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• Sick Aravindan Balakrishnan's daughter kept diares throughout decades of imprisonment

  04-12-2015 23:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As the years progressed, the diaries show how Fran, as we are calling her, began to use the pages to criticise her father and the monotony of life in his 'collective'
  
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• The deranged 'Comrade Bala' Aravindan Balakrishnan and his plan for world revolution

  04-12-2015 23:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The evil cult leader believed he would see out the old world and usher in the new using an invisible mind-control machine
  
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• Diabetes veteran Clifford Whittaker receives medal after surviving disease for 80 years

  04-12-2015 23:54
  
  A PENSIONER has received a medal after living with diabetes for 80 years.
  
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• Footage shows two toddlers being run over but somehow escape with just cuts and bruises

  04-12-2015 23:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: Distressing footage. Despite being mowed down by the car and pulled under its wheels, the two children escaped with minor scratches
  
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• ISIS brutally behead man accused of being a wizard using rusty sword in vile video

  04-12-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Sick jihadists forced the man to his knees in the middle of the street before executing him in front of a baying crowd
  
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• Mystery 'ufo' spotted in sky as strange orbs of light caught on camera

  04-12-2015 23:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  At points the orbs seem to mark the edge of a craft - sometimes there is just a faint outline of one at other times as many as six
  
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• Kingsley Squire: Former Express journalist dies after brave cancer battle

  04-12-2015 23:42
  
  FORMER Daily Express journalist Kingsley Squire has died at the age of 78 after a brave fight against cancer.
  
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• Prescription drugs ARE a 'gateway to heroin addiction'

  04-12-2015 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York University researchers found that 75 per cent of teenagers who abuse heroin got hooked on the drug after abusing prescription painkillers, such as Percocet, Vicodin and Oxycontin.
  
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• Facebook down: Virgin Media customers vent frustration after social media site and Instagram are blocked

  04-12-2015 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Many customers have taken to Twitter to vent their frustrations after being unable to access the networking site this evening with many posting amusing comments
  
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• 'Plus-sized' model shares bum selfie with 'tiger stripe' stretch marks to show every body is beautiful

  04-12-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Iskra Lawrence shared the snap of her posing in a tiny orange bikini with her 379,000 followers as she attempts to educate women about positive body image
  
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• Evil Maoist cult leader pleads guilty after imprisoning daughter for 30 years

  04-12-2015 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Aravindan Balakrishnan, of North London, was convicted of a string of offences including rape, indecent assault, assault, child cruelty and false imprisonment
  
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• Fox ‘is on sex charges just for being famous’

  04-12-2015 23:06
  
  DJ Neil Fox did not commit historical sex offences and is the victim of a mishandled police probe, a court heard yesterday.
  
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• ISIS hostages killed by explosive necklaces and blown up by rocket launchers in sick footage

  04-12-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A series of videos purportedly shows Houthi rebels being slaughtered by extremists in various locations in Yemen
  
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• Plastic bag 5p charge cuts usage by almost 80 per cent, Tesco says

  04-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Exclusive: Britain's biggest retailer reports 78 per cent drop in number of single-use carrier bags taken from its stores in England in first month of charge
  
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• Plastic bag 5p charge cuts usage by almost 80 per cent, first data shows

  04-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Exclusive: Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco, reports 78 per cent drop in number of single-use bags taken from its stores in first month since charge came in
  
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• Scott Weiland dies aged 48, singer from Stone Temple Pilots

  04-12-2015 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Stone Temple Pilots singer - known for songs such as Plush and Vasoline - died in bed on his tour bus on Thursday night after battling a career-long addiction to drink and drugs.
  
