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• Mirror Labour leadership hustings: The key points made in the debate

  27-08-2015 23:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour’s four leadership candidates were grilled by Mirror readers on topics including housing, immigration, the House of Lords and the NHS
  
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• Ukraine agrees 'win-win' debt restructuring deal

  27-08-2015 23:56 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Finance minister hails ‘collaborative’ agreement that sees some of country’s debt written off in exchange for higher interest on outstanding loan
  Ukraine has secured a 20% writedown on $18bn (£11.6bn) of its foreign debts in a deal its finance minister described as win-win for the war-torn country. Kiev’s agreement with its largest creditors is an attempt to stabilise government finances after more than a year of fighting on its eastern border that has brought the c
  
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• Teenage driver who killed grandmother on zebra crossing blames crash on 'something in her eye'

  27-08-2015 23:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Pauline Bradburn, 77, was hit by Megan Tocher and died a week later after suffering fatal injuries
  
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• TV reporters shot dead: Recap as fallout from Virginia journalists shooting live on air by crazed ex-colleague continues

  27-08-2015 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alison Parker and Adam
 Ward were killed while they carried out a live
 television interview in Moneta by crazed former colleague Vester Lee Flangan
  
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• Tribute in Lego to a war hero’s best friend

  27-08-2015 23:51
  
  A DOG nominated for Pet of the Year has been immortalised in Lego in recognition of his role in helping the family of a soldier who suffered catastrophic injuries while serving in Afghanistan.
  
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• 'My businesses would close without migrants' Jamie Oliver throws weight behind immigration

  27-08-2015 23:50
  
  CELEBRITY chef Jamie Oliver has waded into the immigration row by saying his businesses would close if was not for workers from abroad.
  
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• Britain's biggest firms add £54.4BILLION to their value as China crisis eases

  27-08-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The FTSE 100 climbed 3.5%, rebounding from a £26billion plunge on Wednesday
  
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• Tragic dementia sufferer died after mistaking stain remover for coffee

  27-08-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  John Guttridge, 83, mistakenly used Vanish Gold Oxi Action instead of instant granules to make a drink for him and his wife Anne, 79
  
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• Southampton miss out on Europa League groups after Midtjylland defeat

  27-08-2015 23:35 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  • FC Midtjylland 1-0 Southampton (agg 2-1)
  • Rasmussen 28Southampton were knocked out of Europe courtesy of a strike from FC Midtjylland’s very own “Big Dunc”.Morten Rasmussen was given the nickname Duncan during his early years with AGF Aarhus as he reminded a coach of the former Everton forward Duncan Ferguson, with the Denmark international even having the name on the back of his shirt. Continue reading...
  
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• Crooks steal Manchester United ace's £40k car while at Champions League clash

  27-08-2015 23:31
  
  MANCHESTER United ace Sam Johnstone has been targeted by car thieves whilst away at a Champions League game.
  
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• William Chapman: state official will seek to prosecute officer who killed teenager

  27-08-2015 23:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Virginia state prosecutor will seek indictment from grand jury over death of unarmed black 18-year-old, who was shot dead by a white police officer in AprilA state prosecutor in Virginia will pursue criminal charges against a police officer who shot dead an unarmed black 18-year-old outside a supermarket in the city of Portsmouth earlier this year, it was announced on Thursday. Related: Stephen Rankin: the military-trained officer who killed two unarmed menContinue reading...
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother UK v USA: the housemates – in pictures

  27-08-2015 23:30 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  The latest series of Celebrity Big Brother has launched. Here are the British and American celebrities you’ll find in the house Continue reading...
  
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• Lazar Markovic to join Fenerbahce on loan – but Liverpool want him back

  27-08-2015 23:29 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  • Serbia winger will join Turkish club on a season’s loan
  • Liverpool still believe he has the talent to succeed at Anfield Lazar Markovic is to join Fenerbahce on a season-long loan from Liverpool in search of the regular first-team football that has eluded him at Anfield. Continue reading...
  
