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• ISIS bulldoze 1,500-year-old Christian monastery in Syria in shameful act of destruction

  21-08-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pictures show the wanton destruction of Mar Elian in the central Syrian town of al-Qaryatain, which was founded more than 1,500 years ago
  
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• Super-slimmer sheds a THIRD of his bodyweight and now urges other men to follow suit

  21-08-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Les Hutchinson, 58, used to weigh in at a whopping 21st 8lbs when he decided enough was enough
  
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• Woman posts 'hopeless romantic' advert seeking mystery man she exchanged smiles with on train platform

  21-08-2015 23:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The woman has left a pleading message at the station to find him, and hopefully arrange a date
  
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• Pesticide is killing honey bees says report as ministers approve use in four counties

  21-08-2015 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Government has green-lit emergency use of the nicotine-like chemical despite damning findings in its own study and an EU ban
  
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• Is this cheese? Packaging of sandwich slices causes some confusion

  21-08-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Although it looks like American-style cheese, the word 'cheese' is absolutely nowhere on the packaging
  
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• Cilla Black: Extra cemetery staff could be drafted in as fans flock to legend's grave

  21-08-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cilla's grave in Allerton, Liverpool is headed by a bronze plaque which reads “Priscilla Maria Veronica Willis”
  
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• Cat injured in vicious seagull attack as birds 'TARGET pets' in seaside town

  21-08-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Steve Holland took to Twitter to share a picture of his cat and ask for help from his local MP
  
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• Workmen find a human skull at the side of the M54

  21-08-2015 23:38
  
  Workmen have discovered a human skull while working on a slip road off the M54 motorway.
  
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• Stranded bride rescued by passing driver after her Rolls Royce chauffeur is a no-show

  21-08-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stranded over five miles away from the registry office in Croydon Town Hall, south London, and without a mobile phone, the situation looked bleak
  
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• Male mental health nurse who 'pole danced' in front of patients is struck off

  21-08-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ian Butterworth was filmed dancing sexually and provocatively using a door frame as a pole at Prestwich Hospital, Greater Manchester
  
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• Jamie Redknapp defends David Beckham over Harper dummy controversy: 'It's up to him'

  21-08-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'If his little kid wants a dummy it’s no problem with me,' insists former England star
  
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• Men discover shopping isn't so boring after

  21-08-2015 23:27
  
  WOMEN often turn to retail therapy to cheer themselves up.
  
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• Calais migrants found on freight train to UK returned to France after discovery caused huge delays

  21-08-2015 23:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Authorities brought the freight train to a dramatic halt in the tunnel after the group were seen on board
  
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• Bride and groom devastated after wedding reception organiser folds a WEEK before their big day

  21-08-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Holly Chesterman, 29, and Craig Ireland, 31, will still get married but say they were gutted when West Midlands-based Bake A Cake e-mailed the couple saying a recent arson attack and burglary on the home of business owner Lisa Holt had forced her to cease trading
  
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• Hundreds attend funeral of soldier Michael Campbell who died from Afghanistan war wounds

  21-08-2015 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 'true Welsh warrior', who was injured three years ago drawing gunfire on himself to save his comrades, took a turn for the worse after routine surgery
  
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• Euromillions results: Winning numbers for Friday August 21 2015

  21-08-2015 23:08
  
  THESE are the winning Euromillions numbers for the draw on Friday August 21 2015.
  
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• Slender Man attack: Girls accused of trying to murder classmate to please fictional horror character plead not guilty

  21-08-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser are accused of stabbing another girl 19 times in May 2014 when all three were 12 years old
  
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• Why the Taliban murdered their own leader and the terrifying fallout now threatening the West

  21-08-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Informer claims Mullah Omar was shot by his deputy Mullah Akhtar Mansoor raising prospect of a bloodbath in region
  
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• Tory MP denies Ashley Madison membership after 'his email' found on cheaters' website

  21-08-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The address linked to former Police Minister Damian Green was apparently used from a computer in Parliament in 2007 to register with the cheaters’ site
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn CAN lead Labour to victory in 2020, say bosses of the biggest unions

  21-08-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a joint open letter, shown to the Mirror, the six general secretaries said it was time for Labour to “move on” from the Blair-Brown years
  
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• Calais crisis: British gangsters cash in on migrants' misery by charging £2,000 to get to UK

  21-08-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The criminals, operating near ports on the coast of northern France, are known locally as the “English mafia” and drive cars ­registered in the UK
  
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• Stuffed Arctic wolf stolen from Rolling Stone Charlie Watts' granddaughter handed in to police

  21-08-2015 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The preserved predator went missing when the owner returned from a night out in Soho
  
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• Edinburgh Fringe: We bring you the greatest gags from this year’s comedians

  21-08-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of acts are fighting it out for the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award – see if you can spot any potential winners from these fab one-liners
  
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• Watch 'Beard Meats Food' competitive eater bag world record by scoffing 17 Big Macs in just one hour

  21-08-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam Moran, who has a cult following on his website, didn't quite manage to finish of his nausea-inducing target but still did enough to scoop the top prize
  
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• Kim Jong-un may be a cartoonish character but dangerous despot's desperation is no laughing matter

  21-08-2015 22:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror defence and security editor Chris Hughes on why we should all be taking the escalating tensions between North and South Korea very seriously indeed
  
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• Watch sinister clown terrifying passers-by with his creepy prowling in town centre

  21-08-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The footage shows a man dressed in a clown's costume hiding around corners and jumping out a passers by
  
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• Schoolgirl, 16, becomes weightlifting champ and can already lift DOUBLE her body weight

  21-08-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The slight-framed lass competes in the under-44kg category yet has already managed to lift weights as heavy as 90kg - twice her own weight
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn 'to refuse position on Queen's Privy Council if he wins Labour leadership

  21-08-2015 22:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Sources close to Mr Corbyn tell The Telegraph he will reject role on Queen's formal body of advisers - a first for an opposition leader
  
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• James Bond-style X-ray technology contest launched by MoD to help spies see through walls

  21-08-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The James Bond-style technology could help agents, special forces and police as they snoop on extremists and criminals
  
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• Bookmakers' measures are failing to protect gambling addicts, report says

  21-08-2015 22:28
  
  Measures rolled out by bookmakers to help protect vulnerable players of addictive roulette-style machines have failed to have any impact, a new report has revealed.
  
