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• Queen's representative steps down after saying Pakistanis lacked 'basic common courtesy' in leaked e-mail

  11-09-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Paul Sabapathy apologised and resigned his post after saying there was a "lot of work to do" to teach Pakistanis "basic common courtesy and civility"
  
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• Mum thought baby son was 'going to die' after choking on plastic in restaurant mashed potato

  11-09-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The shocked mother of Bobby Hughes said she thought he was “going to die” when he began gagging and struggled to breathe as the family ate at restaurant
  
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• RAF Typhoons stop Russian bomber planes on a sortie into British air space

  11-09-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Ministry of Defence says Vladimir Putin’s jets, which can carry nukes and turn off their radar transponders, are risking a collision with passenger planes           
  
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• Recruitment firm uses pictures of Holocaust victims, Saddam Hussein, Pol Pot and Fred West to attract clients

  11-09-2015 23:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Adam Brown, who owns and runs Cardiff-based Pier Recruitment, defended the campaign and said the photographs had brought him “three new customers”
  
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• Dad of teenager who suffered fractured skull in anti-Semitic attack says yobs must show they're sorry

  11-09-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Moshe Fuerst was at Bowker Vale tram stop in Manchester when he and three other teenagers were savagely beaten by yobs hurling anti-Jewish taunts
  
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• See moment tennis star James Blake slammed into pavement by police officer in mistaken arrest

  11-09-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Blake suffered a cut to his left elbow and bruises during the arrest after police mistook him for an identify theft suspect
  
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• Coma dad who suffered organ failure on holiday smiles for first time since waking watching daughter sing

  11-09-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Matthew Parkes, 38, opened his eyes on Thursday for the first time after falling seriously ill while on holiday in Spain
  
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• Irish terror chief says he wants TV hearings not secret amnesty to heal old wounds

  11-09-2015 23:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  ex-paramilitary commander last night told us he will not take part unless victims are offered in a transparent, public process
  
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• Gang of seven 'evil' paedophiles sent to prison after baby and child rape

  11-09-2015 23:07
  
  A gang of seven paedophiles who raped babies and very young children and broadcast their crimes over the internet have been jailed.
  
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• Kim Jong-Un turns surfer dude in his latest bid to win tourists to North Korea

  11-09-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The brutal despot has already tried to entice visitors with a ski resort and now he’s invited top surf experts to test the breakers off the state’s east coast
  
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• Paedophile gang to serve a total of 78 years

  11-09-2015 23:02 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Gang of seven paedophiles, including a British Airways air steward and a former boarding school pupil, seriously assaulted three very young children
  
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• 'Killing a bear costs just £67' as Mirror investigates North America's cruel big game hunters

  11-09-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror US editor Chris Bucktin headed to the wilds of Alberta to investigate the US and Canada's booming animal-killing industry
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn faces a dozen shadow cabinet resignations if he wins Labour leadership

  11-09-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Labour frontbenchers pledge to walk if Islington North MP wins contest on Saturday in protest at his left-wing economics and divisive foreign policies
  
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• David Cameron warns the IRA should be disbanded ahead of talks

  11-09-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The prime minister has called on all sides to attend a crisis meeting on Monday and warned the IRA must be disbanded to allow discussions to move forward
  
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• 'T-Rex' rescue puppy born with deformed front paws runs around like a dinosaur instead

  11-09-2015 22:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reuben is forced to get around by standing on his back legs and running around like a Tyrannosaurus Rex
  
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• Mia Cowley is a far happier child than Max ever was and surely that tells you everything

  11-09-2015 22:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mia has gone from being a twin brother to a sister after deciding at the age of six to live as a girl - and good for her says Mirror columnist Alison Phillips
  
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• Cabinet ministers' email hacked by Isil spies

  11-09-2015 22:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Intelligence agency investigation discovers extremists linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) have been targeting information held by some of David Cameron's most senior ministers
  
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• KFC branch served non-Halal meat as Halal after running out of supplies

  11-09-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The firm has apologised after suspending three members of staff following the incident
  
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• Dublin bar attack victim dies after 'hitting his head on pavement in one-punch attack'