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• Refugee selling pens on street to feed his daughter earns £11k after picture goes viral

  27-08-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The photos of the father and child went viral after they were posted two days ago on Twitter
  
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• Scientists fear tsunami would devastate Greece and Italy if 'moderate' earthquake hits

  27-08-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Experiments showed that low-lying areas would be deluged by a tsunami resulting from a magnitude seven earthquake
  
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• Steve Bell on net migration to the UK – cartoon

  27-08-2015 23:17 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
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• Uproar as migration soars to all-time high

  27-08-2015 23:15
  
  NET migration to Britain last year hit an all-time high of 330,000, figures confirmed yesterday.
  
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• Girl, 3, escapes DEATH after being SHOT in stomach with air rifle as she plays in the park

  27-08-2015 23:15
  
  A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl has narrowly escaped death after being shot in the stomach in a West London park - and police have no leads to find the gunman.
  
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• Punished for being fit: Woman kicked out of Costa for wearing a SPORTS BRA

  27-08-2015 23:14
  
  A PERSONAL trainer was kicked out of a Costa coffee shop after she turned up for her regular caffeine hit wearing a SPORTS BRA.
  
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• Facebook's latest milestone: 1bn users in a single day

  27-08-2015 23:13 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Social network hit ten-figure milestone on Monday, but Mark Zuckerberg maintains it is still ‘just the beginning of connecting the whole world’As the fictional Sean Parker might put it: ‘A million people logging in to Facebook on a single day isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A billion people’.The non-fictional Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new milestone for the social network: one billion daily users. Continue reading...
  
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• Wall Street closes sharply higher after world markets rally - as it happened

  27-08-2015 23:09 via feeds.theguardian.com
  
  Latest: Dow Jones closes 2.27% higherFTSE 100 jumps as Europe recoversAnalyst: This is why you don’t panic sellUS GDP beats forecastsAuthorities ‘bought shares’ ahead of WW2 parade
  Tom Phillips on the struggles of China’s poor10.07pm BSTIt would be reckless to claim that this bout of volatility was suddenly over, especially when we have Societe Generale insisting we’re in a bear market.So lets just stick to the fact that the financial sector is looking a little less
  
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• Watch boy's spellbinding reaction after finding out he's going to be a big brother

  27-08-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After his mum convinces him that she is not joking he proudly says he is going to tell his teacher and asks if he can hold it
  
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• Bangkok bombings: Police probe 'Grey Wolves' link to attack which killed 20

  27-08-2015 23:02 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Security chiefs think the attack may have been in retaliation for Thailand’s deportation of 100 Uighurs back to China
  
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• Virginia shooting victim Adam Ward 'filmed his killer's sacking' as he was kicked out of news station

  27-08-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam Ward, who was killed along with reporter Alison Parker, taped the moment Vester Lee Flanagan was escorted out of the building
  
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• Northern rail services cost commuters £1 billion

  27-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Passengers on eight of the 11 lines serving southern parts of Britain put £917 million to the Government purse to subsidise train lines
  
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• Ministers signal the end of Britain's 'solar revolution'

  27-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Ministers say that they plan to slash the amount of money given to families who put solar panels on their homes
  
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• Foal killed by sick thugs who doused it with flammable liquid and set it ALIGHT

  27-08-2015 23:00
  
  A FOAL was brutally torched to death by evil vigilantes in a "horrifically cruel attack".
  
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• Contactless card revolution to end £5 'minimum spend' in shops and pubs

  27-08-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Push to create a cashless society will see all shops forced to offer tap-and-go payments by 2020
  
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• Cronies storm as parties hand out raft of peerages to their chums

  27-08-2015 22:58
  
  A FURIOUS backlash erupted yesterday after former Tory MP Douglas Hogg, who had his moat cleaned at taxpayers’ expense, was made a lord alongside dozens of political cronies.
  
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• Do you know your tulip from your dandelion? Most young adults don't, say researchers

  27-08-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Only 1% of people aged 25-35 consider their gardening skills as "very good", according to research
  
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• Sir Stephen House finally quits over policing shambles

  27-08-2015 22:46
  
  SIR Stephen House’s decision to quit as head of Police Scotland has plunged the First Minister into crisis, it was claimed last night.
  