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• Sensational videos show THREE UFOs hurtling past the surface of the moon

  21-08-2015 22:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The mysterious dark objects seem to pass close the celestial body and amazingly one looks like it's powered by rocket jets
  
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• FTSE 100 sees worst week this year

  21-08-2015 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stock markets around the world have fallen as poor manufacturing figures in China exacerbate global economic fears, with the FTSE 100 seeing its worst week this year.
  
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• Last orders: Campaign launched to protect Britain's endangered post-war pubs

  21-08-2015 22:21
  
  The pocket of London around The Shakespeare offers a richer survey of architectural history than most. Built in 1964, the pub lies on the western edge of the Barbican estate – widely considered a Brutalist masterpiece. Facing it, Georgian houses stand side by side with Victorian warehouses and 1980s office blocks.
  
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• Killer driver refuses to apologise to victims’ families

  21-08-2015 22:21
  
  THE driver of the bin lorry which killed six Christmas shoppers yesterday refused to apologise as he sat within feet of grieving relatives.
  
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• Watch moment 'lunatic' drink driver smashed into doctor's Jeep during high speed police chase

  21-08-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ryan Varty was over the limit again when he drove at 70mph in a 30mph zone through a town centre - ignoring the s
  
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• Thug abused girlfriend and demanded she call him 'Dominus' - meaning 'master' - after Spartacus character

  21-08-2015 22:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Michael Quinn, 25, broke his girlfriend’s cheekbone by elbowing her in the face and hit her hand with a baseball bat breaking her finger
  
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• Road signs: Why Britain's designs rule

  21-08-2015 22:15
  
  The typeface
  
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• Gang is found guilty of “cuckoo smurfing” laundering scam

  21-08-2015 22:13
  
  THREE men have become the first in Scotland to be convicted of a major money laundering scam known as “cuckoo smurfing” which could have netted the gang up to £6million.
  
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• Nuclear war fears as North and South Korea clash over cross-border propaganda broadcasts

  21-08-2015 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two countries have already put troops on war footing and fired conventional missiles into border areas as tension escalates
  
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• Chilcot must say when Iraq War report will be published, says Sir Menzies Campbell

  21-08-2015 22:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The inquiry has taken six years and cost £10m to date, sparking anger from those who have unanswered questions about Britain’s involvement in the conflict
  
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• Legal aid cuts: Lawyers' boycott called off amid signs of agreement with Michael Gove

  21-08-2015 22:02
  
  The unofficial strike by thousands of criminal solicitors and barristers in protest over cuts to legal aid has been suspended amid signs they could be edging towards agreement with the Justice Secretary, Michael Gove.
  
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• Kinneir and Calvert: Graphic designers behind Britain's road signs to be celebrated 50 years after revolutionising our highways

  21-08-2015 21:57
  Britain was going places 50 years ago – just not necessarily in the right direction or towards the right places.
  
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• Crippling court costs force poverty-stricken people to plead guilty to crimes they didn't commit

  21-08-2015 21:55
  
  Poverty-stricken people are being encouraged to plead guilty to crimes they did not commit out of fear they will face crippling costs imposed by new financial penalties, leading lawyers, magistrates and campaigners warn today.
  
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• Plenty of Fish dating website hack 'leaves thousands of members' bank accounts at risk'

  21-08-2015 21:52 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Spying 'malware' is believed to have been secretly installed onto people's computers which can track every keystroke when someone accesses their bank accounts
  
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• House prices in major cities SOAR... and will KEEP rising

  21-08-2015 21:45
  
  HOUSE prices in Britain’s major cities have soared by an average 4.3 per cent in the three months to July – the biggest quarterly leap in 11 years.
  
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• ISIS deputy leader Hajji Mutazz killed in US airstrike in Iraq

  21-08-2015 21:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The terror chief was killed in a drone attack on a car near Mosul on Tuesday following a tip from an intelligence source
  
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• Fiona Phillips: David Cameron deserves official jet ... he's our Prime Minister for goodness sake

  21-08-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After PM was snapped scoffing Pringles on an easyJet flight, Fiona Phillips believes nation's leader should have his own private plane
  
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• Aaron Asiedu: Talented young footballer, 10, dies after injuring himself playing with brother in bedroom

  21-08-2015 21:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tributes have been paid to Aaron Asiedu, who had been tipped for footballing success and was due to have a trial with Burnley FC
  
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• How boys’ own hero Biggles helped train the RAF pilots who won the Battle of Britain

  21-08-2015 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Author W.E. Johns wrote the books to depict the horrors of his World War I air service but they offered tactics to the men who saw off Hitler’s Luftwaffe
  
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• Iraq war: The week the spectre of the conflict returned to the front line of British politics

  21-08-2015 21:16
  
  Twelve years after British forces marched into Basra and six years after the vast majority of them left, the spectre of the Iraq war still looms large over the Westminster body politic. Those who were instrumental in taking the decision to invade – Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Jack Straw – have all shuffled off the stage. Those who drew up the botched invasion plans and advised ministers have almost all retired, while the most contentious aspect of the decision to go to war has already
  
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