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• Jeremy Corbyn claims RAF drone strike in Syria was 'legally questionable'

  16-09-2015 23:59
  
  The RAF drone strike that killed suspected British jihadis in Syria this month was “legally questionable”, Jeremy Corbyn has claimed.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn claims RAF drone strike in Syria 'legally questionable'

  16-09-2015 23:59
  
  The RAF drone strike that killed suspected British jihadis in Syria this month was “legally questionable”, Jeremy Corbyn has claimed.
  
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• Assisted suicide campaigner too ill to fly to Dignitas starves himself to death

  16-09-2015 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Tony Mitchell, 68, had MS and cancer of the oesophagus but a heart attack earlier this month prevented him flying to Switzerland
  
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• Asda recalls beetroot in botulism scare as Food Standards Agency issues warning

  16-09-2015 23:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Customers who have bought one of the jars in question have been warned not to eat the product but to return it to the store
  
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• Kerber & Black on whether Jeremy Corbyn has the X Factor

  16-09-2015 23:53 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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• Barack Obama to bring Whitehall's 'nudge' theory to the White House

  16-09-2015 23:53
  
  It is often said that politics follows the Gulf Stream and that what happens in American political life finds its way across the Atlantic to be adopted in the UK.
  
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• Wife of dementia sufferer brought wedding forward so groom could remember vows

  16-09-2015 23:50
  
  A WOMAN brought forward her wedding to her dementia stricken fiance so he would remember saying his vows.
  
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• British fighters battling ISIS in Syria hailed as 'heroes' after dramatic documentary airs

  16-09-2015 23:50
  
  THREE volunteer British fighters who travelled to Syria to battle Islamic State militants have been hailed as “heroes” by Twitter users.
  
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• British Airways reveals updated economy seats featuring 'tablet-style' entertainment system

  16-09-2015 23:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  BA's economy and premium economy seats have had a rehaul
  
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• Richard Glossip had eaten his final meal before his execution was halted at last minute

  16-09-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prisoner who was convicted of murder on sole testimony of man who admitted killing is granted two-week stay of execution
  
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• 'My best friend married the man who raped me and my life was destroyed', says bridesmaid

  16-09-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'I couldn't have gone to my best pal's wedding knowing what her new husband had done to me - and that it could happen again'
  
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• Bridesmaid: My best friend married the man who raped me and my life was destroyed

  16-09-2015 23:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  'I couldn't have gone to my best pal's wedding knowing what her new husband had done to me - and that it could happen again'
  
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• Refugee fear and misery laid bare in exclusive footage of Greek fishing boat tragedy

  16-09-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Chief Reporter Andy Lines on Leros, Greece, meets survivors from the tragic sinking which claimed the lives of 34 men, women and children
  
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• Touts "rip off" thousands of Rugby World Cup fans with £400 fake tickets

  16-09-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Number of possible victims could run into thousands as fraud investigators shut down phone lines of ticket website getsporting.com
  
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• St Pancras named worst station for crime in Britain with Victoria in second place

  16-09-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Figures released by the British Transport Police showed there were 764 offences involving sex attacks and weapons and 758 at London Victoria in year ending in August
  
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• Refugees braving deadly minefields as Europe deploys teargas and water cannon to slam the door

  16-09-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Russell Myers travelled to Sid in Croatia to talk to refugees trapped in the impasse on the Hungarian border
  
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• Watch terrifying moment 'gangster' on moped is shot dead after pulling up outside restaurant

  16-09-2015 23:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Customers are shown fleeing the scene in panic after the biker comes to a halt next to a group of people in the street
  
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• Two prisoners charged after allegedly filming rap video in jail

  16-09-2015 23:13
  
  A PAIR of prisoners have been charged over claims they made a rap video while in jail.
  
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• Runnymede: Drama returns to Magna Carta site 800 years on as police take on eco-warriors

  16-09-2015 23:13
  
  Exactly 800 years after the signing of the Magna Carta, drama returned to Runnymede.
  
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• Mum of teenage footballer who collapsed on pitch thanks people who saved his life

  16-09-2015 23:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anthony Jacobs, 18, was playing in Liverpool on Saturday afternoon when he suddenly collapsed and stopped breathing
  
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• Horror as schoolchildren find six ducks shot and beheaded outside block of flats

  16-09-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sick killers hunted by police and RSPCA after kids spotted them on their way to school
  
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• BBC cameraman 'is in hospital after alleged assault by Jeremy Corbyn's driver'

  16-09-2015 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James Webb was left with injuries to his face and neck and his camera was thrown to the floor in the altercation with Mr Corbyn's Chauffeur.
  
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• Pizza man texted gruesome video of woman being murdered to female customer

  16-09-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Shamed Muhammad Zamir admitted stalking a young university student after he delivered pizzas to her in the early hours of May 30 last year.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn opens up about his 'very different' way of doing things

  16-09-2015 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeremy Corbyn maintained his position that he would not give David Cameron a ‘blank cheque’ in his plan to renegotiate the UK's ties with Brussels ahead of the in/out referendum.
  
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• VIDEO: Will Jeremy Corbyn kneel to the Queen?

