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• Steel workers told to find new jobs making SANDWICHES in latest snub

  28-10-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Subway attended a jobs fair in Redcar, MP Anna Turley has revealed
  
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• MI6 turns to Mumsnet in the search for the next generation of spies

  28-10-2015 23:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In addition to the adverts for intelligence officers, there are also vacancies for “software and technology specialists”
  
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• Refugee children are revived by doctors after their boat sank near Lesbos

  28-10-2015 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This baby was one of dozens pulled from the sea after four boats sank in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday, days after it was revealed heartless shopkeepers were selling useless lifejackets in Izmir.
  
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• The writing is on the wall for handwriting as most teens don't use a pen

  28-10-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A survey revealed that 50% have never penned a thank-you note and 83% have not written a love letter
  
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• Horrific footage shows girl, 4, scream in agony after getting her FOOT caught in mum's moped wheel

  28-10-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The little girl was being given a ride on the back of her mother's pink electric scooter when the accident happened
  
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• Tragic teen died in accident with police car 'while free running across a road'

  28-10-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At an inquest, pal reveals the horrific moment Harry Kirkham was knocked down
  
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• Love-struck doctors who gave same 120 exam answers cleared of cheating

  28-10-2015 23:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Joao Fernandes Pinheiro and his girlfriend Dr Ana Do Amaral sat next to each other during the medical test and were spotted whispering
  
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• London rush hour crush after a gang attacked John Francis Been at Stratford Tube station

  28-10-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Francis Breen, 53, who was found unconscious at Stratford Overground station, in east London, just after 5.15pm yesterday, has now died in hospital of serious head injuries.
  
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• Volmswagen hit by £2.5bn loss in just three months over diesel test-rigging scandal

  28-10-2015 23:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The biggest crisis in the firm’s history has tarnished its reputation and left it facing the possibility of paying another £20bn in fines and compensation
  
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• 116 things that cause CANCER - according to world health experts

  28-10-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer have classified processed meat as being carcinogenic to humans. Here we reveal the other 115 things deemed as dangerous.
  
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• Tory efforts to save our steel industry branded a load of b******s by Labour's John McDonnell

  28-10-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a stinging attack on the Tories Mr McDonnell added that Business Secretary Sajid Javid is a “waste of space”
  
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• MI6 advertises for new intelligence officers on Mumsnet

  28-10-2015 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Mumsnet advert for MI6 intelligence officers, on unspecified salaries, asked for candidates suitable for analysing intelligence and planning and working in field operations.
  
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• This repulsive experiment shows just how filthy and germ-riddled your office could be

  28-10-2015 23:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  These repulsive images show vast amount of bacteria allowed to fester in a typical work place.
  
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• Nail bomber David Copeland has three years added to life sentence for slashing fellow prisoner

  28-10-2015 23:21 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 39-year-old killed three people and injured 139 in the 1999 attacks, slashed Thomas McDonagh’s face
  
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• Prince Harry meets Barack Obama to launch the Invictus Games at the White House

  28-10-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Royal also reveals the impact the war in Afghanistan had on him during his time with the British forces
  
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• Condom maker in court after promising users they would have “multiple orgasms”

  28-10-2015 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A rival firm said the claim was dangerous because it could lead to repeated usage, creating a risk that the sheaths would tear
  
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• Paedophile who dodged jail has been locked up after abducting 15-year-old girl

  28-10-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Two years ago Matthew Jenart walked free from court as a judge said he “could not be sure of his intentions” when he told an 11-year-old online he wanted “naked fun”
  
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• Muslim model Nadia Menaz hanged herself after arranged marriage fears

  28-10-2015 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nadia Menaz, 24, of Oldham, Greater Manchester, feared Sabir Hussain and Ruksana Kousar would make her marry a man three years after wedding her husband Umar Rassol.
  
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• Model mum-of-one found hanged after fearing she was about to be forced into an arranged marriage

  28-10-2015 23:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Nadia Menaz, 24, had tried to stop the arranged marriage being forced on her by her 'mum and dad' and three siblings
  
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• David Cameron warns against ‘Norwegian option’ for withdrawing from European Union

  28-10-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The PM is in Iceland where he is trying to persuade his fellow leaders to help him strike a new deal for Britain in the EU
  
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• Not giving up the nuclear dream: Kim Jong-un unveils North Korea’s atom-shaped science building 

  28-10-2015 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The North Korean leader was pictured beaming in front of the shiny new building on an island in Pyongyang where, no doubt, he hopes the secretive state will further their nuclear ambitions.
  
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• Horrifying footage shows how quickly your child's Halloween costume can turn into a FIREBALL

  28-10-2015 23:01 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Parents are being warned to keep their children away from naked flames if they are wearing a spooky costume this Saturday
  
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• Muslim model hanged herself after fearing arranged marriage amid family feud

  28-10-2015 23:00
  
  A MUSLIM model hanged herself just months after taking out a court order preventing her from being forced into an arranged marriage by the parents who she later learned were actually her aunt and uncle, an inquest has heard.
  
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• BBC spent £27,000 on Proms hospitality for celebrities and politicians

  28-10-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Corporation criticised for 'schmoozing luvvies' and lobbying politicians during annual classical music festival
  
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• Stephen Sutton's dad bravely reveals his own cancer battle as he pledges to continue teenager's legacy

  28-10-2015 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Sutton is determined to continue the amazing work his inspirational son did in the months before his untimely death
  
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• British whale boat sisters watched in horror as their father died in the tragedy

  28-10-2015 22:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Danielle and Aimee Hooker are “fraught with grief” after their dad died on the ill-fated trip
  
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• Two Iranian poets jailed and sentenced to 99 lashes in new crackdown

  28-10-2015 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fatemeh Ekhtesari, an obstetrician, and Mehdi Mousavi, a trained doctor who teaches literature and poetry in Iran, were arrested in 2013 months after President Hassan Rouhani took office.
  