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• Virginia shooter Bryce Williams Killer had a wig, three magazines and a to do list in his car

  27-08-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More details are being revealed about the gunman, who shot former colleagues Alison Parker and Adam Ward live on TV
  
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• Virginia shooter Bryce Williams had a wig, three magazines and a to do list in his car

  27-08-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  More details are being revealed about the gunman, who shot former colleagues Alison Parker and Adam Ward live on TV
  
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• Tap water safe to drink for 80,000 after parasite - but not all homes are safe

  27-08-2015 22:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Hundreds of thousands of homes in Lancashire had been left having to boil their water
  
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• Man finds cockroach living in his ear - then discovers it had 25 babies

  27-08-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 19-year-old man went to the doctors complaining of earache. His diagnosis was petrifying
  
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• Couple amazed by what's inside 50-year-old safe found hidden behind kitchen wall

  27-08-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A bundle of cash and a treasure hunt? This is the stuff of movies, but it actually happened to a couple renovating their home
  
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• Liz Kendall's got the answers... she just won't say what they are

  27-08-2015 22:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  POLITICAL SKETCH: At the latest Labour leadership hustings, the four candidates debate the record net immigration figures
  
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• Hatton Garden heist: Couple appear in court along with two other men

  27-08-2015 22:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brenn Walters and his partner Laura Perkins did not enter pleas and were released on bail
  
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• Families’ concern at “haste” of crash probe

  27-08-2015 22:35
  
  THE family of three of the victims killed in the bin lorry crash have “great concerns” about how the investigation into the tragedy was handled.
  
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• Staffordshire bull terrier bites chunk out of woman's arm as she protects her own dog

  27-08-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: Graphic image. Tina Pointon, 42, has been left with a “horrendous scar” after the dog tore through the tricep on her left arm
  
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• Former Crimewatch host Nick Ross: BBC is slowly strangling itself

  27-08-2015 22:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  "If you just go on as we are, either the BBC will diminish and diminish or, even worse, fall off a cliff edge," warns TV star
  
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• Thug who left baby suffering “severe” disabilities is jailed

  27-08-2015 22:26
  
  A THUG who left a four-week-old baby with catastrophic injuries has been jailed for 15 years.
  
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• BBC set for new season starring Britain's 'theatrical knights and dames'

  27-08-2015 22:22 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  BBC Four is delving into its archives to unearth the best of Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Michael Caine, and Dame Maggie Smith
  
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• Number of Scots millionaires soars by 40 per cent in past five years

  27-08-2015 22:20
  
  SCOTLAND is now home to 48,000 millionaires, a rise of 40 per cent on the number living here five years ago.
  
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• Caravan 'suitable for affairs or murders' for sale on eBay

  27-08-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This could be the world's funniest online auction advertisement - and it's quickly racking up dozens of bids
  
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• Coca-Cola addict who guzzled fizzy pop all day sheds half her bodyweight after ditching drink

  27-08-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sarah Turner, 27, saw her weight balloon to 17½ stone after downing litres of the fizzy drink every day, but now tips the scales at a healthy nine stone
  
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• 'Chilcot Inquiry may stretch well into next year and setting deadline could wreck it'

  27-08-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Sir John Chilcot is facing legal action from bereaved families after again defying calls to set a timetable for publication before Christmas.
  
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• Dementia sufferer dies after using poisonous stain remover to make coffee

  27-08-2015 21:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  He poured Vanish Oxi-Action Gold into a coffee for himself and his wife
  
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• Poohsticks: Whitehall springs into action to warn of the perils of the much-loved game

  27-08-2015 21:56
  
  First an engineer came up with a formula for the perfect Poohstick. Then Visit England released a list of the best places to play the game, invented by Winnie the fictional bear. There was even a new book, called Poohstickopedia.
  
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• Did aliens start life on Earth? New study makes surprising claims about how life evolves

  27-08-2015 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  If a "seed" - be it a cocktail of organic molecules or a band of alien colonists - reaches a habitable planet orbiting a nearby star, life can take root
  
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