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• Mum who killed sons 'because husband paid them more attention than daughter' faces death penalty

  26-08-2015 23:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brittany Pilkington, 23, killed her three boys over a 13-month period in an attempt to make her husband show their daughter more attention
  
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• Guinness World Records book is 60 - so which amazing feats have lasted the course?

  26-08-2015 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Raise a glass to celebrate the book's birthday on Thursday - and take a look at how amazing feats have changed - or not - since 1955
  
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• Safari guide mauled to death by lion hailed a hero for saving tourists

  26-08-2015 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Quinn Swales 'unflinchingly faced the charging lion' said his boss David Carson
  
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• Postmistress batters robbers with meat scales before pair escape with just £60 in disabled accomplice's mobility car

  26-08-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Darren Teesdale, 28 and his accomplice, 21-year-old Charles Wall were both jailed for their parts in the post office raid
  
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• British ISIS recruiter Junaid Hussain BLOWN UP in US airstrike in Syria

  26-08-2015 23:45
  
  NOTORIOUS British Islamic State jihadi hacker Junaid Hussain has been blown up and killed by an American airstrike.
  
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• Tories to bury immigration figures under House of Lords new peers announcement

  26-08-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ministers will reveal the appointment of dozens of Tory cronies and donors as immigration soars to its 320,000-a-year peak under Labour
  
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• British police to hire CONVICTED TERRORISTS to combat Islamic State

  26-08-2015 23:41
  
  POLICE are set to hire convicted terrorists and former extremists in an attempt to stop young Britons joining ISIS.
  
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• 9/11 iconic images as deadly ash cloaked Manhattan as if a volcano had erupted

  26-08-2015 23:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Marcy Borders became an iconic image of 9/11 – but she was just one of thousands caked in dust that horrific day
  
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• Virginia shooting: Alison Parker's boyfriend says 'for her to be taken in this fashion is unconscionable'

  26-08-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alison died alongside Adam Ward live on TV after former colleague Bryce Williams gunned them down
  
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• Bride who beat breast cancer devastated after thief steals her precious wedding photographs

  26-08-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kay Collins' daughter Stacie Latter has shared her family's loss on Facebook and is hoping a kind soul will come across the SD card on which the are kept and return it
  
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• UK weather: 2 MILLION Brits to jet off abroad to escape the rain this Bank Holiday

  26-08-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While the UK could see some sunny spells on Thursday and into the weekend, the rain refuses to go away
  
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• Danson hat-trick secures England win

  26-08-2015 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alex Danson's hat-trick helps England beat Germany 4-1 to secure top spot in Pool B at the EuroHockey Championships.
  
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• WATCH: Should doomed Shoreham jet have flown AT ALL? Videos emerge showing 'faults'

  26-08-2015 23:15
  
  THE airworthiness of the Hawker Hunter jet which crashed at the Shoreham Airshow killing 11 people was plunged into doubt today after two videos emerged showing apparent faults with the plane.
  
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• Club Brugge 0-4 Manchester United (1-7 agg)

  26-08-2015 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wayne Rooney scores a hat-trick as Manchester United ease past Club Brugge to reach the Champions League group stages.
  
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• Why One Direction's potential split should be a big deal for EVERYONE

  26-08-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror columnist Polly Hudson says that rather than mocking teenage pop fans, we should be supporting our next generation in anything that makes them happy
  
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• Under-25s leave dole for work schemes

  26-08-2015 23:09
  
  CLAIMS for unemployment benefit by young people have fallen every month for more than three-and-a-half years, Whitehall figures revealed yesterday.
  
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• Air show cancelled in wake of Shoreham tragedy

  26-08-2015 23:08
  
  AN airshow has been postponed in the wake of the Shoreham air crash which killed at least 11 people.
  
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• Girl told she's "kinda fat" on Tinder but she hits back with EPIC response

  26-08-2015 23:07 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jill McMahon's exchange with a charming lad she matched with on the dating app went viral after he opened up with a whopper of a chat-up line
  
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• Smaller panda cub twin dies in US

  26-08-2015 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the panda cubs recently born at the National Zoo in Washington, DC has died, the zoo confirmed. No official cause of death has been named.
  
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• Plague of caterpillars which can devour a hedge in a DAY spreads across UK

  26-08-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The pest, which was previously limited to London, is now spreading out across the rest of the country and has been spotted outside the M25
  
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• Shoreham crash was AVOIDABLE but pilot was showing off, according to RAF instructor

  26-08-2015 23:00
  
  THE Shoreham Airshow crash pilot Andy Hill was "showing off" and had attempted a "lunatic" stunt seconds before it smashed into the ground, according to an ex-RAF aerobatics instructor.
  
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• Horrified mum posts Facebook warning over safety of baby bath seats after daughter nearly drowns in one

  26-08-2015 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Suzie Dyball took to Facebook to warn mothers about using Safety 1st swivel bath seats after the product, made by the company behind the famous Baby on Board badge, nearly killed her baby
  
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• Missing sought after Shoreham crash

  26-08-2015 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Relatives of two men who remain missing following the Shoreham air crash make appeals to trace them, as investigations continue at the crash site.
  
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• Is Australia laid back or uptight?

  26-08-2015 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are Australians more rule-bound than laid-back?
  
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• VIDEO: BBC must make savings - Whittingdale

  26-08-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Culture Secretary John Whittingdale says the BBC should make "the same efficiency savings as we're asking every public body to do".
  