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• We’ll keep porn filters in computers to protect our kids, David Cameron tells MPs

  28-10-2015 22:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Euro MPs voted to allow internet users to visit all websites, disrupting UK Government plans to crack down on explicit content
  
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• Sick gang pop soiled CONDOM over terrified disabled woman's head in vile street attack

  28-10-2015 22:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Vulnerable Donna Stanley was left with the contents of the used prophylactic trickling through her hair
  
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• Watching TV for more than 3.5 hours a day linked to EIGHT killer diseases

  28-10-2015 22:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A study found evenings in front of the box leave us more likely to die from cancer, liver disease or Parkinson’s
  
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• Dinner parties can be a minefield so here’s some tips for impeccable manners

  28-10-2015 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Polly Hudson nearly gave herself a nervous breakdown when she had guests round for the evening but at least it left her with some valuable wisdom to pass on
  
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• Julianna Snow with incurable disease tells her parents she wants to go to heaven

  28-10-2015 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Julianna Snow was four years old, her mother Michelle Moon asked her if she were to get very sick again, did she want to go back to the hospital for more treatments or did she want to die at home.
  
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• Katherine Dance has FIVE brain tumours and needs half her skull removed

  28-10-2015 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Katherine Dance, 42, from Binfield, Berkshire, had an operation to remove the five tumours - which revealed one was cancerous. She had a stroke afterwards, leaving her unable to walk or talk.
  
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• 'Michelle Mone needs to get with real world', says mum who attacked tax credit cuts on Question Time

  28-10-2015 22:34 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The lingerie tycoon has infuriated families trapped on poverty pay by telling them “don’t look for excuses” after she backed cruel tax credit cuts
  
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• Lego proving a better financial investment than gold or the stock market

  28-10-2015 22:33 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The value of some sets of the popular children's toy has increased by huge amounts and on average it outstrips more traditional investments
  
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• Funeral for Jacob Jenkins who choked on a grape in Pizza hut attended by hundreds

  28-10-2015 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some 200 mourners gathered at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Hartlepool, Country Durham, to bid farewell to Jacob Jenkins, who died five days after choking on the fruit.
  
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• Baby elephant has died at Chester Zoo after contracting herpes

  28-10-2015 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three-year-old Hari Hi-Way passed away on Tuesday afternoon after falling victim to the virus, which has the scientific name elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV).
  
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• TERROR WARNING: ISIS threat to UK at all time high but we 'CANNOT stop every attack'

  28-10-2015 22:27
  
  TERROR threats from Islamic State jihadis are at an all-time high but the UK cannot stop every attack plotted against it, the head of MI5 has warned.
  
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• Pension tax relief could be slashed

  28-10-2015 22:27
  
  HIGH-EARNERS have been told to top up their pensions after George Osborne hinted that he could cut tax breaks for the wealthy next year.
  
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• ISIS terror threat to UK shows NO sign of abating, says MI5 boss

  28-10-2015 22:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andrew Parker, director general of the Security Service, said the "scale and tempo" of the danger is now at a level he has not seen in his 32-year career.
  
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• Aberdeen school attack victim gasped "stabbed" before he collapsed in front of horrified friends

  28-10-2015 22:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A traumatised girl told how the fatally wounded 16-year-old staggered towards her and managed to gasp his final word
  
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• Teenagers caged for total of 25 YEARS after 16-year-old found stabbed in the heart

  28-10-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The victim was found fighting for his life after being attacked
  
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• Footballer banned from playing matches for FIVE years after savage punch attack on opponent

  28-10-2015 22:17 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Daniel Briggs belted Jordan Montague in the face and left him with possible nerve damage
  
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• Colds top the hate list in our winter of discontent

  28-10-2015 22:12
  
  WHAT we hate most about winter includes dark mornings, getting up early to de-ice the car – and people in summer clothes moaning they are cold, a poll reveals.
  
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• Prostate cancer patients could be helped by pill currently only licensed for women, study reveals

  28-10-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Olaparib is currently only licensed for treating for women with ovarian cancer but researchers hope its use could be extended to men
  
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• Watchdog bans Boots Opticians ad for blue-light filters because of ‘misleading’ claims

  28-10-2015 21:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Advertising Standards Authority ordered that the national press advert must not appear again in its current form after receiving two complaints
  
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• 'Out of control' cop filmed throwing girl across classroom in shocking video is sacked

  28-10-2015 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Warning disturbing content: The distressing video was filmed by a fellow pupil as students looked on in shock
  
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• Polish doctor given a year to improve his English after failing language test THREE times

  28-10-2015 21:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Dr Tomasz Fryzlewicz, 56, will work under supervision until he can satisfy regulators that his language skills are good enough
  
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• Site of Germanwings air crash reopened to public, giving relatives a chance to mourn

  28-10-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hikers can return to the area now that debris from the tragedy, which killed 150 passengers, has been removed from the mountains
  
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• Man threatened to hang himself from bridge after blaming police for death of his beloved parrot

  28-10-2015 21:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Allan Clarke sparked chaotic scenes on the roads after he phoned in the threat
  
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