  16-09-2015 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to confirm whether he will kneel to the Queen when he becomes a member of the Privy Council.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn made a low-key start but he’s got some killer blows in store for Cameron

  16-09-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The new leader’s turn at Prime Minister’s Questions was a masterclass in how to neuter a bully boy as well as piercing Westminster’s bubble, says Brian Reade
  
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• Terrifying super-fish reeled in by fisherman from seas near site of Fukushima nuclear accident

  16-09-2015 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The beast is believed to be a  wolffish which are deep ocean dwellers
  
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• Britain's longest-standing gay couple celebrate 55 years together

  16-09-2015 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ted Spring (left) and Paul Pollard (right) met in a Plymouth club in 1960 and it was love at first sight. They've been inseparable since and are as happy together now as they were the day they met.
  
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• Imagine him nude: What not to say at council meeting

  16-09-2015 22:38 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Women caught making sexist remarks abount councillor during town hall policy discussion
  
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• VIDEO: Lucky escape as train hits school bus

  16-09-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A student films the moment a train in north Germany hits a school bus - injuring one person - moments after students had been evacuated from the bus.
  
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• Couple who met only hours earlier performed sex acts in front of shocked families on train

  16-09-2015 22:36
  
  A COUPLE who met for the first time just hours earlier were caught carrying out sex acts in front of horrified families onboard a busy train.
  
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• Soaring civil court fees price small businesses and people on low incomes out of justice

  16-09-2015 22:29
  
  Soaring civil court fees are pricing people on low incomes and small businesses out of justice and letting banks and other big businesses off the hook for bad behaviour, The Independent has learned.
  
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• Parents in Derbyshire slam school's ban on mangoes and kiwi in case of allergies

  16-09-2015 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reigate Park Primary School, in Mackworth, Derbyshire, told parents that as a person on school premises suffers from a severe allergy, children are banned from bringing high-risk foods.
  
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• Mantel up for short story award

  16-09-2015 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hilary Mantel's controversial short story The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher is shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award.
  
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• Watch adorable little lamb who thinks she is a DOG cuddling up to her canine friends

  16-09-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Medi curls up on the sofa with the rest of the dogs and baas when the phone rings
  
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• VIDEO: Kayak couple survives whale encounter

  16-09-2015 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A couple who survived a close encounter with a humpback whale while kayaking say they "thought [they] were going to die".
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn faces women’s backbench revolt over Labour’s all-male top team

  16-09-2015 22:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Former acting leader Harriet Harman led the calls for action, with backbenchers suggesting an overhaul of party rules to prevent more men-only line-ups
  
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• Farmer killed and twin brother mauled during vicious bull attack

  16-09-2015 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The man who died has been named locally as Patrick Dowds, 65 and his brother George is also injured
  
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• Baby 'died after delayed Caesarean birth due to IT blunder at hospital'

  16-09-2015 22:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  An inquest has heard how Natasha and Sean Butler lost their baby Spencer after a catalogue of errors and “missed opportunities” at the Royal  Oldham Hospital in 2014
  
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• Women's sexist comments during council meeting recorded on tape

  16-09-2015 22:11
  
  A TAPE recording of a council meeting has prompted a sexism row after two women were heard discussing what they thought a male councillor would look like nude.
  
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• Hungarian border as police fire tear gas and water cannons at migrants

  16-09-2015 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As desperate men, women and children pleaded to be allowed through the newly completed razor wire fences, several hundred finally lost their patience and attempted to break through the barricades.
  
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• Donald Macintyre's sketch: Jeremy Corbyn turns PMQs into a radio phone-in

  16-09-2015 22:03
  
  With the Commons packed – they were standing six deep just inside the chamber — Tory MPs were desperate to rise to the momentous occasion.
  
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• Prisoners charged over jail 'selfie rap' video

  16-09-2015 21:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prisoners who made a rap video using an illegal phone while in jail face prosecution in first case of its kind
  
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• Teacher drowned after being blown into river by 70mph gust of wind

  16-09-2015 21:54
  
  A RETIRED teacher who loved being out in bad weather drowned in a freak accident after a huge gust of wind puffed up her coat and blew her into a river, an inquest heard.
  
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• Man arrested for writing 'F*** your s****y town b****es' on a speeding ticket was expressing free speech judge rules

  16-09-2015 21:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Willian Barboza was prosecuted after writing the message on a ticket he received while driving through the small town of Liberty, Connecticut,
  
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• School bans pupils from eating kiwi and mango for HEALTH AND SAFETY fears

  16-09-2015 21:52
  
  FLABBERGASTED parents have blasted an over-zealous primary school for depriving children from their five-a-day after staff banned KIWIS and MANGOES over health and safety fears.
  
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• Labour and Tory MPs welcome Jeremy Corbyn’s toned down take on Prime Minister’s Questions

  16-09-2015 21:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Commenters liked the move from “Punch and Judy” politics but warned the new leader would have to work harder to hold David Cameron to account
  
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• VIDEO: Tot of whisky secret to 109th birthday

  16-09-2015 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman celebrating her 109th birthday said the secret to her longevity is a tot of whisky.
  
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• Two criminals accused of filming rap video in their Birmingham prison cell are charged

  16-09-2015 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Demehl Thomas and Moysha Shepherd, both 25, have been charged with the offence of making a sound recording in HMP Birmingham.
  
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• Revealed, why coffee keeps us awake - it gives us jet lag

  16-09-2015 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British and US research doesn’t just reinforce the advice to avoid caffeine in the evening - it also suggests that the stimulant could be used to treat jet lag.
  
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