  11-09-2015 22:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man, in his 20s, was attacked outside the Temple Bar in the city last night and was pronounced dead in hospital this evening
  
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• Third man charged over death of teenager Marcel Addai who was chased and stabbed to death by gang

  11-09-2015 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 17-year-old was found with stab wounds on the St John's Estate in Hoxton following last Friday's shocking attack
  
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• David Cassidy: why I'll never tour the UK again

  11-09-2015 22:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Former teen heart-throb David Cassidy says his last UK tour only made a £408 profit due to unfair UK tax laws
  
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• Nine-year-old girl dies in Mallorca after getting caught in propellers of boat on family holiday

  11-09-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The youngster apparently fall overboard into the sea and got caught up in its propellers as a dream holiday turned into tragedy
  
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• 'Taking ecstasy is like playing the lottery with your life' expert warns after drug left teenager in coma

  11-09-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Expert Harry Shapiro says researchers are still no closer to identifying why people like Amy Thomson, 16, are more vulnerable than others
  
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• Scottish MSP's plans to decriminalise sex work wins support across the country

  11-09-2015 22:09
  
  Sex workers and charities across Scotland are rallying behind an MSP’s proposal to decriminalise prostitution in the country. Jean Urquhart, the independent Highlands and Islands MSP, this week unveiled radical new plans designed to promote sex workers’ safety.
  
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• Meet six-year-old twin brother who is now a twin sister - and one of Britain's youngest transgender children

  11-09-2015 22:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Bravery of family who have accepted that little Mia is now living as a girl
  
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• London, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo among cities that will be submerged under water if we burn all fossil fuel reserves, says report

  11-09-2015 22:02
  London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong are some of the cities that would be submerged under the sea if the world burns all of its accessible fossil fuel reserves, a new report has warned.
  
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• Drinking red wine could help stave off Alzheimer's disease study finds

  11-09-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The largest clinical trial to study resveratrol long-term in people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease found that benefits of the purified form of the compound
  
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• Neo-Nazi jailed for attempted beheading in Lee Rigby revenge attack

  11-09-2015 21:57
  
  A NEO-NAZI who attempted to behead a man shopping in Tesco in a revenge attack for the murder of fusilier Lee Rigby has been jailed for life.
  
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• Sexism row barrister Charlotte Proudman wrote 'vitriolic' email to her elderly grandmother before her death

  11-09-2015 21:53 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Charlotte Proudman changed her name before writing to paternal grandmother, but aunt denies family feud
  
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• Queen's representative quits after claiming Pakistanis need to learn 'basic civility'

  11-09-2015 21:53
  
  A PERSONAL representative of the Queen has been forced to resign after he attacked British Pakistanis and insisted "they must be taught basic common courtesy".
  
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• Barts Pathology Museum curator wins Major Contribution to the Understanding of Death Award thanks to her collection of 300 brains

  11-09-2015 21:45
  As technical curator of Barts Pathology Museum in central London, Carla Valentine certainly has brains – about 300 of them, in glass cases, preserved in alcohol or Kaiserling solution. (She particularly likes the lobotomised specimens.)
  
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• Tired mum 'told she deserved to DIE' by Muslim passenger for putting her FEET on train seat

  11-09-2015 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ruby Butler, 27, who has film of the encounter, said she would have removed her feet had he asked her nicely
  
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• Need a new hip on the NHS? Pick up your passport – and head to Calais

  11-09-2015 21:39
  
  The English have a long-running love affair with Calais. Once it was Edward III and his knights, and more recently day trippers and booze cruisers.
  