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• California shooting: FBI believe woman who helped slaughter 14 people swore allegiance to ISIS leader

  04-12-2015 22:59 via mirror.co.uk
  
  FBI believes Tashfeen Malik posted a statement on Facebook using an alias before launching the sickening assault with husband Syed Rizwan Farook
  
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• Kerber & Black on Mark Zuckerberg's baby, I'm a Celebrity's Lady C and the climate summit

  04-12-2015 22:45 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Brilliant duo Neil Kerber and David Black give their trademark satirical take on the news over the last week in the Daily Mirror
  
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• Homeless man stunned to find coat with this note inside from mystery stranger

  04-12-2015 22:38 via mirror.co.uk
  
  While taking the coat to officers at the local police station, Ryan discovered a note inside saying it had been purposefully left out for someone in need
  
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• Footage shows Russian jets bombard ISIS oil convoy 'heading to Turkey' causing enormous explosions

  04-12-2015 22:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The strike happened days after Vladimir Putin said he had proof Turkey was buying oil from the terror group
  
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• Berwick Town council held a minute's silence for Bill Ferguson who is alive in NZ

  04-12-2015 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A town council have made a quick about turn after mistakenly holding a minute silence to mark the death of a former mayor only to find out he's still alive.
  
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• Cannabis smugglers who stuffed drugs inside CHICKENS caught over smell of resin

  04-12-2015 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Retired police officer Michael Kinkaid, left and Anthony Wright, right, werecaught when the chicken blood covering their haul of cannabis, inset, rotted, alerting police in Essex to something suspicious.
  
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• Hatton Garden burglar bragged of pulling off "biggest robbery in f***ing world", court told

  04-12-2015 22:23 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jury hears recording of Terry Perkins boast to fellow leader Daniel Jones in a conversation bugged by police
  
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• Bill Bailey tour bus thief remanded in custody after admitting stealing comedian's van from outside theatre

  04-12-2015 22:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Francis John Whittaker, 35, who has a long history of previous offences, stole the Mercedes van from outside the Liverpool Philharmonic Theatre in October
  
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• CCTV catches moment Karl McMurrough dressed as Ali G to hold up petrol station

  04-12-2015 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Karl McMurrough, of Palmstead Square, Sunderland, stormed into the BP garage, pulled knife on the cashier and forced him to hand over £90 in cash, CCTV footage showed.
  
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• Forth Road Bridge closed until the New Year after huge crack found in steelwork

  04-12-2015 22:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A full travel plan is now being prepared, including extra trains and buses and possibly a ferry, in a bid to reduce traffic problems
  
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• Baby pygmy hippo born at Bristol Zoo Gardens dies aged just five months

  04-12-2015 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The calf, which had not been named, had been photographed swimming with mother Sirana and dad Nato just two weeks ago
  
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• Transgender prisoner Katelyn Findlay starts new life as an escort

  04-12-2015 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Katelyn Findlay, 21, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire has spoken of her 'hell' as a transgender prisoner in a women's jail. She was locked up in 2013 and is now working as an escort.
  
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• Paris attack terrorists 'had links to extremists in Britain'

  04-12-2015 22:04 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Several people of Moroccan origin based in Birmingham linked to the Paris attackers
  
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• Shallow grave victim wants violent ex to die in prison to stop him attacking other women

  04-12-2015 22:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stacey Gwilliam, 34, was in court today to see  abusive ex-lover Keith Hughes given a life sentence for attempted murder
  
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• Britain seeks to halt EU gender quota plan

  04-12-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Britain is holding together a fragile alliance against EU plans to set quotas on gender balance on FTSE boards
  
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• Anger and frustration as Britain's EU breakthrough remains elusive

  04-12-2015 22:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  As the polls slide, capitals refuse to budge on welfare reform and a fresh wave of the migration crisis beckons, there is increasing pessimism about the campaign to keep Britain in the European Union
  
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• Internet dating fraudster pretended to be beautiful woman to con men out of thousands of pounds

  04-12-2015 21:54 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Jacqueline Whittle, 50, spun a web of lies to entrap her victims, including serving and retired policemen, and even told one man who had a brain tumour that she needed cash for emergency cancer treatment
  
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• Terror network behind ISIS Paris massacre has 'links to the UK'

  04-12-2015 21:37
  
  THE terror network behind Islamic State's deadly waves of attacks in Paris that killed 130 people have links to the UK.
  
