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• VIDEO: The US town with a majority Muslim council

  08-12-2015 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Once heavily Polish Catholic, the Detroit-area town of Hamtramck now features a majority-Muslim city council.
  
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• Man City 4-2 Borussia Monchengladbach

  08-12-2015 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester City finish top of Group D after coming from behind with late goals to beat Borussia Monchengladbach.
  
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• Laser expert builds 'real' Death Star at cost of £3,000 – and it can MELT METAL

  08-12-2015 23:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Patrick Priebe's creation won't blow up entire rebel planets but it looks the part and can do some serious damage
  
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• Trevor Joyce charged with 'Poundland stabbing' murder of Justin Skrewbowski

  08-12-2015 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Trevor Joyce (pictured), 36, from Abingdon is accused of stabbing Justin Skrewbowski, of Oxford, in the discount store yesterday. A post-mortem examination revealed that he died from knife wounds.
  
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• Babysitter Jade Hatt who had sex with 11-year-old boy won't go to jail 

  08-12-2015 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jade Hatt, 21, of Swindon, was given a suspended sentence after her victim's father said his son saw the experience as a 'notch on his belt'. After public outcry, her sentence was reviewed but not changed
  
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• Taliban storm Kandahar airport complex

  08-12-2015 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Taliban terrorists have launched several attacks today across Kandahar in Afghanistan as the organisation attempts to recover from factional infighting which has left more than 50 jihadis dead.
  
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• Government delayed £4million flood defences for storm-battered Cumbria due to funding cuts

  08-12-2015 23:51 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The project was shelved in 2011 then again in 2014, 2015. It is now proposed to finally start in 2016
  
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• Essex music teacher who showed bondage kit to ex-pupil is banned from teaching

  08-12-2015 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daniel Green, 42, who worked for Thurrock Music Services, in Essex, pictured, bombarded the teenager, with sexually explicit messages, telling him, 'everyone is gay in some form'.
  
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• Miss Universe contestants arrive in Las Vegas as they vie for most beautiful woman title

  08-12-2015 23:47
  DOZENS of the most beautiful women in the world arrived in Las Vegas today as they begin their quest to win the Miss Universe crown.
  
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• Severe flood warning still in place in storm-battered North West

  08-12-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The warning, indicating a risk to life, was for St Michaels in Lancashire and there are 41 less serious flood warnings and 29 flood alerts
  
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• Woman arrested after 'having sex with teenage nephew hundreds of times'

  08-12-2015 23:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Peggy Phillips, 43, is charged with sexual assault of a child over the alleged affair which began when the boy was 15
  
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• Trump remarks 'endanger US security'

  08-12-2015 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Pentagon warns that Donald Trump's call to ban Muslims from the US endangers national security and emboldens Islamic State (IS) militants.
  
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• Football chiefs ban local newspapers from printing results of children's matches

  08-12-2015 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Local papers in England have been ordered by the FA to stop publishing kids' football results to make it more 'child centred and less results orientated.'
  
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• Mysterious man who stands in front of traffic convicted for the SEVENTH time - but won't reveal why

  08-12-2015 23:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David Hampson, 45, of Swansea, was first caught blocking roads last year and refused to say why he had done it
  
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• Migrant who said neighbours were RACIST for complaining about his garden gets £6.5k bill

  08-12-2015 23:38
  
  A POLISH father who cried racism after neighbours complained about the appalling state of his “scruffy” back garden has been hit with a £6,500 legal bill for failing to tidy it up.
  
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• Israeli customs seize 4,000 keffiyeh-wearing Palestinian DOLLS brandishing rocks

  08-12-2015 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The toys were being smuggled into the northern Israeli port of Haifa, with packaging labelled up as 'containing clothing and rugs'.
  
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• Charity says bullying can be "devastating" after report warns worrying number of teenage girls are targeted

  08-12-2015 23:37 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A survey of 120,000 15-year-olds found that two in three girls said they had been victims of bullying
  
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• 'Donald Trump won't win the election but his poison will linger long after race is over'

  08-12-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump is exploiting fear, anger and frustration and his poison will linger long after the election is over
  
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• Designer comes up with BRILLIANT way to sleep out under the stars without freezing

  08-12-2015 23:35 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The bubble-like accommodation in Co Fermanagh, Ireland, puts visitors in the heart of nature
  
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• Touching video shows tragic dad and young son who were killed in car accident singing Coldplay's Fix You

  08-12-2015 23:31 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stuart, 43, and Fraser, seven, were crossing the A4119 near Miskin in Wales when they were hit by an car at around 12.30am
  
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• Sturridge out with hamstring injury

  08-12-2015 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge will be out for several weeks after suffering a hamstring injury against Newcastle.
  
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• Did Lord Lucan really kill my mum? Son of murdered nanny meets aristocrat's heir for first time

  08-12-2015 23:30 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Neil Berriman had an extraordinary meeting with the peer’s son, George Bingham, at a High Court hearing
  
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• Pregnant cancer patient to give birth 12 weeks early to undertake life-saving chemo

  08-12-2015 23:29 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Heidi Loughlin, 33, discovered she had a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer after falling pregnant with her third child
  
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• Bus driver who stopped to give £5 to homeless man receives his own Christmas surprise

  08-12-2015 23:24 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Stephen Humphris pulled over when he saw a rough sleeper struggling in the rain and asked a passenger to hand over a donation
  
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• Hatton Garden heist: Police release pictures of loot allegedly from £14m jewellery raid

  08-12-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Ring mounts, sovereigns and gold were among the items discovered at the home of a man accused of involvement in the heist
  
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• 'Donald Trump's campaign to be president is based on lies, racism and insults'

  08-12-2015 23:22 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Despite his latest outburst Donald Trump is still going strong in his race to the White House
  
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• How to protect your home against winter weather in aftermath of Storm Desmond

  08-12-2015 23:14 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Make sure you're covered - and not just by your roof
  
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• Waltham Abbey shooting at Marriott Hotel car park sparks police hunt

  08-12-2015 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Police have now launched a full scale manhunt for an armed gunman following the fatal shooting at  the Marriott Hotel on Old Shire Lane in Waltham Abbey, Essex, at 9.50am today.
  
