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• The human pyramid that makes Britain's Got Talent acrobats look tame

  06-09-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hindu acrobats are celebrating their birth of Krishna with their daring ceremony
  
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• How the other half live! Inside the £12.5 MILLION mansion 'unlike anything else on the market'

  06-09-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  With its games room, tennis court, swimming pool and multi-million pound price tag this home is fit for a king or a premiership footballer
  
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• Sudbury fire: Residents rescued from flats after major fire breaks out in historic market town

  06-09-2015 23:41
  
  A major fire has broken out in an historic market town forcing police to evacuate the area.
  
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• Sudbury fire: People evacuated after major fire breaks out in historic market town

  06-09-2015 23:41
  
  A major fire has broken out in an historic market town forcing police to evacuate the area.
  
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• Watch inventor take off in drone helicopter fashioned from garden chair and parasol

  06-09-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The unnamed YouTube user has uploaded a video of his invention called 'The Swarm 'in action - and the response has been positive
  
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• Lifesaving liver disease treatment could save hundreds of lives

  06-09-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Human trials of the carbon capsules which soak up deadly toxins are due to start next year
  
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• Lancashire water FINALLY safe to drink again after more than a month

  06-09-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Thousands of miles of pipes have been treated to wipe out the bug which causes diarrhoea and cramps
  
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• Feelings "running high" following arrests after four-month-old baby 'assaulted' and rushed to hospital with serious injuries

  06-09-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Neighbours are praying the "beautiful baby boy" recovers from his head, rib and arm injuries after he reportedly stopped breathing
  
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• Arsenal fan smashes world record by playing FIFA 15 for almost 48 HOURS

  06-09-2015 23:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chris Cook from Birmingham beat record held by Canadians Jordan Bloemen and Scott Francis Winder set in August 2012
  
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• Sat navs used by HALF of all British drivers - but is that a good thing?

  06-09-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Safety experts warn of dangers and say drivers still have to stay alert and make decisions
  
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• David Cameron to woo Labour rebels in bid to push through air strikes on Syria

  06-09-2015 23:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tory PM wants to attack Islamic State targets there as well as in Iraq next month but will not do so without cross-party support
  
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• Huge effort to rescue people from their burning flats under way after 'apocalyptic' blaze

  06-09-2015 23:14
  
  FIREFIGHTERS were scrambling to rescue people from their burning flats tonight after an "apocalyptic" blaze broke out in a busy town centre.
  
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• Horror as ambulance responding to 999 call collides with car in 'horrendous' smash

  06-09-2015 23:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Locals in suburban Manchester witnessed the high speed crash between an ambulance and a car right outside their windows
  
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• Rare pictures offering a glimpse of the Queen off-guard unearthed by Sir Harry Secombe's son

  06-09-2015 22:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Secombe, who was working as a stills photographer for the BBC, reveals images taken over the course of eight months
  
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• Look where you're going! Bird leaves real impression after trying to fly into family home

  06-09-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This ave made perhaps the ultimate mistake flying - but at least it escaped unhurt
  
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• Heartbreaking moment Abdullah Kurdi sees his nephew after tragic death of his sons

  06-09-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The intimate moment came as he was comforted at a relative’s home two days after he buried Galip, five, Aylan, three, and wife Rehan, 35
  
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• We’ll use aid budget to house migrants in UK says Osborne

  06-09-2015 22:42
  
  MILLIONS of pounds of Britain’s foreign aid budget will be used to help councils resettle Syrian refugees in the UK, George Osborne revealed yesterday.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn deserves to succeed or fail without the interference of the Blairites

  06-09-2015 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kevin Maguire says Jeremy Corbyn is shining and Labour must not resort to resenting him the way the Tories do
  
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• Calls for British airstrikes to crush Islamic State in Syria

  06-09-2015 22:35
  
  BRITAIN could launch air strikes to help crush Islamist fanatics in Syria as pressure grew last night for a robust response to the refugee crisis.
  
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• Kerber & Black on the Calais refugee crisis AND the curse of Strictly

  06-09-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brilliant duo Neil Kerber and David Black give their trademark satirical take on the news in the Daily Mirror
  
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• Watch moment two would-be thieves are caught red-handed and attacked by angry yard owner

  06-09-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The two men were attempting to load items into a car to to steal when the owner of the yard caught them in the act
  
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• Official guide to help parents decipher language used by children on social media launched by the Government

  06-09-2015 22:11
  An official guide to help parents decipher the language used by their children on social media has been launched by the Government.
  
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• Government launches official guide to help parents decipher children's social media chat

  06-09-2015 22:11
  An official guide to help parents decipher the language used by their children on social media has been launched by the Government.
  
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• Sudbury fire: Firefighters rescue trapped residents as huge blaze rips through block of flats

  06-09-2015 22:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Around 75 fire fighters rushed to the scene to rescue people trapped in the blaze that has wiped out several historic buildings
  
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• Desperate refugees forced to sleep on railway tracks as they wait to get into Europe

  06-09-2015 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  They are part of a vast convoy heading up through Southern Europe through Hungary and on to Austria and Germany
  
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• Dr Wyn Ellis: British academic detained in Thailand after exposing official as plagiarist

  06-09-2015 22:01
  
  A British academic, who exposed a Thai official who had plagiarised his work, is being held at a detention centre in Bangkok over allegations he is a threat to national security.
  