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• Head of ITV accuses BBC of making viewers choose between Strictly and X Factor

  26-08-2015 22:47 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Peter Fincham said that the BBC tried to "clip the wings" of its commercial rival
  
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• Thugs who beat dad with baseball bats on Christmas Day jailed for nearly 40 years

  26-08-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The trio of yobs savagely beat-up their victim outside his home after earlier throwing a brick through the window of his car
  
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• US shares end choppy day with big jump

  26-08-2015 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares on Wall Street finish with their biggest rise in four years as the chances of a September rate rise recedes - ending another rocky day of trading on global markets.
  
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• I blew my life savings after being told I was dying...10 years ago

  26-08-2015 22:41
  
  A CANCER sufferer who was given six months to live has proved doctors wrong – and spent almost a decade travelling the world.
  
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• Hilary Clinton on Virginia shooting: 'I will take on gun violence if president' - but Americans hit back

  26-08-2015 22:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The presidential hopeful was speaking after journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward were gunned down live on TV by shooter Bryce Williams
  
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• Lloyd Roberts: Neck Deep guitarist accused of sending sex texts to underage fan vows to clear his name

  26-08-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Lloyd Roberts, from Neck Deep, decided to step down from the band after allegations were made last week
  
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• VIDEO: 'EU asylum system isn't working'

  26-08-2015 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Austria's Foreign Minister, Sebastian Kurz, says the Dublin regulation, which is part of the EU's asylum policy, is not working.
  
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• Barbie back in fashion after swapping heels for flats

  26-08-2015 22:32 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A new range also includes a more diverse range of skin tones, which are proving popular
  
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• Sheep rustling: Police are studying ancient methods of identification to help beat the thieves

  26-08-2015 22:30
  
  Pity the poor country coppers – if you thought they had enough on their plates with red diesel, dogging and bored teenagers necking horse tranquillisers, now they're having to get to grips with sheep markings designed by the Vikings.
  
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• Foreign worker numbers soar as Romanians registering in Britain triple in just one year

  26-08-2015 22:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Government figures, obtained by The Telegraph ahead of this week's official immigration data, show huge rises in numbers coming from European Union to work in Britain
  
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• Cards and flowers almost twice as expensive in hospital shops than on high street

  26-08-2015 22:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  WH Smith and Marks & Spencer say it helps to pay higher rents and covering staff wages during longer opening hours
  
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• 'I was a heroin addict aged 7 - and the pusher was my own MUM'

  26-08-2015 22:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In an amazing interview, Emily Retter meets the young mother determined to stay clean and give her own children a happier upbringing than her own
  
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• Athlete to receive sister's kidney

  26-08-2015 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  American 110m hurdler Aries Merritt reveals he will have a kidney transplant following the World Championships in Beijing.
  
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• Britain's first blind flower arranger is bloomin' marvellous after launching wedding bouquet business

  26-08-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mum of five Maria Schofield lost her eyesight four years ago but it hasn't deterred her
  
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• Dad gets tattoo of implant on his head to make daughter feel better about wearing hearing aid

  26-08-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gareth Hickenbottom-Marriot got an identical implant tattooed behind his ear to show support for eight-year-old Briar, who was born deaf
  
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• Fisherman spends three years building world's biggest Lego model of US warship - only to be beaten by rival

  26-08-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jim McDonough painstakingly built a 24ft scale model of the 890ft USS Missouri with thousands of tiny bricks
  
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• Lottery winner immortalises his 'lucky penny' moment by building wishing well in his garden

  26-08-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former bus driver Sean Lloyd won £1.8million after finding a lucky penny in the street - now he wants to share his good fortune with family and friends
  
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• Do you have 'senior moments'? Research shows that might not be a bad thing

  26-08-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Research suggests that noticing memory lapses is good – the time to worry is when you stop clocking them
  
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• Labour to release details of trade union support for Jeremy Corbyn

  26-08-2015 21:59
  
  Figures that will show how much Jeremy Corbyn relied on trade union support in his campaign for the Labour leadership will be made public.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn’s women-only train carriages ‘turn clock back’ on equality, says Yvette Cooper

  26-08-2015 21:54
  
  Jeremy Corbyn’s female rivals for the Labour leadership have turned on his suggestion that women-only train carriages should be introduced at night to prevent sexual attacks.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn's women-only train carriages ‘turn clock back’ on equality, says Yvette Cooper

  26-08-2015 21:54
  
  Jeremy Corbyn’s female rivals for the Labour leadership have turned on his suggestion that women-only train carriages should be introduced at night to prevent sexual attacks.
  
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• 'BBC must stop trying to be ITV', says Tory culture boss John Whittingdale

  26-08-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Conservative Culture Secretary denied the government had a vendetta against the BBC ahead of drastic decisions about the Corporation’s future
  
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• How can a Green Party politician defend this? Cecil style killer slaughters exotic animals

  26-08-2015 21:52
  
  A FORMER Green Party councillor has astonishingly defended his hobby of shooting exotic wild animals which goes against party policy.
  
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• Union leader has Labour vote rejected

  26-08-2015 21:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Serwotka, the leader of one of the UK's biggest trade unions, has his vote in the Labour leadership election rejected.
  
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• WHSmith chiefs to meet Labour MP Paula Sherriff after it was revealed retailer charged more in hospitals than on the high-street

  26-08-2015 21:46
  WHSmith bosses have bowed to pressure and agreed to meet a politician who attacked the retailer’s decision to charge more for products in hospital stores than its high street ones.
  
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