08-2015 21:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Saturday marks the milestone since the Conservatives won a shock Parliamentary majority in the General Election on May 7
  
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• Free cash machines outside shops to disappear 'within a year'

  14-08-2015 21:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Thousands of small shops are being sent unexpected tax bills for running ATMs and could be forced to charge or shut them down
  
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• Labour leadership: Gordon Brown to break silence on contest in bid to halt Jeremy Corbyn

  14-08-2015 21:36
  
  Gordon Brown will break his silence during the Labour leadership election on Sunday as he adds his weight to efforts to halt the Jeremy Corbyn bandwagon.
  
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• Pit bull with half its face torn off and broken back legs found dumped in garden

  14-08-2015 21:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Her appalling injuries have not stopped Khalessi from wagging her tail and enjoying being alive
  
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• Murder hunt launched after woman's body is discovered in boot of car

  14-08-2015 21:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police launched the investigation after they made the grisly discovery on Friday afternoon
  
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• Members of fruit machine gang caught by police with a car boot full of coins

  14-08-2015 21:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pair kept lookout in pubs while other men crowded round the games and a thief knelt down to drill into the money receptacle
  
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• The real Profumo scandal: Book claims Russian spy 'photographed top secret documents'

  14-08-2015 21:23
  
  The Profumo Affair – one of Cold War Britain’s most famous political scandals – was a much greater threat to the UK’s security interests than previously understood, The Independent can reveal.
  
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• Teen dodges death after 'butt dialling' Apple's Siri from underneath a two tonne truck

  14-08-2015 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aspiring Christian minister calls out to God to save him, but gets an answer he wasn't expecting
  
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• Gruesome ISIS video shows two men being thrown off roof then stoned to death 'for being gay'

  14-08-2015 21:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The barbaric execution is simply the latest horror footage showing the Islamist extremist group's violent activities in Syria
  
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• Andy Burnham's bid for Labour's top job is backed by Hillsborough campaigner

  14-08-2015 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Margaret Aspinall has spoken of her joy at the Mirror’s decision to back Mr Burnham in the crunch leadership contest
  
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• Police release image of art thief who walked out with £100,000 statue under his coat

  14-08-2015 21:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man was caught on CCTV as he strolled out of the Chelsea sale carrying the French panther sculpture, which dates back to 1925
  
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• Prison laptop scandal: How the computers were hacked

  14-08-2015 21:01
  
  The welcome screen on the prison laptop was simple to navigate. Prison officials clicked on the dog icon, inmates clicked on the cat. Clicking on the dog – and entering the password – allowed access to a section with administrator privileges and access to the internet. The cat was a gateway to little more than a basic word processor.
  
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• Andy Burnham: Labour's base has crumbled - we can't take anything for granted now

  14-08-2015 21:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Andy Burnham, once the favourite to lead Labour, says his formidable rival Jeremy Corbyn isn't to blame for the party's crisis
  
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• VJ Day 70th anniversary: a veteran's story

  14-08-2015 20:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Watch this beautiful animation charting the war-time experience of Gordon Smith, who was imprisoned in a Japanese war camp and made a lucky escape following the A-bomb
  
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• Andy Burnham launches attack on Jeremy Corbyn's policies and says they 'lack credibility'

  14-08-2015 20:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Shadow Health Secretary warned that sceptical voters would dismiss the veteran left-winger’s big-spending dreams
  
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