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• Twenty nine peers claimed almost £750,000 in expenses without speaking a word in House of Lords

  06-09-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The figures also show 64 'silent' Lords and Ladies claimed £1.2million in last 12 months of the Coalition
  
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• Male contraceptive available within three years - but how it works will make you wince

  06-09-2015 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new synthetic gel stops a man's sperm from travelling where God intended - but THIS is how you have to apply it
  
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• As thousands of desperate refugees continue to arrive Austria may have to start closing borders

  06-09-2015 21:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  It is estimated more than 12,000 migrants have passed through the border in the last two days
  
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• Give parents automatic right to send summer-born children to school a year later to prevent 'post code lottery', says Tory MP

  06-09-2015 21:52
  Parents should be given the automatic right to send summer-born children to school a year later to prevent a “post-code lottery” from harming their development, a Conservative MP will tell the Government.
  
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• Battle of Britain flypast CANCELLED as insurance prices rocket following Shoreham disaster

  06-09-2015 21:44
  
  A BATTLE of Britain flypast by 20 Spitfires over London has been cancelled because of soaring insurance costs in the wake of the Shoreham air disaster.
  
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• Obese mum-of-two who hated her shape sheds five stone after ditching take-aways to get pregnant

  06-09-2015 21:40 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gemma Fisher is now half the woman she used to be after shedding the pounds to get pregnant
  
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• Worthing footballers united in grief for Shoreham Air disaster victims

  06-09-2015 21:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matt Grimstone and Jacob Schilt, both 23, were on their way to play for the club when they were killed in the Shoreham airshow disaster last month
  
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• The Media Column: Right-wing papers pay for the new press complaints body – but it is not their patsy

  06-09-2015 21:23
  
  The heart-rending images of the body of little Aylan al-Kurdi, face down in the shallows on a Turkish beach, were too strong for some stomachs.
  
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• Striking workers may have to identify themselves to police, carry a letter of authorisation and wear an armband under proposed reforms

  06-09-2015 21:12
  Every worker wanting to join a strike picket could be forced to identify themselves to police, carry a letter of authorisation and wear an armband, under proposed reforms to trade union laws that could be in breach of international agreements, human rights groups have warned.
  
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• Police branded 'savages' after beating desperate refugees trapped in 'hell'

  06-09-2015 21:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Lesbos has been overwhelmed by exhausted refugees fleeing war-torn Syria who hope to travel on to mainland Europe
  
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• Charity bosses ‘sorry’ for pushy cash campaigns

  06-09-2015 21:06
  
  SOME of Britain’s biggest charities have admitted their fundraising tactics “failed to live up” to high standards amid concerns over pressing vulnerable donors to give money.
  
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• Judy Murray: Separate shower cubicles in schools would encourage girls to do sport

  06-09-2015 20:59
  
  Schools could encourage more girls to take up sport by being more sympathetic to the image-conscious world that young women grow up in, Judy Murray has said.
  
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• Watch terrifying moment football hooligans pelt League One team's bus with STONES

  06-09-2015 20:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Six yobs were filmed throwing rocks and shouting obscenities after Bradford City's team coach left Oldham Athletic's Boundary Park ground on Saturday
  
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• Tony Blair talks candidly about New Labour, devolution and winning elections

  06-09-2015 20:51
  
  TOBY JAMES: By what criteria do you think we should evaluate party leaders in Britain? Does the need to win elections force leaders into trade-offs between achieving bigger visions and staying in office?
  
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• Heartwarming picture shows brave cancer survivor on his first day at school with his twin brother

  06-09-2015 20:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brave cancer survivor Cory Davison, 11, is looking forward to a bright future as he starts High School
  
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• More than 2,000 people, including Yvette Cooper and Nicola Sturgeon, offer to house refugees

  06-09-2015 20:28 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Petitions and online campaigns calling for volunteers to take in Syrian refugees have been overwhelmed by offers of help
  
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• Phone calls a thing of the past as Britons use smartphones for everything but phoning

  06-09-2015 20:20 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Chatting on the phone has become a thing of the past for many Brits, with one in four adults now almost never using their smartphone to make calls
  
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• Mum-of-six attacked in street while pushing pram during school run still in coma

  06-09-2015 20:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Fiona Parry , 42, remains in a "stable, but critical" condition in hospital.  Her husband, Sylvan Maurice Parry, has been charged with her attempted murder
  
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• Elderly couple rescued from quicksand after stroll on the beach

  06-09-2015 20:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The couple in their 70s we having a nice beach walk when the sloppy sand took hold of them and they had to be freed
  
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• More than 2,000 Brits offer to house refugees in bid to ease the crisis

  06-09-2015 20:04 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Zoe Fritz, who has set up an online database of people willing to give a bed to those fleeing conflict and persecution, said she has been moved to tears by the flood of responses
  
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• Paul Coulston: Wife fighting cancer says she is now in favour of assisted dying

  06-09-2015 20:02 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Clare Coulston says seeing her husband die has "made me realise that I would like to have the choice" of assisted dying
  
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• Where can I find the iPhone 6s/7 live stream? Apple's September 9 event WILL reveal new premium gadgets

  06-09-2015 20:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Apple may not have invited you to its exclusive September 9 event, but you can still follow all the action live - here's how
  
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• Pictured: Aylan Kurdi's father in emotional return to Syria after tragic death of wife and sons

  06-09-2015 19:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Clothes, tiny sandals and a a teddy with the words 'I love you' emblazoned across its chest; the heartbreaking remnants of a family's life torn apart by war
  
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• Criminal gangs infiltrated postal delivery services to intercept drugs, say officials

  06-09-2015 19:59
  
  Criminal gangs have infiltrated postal delivery services across the country to intercept secretly marked packages of drugs to divert into the £200m-a-year market in bootlegged medicines, according to officials.
  
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