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• Freddie Starr vanishes... leaving £1million bill for failed child sex libel case: Comic accused of abusing girl on TV show sells up to move 'abroad' 

  19-09-2015 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Freddie Starr, the comedian accused of abusing a teenage fan in Jimmy Savile’s dressing room, is believed to have fled the country owing £1 million in legal fees. It is thought he is now in Spain.
  
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• From the cycling county of Yorkshire to the football hotbed of London: Six of England's sporting bests revealed

  19-09-2015 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From the birthplace of rugby to the Cotswolds Olympicks, VisitEngland is on a quest to find the country’s ultimate home of sport.
  
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• Legal highs linked to 67 deaths last year says study warning of health risks

  19-09-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The term 'legal' might imply 'harmless' but new research shows that these over-the-counter highs are anything but
  
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• Mature traveller seeking anarchy and excitement: Intrepid Lady Sorrel Bentinck takes a solo trip across India in search of her own Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

  19-09-2015 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the tender age of 73, a solo traveller takes an adventure of a lifetime voyaging from Mumbai to Bhuj in Gujarat by train before reaching Calcutta.
  
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• Killer Kenneth Noye should never be freed says cop who snared him

  19-09-2015 23:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The family of his victim has pleaded for him to be denied parole, and now a top officer's backed them up
  
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• I stopped my hair falling out by eating steak and putting hot water bottles on my head, says Nadine Dorries as she reveals the trauma of alopecia reduced her to tears 

  19-09-2015 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Backbench MP Nadine Dorries, who started suffering from hair loss in January 2013, also treated the condition by having vitamin injections in her scalp and switching to organic dyes.
  
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• Boxer Amir Khan leads 2,000 mile mercy mission to bring aid to refugees in Greece

  19-09-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Bolton born millionaire is leading a seven van convoy taking aid parcels to refugees stranded in the Greek island of Lesbos in the northern Aegean Sea
   
  
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• Minister bans Cherie from the Foreign Office: Humiliation for Mrs Blair in legal fight with Mrs Clooney

  19-09-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire refused to let Cherie Blair attend a Foreign Office meeting last week to discuss the fate of Mohamed Nasheed, the jailed former president of the Maldives.
  
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• Princess Anne to visit inmates at Rolf Harris jail: Royal is due to tour HMP Stafford where disgraced TV star is imprisoned next month 

  19-09-2015 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Princess Anne is due to tour HMP Stafford in Staffordshire next month in her capacity as the patron of prisoner rehabilitation charity The Butler Trust, Buckingham Palace confirmed last night.
  
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• Tim Farron makes 'unashamed land grab' for centre Labour voters who 'look at Jeremy Corbyn’s business policy and despair'

  19-09-2015 23:38
  Tim Farron, the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, has moved to occupy the political centre-ground he thinks has been vacated by Labour under the hard-left regime of Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Shortage of skilled workers holding back efforts to tackle Britain’s housing crisis

  19-09-2015 23:38
  
  A shortage of skilled workers is holding back efforts to tackle Britain’s housing crisis, a new report by Lloyds Bank will warn.
  
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• Rugby World Cup 2015: Thousands of fans travelling to Ireland-Canada game hit with transport problems

  19-09-2015 23:38
  
  The Rugby World Cup was hit by travel chaos for the second day in a row yesterday, as thousands of fans tried to travel from London to Cardiff for the Ireland-Canada game.
  
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• Rogue landlords should face jail terms to deter them from taking advantage of renters, say national bodies

  19-09-2015 23:37
  
  Rogue landlords should face harsher consequences, including jail terms, to deter them from taking advantage of “vulnerable” renters, national bodies have said.
  
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• Mother of autistic man who drowned in NHS care wants new rights for people with autism and learning disabilities

  19-09-2015 23:37
  New rights for people with autism and learning disabilities must be enshrined in law, the mother of an 18-year-old man who died in NHS care has said, ahead of an inquest into his death.
  
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• Baroness Brinton claims Liberal Democrats enjoying a membership surge due to pro-EU stance

  19-09-2015 23:37
  
  With her party reduced to just eight MPs by a disastrous general election, Baroness Brinton finds herself in the frontline of a campaign known on social media as #LibDemFightback. The hashtag, hatched on 7 May as her party lost seat after seat, has become an article of faith.
  