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• BREAKING NEWS: Terror network behind ISIS Paris massacre has 'links to the UK'

  04-12-2015 21:37
  
  THE terror network behind Islamic State's deadly waves of attacks in Paris that killed 130 people have links to the UK.
  
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• Money makes children as young as three GREEDY and work harder says study

  04-12-2015 21:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  In a series of experiments having money made three to six year olds give less even when they lacked concrete knowledge of its purpose
  
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• San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook's brother is a Navy veteran

  04-12-2015 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The brother of the San Bernardino gunman is a decorated Navy veteran who has been honored for his role in the war on terror. Syed Raheel Farook served in the Navy for four years.
  
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• Simon Danczuk is second Labour MP to receive 'death threat' after backing Syria military action

  04-12-2015 21:15 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The chilling message to the Rochdale MP comes just a day after Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark, was sent a similar 'threat' after voting in favour of air strikes in the Commons
  
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• Revealed: ISIS executioner 'Jihad Vlad' is 'son of Christian woman' and came from 'normal' family

  04-12-2015 21:00 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Anatoly Zemlyanka, 28, has been named as the extremist who supposedly beheaded alleged Russian spy Magomed Khasiev
  
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• It is time to stop sugar coating these cereal killers

  04-12-2015 20:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The traffic light system of red, amber and green to show levels of an ingredient should be compulsory to help us make informed choices
  
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• Wives buy sex dolls for husbands in China to satisfy their desires in old age

  04-12-2015 20:48 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The business is booming as more and more women are picking up the lifelike sex toy to satisfy their partners needs
  
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• Pregnant British scientist Samantha Decombels banned from Brussels conference

  04-12-2015 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Samantha Decombel, 35, from Oxfordshire, would have been seven months pregnant when the conference was due to take place in Brussels last week. She was told it was a risk by the EC via email.
  
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• It's time for Labour to end self-indulgent civil war and strike at it's REAL enemy

  04-12-2015 20:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mirror columnist Brian Reade says the words of new Oldham West MP Jim McMahon should shame the party's bickering, complacent Westminster elite
  
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• Scientists use Shazam for EARTHQUAKES to help spot areas at risk

  04-12-2015 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seismologists at Stanford University have designed a new algorithm for detecting microquakes that normally go unnoticed using technology inspired by the music recognition app Shazam.
  
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• GP who married two former patients said he felt like a 'trapped animal'

  04-12-2015 20:24 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Dr Simon Holmes tried to explain the relationship to colleagues by saying it was a 'grey area', but later admitted it was 'utter insanity'
  
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• Teenage girl arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of Faye Townsend

  04-12-2015 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Faye Townsend, pictured,was struck by a car as she walked near her home in West Wellow, Hampshire on Monday afternoon. The 23-year-old model is currently in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
  
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• Hunting convictions thrown into doubt after court case collapses

  04-12-2015 20:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The neutrality of Professor Stephen Harris, one of the UK's leading authorities on foxes, has been called into question
  
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• Police inspector who 'could not drive' seen travelling Europe in motorhome, hearing told

  04-12-2015 20:18 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Zoe Hallam told senior officers that she was unable to drive for more than fifteen minutes at a time after a car accident
  
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• Charlene Whalley taunts police over Facebook 'wanted' appeal in Wally outfit

  04-12-2015 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charlene Whalley uploaded the image after GMP Heywood and Middleton, in Manchester, urged people to help track her down in connection with an alleged £50 theft from a Tesco store.
  
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• Islamic State claim responsibility for California shootings that killed 14 people

  04-12-2015 20:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Aamaq news agency said on its website on Friday that followers of the Islamist militant group had carried out Wednesday's attack
  
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