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• Welfare reforms and austerity increase likelihood of second Scottish independence vote, says leading historian

  11-09-2015 21:33
  
  The Government’s welfare reforms and continued commitment to austerity are increasing the likelihood of a second referendum on Scottish independence, the country’s leading historian has said. In an essay for The Independent on the future of the Union, Professor Sir Tom Devine said independence was becoming an increasingly “realistic and attractive” option for many Scots, a number of whom believe that the welfare changes driven through by Iain Duncan Smith are harming &ldq
  
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• Revenge porn fiend who swapped ex-girlfriend's Facebook profile for explicit picture is jailed

  11-09-2015 21:32 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Samuel Bishop, 29, uploaded the snap more than four years after they had broken up and was jailed under new revenge porn laws
  
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• Torrential rain will batter UK as remains of tropical storm Henri move across the Atlantic

  11-09-2015 21:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The fierce gusts and downpours are due to hit next week when the UK is expected to get two weeks worth of rain in one day
  
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• Pressure grows to scrap controversial new financial penalties for anyone convicted of a crime

  11-09-2015 21:18
  
  The outcry over the new financial penalties for anyone convicted of a crime presents Michael Gove with a crucial test of his willingness to jettison flawed policies inherited from Chris Grayling, his predecessor as Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor.
  
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• As Jeremy Corbyn steps out in shorts, black socks and trainers - our style editor's verdict

  11-09-2015 21:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn doesn't go to the David Cameron school of politician wear, that's for sure
  
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• Harrowing CCTV footage reveals final minutes before off-duty policeman PC Neil Doyle was killed

  11-09-2015 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Video shows the moments before the off-duty police officer was struck during a confrontation in Colquitt Street in the early hours of Friday, December 19 last year
  
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• Bill Bailey says Jeremy Corbyn's common touch makes him better than 'plastic bag' Ed Miliband

  11-09-2015 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The TV comedian and Labour supporter says the man likely to win the party's leadership election connects with ordinary voters better than his rivals
  
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• The £7,000 lump of whale vomit that holds the secret to the world's most exotic scent

  11-09-2015 21:13
  
  It might not be most ladies’ first choice of perfume for a night out in the West End, but the intestinal secretion of the sperm whale has long been a secret ingredient in some of the world’s most luxurious fragrances.
  
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• Remains of 207 sailors from wrecked Royal Navy warship discovered in mass burial pit at beauty spot

  11-09-2015 21:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The "mass burial pit", near Lizard Point, is believed to be the last resting place of the 207 crew members and passengers of the HMS Royal Anne
  
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• Army captain jailed for raping a woman while his fiancee slept in the next room

  11-09-2015 21:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Sandhurst graduate Daniel Howard is jailed for seven years but Teesside Crown Court heard his fiancee whom he wed last month, has vowed to stand by him
  
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• Growing crisis over shortage of school places could lead to 'titan' secondary schools to cope with thousands of extra pupils

  11-09-2015 21:05
  The growing crisis over the shortage of school places could see “titan” secondary schools swell to cope with thousands of extra pupils, despite concerns over the impact on children’s education.
  
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• Lost property rip-off: Passengers charged to retrieve own items

  11-09-2015 21:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Companies come under fire for charging up to £20 to customers who leave their mobile phones on trains and aircraft
  
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• Transgender student posted revenge porn picture of lesbian ex-girlfriend on Facebook after row over dog

  11-09-2015 20:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Caerphilly Magistrates Court heard that Jesse Hawthorne turned up at his former lesbian lover's house party demanding the return of his pet Jug called Charlie
  
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• Fire brigade issues warning after 'too hot' laundry spontaneously combusts and bursts into flames

  11-09-2015 20:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A flat in Hackney caught fire after a fresh pile of washing reacted with oil residue
  
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• Refugee solidary march in London set to attract some unlikely protesters

  11-09-2015 20:52
  
  Jo Bostock is 39 and has never been on a demonstration before. A City worker turned shopkeeper from Woking in Surrey, she is a floating voter and describes herself as “not political”. But she, her husband and their two young children are set to join tens of thousands of people meeting in central London to show their support for refugees.
  
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• Refugee solidarity march in London set to attract some unlikely protesters

  11-09-2015 20:52
  
  Jo Bostock is 39 and has never been on a demonstration before. A City worker turned shopkeeper from Woking in Surrey, she is a floating voter and describes herself as “not political”. But she, her husband and their two young children are set to join tens of thousands of people meeting in central London to show their support for refugees.
  
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• Britain 'fuelling war in Yemen' through arms sales, says charity

  11-09-2015 20:51 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Oxfam accuses British government of quietly fuelling war in Yemen through its ongoing arms sales to Saudi Arabia
  
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