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• Settled Gypsies could be forced back on to the road by new planning laws

  19-09-2015 23:36
  
  Gypsies and Travellers across Britain will be driven off sites they have made their home by new planning laws requiring them to prove that they are still itinerant. The move could cause a large increase in the number of unauthorised roadside camps, and force many families – including the infirm and those with children in school – on to the road against their will.
  
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• Parents forced to pay as NHS bans toddlers from meningitis jabs: Virus strain kills 30 people a year – mainly children under five 

  19-09-2015 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Worried parents are spending hundreds of pounds getting their toddlers vaccinated against a devastating type of meningitis, because they cannot get the jab on the NHS.
  
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• Neo-Nazi civil servant couple sing racist songs for Hungarian hate mob

  19-09-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Christopher and Debra Lewis, from Swansea, perform in extremist rock band Redneck 28 and are members of fascist group Blood and Honour
  
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• Coronation Street's live show security lockdown includes anti-drone forces

  19-09-2015 23:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Plans to cover the set with a giant net were deemed impractical, but there are measures in place for worst case scenarios
  
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• It's Bertie Wooster's bolthole: The £2.2million home where P.G. Wodehouse penned his famous tales 

  19-09-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The one-bedroom, second-floor apartment in Dunraven Street, Mayfair, Central London, contains the actual study where Wodehouse wrote collections such as Thank You, Jeeves.
  
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• Coronation Street stars at war: Cheers on set as producer leaves but worries over long hours and stress

  19-09-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Cast and crew openly cheered while on the set of the soap lwhen it was announced boss Stuart Blackburn was leaving
  
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• London-bound Virgin Atlantic plane grounded in New York after its wing clips fence at JFK airport

  19-09-2015 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incident happened at 8.30am Saturday as Virgin Atlantic Flight 26 was being pushed back from the gate by a tug. A photo posted by a passenger showed the plane's right wing tip pushed up against the fence.
  
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• Cliff's back! Perfecting new tour and belting out his biggest hits, the news fans have been waiting for 

  19-09-2015 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's been a tough year for 74-year-old Cliff Richard, with a controversial police raid and the deaths of close friends, but the veteran entertainer is back on form and preparing for his month-long tour.
  
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• Lifesaving teenager says 'I'm proof all pupils MUST learn first aid': Heroic Alisha backs our campaign - and calls on MPs to make it law 

  19-09-2015 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alisha Poyser, 16, helped treat an 11-year-old fellow pupil after he suffered a serious head injury at school. The Emergency First Aid Bill will make lessons mandatory in state secondary schools.
  
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• Beloved Irish comedian Jimmy Cricket, 69, is honoured with a knighthood by Pope Francis

  19-09-2015 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Much-loved Irish comedian of the 70s Jimmy Cricket has been awarded a papal knighthood. The 69-year-old entertainer was bestowed the honour for services to charity.
  
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• Bug baked into Kettle Chip crisp horrifies student as he tucks into snack

  19-09-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Described as 'the size of a wasp with antennae and wings', the find was enough to put anyone off their savoury treat
  
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• IRA informant gunned down on doorstep receives police apology 17 years after shooting

  19-09-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Martin McGartland is credited with thwarting 40 bombings after being recruited by the special branch in the 1980s
  
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• Gum keeps Jose on the ball: Scientists reveal the harder you chew, the greater the relief 

  19-09-2015 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just three minutes of sustained chomping can substantially lower levels of hormones associated with stress, according to a study by scientists at Tokushima University in Japan.
  
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• Chronic pain patients who face a year-long wait to see a doctor: NHS struggling to cope with increasing demand as services are cut 

  19-09-2015 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Freedom of Information request to NHS trusts in England revealed that the longest single wait for an appointment was 60 weeks, by a patient at Devon Partnerships NHS Trust.
  
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• Five-bedroom home in Surrey costs £1.85m while the same in Wales is £165,000

  19-09-2015 23:16
  
  The Surrey village of Bramley and the Welsh valley town of Tonypandy both have their share of natural beauty. But in terms of property prices they sit on opposite sides of a widening chasm.
  
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• BAR HUMBUG! Beware those 'organic, vegan, raw, healthy' snacks - they can contain as much sugar as toffee and some are as 'natural' as a Jammie Dodger 

  19-09-2015 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There's a new generation of healthy sounding snack bars on the shelves. But are they really as good for you as they claim to be? Nutritionist ZOE HARCOMBE gives her verdict...
  