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• George Osborne is 'giving out sweeties' to Tories, claims MP Nadine Dorries

  08-12-2015 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three years after claiming the Chancellor was an 'arrogant posh boy', the Mid Bedfordshire MP said she did not believe he was a leader-in-waiting and refused to rule out quitting the party if he took charge.
  
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• Easter eggs 'were re-branded at school linked to Trojan Horse plot'

  08-12-2015 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The treats were referred to as 'chocolate eggs', removing any mention of the Christian religious festival, according to a former teaching assistant at Birmingham's Adderley Primary School.
  
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• Tory chair 'given bullying file in 2010'

  08-12-2015 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 20-page dossier detailing a culture of bullying within the Conservative Party's youth wing was handed to party chairman Lord Feldman in 2010, according to a former activist.
  
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• Kate Middleton glitters in one of Princess Diana's favourite tiaras at Buckingham Palace reception

  08-12-2015 23:03 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Kate, 33, attended the annual diplomatic reception at Buckingham Palace where she wore the diamond and pearl Cambridge Lover's Knot Tiara once owned by William's late mother
  
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• Why you can get away with not hearing your partner while you're flicking through Facebook on your phone

  08-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  University College London researchers explain why concentrating on a visual task can make people temporarily deaf to sounds at normal levels
  
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• Why children who ignore their parents while playing video games have an excuse

  08-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  University College London researchers explain why concentrating on a visual task can make people temporarily deaf to sounds at normal levels
  
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• The Chinese man fighting Islamic State

  08-12-2015 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chinese man fighting Islamic State
  
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• New towns and villages to be imposed on rural communities that fight development

  08-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  New Whitehall consultation proposes a "housing delivery test" to rank how areas are delivering local homes
  
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• 'Housing delivery test' will rank number of new homes in areas 'not building enough'

  08-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The tone signals a shift in the Government's approach towards planning
  
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• Exclusive pictures: World's most advanced boat designed for Ben Ainslie by Land Rover

  08-12-2015 22:55 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Land Rover Ben Ainslie Racing AC45 T2 has been being described as a "fighter jet on water"
  
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• Sick thieves break into FOODBANK and steal Christmas presents meant for underprivileged children

  08-12-2015 22:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The robbers took wrapped up presents which were earmarked for youngsters who otherwise may not get anything else this year
  
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• Refugee crisis: Austria erects fence in new strain on Schengen

  08-12-2015 22:48 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Austria erects fence, as EU parliament president warns Schengen could disappear
  
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• Tackle the floods before it's too late

  08-12-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Alison Phillips argues that politicians must take climate change seriously or we will be looking at a very watery future
  
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• Britain is finally splashing the cash as household spending is on the rise

  08-12-2015 22:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Family budgets are still way below their pre-crash peak of 2006, warned the Office for National Statistics
  
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• Veterans discard their war medals outside Downing street in protest at Syria airstrikes

  08-12-2015 22:46
  
  VETERANS threw away their medals outside the Prime Minister’s street to show their ‘utter disgust’ at the decision to bomb Syria.
  
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• War veteran Ivor, 83, wins £5,000 from B&Q in unfair sacking case

  08-12-2015 22:45
  
  AN 83-YEAR-OLD war veteran has been awarded almost £5,000 in compensation after suing DIY giant B&Q for unfair dismissal.
  
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• Judy Murray’s plans for a £70m tennis centre are thrown out by planners

  08-12-2015 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The centre at Park of Keir, between Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, would have included a gym and spa, a 'Murray' tennis museum and a country park funded by 19 lavish 'resort' homes built nearby.
  
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• Dave Lee Travis loses fight to appeal conviction for indecent assault 

  08-12-2015 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dave Lee Travis, 70, pictured outside court in London today, was last year found guilty of indecently assaulting a woman and sentenced to three months in prison, suspended for two years.
  
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• Calls to ban Donald Trump from Britain over 'radicalised London' claim

  08-12-2015 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Republican frontrunner's demand for 'a total and complete shutdown' of Muslim immigration was condemned by David Cameron who said it was 'divisive and wrong'.
  
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• Do YOU know how much you’ll get when you retire? Here's why millions say they don't

  08-12-2015 22:32
  
  MILLIONS of workers have no idea how much money they will receive in retirement.
  
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• Graduate radiographer, 22, crushed to death under London bus when driver lowered suspension

  08-12-2015 22:22 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Wood was hit by the double decker bus the day after finding out he had secured his 'dream job'
  
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• Canterbury teen left penniless after Londis say 10 weeks of shifts was work experience

  08-12-2015 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jay El-Leboudy (pictured) has spent two nights a week since September working in the Londis store in Canterbury, Kent, with the aim of saving enough money to be able to afford gifts for his loved ones.
  
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