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• Tragic teen phones her favourite teacher while stood on Humber Bridge before jumping to her death

  19-09-2015 23:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Reliving the horrifying moment Beth Wilkinson called her, the teacher told an inquest: "I asked if she had rung her mum and she said there was a police officer coming and the phone clicked off"
  
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• Thoughtless motorist stopped by cops after applying make-up on dual carriageway

  19-09-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police officers are urging women not to apply make-up while driving - no matter how bad they look without it
  
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• Extremists to be purged from charity boards under new law

  19-09-2015 23:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Mosques will be hit as watchdog to use powers to expel 'hate preachers'
  
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• Is this the biggest Great White in the world? Incredible video shows cage divers confronted by enormous shark

  19-09-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The footage of the shark, believed to be 20 feet long, has wowed experts
  
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• Lynda La Plante on why she's revived Prime Suspect's DCI Tennison

  19-09-2015 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meet young Jane Tennison – gauche, 22, and fighting crime and prejudice on the mean streets of the Seventies. the writer reveals why she’s resurrected her most famous female copper.
  
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• Wounded army major defies odds in charity exploits

  19-09-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Doctors feared Phil Packer would never walk again after being blow up in Iraq. But he has amazed experts with marathon walks
  
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• NHS pays Jimmy Savile victims a paltry £10,000 – while half have yet to receive a penny

  19-09-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Revelations of the vile pervert’s abuse shocked the nation but campaigners say the people who suffered at his hands are still not being treated fairly
  
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• Ministers warn Cameron not to rig EU referendum for 'In' campaign

  19-09-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Several senior ministers are ready to rebel amid fears that David Cameron will try call an early EU referendum in 2016 to stop Eurosceptics building support for the "out" campaign
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn’s relationship with the media: His spin-free politics thrilled but proved impractical in less than a week

  19-09-2015 23:00
  Jeremy Corbyn disdains the media. His first speech as Labour leader was sprinkled with warnings to the Fourth Estate to lay off the “abuse” and to not “attack people” who weren’t seeking fame. “Leave them alone, leave them alone in all circumstances,” he said.
  
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• 'David vs Goliath' fight footage shows big bully getting knocked spark out by plucky victim

  19-09-2015 23:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  This face-off that went down in a kids playground shows that David vs Goliath story isn't just a biblical fable
  
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• Refugee crisis: UK government promises extra support to UN refugee agency

  19-09-2015 22:57
  
  Britain will ensure that the UN’s refugee agency has the resources it needs to resettle the extra 20,000 Syrians it has promised to take into the UK, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn pulls out of Stop the War Coalition’s annual conference as he has a 'busy diary'

  19-09-2015 22:57
  
  Jeremy Corbyn was forced to pull out of the Stop the War Coalition’s annual conference as the pressures of an increasingly busy schedule began to take their toll.
  
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• Tories criticised Jeremy Corbyn for not going to the rugby... but he was doing this instead

  19-09-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Conservatives slammed the Labour leader, saying he "would not support our country" - but they're eating their words now
  
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• Fake Arsenal and Chelsea condoms seized in £1m clampdown on dodgy football merchandise

  19-09-2015 22:28 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The haul of 378,000 contraceptives is the latest in a series of Premier League ripoffs picked up by customs officers, whose value adds up to £7.7m since 2011
  
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• Dubai ruler's son Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum dies aged 33

  19-09-2015 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, son of the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, died today.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn has failed to gain labour supporters among the wider electorate, poll reveals

  19-09-2015 22:24
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has failed to secure a bounce among the wider electorate despite his resounding victory as Labour leader, a poll for The Independent reveals.
  
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• Bitter Blairites mean Jeremy Corbyn’s worst enemies are sitting right behind him

  19-09-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Labour MPs need to avoid splits that will keep the party out of power – but the new leader also has important compromises to make, says John Prescott
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn reveals first official policy: To renationalise the railways

  19-09-2015 22:17
  
  Jeremy Corbyn unveils his first official policy since becoming leader of the Labour Party, with plans for a “People’s Railway” under which his government would fast-track a renationalisation of England’s rail network.
  
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• Opponents of renationalising the railways have some impressive numbers to bolster their case

  19-09-2015 22:15
  
  Opponents of renationalising the railways can wheel out some impressive numbers to bolster their case. In the two decades since privatisation began, the number of rail passengers nationwide has more than doubled. London Waterloo alone will handle 100 million passengers this year, making it the busiest transport hub in Europe, well ahead of Heathrow.
  
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